Huldra of the Hill
@builtfyrdetough.bsky.social
She/they. Minnesota, United States. Critter, scurrying around St. Paul most of the time. Gardener, angler, forager, writer. Trying to leave places better than I found them.
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In Dublin last year, an annoying interviewer demanded of me: “Your country has been overtaken by fascists. Why are you smiling?” I was too jetlagged to have a sensible answer so I said, “I’m smiling because I have a knife between my teeth.” The knife might look like this:
Auspicious Omens and Excellent Insubordination
I started this out as a letter to a friend who's feeling down about where we as a nation are at in this moment, and I am still learning how this newsletter thing works so thought I could use the newsl...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:42 AM
In Dublin last year, an annoying interviewer demanded of me: “Your country has been overtaken by fascists. Why are you smiling?” I was too jetlagged to have a sensible answer so I said, “I’m smiling because I have a knife between my teeth.” The knife might look like this:
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spring is coming
Just saw a St. Paul mailman wearing shorts.
February 13, 2026 at 5:38 PM
spring is coming
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The foremost task of the next Democratic administration needs to involve seizing every red cent these fuckers have to their name and putting it toward reparations for the lives they’ve destroyed.
one of the things that’s harder to see while we are in it, but will jump off the page at future historians, is how deeply corrupt *the entire trump family* is, and how they abused and and manipulated every lever of the federal government they could grab to steal everything that isn’t nailed down
News: The top-secret whistleblower complaint against Tulsi Gabbard is related to a conversation intercepted last spring in which two foreign nationals discussed Jared Kushner, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
February 13, 2026 at 5:47 PM
The foremost task of the next Democratic administration needs to involve seizing every red cent these fuckers have to their name and putting it toward reparations for the lives they’ve destroyed.
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Mutual aid ask: my kids go to a bilingual school in Minneapolis that has been hit hard. The teachers are also, as you can imagine, going through it. I learned that a couple hundred could go a long way with replenishing supplies and resources that have been stretched thin. DM me for Venmo!
February 13, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Mutual aid ask: my kids go to a bilingual school in Minneapolis that has been hit hard. The teachers are also, as you can imagine, going through it. I learned that a couple hundred could go a long way with replenishing supplies and resources that have been stretched thin. DM me for Venmo!
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Dutch site IDs ICE agents via public data
“ICE aren’t actually fearful of their safety…What they’re fearful of is not being invited to baseball games or not being invited to the pub with their friends. Community exclusion – that’s what they’re fearful of”
wiki.icelist.is/index.php/Category:Agents
“ICE aren’t actually fearful of their safety…What they’re fearful of is not being invited to baseball games or not being invited to the pub with their friends. Community exclusion – that’s what they’re fearful of”
wiki.icelist.is/index.php/Category:Agents
February 10, 2026 at 11:11 AM
Dutch site IDs ICE agents via public data
“ICE aren’t actually fearful of their safety…What they’re fearful of is not being invited to baseball games or not being invited to the pub with their friends. Community exclusion – that’s what they’re fearful of”
wiki.icelist.is/index.php/Category:Agents
“ICE aren’t actually fearful of their safety…What they’re fearful of is not being invited to baseball games or not being invited to the pub with their friends. Community exclusion – that’s what they’re fearful of”
wiki.icelist.is/index.php/Category:Agents
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I have a Stand with Minnesota volunteer opportunity for people who speak Spanish and want to help get folks home from detention. If you are interested, please DM me for details!
February 13, 2026 at 6:02 PM
I have a Stand with Minnesota volunteer opportunity for people who speak Spanish and want to help get folks home from detention. If you are interested, please DM me for details!
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Getting Republicans to split DHS off from the rest of the federal budget is looking like one of the big wins of the Democrats’ time in the minority. Now they can shut down DHS funding basically indefinitely and not imperil SNAP, Medicaid, parks, etc. Way more negotiating leverage over ICE.
Another shutdown for parts of the federal government is expected this weekend as lawmakers debate new restrictions on President Trump’s immigration enforcement agenda.
Unlike last fall's record shutdown, the closures will be confined, as only agencies under DHS will be affected.
Unlike last fall's record shutdown, the closures will be confined, as only agencies under DHS will be affected.
What to know about the Homeland Security shutdown starting this weekend
Another shutdown for parts of the federal government is expected this weekend. Funding for the Department of Homeland Security is set to expire Saturday as lawmakers debate new restrictions on President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agenda.
bit.ly
February 13, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Getting Republicans to split DHS off from the rest of the federal budget is looking like one of the big wins of the Democrats’ time in the minority. Now they can shut down DHS funding basically indefinitely and not imperil SNAP, Medicaid, parks, etc. Way more negotiating leverage over ICE.
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It's not a new observation at this point but that wild Noem/Lewandowski story in WSJ really brings home the extent to which all the Trump 2 cabinet-level goblins see their jobs as flying private, doing short-form video, and screaming at underlings. They all hate each other and none of them can read.
February 13, 2026 at 4:48 AM
It's not a new observation at this point but that wild Noem/Lewandowski story in WSJ really brings home the extent to which all the Trump 2 cabinet-level goblins see their jobs as flying private, doing short-form video, and screaming at underlings. They all hate each other and none of them can read.
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Just going to note again, because somehow we've all completely retconned this and I feel like I'm taking crazy pills, that pound-for-pound Biden had one of the most draconian border security regimes of any U.S. president ever, second only to Trump, *many of whose policies he inherited and kept*
Not going to read them all because jesus fucking christ but this is nasty work from Friedersdorf
February 12, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Just going to note again, because somehow we've all completely retconned this and I feel like I'm taking crazy pills, that pound-for-pound Biden had one of the most draconian border security regimes of any U.S. president ever, second only to Trump, *many of whose policies he inherited and kept*
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I was raised conservative evangelical. If you're wondering why evangelicals are not standing with Epstein survivors, just know I was told as a child to dress modestly so grown men wouldn't lust after me...
February 13, 2026 at 2:35 PM
I was raised conservative evangelical. If you're wondering why evangelicals are not standing with Epstein survivors, just know I was told as a child to dress modestly so grown men wouldn't lust after me...
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YO! Small business owners in Saint Paul, MN - some economic relief for the disruptions caused by the federal occupation is available to businesses in Saint Paul specifically. @mischieftoy.com @blackhartstp.com @bangbrewing.bsky.social
www.minneapolisfoundation.org/stories/comm...
www.minneapolisfoundation.org/stories/comm...
Economic Response Fund Grant Guidelines
Small businesses in Minnesota that have experienced operational disruptions in recent weeks may now apply for emergency financial support through the Economic Response Fund.
www.minneapolisfoundation.org
February 13, 2026 at 2:01 AM
YO! Small business owners in Saint Paul, MN - some economic relief for the disruptions caused by the federal occupation is available to businesses in Saint Paul specifically. @mischieftoy.com @blackhartstp.com @bangbrewing.bsky.social
www.minneapolisfoundation.org/stories/comm...
www.minneapolisfoundation.org/stories/comm...
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Hey friends! I’m trying to raise funds for a family in my neighborhood behind on rent. They have a 1-year-old and need at least one month’s worth asap to hold off eviction. If you can help, Venmo me any amount at @Terry-Horstman and I’ll post receipts as soon as funds are dispersed. ✌🏻 #AbolishICE
February 12, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Hey friends! I’m trying to raise funds for a family in my neighborhood behind on rent. They have a 1-year-old and need at least one month’s worth asap to hold off eviction. If you can help, Venmo me any amount at @Terry-Horstman and I’ll post receipts as soon as funds are dispersed. ✌🏻 #AbolishICE
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We learned from Chicago and Portland. Yall learn from them plus Minnesota. All you fascists bound to lose.
February 12, 2026 at 10:54 PM
We learned from Chicago and Portland. Yall learn from them plus Minnesota. All you fascists bound to lose.
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It is very clear just from the graph, and the spikes on the graph, that the anti-trans panic is literally just the Epstein class throwing chaff whenever they feel threatened.
Like you can literally see the Johnny Depp trial, in the spikes of transphobic garbage.
Like you can literally see the Johnny Depp trial, in the spikes of transphobic garbage.
February 12, 2026 at 9:39 PM
It is very clear just from the graph, and the spikes on the graph, that the anti-trans panic is literally just the Epstein class throwing chaff whenever they feel threatened.
Like you can literally see the Johnny Depp trial, in the spikes of transphobic garbage.
Like you can literally see the Johnny Depp trial, in the spikes of transphobic garbage.
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Alt text: a graph showing a massive spike in anti-trans articles per 30 days.
The x axis starts in 2012, most of the spike is just in the last decade
The spike really starts to kick in around 2017 or so, corresponding almost *perfectly* with powerful sexual predators feeling threatened by MeToo.
The x axis starts in 2012, most of the spike is just in the last decade
The spike really starts to kick in around 2017 or so, corresponding almost *perfectly* with powerful sexual predators feeling threatened by MeToo.
a stat i always cite is the number of anti-trans articles in the press went from 60 in a year, to 7,500
February 12, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Alt text: a graph showing a massive spike in anti-trans articles per 30 days.
The x axis starts in 2012, most of the spike is just in the last decade
The spike really starts to kick in around 2017 or so, corresponding almost *perfectly* with powerful sexual predators feeling threatened by MeToo.
The x axis starts in 2012, most of the spike is just in the last decade
The spike really starts to kick in around 2017 or so, corresponding almost *perfectly* with powerful sexual predators feeling threatened by MeToo.
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something from minnesota that i would like people to learn, that i don’t think is hitting people yet:
helping MN is good. people need it. but people in your community need mutual aid too. care. resources. food. outside of times of crisis.
and you can help.
helping MN is good. people need it. but people in your community need mutual aid too. care. resources. food. outside of times of crisis.
and you can help.
February 12, 2026 at 10:02 PM
something from minnesota that i would like people to learn, that i don’t think is hitting people yet:
helping MN is good. people need it. but people in your community need mutual aid too. care. resources. food. outside of times of crisis.
and you can help.
helping MN is good. people need it. but people in your community need mutual aid too. care. resources. food. outside of times of crisis.
and you can help.
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It’s okay to be hopeful and believe that the worst is behind us. If we don’t hope, we wouldn’t be fighting to begin with.
Nobody who’s been immersed in this thinks it’s over. We all know it’s not. But you’ve gotta let people breathe a bit so everyone can keep going.
Nobody who’s been immersed in this thinks it’s over. We all know it’s not. But you’ve gotta let people breathe a bit so everyone can keep going.
February 12, 2026 at 9:21 PM
It’s okay to be hopeful and believe that the worst is behind us. If we don’t hope, we wouldn’t be fighting to begin with.
Nobody who’s been immersed in this thinks it’s over. We all know it’s not. But you’ve gotta let people breathe a bit so everyone can keep going.
Nobody who’s been immersed in this thinks it’s over. We all know it’s not. But you’ve gotta let people breathe a bit so everyone can keep going.
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SMALL MEN OF BITTER DISPOSITION HAVE FROM TIME TO TIME DARED TREAD THE HALLOWED GROUND OF THE GREAT LOON BUT IN THEIR FOLLY NONE MAY MATCH THE GREAT FURY OF THE DARK AND RED EYED SPIRIT THAT SPREADS ITS WINGS IN JEALOUS CARE OVER THOSE WHO DWELL HERE. BLESS THE LOON. FEAR THE LOON.
My ABCs of talking about loons:
Always
Be
Converting people into loon worshipers
Always
Be
Converting people into loon worshipers
I am extremely biased, but the loon is the best.
Loons migrate to the Gulf of Mexico during the winter, where they are reportedly silent.
Their return in spring marks the end of repressive winters.
And when they arrive, they are LOUD. Their haunting calls are the soundtrack to Minnesota springs.
Loons migrate to the Gulf of Mexico during the winter, where they are reportedly silent.
Their return in spring marks the end of repressive winters.
And when they arrive, they are LOUD. Their haunting calls are the soundtrack to Minnesota springs.
February 12, 2026 at 8:05 PM
SMALL MEN OF BITTER DISPOSITION HAVE FROM TIME TO TIME DARED TREAD THE HALLOWED GROUND OF THE GREAT LOON BUT IN THEIR FOLLY NONE MAY MATCH THE GREAT FURY OF THE DARK AND RED EYED SPIRIT THAT SPREADS ITS WINGS IN JEALOUS CARE OVER THOSE WHO DWELL HERE. BLESS THE LOON. FEAR THE LOON.
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I'm sick that the real leaders will have their stories erased by a white man who did nothing to earn praise. Please please reconsider.
Jason, Elliot, Doron, Ilhan, and so so many others were there when we needed them. He was not.
Jason, Elliot, Doron, Ilhan, and so so many others were there when we needed them. He was not.
February 12, 2026 at 8:14 PM
I'm sick that the real leaders will have their stories erased by a white man who did nothing to earn praise. Please please reconsider.
Jason, Elliot, Doron, Ilhan, and so so many others were there when we needed them. He was not.
Jason, Elliot, Doron, Ilhan, and so so many others were there when we needed them. He was not.
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One effect of the last two months I hope becomes permanent is that white Minnesotans — who blithely accept that Somali, Hmong, Latinx, and other immigrant communities share this space, but don't really engage with them — start to really see how rich this community can be when everyone is valued.
February 12, 2026 at 6:13 PM
One effect of the last two months I hope becomes permanent is that white Minnesotans — who blithely accept that Somali, Hmong, Latinx, and other immigrant communities share this space, but don't really engage with them — start to really see how rich this community can be when everyone is valued.
I have neighbors everywhere.
I have neighbors everywhere.
I have neighbors everywhere
February 12, 2026 at 6:55 PM
I have neighbors everywhere.
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You can celebrate a backbreaking pick six even if there’s still some time left on the clock.
I feel a bit emotionally out of step with most here, but I'm kinda in the mood of "Dance in the streets, but bring your whistles"
February 12, 2026 at 6:36 PM
You can celebrate a backbreaking pick six even if there’s still some time left on the clock.
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I, too, am hopeful.
But also, probably for the rest of my life, I’ll keep a whistle in my pocket, one in the car, and one by the front door.
But also, probably for the rest of my life, I’ll keep a whistle in my pocket, one in the car, and one by the front door.
February 12, 2026 at 4:32 PM
I, too, am hopeful.
But also, probably for the rest of my life, I’ll keep a whistle in my pocket, one in the car, and one by the front door.
But also, probably for the rest of my life, I’ll keep a whistle in my pocket, one in the car, and one by the front door.
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A few ways we will know ICE is actually gone:
• Commuters no longer report regular verified ICE sightings
• Abduction reports dry up
• Hotel and car rentals end
• Non-ICE federal employees are brought back to the Whipple
• Commuters no longer report regular verified ICE sightings
• Abduction reports dry up
• Hotel and car rentals end
• Non-ICE federal employees are brought back to the Whipple
February 12, 2026 at 4:06 PM
A few ways we will know ICE is actually gone:
• Commuters no longer report regular verified ICE sightings
• Abduction reports dry up
• Hotel and car rentals end
• Non-ICE federal employees are brought back to the Whipple
• Commuters no longer report regular verified ICE sightings
• Abduction reports dry up
• Hotel and car rentals end
• Non-ICE federal employees are brought back to the Whipple