Alex Conover
@cono.bsky.social
Photographer, teacher, toddler dad, basketball enthusiast, backyard gardener.
Portfolio: www.alex-conover.com
Portfolio: www.alex-conover.com
Is there a downtown MPLS protest today?
February 6, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Is there a downtown MPLS protest today?
He's back 🥲🥲🥲 uncle Mike
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February 6, 2026 at 6:00 PM
He's back 🥲🥲🥲 uncle Mike
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Everything you’re hearing from the Trump administration is a lie. Today was one of the most active days in Northeast since the entire Operation Metro Surge began.
Nothing is changing on the ground in Minneapolis, no matter what headlines Trump and Homan try to create.
Nothing is changing on the ground in Minneapolis, no matter what headlines Trump and Homan try to create.
February 5, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Everything you’re hearing from the Trump administration is a lie. Today was one of the most active days in Northeast since the entire Operation Metro Surge began.
Nothing is changing on the ground in Minneapolis, no matter what headlines Trump and Homan try to create.
Nothing is changing on the ground in Minneapolis, no matter what headlines Trump and Homan try to create.
I think this is the kind of thing that cuts Trump to his core.
So there was just a very loud and sustained "Fuck ICE" chant during a pro wrestling show on live primetime television, if you wanna get a sense of the vibe shift.
(One of the wrestlers, Brody King, is an outspoken prigressive and wore an "Abolish ICE" shirt at a Mexico show in June.)
(One of the wrestlers, Brody King, is an outspoken prigressive and wore an "Abolish ICE" shirt at a Mexico show in June.)
February 5, 2026 at 4:26 AM
I think this is the kind of thing that cuts Trump to his core.
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yep, they kill spaces for artistry and creativity not because they seriously believe they have no worth, but because they have the kind of the worth they can't unilaterally control, quantify, and securitize for their own gain
This is about The Washington Post but it is also about the slow death of movie theaters, of book stores—the rapid integration of AI into schools—the Kennedy Center—the way so many people in power are afraid of art (and wow even sports) for the power it has to give people common language and cause.
February 4, 2026 at 2:39 PM
yep, they kill spaces for artistry and creativity not because they seriously believe they have no worth, but because they have the kind of the worth they can't unilaterally control, quantify, and securitize for their own gain
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always bears repeating that this is NOT a financial decision. jeff bezos is worth over 250 billion dollars. he can afford to lose many millions and never even notice it. this is, at its core, a political and personal decision by bezos to destroy the post
WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Post says one-third of its staff across all departments, not just the newsroom, is being laid off.
February 4, 2026 at 3:04 PM
always bears repeating that this is NOT a financial decision. jeff bezos is worth over 250 billion dollars. he can afford to lose many millions and never even notice it. this is, at its core, a political and personal decision by bezos to destroy the post
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NY Times with searing look at the trauma ICE is inflicting on local children and families: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/u... (gift link)
A Winter of Anguish for Minneapolis Children
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:51 PM
NY Times with searing look at the trauma ICE is inflicting on local children and families: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/u... (gift link)
I'd like to personally thank Mike Conley for his time on the Wolves
February 4, 2026 at 4:13 AM
I'd like to personally thank Mike Conley for his time on the Wolves
A lot of people went out of their way to make their cars look like undercover cars, I am noticing. Probably not very fun right now to drive one
February 3, 2026 at 9:09 PM
A lot of people went out of their way to make their cars look like undercover cars, I am noticing. Probably not very fun right now to drive one
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What gets me is the amount of people I talk to that say “if you’re here legally, you have nothing to worry about.”
I know our newsfeeds are catered. I know how this works. But I’m simply stunned at how wrong that belief is and how it’s possible to actually believe it.
I know our newsfeeds are catered. I know how this works. But I’m simply stunned at how wrong that belief is and how it’s possible to actually believe it.
ICE is running a “conveyor belt” of illegally detained Minnesota families.
Agents are arresting entire families with legal status and immediately shipping them off to Texas to deny them legal representation and avoid the federal courts in Minnesota.
The cruelty is endless.
Agents are arresting entire families with legal status and immediately shipping them off to Texas to deny them legal representation and avoid the federal courts in Minnesota.
The cruelty is endless.
‘ICE conveyor belt’ illegally detaining, moving Minnesota children to Texas faster than courts can respond
ICE is pulling Minnesota immigrant families with legal status out of their driveways, homes and school commutes and send
www.mprnews.org
February 3, 2026 at 3:05 AM
What gets me is the amount of people I talk to that say “if you’re here legally, you have nothing to worry about.”
I know our newsfeeds are catered. I know how this works. But I’m simply stunned at how wrong that belief is and how it’s possible to actually believe it.
I know our newsfeeds are catered. I know how this works. But I’m simply stunned at how wrong that belief is and how it’s possible to actually believe it.
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remember when he asked how much to end hunger and the world bank gave him a number and then he bought Twitter
There's something uniquely disgusting about Elon, the man who has done more than any other human alive to immiserate the world's poorest, claiming to want to end poverty
February 3, 2026 at 3:33 PM
remember when he asked how much to end hunger and the world bank gave him a number and then he bought Twitter
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this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to wake up at 5 am and don 30 lbs of tactical gear you bought off amazon to sit in a chevy tahoe in the parking lot of the elementary school where you kidnapped a five year old kid to intimidate his teachers. good luck soldier
Columbia Heights (Liam's school district) cancelled school today because of a credible bomb threat at Liam's elementary and multiple ICE vehicles parking in the high school staff parking lot at 6:15am.
February 2, 2026 at 5:14 PM
this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to wake up at 5 am and don 30 lbs of tactical gear you bought off amazon to sit in a chevy tahoe in the parking lot of the elementary school where you kidnapped a five year old kid to intimidate his teachers. good luck soldier
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'measles outbreak at the child prison' seems entirely avoidable, it's really the kind of thing that only happens if you do several unthinkably evil things on purpose all at once
Horrifying. ICE confirms measles outbreak at Dilley family detention center. www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-dil...
ICE halts "all movement" at Texas detention facility due to measles infections
The measles cases at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center were detected Friday, Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement to CBS News.
www.cbsnews.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:31 AM
'measles outbreak at the child prison' seems entirely avoidable, it's really the kind of thing that only happens if you do several unthinkably evil things on purpose all at once
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Columbia Heights (Liam's school district) cancelled school today because of a credible bomb threat at Liam's elementary and multiple ICE vehicles parking in the high school staff parking lot at 6:15am.
February 2, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Columbia Heights (Liam's school district) cancelled school today because of a credible bomb threat at Liam's elementary and multiple ICE vehicles parking in the high school staff parking lot at 6:15am.
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due to viable threats of violence, Liam’s entire school district, Columbia Heights, is closed for today.
are we safe yet?
are we safe yet?
Liam is home now and we are grateful to @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social for traveling to Minneapolis with him and his dad.
Welcome home Liam ❤️❤️
Welcome home Liam ❤️❤️
February 2, 2026 at 12:58 PM
due to viable threats of violence, Liam’s entire school district, Columbia Heights, is closed for today.
are we safe yet?
are we safe yet?
Kevin Love and I were born on the exact same day/same year, and now he’s posting stat lines like me (in late-night pickup), too.
February 2, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Kevin Love and I were born on the exact same day/same year, and now he’s posting stat lines like me (in late-night pickup), too.
How is there a modern town with the name “White Settlement”
February 1, 2026 at 6:35 PM
How is there a modern town with the name “White Settlement”
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Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
February 1, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
One day... it will happen.
February 1, 2026 at 3:21 AM
One day... it will happen.
Wow that looks bad!
January 31, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Wow that looks bad!
The goosebumps/collective energy would have lifted me off the ground. Dear god
January 30, 2026 at 8:43 PM
The goosebumps/collective energy would have lifted me off the ground. Dear god
Completely insane way to use money. I've virtually never done Doordash. I could see why it's needed at times but $200-300 a week is absurd lol
Ma'am you are spending 1/3 of your post-tax income on doordash
January 30, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Completely insane way to use money. I've virtually never done Doordash. I could see why it's needed at times but $200-300 a week is absurd lol
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Worst of the worst: the 58 year old father, snatched from his job at McDonald's, and his devoted son, humiliated by ICE for simply bringing his dad the medication that keeps him alive.
youtube.com/shorts/6bS-Q...
youtube.com/shorts/6bS-Q...
58-year-old undocumented McDonald's worker detained without heart medication
MS NOW’s Alex Tabet speaks with the son of a 58-year-old undocumented McDonald’s worker who was detained by ICE without his heart medication. His son says when he brought his father his medication,…
youtube.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:46 AM
Worst of the worst: the 58 year old father, snatched from his job at McDonald's, and his devoted son, humiliated by ICE for simply bringing his dad the medication that keeps him alive.
youtube.com/shorts/6bS-Q...
youtube.com/shorts/6bS-Q...
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Awful to even try to catalogue the harm being done here in MN.
Educational harms, students out school? At least months.
Economic harms, from empty, half-functioning businesses? At least years.
Civic and psychic harms, from shattering the basic sense of safety? Decades.
Stolen neighbors? Forever.
Educational harms, students out school? At least months.
Economic harms, from empty, half-functioning businesses? At least years.
Civic and psychic harms, from shattering the basic sense of safety? Decades.
Stolen neighbors? Forever.
Exactly. The harm being done to our immigrant communities, the harm being done to communities of color, the harm being done to all of us, will not be measured in days or months. It will be measured in generations.
January 30, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Awful to even try to catalogue the harm being done here in MN.
Educational harms, students out school? At least months.
Economic harms, from empty, half-functioning businesses? At least years.
Civic and psychic harms, from shattering the basic sense of safety? Decades.
Stolen neighbors? Forever.
Educational harms, students out school? At least months.
Economic harms, from empty, half-functioning businesses? At least years.
Civic and psychic harms, from shattering the basic sense of safety? Decades.
Stolen neighbors? Forever.
He literally pardoned 1500 actual violent insurrectionists.
"More than 600 rioters had been convicted of or pleaded guilty to assault of or obstructing law enforcement officers and 170 of using a deadly weapon."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardon_...
"More than 600 rioters had been convicted of or pleaded guilty to assault of or obstructing law enforcement officers and 170 of using a deadly weapon."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardon_...
Just a fundamentally evil, malevolent person. Rotten to the very core.
January 30, 2026 at 2:58 PM
He literally pardoned 1500 actual violent insurrectionists.
"More than 600 rioters had been convicted of or pleaded guilty to assault of or obstructing law enforcement officers and 170 of using a deadly weapon."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardon_...
"More than 600 rioters had been convicted of or pleaded guilty to assault of or obstructing law enforcement officers and 170 of using a deadly weapon."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardon_...