@gopickaflower.bsky.social
Long time RN, veteran, and DNP. I’ve got some animals and they’re pretty great. Vaccines work & climate change is real. ““despair is not an option”- Bernie Sanders
Reposts =\= endorsement, opinions are mine
Reposts =\= endorsement, opinions are mine
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what impressed me most today was that a huge crowd of people who mostly had never been tear gassed managed to retreat without running or trampling each other. under a cloud of gas that was not moving (zero wind), people held onto each other and walked blind down a street packed tight as sardines
Just got gassed pretty good at the labor union anti-ICE protest in Portland. Massive march, 5-10k strong. Vibes were very much liberal rather than radical. Lots of kids and older folks.
They gassed the whole crowd as soon as it marched on ICE, in broad daylight.
They gassed the whole crowd as soon as it marched on ICE, in broad daylight.
February 1, 2026 at 8:56 AM
what impressed me most today was that a huge crowd of people who mostly had never been tear gassed managed to retreat without running or trampling each other. under a cloud of gas that was not moving (zero wind), people held onto each other and walked blind down a street packed tight as sardines
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One of the best organizers I know in the Twin Cities has a great line, "We can't always take away the hurt, but we can take away the alone."
January 25, 2026 at 4:49 AM
One of the best organizers I know in the Twin Cities has a great line, "We can't always take away the hurt, but we can take away the alone."
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“Minnesota's nickname is the North Star State due to its motto "L'Etoile du Nord," which was adopted in 1861.
Minnesota is the North Star State. ✨
Consider this fact whenever you're feeling despair at what's happening in our country right now. Follow our North Star.”
- Mari Talkin
Minnesota is the North Star State. ✨
Consider this fact whenever you're feeling despair at what's happening in our country right now. Follow our North Star.”
- Mari Talkin
February 1, 2026 at 5:15 AM
“Minnesota's nickname is the North Star State due to its motto "L'Etoile du Nord," which was adopted in 1861.
Minnesota is the North Star State. ✨
Consider this fact whenever you're feeling despair at what's happening in our country right now. Follow our North Star.”
- Mari Talkin
Minnesota is the North Star State. ✨
Consider this fact whenever you're feeling despair at what's happening in our country right now. Follow our North Star.”
- Mari Talkin
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How Palantir’s capabilities empower ICE and track individuals.
February 1, 2026 at 1:13 AM
How Palantir’s capabilities empower ICE and track individuals.
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January 31, 2026 at 10:08 PM
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The app features gamified neighborhood maps, like Pokémon Go for hunting immigrants. Palantir warns the software is "not for mass prioritization of locations where lots of people it [ICE] might detain could be based."
But this is what actually happens when you give ICE a map and a quota:
But this is what actually happens when you give ICE a map and a quota:
![In testimony 404 Media obtained from a case in Oregon, an ICE official said ELITE is what ICE sometimes uses to track the apparent density of people at a particular location to target. “You’re going to go to a more dense population rather than [...] like, if there’s one pin at a house and the likelihood of them actually living there is like 10 percent [...] you’re not going to go there,” the official said. “It’s basically a map of the United States. It’s kind of like Google Maps.” That case related to a woman, who has the initials MJMA in the court records, who was detained with more than 30 other people in what her lawyers described as a dragnet.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2mpndi3qhexg5azmyrjtvvou/bafkreigs2lzm5vsmvs2lcxznvyajt6xejaizolyturlttlxvyoylbz4at4@jpeg)
January 31, 2026 at 3:39 AM
The app features gamified neighborhood maps, like Pokémon Go for hunting immigrants. Palantir warns the software is "not for mass prioritization of locations where lots of people it [ICE] might detain could be based."
But this is what actually happens when you give ICE a map and a quota:
But this is what actually happens when you give ICE a map and a quota:
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A few days later, Wired reported that DOGE was building exactly this: cross-government data connections with Palantir — the literal company with that name, not just the metaphor.
Palantir Is Helping DOGE With a Massive IRS Data Project
For the past three days, DOGE and a handful of Palantir representatives, along with dozens of career IRS engineers, have been collaborating to build a “mega API,” WIRED has learned.
www.wired.com
January 31, 2026 at 3:44 AM
A few days later, Wired reported that DOGE was building exactly this: cross-government data connections with Palantir — the literal company with that name, not just the metaphor.
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Wow. @mprnews.org just had on the head of the Minnesota Department of Corrections to correct the record, explain that DHS is not using available channels to target people who represent a danger to the public, but is using this description to cast an overly broad net on the state (my paraphrase)
January 30, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Wow. @mprnews.org just had on the head of the Minnesota Department of Corrections to correct the record, explain that DHS is not using available channels to target people who represent a danger to the public, but is using this description to cast an overly broad net on the state (my paraphrase)
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I just drove past an abandoned car, with the doors open. (wrong side of highway, others had already stopped.)
This is Minnesota. No one for any reason intentionally leaves their car on the side of the road w/the doors open in January
Please understand: nothing has changed here. Please tell people
This is Minnesota. No one for any reason intentionally leaves their car on the side of the road w/the doors open in January
Please understand: nothing has changed here. Please tell people
January 31, 2026 at 7:18 PM
I just drove past an abandoned car, with the doors open. (wrong side of highway, others had already stopped.)
This is Minnesota. No one for any reason intentionally leaves their car on the side of the road w/the doors open in January
Please understand: nothing has changed here. Please tell people
This is Minnesota. No one for any reason intentionally leaves their car on the side of the road w/the doors open in January
Please understand: nothing has changed here. Please tell people
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Minneapolis residents are taking a stand against hotels like Hilton that house ICE goons, demanding that they refuse service to them. This movement is gaining traction, and it’s working.
February 1, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Minneapolis residents are taking a stand against hotels like Hilton that house ICE goons, demanding that they refuse service to them. This movement is gaining traction, and it’s working.
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I've shared this before but sharing again since a lot of y'all are going through it lately 🫂
January 31, 2026 at 6:02 PM
I've shared this before but sharing again since a lot of y'all are going through it lately 🫂
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Until 9/11, you could cross into Canada from Detroit with a driver's license. You're supposed to show your birth certificate or passport, but 9 times out of 10, they'd wave you through.
9/11 and the Bush admin's "War on Terror" changed everything. Can't remember the last time I've been to Windsor.
9/11 and the Bush admin's "War on Terror" changed everything. Can't remember the last time I've been to Windsor.
For a very long time you did not need a passport to cross back and forth to Mexico and Canada. I am Gen X and El Paso folks my age remember crossing to drink in Mexico for the night and then coming back home. There are families who continued living in the same place when the border moved.
The people who are saying shit like "well it's either this or the borders are totally open" are doing their best to convince America that we should have completely open borders.
February 1, 2026 at 3:14 AM
Until 9/11, you could cross into Canada from Detroit with a driver's license. You're supposed to show your birth certificate or passport, but 9 times out of 10, they'd wave you through.
9/11 and the Bush admin's "War on Terror" changed everything. Can't remember the last time I've been to Windsor.
9/11 and the Bush admin's "War on Terror" changed everything. Can't remember the last time I've been to Windsor.
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One nice thing about biking, is that when you hear some kids yelling “FUCK ICE COOKIES FOR SALE!” it’s easy to pull over and buy a bunch.
January 31, 2026 at 9:41 PM
One nice thing about biking, is that when you hear some kids yelling “FUCK ICE COOKIES FOR SALE!” it’s easy to pull over and buy a bunch.
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Personally, I think that anyone who was sending friendly emails back and forth with Jeffrey Epstein or attending events with him post-2008 should be thrown into an active volcano.
January 31, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Personally, I think that anyone who was sending friendly emails back and forth with Jeffrey Epstein or attending events with him post-2008 should be thrown into an active volcano.
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I’m reposting this because it’s useful in the current hard panning discourse
January 29, 2026 at 5:50 PM
I’m reposting this because it’s useful in the current hard panning discourse
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At Lk Nokomis in Minneapolis tonight for an ICE OUT event.
February 1, 2026 at 1:21 AM
At Lk Nokomis in Minneapolis tonight for an ICE OUT event.
🚫 contacts
Secure glasses
Shatter proof safety glasses/goggles or hockey/lacrosse masks
Irrigate irrigate irrigate with your face tipped down/forward so the water flows towards the ground
Don’t panic
Protect your airway
Be brave
Stay safe and know you are loved
youtube.com/shorts/z4dy0...
Secure glasses
Shatter proof safety glasses/goggles or hockey/lacrosse masks
Irrigate irrigate irrigate with your face tipped down/forward so the water flows towards the ground
Don’t panic
Protect your airway
Be brave
Stay safe and know you are loved
youtube.com/shorts/z4dy0...
What To Do If You Get Pepper Sprayed
YouTube video by Dr. Glaucomflecken
youtube.com
February 1, 2026 at 4:53 AM
🚫 contacts
Secure glasses
Shatter proof safety glasses/goggles or hockey/lacrosse masks
Irrigate irrigate irrigate with your face tipped down/forward so the water flows towards the ground
Don’t panic
Protect your airway
Be brave
Stay safe and know you are loved
youtube.com/shorts/z4dy0...
Secure glasses
Shatter proof safety glasses/goggles or hockey/lacrosse masks
Irrigate irrigate irrigate with your face tipped down/forward so the water flows towards the ground
Don’t panic
Protect your airway
Be brave
Stay safe and know you are loved
youtube.com/shorts/z4dy0...
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If you get pepper-sprayed, avoid rubbing your eyes. Instead, irrigate them with lots of water, says Dr. Trisha Pasricha, our Ask a Doctor columnist.
January 31, 2026 at 11:01 PM
If you get pepper-sprayed, avoid rubbing your eyes. Instead, irrigate them with lots of water, says Dr. Trisha Pasricha, our Ask a Doctor columnist.
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It's hard to overstate how ell-organized the portland march that got gassed was... organizers made the crowd promise to be peaceful, said the march would slow in front of the ICE building but not stop, that we would stick to one chant (ICE Out). They did absolutely everything right and got gassed.
February 1, 2026 at 3:10 AM
It's hard to overstate how ell-organized the portland march that got gassed was... organizers made the crowd promise to be peaceful, said the march would slow in front of the ICE building but not stop, that we would stick to one chant (ICE Out). They did absolutely everything right and got gassed.
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Among many other protests against ICE today, sit-ins at Target stores were held nationwide this afternoon, calling on the corporation to "stop collaborating with ICE."
Protesters with signs sang songs & chanted softly as customers passed by.
This video is from the downtown Target in Minneapolis.
Protesters with signs sang songs & chanted softly as customers passed by.
This video is from the downtown Target in Minneapolis.
January 31, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Among many other protests against ICE today, sit-ins at Target stores were held nationwide this afternoon, calling on the corporation to "stop collaborating with ICE."
Protesters with signs sang songs & chanted softly as customers passed by.
This video is from the downtown Target in Minneapolis.
Protesters with signs sang songs & chanted softly as customers passed by.
This video is from the downtown Target in Minneapolis.
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I LOVE WARD 9. I went to another one in Powderhorn today and it literally allowed kids to play safely outside with their families. ❤️
Minneapolis is trying out new forms of resistance. They're doing pop-up blockade block parties. This one is on Cedar and 34th, a main route into the city. They have a stereo, food & a fire. MPD is present but not interfering. Lots of honks of support. ICE agents have been reported detouring around.
February 1, 2026 at 12:45 AM
I LOVE WARD 9. I went to another one in Powderhorn today and it literally allowed kids to play safely outside with their families. ❤️
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I’d be supportive of bringing forward a resolution saying the City will Sponsor “National ICE Out Day” in Minneapolis as a City-hosted event series.
This means the City would waive the application fee for all City-issued residential block event permits required for this potential annual event.
This means the City would waive the application fee for all City-issued residential block event permits required for this potential annual event.
We could have National “Ice” Out based on National Night Out like we do in August. Block parties, etc.
February 1, 2026 at 1:50 AM
I’d be supportive of bringing forward a resolution saying the City will Sponsor “National ICE Out Day” in Minneapolis as a City-hosted event series.
This means the City would waive the application fee for all City-issued residential block event permits required for this potential annual event.
This means the City would waive the application fee for all City-issued residential block event permits required for this potential annual event.