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sick/crip artist & writer in minneapolis ⟡ they/he ⟡ hanolliver.com
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han olliver @hanolliver.bsky.social · Jan 13
all of Sahar's accounts have been suspended (again) and she urgently needs us in the midst of severe flooding. Bsky deletes her accounts almost immediately—please continue sharing and sending. the situation is devastating and Odai still needs support to heal from his injury. gofund.me/2a8966ea2
Donate to Urgent Aid for Sahar’s Family – Food, Shelter & Medicine, organized by Sahar Alajrami
Hi world , it’s Sahar Please read this as if… Sahar Alajrami needs your support for Urgent Aid for Sahar’s Family – Food, Shelter & Medicine
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hanolliver.bsky.social
still managing quick plein air paintings, when time allows it these busy days. they're grounding in a way I need.
a blue snowy yard with a patch of sun and a corner of bright bushes lit up by light.
January 28, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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lookitup.baby
With alt text, so everyone can be able to read it
UNIONS ANNOUNCE HISTORIC TWIN CITIES RENT STRIKE, DEMANDING EVICTION MORATORIUM AND $50 MILLION RENT RELIEF Minneapolis, MN- Today labor and tenant unions in Minneapolis and St. Paul announced a March 1 rent strike drive, calling on Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to immediately declare an eviction moratorium and rent relief. Representing more than 25,900 workers, these five labor unions and the new cities-wide tenant union together vow to show an unprecedented expression of economic power to ensure action from the Governor. Twin Cities Tenants, a cities-wide tenant union in Minneapolis and St. Paul, joins with SEIU Healthcare MN/IA (representing 9,000 workers who live and work in the Twin Cities), SEIU Local 26 (representing 8,000 workers in the Twin Cities), Unite HERE Local 17 (representing 6,000 workers), ATU 1005 (representing 2,300 workers), and CWA 7250 (representing 600 workers) to launch the strike drive. Following decisions by their executive teams, these unions are actively organizing their membership towards the March 1 rent strike. Take Action Minnesota has committed 1,500 of their members, mostly parents and teachers, to take the strike pledge, and Unidos Minnesota is moving the pledge to its 8,000 members. The unions and community groups are joined by Minneapolis City Council Members Jason Chavez (Ward 9), Aisha Chughtai (Ward 10), Aurin Chowdhury (Ward 12), and Robin Wonsley (Ward 2). The Councilmembers have fought for a statewide eviction moratorium, and they are all tenants who have now pledged to strike on March 1. (Alt text continued on the second picture, which is of the same page. The third and the fourth picture are also the same as each other and alt text will continue between the third and the fourth picture, which I couldn’t put there because a 2000 character limit is cruel and unusual) Just 10,000 tenants withholding rent in March alone would result in a $15 million economic disruption. This would more than double the "normal" levels of rental debt across the Twin Cities. If authorized and launched, this would be the largest rent strike in the United States in the last 100 years, and the largest rent strike in Minnesota's history. The strike drive follows nearly three months of federal occupation, which has taken a painful economic toll on poor and working class tenants across the Twin Cities. Over 35,000 low-income Twin Cities households were already unable to afford the rent before the federal siege. Estimates show over $47 million in lost wages among people who have not been safe to go to work, and at least $15.7 million in additional rental assistance needed due to lost household income - leaving many of those households at imminent risk of eviction. Despite monumental efforts by community members to distribute nearly $5 million in rent relief, evictions in the Twin Cities are already spiking. In January 2026, landlords across Minneapolis and St. Paul filed 1,311 evictions; this is up 12% from December 2025, and 26% over the January average in the past few years. The top evictors under occupation include large companies like Dominum, Aeon, Roers Companies, and The Related Companies. The list also includes landlords like Sherman Associates, who have opened up hotels to ICE. Even as the federal government announces a "draw down" of Operation Metro Surge, the economic impact of the occupation will continue long after the ICE agents are gone. Because of mutual aid funds and local protections, like 30-day notice for filing in Minneapolis, tenants may have avoided court so far. but occupation evictions will be heard soon. "In the last 2 months, I've been stuck in the house. I can't work, so I can't pay rent. All we want is freedom, to feel that we belong someplace, to work. Today I’m pledging to rent strike on March 1 because I know that when we fight, we win," said Anain, a member of Inquilins Unids por Justicia & Twin Cities Tenants. "Today, I'm more scared of what's been happening than I’m scared of the risk of going on strike. I’m ready to withhold my rent, alongside my neighbors across the Twin Cities, until we win." "Tenants in MN are in a crisis. The federal invasion forced many of our neighbors to stay home & devastated our local economy," said Minneapolis City Council Member Aisha Chughtai. "We need real solutions for the cliff of rental crisis we are facing on March 1st. I will be going on rent strike on March 1 and I call on my constituents to join me, until we can get a real solution from our state government for this crisis." "Our union has always understood that no matter what we win at the bargaining table, if we don't join fights led by the community around things like keeping us safe & having an affordable place to live, we aren't materially making lives better," said Greg Nammacher, President of SEIU Local 26. "We know many of our members are like thousands of Minnesotans who’ve been facing immense challenges over the last few months because of the federal occupation, & now are facing impossible situations around paying their rent. We’re telling our members about the strike drive and encouraging them to get involved if this is an issue that’s important to them because we know that collective action is the only way to take on problems this large." "We absolutely need an eviction moratorium," said Geof Paquette, Internal Organizing Director at Unite Here Local 17. "Our members were struggling to keep up with housing costs before ICE occupied our streets. It’s now become an emergency as many of our members are behind in their rent. It's well past time for some relief."… "Our members have been deeply impacted by the presence of federal agents in MN, including organizing robust mutual aid in school communities to ensure students and families could stay home and safe during the past 2 months," said Amanda Otero, Co-Director of Take Action MN. "Many of our neighbors are at risk of losing their housing due to this crisis & we’re raising our voices to demand an eviction moratorium & rent relief. We’re ready to talk to our members about a rent strike as a strategy to ensure our demands are met." "First, we stand in solidarity with workers in all sectors," said David Stiggers, Pres of ATU 1005. "Public transit workers are tenants too, who serve the communities we live in. We’re often living paycheck to paycheck & sometimes only one small emergency away from falling short on rent. Unstable housing leads to stress which leads to poor work performance & that's detrimental to safety and reliability, which impacts the entire community. ATU represents many frontline public service workers, those driving, maintaining, & riding transit so we'll continue to fight for justice and equity in housing policies." "The people of the Twin Cities have shown the way, fighting a federal invasion and caring for their neighbors; their fight and their care continues in this historic rent strike," said Tara Raghuveer, Director of the Tenant Union Federation. "Out of deep consideration and profound seriousness, & facing Mar 1, when the rent is due & so many still can't pay, tenants & workers have decided that they have no other choice but to strike. In taking this step, they join a storied tradition of struggle. The struggle can end whenever the Gov steps in to do what's right." Twin Cities Tenants is a Cities-wide tenant union. This effort is led by Inquilins Unids por Justicia, South Minneapolis Tenant Union, property-level unions, & block groups across the Twin Cities. TC Tenants is supported by the Tenant Union Federation, a national union of tenant unions.
February 18, 2026 at 5:16 AM
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solomons.bsky.social
“All children held in immigration detention should be immediately released, and these facilities should be permanently shuttered.”
February 17, 2026 at 6:51 PM
hanolliver.bsky.social
Can we support Lubna today so that Naser can get his MRI? chuffed.org/project/1552...
February 18, 2026 at 3:37 AM
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nkalamb.bsky.social
“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”

- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.

Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.

www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
Mia Valentina Paz Faria A 7-year-old from Venezuela who was living in Austin, Texas Detained for 70 days “I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.” UPDATE: Staff at the ICE concentration camp in Dilley, Texas have begun raiding the dormitories of kids and their parents to confiscate and destroy letters from the children. This is in response to the ace reporting by @micarosenberg et al for ProPublica:
February 17, 2026 at 7:31 PM
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janus.bsky.social
after all, what better way to force people to use your bullshit wrong answer machines than making it extremely costly for anyone to do computation locally and thus establish said machines as the sole method of interface ?
February 17, 2026 at 5:53 PM
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janus.bsky.social
i think lots of people underestimate how badly these “AI” companies want people to be unable to afford computers. they view personal computing as a roadblock to their desire for complete end-to-end centralization. the fact that their tech is putting hardware out of reach is not just a happy accident
February 17, 2026 at 5:49 PM
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georgeouthwaite.bsky.social
Dawn over Marl Pits (1)
digital painting
of snowy woods in shadow with a clear morning sky
February 17, 2026 at 4:43 PM
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oldsquida.bsky.social
Q: “What are you in here for? Murder? Robbery?"
A: “Worse, possession of zines"

“Sanchez Estrada is facing up to 20 years behind bars for allegedly moving a box of anarchist zines from his parents’ house to another residence"
Prison-Style Free Speech Censorship Is Coming for the Rest of Us
The outcome of a court case could decide whether the Trump administration can criminalize simply possessing political literature.
theintercept.com
February 17, 2026 at 3:47 PM
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chadstanton.blacksky.app
Can we please make sure we keep this in mind when everyone decides to make fun of people concerned about their safety in regard to civil disobedience.
February 17, 2026 at 7:36 PM
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scumbelievable.bsky.social
I'd rather eat glass.
everywriter.bsky.social Every Writer @everywriter.bsky.social · 1d
Writers if you could drop your novel or short story into an AI and have it make a great and watchable movie out of your story, and you could sell that movie, would you do it? #writers #WritingCommunity
February 17, 2026 at 8:14 PM
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hanolliver.bsky.social
phone plein air
a messy painting of a lake covered in ice with a line of trees at the other side under a blue sky
February 16, 2026 at 8:49 PM
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chudgar.com
Friends, can you chip in to support our NE neighbor? He’s lost his family, and he’s staring down the barrel of an immigration hearing at Whipple next month gofund.me/39d8aaed4
Donate to Esperanza y apoyo para sus hijos de Patricio y esposa, organized by Rolando Patricio Tigre Jara
Hola me llamo Patricio q Dios los bendiga grandemente quisier… Rolando Patricio Tigre Jara needs your support for Esperanza y apoyo para sus hijos de Patricio y esposa
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February 14, 2026 at 11:34 PM
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hatueyproject.bsky.social
We are launching an emergency fund-raising effort to raise money for solar panels and storage batteries for Cuba. Can you help by donating $100 here: HatueyProject.org/donate?
Read our full email here: conta.cc/3O6phKP
February 13, 2026 at 7:02 PM
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ingenium.bsky.social
trust
Painting of the sea at night. A small hydrofoil boat skims over the surface of the dark sea, overlaid upon the silhouette of a huge white goose in flight. Water splashes up at the bow of the vessel and twists into eddies around the foils. Dark knotwork patterns spiral off the goose's tail and ripple on the water.
February 7, 2026 at 6:26 PM
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hillohbeanz.bsky.social
Y'all may have heard about the incident last week where ICE agents pretended to have car trouble to lure someone from his house so they could abduct him. Here is the GoFundMe for his family. www.gofundme.com/f/support-th...
Donate to Support the Flores Family in Crisis, organized by Dionisia Leyva
Our family is going through one of the most painful and uncertain moments of our li… Dionisia Leyva needs your support for Support the Flores Family in Crisis
www.gofundme.com
February 16, 2026 at 2:50 PM
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maxbanshees.com
little cranes
February 14, 2026 at 7:05 PM
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juliedillon.bsky.social
I had this thumbnail drawing of my d&d character leftover from a project earlier last year and decided to paint it to get more practice in. 👍
A watercolor painting of a knight with shorn hair trapped within huge entangling brambles. Though she looks defeated, her sword glows brightly, casting light through the thorns.
February 15, 2026 at 6:12 PM
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georgeouthwaite.bsky.social
in progress
digital painting of snow covered brambles
February 16, 2026 at 2:54 PM
hanolliver.bsky.social
phone plein air
a messy painting of a lake covered in ice with a line of trees at the other side under a blue sky
February 16, 2026 at 8:49 PM
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maximpetergriff.bsky.social
13/2/26
Saltfleet / grey marram grass / wind a barbed wire fence with one red post track by the water grey on grey - curlew
February 13, 2026 at 11:17 AM
hanolliver.bsky.social
love a day that makes me forget I have a phone. out and about most of the afternoon and grabbed baked goods after to bring home; my partner was thrilled and my cat sniffed the air expectantly as if they were for her.
February 14, 2026 at 1:14 AM
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adashtra.bsky.social
These are concentration camps and its our duty as citizens to ensure these things don't get built.
washingtonpost.com The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 5d
Breaking news: ICE expects to spend $38.3 billion on its plan to acquire warehouses across the U.S. and retrofit them into immigrant detention centers that can hold tens of thousands of people, according to agency documents.
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion converting warehouses into detention centers, according to planning documents, more than the annual budgets of 22 states.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 14, 2026 at 12:28 AM
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hanolliver.bsky.social
black and white pencil sketch of a woman looking down; her hair is up and she's wearing a dark dress and long black gloves
December 30, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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hanolliver.bsky.social
daily 762
two digitally painted head studies, one of a man in profile with a prominent beard, done in bluish and purple tones. behind him is a blue wash of color with a woman's face in dark blue ink illuminated on the paint swatch.
February 4, 2026 at 4:09 PM