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Julia (Jules) Murdza
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@1daysooner.bsky.social; @BostonDykeMarch.com from afar; @bikeaction.org; servant to all cats, trees, and bike lanes. Pro trans pro trains; streets are for people.
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Important information for new folks: my cat Jack has the softest fur and the fluffiest belly, and she enjoys belly rubs
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A man who was deported after being released from a Massachusetts state prison wonders how the state can justify working in partnership with ICE. “The governor has the power to hold back. But they played a role to allow this to happen to me.”
Inside ICE’s Only Contract with a Blue State
As part of a 287(g) contract between state officials and ICE, Massachusetts continues to release prisoners into deportation—even as state lawmakers look to ban other forms of ICE collaboration.
boltsmag.org
February 11, 2026 at 11:06 PM
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ah. well. nevertheless...
February 11, 2026 at 5:47 PM
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This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
February 11, 2026 at 4:46 PM
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Traffic Analysis Shows #NewtonMA Washington Street Bikeway Project Reduced Car Traffic, Speeding, and Crashes -

mass.streetsblog.org/2026/02/10/t...
Traffic Analysis Shows Newton Bikeway Project Reduced Car Traffic, Speeding, and Crashes - Streetsblog Massachusetts
"Vehicle volumes on the corridor have decreased without evidence of cut throughs on local roads, speeds within the pilot area have reduced, and bicycle activity has increased," according to a City of ...
mass.streetsblog.org
February 10, 2026 at 9:16 PM
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Bopping in to say that clearing ice from corners and bus stops is excellent community care and also good for getting out some kind of energy and connecting with strangers.
February 8, 2026 at 9:52 PM
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In rural Zimbabwe, community health workers are taking to their bicycles and cycling from house to house to protect girls against cervical cancer.
February 7, 2026 at 7:00 AM
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I cannot sufficiently underline how despicable it is that the IOC has required Haitian Olympic athletes to remove an image representing the leader of the Haitian Revolution (against SLAVERY) from their uniforms.
February 6, 2026 at 11:43 PM
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“What we found is there’s no significant excess risk with statins for almost all the conditions listed in statin packaging as potential side effects… We now have really good evidence that although these things may well happen to people while they take statins, that statins are not the cause”
Statins don’t cause most of the side effects on package warnings, study finds
Many people who should be taking statins avoid them for fear of side effects. A large new study says most of those side effects don't actually show up.
www.statnews.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:10 AM
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We put on an all-Yiddish community production of fiddler on the roof in Philadelphia and cast member and local artist Sofie Rose Seymour created the most amazing show poster that ever was
February 6, 2026 at 5:10 AM
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Like, yes, the top of the form has the word "WARRANT" on it in big bold caps.

But if it said "ELEPHANT" in big, bold caps, we wouldn't be talking about ICE's use of elephants to enter homes.

It's. A form.
February 6, 2026 at 12:51 AM
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Hey look a new high quality scientific study showing that trans women on HRT have no athletic advantage over cis women
New research shows trans women have NO athletic advantage over cisgender women
A landmark scientific review published this week has delivered one of the clearest messages yet in the global debate over trans inclusion in sport: trans women do not demonstrate athletic advantages o...
www.scenemag.co.uk
February 4, 2026 at 9:03 PM
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"'Can light matches on her pants.' A cigarette smoking Bloomerite and 'Biker' who has startled Cheshire, Ohio -- 'For all the new vices, consult me.'"
1898
February 4, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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Jumping back to the beginning, Judge Reyes does a good job in the Background section of explaining exactly what TPS is, and what it isn't.

I see a LOT of bad info about TPS on this site. Read this to learn the basics; the what and why. She lays it out well in this excerpt.
February 3, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Love to listen to "Tournament of Hearts" while watching the Tournament of Hearts
February 2, 2026 at 12:23 AM
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Some in South Minneapolis have created what they call “filter blockades” on Cedar Ave. A handout says the roundabout like blockade is meant to bring neighbors together to strategize against ICE while also identifying traffic coming into the area.

Minneapolis February 1, 2026
February 1, 2026 at 9:10 PM
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I gave & you can too, especially new followers from around the county/world, we need whatever you can spare coming our way ...
This week, my illegally detained neighbor -- an asylum seeker with a wife and two children -- will have a hearing that gives him a chance to get home to his family and get his asylum case back on track. But he will need to pay a $6000 bond.

www.gofundme.com/f/bring-our-...
Donate to Bring Our Neighbor Home from ICE Detention, organized by Maggie Koerth
Earlier this month, one of my neighbors — a legal asylum seeker doing everyth… Maggie Koerth needs your support for Bring Our Neighbor Home from ICE Detention
www.gofundme.com
February 1, 2026 at 11:02 PM
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Adding to this news: four more children from Liam’s Columbia Heights school district are believed to be still in TX in ICE custody. This includes two elementary students from Liam’s school as well as another high school and elementary student from his district, according to CH district leaders.
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.
February 1, 2026 at 4:09 PM
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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.
February 1, 2026 at 3:49 PM
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Ride in Unity for Alex Pretti. Riders from across the nation rode in the cold today, Jan 31, 2026 at 1PM CST/2PM EST. This was Philadelphia's contingent to ride. #philadelphia #protest #bike #ride #alex-pretti #fuck-ice #go-birds
February 1, 2026 at 7:50 AM
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The group bike ride for Alex Pretti is about to depart in Minneapolis, stopping at his memorial, then Renee Good’s, and finishing at the VFW. If you can join, hop on anywhere. It’s a warm 17° & sunny!

I’ve never seen this many cyclists for a group ride. ⚡️✊🏽⚡️🚲⚡️✊🏽⚡️ #RIPPretti
January 31, 2026 at 7:41 PM
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These mounds aren't going anywhere: street artists in Philly have started tagging the piles of snow!
January 31, 2026 at 4:56 PM
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An amazing MN Librarian assembled us a reading list to add to the website so people can do more than donate, they can learn to organize in their communities.

standwithminnesota.com/read
Organizing Reading List — Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory
standwithminnesota.com
January 31, 2026 at 4:57 PM
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January 31, 2026 at 4:29 PM
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Absolutely surreal to continue to hear about drawdowns and lowered temperatures and things calming down in Minneapolis when, as far as I can tell, literally nothing has changed on the ground
January 31, 2026 at 12:06 PM