Kirsten V.
@kirstenium.bsky.social
Anxious Medical Laboratory Technician and Blood Orange Evangelist. 🔬🩸🍊Childless by choice. Lover of cats, books, TV, and beer. 🍻
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Prince would be proud of all of us.
February 1, 2026 at 8:14 AM
Prince would be proud of all of us.
This was a great read!
"Resistance, I was taught, was not an identity or a personality trait but a set of choices made under pressure, often by ordinary people who did not think of themselves as brave and who rarely knew, in the moment, whether what they were doing would matter."
newlinesmag.com/essays/minne...
newlinesmag.com/essays/minne...
Minneapolis Protests Sound a Lot Like the French Resistance
Minnesota is not occupied France, but historians see some parallels with the neighborhood groups and solidarity networks responding to federal operations today
newlinesmag.com
January 31, 2026 at 6:20 PM
This was a great read!
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Tell me five classes you took in college:
Tap Dancing
Oceanography
Physical Chemistry
Oregon Archeology
Linear Algebra
Tap Dancing
Oceanography
Physical Chemistry
Oregon Archeology
Linear Algebra
Sure, let's go with 5 college classes
- "Ain't I a woman?" - Black women's perspective in American history
- Physics for Non-majors
- Organic Chemistry 1
- German Fairy Tales
- Art History in German
- "Ain't I a woman?" - Black women's perspective in American history
- Physics for Non-majors
- Organic Chemistry 1
- German Fairy Tales
- Art History in German
Tell me five classes you took in college:
It's been too long for me to remember the exact titles, but these stand out in my memory:
-Honors Islam
-Honors course on serving the community
-Weight training
-Children's lit
-Abnormal Psych
It's been too long for me to remember the exact titles, but these stand out in my memory:
-Honors Islam
-Honors course on serving the community
-Weight training
-Children's lit
-Abnormal Psych
January 31, 2026 at 5:04 AM
Tell me five classes you took in college:
Tap Dancing
Oceanography
Physical Chemistry
Oregon Archeology
Linear Algebra
Tap Dancing
Oceanography
Physical Chemistry
Oregon Archeology
Linear Algebra
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New dating app about to drop.
TOM HOMAN: “We’re going to create a database where those people that are arrested for interference, impeding and assault, we’re going to make them famous. We’re going to put their face on TV. We’re going to let their employers, in their neighborhoods, in their schools, know who these people are.”
Story: www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/u...
January 28, 2026 at 2:20 AM
New dating app about to drop.
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here’s a simon for you
January 27, 2026 at 3:33 PM
here’s a simon for you
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Meanwhile on Woke Hoth
January 25, 2026 at 6:02 PM
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Listening MONO and turning my brain off brick by brick
(Building the Lego Japanese Red Maple Bonsai tree)
(Building the Lego Japanese Red Maple Bonsai tree)
January 25, 2026 at 5:13 AM
Listening MONO and turning my brain off brick by brick
(Building the Lego Japanese Red Maple Bonsai tree)
(Building the Lego Japanese Red Maple Bonsai tree)
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I do not necessarily endorse nonviolence as a strategy, however a lot of folks are most comfortable practicing it, so here is a good resource:
We are not the first people, or the first country, to suffer under a tyrannical government that does not respect our lives, or our rights.
There is a method for how to effectively resist, and eventually topple, such a regime. We can learn from others who came before us.
This is my favorite guide.
There is a method for how to effectively resist, and eventually topple, such a regime. We can learn from others who came before us.
This is my favorite guide.
CANVAS Core Curriculum: A Guide to Effective Nonviolent Struggle | ICNC
You may also be interested in: A Guide to Nonviolent Activism (Ekta Parishad)Ekta Parishad is a mass-based peoples’ movement for land rights with an active membership of 250,000 landless poor and is r...
www.nonviolent-conflict.org
January 24, 2026 at 9:16 PM
I do not necessarily endorse nonviolence as a strategy, however a lot of folks are most comfortable practicing it, so here is a good resource:
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Stand up, fight back.
January 24, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Stand up, fight back.
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ICE agents are America's failures, basically indistinguishable from lazy school shooters, losers who want to play Call of Duty on our streets against people who can't fight back. They have unlimited ammo and toss tear gas like they're pressing L1. They have to be defunded and jailed. All of them.
MS NOW news crew capturing ICE/DHS agents firing pepper balls, flash bangs, and tear gas at non violent protesters.
file:///C:/Users/Nikki/Downloads/Velshi-2026-01-24.mp4
file:///C:/Users/Nikki/Downloads/Velshi-2026-01-24.mp4
January 24, 2026 at 5:13 PM
ICE agents are America's failures, basically indistinguishable from lazy school shooters, losers who want to play Call of Duty on our streets against people who can't fight back. They have unlimited ammo and toss tear gas like they're pressing L1. They have to be defunded and jailed. All of them.
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This.
ICE agents are America's failures, basically indistinguishable from lazy school shooters, losers who want to play Call of Duty on our streets against people who can't fight back. They have unlimited ammo and toss tear gas like they're pressing L1. They have to be defunded and jailed. All of them.
MS NOW news crew capturing ICE/DHS agents firing pepper balls, flash bangs, and tear gas at non violent protesters.
file:///C:/Users/Nikki/Downloads/Velshi-2026-01-24.mp4
file:///C:/Users/Nikki/Downloads/Velshi-2026-01-24.mp4
January 24, 2026 at 5:35 PM
This.
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sometimes a song you used to love and then completely forgot about will find you and hit you like a nuclear bomb
January 24, 2026 at 6:00 PM
sometimes a song you used to love and then completely forgot about will find you and hit you like a nuclear bomb
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rfk jr is about to enter his final form
A massive pipe rupture has sent sewage spilling into the Potomac River. The spill of about 40 million gallons of sewage a day is turning part of the river gray upriver of Washington, D.C.
Massive sewage spill flowing into Potomac River upstream from Washington
A massive pipe rupture has sent sewage spilling into the Potomac River. The spill of about 40 million gallons of sewage a day is turning part of the river gray upriver of Washington, D.C.
bit.ly
January 24, 2026 at 6:03 AM
rfk jr is about to enter his final form
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meanwhile, Tarragon
January 24, 2026 at 6:17 AM
meanwhile, Tarragon
I’m on the couch in my cozy grey sweats, all the LED candles are blazing, and I just cracked a hazy IPA
I’m going to finish watching Inland Empire
🍻 to the weekend!
I’m going to finish watching Inland Empire
🍻 to the weekend!
January 24, 2026 at 5:03 AM
I’m on the couch in my cozy grey sweats, all the LED candles are blazing, and I just cracked a hazy IPA
I’m going to finish watching Inland Empire
🍻 to the weekend!
I’m going to finish watching Inland Empire
🍻 to the weekend!
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No.
JD Vance: "I'm headed to Minneapolis where we're gonna talk with ICE agents and local officials about how we turn down the chaos. My simple piece of advice to them is going to be if you want to turn down the chaos in Minneapolis, stop fighting immigration enforcement."
January 22, 2026 at 4:16 PM
No.
“What people are doing here is beautiful. It's a tragic beauty, but a real one” ❤️
I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
January 22, 2026 at 5:57 AM
“What people are doing here is beautiful. It's a tragic beauty, but a real one” ❤️
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I've been recruited to play guitar accompaniment with my wife's preschool for their spring fundraiser. Kiddos will be singing All You Need Is Love, and I'm going to come up with a shorter arrangement suitable for 2-5 year olds.
Has anyone here done this sort of thing? Got tips?
Has anyone here done this sort of thing? Got tips?
January 21, 2026 at 9:31 PM
I've been recruited to play guitar accompaniment with my wife's preschool for their spring fundraiser. Kiddos will be singing All You Need Is Love, and I'm going to come up with a shorter arrangement suitable for 2-5 year olds.
Has anyone here done this sort of thing? Got tips?
Has anyone here done this sort of thing? Got tips?
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crazy that the website that I randomly decided to put together at 10AM yesterday has had over 25k unique visitors in 24 hours.
please keep sharing with your networks.
please keep sharing with your networks.
Stand With Minnesota
A directory of places to give to as Minnesota defends itself from ICE occupation
www.standwithminnesota.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:24 PM
crazy that the website that I randomly decided to put together at 10AM yesterday has had over 25k unique visitors in 24 hours.
please keep sharing with your networks.
please keep sharing with your networks.
My depression instantly lifted at even the thought of it happening
January 21, 2026 at 6:31 AM
My depression instantly lifted at even the thought of it happening