K Lynn Patterson
@klpatauthor.bsky.social
Lawyer, Writer, Transplanted Texan. Queer. She/Her
At least some of this shit is something they should already be doing by law? So you’re gonna pass another law…
Abolish ice is the floor, but if you’re gonna do milquetoast shit, At least do something actually meaningful, like take away their ridiculous 100 mile jurisdiction. That’s statutory.
Abolish ice is the floor, but if you’re gonna do milquetoast shit, At least do something actually meaningful, like take away their ridiculous 100 mile jurisdiction. That’s statutory.
Dems coalescing around 5 restrictions on ICE, I'm told:
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
A Dem Senator’s Harsh Takedown of Trump Hits Home: “Breaking Point”
As Trump scrambles to contain the damage from the latest ICE horrors, Senator Chris Murphy offers a sharp indictment of Trump-ICE lawlessness—and explains how Dems can meet the urgency of the moment.
newrepublic.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:23 PM
At least some of this shit is something they should already be doing by law? So you’re gonna pass another law…
Abolish ice is the floor, but if you’re gonna do milquetoast shit, At least do something actually meaningful, like take away their ridiculous 100 mile jurisdiction. That’s statutory.
Abolish ice is the floor, but if you’re gonna do milquetoast shit, At least do something actually meaningful, like take away their ridiculous 100 mile jurisdiction. That’s statutory.
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“Find shelter. Seek shelter. Take shelter. Jason Statham is shelter.”
The production company behind this new movie acknowledging what we’ve all known for years: The only true shelter is in Jason Statham’s tender embrace.
The production company behind this new movie acknowledging what we’ve all known for years: The only true shelter is in Jason Statham’s tender embrace.
January 27, 2026 at 4:41 PM
“Find shelter. Seek shelter. Take shelter. Jason Statham is shelter.”
The production company behind this new movie acknowledging what we’ve all known for years: The only true shelter is in Jason Statham’s tender embrace.
The production company behind this new movie acknowledging what we’ve all known for years: The only true shelter is in Jason Statham’s tender embrace.
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Hey y'all! While the fight in Minnesota is FAR from over, I have been keeping an eye on Maine as well. I connected with the awesome folks over at No ICE for ME and got some links to share!
The biggest one is the Maine Solidarity Fund. They are doing EVERYTHING right now. We just sent them $1000.
The biggest one is the Maine Solidarity Fund. They are doing EVERYTHING right now. We just sent them $1000.
Maine Solidarity Fund
When Our Neighbors are Under Attack, We Stand TogetherRight now, immigrant and Trans Mainers are facing unprecedented threats to their safety, dignity, and basic rights. Families are afraid to leave t...
www.zeffy.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Hey y'all! While the fight in Minnesota is FAR from over, I have been keeping an eye on Maine as well. I connected with the awesome folks over at No ICE for ME and got some links to share!
The biggest one is the Maine Solidarity Fund. They are doing EVERYTHING right now. We just sent them $1000.
The biggest one is the Maine Solidarity Fund. They are doing EVERYTHING right now. We just sent them $1000.
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Grow, my tiny serotonins, grow.
January 26, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Grow, my tiny serotonins, grow.
I feel compelled to tell everyone that my kid was doing imaginative play with some 3D printed dragons:
“Here, this one is yours. His name is horny.”
Me, barely surpressi g a guffaw. “Mhmmm?”
“Because it has horns.”
“Here, this one is yours. His name is horny.”
Me, barely surpressi g a guffaw. “Mhmmm?”
“Because it has horns.”
a man in a blue shirt says " logical "
Alt: Spock, wearing a blue shirt saying " logical "
media.tenor.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:32 AM
I feel compelled to tell everyone that my kid was doing imaginative play with some 3D printed dragons:
“Here, this one is yours. His name is horny.”
Me, barely surpressi g a guffaw. “Mhmmm?”
“Because it has horns.”
“Here, this one is yours. His name is horny.”
Me, barely surpressi g a guffaw. “Mhmmm?”
“Because it has horns.”
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I would never return you due to small size, the romance author posted out of context at 11pm
January 26, 2026 at 5:13 AM
I would never return you due to small size, the romance author posted out of context at 11pm
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I heard folks are wondering about the shadowy cabal of billionaires who have been funding handwarmers in the Twin Cities.
Stay tuned, we have a new Twin Cities supplies wishlist dropping after dinner! Be the shadowy cabal you want to see in the world. 💓
Stay tuned, we have a new Twin Cities supplies wishlist dropping after dinner! Be the shadowy cabal you want to see in the world. 💓
January 26, 2026 at 12:44 AM
I heard folks are wondering about the shadowy cabal of billionaires who have been funding handwarmers in the Twin Cities.
Stay tuned, we have a new Twin Cities supplies wishlist dropping after dinner! Be the shadowy cabal you want to see in the world. 💓
Stay tuned, we have a new Twin Cities supplies wishlist dropping after dinner! Be the shadowy cabal you want to see in the world. 💓
I mean, there are a ton more and probably queerer, but this is the one I’m saltiest about:
January 26, 2026 at 2:46 AM
I mean, there are a ton more and probably queerer, but this is the one I’m saltiest about:
Priscilla queen of the desert:
January 26, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Priscilla queen of the desert:
Went to the hotel ice machine to get some ice, and was struck by an immediate rage at seeing the phrase, “ice.”
Frozen water may need a new name after this period is over.
Frozen water may need a new name after this period is over.
January 25, 2026 at 11:37 PM
Went to the hotel ice machine to get some ice, and was struck by an immediate rage at seeing the phrase, “ice.”
Frozen water may need a new name after this period is over.
Frozen water may need a new name after this period is over.
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I think a lot of us get hope wrong. Hope, I do not believe, is an emotion. In fact, hope makes space for lots of emotions to exist alongside it. You can DO hope scared, angry, sad etc...
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
January 25, 2026 at 2:05 AM
I think a lot of us get hope wrong. Hope, I do not believe, is an emotion. In fact, hope makes space for lots of emotions to exist alongside it. You can DO hope scared, angry, sad etc...
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
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block fed posters like this on sight
January 24, 2026 at 5:34 PM
block fed posters like this on sight
I’ve been pretty committed to seeing the atrocities, but I’m gonna tap out of this one, at least for now. Turning off auto play for videos now.
Initial report is that two observers got into a shoving match with eight agents, one observer was wrestled to the ground, and then an ICE agent pulled out a sidearm and shot the man on the ground five times.
January 24, 2026 at 4:09 PM
I’ve been pretty committed to seeing the atrocities, but I’m gonna tap out of this one, at least for now. Turning off auto play for videos now.
He was great in my so called life, and he was fine in Requiem for a Dream, but that shoulda been it for his film career.
Why the fuck does anyone keep hiring Jared Leto? He has the acting range of a traffic cone. The most convincing I've ever seen him is when he yacked out of his mind in Lord of War and I'm pretty sure that wasn't acting. That and maybe when he was a murder pervert in Blade Runner 2049.
January 24, 2026 at 3:54 PM
He was great in my so called life, and he was fine in Requiem for a Dream, but that shoulda been it for his film career.
I learned about him in a history class in college (1999) & it was one of those small shifts towards understanding the pervasiveness of racism and repression in this country
I was a huge film nerd, and I’d never even heard of him. He was such a massive star, but they’ve done their best to erase him
I was a huge film nerd, and I’d never even heard of him. He was such a massive star, but they’ve done their best to erase him
Paul Robeson died 50 years ago today.
Can you imagine being the most famous Black person in the world at one point, only to die in near obscurity?
The American government made sure no one would remember one of the greatest Americans to ever live.
He was 77
Can you imagine being the most famous Black person in the world at one point, only to die in near obscurity?
The American government made sure no one would remember one of the greatest Americans to ever live.
He was 77
January 24, 2026 at 3:48 PM
I learned about him in a history class in college (1999) & it was one of those small shifts towards understanding the pervasiveness of racism and repression in this country
I was a huge film nerd, and I’d never even heard of him. He was such a massive star, but they’ve done their best to erase him
I was a huge film nerd, and I’d never even heard of him. He was such a massive star, but they’ve done their best to erase him
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Paul Robeson died 50 years ago today.
Can you imagine being the most famous Black person in the world at one point, only to die in near obscurity?
The American government made sure no one would remember one of the greatest Americans to ever live.
He was 77
Can you imagine being the most famous Black person in the world at one point, only to die in near obscurity?
The American government made sure no one would remember one of the greatest Americans to ever live.
He was 77
January 23, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Paul Robeson died 50 years ago today.
Can you imagine being the most famous Black person in the world at one point, only to die in near obscurity?
The American government made sure no one would remember one of the greatest Americans to ever live.
He was 77
Can you imagine being the most famous Black person in the world at one point, only to die in near obscurity?
The American government made sure no one would remember one of the greatest Americans to ever live.
He was 77
Tell me your pet's name with a gif
January 24, 2026 at 6:21 AM
Tell me your pet's name with a gif
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I think it's important to boost news of the general strike in Minneapolis today and it's possible to do it without the hyperbole that nobody in the media is covering it
It may not be getting the attention it deserves! Posting links to reported stories is one way to combat that!
It may not be getting the attention it deserves! Posting links to reported stories is one way to combat that!
Economic strike in Minnesota to protest against ICE: ‘No work, no school, no shopping’
Organizers demand ICE leave state and agency be investigated for constitutional violations
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2026 at 2:13 PM
I think it's important to boost news of the general strike in Minneapolis today and it's possible to do it without the hyperbole that nobody in the media is covering it
It may not be getting the attention it deserves! Posting links to reported stories is one way to combat that!
It may not be getting the attention it deserves! Posting links to reported stories is one way to combat that!
::goose honking at person:: and then what did you do? AND THEN WHAT DID YOU DO?
McLaughlin: "This little boy was abandoned by his own father. Our law enforcement in these frigid temperatures stayed w/ the child, tried to bring him into custody w/ the mother, who actually would not take him. Our law enforcement officers were taking care of the child, brought him to McDonald's"
January 23, 2026 at 3:03 PM
::goose honking at person:: and then what did you do? AND THEN WHAT DID YOU DO?
Now this is a front page.
Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026
January 23, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Now this is a front page.
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For people asking “why isn’t there a general strike?” earnestly, and not just to be a judgmental prick
Congress passed the Taft-Hartley Act in 1947 (over Truman's veto) to make general strikes so incredibly difficult to organize that there hasn't been one since.
That there is a general strike happening in a major US city on such short notice is nothing short of a miracle.
That there is a general strike happening in a major US city on such short notice is nothing short of a miracle.
National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
January 22, 2026 at 10:23 PM
For people asking “why isn’t there a general strike?” earnestly, and not just to be a judgmental prick
"It is federal courts that are limited. Not state courts. State courts have plenary power.”
New from me on states' rights in the zeitgeist (gift link): www.theverge.com/policy/86588...
The state AGs are as mad as you are
“We have to fight.”
www.theverge.com
January 22, 2026 at 9:52 PM
"It is federal courts that are limited. Not state courts. State courts have plenary power.”
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Class break. Mom reminded me our family's enslaver's descendant found our elders (my great-grandmother's people) as a young man decades ago because *he went looking for them.*
How many people think that way? "Let me go find those my family harmed and find out what I can do."
It's all about repair.
How many people think that way? "Let me go find those my family harmed and find out what I can do."
It's all about repair.
January 22, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Class break. Mom reminded me our family's enslaver's descendant found our elders (my great-grandmother's people) as a young man decades ago because *he went looking for them.*
How many people think that way? "Let me go find those my family harmed and find out what I can do."
It's all about repair.
How many people think that way? "Let me go find those my family harmed and find out what I can do."
It's all about repair.
See, in my family, they had the good sense to try to reframe my worst (known to me) ancestor. When I was a kid, the lore was that he had fought in the Texas war for independence. It had the utility of reframing our family as more connected to Texas than we actually were, AND distancing themselves
Shit, I have a presidential assassin in my family tree, I don't need to be told some of my ancestors are dodgy as fuck, I've known it since I was eight. Nobody has to carry the karmic debt of their ancestors, but if the wrongs they helped create still exist today, you can work to correct them.
If you go back 4 or 5 generations, everyone has at least some evil in their family tree. It’s ok to be proud of our good/moral ancestors and also to recognize that having immoral ancestors doesn’t impact your worth.
And this is why I hate people lionizing the Confederacy bc it’s their history
And this is why I hate people lionizing the Confederacy bc it’s their history
January 22, 2026 at 6:48 PM
See, in my family, they had the good sense to try to reframe my worst (known to me) ancestor. When I was a kid, the lore was that he had fought in the Texas war for independence. It had the utility of reframing our family as more connected to Texas than we actually were, AND distancing themselves
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Everybody shut the fuck up and pay attention to the most important thing happening at this moment.
January 22, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Everybody shut the fuck up and pay attention to the most important thing happening at this moment.