kristi roen
@kroen21.bsky.social
AUS, MSP #biking #local #craftbeer #music #art #tech #food #outdoors
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"These restaurants are doing this work under immense financial strain. I’ve heard again and again: This is like COVID, but worse. There is no governmental relief in sight." mspmag.com/eat-and-drin...
An SOS from Restaurants in Federally Occupied Minnesota
We spoke to anonymous industry members—restaurant owners, staff, and managers—about the toll that ICE activity has taken on their hearts, their businesses, and their communities, and how they’re quiet...
mspmag.com
February 3, 2026 at 8:56 PM
"These restaurants are doing this work under immense financial strain. I’ve heard again and again: This is like COVID, but worse. There is no governmental relief in sight." mspmag.com/eat-and-drin...
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Hey Minnesotans. Have your bosses sent you a mealy-mouthed email about how to remain productive during these troubled times or some other example of non-committal, faux-concerned corporate-speak? We want to publish a bunch of these. Send examples to keith at racketmn.com. You will NOT be identified.
January 26, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Hey Minnesotans. Have your bosses sent you a mealy-mouthed email about how to remain productive during these troubled times or some other example of non-committal, faux-concerned corporate-speak? We want to publish a bunch of these. Send examples to keith at racketmn.com. You will NOT be identified.
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I know it's hard to track all the threats to democracy out there right now, but this is at the top of the list.
January 26, 2026 at 1:40 AM
I know it's hard to track all the threats to democracy out there right now, but this is at the top of the list.
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The Timberwolves may have signed that insipid CEO statement, but their chaplain is spitting fire
January 25, 2026 at 11:07 PM
The Timberwolves may have signed that insipid CEO statement, but their chaplain is spitting fire
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Trolls are review-bombing MN businesses that supported the strike
I made a thing to make it easy-ish to leave good reviews for them because ACAB includes algorithms
togetherwereview.asfarasiknow.net/app
It's still a lot of clicks and taps, but it's better than from scratch I think
(1/4)
I made a thing to make it easy-ish to leave good reviews for them because ACAB includes algorithms
togetherwereview.asfarasiknow.net/app
It's still a lot of clicks and taps, but it's better than from scratch I think
(1/4)
Together We Review
togetherwereview.asfarasiknow.net
January 24, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Trolls are review-bombing MN businesses that supported the strike
I made a thing to make it easy-ish to leave good reviews for them because ACAB includes algorithms
togetherwereview.asfarasiknow.net/app
It's still a lot of clicks and taps, but it's better than from scratch I think
(1/4)
I made a thing to make it easy-ish to leave good reviews for them because ACAB includes algorithms
togetherwereview.asfarasiknow.net/app
It's still a lot of clicks and taps, but it's better than from scratch I think
(1/4)
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In a dispatch from Minnesota, I want to talk about "Real Minnesota" and the failed, pathetic vision of Minnesota that Tom Emmer and City Church offer. I want to talk about how Real Minnesotans take care of strangers.
open.substack.com/pub/wburdine...
open.substack.com/pub/wburdine...
Letter from Occupied Minnesota, Pt 2.
Tom Emmer and City Church will never understand Real Minnesotans
open.substack.com
January 22, 2026 at 11:08 PM
In a dispatch from Minnesota, I want to talk about "Real Minnesota" and the failed, pathetic vision of Minnesota that Tom Emmer and City Church offer. I want to talk about how Real Minnesotans take care of strangers.
open.substack.com/pub/wburdine...
open.substack.com/pub/wburdine...
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They photoshopped Nekima. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
White House posts digitally altered image of woman arrested after ICE protest
Guardian analysis shows images are the same, with Nekima Levy Armstrong looking composed in original but sobbing after alteration
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:25 AM
They photoshopped Nekima. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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America sucks, but there’s an awful lot of great Americans, and an awful lot of them are Minnesotans
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 4:53 AM
America sucks, but there’s an awful lot of great Americans, and an awful lot of them are Minnesotans
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still feels like folks outside of MN are kind of not getting it: our state has been under attack for over a month, and the resistance is being organized by literally your regular old neighbors and coworkers and friends.
Voices of the MN Occupation - Racket
A real-time oral history of the ICE assault on Minnesota
racketmn.com
January 22, 2026 at 6:20 PM
still feels like folks outside of MN are kind of not getting it: our state has been under attack for over a month, and the resistance is being organized by literally your regular old neighbors and coworkers and friends.
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Stop what you’re doing and read this whistleblower report. ICE has been training its agents that they don’t need a judicial warrant to break down your door - a blatant violation of the 4th Amendment. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
DHS ICE memo 1-21-26
www.documentcloud.org
January 21, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Stop what you’re doing and read this whistleblower report. ICE has been training its agents that they don’t need a judicial warrant to break down your door - a blatant violation of the 4th Amendment. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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i found some great places to donate using the list put together by @ziibiing.com
don't give your money to consultants for some vague promise, give it to people who will go out right now, today, and buy a car full of groceries for a family that's too afraid to leave their home.
don't give your money to consultants for some vague promise, give it to people who will go out right now, today, and buy a car full of groceries for a family that's too afraid to leave their home.
Stand With Minnesota
A directory of places to give to as Minnesota defends itself from ICE occupation
www.standwithminnesota.com
January 17, 2026 at 6:48 PM
i found some great places to donate using the list put together by @ziibiing.com
don't give your money to consultants for some vague promise, give it to people who will go out right now, today, and buy a car full of groceries for a family that's too afraid to leave their home.
don't give your money to consultants for some vague promise, give it to people who will go out right now, today, and buy a car full of groceries for a family that's too afraid to leave their home.
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Please read and share with anyone who might be planning on counterprotesting in Cedar-Riverside this weekend
January 15, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Please read and share with anyone who might be planning on counterprotesting in Cedar-Riverside this weekend
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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.
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Thank you Commissioner Garcia; everyone else, it’s in response to this: www.startribune.com/minneapolis-...
January 15, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Thank you Commissioner Garcia; everyone else, it’s in response to this: www.startribune.com/minneapolis-...
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This is VERY well written, as most of @blindeke.bsky.social pieces are. Share with people who don't live here, so they can get a better idea who we are, and how this moment is different. #MNProud
www.minnpost.com/cityscape/20...
www.minnpost.com/cityscape/20...
ICE occupation, unlike Floyd protests, is an intentional disruption - MinnPost
The most effective and meaningful pushback against the federal government’s terror campaign comes in the form of neighbors helping neighbors.
www.minnpost.com
January 14, 2026 at 7:00 PM
This is VERY well written, as most of @blindeke.bsky.social pieces are. Share with people who don't live here, so they can get a better idea who we are, and how this moment is different. #MNProud
www.minnpost.com/cityscape/20...
www.minnpost.com/cityscape/20...