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Tomorrow, January 6th, the sunrise in the Twin Cities will start getting earlier again (7:51 am)
This is where the voice of @naddington.bsky.social reminds me that sunrise will (in Minnesota) continue getting later for a could more weeks, and sunset has already been getting later, so no you're not insane (at least not for this reason) www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/eq...
January 6, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Tomorrow, January 6th, the sunrise in the Twin Cities will start getting earlier again (7:51 am)
Social media is great because I barely understand what happened but I've already seen a dozen opinions on the correct and incorrect ways to be mad about it
January 3, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Social media is great because I barely understand what happened but I've already seen a dozen opinions on the correct and incorrect ways to be mad about it
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has anyone asked our very strong mayor man if his helicopter pigs are supporting ICE during their kidnapping operations?
January 3, 2026 at 4:40 AM
has anyone asked our very strong mayor man if his helicopter pigs are supporting ICE during their kidnapping operations?
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It's a screenshot of my home screen I took by mistake when putting my phone in my pocket 😑
The last picture in your rollis your vibe for 2026
this is... so accurate
this is... so accurate
January 1, 2026 at 7:00 PM
It's a screenshot of my home screen I took by mistake when putting my phone in my pocket 😑
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Let us not forget to save some blame for people like Andy Luger and the Strib photo editors who have been trying for many years to paint all Somali-Minnesotans as terrorists, and everyone who let them get away with it
December 4, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Let us not forget to save some blame for people like Andy Luger and the Strib photo editors who have been trying for many years to paint all Somali-Minnesotans as terrorists, and everyone who let them get away with it
The more I think about this the better it gets
January 1, 2026 at 5:51 PM
The more I think about this the better it gets
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2026
January 1, 2026 at 1:02 PM
2026
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MPR News has identified at least 56 habeas corpus petitions filed in the state in December by immigrants who have been detained. The detainees who filed habeas petitions represent only a fraction, less than five percent of the total number of people confirmed arrested in the state. (11)
December 31, 2025 at 10:03 PM
MPR News has identified at least 56 habeas corpus petitions filed in the state in December by immigrants who have been detained. The detainees who filed habeas petitions represent only a fraction, less than five percent of the total number of people confirmed arrested in the state. (11)
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ICE didn't comment. And hasn't released a Minnesota arrest tally since mid-December: “There is a narrative that the focus is supposed to be public safety risks, then why is there such a lack of transparency?” Decker said. “Who is actually being detained and what is happening to them?” (10)
December 31, 2025 at 10:03 PM
ICE didn't comment. And hasn't released a Minnesota arrest tally since mid-December: “There is a narrative that the focus is supposed to be public safety risks, then why is there such a lack of transparency?” Decker said. “Who is actually being detained and what is happening to them?” (10)
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"Petition: Somali man came to U.S. to escape torture by terrorist group" (5) www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
Dozens of immigrants detained by ICE going to court to request release
ICE has released the names of a fraction of the more than 670 it has reported to have arrested during the immigration enforcement sweep that began Dec. 1. An MPR News analysis of federal court records...
www.mprnews.org
December 31, 2025 at 10:03 PM
"Petition: Somali man came to U.S. to escape torture by terrorist group" (5) www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
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Here are some of the people's cases (links directly within the webpage)... "Attorney: Turkish citizen detained by ICE because of his ‘perceived ethnicity’" (4) www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
Dozens of immigrants detained by ICE going to court to request release
ICE has released the names of a fraction of the more than 670 it has reported to have arrested during the immigration enforcement sweep that began Dec. 1. An MPR News analysis of federal court records...
www.mprnews.org
December 31, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Here are some of the people's cases (links directly within the webpage)... "Attorney: Turkish citizen detained by ICE because of his ‘perceived ethnicity’" (4) www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
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Some of the detainees identified by MPR News have been in the country for decades and are married to U.S. citizens. One even has a daughter serving in the U.S. Marine Corps. Despite claims by ICE that they target the "worst of the worst," many of the people detained have no criminal records. (3)
December 31, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Some of the detainees identified by MPR News have been in the country for decades and are married to U.S. citizens. One even has a daughter serving in the U.S. Marine Corps. Despite claims by ICE that they target the "worst of the worst," many of the people detained have no criminal records. (3)
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Court documents show that immigrants have been picked up at hardware stores, a gym, immigration hearings and during traffic stops, including one Somali woman who was arrested while picking up her sick child from school. That's different from past practices, where they picked people up in jails. (2)
December 31, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Court documents show that immigrants have been picked up at hardware stores, a gym, immigration hearings and during traffic stops, including one Somali woman who was arrested while picking up her sick child from school. That's different from past practices, where they picked people up in jails. (2)
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I know it's a holiday eve. But we just dropped an @mprnews.org analysis of federal immigration habeas corpus petitions that gives a partial picture of the government’s approach/insight into the people being impacted in an increasingly opaque immigration system. (1) www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
Dozens of immigrants detained by ICE going to court to request release
ICE has released the names of a fraction of the more than 670 it has reported to have arrested during the immigration enforcement sweep that began Dec. 1. An MPR News analysis of federal court records...
www.mprnews.org
December 31, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I know it's a holiday eve. But we just dropped an @mprnews.org analysis of federal immigration habeas corpus petitions that gives a partial picture of the government’s approach/insight into the people being impacted in an increasingly opaque immigration system. (1) www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
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Resisting him almost always works, trying to bargain with him never ever works
BREAKING: After legal setbacks, President Trump says he's dropping push for the National Guard in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland for now.
Trump says he's dropping push for National Guard in Chicago, LA and Portland, Oregon, for now
President Donald Trump says he’s dropping — for now — his push to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon.
bit.ly
December 31, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Resisting him almost always works, trying to bargain with him never ever works
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I live in Minnesota. I’m not from here but chose it, in part because of the diversity, the supportive environment for kids and families, and the overall sense of community that makes those sides work well.
Now it’s all under attack by the federal government and the President of the United States.
Now it’s all under attack by the federal government and the President of the United States.
December 31, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I live in Minnesota. I’m not from here but chose it, in part because of the diversity, the supportive environment for kids and families, and the overall sense of community that makes those sides work well.
Now it’s all under attack by the federal government and the President of the United States.
Now it’s all under attack by the federal government and the President of the United States.
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I’ve experienced this firsthand. Armed with nothing but my voice & a whistle, I have scared them out of my neighborhood.
I’ve also scared a black bear while hiking the north shore. Same feeling afterwards. Why is this huge scary thing afraid of me?
I’ve also scared a black bear while hiking the north shore. Same feeling afterwards. Why is this huge scary thing afraid of me?
December 31, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I’ve experienced this firsthand. Armed with nothing but my voice & a whistle, I have scared them out of my neighborhood.
I’ve also scared a black bear while hiking the north shore. Same feeling afterwards. Why is this huge scary thing afraid of me?
I’ve also scared a black bear while hiking the north shore. Same feeling afterwards. Why is this huge scary thing afraid of me?
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I’m trying to put some thoughts together about ice agents in a way white Minnesotans can understand.
I’ve settled on black bears.
They’re like black bears. Big, scary, capable of immense violence.
But they are TERRIFIED by humans.
Clap your hands, whistle and they run away.
I’ve settled on black bears.
They’re like black bears. Big, scary, capable of immense violence.
But they are TERRIFIED by humans.
Clap your hands, whistle and they run away.
The ICE drive would send recruitment ads to users’ phone browsers if they are in the vicinity of certain locations, such as military bases, NASCAR races, and gun shows.
ICE Plans $100M “Wartime Recruitment” Aimed at Gun Enthusiasts, Military Fans
The ICE drive would use an ad-targeting technique called “geofencing” to send recruitment ads to users’ phone browsers.
buff.ly
December 31, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I’m trying to put some thoughts together about ice agents in a way white Minnesotans can understand.
I’ve settled on black bears.
They’re like black bears. Big, scary, capable of immense violence.
But they are TERRIFIED by humans.
Clap your hands, whistle and they run away.
I’ve settled on black bears.
They’re like black bears. Big, scary, capable of immense violence.
But they are TERRIFIED by humans.
Clap your hands, whistle and they run away.
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As the year draws to a close, I’m signing off 2025 with a magical find!
An ancient amber bear. Carved some 10,000 years ago, it washed up on a beach at Fanø, Denmark, from a submerged Mesolithic settlement in the North Sea.
✨ Happy New Year all! ✨
National Museum of Denmark
📷 by me
#Archaeology
An ancient amber bear. Carved some 10,000 years ago, it washed up on a beach at Fanø, Denmark, from a submerged Mesolithic settlement in the North Sea.
✨ Happy New Year all! ✨
National Museum of Denmark
📷 by me
#Archaeology
December 31, 2025 at 10:26 AM
As the year draws to a close, I’m signing off 2025 with a magical find!
An ancient amber bear. Carved some 10,000 years ago, it washed up on a beach at Fanø, Denmark, from a submerged Mesolithic settlement in the North Sea.
✨ Happy New Year all! ✨
National Museum of Denmark
📷 by me
#Archaeology
An ancient amber bear. Carved some 10,000 years ago, it washed up on a beach at Fanø, Denmark, from a submerged Mesolithic settlement in the North Sea.
✨ Happy New Year all! ✨
National Museum of Denmark
📷 by me
#Archaeology
Incredible
Many observed The Minnesota* Star Tribune’s failure to distribute newspapers due to snowfall in Iowa on the first day it moved printing to that state with a sense of schadenfreude.
I want to be sure those people know that edition’s front page feature-photo headline was “Who's ready for Moore snow?”
I want to be sure those people know that edition’s front page feature-photo headline was “Who's ready for Moore snow?”
December 31, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Incredible
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I love this sequence of posts on my timeline:
1. A discussion of how Mamdani's appeal lies partly in his just being normal
2. A separate discussion of how everyday normal people—not "activists"—take care of their community.
Be normal. Help people. Normalize helping.
1. A discussion of how Mamdani's appeal lies partly in his just being normal
2. A separate discussion of how everyday normal people—not "activists"—take care of their community.
Be normal. Help people. Normalize helping.
December 31, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I love this sequence of posts on my timeline:
1. A discussion of how Mamdani's appeal lies partly in his just being normal
2. A separate discussion of how everyday normal people—not "activists"—take care of their community.
Be normal. Help people. Normalize helping.
1. A discussion of how Mamdani's appeal lies partly in his just being normal
2. A separate discussion of how everyday normal people—not "activists"—take care of their community.
Be normal. Help people. Normalize helping.
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being a part of this has given me a lot of hope. But i object to the people involved being labeled “activists”. They’re just neighbors. “Activist” is only ever applied to leftists as a way to make them seem less normal. These people are normie AF.
www.startribune.com/inside-the-o...
www.startribune.com/inside-the-o...
Inside the organized resistance to ICE in Minnesota
As the federal government broadened immigration enforcement in the Twin Cities, a network of neighborhood activists ramped up pushback by keeping tabs on ICE agents and lending aid to families in hidi...
www.startribune.com
December 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
being a part of this has given me a lot of hope. But i object to the people involved being labeled “activists”. They’re just neighbors. “Activist” is only ever applied to leftists as a way to make them seem less normal. These people are normie AF.
www.startribune.com/inside-the-o...
www.startribune.com/inside-the-o...