Lonestar Gooner
@lonestargooner.bsky.social
Husband. Father. Attorney. Gooner.
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I was taught to always avoid the Oxford comma by Mrs Nelson, my year 4 primary school teacher and a formidable dominatrix.
But seriously, I love the Oxford Comma. So I made a starter pack of other serial comma aficionados. And I'll keep adding to it as I find more members of Team Oxford Comma . . .
But seriously, I love the Oxford Comma. So I made a starter pack of other serial comma aficionados. And I'll keep adding to it as I find more members of Team Oxford Comma . . .
The Oxford Comma is the way, the truth, and the light.
None shall get to the Father but by the Oxford Comma.
None shall get to the Father but by the Oxford Comma.
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BIG news from @bloomberg.com, which confirms that ICE has gone ahead and *purchased* multiple commercial warehouses with the aim of converting them into mass detention camps.
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
ICE Begins Buying ‘Mega’ Warehouse Detention Centers Across US
Plans for such centers and jails in nearly two dozen communities have sparked protests over suitability, proximity to homes and schools.
www.bloomberg.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:47 PM
BIG news from @bloomberg.com, which confirms that ICE has gone ahead and *purchased* multiple commercial warehouses with the aim of converting them into mass detention camps.
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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If anyone feels like donating to our fundraiser or sharing it around, this links to donate are here:
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January 30, 2026 at 3:14 PM
If anyone feels like donating to our fundraiser or sharing it around, this links to donate are here:
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Georgia Fort, an independent journalist and vice president of the Minnesota NABJ chapter, was also arrested by federal agents this morning
I was sent this video of agents at her door:
I was sent this video of agents at her door:
January 30, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Georgia Fort, an independent journalist and vice president of the Minnesota NABJ chapter, was also arrested by federal agents this morning
I was sent this video of agents at her door:
I was sent this video of agents at her door:
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reminder that a small handful of Republicans in the House and Senate could end this madness today
January 30, 2026 at 3:22 PM
reminder that a small handful of Republicans in the House and Senate could end this madness today
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Huge thanks to @amylawrence.bsky.social, @adrianjclarke.bsky.social, & @ianstonecomedy.bsky.social for the #HandbrakeOff shoutout.
We're in awe of the worldwide support.
To donate and get involved —
linktr.ee/twincitiesgo...
UTA! 🔴⚪
- @laurielaker.bsky.social, Branch Manager
We're in awe of the worldwide support.
To donate and get involved —
linktr.ee/twincitiesgo...
UTA! 🔴⚪
- @laurielaker.bsky.social, Branch Manager
January 30, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Huge thanks to @amylawrence.bsky.social, @adrianjclarke.bsky.social, & @ianstonecomedy.bsky.social for the #HandbrakeOff shoutout.
We're in awe of the worldwide support.
To donate and get involved —
linktr.ee/twincitiesgo...
UTA! 🔴⚪
- @laurielaker.bsky.social, Branch Manager
We're in awe of the worldwide support.
To donate and get involved —
linktr.ee/twincitiesgo...
UTA! 🔴⚪
- @laurielaker.bsky.social, Branch Manager
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You’d never know this from the way the team is talked about but Arsenal rank 2nd in goals scored in the Premier League and just finished the League Phase of the Champions League with the most goals scored.
January 30, 2026 at 1:38 PM
You’d never know this from the way the team is talked about but Arsenal rank 2nd in goals scored in the Premier League and just finished the League Phase of the Champions League with the most goals scored.
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This is how authoritarian narratives work you smear the victim, praise the armed agent, and ignore the killing. No video justifies an execution. No insult erases due process. This is propaganda, not accountability.
January 30, 2026 at 12:14 PM
This is how authoritarian narratives work you smear the victim, praise the armed agent, and ignore the killing. No video justifies an execution. No insult erases due process. This is propaganda, not accountability.
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ICE’s job is immigration enforcement so why is it using facial recognition to surveil U.S. citizens?
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/t...
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:06 PM
ICE’s job is immigration enforcement so why is it using facial recognition to surveil U.S. citizens?
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/t...
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Awful to even try to catalogue the harm being done here in MN.
Educational harms, students out school? At least months.
Economic harms, from empty, half-functioning businesses? At least years.
Civic and psychic harms, from shattering the basic sense of safety? Decades.
Stolen neighbors? Forever.
Educational harms, students out school? At least months.
Economic harms, from empty, half-functioning businesses? At least years.
Civic and psychic harms, from shattering the basic sense of safety? Decades.
Stolen neighbors? Forever.
Exactly. The harm being done to our immigrant communities, the harm being done to communities of color, the harm being done to all of us, will not be measured in days or months. It will be measured in generations.
January 30, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Awful to even try to catalogue the harm being done here in MN.
Educational harms, students out school? At least months.
Economic harms, from empty, half-functioning businesses? At least years.
Civic and psychic harms, from shattering the basic sense of safety? Decades.
Stolen neighbors? Forever.
Educational harms, students out school? At least months.
Economic harms, from empty, half-functioning businesses? At least years.
Civic and psychic harms, from shattering the basic sense of safety? Decades.
Stolen neighbors? Forever.
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"They want to spend YOUR taxes on someone else's education!"
GOOD! That's exactly what it should be fucking spent on.
GOOD! That's exactly what it should be fucking spent on.
January 30, 2026 at 10:32 AM
"They want to spend YOUR taxes on someone else's education!"
GOOD! That's exactly what it should be fucking spent on.
GOOD! That's exactly what it should be fucking spent on.
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This is Arsenal.
A friend of mine, Matthew Barry, asked me to reflect and write on what's been going on in the Twin Cities, and how it intersects with the football culture I'm a part of here.
So I did that.
Here it is, for #HeartOfAFan.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
So I did that.
Here it is, for #HeartOfAFan.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Laurie Laker: Soccer and Community In Icy Conditions
A special guest blog from a friend on the ground in Minneapolis
substack.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:21 AM
This is Arsenal.
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Great news: Max Dowman has committed his future to Arsenal
The talented teen has signed a pre-contract agreement ahead of him signing his first pro deal when he turns 17 in December
Excellent news for Gooners everywhere 🔥
The talented teen has signed a pre-contract agreement ahead of him signing his first pro deal when he turns 17 in December
Excellent news for Gooners everywhere 🔥
January 30, 2026 at 9:37 AM
Great news: Max Dowman has committed his future to Arsenal
The talented teen has signed a pre-contract agreement ahead of him signing his first pro deal when he turns 17 in December
Excellent news for Gooners everywhere 🔥
The talented teen has signed a pre-contract agreement ahead of him signing his first pro deal when he turns 17 in December
Excellent news for Gooners everywhere 🔥
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Thanks so very much, Jonathan.
If you or anyone in Block 19 feels like supporting our fundraiser, you can find the donation links here — linktr.ee/twincitiesgo...
Please do share it about, as we’re tryin to raise as much as we can by 31 Jan!
UTA!
If you or anyone in Block 19 feels like supporting our fundraiser, you can find the donation links here — linktr.ee/twincitiesgo...
Please do share it about, as we’re tryin to raise as much as we can by 31 Jan!
UTA!
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January 30, 2026 at 7:07 AM
Thanks so very much, Jonathan.
If you or anyone in Block 19 feels like supporting our fundraiser, you can find the donation links here — linktr.ee/twincitiesgo...
Please do share it about, as we’re tryin to raise as much as we can by 31 Jan!
UTA!
If you or anyone in Block 19 feels like supporting our fundraiser, you can find the donation links here — linktr.ee/twincitiesgo...
Please do share it about, as we’re tryin to raise as much as we can by 31 Jan!
UTA!
I miss the 45min slug-hits of a vitriolic and vituperative @edzitron.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:30 AM
I miss the 45min slug-hits of a vitriolic and vituperative @edzitron.com
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Yes: we have tens of thousands of Minnesotans who are, for all intents and purposes, in hiding right now. Most are documented, many are even citizens. Doesn't matter, because ICE doesn't care. Our schools are at COVID-era levels of attendance, with no extra resources for support. Unimaginable harm.
I teach the kid acolytes at my church. One of our acolytes has been gone all month, his family afraid of the very real dangers that latino families face regardless of documentation status.
After checking on their fam, learned he isnt in basketball & switched to online school too.
After checking on their fam, learned he isnt in basketball & switched to online school too.
January 30, 2026 at 4:47 AM
Yes: we have tens of thousands of Minnesotans who are, for all intents and purposes, in hiding right now. Most are documented, many are even citizens. Doesn't matter, because ICE doesn't care. Our schools are at COVID-era levels of attendance, with no extra resources for support. Unimaginable harm.
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Victoria Concordia Crescit. ❤️
A friend of mine, Matthew Barry, asked me to reflect and write on what's been going on in the Twin Cities, and how it intersects with the football culture I'm a part of here.
So I did that.
Here it is, for #HeartOfAFan.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
So I did that.
Here it is, for #HeartOfAFan.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Laurie Laker: Soccer and Community In Icy Conditions
A special guest blog from a friend on the ground in Minneapolis
substack.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:37 AM
Victoria Concordia Crescit. ❤️
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say it with me now...
FUCK ICE
Happening now in Dallas
✊🏽✊🏻✊🏾✊🏼✊🏿
FUCK ICE
Happening now in Dallas
✊🏽✊🏻✊🏾✊🏼✊🏿
January 30, 2026 at 3:45 AM
say it with me now...
FUCK ICE
Happening now in Dallas
✊🏽✊🏻✊🏾✊🏼✊🏿
FUCK ICE
Happening now in Dallas
✊🏽✊🏻✊🏾✊🏼✊🏿
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Checking in on Trump's tariffs
January 30, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Checking in on Trump's tariffs
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Tucker Carlson: "Saudi Arabia [...] is kind of a weirdly free place.”
Hillary Clinton: "The example that the kingdom is setting for the right kind of development [...] that is a very strong model for other parts of the world"
Quotes from a real estate conference in Riyadh
Hillary Clinton: "The example that the kingdom is setting for the right kind of development [...] that is a very strong model for other parts of the world"
Quotes from a real estate conference in Riyadh
Hillary Clinton and Tucker Carlson Walk Into a Saudi Real Estate Forum
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Tucker Carlson: "Saudi Arabia [...] is kind of a weirdly free place.”
Hillary Clinton: "The example that the kingdom is setting for the right kind of development [...] that is a very strong model for other parts of the world"
Quotes from a real estate conference in Riyadh
Hillary Clinton: "The example that the kingdom is setting for the right kind of development [...] that is a very strong model for other parts of the world"
Quotes from a real estate conference in Riyadh
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the very notion that you should pay taxes lmao. hey this guy is just gonna get his beak wet it's cool
January 30, 2026 at 3:31 AM
the very notion that you should pay taxes lmao. hey this guy is just gonna get his beak wet it's cool
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There are 3,800 kids in ICE custody.
January 30, 2026 at 3:44 AM
There are 3,800 kids in ICE custody.
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San Diego vigil for Alex Pretti at the VA Medical Center
January 30, 2026 at 3:47 AM
San Diego vigil for Alex Pretti at the VA Medical Center
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Sixers hold a moment of silence for Dan McQuade.
January 30, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Sixers hold a moment of silence for Dan McQuade.
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Sitting President attempts to steal $10 BILLION from taxpayers.
The most corrupt regime of our lifetimes. With no close second.
And the Hunter hunters are silent.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
The most corrupt regime of our lifetimes. With no close second.
And the Hunter hunters are silent.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
January 30, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Sitting President attempts to steal $10 BILLION from taxpayers.
The most corrupt regime of our lifetimes. With no close second.
And the Hunter hunters are silent.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
The most corrupt regime of our lifetimes. With no close second.
And the Hunter hunters are silent.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
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MINNESOTA — Mom goes outside to warm up her car, ICE grabs her: "Please, my car kids are all alone in the house!”
So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it
(H/T longtimehistory)
So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it
(H/T longtimehistory)
January 30, 2026 at 2:43 AM
MINNESOTA — Mom goes outside to warm up her car, ICE grabs her: "Please, my car kids are all alone in the house!”
So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it
(H/T longtimehistory)
So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it
(H/T longtimehistory)