George Meanwell
@meanwell.ca
Art adjacent / under the anxiety of influence / irretrievably weird
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exceptional article, I think this gets at the heart of why Minneapolis is such a target for the Trump admin even above & beyond other liberal American cities
January 12, 2026 at 11:09 PM
exceptional article, I think this gets at the heart of why Minneapolis is such a target for the Trump admin even above & beyond other liberal American cities
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i kind of get why people invented the devil because it would be easier to bear if something outside of humanity was responsible for the cruelty that encrusts every aspect of our society
January 12, 2026 at 8:09 PM
i kind of get why people invented the devil because it would be easier to bear if something outside of humanity was responsible for the cruelty that encrusts every aspect of our society
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ICE goons in Minneapolis's Southside neighborhood just launched tear gas at neighbors as they try to do door-to-door operations in the area (1/12|26)
January 12, 2026 at 7:57 PM
ICE goons in Minneapolis's Southside neighborhood just launched tear gas at neighbors as they try to do door-to-door operations in the area (1/12|26)
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Never in my life did I think you'd have packs of SWAT-geared guys asking everyone to show their 'papers'. That just wasn't what the country was and we were all pompously proud of that. Then a clown-painted TV host surrounded himself with open Nazis and oh, turns out we were all wrong.
January 12, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Never in my life did I think you'd have packs of SWAT-geared guys asking everyone to show their 'papers'. That just wasn't what the country was and we were all pompously proud of that. Then a clown-painted TV host surrounded himself with open Nazis and oh, turns out we were all wrong.
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Minneapolis, Minnesota is under Trump regime occupation; at least 3,000 regime forces are terrorizing the city, raiding homes door to door without warrants, and grabbing people and children off the street based on their skin colour. No sign of the Minnesota National Guard.
January 12, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Minneapolis, Minnesota is under Trump regime occupation; at least 3,000 regime forces are terrorizing the city, raiding homes door to door without warrants, and grabbing people and children off the street based on their skin colour. No sign of the Minnesota National Guard.
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Every single country should follow suit and pull their government officials and accounts from the platform until Grok's ability to do this shit is disabled. www.bbc.com/news/article...
UK to bring into force law to tackle Grok AI deepfakes this week
It is currently illegal to share deepfakes, but the law against creating them has not yet come into force.
www.bbc.com
January 12, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Every single country should follow suit and pull their government officials and accounts from the platform until Grok's ability to do this shit is disabled. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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This isn't just a casual observation. Fascism scholars have long made this point. It's why calling them "weird" was a more effective strategy than talking about the prices of eggs. Fascism is an aesthetic political movement - you need to make people feel embarassed and horrified by it.
one of the most effective weapons we have against fascism is mockery, especially when its really funny
It occurs to me all the yelling at ICE in MPLS isn't merely funny. Getting made fun of like this is awful for morale. ICE is losing field officers faster than it can wave them through training, and a big part of it is how little of this these little weasels can take.
January 12, 2026 at 5:54 PM
This isn't just a casual observation. Fascism scholars have long made this point. It's why calling them "weird" was a more effective strategy than talking about the prices of eggs. Fascism is an aesthetic political movement - you need to make people feel embarassed and horrified by it.
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Will focusing his endless font of energy when it comes to being annoying towards ICE totally rules and I tip my cap. Someone buy that man a tank of gas
January 12, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Will focusing his endless font of energy when it comes to being annoying towards ICE totally rules and I tip my cap. Someone buy that man a tank of gas
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Nothing. They get nothing. Canadians get less than nothing. Last election, my Lib candidate didn’t even bother to post on Twitter. The campaign used IG, FB,TikTok, and the local newspaper. Because that’s where people are. Real people. #cdnpoli
Canada has 41.5 million people, and its governing party is posting messages on a platform that are on average viewed by only a few hundred people
What do Canadian MPs actually gain from using X?
What would Canadian MPs stand to lose by leaving X?
What do Canadian MPs actually gain from using X?
What would Canadian MPs stand to lose by leaving X?
January 12, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Nothing. They get nothing. Canadians get less than nothing. Last election, my Lib candidate didn’t even bother to post on Twitter. The campaign used IG, FB,TikTok, and the local newspaper. Because that’s where people are. Real people. #cdnpoli
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BREAKING: Senator Mark Kelly sues Pete Hegseth, DOD, and others over Hegseth's censure of Kelly and effort to reduce his retirement grade, alleging violations of the First Amendment, due process, Speech & Debate Clause, and federal laws.
Kelly is represented by Arnold & Porter.
Kelly is represented by Arnold & Porter.
January 12, 2026 at 6:41 PM
BREAKING: Senator Mark Kelly sues Pete Hegseth, DOD, and others over Hegseth's censure of Kelly and effort to reduce his retirement grade, alleging violations of the First Amendment, due process, Speech & Debate Clause, and federal laws.
Kelly is represented by Arnold & Porter.
Kelly is represented by Arnold & Porter.
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"If the Government of Canada can’t be bothered to do the easy things, to preserve the most basic sense of principle and dignity in the face of glaring red line offenses, then we can’t possibly trust it with the more difficult and complex issues."
emmettmacfarlane.substack.com/p/is-canada-...
emmettmacfarlane.substack.com/p/is-canada-...
Is Canada morally leaderless?
For anyone born in the 70s or 80s, it is abundantly clear we’re living in the most perilous period of our lifetimes.
emmettmacfarlane.substack.com
January 12, 2026 at 2:56 PM
"If the Government of Canada can’t be bothered to do the easy things, to preserve the most basic sense of principle and dignity in the face of glaring red line offenses, then we can’t possibly trust it with the more difficult and complex issues."
emmettmacfarlane.substack.com/p/is-canada-...
emmettmacfarlane.substack.com/p/is-canada-...
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It occurs to me all the yelling at ICE in MPLS isn't merely funny. Getting made fun of like this is awful for morale. ICE is losing field officers faster than it can wave them through training, and a big part of it is how little of this these little weasels can take.
ICE at Midway Target and seem to possible be leaving. Lots of community members here
January 12, 2026 at 12:46 AM
It occurs to me all the yelling at ICE in MPLS isn't merely funny. Getting made fun of like this is awful for morale. ICE is losing field officers faster than it can wave them through training, and a big part of it is how little of this these little weasels can take.
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Heated Rivalry becoming mono-culture ... like now we're getting the MLB—hardly a bastion of queer inclusion!—posting shit like this.
We are two steps away from the White House Twitter account posting deportation memes set to "All The Things She Said."
We are two steps away from the White House Twitter account posting deportation memes set to "All The Things She Said."
January 12, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Heated Rivalry becoming mono-culture ... like now we're getting the MLB—hardly a bastion of queer inclusion!—posting shit like this.
We are two steps away from the White House Twitter account posting deportation memes set to "All The Things She Said."
We are two steps away from the White House Twitter account posting deportation memes set to "All The Things She Said."
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Stop posting on the Nazi child-porn site. There is absolutely no reason for any government official to post there and every reason not to.
January 12, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Stop posting on the Nazi child-porn site. There is absolutely no reason for any government official to post there and every reason not to.
@evansolomon.bsky.social you see this?
We've launched an investigation into X over Grok sexualised imagery.
We've opened a formal investigation into X under the Online Safety Act, to determine whether it has complied with its duties to protect people in the UK from content that is illegal in the UK.
🔗 www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safet...
We've opened a formal investigation into X under the Online Safety Act, to determine whether it has complied with its duties to protect people in the UK from content that is illegal in the UK.
🔗 www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safet...
January 12, 2026 at 4:46 PM
@evansolomon.bsky.social you see this?
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We've launched an investigation into X over Grok sexualised imagery.
We've opened a formal investigation into X under the Online Safety Act, to determine whether it has complied with its duties to protect people in the UK from content that is illegal in the UK.
🔗 www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safet...
We've opened a formal investigation into X under the Online Safety Act, to determine whether it has complied with its duties to protect people in the UK from content that is illegal in the UK.
🔗 www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safet...
January 12, 2026 at 11:50 AM
We've launched an investigation into X over Grok sexualised imagery.
We've opened a formal investigation into X under the Online Safety Act, to determine whether it has complied with its duties to protect people in the UK from content that is illegal in the UK.
🔗 www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safet...
We've opened a formal investigation into X under the Online Safety Act, to determine whether it has complied with its duties to protect people in the UK from content that is illegal in the UK.
🔗 www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safet...
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Can verify based on friends I've talked to. A friend who is a *Canadian* immigrant carries his passport and is asking neighbors in his building to not let in anyone they don't recognize.
Other people report residential neighborhoods that are empty of parked cars; everyone who can get out, has.
Other people report residential neighborhoods that are empty of parked cars; everyone who can get out, has.
This is what I heard checking in on friends yesterday. People are in hiding, or aren’t but are agonizing over whether they should be, or are trying to reassure terrified parents who want them to be
The scale of this doesn’t seem to be known to even newshound NYC friends w/o Minneapolis connections
The scale of this doesn’t seem to be known to even newshound NYC friends w/o Minneapolis connections
"The logical outcome of ICE’s siege is the fear that now grips Minneapolis immigrants, even those with U.S. citizenship, about sending their kids to school, going to work, buying groceries, or seeing a doctor when they’re sick." www.liberalcurrents.com/return-of-th...
January 12, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Can verify based on friends I've talked to. A friend who is a *Canadian* immigrant carries his passport and is asking neighbors in his building to not let in anyone they don't recognize.
Other people report residential neighborhoods that are empty of parked cars; everyone who can get out, has.
Other people report residential neighborhoods that are empty of parked cars; everyone who can get out, has.
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once again shoutout to every dipshit who insisted it was hysterical to talk about trump and white supremacy in the same breath www.rawstory.com/trump-267487...
Trump appalls with attack on Civil Rights Act: 'White people very badly treated'
Critics pounced on President Donald Trump Monday after he complained to the New York Times that the Civil Rights Act – the landmark 1964 legislation that outlawed racial discrimination – was “unfair i...
www.rawstory.com
January 12, 2026 at 2:51 PM
once again shoutout to every dipshit who insisted it was hysterical to talk about trump and white supremacy in the same breath www.rawstory.com/trump-267487...
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🔥 @markruffalo.bsky.social : “I gotta be honest, I’m not feeling so great. Renee Good was murdered... stormtroopers running around terrorizing. As much as I love all this, I can’t pretend all this crazy stuff isn’t happening. We have a president who says laws don’t apply to him- this is crazy.”
January 12, 2026 at 2:00 PM
🔥 @markruffalo.bsky.social : “I gotta be honest, I’m not feeling so great. Renee Good was murdered... stormtroopers running around terrorizing. As much as I love all this, I can’t pretend all this crazy stuff isn’t happening. We have a president who says laws don’t apply to him- this is crazy.”
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US pulled out of 31 UN bodies last week.
For PM’s consideration:
“Hosting the UN would benefit both Canada and the world community. For Canada, it would mean a boost in international standing and pump more than $4-billion into the economy annually. It
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
For PM’s consideration:
“Hosting the UN would benefit both Canada and the world community. For Canada, it would mean a boost in international standing and pump more than $4-billion into the economy annually. It
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: Why Canada should make a bid to host the United Nations headquarters
The United States has lost any moral claim it had to play host to the UN’s headquarters as it withdraws from internationalism
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 12, 2026 at 3:19 PM
US pulled out of 31 UN bodies last week.
For PM’s consideration:
“Hosting the UN would benefit both Canada and the world community. For Canada, it would mean a boost in international standing and pump more than $4-billion into the economy annually. It
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
For PM’s consideration:
“Hosting the UN would benefit both Canada and the world community. For Canada, it would mean a boost in international standing and pump more than $4-billion into the economy annually. It
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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The national media, the ADL, corporate leaders, etc. are not revisiting their decisions about Musk now afaict. Musk is just allowed to be a very public Nazi accelerationist as well as a CSAM publisher without any mainstream scrutiny.
Every week is overwhelming evidence of what we saw with our own eyes, but which our credulous media was afraid to print: the Nazi salute was a Nazi salute
Yesterday Elon Musk retweeted "white solidarity is the only way to survive". In our numb overwhelmed media environment it barely made headlines that the world's richest man endorsed blood-curdling white nationalism. My brief writeup for @religiondispatches.org
religiondispatches.org/elon-musk-ju...
religiondispatches.org/elon-musk-ju...
January 12, 2026 at 2:24 PM
The national media, the ADL, corporate leaders, etc. are not revisiting their decisions about Musk now afaict. Musk is just allowed to be a very public Nazi accelerationist as well as a CSAM publisher without any mainstream scrutiny.
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Do Canadian MPs actually connect with the public on X?
I looked at RTs and views for every tweet* sent by Liberal MPs yesterday
Out of 46 tweets, 21 Liberal MPs racked up a combined 475 retweets
34% had zero RTs. Only 17% got more than 10 RTs
3 tweets accounted for over half of all engagement
I looked at RTs and views for every tweet* sent by Liberal MPs yesterday
Out of 46 tweets, 21 Liberal MPs racked up a combined 475 retweets
34% had zero RTs. Only 17% got more than 10 RTs
3 tweets accounted for over half of all engagement
January 12, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Do Canadian MPs actually connect with the public on X?
I looked at RTs and views for every tweet* sent by Liberal MPs yesterday
Out of 46 tweets, 21 Liberal MPs racked up a combined 475 retweets
34% had zero RTs. Only 17% got more than 10 RTs
3 tweets accounted for over half of all engagement
I looked at RTs and views for every tweet* sent by Liberal MPs yesterday
Out of 46 tweets, 21 Liberal MPs racked up a combined 475 retweets
34% had zero RTs. Only 17% got more than 10 RTs
3 tweets accounted for over half of all engagement
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i believe the photographer who is taking the photo is Christopher Katsarov of the Canadian Press, and here is his photo
January 11, 2026 at 8:18 PM
i believe the photographer who is taking the photo is Christopher Katsarov of the Canadian Press, and here is his photo