Mendeia
@mendeia.bsky.social
I am an author, musician, pet owner, problem-solver, pagan, con-runner, and progressive queer nerd in St Paul, MN.
She/Her
There will be everything from cats to social justice here and profanity aplenty. You have been warned!
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https://clantoren.com/
She/Her
There will be everything from cats to social justice here and profanity aplenty. You have been warned!
💜🩶🖤
https://clantoren.com/
This makes me so fucking proud
Two days after the deadly sea collision, ~1,000 people demonstrated in central Athens, chanting slogans such as “Athens – Minnesota we fight together, against the system that murders us,” “open borders for refugees,” and “we live together, we work together with the migrants, fight the nazis.”
February 18, 2026 at 4:53 AM
This makes me so fucking proud
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Maybe it’s just me, but I would much rather have an entire undocumented immigrant family with two happy trans kids living right next door to me than white supremacists or racist MAGA lunatics who worship their pedophile president any day of the week.
February 17, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Maybe it’s just me, but I would much rather have an entire undocumented immigrant family with two happy trans kids living right next door to me than white supremacists or racist MAGA lunatics who worship their pedophile president any day of the week.
Funnily enough, my Bluesky content has been a lot less nerdy cat mom writer lately. CAN'T IMAGINE WHY.
In recompense, have a cat picture!
In recompense, have a cat picture!
February 17, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Funnily enough, my Bluesky content has been a lot less nerdy cat mom writer lately. CAN'T IMAGINE WHY.
In recompense, have a cat picture!
In recompense, have a cat picture!
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Said it before but:
An attack on my neighbors is an attack on my values and the fabric of our shared community.
I presume that's a fairly universal feeling or at least easily understood, no matter where you live.
But it feels especially common and pronounced in Minnesota right now.
An attack on my neighbors is an attack on my values and the fabric of our shared community.
I presume that's a fairly universal feeling or at least easily understood, no matter where you live.
But it feels especially common and pronounced in Minnesota right now.
I wrote about this myself at TNR—my data point is how many times STRANGERS helped me during my 10 winters in MSP. Shoveling the car out, jump starts, lost mittens, etc. It’s an ethic beyond “don’t harm the people we know personally,” it’s “don’t come for US.”
February 17, 2026 at 4:35 AM
Said it before but:
An attack on my neighbors is an attack on my values and the fabric of our shared community.
I presume that's a fairly universal feeling or at least easily understood, no matter where you live.
But it feels especially common and pronounced in Minnesota right now.
An attack on my neighbors is an attack on my values and the fabric of our shared community.
I presume that's a fairly universal feeling or at least easily understood, no matter where you live.
But it feels especially common and pronounced in Minnesota right now.
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Community is literally the cure.
February 17, 2026 at 5:17 AM
Community is literally the cure.
If you see this, post a photo from your device, no explanation:
February 17, 2026 at 2:40 AM
If you see this, post a photo from your device, no explanation:
Every single time I log into Bluesky on my laptop, it makes me change my password. I have a password manager so I change it to the one in the manager. And then the phone app logs me out and won't accept the SAME FUCKING password from the password manager and I have to change it again. What the hell?
February 16, 2026 at 5:46 AM
Every single time I log into Bluesky on my laptop, it makes me change my password. I have a password manager so I change it to the one in the manager. And then the phone app logs me out and won't accept the SAME FUCKING password from the password manager and I have to change it again. What the hell?
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I'm going to promote the heck out of this:
The Minneapolis Foundation has $4 million in grants available to small businesses for everything from rent and payroll costs to legal help and temporary relocation.
More details and the application here: www.minneapolisfoundation.org/stories/comm...
The Minneapolis Foundation has $4 million in grants available to small businesses for everything from rent and payroll costs to legal help and temporary relocation.
More details and the application here: www.minneapolisfoundation.org/stories/comm...
Economic Response Fund Grant Guidelines
Small businesses in Minnesota that have experienced operational disruptions in recent weeks may now apply for emergency financial support through the Economic Response Fund.
www.minneapolisfoundation.org
February 15, 2026 at 8:10 PM
I'm going to promote the heck out of this:
The Minneapolis Foundation has $4 million in grants available to small businesses for everything from rent and payroll costs to legal help and temporary relocation.
More details and the application here: www.minneapolisfoundation.org/stories/comm...
The Minneapolis Foundation has $4 million in grants available to small businesses for everything from rent and payroll costs to legal help and temporary relocation.
More details and the application here: www.minneapolisfoundation.org/stories/comm...
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This is beautiful
with alt text, because everyone needs to be able to read this 😭
February 15, 2026 at 8:17 PM
This is beautiful
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everyone’s saying “people are NIMBYs about concentration camps” and yeah, I don’t want a concentration camp in my neighborhood, or anywhere
you know who I don’t mind in my neighborhood?
free immigrants, undocumented or otherwise
you know who I don’t mind in my neighborhood?
free immigrants, undocumented or otherwise
February 13, 2026 at 7:48 PM
everyone’s saying “people are NIMBYs about concentration camps” and yeah, I don’t want a concentration camp in my neighborhood, or anywhere
you know who I don’t mind in my neighborhood?
free immigrants, undocumented or otherwise
you know who I don’t mind in my neighborhood?
free immigrants, undocumented or otherwise
Either you believe in the dignity, liberty, and respect owed to all humans or you don't. And when someone says "yeah everyone but ABC" then that person can be made to believe in "everyone but X, Y, and Z too." There are no exceptions to human rights. We do NOT need someone willing to say otherwise.
There seems to be a lot of discussion about Gavin Newsom today.
I wanted to re-share this piece that I wrote, because I have a lot of center-to-left Dems that follow me that want to understand.
There are very good reasons transgender people do not like Gavin Newsom.
I wanted to re-share this piece that I wrote, because I have a lot of center-to-left Dems that follow me that want to understand.
There are very good reasons transgender people do not like Gavin Newsom.
Why Transgender People Are Not Feeling Gavin Newsom
We have seen this song and dance before.
www.erininthemorning.com
February 13, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Either you believe in the dignity, liberty, and respect owed to all humans or you don't. And when someone says "yeah everyone but ABC" then that person can be made to believe in "everyone but X, Y, and Z too." There are no exceptions to human rights. We do NOT need someone willing to say otherwise.
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Defund. The. Police.
Also, raise my taxes! I want housing, food, childcare, education, and medical care. I want parks, roads, and trails. I want libraries, 3rd spaces, and community.
I LIVE HERE ON PURPOSE.
Also, raise my taxes! I want housing, food, childcare, education, and medical care. I want parks, roads, and trails. I want libraries, 3rd spaces, and community.
I LIVE HERE ON PURPOSE.
Alt text (didn’t realize it wasn’t included on the original skeet)
![Dear Council President Payne, Council Vice President Osman, and Council Members:
Preventing housing displacement before it happens is the best way to stabilize families and avoid far more costly interventions. Because Minneapolis residents are experiencing financial stress and uncertainty due to ICE's deployment, and providing reliable housing assistance through Hennepin County can bring relief, I have signed Resolution No. 2026R-034.
However, I have serious budgetary concerns - both for this year and for the upcoming budget. Paying for rental assistance out of the general fund balance puts the City in an even more precarious position than we already face. As Budget Chair Chughtai rightly stated in her remarks to Council regarding use of the general fund balance for rental assistance:
"This can't be how we keep moving forward. We are going to have a lot of tough choices to make over the course of this year and then as we look toward our budget for next year... we don't have cushions.
We don't have magic money hidden places anymore. And this [Council action] is a reflection of how significant the need is because I know that most of the authors here did not prefer this source in the first place."
While these efforts are noble, we cannot continue spending the City's resources-be it general fund or other sources—at this rate. We will need to make budget cuts because of this Council action and given the enormous costs we have involuntarily incurred through Operation Metro Surge. Continuing to draw down limited City resources at this pace will force difficult tradeoffs-higher property taxes, deeper cuts to core services, or both. That is not a sustainable path forward, and we must be clear-eyed about the consequences of the choices before us.
Yours Truly,
Jacob Frey](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rcpsxlauromppqn54477st2z/bafkreiggevflfeehyyjbeexuwh5tehkxmssihqntl6e665fojototnlfxq@jpeg)
February 13, 2026 at 4:09 AM
Defund. The. Police.
Also, raise my taxes! I want housing, food, childcare, education, and medical care. I want parks, roads, and trails. I want libraries, 3rd spaces, and community.
I LIVE HERE ON PURPOSE.
Also, raise my taxes! I want housing, food, childcare, education, and medical care. I want parks, roads, and trails. I want libraries, 3rd spaces, and community.
I LIVE HERE ON PURPOSE.
I'm a sassy punk frigid
February 13, 2026 at 4:13 AM
I'm a sassy punk frigid
This is an important one in a different way. If you can, please let's make sure the people who truly belong to and on this land have support as they fight the DHS and ICE in this beautiful way.
Mní wičhóni - "Care for the people who are showing up in a good way to support Dakota and Lakota led ceremony. All funds go directly toward food, firewood, fuel, winter supplies, and shared resources needed to sustain the camp safely and responsibly."
Please share: www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...
Please share: www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...
Donate to Stand With Indigenous Ceremony on Sacred Land, organized by Zachary White
My name is Zachary. I’m an Anishinaabe father, and a community organizer b… Zachary White needs your support for Stand With Indigenous Ceremony on Sacred Land
www.gofundme.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:02 AM
This is an important one in a different way. If you can, please let's make sure the people who truly belong to and on this land have support as they fight the DHS and ICE in this beautiful way.
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After yesterday’s crash in Saint Paul, it’s imperative we keep our roads safe for our neighbors. Write to Minneapolis
leaders and let them know that we demand temporary traffic calming to protect us from these federal goons.
actionnetwork.org/letters/slow...
leaders and let them know that we demand temporary traffic calming to protect us from these federal goons.
actionnetwork.org/letters/slow...
Tell Minneapolis: SLOW DOWN ICE on our streets!
Join us in telling the City to implement official anti-ICE traffic calming, or support grassroots filter blockades so they can operate safely!
actionnetwork.org
February 12, 2026 at 11:49 PM
After yesterday’s crash in Saint Paul, it’s imperative we keep our roads safe for our neighbors. Write to Minneapolis
leaders and let them know that we demand temporary traffic calming to protect us from these federal goons.
actionnetwork.org/letters/slow...
leaders and let them know that we demand temporary traffic calming to protect us from these federal goons.
actionnetwork.org/letters/slow...
This happens ONCE. And if you don't shut it down, correct it, and refuse to give this filth even an ounce of legitimacy, then you're the problem. People need to know this shit is disgusting. And people also need to know which side you're on - being a decent fucking person or a Nazi. No in-between.
Hanging out with white people means you'll often, without prompting, casually get told horrible shit, like how "there's n-words in all races actually" or how "no woman is biologically stronger than a man, so transwomen shouldn't be in women's sports" or how it's fine for ICE to go after "illegals"
Multiple people in the chats this morning confessing their sin, unsolicited, of only wanting to reform ICE. Startling to see how the psychological impact works so well, so fast, after this morning’s presser.
February 12, 2026 at 6:34 PM
This happens ONCE. And if you don't shut it down, correct it, and refuse to give this filth even an ounce of legitimacy, then you're the problem. People need to know this shit is disgusting. And people also need to know which side you're on - being a decent fucking person or a Nazi. No in-between.
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"Yah sure" (skeptical)
The Minnesota state motto is officially now “We’ll Believe It When We See It.”
I don’t make the rules.
I don’t make the rules.
February 12, 2026 at 6:17 PM
"Yah sure" (skeptical)
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Verbal assault isn't assault, you losers.
Now: US Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott tells congress the reason Border Patrol "surged a bunch of resources into Minneapolis" was because “ICE couldn’t go do arrests without being violently assaulted”.
February 12, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Verbal assault isn't assault, you losers.
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Listen, “ICE out of Minnesota” is treating a symptom, not the disease.
Still desperately needs to happen, but we’re not out of this fight until those fuckers stop existing entirely.
Still desperately needs to happen, but we’re not out of this fight until those fuckers stop existing entirely.
February 12, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Listen, “ICE out of Minnesota” is treating a symptom, not the disease.
Still desperately needs to happen, but we’re not out of this fight until those fuckers stop existing entirely.
Still desperately needs to happen, but we’re not out of this fight until those fuckers stop existing entirely.
I mean, you did squat, but okay
Minnesotans stood together, stared down ICE, and never blinked.
February 12, 2026 at 5:15 PM
I mean, you did squat, but okay
"Yes sir, here in Minnesota the women are strong, the men are good looking, non binary folks are rocking their outfits, the elders are loud, and the children are above average. We like our queers proud, our women uppity, and our protesters fear no temperature. Fucking bring it."
-what I'd say prolly
-what I'd say prolly
RON JOHNSON: Are you aware of training for activists, Mr Ellison?
KEITH ELLISON: Yeah I'm aware. It's common for people to use their First Amendment rights, sir
KEITH ELLISON: Yeah I'm aware. It's common for people to use their First Amendment rights, sir
February 12, 2026 at 5:10 PM
"Yes sir, here in Minnesota the women are strong, the men are good looking, non binary folks are rocking their outfits, the elders are loud, and the children are above average. We like our queers proud, our women uppity, and our protesters fear no temperature. Fucking bring it."
-what I'd say prolly
-what I'd say prolly
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I heard about a killing of a Black man in DC by US marshals on a call from someone in the neighborhood then saw it confirmed by the organization @harrietsdreams.bsky.social & here. A Black man in DC was killed by the state today. Make the same noise for him as for anyone else when we have his name.
1 person shot and killed by U.S. marshal in Northeast DC
A U.S. marshal shot and killed a person Wednesday afternoon in Northeast D.C. This shooting happened on Hay Street right in front of the Cesar Chavez Middle Public Charter School and not far from the ...
www.nbcwashington.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:28 AM
I heard about a killing of a Black man in DC by US marshals on a call from someone in the neighborhood then saw it confirmed by the organization @harrietsdreams.bsky.social & here. A Black man in DC was killed by the state today. Make the same noise for him as for anyone else when we have his name.
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This article really hits home about why we all keep on going out there each day.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
slate.com/news-and-pol...
February 12, 2026 at 4:18 AM
This article really hits home about why we all keep on going out there each day.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
slate.com/news-and-pol...
Have you considered packing all of your feelings into a couple characters and examining them in excruciating detail over the course of 300,000 words of fiction?
-Me as a therapist
-Me as a therapist
Tell me about your daily habits & the people you see each day?
-me as a therapist
-me as a therapist
your depression score is really high. when was the last time you watched lord of the rings?
- me as a therapist
- me as a therapist
February 12, 2026 at 3:34 AM
Have you considered packing all of your feelings into a couple characters and examining them in excruciating detail over the course of 300,000 words of fiction?
-Me as a therapist
-Me as a therapist
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This is an incredibly important thread. Other lawyerly folks I know have been saying similar (and sometimes even more horrifying) things. This is straight-up war crime territory, and it’s happening all around the USA. It will come for you if you allow it to continue.
Burn ICE to the ground.
Burn ICE to the ground.
I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it.
I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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February 12, 2026 at 2:32 AM
This is an incredibly important thread. Other lawyerly folks I know have been saying similar (and sometimes even more horrifying) things. This is straight-up war crime territory, and it’s happening all around the USA. It will come for you if you allow it to continue.
Burn ICE to the ground.
Burn ICE to the ground.