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matt meshm
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Minneapolis-based tinkerer. Work on websites for science at UMN's Supercomputing Institute. Into bikes, city infrastructure, and local politics
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I forgot I took these pics the other day before the snow. The river froze so clear it was a mirror
The Mississippi River viewing the Lake/Marshall bridge from the southeast. The open spandrel arch design is reflected clearly in the ice. Looking south down the river toward 46th, snow on the west bank gorge wall peeking between the bare trees. The land is reflected in the ice all the way down into the distance
December 30, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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disabilitystor1.bsky.social
The other thing about normalizing gAI use in higher ed is that we are teaching our students that they cannot trust their own creativity, their own thoughts and brains, their own skills without having it reshaped/shellacked/transmogrified by LLMs. We’re setting them up for failure and dependence.
December 28, 2025 at 12:46 PM
meshm.bsky.social
I'm leading a small grocery distro effort for a church near us tomorrow and now my survival anxiety brain is making it very difficult to think about anything other than YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR GETTING FOOD TO PEOPLE
December 24, 2025 at 9:58 PM
meshm.bsky.social
Even the pirates are hyperscalers now
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Pirate activist group Anna's Archive says it scraped 86M music files and 256M rows of track metadata from Spotify, and releases them in ~300TB of torrent files (Mitchell Peters/Billboard)

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December 23, 2025 at 6:41 PM
meshm.bsky.social
Got a cheapo toy drone for free and realized it has enough lift to carry my old action camera, but only if I take out the cam battery and power it from the drone. How much work will I put into this setup when it will all likely break almost immediately
December 18, 2025 at 1:47 AM
meshm.bsky.social
Today I had to write Perl for the first time in 14 years
December 17, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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juke-box85.bsky.social
After ICE did this in Illinois, the Secretary of State revoked the plates, sent a cease and desist to ICE, threatened to suspend rental car licenses for allowing ICE to swap plates and set up a tip hotline to report plate tampering.

MN deserves the same action.

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December 16, 2025 at 10:13 PM
meshm.bsky.social
Every month or so I get an email that looks like it's legit from PayPal (SPF/DKIM valid) but is clearly phishing to get me to call a scam support number. Unrelated to any actual charge.

I forward each one to PP fraud team, no reply or fix for months. Does not inspire confidence in their security
You paid ¥1,090 JPY to marilyn gramm, from noreply@paypal.com with a verified blue checkmark in the Gmail screenshot. The top of the email says "For review or cancellation, reach PayPal Support at" and a phone number in a non-ASCII unicode font, presumably because the scammer found a way to inject HTML into legitimate PayPal emails but had to bypass some rudimentary sanitizer that strips out phone numbers. Clown shit from a huge global payments platform
December 17, 2025 at 6:13 AM
meshm.bsky.social
Happy first night of Hanukkah 🔥 My gamble making a single 4lb batch of vegan gluten free latkes paid off and everyone loved them
Half sheet baking tray piled with latkes. A chanukiah with one candle lit is behind it on the table
December 15, 2025 at 3:51 AM
meshm.bsky.social
Trying to explain to my dog that it's good to bark at feds but postal workers are actually OK
December 13, 2025 at 8:43 PM
meshm.bsky.social
A thread of anti-ICE signs I saw in storefronts on my recent trip to Chicago 1/
Everyone is welcome here except ICE Alligator illustration with a "no" cross through it We have the right to deny ICE access to private areas without a judicial warrant. We assert our constitutional rights - which apply to everyone in this country, regardless of immigration status - in this establishment. Know your rights logo, ilrc.me/protect Same text as previous image, with a red background and different layout, as well as a version in spanish, "Aqui todos son bienvenidos excepto agentes de ICE"
December 12, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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wesburdine.bsky.social
Perusing Twin Cities local news, i think there’s a huge disconnect. There are schools shut down and going remote, neighborhoods that are ghost towns, because we have federal agents terrorizing the community. But it’s just a single story a day at best
December 12, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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willpjones.bsky.social
It's fitting that Mubashir was held at Ft Snelling, where Dred and Harriet Scott were enslaved, where 1658 Dakota were held in a concentration camp, and where scores of Nisei were interned to teach Japanese during WWII. Remember this when SCOTUS rules on birthright citizenship next year.
U.S. citizen offered to show I.D. but was arrested by immigration officers in Cedar-Riverside
A Somali U.S. citizen, Mubashir, was arrested by federal immigration officers in Cedar-Riverside Tuesday during a mass enforcement.
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December 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
meshm.bsky.social
Processing ICE in Cedar Riverside, they really seemed like dipshits fumbling around with no plan.

Creating gridlock before neighbors did so on purpose, getting in and out of their cars for no apparent reason, and halfassedly directing traffic into random parking lots.

We are going to win
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 AM
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corbindewitt.bsky.social
i don't think i've ever seen pepper spray on fresh snow before—what a wild, striking visualization of its impact
meshm.bsky.social matt meshm @meshm.bsky.social · 20d
ICE was in Cedar Riverside today. Amazing community turnout, be mindful of the layer of pepper spray in the snow all over the neighborhood
Corner of Cedar Ave and 6th St with Riverside Plaza towers in the background. Snow is falling and the white ground is covered in an orange-brown spray over a large area. A group of people are standing around on the sidewalk after ICE left.
December 9, 2025 at 9:24 PM
meshm.bsky.social
One more shot from the ICE activity in Cedar Riverside this afternoon.

So fucking proud of everyone who showed up to document, yell, give the finger to feds, and care for our beloved immigrant neighbors. We keep us safe
A black SUV with a covered license plate and undercover police lights parked diagonally at Cedar Ave and 6th St in Minneapolis. A masked federal agent is standing near the driver's door. Several dozen regular people are standing on the other side in the street about six feet from the car, many recording with their phones. More people are on the curb, snow is falling beautifully, and several tall apartment buildings rise in the background
December 9, 2025 at 9:42 PM
meshm.bsky.social
ICE was in Cedar Riverside today. Amazing community turnout, be mindful of the layer of pepper spray in the snow all over the neighborhood
Corner of Cedar Ave and 6th St with Riverside Plaza towers in the background. Snow is falling and the white ground is covered in an orange-brown spray over a large area. A group of people are standing around on the sidewalk after ICE left.
December 9, 2025 at 9:19 PM
meshm.bsky.social
I keep this near my desk and have referred to it a lot over the last year: How to Rest and Recover While You Fight for Social Change
How to Rest & Recover While You Fight for Social Change: Manageable resting strategies to maintain your energy, connection, and motivation. If you're hypervigilant (Non-stop scrolling, Looking over your shoulder) try this: Set a timer and put your phone away for the duration. The information will be there when you get back. What textures and elements make you feel comfortable and protected? (Your bedroom may already be set-up this way) Create a safety corner in your home. If you're in a safe space: Affirm that your vigilance is there to protect you, but that you are allowed to let your guard down for a little bit. Ask a friend to check-in on you once per day. If you feel alone (Unsupported, Not a member of a team) try this: Start an action-oriented group chat with a trusted circle. Research local organizing efforts and reach out to learn how you can get involved. Attend a skill building webinar to expand your activist skillset. If you feel numb (Disconnected, Emotions locked behind a wall) try this: Affirm that you're holding your (valid) feelings at bay to protect yourself. Affirm that feeling your emotions is a form of protection too. Try journaling what you're seeing, hearing, experiencing, and how you're reacting (or not) to it. Ground yourself in physical sensations. Take a hot or cold shower, drink cold water, or do small exercises. Physical connection can unlock your emotional connection. Turn to something that typically brings you catharsis. If you feel overstimulated (Buzzy, Sensitive, Retreating) try this: Set a timer and lay down in a cool, darkened room. Selectively turn your tech on/off, including non-essential push notifications. Drink cold water and pay close attention to how it feels as you drink it. Focus your muscle groups. Squeeze your hands tightly together, Tighten your toes, feet, and legs. Release. Repeat. If your heart won't stop racing (Out of breath, Overly warm, Flickering) try this: Drink a full glass of water. Eat a protein-rich snack. Listen to low-tempo, soft music. Hold hands with someone you care about. Try a measured breathing exercise (in for 4, hold for 4, out for 8, repeat). If you feel hopeless (Disempowered, Pointless, Incapable) try this: Listen to a podcast episode where someone fights for change. Read a bit of a book that focuses on social change. Context and share with a trusted friend or accountability partner. Take one small action (donation, signing a petition, or dropping water/supplies off at a protest site) If you feel stuck in place (Frozen, Indecisive, Overwhelmed) try this: Practice a physical grounding exercise (drink cold water, name your surroundings and how they fell, breathing exercises). Do 10-15 minutes of exercise to get your body moving. Create a manageable to-do list with normal tasks & activist tasks. Find an accountability partner and create a check-in and support system. Rest is not the enemy of change. It is one part of its fuel. Content originally created by @FeministSexEd on Instagram. Adapted to zine format by some anarchists.
December 8, 2025 at 8:08 PM
meshm.bsky.social
Let's not give him too much credit, I don't think O'Hara is saying they will intervene in detentions.

"Unlawful force" is a high bar, would he say anything ICE has done in mpls so far has warranted intervention if MPD could've?
December 6, 2025 at 4:05 AM
meshm.bsky.social
Been feeling helpless that I'm out of town following Twin Cities ICE activity from afar this week. But at least I broke this on Bsky 24 hours before KARE11 did
meshm.bsky.social matt meshm @meshm.bsky.social · 26d
Sounds like ICE showed up at Hola Arepa tonight and staff successfully turned them away because they didn't have a warrant
Two white men, one with a beard and orange jacket, the other with a black baseball cap and black vest, in Hola Arepa, a restaurant in South Minneapolis. A staff member with dark hair faces away from the camera talking to the two men Dark SUV leaving the Hola Arepa parking lot. The license plate is blurry but appears to be out of state. Perhaps reads T34 32?
December 5, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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willpjones.bsky.social
Watch this video for remarkable bravery and wisdom from Christina Nguyen and Naomi Rathke, and sloppy journalism from @kare11.bsky.social which repeated uncritically ICE's claim to the numbers arrested and charges without seeking evidence of crimes or asking how many were U.S. citizens.
December 5, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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jcollins.bsky.social
We encountered an ICE immigration enforcement action on Park Ave. in Minneapolis today. When my colleague Ben Hovland and I arrived there were only a couple observers, but there were dozens blowing whistles by the time ICE agents left without making an arrest.

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MPR News on Instagram: "Nearly two dozen community members surrounded a house on the 3100 block of Park Avenue in Minneapolis when Homeland Security Investigations officers detained an East African ma...
Residents of Minneapolis's Park Avenue neighborhood respond to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation with a community watch, as reported by MPR News. The community watches as federal agents...
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December 5, 2025 at 12:09 AM
meshm.bsky.social
Sounds like ICE showed up at Hola Arepa tonight and staff successfully turned them away because they didn't have a warrant
Two white men, one with a beard and orange jacket, the other with a black baseball cap and black vest, in Hola Arepa, a restaurant in South Minneapolis. A staff member with dark hair faces away from the camera talking to the two men Dark SUV leaving the Hola Arepa parking lot. The license plate is blurry but appears to be out of state. Perhaps reads T34 32?
December 4, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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jchavezmpls.bsky.social
This evening, a resident was kidnapped by agents with face coverings. They disguised themselves in masks and as Uber drivers. They even left kids abandoned inside a car in the freezing cold. 1/
An agent with face coverings and an Uber signage on their car.
December 2, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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mplsnightmayor.bsky.social
There is so much wrong with American higher ed, but I hope folks can view it as a site of struggle rather than a "cooked" institution that should be abandoned.
I am confident that the world that comes after we give up on the University system will be dramatically worse.
December 1, 2025 at 3:57 PM