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Miriam Krause
@mirk47.bsky.social
science, books, geekery (she/her)
owner of @catalystbooks.bsky.social, day job with @umnchemistry.bsky.social, formerly @sustainablenano.bsky.social
47 is about Pomona College and I refuse to abandon it

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This place is a treasure. A little mall filled with vendors - delicious food, fun wares, kind people. A real heartbeat of a place. If you care about saving immigrant heritage in this fucking monstrous thing, please help them. I am.
January 30, 2026 at 3:55 AM
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Please read this extremely thoughtful & careful post on Tim Walz, Anne Frank, & the US Holocaust Memorial Museum from Martin Shuster, philosopher, Isaac Swift Distinguished Professor of Jewish Studies, former Holocaust Memorial Museum Fellow, & scholar of genocide, the Holocaust, & authoritarianism:
January 30, 2026 at 1:24 AM
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Seems bad when “don’t do this thing that you already aren’t supposed to do” is your bargaining chip
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said House Democrats will demand a ban on the deportation of American citizens as a condition of winning their support for legislation funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Jeffries demands ban on deportation of US citizens as part of DHS reforms
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said House Democrats will demand a ban on the deportation of American citizens as a condition of winning their support for legislation fun…
www.kget.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:14 AM
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Our weekly briefing is coming tomorrow, but we just released a BIG update with 30+ new timeline entries from our Immigration team, a dozen from Data Security, and several from the Medical Research Funding and Federal Workforce crews. You can see them all at unbreaking.org
Unbreaking
How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.
unbreaking.org
January 29, 2026 at 9:58 PM
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For those of you who asked me how to get a signed copy of The Edge of Space-Time, here's how:

news.chanda.science/archive/how-...
How to get a signed copy of The Edge of Space-Time
Preordering from Loyalty Bookstore Supports the Community!
news.chanda.science
January 29, 2026 at 8:56 PM
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my son is five, same age as Liam Ramos. you don't need to have a child the same age to be fucking horrified by the violence we are doing (and HAVE BEEN doing) upon immigrant children in this nation. but that he keeps asking for his spidey backpack is the kind of detail that rips my heart in two.
January 29, 2026 at 8:32 PM
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Just a reminder, the greatest living American historian filmmaker, Ken Burns, released a 720 min exploration of every facet of the American revolution using zero generative AI and paying for all of its assets instead of cobbling it from stolen data, then he gave it away for free on PBS this year.
First trailer for Darren Aranofsky's new AI animated series 'On This Day... 1776'

• Tells short narrative stories about the Revolutionary War

• Uses Gen AI tools, including tech made by Google DeepMind

• Has SAG voice actors
January 29, 2026 at 7:08 PM
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The massive government funding package just failed badly in the Senate, 45-55.

Needed 60.

Zero Democrats voted for it.

SEVEN Republicans opposed it:

Budd
Johnson
Lee
Paul
Moody
Rick Scott
Tuberville

(John Thune switched his vote to no for procedural reasons.)
January 29, 2026 at 5:27 PM
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I had a chance to talk to @theguardian.com about how nobody in Minnesota is being fooled into complacency by seemingly empty words from the president. The work doesn’t end until ICE is out and there’s true accountability for the immense harm that has been done.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
‘Nothing has changed’: Minneapolis on edge despite Trump’s de-escalation vow
The departure of Greg Bovino has not quelled ICE’s raids – and hope that tensions are easing feels distant
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2026 at 5:58 PM
and if you hate the phone like me, you can go to mn.gov/governor and click "share your opinion" to fill out a little form with what you want to say
things you can do while zooted on cold medicine: call on the governor re: eviction moratorium

(651) 201-3400
January 29, 2026 at 5:45 PM
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I’m honestly done asking politely. We need an eviction moratorium and rent support @governorwalz.mn.gov and we need it

Now.
January 29, 2026 at 4:32 PM
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To the extent that the regime has made changes, it’s all window dressing…

• ICE/CBP are still terrorizing Minnesotans
• Feds are still hiding their identities
• Murderous “agents” are still not being investigated
• Corruption worse than ever before
• The Epstein files still haven’t been released
January 29, 2026 at 11:13 AM
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If you’ve been thinking to yourself “man, I really want to help people in Minneapolis, but I also some some cookies, AND I’d also like to help out trans, neurodiverse, and BIPOC youth“ boy oh boy do I have some good news for you!

digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/troop5...
Order your Faves on my Digital Cookie Site Today
That's right! You can order your favorite Girl Scout Cookies from me online, all while helping my troop and I do great things in our community and beyond! Check it out.
digitalcookie.girlscouts.org
January 29, 2026 at 4:17 PM
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Kansas just passed a monstrous bill enabling criminal penalties and vigilante lawsuits for trans people using the bathroom according to their gender identity and requires them to surrender their current drivers licenses and birth certificates if it does not match their sex assigned at birth.
January 28, 2026 at 11:44 PM
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“Unfortunately, Liam’s health is not doing great right now,” said the superintendent for Liam’s Columbia Heights Public Schools District. “He’s been ill. I’ve been told he has a fever. So I’m very, very concerned about his well-being in that facility.” people.com/liam-conejo-...
5-Year-Old Minnesota Boy Fell 'Ill' and 'Is Not Doing Great' in ICE Detention: 'He's Been Depressed and Sad'
Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old Minnesota boy whose encounter with ICE went viral earlier this month, is 'ill' with a fever and 'not doing great' in the Texas detention center where he and his fathe...
people.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:17 PM
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Hey friends.

Edison mutual aid is running out of funds. Can you please give or share if you can? Needs are astronomical.

@ziibiing.com I haven’t checked if this one is in your list. Please add, gracias!
Sharing a local school fundraiser for students and families that have had to be in hiding for weeks. We have a robust system for getting mutual aid to families in need.

Please help.

www.paypal.com/donate/?cmd=...
January 29, 2026 at 3:37 PM
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It's not just "stand up to ICE when you see them," it's building many vast networks of support and trust to
- create safe spaces
- protect schools
- get kids TO school
- check on neighbors
- deliver groceries
- help pay the rent
- let people know of danger
- feed the helpers, too!
- and on and on
January 29, 2026 at 4:19 PM
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We’ve been on the streets all day with @bradlander.bsky.social and because we had so many patrols out, multiple abductions were prevented.

The world is looking to us for inspiration, and we will keep showing them how we show up for our neighbors.
January 28, 2026 at 8:05 PM
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“Noting more information still needed to be reviewed, including the autopsy, and despite federal efforts to block state and local officials from investigating, she said, “I believe that we will have enough information to make charging decisions.””
NEW: Regarding federal immigration agent killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, as well as the nonfatal shooting this month, Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty told Law Dork: "I know enough now to feel pretty confident that we will be able to make a decision about charges in those three cases.”
Talking with Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty about Trump, Operation Metro Surge — and FAFO
Watch now (47 mins) | "[T]he people of Minneapolis are looking around, and this is what they’re saying to their electeds too, is, ‘Who is here protecting us?’”
www.lawdork.com
January 29, 2026 at 1:44 AM
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Please reshare! Here's the first in a series of science writing resources I'm posting to my website: A list of science writing/communication internships & fellowships.

brittanytrang.com/science-jour...

#sciencejournalism #scicomm #scicommjobs #journojobs #sciencewriting #sciwri #stem
January 29, 2026 at 12:48 AM
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i just want to cry. i have literally just spent the last 6 hours responding to email after email of people begging for rent money or for me to point them in the direction of help, which does not exist.

please @governorwalz.mn.gov. we need an eviction moratorium. there is no other solution.
January 28, 2026 at 8:45 PM
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I've started listening to this episode (through the Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff feed) and it's genuinely so great, A+ podcast episode, my fellow locals should listen. Also @margaret.bsky.social, PLEASE come back sometime for the Mayday Parade and Festival, you would LOVE it.
January 28, 2026 at 6:15 PM
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There's an auction going for Minnesota! Loads of publishing-related lots and opportunities: have a look!

www.32auctions.com/publishingfo...
Publishing for Minnesota
Silent auction 'Publishing for Minnesota' hosted online at 32auctions.
www.32auctions.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:33 PM
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If you want the vibe in MN right now, it’s the construction worker in the story, held in federal detention for 8 hours for refusing to shake the hand of an ICE officer raiding his workplace
January 28, 2026 at 2:50 PM
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It should be a career-ending journalistic failure to frame an issue like "sending fascist paramilitaries to murder civilians" as if it's something the perpetrator can just change their tone on.

He's conciliatory? So fucking what? Resignation or impeachment, then tribunal, evidence, and sentence.
A few hours ago the msm unquestioningly repeated the White House spin that Trump had changed his “tone.”
Um, holy shit? This has gotta be up there in the most crass & worse things Trump has ever said
January 28, 2026 at 11:46 AM