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Corwin Brust
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Core organizer for EmacsConf.org and a system administrator for the Free Software Society (FSF.org) and the GNU project (GNU.org). I focus on technology rights as human rights and equity in access to technology, and thus society. ??? moderate IRC, mostly
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Political parties are basically drugs. Ours are awesome and every else's are disgusting. Once you are hooked it's awful hard to go without. The only way out is the buddy system. Talk to someone you love about socialism. Organize with them.
I don't know who needs to hear this but: the big lie is like a DDoS on our rationality. If we spend our time thinking about the hypocrisy it's working. Don't bother shouting "you make no sense" at people who spout nonsense. Talk to your allies. Radicalize them.
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ICE kidnapped 5 people from my community this morning. I don’t live in Minneapolis. I live in LA County. They’re still here and their still brutalizing.
January 28, 2026 at 7:50 PM
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January 28, 2026 at 8:22 PM
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HELL YEAH MINNESOTA!!!
🚨BIG NEWS🚨

Thanks to a coalition of community members and city/county/state leaders (including House DFL Rep. Brad Tabke), a recent proposal for a 1,500 person ICE detention facility in Shakopee, MN has been CANCELED!
January 28, 2026 at 8:09 PM
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My other thought on this is that obviously I want Peggy as the replacement for Tina, and not Angie. I don't want Angie as the replacement for Amy, either, if god forbid we get stuck with Amy as our governor.
January 28, 2026 at 5:23 PM
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i very much respect that Candace is a messy bitch who loves drama
Candace Owens released leaked audio from Turning Point USA in which Erika Kirk is heard giggling and cheerfully discussing attendance figures, merchandise sales, and performance metrics from Charlie Kirk’s memorial event just 11 days after his death...
January 28, 2026 at 5:18 PM
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Crying in my house in Minneapolis again (it happens a lot). 😭
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 28, 2026 at 5:24 PM
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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🖋️ “Vote NO on DHS Minibus - Defund ICE Completely” hit 500 signers!

💬 Text SIGN PBKLZC to 50409
Vote NO on DHS Minibus - Defund ICE Completely
Text SIGN PBKLZC to 50409 — I urge you to vote NO on the four-bill minibus appropriations package unless it completely defunds ICE. The modest transparency requirements negotiated for the $75 billion slush fund created by H.R. 1 are wholly inadequate given ICE’s ongoing pattern of violence and constitutional violations. Since its establishment in 2003, ICE has terrorized communities, conducted unconstitutional checkpoints, denied due process, and subjected detainees to abuse. Recent atrocities have escalated alarmingly—including nine ICE shootings since September 2025, most recently the killing of Renee Good in Minnesota. These violent attacks target both immigrants and U.S. citizens, demonstrating that ICE operates as a lawless agency accountable to no one. The $75 billion from H.R. 1 created an unaccountable deportation slush fund with no meaningful guardrails. Minor transparency measures do nothing to address the fundamental problem: ICE has proven itself incapable of operating within constitutional and legal boundaries. No amount of oversight can reform an agency whose core mission involves systematic human rights violations. From a fiscal responsibility perspective, taxpayers should not fund an agency that operates outside the law while costing billions annually. These resources could support actual public safety priorities rather than militarized immigration enforcement that makes communities less safe. I strongly urge you to: 1. Vote NO on the DHS minibus unless it eliminates ICE funding entirely 1. Propose amendments stripping all ICE appropriations from the bill 1. Support legislation clawing back the $75 billion slush fund from H.R. 1 1. Advocate for ICE’s complete dissolution and replacement with accountable immigration processing Our communities deserve better than an agency that kills citizens and immigrants alike while burning through billions in taxpayer funds without meaningful oversight. Anything short of complete defunding enables continued violence and constitutional violations. Will you commit to voting against this appropriations package unless ICE is fully defunded?
resist.bot
January 28, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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Have never been to Minnesota in my life but I grew up with MST3K playing on a loop on my computer and that does a weird thing to your brain where you’re like “why do I know what Menards is?”
January 25, 2026 at 4:05 AM
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I'm having fun imagining what one's perception of Minnesota might be if known primarily through MST3K.
Have never been to Minnesota in my life but I grew up with MST3K playing on a loop on my computer and that does a weird thing to your brain where you’re like “why do I know what Menards is?”
January 25, 2026 at 7:30 AM
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Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.

"Please get the truth out about our son."
January 25, 2026 at 12:43 AM
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An ICE whistleblower revealed an illegal Trump DHS memo authorizing Trump regime forces to break into civilian homes, this is in violation of the following federal criminal codes:

18 U.S.C. § 241
18 U.S.C. § 242
18 U.S.C. § 371
18 U.S.C. § 2236
18 U.S.C. § 2234

#3E #GoodvsEvil
January 25, 2026 at 7:32 AM
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Noem, Miller, Bovino, Trump, and Vance intentionally made false or misleading claims about Renee Good and/or Alex Pretti, labeling them criminals or terrorists; misrepresenting the circumstances of their deaths to justify, and aid in, the crime of murder. #3E #GoodvsEvil
January 25, 2026 at 7:47 AM
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Intentional false statements used to justify a killing or conceal it, breaks the following US criminal codes:

18 U.S.C. § 242
18 U.S.C. § 241
18 U.S.C. § 371
18 U.S.C. § 1001
18 U.S.C. § 1512 / § 1519
18 U.S.C. § 1503
18 U.S.C. § 4

#3E #GoodvsEvil
January 25, 2026 at 7:47 AM
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"2026" is an engaging movie but can we skip to the part where we put on trial the lucky bastards we didn't shoot?
January 25, 2026 at 9:20 AM
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These Minneapolis tourism ads are getting a little weird
January 25, 2026 at 7:10 AM
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Wake up. Make breakfast. Do email. Watch a murder. Go to a party for a 5 year old. Laugh with my daughter. See a different angle of that murder. Hear govt officials slander the victim. Play Barbies with my kid. Feed her dinner. Tear up at that victim reading last honors to a vet. Put kid to bed. USA
January 25, 2026 at 4:43 AM
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Made something for you Minneapolis pals. (Not our skyline and probably not the right helicopter, I know, but it gets the point across.)

Also hey Minnesota— it's after 2 a.m. just FYI. Do the things you've gotta do if you can. I know food & sleep are difficult. Hang in there.
January 25, 2026 at 8:10 AM
I stoke this from some else's feed all by myself!
January 25, 2026 at 9:18 AM
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I just want to make it clear that it was *Border Patrol* agents who murdered Alex Pretti, and those fuckers murder people regularly here along the border.

Renee Good´s murderer is also a former Border Patrol agent (currently ICE).

Disband ALL the paramilitary groups and prosecute every member.
January 25, 2026 at 3:28 AM
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Can't believe I did this to you last night.

Ope, I did it again.
January 25, 2026 at 9:03 AM
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Domingo
Caroline Murta
January 25, 2026 at 7:35 AM
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My painting THE BREATH OF JAZZ.
December 9, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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Re-upping this, and adding new locations we’ve heard about in the thread!
Neighbors: if you need 1-2 whistles, please pick them up at one of these great neighborhood businesses hosting whistles!

Minneapolis: Bichota Coffee, May Day Cafe, Sisters Sludge Coffee, Nice Time Market, Moon Palace, Arbieter, A Bar of Their Own, Bench Pressed, Boneshaker Books, Color Wheel

1/2
December 7, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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they literally have their own lot be so fucking for real
Owners of diner with FOURTEEN seats losing their minds over loss of street parking is peak #Minneapolis car brain.
November 22, 2025 at 8:53 PM