MsGillELA
@msgillela.bsky.social
Teacher who loves reading, science, and helping others! 📖 she/her
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As Commander Riker put it: “I can’t have my people fighting the Borg at the same time they're fighting their own fatigue”
I paid my therapist a zillion dollars to tell me this, so I’m passing it on to anyone else in MN who needs to hear it:
Think of taking time away to recharge not as not doing the work, but as doing quality control for the work. You’re not going to be able to show up to do it well if you’re depleted
Think of taking time away to recharge not as not doing the work, but as doing quality control for the work. You’re not going to be able to show up to do it well if you’re depleted
January 28, 2026 at 4:11 AM
As Commander Riker put it: “I can’t have my people fighting the Borg at the same time they're fighting their own fatigue”
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The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
January 26, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
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When I tell you that @mostlybree.kitrocha.com is keeping me sane because of her joy and her adhd cults and posts like this. I laughed so hard the dam inside me broke, and it needed to break. I needed to purge and the tears needed to fall. Bree, who barely knows me, is doing so much for me. Thanks
the best part of this post is the roughly 17% of you who thought a harbor seal was holding back the apocalypse and is either metaphorically or literally cracking
thank you for your service to us on this day
thank you for your service to us on this day
Seeing the NYT switch to active voice feels like watching a seal holding back the apocalypse crack
January 25, 2026 at 6:04 PM
When I tell you that @mostlybree.kitrocha.com is keeping me sane because of her joy and her adhd cults and posts like this. I laughed so hard the dam inside me broke, and it needed to break. I needed to purge and the tears needed to fall. Bree, who barely knows me, is doing so much for me. Thanks
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okay hi everyone real quick crowdfund: we're doing grocery box packing for families from our kids' school, and i would really really really really like to raise funds to stick a box of cake mix or pre-made cookies in each box this week. v3nmo is nhojelttil, please put a 🍰 or 🍪 with it
January 25, 2026 at 5:33 PM
okay hi everyone real quick crowdfund: we're doing grocery box packing for families from our kids' school, and i would really really really really like to raise funds to stick a box of cake mix or pre-made cookies in each box this week. v3nmo is nhojelttil, please put a 🍰 or 🍪 with it
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I’m writing about this and want to document it as best I can. But they also don’t want to be documented. Many aren’t doing it full-time, feel embarrassed they’re not doing more. But they’re heroes, too, I think.
January 25, 2026 at 5:03 PM
I’m writing about this and want to document it as best I can. But they also don’t want to be documented. Many aren’t doing it full-time, feel embarrassed they’re not doing more. But they’re heroes, too, I think.
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The majority of organizing happening in Minnesota isn’t just peaceful, it’s INVISIBLE. Moms showing up who won’t be interviewed on TV, people whose ICE patrols don’t turn into viral video. The grocery runs, the donations, the people filming bc they happen to be there. Please remember this.
January 25, 2026 at 5:00 PM
The majority of organizing happening in Minnesota isn’t just peaceful, it’s INVISIBLE. Moms showing up who won’t be interviewed on TV, people whose ICE patrols don’t turn into viral video. The grocery runs, the donations, the people filming bc they happen to be there. Please remember this.
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I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening.
The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
January 24, 2026 at 4:04 PM
I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening.
The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
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ICE has now carried out two summary executions of innocent people in the streets of an American city.
If you work for ICE, there's no denying that's the mission you're supporting now. You don't get to claim in one year or ten or twenty that you didn't know what ICE was doing. You're complicit.
If you work for ICE, there's no denying that's the mission you're supporting now. You don't get to claim in one year or ten or twenty that you didn't know what ICE was doing. You're complicit.
January 24, 2026 at 3:55 PM
ICE has now carried out two summary executions of innocent people in the streets of an American city.
If you work for ICE, there's no denying that's the mission you're supporting now. You don't get to claim in one year or ten or twenty that you didn't know what ICE was doing. You're complicit.
If you work for ICE, there's no denying that's the mission you're supporting now. You don't get to claim in one year or ten or twenty that you didn't know what ICE was doing. You're complicit.
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please please please i cannot warn you enough if you dont want to see this video
January 24, 2026 at 3:35 PM
please please please i cannot warn you enough if you dont want to see this video
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You can follow the news here:
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
Grateful to the people who document this. So sorry for the people who had to witness this, but grateful to them for witnessing.
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
Grateful to the people who document this. So sorry for the people who had to witness this, but grateful to them for witnessing.
Live: Man shot by federal agent in south Minneapolis this morning, witnesses say
More than a hundred protesters and observers have gathered near E. 26th Street and Nicollet Avenue.
www.startribune.com
January 24, 2026 at 3:54 PM
You can follow the news here:
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
Grateful to the people who document this. So sorry for the people who had to witness this, but grateful to them for witnessing.
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
Grateful to the people who document this. So sorry for the people who had to witness this, but grateful to them for witnessing.
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I think it probably is important to know that this was many outnumbered 9:1 being beaten on the ground before he was shot. Not in a car. Not running. ICE will likely come up with some reason why they were afraid for their lives. But you don't need to watch.
January 24, 2026 at 3:52 PM
I think it probably is important to know that this was many outnumbered 9:1 being beaten on the ground before he was shot. Not in a car. Not running. ICE will likely come up with some reason why they were afraid for their lives. But you don't need to watch.
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I wish I hadn't watched that video. I never watched the killing of Renee Good and hope I never have to. I don't need to see it to fight it.
Today at least four federal agents were beating a man and then one of them (I think) shot him point blank while he was on the ground. More agents present.
Today at least four federal agents were beating a man and then one of them (I think) shot him point blank while he was on the ground. More agents present.
January 24, 2026 at 3:50 PM
I wish I hadn't watched that video. I never watched the killing of Renee Good and hope I never have to. I don't need to see it to fight it.
Today at least four federal agents were beating a man and then one of them (I think) shot him point blank while he was on the ground. More agents present.
Today at least four federal agents were beating a man and then one of them (I think) shot him point blank while he was on the ground. More agents present.
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Once again: Focusing on their lack of training is a mistake. With "better training," their violence would simply cost more, and they would still kill whoever they wanted, but make it look more professional — to make people more comfortable, the way many of you are at ease with local police violence.
January 24, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Once again: Focusing on their lack of training is a mistake. With "better training," their violence would simply cost more, and they would still kill whoever they wanted, but make it look more professional — to make people more comfortable, the way many of you are at ease with local police violence.
Legally, it is not a strike because it isn’t from the strike region of France. It’s sparkling resistance
January 23, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Legally, it is not a strike because it isn’t from the strike region of France. It’s sparkling resistance
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my neighbor & union brother, Jose, was violently taken by ICE a few days after Renee Good’s public execution by a federal ICE agent. we are trying to get Jose home. his wife is a stay-at-home mom to their three children.
plz donate & share if u are able: www.gofundme.com/f/help-jose-...
plz donate & share if u are able: www.gofundme.com/f/help-jose-...
Donate to Help Jose and His Family After ICE Abduction, organized by Marshall Terrace Neighborhood Organization
On January 10th around 3:30 pm, Jose Luis Romero Hernandez wa… Marshall Terrace Neighborhood Organization needs your support for Help Jose and His Family After ICE Abduction
www.gofundme.com
January 19, 2026 at 5:43 PM
my neighbor & union brother, Jose, was violently taken by ICE a few days after Renee Good’s public execution by a federal ICE agent. we are trying to get Jose home. his wife is a stay-at-home mom to their three children.
plz donate & share if u are able: www.gofundme.com/f/help-jose-...
plz donate & share if u are able: www.gofundme.com/f/help-jose-...
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Tonight is a laundry, knitting, and watching John Wick 2 kinda night.
I'm working on this hat.
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
I'm working on this hat.
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
Melt the ICE Hat pattern by YarnCultMN
n the 1940’s, Norwegians made and wore red pointed hats with a tassel as a form of visual protest against Nazi occupation of their country. Within two years, the Nazis made these protest hats illegal ...
www.ravelry.com
January 19, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Tonight is a laundry, knitting, and watching John Wick 2 kinda night.
I'm working on this hat.
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
I'm working on this hat.
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
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I wrote this poem as an homage to Baldwin and to hear it being sung across the world or read in protests has been my own guiding light of hope.
January 18, 2026 at 8:45 PM
I wrote this poem as an homage to Baldwin and to hear it being sung across the world or read in protests has been my own guiding light of hope.
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Incredibly emotional to hear my poem has been turned into a song of resistance and is being sung in Minneapolis right now. Please do not give up.
January 18, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Incredibly emotional to hear my poem has been turned into a song of resistance and is being sung in Minneapolis right now. Please do not give up.
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HI HI THIS IS TODAY
If you're not busy at 4:00 ET, you should come hang out and do math with us!
Register here: strongermath.com/mrc
If you're not busy at 4:00 ET, you should come hang out and do math with us!
Register here: strongermath.com/mrc
Hi hi I have really exciting news
The Math Routine Collaborative starts back up THIS SUNDAY! Join us as the one and only @mfannie.bsky.social leads the routine Notice and Wonder
You can register at strongermath.com/MRC to participate in math routines and unpack how to lead them in your classroom.
The Math Routine Collaborative starts back up THIS SUNDAY! Join us as the one and only @mfannie.bsky.social leads the routine Notice and Wonder
You can register at strongermath.com/MRC to participate in math routines and unpack how to lead them in your classroom.
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Have you ever.
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January 18, 2026 at 6:01 PM
HI HI THIS IS TODAY
If you're not busy at 4:00 ET, you should come hang out and do math with us!
Register here: strongermath.com/mrc
If you're not busy at 4:00 ET, you should come hang out and do math with us!
Register here: strongermath.com/mrc
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Want to help support people in Minnesota right now? Check out standwithminnesota.com
Stand With Minnesota
A directory of places to give to as Minnesota defends itself from ICE occupation
www.standwithminnesota.com
January 14, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Want to help support people in Minnesota right now? Check out standwithminnesota.com
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Good morning. I read this dispatch from a comrade in Minneapolis this morning and thought that some of you might appreciate it too.
January 17, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Good morning. I read this dispatch from a comrade in Minneapolis this morning and thought that some of you might appreciate it too.
I feel so much gratitude for the organizers and the coordinators and the connectors in our community. I am deeply grateful to have people sharing how I can help when I am at mid to low personal capacity.
January 18, 2026 at 4:17 PM
I feel so much gratitude for the organizers and the coordinators and the connectors in our community. I am deeply grateful to have people sharing how I can help when I am at mid to low personal capacity.
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I don’t make the rules, but when it’s reposting this, I damn well follow them and YOU’D BETTER TOO. youtu.be/jPCJIB1f7jk?...
Lip Sync Battle - Tom Holland
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January 18, 2026 at 2:46 AM
I don’t make the rules, but when it’s reposting this, I damn well follow them and YOU’D BETTER TOO. youtu.be/jPCJIB1f7jk?...