Alexis
@offalcute.bsky.social
📍Minneapolis, less begrudgingly than usual ❤️
📖Current reading: We don’t know ourselves: a personal history of modern Ireland by Fintan O’Toole
📖Current reading: We don’t know ourselves: a personal history of modern Ireland by Fintan O’Toole
File under: NOBODY ASKED YOU, SAM
Nobody should look to these folks for moral clarity, but in this case, as you would imagine, “weigh in” equals weaksauce, anodyne statement designed mostly to not offend.
OpenAI’s Altman and More C.E.O.s Weigh In on Minnesota
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:20 PM
File under: NOBODY ASKED YOU, SAM
What are the accounts to follow from Maine to stay alert to 🧊 activity? Give me your citizen journos, your mutual aid groups, that one reporter from that one outlet that actually gets it!
January 27, 2026 at 2:19 PM
What are the accounts to follow from Maine to stay alert to 🧊 activity? Give me your citizen journos, your mutual aid groups, that one reporter from that one outlet that actually gets it!
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I keep seeing 'what can they do? they don't have the votes.'
The answer is NOT THIS. It's actually better to NOTHING than to push this list of pathetic "reforms."
It's better to do NOTHING than this.
The answer is NOT THIS. It's actually better to NOTHING than to push this list of pathetic "reforms."
It's better to do NOTHING than this.
January 27, 2026 at 1:36 PM
I keep seeing 'what can they do? they don't have the votes.'
The answer is NOT THIS. It's actually better to NOTHING than to push this list of pathetic "reforms."
It's better to do NOTHING than this.
The answer is NOT THIS. It's actually better to NOTHING than to push this list of pathetic "reforms."
It's better to do NOTHING than this.
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Anthropic execs in 2024: '“Project Panama is our effort to destructively scan all the books in the world,” an internal planning document unsealed in legal filings last week said. “We don’t want it to be known that we are working on this.”'
wapo.st/4rjXAMQ
wapo.st/4rjXAMQ
Inside one company’s secret plan to ‘destructively scan every book in the world’
Court filings reveal how AI companies raced to obtain more books to feed chatbots, including by buying, scanning and disposing of millions of titles.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Anthropic execs in 2024: '“Project Panama is our effort to destructively scan all the books in the world,” an internal planning document unsealed in legal filings last week said. “We don’t want it to be known that we are working on this.”'
wapo.st/4rjXAMQ
wapo.st/4rjXAMQ
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Cedrick Frazier is running for Hennepin County Attorney, i.e. head prosecutor covering Minneapolis. He's probably the choice of most progressive folks already, and has made public statements about prosecuting ICE agents. As a caucus-goer, I got a letter with a contact number and asked him about it:
January 25, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Cedrick Frazier is running for Hennepin County Attorney, i.e. head prosecutor covering Minneapolis. He's probably the choice of most progressive folks already, and has made public statements about prosecuting ICE agents. As a caucus-goer, I got a letter with a contact number and asked him about it:
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Dear neighbor, It is not the time to let your guard down, nor is it the time to stop organizing.
While Bovino will be leaving Minneapolis along with some U.S. Border Patrol agents, there is still no specific plan that has been communicated to the public. 1/
While Bovino will be leaving Minneapolis along with some U.S. Border Patrol agents, there is still no specific plan that has been communicated to the public. 1/
January 27, 2026 at 1:20 AM
Dear neighbor, It is not the time to let your guard down, nor is it the time to stop organizing.
While Bovino will be leaving Minneapolis along with some U.S. Border Patrol agents, there is still no specific plan that has been communicated to the public. 1/
While Bovino will be leaving Minneapolis along with some U.S. Border Patrol agents, there is still no specific plan that has been communicated to the public. 1/
The crazy stories Vance didn’t mention, a thread
Oh dang, okay I have a crazy story! So, this U.S. citizen was watching TV in his house, in his underwear (like a lot of us!) and ICE came and BROKE DOWN HIS DOOR WITHOUT A SIGNED JUDICIAL WARRANT AND DRAGGED HIM OUT THE HOUSE IN HIS UNDERS IN SUBZERO TEMPERATURES AND KEPT HIM FOR HOURS.
January 26, 2026 at 10:58 PM
The crazy stories Vance didn’t mention, a thread
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Schwalm is right about one thing: What's unfolding in Minnesota is resistance, not protest.
It's peaceful resistance, but it's resistance. And it's growing.
It's peaceful resistance, but it's resistance. And it's growing.
MAGA military geniuses are talking about Minnesota protestors like they are the Iraqi insurgency, the Taliban, and the Viet Cong all rolled into one.
January 26, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Schwalm is right about one thing: What's unfolding in Minnesota is resistance, not protest.
It's peaceful resistance, but it's resistance. And it's growing.
It's peaceful resistance, but it's resistance. And it's growing.
TFW you’re going to a virtual conference and someone clocks you as being in their neighborhood signal group
a group of people are standing next to each other with lightning coming out of their arms .
Alt: Ghostbusters who are crossing the streams
media.tenor.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:09 PM
TFW you’re going to a virtual conference and someone clocks you as being in their neighborhood signal group
My boss has been great (it me), but if yours is a big ol’ turd, let these guys know!
Hey Minnesotans. Have your bosses sent you a mealy-mouthed email about how to remain productive during these troubled times or some other example of non-committal, faux-concerned corporate-speak? We want to publish a bunch of these. Send examples to keith at racketmn.com. You will NOT be identified.
January 26, 2026 at 9:28 PM
My boss has been great (it me), but if yours is a big ol’ turd, let these guys know!
One of these days I am going to start getting work done in the morning instead of “taking a quick peek at my messages” and then looking up and realizing it’s almost noon and I’ve yet to bill one single minute. 😭
January 26, 2026 at 5:44 PM
One of these days I am going to start getting work done in the morning instead of “taking a quick peek at my messages” and then looking up and realizing it’s almost noon and I’ve yet to bill one single minute. 😭
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Resharing this request: I have a good Spanish-language video, but am still looking for relatively short MN-specific “Know your rights” videos in Somali and Hmong
I'm looking for videos that explain MN-specific, know your rights information in Spanish, Somali, and Hmong. Does anyone have good, vetted videos?
January 26, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Resharing this request: I have a good Spanish-language video, but am still looking for relatively short MN-specific “Know your rights” videos in Somali and Hmong
Wow, this is unbelievably accurate.
A lot of the Male Loneliness Epidemic can be traced back to the fact that most cis dudes don’t participate in communal logistics.
I think @sarahjeong.bsky.social said it's because they devalue women's labor and a LOT of this Scary Logistics stuff comes from people who don't understand that basically all of the civic life they enjoy is created with the help of free labor, largely by women.
January 26, 2026 at 5:30 AM
Wow, this is unbelievably accurate.
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To everyone outside MN who saw the Mpls mayor on TV & thought he seemed good: here’s exhibit no. 2,893 why he SUCKS
We need an EVICTION MORATORIUM NOW.
Our neighbors risk being separated from their families when they go to work. They also run the risk of being displaced if they don’t.
Sadly, Mayor Frey refused to sign the resolution calling on the Governor to enact this moratorium.
Our neighbors risk being separated from their families when they go to work. They also run the risk of being displaced if they don’t.
Sadly, Mayor Frey refused to sign the resolution calling on the Governor to enact this moratorium.
January 26, 2026 at 5:24 AM
To everyone outside MN who saw the Mpls mayor on TV & thought he seemed good: here’s exhibit no. 2,893 why he SUCKS
The least of our troubles, obviously, but I’m gonna need the out of town press to learn how to spell and say Nicollet. As for pronunciation, probably a few of you need to hear this as well: it’s NICK-uh-lit, almost like “nickel it”. And yes it’s very wrong but that’s just how it goes. 🤷♀️
January 26, 2026 at 5:14 AM
The least of our troubles, obviously, but I’m gonna need the out of town press to learn how to spell and say Nicollet. As for pronunciation, probably a few of you need to hear this as well: it’s NICK-uh-lit, almost like “nickel it”. And yes it’s very wrong but that’s just how it goes. 🤷♀️
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Signal will never message you like this.
If you get a message like this, SOMEONE IS TRYING TO HACK YOUR SIGNAL.
DO NOT GIVE THEM THAT CODE.
If you get a message like this, SOMEONE IS TRYING TO HACK YOUR SIGNAL.
DO NOT GIVE THEM THAT CODE.
January 26, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Signal will never message you like this.
If you get a message like this, SOMEONE IS TRYING TO HACK YOUR SIGNAL.
DO NOT GIVE THEM THAT CODE.
If you get a message like this, SOMEONE IS TRYING TO HACK YOUR SIGNAL.
DO NOT GIVE THEM THAT CODE.
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You can support "Save Haven," the network of folks who support the folks held at the gigantic, cruel jail / torment facility at Whipple.
"So no one is left alone at the gate."
"So no one is left alone at the gate."
January 26, 2026 at 1:58 AM
You can support "Save Haven," the network of folks who support the folks held at the gigantic, cruel jail / torment facility at Whipple.
"So no one is left alone at the gate."
"So no one is left alone at the gate."
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A grassroots network of mutual aid volunteers called Safe Haven has been doing nearly round-the-clock jail support for everyone released from detainment at Whipple, the federal building ICE operates from.
They provide medics, rides, food, clothes, phones—anything people need after being released.
They provide medics, rides, food, clothes, phones—anything people need after being released.
January 26, 2026 at 12:02 AM
A grassroots network of mutual aid volunteers called Safe Haven has been doing nearly round-the-clock jail support for everyone released from detainment at Whipple, the federal building ICE operates from.
They provide medics, rides, food, clothes, phones—anything people need after being released.
They provide medics, rides, food, clothes, phones—anything people need after being released.
Great statement and I think we can all agree that basketball chaplain sounds like a pretty cool job (and I’m an atheist!)
January 26, 2026 at 1:32 AM
Great statement and I think we can all agree that basketball chaplain sounds like a pretty cool job (and I’m an atheist!)
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It's really distressing the extent to which in all of this Silverio Villegas González, the first man to be murdered by ICE in the streets, has been almost completely forgotten
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
January 25, 2026 at 7:14 AM
It's really distressing the extent to which in all of this Silverio Villegas González, the first man to be murdered by ICE in the streets, has been almost completely forgotten
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
They’re out here gassing Santa Claus, folks
Protester in Minnesota: I’m 70 years old and I’m fucking angry *disappears into gas*
January 25, 2026 at 4:19 PM
They’re out here gassing Santa Claus, folks
Re: the picture of the gun Alex was allegedly carrying. It’s sitting on the driver’s seat of a vehicle. If it’s evidence, who decided to lay it down on a car seat and take a pic? Most of my chain of evidence knowledge is from TV, but this doesn’t seem like standard operating procedure
January 25, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Re: the picture of the gun Alex was allegedly carrying. It’s sitting on the driver’s seat of a vehicle. If it’s evidence, who decided to lay it down on a car seat and take a pic? Most of my chain of evidence knowledge is from TV, but this doesn’t seem like standard operating procedure
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kind of remarkable how the two high profile ICE killings this year have been alex pretti and renee good, two people about whom NO ONE has ANY unkind words to say. if they could dig up anyone who would willingly talk shit on either person they’d have done it
January 25, 2026 at 2:11 PM
kind of remarkable how the two high profile ICE killings this year have been alex pretti and renee good, two people about whom NO ONE has ANY unkind words to say. if they could dig up anyone who would willingly talk shit on either person they’d have done it