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
Minnesota keeps winning, even when we’re not in MN
A Minnesota man allegedly tried to break Luigi Mangione out of jail in New York by claiming to be an FBI agent with a court order to release him, authorities said
Man allegedly tried to break Luigi Mangione out of jail by impersonating FBI agent: Sources
A Minnesota man allegedly tried to break Luigi Mangione out of jail in New York, law enforcement sources told ABC News.
abcnews.go.com
January 29, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Minnesota keeps winning, even when we’re not in MN
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In an Irish context this was called ‘felon setting’; a favourite tactic of Dublin Castle to punish via RIC/DMP visits to employers & landlords. But after #EasterRising Irish Times eagerly leaped to print detailed lists leaked to them, not realising how this would soon be a roll of honour #spéirgorm
January 27, 2026 at 8:22 PM
In an Irish context this was called ‘felon setting’; a favourite tactic of Dublin Castle to punish via RIC/DMP visits to employers & landlords. But after #EasterRising Irish Times eagerly leaped to print detailed lists leaked to them, not realising how this would soon be a roll of honour #spéirgorm
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You walk into this bar and show your ICE mugshot, you don't pay a dime.
Scrolling through the photos of Pam Bondi's "Minnesota rioters," it's just hero after hero. Every photo includes a cowardly DHS agent with their back to the camera.
Bondi thinks she's going to win the propaganda war with this shit, but it's never been more clear that they're losing.
Bondi thinks she's going to win the propaganda war with this shit, but it's never been more clear that they're losing.
January 28, 2026 at 10:34 PM
You walk into this bar and show your ICE mugshot, you don't pay a dime.
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A friend shared with me a girl scout cookie link from a group that's having a hard time selling in Minneapolis right now.
digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/troop5...
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 1:38 AM
A friend shared with me a girl scout cookie link from a group that's having a hard time selling in Minneapolis right now.
digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/troop5...
digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/troop5...
🥹🥹🥹
Little children on a passing Head Start bus are pumping their fists.
January 28, 2026 at 11:51 PM
🥹🥹🥹
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every Signal chat of laypeople is losing their minds over the wildest opsec advice imaginable and every Signal chat of security professionals is like “dude wtf”
The vast majority of problems can be avoided by not being foolish, being aware of your surroundings, and using common sense
The vast majority of problems can be avoided by not being foolish, being aware of your surroundings, and using common sense
January 28, 2026 at 8:38 PM
every Signal chat of laypeople is losing their minds over the wildest opsec advice imaginable and every Signal chat of security professionals is like “dude wtf”
The vast majority of problems can be avoided by not being foolish, being aware of your surroundings, and using common sense
The vast majority of problems can be avoided by not being foolish, being aware of your surroundings, and using common sense
The Boss’ song is lovely, but this one made me cry and feel very seen.
But Bruce gets a big high five for pronouncing Nicollet right!
But Bruce gets a big high five for pronouncing Nicollet right!
January 28, 2026 at 6:58 PM
The Boss’ song is lovely, but this one made me cry and feel very seen.
But Bruce gets a big high five for pronouncing Nicollet right!
But Bruce gets a big high five for pronouncing Nicollet right!
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The Democratic Party leadership's failure to honestly and with integrity propose any policy solutions that will address these issues is a moral and strategic catastrophe.
January 28, 2026 at 5:53 PM
The Democratic Party leadership's failure to honestly and with integrity propose any policy solutions that will address these issues is a moral and strategic catastrophe.
Thanks, Boss.
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
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Thanks, Boss.
Super normal night where you hear a helicopter that’s not even making loops and isn’t on radar. And even more normal that there’s not a single plane flying over the city 🙃
January 28, 2026 at 5:41 AM
Super normal night where you hear a helicopter that’s not even making loops and isn’t on radar. And even more normal that there’s not a single plane flying over the city 🙃
Oh no, my neighbors will know? You mean those people I went to the vigil with on Saturday? Or the ones who picked up whistles from my house? Or do you mean the ones I met with to talk about how to start a mutual aid fund?
TOM HOMAN: “We’re going to create a database where those people that are arrested for interference, impeding and assault, we’re going to make them famous. We’re going to put their face on TV. We’re going to let their employers, in their neighborhoods, in their schools, know who these people are.”
Story: www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/u...
January 28, 2026 at 4:17 AM
Oh no, my neighbors will know? You mean those people I went to the vigil with on Saturday? Or the ones who picked up whistles from my house? Or do you mean the ones I met with to talk about how to start a mutual aid fund?
So proud of my congresswoman
I’m ok. I’m a survivor so this small agitator isn’t going to intimidate me from doing my work.
I don’t let bullies win.
Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.
I don’t let bullies win.
Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.
January 28, 2026 at 4:04 AM
So proud of my congresswoman
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video of the moment a man tried spraying something at ilhan omar at her town hall in minneapolis tonight
January 28, 2026 at 1:07 AM
video of the moment a man tried spraying something at ilhan omar at her town hall in minneapolis tonight
Bless the federal workers and contractors taking pictures of their emails
Federal deployment to Minneapolis "is steady state and expected to continue as planned," per Border Patrol memo leaked to me
January 27, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Bless the federal workers and contractors taking pictures of their emails
Most pristine ratio I’ve seen. This is a demonic position to take.
Opinion | To Avoid More Tragic Deaths, ICE Needs Higher Education and Training Standards
Higher ed can play an important role in making federal immigration enforcement safer. https://bit.ly/4bRR5fx
#EDUSKy #HigherEd #AcademicSky
Higher ed can play an important role in making federal immigration enforcement safer. https://bit.ly/4bRR5fx
#EDUSKy #HigherEd #AcademicSky
January 27, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Most pristine ratio I’ve seen. This is a demonic position to take.
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Christin is a dear friend and I'm so glad she's running for School Board. No one will stand for Minneapolis Public Schools, the students, the teachers, the families, like she will. Christin has literally been on the front lines fighting the ICE occupation for them. I'm proud to support her candidacy
My name is Christin Crabtree, and I'm running for Minneapolis School Board - At Large.
There are so many important ways to plug in right now, but if you're looking for one that's about building towards the flourishing schools and city we all deserve, I'd love your support.
There are so many important ways to plug in right now, but if you're looking for one that's about building towards the flourishing schools and city we all deserve, I'd love your support.
January 27, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Christin is a dear friend and I'm so glad she's running for School Board. No one will stand for Minneapolis Public Schools, the students, the teachers, the families, like she will. Christin has literally been on the front lines fighting the ICE occupation for them. I'm proud to support her candidacy
I’ve know Christin for 15 years, since our babies went to preschool together. She’s been a tireless, passionate advocate for her community for as long as I’ve known her. She’s also brave af and speaks up even when it could cost her. You couldn’t hope for a better school board member!
My name is Christin Crabtree, and I'm running for Minneapolis School Board - At Large.
There are so many important ways to plug in right now, but if you're looking for one that's about building towards the flourishing schools and city we all deserve, I'd love your support.
There are so many important ways to plug in right now, but if you're looking for one that's about building towards the flourishing schools and city we all deserve, I'd love your support.
January 27, 2026 at 2:58 PM
I’ve know Christin for 15 years, since our babies went to preschool together. She’s been a tireless, passionate advocate for her community for as long as I’ve known her. She’s also brave af and speaks up even when it could cost her. You couldn’t hope for a better school board member!
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my expectation of democratic senators is that they find 1/10th of the bravery of your average 70 year old lutheran lady following ICE around mpls in her subaru crosstrek
January 27, 2026 at 2:47 PM
my expectation of democratic senators is that they find 1/10th of the bravery of your average 70 year old lutheran lady following ICE around mpls in her subaru crosstrek
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