Rory from MN
@roryofthecross.bsky.social
Christ-follower, anticapitalist, aspiring ELCA Deacon, technologist, and long-suffering Timberwolves fan.
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Rory from MN
@roryofthecross.bsky.social
· Nov 27
Whenever anyone asks what their personalities are, I'm going to just show them this picture.
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Minnesota is the best of us.
January 23, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Minnesota is the best of us.
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We will win.
January 23, 2026 at 10:52 PM
We will win.
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As clergy pray, arrests begin
January 23, 2026 at 5:00 PM
As clergy pray, arrests begin
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In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.
January 23, 2026 at 4:01 PM
In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.
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no matter how hard Greg Bovino tries to exude rugged masculinity he always comes off like Don Knotts in a Portlandia sketch
January 23, 2026 at 2:41 AM
no matter how hard Greg Bovino tries to exude rugged masculinity he always comes off like Don Knotts in a Portlandia sketch
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The Unsettling (2021)
Oil and acrylic on canvas
Oil and acrylic on canvas
January 23, 2026 at 8:50 AM
The Unsettling (2021)
Oil and acrylic on canvas
Oil and acrylic on canvas
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A few days ago, I stood in the graveyard of an 1100 year old church, getting damper and damper in the drizzling rain.
A woman walked into the graveyard, waved, said hello, and, as we had previously arranged, handed me a paper bag full of human bones.
The life of a churchwarden is a strange one...
A woman walked into the graveyard, waved, said hello, and, as we had previously arranged, handed me a paper bag full of human bones.
The life of a churchwarden is a strange one...
January 23, 2026 at 11:44 AM
A few days ago, I stood in the graveyard of an 1100 year old church, getting damper and damper in the drizzling rain.
A woman walked into the graveyard, waved, said hello, and, as we had previously arranged, handed me a paper bag full of human bones.
The life of a churchwarden is a strange one...
A woman walked into the graveyard, waved, said hello, and, as we had previously arranged, handed me a paper bag full of human bones.
The life of a churchwarden is a strange one...
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Worth noting that among those participating in ICE/DHS watch in Minneapolis today — who Emmer appears to frame as “chaos agents” here — are literally hundreds of clergy.
January 22, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Worth noting that among those participating in ICE/DHS watch in Minneapolis today — who Emmer appears to frame as “chaos agents” here — are literally hundreds of clergy.
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They are targeting children because they are trying incite violence. I have talked to many journalists today, and they all made the same observation: Border Patrol and ICE have been rolling around with maximum aggression, lingering for ages as crowds, gather, seemingly trying to cause a riot.
This picture making the rounds on reddit, Columbia Heights. I'm not OK.
January 21, 2026 at 11:39 PM
They are targeting children because they are trying incite violence. I have talked to many journalists today, and they all made the same observation: Border Patrol and ICE have been rolling around with maximum aggression, lingering for ages as crowds, gather, seemingly trying to cause a riot.
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This is insane not just the explicit "go break the 4A" substance but how they knew how bad it was, acting in guilty paranoia to cover it up and suppress the written evidence.
This isn't how running a government agency works. This is what a criminal conspiracy looks like, because that's what it is.
This isn't how running a government agency works. This is what a criminal conspiracy looks like, because that's what it is.
🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
January 21, 2026 at 11:03 PM
This is insane not just the explicit "go break the 4A" substance but how they knew how bad it was, acting in guilty paranoia to cover it up and suppress the written evidence.
This isn't how running a government agency works. This is what a criminal conspiracy looks like, because that's what it is.
This isn't how running a government agency works. This is what a criminal conspiracy looks like, because that's what it is.
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Pastors working for ICE
Sex workers running mutual aid for immigrants
Which one looks more like Jesus???
Sex workers running mutual aid for immigrants
Which one looks more like Jesus???
January 21, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Pastors working for ICE
Sex workers running mutual aid for immigrants
Which one looks more like Jesus???
Sex workers running mutual aid for immigrants
Which one looks more like Jesus???
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To the max three people who will find it funny, this was my explanation of the Judaean succession crisis to my Josephus class today
January 21, 2026 at 1:43 PM
To the max three people who will find it funny, this was my explanation of the Judaean succession crisis to my Josephus class today
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This is, in my opinion, not only the correct moral/ethical/legal position but also the correct political framing. Everyone can see the agency is out of control; everyone can see that it is constantly violating human rights. "Scrap it and start over" is the moderate position.
Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people."
January 20, 2026 at 5:30 PM
This is, in my opinion, not only the correct moral/ethical/legal position but also the correct political framing. Everyone can see the agency is out of control; everyone can see that it is constantly violating human rights. "Scrap it and start over" is the moderate position.
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Somebody once described Mohler as "a soundbite in search of a theology," and dude ain't ever beating the accusations.
Albrecht Mohler in Luther burning a papal bull: For a Christian to destroy the Holy Father's judgment should be unthinkable. The Germans have crossed a threshold.
January 19, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Somebody once described Mohler as "a soundbite in search of a theology," and dude ain't ever beating the accusations.
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there is a real lack of understanding of what “grace” is. grace is a gift. and like all gifts it should be received in gratitude. and that gratitude must include a sincere effort to repent and make recompense for what you’ve done. anything else cheapens the gift.
January 19, 2026 at 2:55 PM
there is a real lack of understanding of what “grace” is. grace is a gift. and like all gifts it should be received in gratitude. and that gratitude must include a sincere effort to repent and make recompense for what you’ve done. anything else cheapens the gift.
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Conservatives Say Renée Good Was Brainwashed By Bible Into Loving Thy Neighbor
Conservatives Say Renée Good Was Brainwashed By Bible Into Loving Thy Neighbor
WASHINGTON—Calling her actions “indefensible,” Vice President JD Vance stated Thursday that Renée Good was brainwashed by the Bible into loving thy neighbor. “The fact of the matter is that Renée Good...
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January 17, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Conservatives Say Renée Good Was Brainwashed By Bible Into Loving Thy Neighbor
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Mork & Minotaur
January 17, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Mork & Minotaur
Share a television show that raised you:
January 19, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Share a television show that raised you:
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Victor Manuel Diaz was kidnapped from Minneapolis. He was my neighbor and he died in an American concentration camp. He was not "illegal," he was a human being made in the image of the divine. May his memory be a blessing, and may the rest of us fight like hell until we stop this brutality.
This is the sixth death in ICE custody in 18 days. This isn’t enforcement, it’s a system that cages people, outsources care, and shrugs when they die. Abolish ICE.
January 18, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Victor Manuel Diaz was kidnapped from Minneapolis. He was my neighbor and he died in an American concentration camp. He was not "illegal," he was a human being made in the image of the divine. May his memory be a blessing, and may the rest of us fight like hell until we stop this brutality.
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we are deeply petty when we know we’re right. we’re going to be insufferable when we win this.
A good time to remind everyone of the Minnesota First. One of the earliest state militias to volunteer to fight in the Civil War—three years after joining the Union! Provided one of the essential turning points at Gettysburg. Took the flag of the Virginia regiment they captured AND STILL HAVE IT.
January 18, 2026 at 9:57 PM
we are deeply petty when we know we’re right. we’re going to be insufferable when we win this.
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Minnesotan here, to add: On Ken Martin, DNC chair: he was DFL chair in 2022 when I worked for the coordinated campaign. He personally fought against me getting mileage pay when gas was $5/gallon and I was working in rural MN driving 1000 miles a week for minimum wage. Had to get my union involved.
I work with state parties every single day. There are only a handful of national leaders who actually raise real money for the year organizing state parties do--Ken Martin (dnc chair), Simon Rosenberg (Hopium), Sen. Warren and Actblue. Come for Simon and you come for all of us.
I'm not interested in arguing with the good people of Minnesota, on the front lines, doing the hard work of protecting our democracy. I've worked hard to bring your bravery and courage to the world in recent weeks on Hopium.
But attacks like this are false, defamatory, and need to end. 1/
But attacks like this are false, defamatory, and need to end. 1/
January 18, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Minnesotan here, to add: On Ken Martin, DNC chair: he was DFL chair in 2022 when I worked for the coordinated campaign. He personally fought against me getting mileage pay when gas was $5/gallon and I was working in rural MN driving 1000 miles a week for minimum wage. Had to get my union involved.
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Have you guys seen this?????? Acting Director, David Easterwood, of ICE in St Paul MN, is also a pastor at Cities Church
January 18, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Have you guys seen this?????? Acting Director, David Easterwood, of ICE in St Paul MN, is also a pastor at Cities Church
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If you're looking for a sign to switch careers: this is the sign.
January 18, 2026 at 12:44 AM
If you're looking for a sign to switch careers: this is the sign.