Silmaria 🏳️🌈
@silmaria.bsky.social
Transfem queer, partner of @wiredferret.bsky.social. Human-shaped.
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Like 75% of my feed are posts giving context to random historical photos in Hennepin County. You've been warned.
Like 75% of my feed are posts giving context to random historical photos in Hennepin County. You've been warned.
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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.
I'm not surprised that the fascists can't understand people coming together to help their neighbors. We're also seeing this same reaction, if slightly less extreme, among the left-leaning political class as well. I'm reminded of that fundraiser who thought MNs were bots because we called him out.
January 25, 2026 at 7:23 PM
I'm not surprised that the fascists can't understand people coming together to help their neighbors. We're also seeing this same reaction, if slightly less extreme, among the left-leaning political class as well. I'm reminded of that fundraiser who thought MNs were bots because we called him out.
"But we don't need OSHA telling us how to do our jobs! People did them just fine before!"
Floyd Duffee (1940)
4749 4th Ave. S
Source: Hennepin County Library
Duffee, janitor at South High School, is in fair condition at General hospital after falling from a stepladder while washing windows.
4749 4th Ave. S
Source: Hennepin County Library
Duffee, janitor at South High School, is in fair condition at General hospital after falling from a stepladder while washing windows.
January 25, 2026 at 3:16 PM
"But we don't need OSHA telling us how to do our jobs! People did them just fine before!"
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What’s happening is much closer to a neighborhood watch program than a protest, except who is being watched for is agents of the federal government
January 25, 2026 at 2:16 PM
What’s happening is much closer to a neighborhood watch program than a protest, except who is being watched for is agents of the federal government
I woke up to the sound of whistles. Guess they're out to kill more of us today.
January 25, 2026 at 2:33 PM
I woke up to the sound of whistles. Guess they're out to kill more of us today.
Cat.
Fluffernutter says I'm forgiven for the Vet Incident.
Fluffernutter says I'm forgiven for the Vet Incident.
January 25, 2026 at 5:18 AM
Cat.
Fluffernutter says I'm forgiven for the Vet Incident.
Fluffernutter says I'm forgiven for the Vet Incident.
This is Capella Tower.
January 25, 2026 at 5:01 AM
This is Capella Tower.
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I thought Boston's chant broke me, but...
“I live on a rural island in Alaska, reachable only by plane or boat. In our little town, 50 to 100 people stand outside each week at our town's roundabout to protest and hold vigil and stand in solidarity with you. We hold signs supporting Minnesota and demanding ICE Out.”
Rachel, Alaska
Rachel, Alaska
i havent shut off the notification for this form and it has just been vibrating every minute in my hand.
just a steady beat.
just a steady beat.
January 25, 2026 at 4:26 AM
I thought Boston's chant broke me, but...
Still brown.
Built in 1908. Was probably brown then, too, seeing as how it's brick.
Built in 1908. Was probably brown then, too, seeing as how it's brick.
January 25, 2026 at 4:28 AM
Still brown.
Built in 1908. Was probably brown then, too, seeing as how it's brick.
Built in 1908. Was probably brown then, too, seeing as how it's brick.
I *think* this is the building. Converted to a duplex in 1983. This house looks big enough to have been a boarding house for girls at one point
Otherwise, it's closer to St Mary's Basilica and under the freeway. But I can't find an actual 1908 Hawthorn, the closest card I can find is for 2018.
Otherwise, it's closer to St Mary's Basilica and under the freeway. But I can't find an actual 1908 Hawthorn, the closest card I can find is for 2018.
January 25, 2026 at 4:24 AM
I *think* this is the building. Converted to a duplex in 1983. This house looks big enough to have been a boarding house for girls at one point
Otherwise, it's closer to St Mary's Basilica and under the freeway. But I can't find an actual 1908 Hawthorn, the closest card I can find is for 2018.
Otherwise, it's closer to St Mary's Basilica and under the freeway. But I can't find an actual 1908 Hawthorn, the closest card I can find is for 2018.
I wonder if this innocent-looking house still contains the dark secret of a 1990s kitchen.
January 25, 2026 at 4:09 AM
I wonder if this innocent-looking house still contains the dark secret of a 1990s kitchen.
I'm not entirely sure, but I think this is looking at 29th Street and 10th Ave. The Sears store (now Midtown Global Market) abutted the train tracks, covering 29th. They had their own spur line down in the trench to bring whole trains inside for unloading.
Street Scene Before Construction of New Sears Store (1927)
29th St. and 10th Ave. S
Source: Hennepin County Library
Photo taken just before block was demolished to make way for the Sears store. Individuals are unidentified.
29th St. and 10th Ave. S
Source: Hennepin County Library
Photo taken just before block was demolished to make way for the Sears store. Individuals are unidentified.
January 25, 2026 at 4:04 AM
I'm not entirely sure, but I think this is looking at 29th Street and 10th Ave. The Sears store (now Midtown Global Market) abutted the train tracks, covering 29th. They had their own spur line down in the trench to bring whole trains inside for unloading.
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Bathroom in a House on Irving Avenue (1998)
1800 Irving Ave. S
Source: Hennepin County Library
1800 Irving Ave. S
Source: Hennepin County Library
January 25, 2026 at 3:30 AM
Bathroom in a House on Irving Avenue (1998)
1800 Irving Ave. S
Source: Hennepin County Library
1800 Irving Ave. S
Source: Hennepin County Library
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Carsie Blanton made this rendition of "Come Out Ye Black And Tans" in honor of the Minneapolis protests against ICE. Pretty darn cool if I say so myself.
She does a lot of working-class, liberation music, so I'd follow her where you can!
She does a lot of working-class, liberation music, so I'd follow her where you can!
January 20, 2026 at 7:51 AM
Carsie Blanton made this rendition of "Come Out Ye Black And Tans" in honor of the Minneapolis protests against ICE. Pretty darn cool if I say so myself.
She does a lot of working-class, liberation music, so I'd follow her where you can!
She does a lot of working-class, liberation music, so I'd follow her where you can!
Crying.
There’s a rally going on in Boston rn and they’re chanting “we’re not cold, we’re not afraid, MN taught us to be brave!” and I might cry
January 25, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Crying.
The fact that this is the *bare minimum* statement and only one statewide elected has made it would be soul-crushing if it wasn't so fucking sad.
He wasn't a domestic terrorist. A domestic terrorist was the Oklahoma City bomber. This was a VA nurse looking out for his neighbors.
January 25, 2026 at 12:33 AM
The fact that this is the *bare minimum* statement and only one statewide elected has made it would be soul-crushing if it wasn't so fucking sad.
The dichotomy of making sure everyone in my house has a safe place to be when home becomes unsafe while eating dinner and having to deal with the rest of my life makes my head hurt.
January 25, 2026 at 12:04 AM
The dichotomy of making sure everyone in my house has a safe place to be when home becomes unsafe while eating dinner and having to deal with the rest of my life makes my head hurt.
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I think that people who don't go here who are calling us weak really underestimate how heavy it is to know that none of our local or state law enforcement are actually going to help us unless people in their city have recently burned a police precinct to the ground. Literally nobody wants to save us
January 24, 2026 at 11:51 PM
I think that people who don't go here who are calling us weak really underestimate how heavy it is to know that none of our local or state law enforcement are actually going to help us unless people in their city have recently burned a police precinct to the ground. Literally nobody wants to save us
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National Guard has fully arrived.
Franklin and Nicollet.
Franklin and Nicollet.
January 24, 2026 at 11:03 PM
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I wish this didn't feel like they were kettling the whole neighborhood. I bet they still let the SS in, though.
We commend those demonstrating peacefully right now. To ensure the safety of residents, the City is putting in place a vehicle perimeter in the area surrounding the scene of today's fatal shooting by federal agents. The zone includes Franklin Ave to 28th St, 35W to Pillsbury Ave
January 24, 2026 at 10:52 PM
I wish this didn't feel like they were kettling the whole neighborhood. I bet they still let the SS in, though.
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Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."
January 24, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."
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This is also around the corner from MCAD and the MIA, and is pound for pound one of the most artistic, creative, energetic neighborhoods in the entire city.
If you’re not from here, I need to explain this execution was on Eat Street, a commercial corridor of restaurants and coffee shops that literally everyone goes to. Normies, queermos, weirdos, neighborhood folks. Whatever that place is in your city, imagine ICE executing someone in cold blood there.
January 24, 2026 at 8:04 PM
This is also around the corner from MCAD and the MIA, and is pound for pound one of the most artistic, creative, energetic neighborhoods in the entire city.
Non-violence isn't the same as peaceful. Peaceful is marching politely. Non-violence can be very disruptive to the state but doesn't give them the same cassus belli as shooting at them does.
Do you honestly think people in the civil rights movement and other nonviolent movements faced no violence themselves? They practiced nonviolence because it works, because the oppressor wants a shooting war, which is the war it will win
How's your non-violent working Mr Gandhi stancil? They will kill each and everyone of you right if they had the chance and you will still be writing Kumbaya.
January 24, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Non-violence isn't the same as peaceful. Peaceful is marching politely. Non-violence can be very disruptive to the state but doesn't give them the same cassus belli as shooting at them does.
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Nonviolence is, in fact, working. This administration is weaker than it was a year ago. More and more of the public is becoming galvanized against it; its agents are being impeded.
Do you honestly think people in the civil rights movement and other nonviolent movements faced no violence themselves? They practiced nonviolence because it works, because the oppressor wants a shooting war, which is the war it will win
How's your non-violent working Mr Gandhi stancil? They will kill each and everyone of you right if they had the chance and you will still be writing Kumbaya.
January 24, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Nonviolence is, in fact, working. This administration is weaker than it was a year ago. More and more of the public is becoming galvanized against it; its agents are being impeded.