Judah Mac 'n' Bees
@snacksonsnackz.bsky.social
Garnett was better than Duncan
Christ I need to put my phone down. The line between getting a boost of moral support and driving myself insane is razor thin. The admins may disagree with Stancil but I guaran-fucking-tee they respect him just as he does them.
January 30, 2026 at 2:35 AM
Christ I need to put my phone down. The line between getting a boost of moral support and driving myself insane is razor thin. The admins may disagree with Stancil but I guaran-fucking-tee they respect him just as he does them.
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Again, real press will absolutely respect rules and boundaries, and I always establish that the only observer who can be identified in any way is myself. But all-consuming paranoia about cameras and press is awful for us. ICE is the one operating in secret. We’re the ones bringing daylight.
January 29, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Again, real press will absolutely respect rules and boundaries, and I always establish that the only observer who can be identified in any way is myself. But all-consuming paranoia about cameras and press is awful for us. ICE is the one operating in secret. We’re the ones bringing daylight.
Never ever ever ever ever ever surrender the microphone. Restricting press is meaningless as long as we drive our own cars with our own bodies, they keep safe in the same way we do for our own.
I’m not totally sure how to address this but apparently I’m getting kicked out of ICE rapid response for the moment because I’m allowing press ridealongs, with an extremely strict condition that no other observer be identified. Lots of observers have allowed ridealongs and they benefit us.
January 29, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Never ever ever ever ever ever surrender the microphone. Restricting press is meaningless as long as we drive our own cars with our own bodies, they keep safe in the same way we do for our own.
Mutual aid point is A+. Other cities can improve and build on Minnesota but you can't really go "harder".
Winning looks like wasting their time, reducing abductions per officer and per day. Getting someone shot or brain damaged from a pistol whip doesn't slow things down, it just adds more victims.
Winning looks like wasting their time, reducing abductions per officer and per day. Getting someone shot or brain damaged from a pistol whip doesn't slow things down, it just adds more victims.
I keep seeing posts going "when ICE comes to MY city, we'll be out in the streets even harder" and man, I get that sentiment but I need everyone to understand that the work in Minneapolis is partly confrontational but MORE IMPORTANTLY aaallll the stuff organized in the background to help neighbors
January 29, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Mutual aid point is A+. Other cities can improve and build on Minnesota but you can't really go "harder".
Winning looks like wasting their time, reducing abductions per officer and per day. Getting someone shot or brain damaged from a pistol whip doesn't slow things down, it just adds more victims.
Winning looks like wasting their time, reducing abductions per officer and per day. Getting someone shot or brain damaged from a pistol whip doesn't slow things down, it just adds more victims.
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No idea if it's mattered for getting hired, but 100% of my job interviews mention my liberal arts background as a strong point in favor.
This is objectively untrue - especially right now, what with the really, really cruel collapse of the market for computer science majors due to AI.
maybe so, but at least you can get a job with STEM. Not so with the humanities
January 28, 2026 at 10:52 PM
No idea if it's mattered for getting hired, but 100% of my job interviews mention my liberal arts background as a strong point in favor.
Matts bar tastes like McDonald's with shittier service.
when I drive past Matt’s Bar I pity the suburban fools lined up outside the door
At Bull’s Horn, bar food gets the attention it deserves
A former fine-dining chef turns casual American dive bar fare into something quietly extraordinary in south Minneapolis.
www.startribune.com
January 28, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Matts bar tastes like McDonald's with shittier service.
This is so so so correct. There are dedicated people who *tell you what to do*. They'll train you, give advice and support, show you the places with need, or just give you a task, all volunteer.
Which is to say - pay them! Non-profit culture (the bad kind) can wither and die, pay them directly!
Which is to say - pay them! Non-profit culture (the bad kind) can wither and die, pay them directly!
I have begun to think that Minnesota pushback to ICE was unique and a model because it gave people something to do. It wasn’t about just going out in streets for rallying purposes. People had a mission: videos, whistles, information and communication flow to communities. They had something to do.
January 28, 2026 at 2:04 PM
This is so so so correct. There are dedicated people who *tell you what to do*. They'll train you, give advice and support, show you the places with need, or just give you a task, all volunteer.
Which is to say - pay them! Non-profit culture (the bad kind) can wither and die, pay them directly!
Which is to say - pay them! Non-profit culture (the bad kind) can wither and die, pay them directly!
This (magnificent) piece reminds me of chuds saying Minneapolis is full of "blue hair they/them" which, uh, is very true!!!
But people here know they're also the loudest, fiercest, most inspiring little snowflakes you'll ever meet. They start shit, end shit, and make you eat shit in between.
But people here know they're also the loudest, fiercest, most inspiring little snowflakes you'll ever meet. They start shit, end shit, and make you eat shit in between.
Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
January 28, 2026 at 1:27 PM
This (magnificent) piece reminds me of chuds saying Minneapolis is full of "blue hair they/them" which, uh, is very true!!!
But people here know they're also the loudest, fiercest, most inspiring little snowflakes you'll ever meet. They start shit, end shit, and make you eat shit in between.
But people here know they're also the loudest, fiercest, most inspiring little snowflakes you'll ever meet. They start shit, end shit, and make you eat shit in between.
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I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
I grew up with Alex Pretti
The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.
www.theverge.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:45 PM
I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
Lol he thought homebase was some HQ not literally the person's HOUSE.
January 28, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Lol he thought homebase was some HQ not literally the person's HOUSE.
U of M students after winter break
January 27, 2026 at 10:52 PM
U of M students after winter break
I told my boss today "it's slow right now, I'm gonna go home and do ICE watch" and he said "cool stay safe".
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 27, 2026 at 8:56 PM
I told my boss today "it's slow right now, I'm gonna go home and do ICE watch" and he said "cool stay safe".
Todd Bonzales
The new CBS contributors:
Elliot Ackerman, Peter Attia, Masih Alinejad, Arthur Brooks, Caroline Chambers, Clare de Boer, Niall Ferguson, Roland Fryer Jr., Andrew Huberman, Coleman Hughes, Mark Hyman, Janna Levin, Casey Lewis, HR McMaster, Patrick McGee, Reihan Salam, Lauren Sherman, Derek Thompson
Elliot Ackerman, Peter Attia, Masih Alinejad, Arthur Brooks, Caroline Chambers, Clare de Boer, Niall Ferguson, Roland Fryer Jr., Andrew Huberman, Coleman Hughes, Mark Hyman, Janna Levin, Casey Lewis, HR McMaster, Patrick McGee, Reihan Salam, Lauren Sherman, Derek Thompson
January 27, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Todd Bonzales
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I'll repeat my ask to Democratic Senators here: don't vote for the DHS funding bill, yes. AND ALSO do not vote for another single thing in the United States Senate until the invasion and occupation of Minnesota ends. Don't vote to name a post office, dedicate a road, or even a procedural motion
January 26, 2026 at 11:54 PM
I'll repeat my ask to Democratic Senators here: don't vote for the DHS funding bill, yes. AND ALSO do not vote for another single thing in the United States Senate until the invasion and occupation of Minnesota ends. Don't vote to name a post office, dedicate a road, or even a procedural motion
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I'm gonna level with you, I think the most lasting impact of this is that white people are gonna be around white people in MN and then one racist white person is gonna say something fucked up about this and catch hands from another white person with PTSD. 1000% #1 impact.
January 26, 2026 at 9:59 PM
I'm gonna level with you, I think the most lasting impact of this is that white people are gonna be around white people in MN and then one racist white person is gonna say something fucked up about this and catch hands from another white person with PTSD. 1000% #1 impact.
Whoever wrote this ESPN/AP trash can go fuck themselves.
January 25, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Whoever wrote this ESPN/AP trash can go fuck themselves.
This is the moment for Anthony Edwards. He is *the* American star now, it's his team, and after "being ya ass" he owns this city. It's too much to ask of a 25yo but that's the world right now.
Statement from the National Basketball Players Association:
January 25, 2026 at 9:41 PM
This is the moment for Anthony Edwards. He is *the* American star now, it's his team, and after "being ya ass" he owns this city. It's too much to ask of a 25yo but that's the world right now.
Ant and Naz Reid say "abolish ICE" into the PA mic, crowd goes Super Saiyan, solves fascism and world hunger.
NBA players come out strong on the situation in Minneapolis:
“Now more than ever, we must defend the right to freedom of speech and stand in solidarity with the people in Minnesota protesting and risking their lives to demand justice.”
“Now more than ever, we must defend the right to freedom of speech and stand in solidarity with the people in Minnesota protesting and risking their lives to demand justice.”
Statement from the National Basketball Players Association:
January 25, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Ant and Naz Reid say "abolish ICE" into the PA mic, crowd goes Super Saiyan, solves fascism and world hunger.
Holy shit this goes hard.
January 25, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Holy shit this goes hard.
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don't do this, subscribe to @racketmn.com
January 25, 2026 at 4:19 PM
don't do this, subscribe to @racketmn.com
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Impunity creates the conditions for horrifying violence, full stop
January 24, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Impunity creates the conditions for horrifying violence, full stop
A quick shout out to dispatchers:
Coordinating commuters, stationary watchers, plate checking, info sharing, shift scheduling, relay, safety, mental health care, school/daycare connections.
If things work out our whole city will be in debt to them, and we'll never know their names.
Coordinating commuters, stationary watchers, plate checking, info sharing, shift scheduling, relay, safety, mental health care, school/daycare connections.
If things work out our whole city will be in debt to them, and we'll never know their names.
January 25, 2026 at 12:22 AM
A quick shout out to dispatchers:
Coordinating commuters, stationary watchers, plate checking, info sharing, shift scheduling, relay, safety, mental health care, school/daycare connections.
If things work out our whole city will be in debt to them, and we'll never know their names.
Coordinating commuters, stationary watchers, plate checking, info sharing, shift scheduling, relay, safety, mental health care, school/daycare connections.
If things work out our whole city will be in debt to them, and we'll never know their names.
A lot of people in the country can ask for this to change (Chuck for one) and it does matter. Anyone who can create a headline just by speaking up. Just not Gal Gadot please.
No one with real power can act as though this is not an emergency on par with COVID. They will continue to shoot people until something changes.
January 24, 2026 at 9:38 PM
A lot of people in the country can ask for this to change (Chuck for one) and it does matter. Anyone who can create a headline just by speaking up. Just not Gal Gadot please.