Walking down lake street these days has been heartbreaking. There's the acute anxiety ICE's violence and then the deep grief for everything people are forced to give up to feel even a bit safer.
Roughly 80% of immigrant-owned businesses along key corridors in Minneapolis and St. Paul have closed in the past week as employees and customers stay home in fear of ICE agents detaining them.
Immigrant corridors in both Minneapolis and St. Paul nearly shut down by intensifying ICE actions
Revenue down from 50% to 100% at immigrant businesses along Lake Street and in St. Paul’s east side. Businesses say the impact is worse than COVID’s.
bit.ly
January 16, 2026 at 4:23 AM
Walking down lake street these days has been heartbreaking. There's the acute anxiety ICE's violence and then the deep grief for everything people are forced to give up to feel even a bit safer.
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The Star Tribune had an insane graphic about the presence of immigration enforcement in Minneapolis. There are more immigration officers in the metro right now than local police officers.
January 15, 2026 at 12:56 AM
The Star Tribune had an insane graphic about the presence of immigration enforcement in Minneapolis. There are more immigration officers in the metro right now than local police officers.
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please stop copying and pasting any messages to spread any information if you aren’t personally verifying it’s accurate and what the source actually is, especially about saturday’s events. telling people to avoid downtown when you don’t know who is saying that isn’t helpful
January 15, 2026 at 4:00 PM
please stop copying and pasting any messages to spread any information if you aren’t personally verifying it’s accurate and what the source actually is, especially about saturday’s events. telling people to avoid downtown when you don’t know who is saying that isn’t helpful
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To my mind, fencing off pedestrian right of ways which were authorized and funded by state and local jurisdictions without a public review process is blatantly illegal. No different from Trump closing federal departments he doesn't like.
"Fences have become a scourge for anyone trying to walk around downtowns or working-class Twin Cities neighborhoods over the last few years. Instead of solving challenging problems, our governments have turned to fences that cut off necessary urban connections..."
Using fencing to curb homelessness in the Twin Cities is an insult - MinnPost
Agencies and governments turn to fencing instead of actual solutions for problems related to people experiencing homelessness.
www.minnpost.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:12 PM
To my mind, fencing off pedestrian right of ways which were authorized and funded by state and local jurisdictions without a public review process is blatantly illegal. No different from Trump closing federal departments he doesn't like.
My brother: when people say j/rdan p/terson is dumb but whenever i see that they're taking his quotes out of context
The 2" hand auger i am spinning into my skull: squeak suhqueak skweak
The 2" hand auger i am spinning into my skull: squeak suhqueak skweak
August 21, 2025 at 8:05 PM
My brother: when people say j/rdan p/terson is dumb but whenever i see that they're taking his quotes out of context
The 2" hand auger i am spinning into my skull: squeak suhqueak skweak
The 2" hand auger i am spinning into my skull: squeak suhqueak skweak
Have you thanked an angel olsen for their service today
August 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Have you thanked an angel olsen for their service today
I have experienced entire lifetimes in 10 minutes of snoozed alarm
August 15, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I have experienced entire lifetimes in 10 minutes of snoozed alarm
Fellas is it gay to own pottery
July 30, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Fellas is it gay to own pottery
Man they just don't write songs about ten million fireflies like they used to 😔
July 20, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Man they just don't write songs about ten million fireflies like they used to 😔
Big breakthrough in therapy today where I realized the most effective tool to stop me procrastinating may be that I'm not allowed to complain about it until after I've done it
June 21, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Big breakthrough in therapy today where I realized the most effective tool to stop me procrastinating may be that I'm not allowed to complain about it until after I've done it
Disgustingly healthy mental health moment where i looked at my to-do this weekend with excitement instead of dread
May 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Disgustingly healthy mental health moment where i looked at my to-do this weekend with excitement instead of dread
I need tvs to be expensive enough that i don't have to watch 10 slim jim ads while i put gas in my car
May 23, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I need tvs to be expensive enough that i don't have to watch 10 slim jim ads while i put gas in my car
When they cancel me itll be for banging too much in the accessible gender neutral bathroom in my dorm when i was 18 😔
May 9, 2025 at 8:55 PM
When they cancel me itll be for banging too much in the accessible gender neutral bathroom in my dorm when i was 18 😔
I can't think of a single animal that wouldn't eat a hard boiled egg
April 12, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I can't think of a single animal that wouldn't eat a hard boiled egg
I had a dream last night that Sabrina Carpenter said the n word while performing to a crowd promoting her fortnite appearance which is why i should not scroll before bed
April 11, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I had a dream last night that Sabrina Carpenter said the n word while performing to a crowd promoting her fortnite appearance which is why i should not scroll before bed
Had a dream there was a new Goosebumps book out and I read it and wrote an extremely lengthy think piece about it
April 9, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Had a dream there was a new Goosebumps book out and I read it and wrote an extremely lengthy think piece about it
Last night the cab driver asked my mom & i if we were here to go on a cruise and i think that counts as body shaming
March 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Last night the cab driver asked my mom & i if we were here to go on a cruise and i think that counts as body shaming
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Someone pointed out that influencers use serotonin/dopamine/cortisol/oxytocin like they’re the four humors and now I can’t stop seeing it
March 20, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Someone pointed out that influencers use serotonin/dopamine/cortisol/oxytocin like they’re the four humors and now I can’t stop seeing it
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new saddest six word story just dropped
March 7, 2025 at 12:24 PM
new saddest six word story just dropped
It would be impossible to diagnose my dad with seasonal depression bc it is equally as likely his mood just plummets when it's not baseball season
March 9, 2025 at 6:02 PM
It would be impossible to diagnose my dad with seasonal depression bc it is equally as likely his mood just plummets when it's not baseball season
Sometimes i have stress dreams where i meet a new person and get so weird and anxious i introduce myself with a british accent and then i just have to keep using the british accent around them for the rest of the dream to avoid being found out
March 7, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Sometimes i have stress dreams where i meet a new person and get so weird and anxious i introduce myself with a british accent and then i just have to keep using the british accent around them for the rest of the dream to avoid being found out
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Liberals, tell me: If this is a real problem, if trans women athletes are dominating sports, easily winning first all the time and steamrolling cis women, can you name three of them?
March 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Liberals, tell me: If this is a real problem, if trans women athletes are dominating sports, easily winning first all the time and steamrolling cis women, can you name three of them?
Shohei ohtani posted some pictures of his dog last week that had his bare feet out (bless his heart) and of course he now has a (high ranked) wikifeet page and all of this triggered a harrowing flashback
February 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Shohei ohtani posted some pictures of his dog last week that had his bare feet out (bless his heart) and of course he now has a (high ranked) wikifeet page and all of this triggered a harrowing flashback
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Go fuck yourselves. Don't report on this as if you're some kind of neutral party just so you can get ratings. You caused the social conditions that lead to this with your inflammatory ass articles such as this one.
February 16, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Go fuck yourselves. Don't report on this as if you're some kind of neutral party just so you can get ratings. You caused the social conditions that lead to this with your inflammatory ass articles such as this one.