That Iowa Ginger
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Meadowlark 'Manda. She/her. I like birds, cats, and puns. Grant pro. Dolphins are the worst actually.
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Wow, I would not have guessed more than 2,000 people!
"The demonstration began early and steadily grew throughout the day, swelling to more than 2,000 people by early afternoon despite frigid conditions."
"The demonstration began early and steadily grew throughout the day, swelling to more than 2,000 people by early afternoon despite frigid conditions."
Thousands protest immigration enforcement as Trump visits Iowa
Cold weather, hot anger greet Trump in Clive
Thousands of protesters braved freezing temperatures in Clive on Tuesday to denounce what they describe as increasingly aggressive — and deadly — immigration enforcement under the Trump administration. The demonstration came hours before President Donald Trump's speech at the Horizon Events Center.
www.thegazette.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Wow, I would not have guessed more than 2,000 people!
"The demonstration began early and steadily grew throughout the day, swelling to more than 2,000 people by early afternoon despite frigid conditions."
"The demonstration began early and steadily grew throughout the day, swelling to more than 2,000 people by early afternoon despite frigid conditions."
Iowa Nice. Fuck yeah.
You can see the progression and escalation here. I told them it was nothing against them, but we were already in the "Free Speech Zone" they established, POTUS is free to take another route, and we're not moving. So we didn't.
January 28, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Iowa Nice. Fuck yeah.
And THIS is what Midwest Nice is.
The so-called intellectuals of American fascism believe that it is impossible to have a high-trust society without racial homogeneity. But Minneapolis is already high-trust, and it is a tapestry of different peoples. It has shown what a farce that whole line of reasoning is.
January 27, 2026 at 3:38 AM
And THIS is what Midwest Nice is.
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The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
January 26, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
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Doom scrolling is not good for the brain. But random distractions when a head cold is coming on are nice.
Now it is time for whole wheat pancakes. Because.
Flower tax: Lupins on Ruby Peak
Now it is time for whole wheat pancakes. Because.
Flower tax: Lupins on Ruby Peak
January 26, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Doom scrolling is not good for the brain. But random distractions when a head cold is coming on are nice.
Now it is time for whole wheat pancakes. Because.
Flower tax: Lupins on Ruby Peak
Now it is time for whole wheat pancakes. Because.
Flower tax: Lupins on Ruby Peak
It is Monday morning. After dropping your kid off for early morning jazz band, you have a workout before going to the office. You may remember two:
1 - Your lunch
2 - Your work shoes
3 - Your work pants
Choose wisely.
1 - Your lunch
2 - Your work shoes
3 - Your work pants
Choose wisely.
January 26, 2026 at 2:57 PM
It is Monday morning. After dropping your kid off for early morning jazz band, you have a workout before going to the office. You may remember two:
1 - Your lunch
2 - Your work shoes
3 - Your work pants
Choose wisely.
1 - Your lunch
2 - Your work shoes
3 - Your work pants
Choose wisely.
If you like this, you should be listening to @ologies.bsky.social where listeners ask such questions as "why are buffaloes' butts so small" and they interview people whose wives make them species-accurate owl sweaters.
Being a journalist is sick: I just contacted a pre-eminent jaguar conservationist in Argentine with a question that has been weighing on me for ages and he wrote back right away with an informed answer.
January 26, 2026 at 3:40 AM
If you like this, you should be listening to @ologies.bsky.social where listeners ask such questions as "why are buffaloes' butts so small" and they interview people whose wives make them species-accurate owl sweaters.
I attended a vigil tonight and it helped a lot. I have been in a funk all week and singing This Little Light of Mine with 20 or so other Iowans while freezing our cheeks off was good. I don't feel so helpless or alone.
One of the best organizers I know in the Twin Cities has a great line, "We can't always take away the hurt, but we can take away the alone."
January 26, 2026 at 2:06 AM
I attended a vigil tonight and it helped a lot. I have been in a funk all week and singing This Little Light of Mine with 20 or so other Iowans while freezing our cheeks off was good. I don't feel so helpless or alone.
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strange to me that a lot of people on this website simultaneously agree that the administration is run by incompetents who struggle to carry out their agenda without major political blowback AND that they’ll pull off a complex and sophisticated effort to rig elections and prevent defeat in November
January 25, 2026 at 3:49 PM
strange to me that a lot of people on this website simultaneously agree that the administration is run by incompetents who struggle to carry out their agenda without major political blowback AND that they’ll pull off a complex and sophisticated effort to rig elections and prevent defeat in November
In the future when NFL has taken over society and all our jobs are NFL, I'm going to be that guy moving snow off the lines with a leaf blower.
January 25, 2026 at 10:54 PM
In the future when NFL has taken over society and all our jobs are NFL, I'm going to be that guy moving snow off the lines with a leaf blower.
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Des Moines folks: a good friend is organizing this event tonight. I cannot attend as I have a prior engagement but please pass it along to people you know in the metro.
January 25, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Des Moines folks: a good friend is organizing this event tonight. I cannot attend as I have a prior engagement but please pass it along to people you know in the metro.
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HYPE
Last week no living person had seen a #kakapo lay an egg. Now you can watch it on our webcam: Rakiura laid her second today (15:01 on 25/1/2025). She'll probably lay another in 3 days' time. #conservation #kakapo2026 #birds www.doc.govt.nz/our-work/kak...
January 25, 2026 at 3:56 PM
HYPE
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It's the PTO moms and spreadsheet dads and other random-ass Minnesotans concerned for their neighbors. There is no one central organizing org, just a ton of people who give a shit. It's both beautiful that it's happening and laughable that anyone thinks there's some broader apparatus at work.
James O'Keefe says he's never seen anything so organized as the anti-ICE movement, observers--he seems to think this term is code--everywhere he goes. Who is paying for it??? he demands to know. It's like he can't even imagine people caring for one another.
January 25, 2026 at 6:37 AM
It's the PTO moms and spreadsheet dads and other random-ass Minnesotans concerned for their neighbors. There is no one central organizing org, just a ton of people who give a shit. It's both beautiful that it's happening and laughable that anyone thinks there's some broader apparatus at work.
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One of the best organizers I know in the Twin Cities has a great line, "We can't always take away the hurt, but we can take away the alone."
January 25, 2026 at 4:49 AM
One of the best organizers I know in the Twin Cities has a great line, "We can't always take away the hurt, but we can take away the alone."
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Wake up. Make breakfast. Do email. Watch a murder. Go to a party for a 5 year old. Laugh with my daughter. See a different angle of that murder. Hear govt officials slander the victim. Play Barbies with my kid. Feed her dinner. Tear up at that victim reading last honors to a vet. Put kid to bed. USA
January 25, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Wake up. Make breakfast. Do email. Watch a murder. Go to a party for a 5 year old. Laugh with my daughter. See a different angle of that murder. Hear govt officials slander the victim. Play Barbies with my kid. Feed her dinner. Tear up at that victim reading last honors to a vet. Put kid to bed. USA
I think the best decision I made this week was to follow @raptor-cambot.bsky.social and @goodtrailcams.bsky.social.
Between them and all the cats with food names ppl I follow, it is impossible for me to doom scroll.
Between them and all the cats with food names ppl I follow, it is impossible for me to doom scroll.
January 25, 2026 at 3:16 PM
I think the best decision I made this week was to follow @raptor-cambot.bsky.social and @goodtrailcams.bsky.social.
Between them and all the cats with food names ppl I follow, it is impossible for me to doom scroll.
Between them and all the cats with food names ppl I follow, it is impossible for me to doom scroll.
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no need to imagine. we have years of evidence already.
If they are doing this to white people in broad daylight imagine what they are doing to non-white people in detention facilities.
January 25, 2026 at 1:55 AM
no need to imagine. we have years of evidence already.
I don't know who needs to hear this, but something I am learning is sometimes self care means peeing and eating when your body says you need to, not when it's more convenient. Take that break.
January 25, 2026 at 2:24 AM
I don't know who needs to hear this, but something I am learning is sometimes self care means peeing and eating when your body says you need to, not when it's more convenient. Take that break.
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Apropos of...everything a reminder that I have a list of accounts that regularly post relaxing and random stuff. It features NO NEWS. If you're trapped scrolling and need to shift your attention to something calmer it's a good way to do it. You can also pin it to your feeds
bsky.app/profile/did:...
bsky.app/profile/did:...
January 3, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Apropos of...everything a reminder that I have a list of accounts that regularly post relaxing and random stuff. It features NO NEWS. If you're trapped scrolling and need to shift your attention to something calmer it's a good way to do it. You can also pin it to your feeds
bsky.app/profile/did:...
bsky.app/profile/did:...
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There's a prison revolt at a concentration camp in Texas in solidarity with Minneapolis:
January 24, 2026 at 11:04 PM
There's a prison revolt at a concentration camp in Texas in solidarity with Minneapolis:
This sign I made came today. Glad it did so I have something I can do besides throw money at mutual aid and streetside orgs. I hope the ICE agent neighbors down the street see it and their nazi tears freeze to their faces.
January 24, 2026 at 11:36 PM
This sign I made came today. Glad it did so I have something I can do besides throw money at mutual aid and streetside orgs. I hope the ICE agent neighbors down the street see it and their nazi tears freeze to their faces.
Not quite a game, but taking my kid to see Field of Dreams was pretty cool. For me. He had no reference but was a good sport.
January 24, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Not quite a game, but taking my kid to see Field of Dreams was pretty cool. For me. He had no reference but was a good sport.
Tell me your pet's name in a gif
January 24, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Tell me your pet's name in a gif
Maybe I am missing something here, but I can't see what the upside for the Illinois counties would be.
An Iowa lawmaker has proposed a bill that would open the door for one or more counties in Illinois to become part of Iowa.
Story: https://bit.ly/4sSTRaJ
Story: https://bit.ly/4sSTRaJ
January 24, 2026 at 2:52 AM
Maybe I am missing something here, but I can't see what the upside for the Illinois counties would be.
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You cannot detain or arrest a baby, you can only kidnap her. These people need to wear a scarlet letter, need to ring a bell to loudly declare their moral bankruptcy. Everyone must be allowed to avoid them until they have made amends.
January 24, 2026 at 12:18 AM
You cannot detain or arrest a baby, you can only kidnap her. These people need to wear a scarlet letter, need to ring a bell to loudly declare their moral bankruptcy. Everyone must be allowed to avoid them until they have made amends.