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Kelly

@broadwaybabyto.bsky.social

Alex Pretti tried to warn his neighbours a week before his death.

He was tackled by agents & left with a broken rib

The angry mob knew who he was

They knew his face

They killed him less a week later

Noem always says they’re carrying out “targeted enforcement”… sounds like they targeted Alex.

January 27, 2026 at 8:48 PM

Tory Franklin

@toryfranklin.bsky.social

Doing this ADHD hack called scary hour where you knock out a task you’ve been procrastinating. lately a lot of business tax stuff (you get federal money on a project and they KNOW). But today I went through a pile of house receipts, cleaned some gross stuff, laundered AND put em in dresser not pile.

January 27, 2026 at 10:00 AM

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Mel ✨

@melshardae.bsky.social

F*CK ICE

minnesota has become my home and i'm fucking pissed

donate $5 or more to any of the orgs listed on standwithminnesota.com, send me proof, and I'll send you a sticker

form: forms.gle/9xiPwFJ8an18...

photo of stacked 2.5 inch square stickers that reference the MN flag and have "F*CK ICE" written on it. the censoring asterisk is the north star from the MN state flag.

January 14, 2026 at 10:51 PM

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Pam Wishbow

@pamwishbow.bsky.social

From Oakland says the comments, this put wind back in my sails never let them tell you this shit is useless

macamps.online @macamps.online · 1d

oh my god dude www.reddit.com/r/Tacoma/s/O...

From the Tacoma community on Reddit: Look what pulled into Tacoma

Explore this post and more from the Tacoma community

www.reddit.com

January 27, 2026 at 3:05 AM

Tory Franklin

@toryfranklin.bsky.social

Holy crap free gardening ebooks! I was looking to get a physical book of one of the ones listed here but it was sold out at a bunch of Indy shops. But it’s freeeee in ebook form here. There’s a bunch of other ones too.

theamericanfigcompany.com/collections/...

E-Books

Online Plant Nursery Specializing in Cold Hardy Fruiting Trees, Bushes, and Vines. Our collection is ideal for various climates, ensuring resilient growth and fruitful yields. Find the perfect, easy-t...

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January 26, 2026 at 11:52 AM

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HIGNFY US

@hignfyus.bsky.social

The Season Premiere of #HIGNFY is streaming NOW on the CNN App!

January 25, 2026 at 5:04 PM

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Tell your Mom I said 'Hi'

@artcrime.gay

Punisher was my first comic character, and the book was him rescuing a bunch of abused kids and corrupt cops. I wanted to be like Frank. It always broke my heart when the chuds co-opted his logo.

roterote @roterote.bsky.social · 2d

Tim Doyle a famous Marvel artist is making some of the most Metal Anti-ICE art right now! Ghost Rider, Wolverine and the Punisher taking ICE out!

Top image The Punisher with an ICE agent at gunpoint. Text reads:

"OH GOD, PLEASE...
I HAVE A FAMILY!"
HE SAYS...
"SO DID THEY," I SAY. YOU DIDN'T CARE, WHY SHOULD I?"

Bottom image a close up of Frank Castle’s face with a shell casing flying past. Text reads:

"5.5 POUNDS OF PRESSURE AND ANOTHER NAZI GONE."

"I TRY NOT TO SMILE.

"IT STILL HAPPENS.”

January 26, 2026 at 2:51 AM

Tory Franklin

@toryfranklin.bsky.social

Just got my fig and two currants unwrapped and insulated in my garage. I do not understand what the point of a spring pre order button is if you’re gonna ship them when the order was placed. Hope I didn’t fuck them up cuz the box was inside the house for two days and they’re hardened…

January 26, 2026 at 6:01 AM

Tory Franklin

@toryfranklin.bsky.social

Seattle if you have spigots it’s cold enough to throw em on to save your pipes. I forgot I got a new spigot this year which was too big for one of mine so I had to patch together this BS when I realized the bucket outside from the flooding in December had an inch and a half of ice on top.

Grey Hose insulator with added beige towel wrap on red wall

January 26, 2026 at 5:17 AM

Tory Franklin

@toryfranklin.bsky.social

Took some time off scrolling tonight to plan out the cart for my new glass kiln. Her name is Easy Bake. Hope to get her moved into her new home soon.

Closed glass kiln turquoise with a black control panel on the right. On a palate with some packing materials

Open glass kiln white inside and turquoise outside. A black controller on right. Sitting on a palate and packing material

Plans for the cart for a glass kiln. A variety of colors differentiate lengths of 2 x 4s

January 25, 2026 at 11:11 AM

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Kelly

@broadwaybabyto.bsky.social

We have video of Renee Good and Alex Pretti being executed by ICE

We don’t have video of the torture in the ICE camps

We know Geraldo Campos was choked to death

We know Randall Gamboa was put in a persistent vegetative state and deported

We know 2025 was the deadliest year on record

Abolish ICE

January 25, 2026 at 12:22 AM

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick

@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social

You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.

1. I am a resident of the Whittier neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota. I am over 18 years of age. I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting.
2. On Saturday, January 24, 2026, at about 8:50 am, I was getting ready to go to work when I heard whistles outside. I knew the whistles meant that ICE agents were in the area, so I decided to check it out on my way to work. I've been involved in observing in my community because it is so important to document what ICE is doing to my neighbors. Connecting to your local community and knowing who your neighbors are is something I profoundly value.
3. I drove to Nicollet Ave. and 26th where I could hear the whistles coming from. I turned south onto Nicollet. There were already several ICE agents there and they'd set up a sort of vehicle convoy on Nicollet and 28th. There were also about 15 observers there, recording and observing ICE.
4. I saw ICE agents surrounding cars and punching car windows. I also saw them stopping vehicles further down Nicollet, so I backed up because I didn't feel safe continuing on.
5. I noticed a man sort of acting to help traffic move more smoothly. He helped me find a place to park. I got out with my whistle and my camera. I went over to him and said something like, "I'm going to film and use my whistle."
6. It seemed like most ICE activity was happening a little farther down the street from us, near 27th. Someone was being thrown to the ground.

7. I started recording. There was an agent by a car across the street. Two observers were a few feet away from the agent, blowing their whistles. One was wearing a backpack.
8. I and the man who was observing and helping direct traffic were standing in the street. There was a phone in the man's hand recording a video.
9. An agent approached and asked us to back up, so I moved slowly back onto the sidewalk.
10. The man stayed in the street, filming as the other observers I mentioned earlier were being forced backward by another ICE agent threatening them with pepper spray. The man went closer to support them as they got threatened, just with his camera out. I didn't see him reach for or hold a gun.
11. Then the ICE agent shoved one of the other observers to the ground. Then he started pepper spraying all three of them directly in the face and all over. The man with the phone put his hands above his head and the agent sprayed him again and pushed him.
12. Then the man tried to help up the woman the ICE agent had shoved to the ground. The ICE agents just kept spraying. More agents came over and grabbed the man who was still trying to help the woman get up. All three of the observers looked to have been badly affected by the pepper spray. I could feel the pepper spray in my eyes.

13. The agents pulled the man on the ground. I didn't see him touch any of them-he wasn't even turned toward them. It didn't look like he was trying to resist, just trying to help the woman up. I didn't see him with a gun. They threw him to the ground. Four or five agents had him on the ground and they just started shooting him. They shot him so many times.
14.1 don't know why they shot him. He was only helping. I was five feet from him and they just shot him.
15. The video I recorded of what happened accurately depicts the events leading up to the agents shooting him and several minutes afterwards. The video is attached as Exhibit 1.
16. I have read the statement from DHS about what happened and it is wrong. The man did not approach the agents with a gun. He approached them with a camera. He was just trying to help a woman get up and they took him to the ground.
17. I feel afraid. Only hours have passed since they shot a man right in front me and I don't feel like I can go home because I heard agents were looking for me. I don't know what the agents will do when they find me. I do know that they're not telling the truth about what happened. I've heard that other witnesses might have been arrested and taken to the Whipple Building.
18. I am disgusted and gutted at how they are treating my neighbors and my state. I keep alternating between crying and feeling determined it is important to remember the value of documenting injustice. We show up for the people who need us to bear

witness, because it can't just be one group of people bearing the brunt of their tyranny. This is a struggle to protect our freedom and democracy, those things are on the line. He lost his life for those values.
I declare under penalty of perjury that everything I have stated in this document is true and correct.

Dated and signed on Jan 24, 2026 in Hennepin County, State of Minnesota.

January 25, 2026 at 1:15 AM

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Jay Kirell

@jasonkirell.bsky.social

Two women trained as first responders were abducted by three ICE agents. One of the agents starts seizing. The other two don’t know what to do. The women jump into action and save the agent’s life, only to be re-handcuffed and processed.

www.startribune.com/detained-by-...

Detained by ICE, two women became first responders during agent’s seizure

The women say they guided agents through the emergency, later raising concerns about medical protocols, weapons safety and accountability.

www.startribune.com

January 23, 2026 at 11:47 PM

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Kelly

@broadwaybabyto.bsky.social

In October, ICE grabbed Maher Tarabishi.

He was a 24/7 caregiver for his disabled son Wael.

At the time of Maher’s detention, disability advocates warned that taking away Wael’s caregiver put his life at risk.

Wael died on Friday at age 30.

ICE caused his death.

They didn’t get to say goodbye.

Disabled son of ICE detainee dies after 30 days of hospitalization

It had been months since Wael Tarabishi seen his father. The family is calling on ICE to release Maher Tarabishi so he may attend his son's funeral.

www.wfaa.com

January 24, 2026 at 3:01 AM

Tory Franklin

@toryfranklin.bsky.social

When I started screen print 25 years ago I never dreamed print would be so vital in the 20’s. From support posters for BLM, Ukraine and Gaza, to printing textiles for masks and now the F🧊 shirts and Know Your Rights cards…doing a lot of free printing but so much gig poster work dried up with COVID.

LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 4d

You don’t know your role yet maybe, but we are all finding out just what we have to offer.

In Minneapolis, one man knew immediately what he could offer and said “Bring me your clothing”.

January 23, 2026 at 8:11 AM

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RJ Palmer

@rj-palmer.com

Man its like just so invasive and gross feeling to see "Edit Image" appear over other people's images. Musk decided to give us the only kind of gift he can for christmas, sickening disappointment. Best of luck out there folks.

tobey(peter parker) from spidersman looking at the edit image button but then puts on glasses to see the text actually says fuck artists. Though technically it should be the other way around because spidersman can see better without glasses now if youve seen the movie you'd know that. Also sam raimi ripped off his spidersman movie idea from james cameron, justice for big jim

December 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM

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Better Things Are Possible

@internethippo.bsky.social

It's annoying that we already had so many existing problems to solve before these assholes created a bunch of new ones for no reason

January 23, 2026 at 3:06 AM

Tory Franklin

@toryfranklin.bsky.social

Holy crap Sinners got the most Oscar nominations EVER. 16 categories. That beats the record of 14 that All About Eve, Titanic and LaLa Land. I hope it sweeps the board!

January 23, 2026 at 1:24 AM

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Thomas Leeper

@thosjleeper.bsky.social

National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.

Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.

January 22, 2026 at 8:25 PM

Tory Franklin

@toryfranklin.bsky.social

Hey y’all please check your info before sharing. There have been a lot of seattle 🧊 sightings on social media from AI images and it’s really messing with rapid response networks. Please don’t be the boy who cried wolf causing no one shows up when it’s the real deal!

DivestSPD @divestspd.bsky.social · 5d

PSA: Somebody is posting false reports to ICE tracking apps in Seattle. It’s possibly right-wing trolls or ICE themselves.

This one, posted today, included an AI generated photo of ICE at a 7-11. Use caution before sharing.

January 22, 2026 at 7:46 PM

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Sc'Owl

@empowlr.bsky.social

If you're in central Texas & you have room to house a shelter dog in a spare room Friday - Mon/Tues, area shelters would love your help getting dogs out of outdoor kennels and into homes for a brief break. You don't have to do a lot with them, just let them decompress while we wait out the weather.

January 21, 2026 at 7:21 AM

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Status Coup News

@statuscoupnews.bsky.social

🚨"Theyr're dumping people in the woods" - Medical workers are flagging potential cases of federal agents releasing injured detainees in the most inhumane method possible. LIVE NOW⬇️