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@virtuistic.bsky.social
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Editor. Journalist. Producer. Writer.
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Disabled. Vaxxed. Boosted. Masked.
Editor. Journalist. Producer. Writer.
(she/they)
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The Wordery: Rage Compost
Writing through it in Minneapolis.
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🆕 From me, words about the ongoing occupation: virtuistic.beehiiv.com/p/the-worder...
Feels wholly inadequate, but words are what I can do right now. Writing these ones left me feeling more resolute. I hope they can offer clarity and inspire folks to help out and speak up. In solidarity, always. ✊🏼💖
Feels wholly inadequate, but words are what I can do right now. Writing these ones left me feeling more resolute. I hope they can offer clarity and inspire folks to help out and speak up. In solidarity, always. ✊🏼💖
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The Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building looms in the background of the camp at Coldwater Spring, or Mni Owe Sni, at Fort Snelling along the Mississippi River — where the U.S. government in the mid-1800s killed hundreds of Dakota people and imprisoned more than 1,600 in a concentration camp.
Native activists set up prayer camp outside Minneapolis ICE detention center • Minnesota Reformer
Tribal members and descendents set up tipis and a fire at a Fort Snelling Park for four days of prayer for those detained by ICE
minnesotareformer.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:30 AM
The Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building looms in the background of the camp at Coldwater Spring, or Mni Owe Sni, at Fort Snelling along the Mississippi River — where the U.S. government in the mid-1800s killed hundreds of Dakota people and imprisoned more than 1,600 in a concentration camp.
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Like 75% of the US Olympic curlers are from Minnesota. A lot of them curl out of two clubs in Saint Paul, one club is in Frogtown, a neighborhood that has been very heavily targeted by ICE. These curlers are good neighbors.
US Olympic Curling Team member speaks out against ICE:
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
February 10, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Like 75% of the US Olympic curlers are from Minnesota. A lot of them curl out of two clubs in Saint Paul, one club is in Frogtown, a neighborhood that has been very heavily targeted by ICE. These curlers are good neighbors.
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Everyone here has had to decide what they will and won’t do. Will you take someone in your house? Will you bring them groceries? Will you patrol streets with a whistle? Will you do some other kind of work, of which there are many. And how many of these types.
Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude
February 11, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Everyone here has had to decide what they will and won’t do. Will you take someone in your house? Will you bring them groceries? Will you patrol streets with a whistle? Will you do some other kind of work, of which there are many. And how many of these types.
UPDATE: 69% raised. Nice.
February 10, 2026 at 11:24 PM
UPDATE: 69% raised. Nice.
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In the Skyway 20 minutes after an ice abduction, mayor Frey walks through the government center. A lady yells at him "what are you doing to stop this? Fuck you." He responds, "is that helpful?" With a smirk on his face.
February 10, 2026 at 6:17 PM
In the Skyway 20 minutes after an ice abduction, mayor Frey walks through the government center. A lady yells at him "what are you doing to stop this? Fuck you." He responds, "is that helpful?" With a smirk on his face.
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We’re never going to turn our backs on our neighbors and stop exercising our constitutional rights. No amount of meetings with Tom Homan or anyone in the Trump administration will change our community’s resolve.
This only ends when every DHS agent leaves and they no longer exist to terrorize us.
This only ends when every DHS agent leaves and they no longer exist to terrorize us.
February 10, 2026 at 5:22 PM
We’re never going to turn our backs on our neighbors and stop exercising our constitutional rights. No amount of meetings with Tom Homan or anyone in the Trump administration will change our community’s resolve.
This only ends when every DHS agent leaves and they no longer exist to terrorize us.
This only ends when every DHS agent leaves and they no longer exist to terrorize us.
What if instead of Humvees driving down Hiawatha, they didn't exist? 🤬
February 10, 2026 at 9:37 PM
What if instead of Humvees driving down Hiawatha, they didn't exist? 🤬
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I’m excited to announce that my colleagues and I are proposing a $5 million program meant to support small businesses impacted by “Operation Metro Surge” in Minneapolis. 1/
February 10, 2026 at 6:05 PM
I’m excited to announce that my colleagues and I are proposing a $5 million program meant to support small businesses impacted by “Operation Metro Surge” in Minneapolis. 1/
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ICE is having a devastating impact on our small businesses here in Minneapolis. Businesses are having to close because of the terror ICE is inflicting on our community.
Now is the time to reach out to your federal representative to let them know you don’t support funding DHS.
Now is the time to reach out to your federal representative to let them know you don’t support funding DHS.
February 10, 2026 at 6:36 PM
ICE is having a devastating impact on our small businesses here in Minneapolis. Businesses are having to close because of the terror ICE is inflicting on our community.
Now is the time to reach out to your federal representative to let them know you don’t support funding DHS.
Now is the time to reach out to your federal representative to let them know you don’t support funding DHS.
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Bloomington Police just announced they've arrested a Department of Defense employee in a sex trafficking sting. The police chief said his job is to do background checks and security clearance checks on ICE agents.
February 10, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Bloomington Police just announced they've arrested a Department of Defense employee in a sex trafficking sting. The police chief said his job is to do background checks and security clearance checks on ICE agents.
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Thank you to everyone who has contributed to the Powderhorn Rent Fund. Unfortunately, Governor Walz has refused to enact an eviction moratorium, so we need the help of our community.
gofund.me/335f2d840
gofund.me/335f2d840
Donate to Support Powderhorn Families with Urgent Rent Relief, organized by Powderhorn Neighbors
2.5.26 Update:
Saying “Your rent is covered,” has mattered … Powderhorn Neighbors needs your support for Support Powderhorn Families with Urgent Rent Relief
gofund.me
February 10, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Thank you to everyone who has contributed to the Powderhorn Rent Fund. Unfortunately, Governor Walz has refused to enact an eviction moratorium, so we need the help of our community.
gofund.me/335f2d840
gofund.me/335f2d840
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It’s day 70 of the ICE occupation of MSP.
ICE continues to terrorize our neighbors, there are still 2,000 agents here, even as the attention of the world has moved on.
When we say ICE OUT, we mean ICE out everywhere.
ICE continues to terrorize our neighbors, there are still 2,000 agents here, even as the attention of the world has moved on.
When we say ICE OUT, we mean ICE out everywhere.
February 10, 2026 at 4:28 AM
It’s day 70 of the ICE occupation of MSP.
ICE continues to terrorize our neighbors, there are still 2,000 agents here, even as the attention of the world has moved on.
When we say ICE OUT, we mean ICE out everywhere.
ICE continues to terrorize our neighbors, there are still 2,000 agents here, even as the attention of the world has moved on.
When we say ICE OUT, we mean ICE out everywhere.
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Another classic post-Homan day where around school dismissal time we get a flurry of ICE vehicles all across our neighborhoods. Today one vehicle led an observer to their own home and pointed at it. This is a sick game to them, but we won’t be intimidated and we won’t stop until DHS is abolished.
February 9, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Another classic post-Homan day where around school dismissal time we get a flurry of ICE vehicles all across our neighborhoods. Today one vehicle led an observer to their own home and pointed at it. This is a sick game to them, but we won’t be intimidated and we won’t stop until DHS is abolished.
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Minneapolis residents have been very clear: being a sanctuary city means no collaboration with ICE and federal immigration enforcement. City Hall is meant to be a space of and for the people of our city.
February 10, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Minneapolis residents have been very clear: being a sanctuary city means no collaboration with ICE and federal immigration enforcement. City Hall is meant to be a space of and for the people of our city.
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So happy to share this update, and stoked to see the @twincitiesdsa.org share about it for #MutualAid Monday! 🥰
I'm so grateful for and inspired by everyone coming together to help keep our neighbors in the Twin Cities safely housed. 🏘️ Please donate if you can, and share to help us reach our goal!
I'm so grateful for and inspired by everyone coming together to help keep our neighbors in the Twin Cities safely housed. 🏘️ Please donate if you can, and share to help us reach our goal!
February 9, 2026 at 6:07 PM
So happy to share this update, and stoked to see the @twincitiesdsa.org share about it for #MutualAid Monday! 🥰
I'm so grateful for and inspired by everyone coming together to help keep our neighbors in the Twin Cities safely housed. 🏘️ Please donate if you can, and share to help us reach our goal!
I'm so grateful for and inspired by everyone coming together to help keep our neighbors in the Twin Cities safely housed. 🏘️ Please donate if you can, and share to help us reach our goal!
Don't Stop Me Now, though I should probably just go ahead and start making a playlist so I am Even More Ready
what's the first song you're gonna blast when It Happens
February 10, 2026 at 2:43 AM
Don't Stop Me Now, though I should probably just go ahead and start making a playlist so I am Even More Ready
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It’s depressing to see the conditions outside the Whipple Building with fences and barricades. If it looks like this outside, imagine what our neighbors are experiencing inside. 1/
February 10, 2026 at 12:38 AM
It’s depressing to see the conditions outside the Whipple Building with fences and barricades. If it looks like this outside, imagine what our neighbors are experiencing inside. 1/
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With how the Senate is treating MN I am really nervous about the HJR 140 vote on wrecking the BWCA I called our Senators but like most things the last decade we are at the mercy of other States.
February 9, 2026 at 10:42 PM
With how the Senate is treating MN I am really nervous about the HJR 140 vote on wrecking the BWCA I called our Senators but like most things the last decade we are at the mercy of other States.
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WE WILL FIGHT THEM IN THE WHOLEFOODS WE WILL FIGHT THEM AT PILATES
February 9, 2026 at 6:40 PM
WE WILL FIGHT THEM IN THE WHOLEFOODS WE WILL FIGHT THEM AT PILATES
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We aren’t resting until ICE is out of MN. We aren’t stopping until ICE is completely abolished. They want us to bend the knee so they can continue separating families, but we won’t be doing that. We’re going to win, and it’s bc of the resiliency of our neighbors.
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
Minneapolis council member Chavez: We are not going to rest until ICE operation ends
While DHS said that it removed about 700 agents from the 3,000 that were in the state last week, Minneapolis City Council member Jason Chavez says he hasn’t seen much change on the ground.
www.mprnews.org
February 9, 2026 at 10:00 PM
We aren’t resting until ICE is out of MN. We aren’t stopping until ICE is completely abolished. They want us to bend the knee so they can continue separating families, but we won’t be doing that. We’re going to win, and it’s bc of the resiliency of our neighbors.
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
We will never "end the resistance." We still stand up for what is right and true. We will continue to protect our neighbors, and we demand justice for ALL harms from this racist retaliation campaign. Tom Homan can go fuck himself (with an expired dildo) all the way to the prison cell he belongs in.
In one 30-minute stretch, three legal observers were arrested — as Trump’s Border czar Tom Homan calls on locals to “end the resistance.”
“Uptick In Abductions”: ICE Ramps Up Targeting of Minneapolis Legal Observers
In one 30-minute stretch, three Minneapolis legal observers were arrested as ICE ramped up its targeting of community volunteers.
interc.pt
February 9, 2026 at 9:31 PM
We will never "end the resistance." We still stand up for what is right and true. We will continue to protect our neighbors, and we demand justice for ALL harms from this racist retaliation campaign. Tom Homan can go fuck himself (with an expired dildo) all the way to the prison cell he belongs in.
So happy to share this update, and stoked to see the @twincitiesdsa.org share about it for #MutualAid Monday! 🥰
I'm so grateful for and inspired by everyone coming together to help keep our neighbors in the Twin Cities safely housed. 🏘️ Please donate if you can, and share to help us reach our goal!
I'm so grateful for and inspired by everyone coming together to help keep our neighbors in the Twin Cities safely housed. 🏘️ Please donate if you can, and share to help us reach our goal!
February 9, 2026 at 6:07 PM
So happy to share this update, and stoked to see the @twincitiesdsa.org share about it for #MutualAid Monday! 🥰
I'm so grateful for and inspired by everyone coming together to help keep our neighbors in the Twin Cities safely housed. 🏘️ Please donate if you can, and share to help us reach our goal!
I'm so grateful for and inspired by everyone coming together to help keep our neighbors in the Twin Cities safely housed. 🏘️ Please donate if you can, and share to help us reach our goal!
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Check this out!! I'm so so happy something like this exists and thankful to all the devs who are a part of this. Wow.
The No ICE in Minnesota Charity Bundle has officially LAUNCHED!
There are 1,439 games to discover for a $10+ donation to Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota!
Purchase the bundle here: itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...
There are 1,439 games to discover for a $10+ donation to Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota!
Purchase the bundle here: itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...
February 9, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Check this out!! I'm so so happy something like this exists and thankful to all the devs who are a part of this. Wow.