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@whatulysses.bsky.social
grad student, bike goblin. prev: talky science words.
Twin Cities general mutual aid resources: https://linktr.ee/mplsmutualaid
Rent relief funds: https://www.standwithminnesota.com/#mutualaid
Twin Cities general mutual aid resources: https://linktr.ee/mplsmutualaid
Rent relief funds: https://www.standwithminnesota.com/#mutualaid
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My aunt and uncle went without power for 2.5 months after Maria. My grandfather who lives in San Juan went even longer. The power lines were the most impactful image of many tonight.
Bad Bunny is telling the world that the people in Puerto Rico are American citizens and deserve reliable and resilient electricity and infrastructure investment from the U.S. government.
February 9, 2026 at 2:47 AM
My aunt and uncle went without power for 2.5 months after Maria. My grandfather who lives in San Juan went even longer. The power lines were the most impactful image of many tonight.
I am an unrepentant Superbowl Scrooge & was happily home all day after a week+ of Way Too Much Stuff, but I am still embarrassed that when I went for my little afternoon walk to drop my compost I was briefly confused about why all the undergrads were so clearly en route to a party, crockpots & all.
February 9, 2026 at 2:14 AM
I am an unrepentant Superbowl Scrooge & was happily home all day after a week+ of Way Too Much Stuff, but I am still embarrassed that when I went for my little afternoon walk to drop my compost I was briefly confused about why all the undergrads were so clearly en route to a party, crockpots & all.
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I tell you what, Ring figured out exactly how to weaponize white people’s empathy in service to a corporately controlled surveillance state.
Tell them it will find your dog.
Tell them it will find your dog.
February 9, 2026 at 2:08 AM
I tell you what, Ring figured out exactly how to weaponize white people’s empathy in service to a corporately controlled surveillance state.
Tell them it will find your dog.
Tell them it will find your dog.
it's 35 degrees in Minneapolis today and I just spotted my first dude (appropriately) wearing shorts.
February 8, 2026 at 10:52 PM
it's 35 degrees in Minneapolis today and I just spotted my first dude (appropriately) wearing shorts.
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To clarify: this isn’t a program run by Delta. They may not even know it’s happening. You fill out the form offering to donate miles. Someone in need fills out their own form, and a volunteer contacts you. You book the ticket yourself for the person in need.
DID YOU KNOW?
If you have Delta Sky Miles, you can donate them to help a kidnapped-and-released person fly home!
They are set free on the streets of El Paso or another Texas town with no phone, no money, nothing at all. Your miles can get them back to their loved ones!
If you have Delta Sky Miles, you can donate them to help a kidnapped-and-released person fly home!
They are set free on the streets of El Paso or another Texas town with no phone, no money, nothing at all. Your miles can get them back to their loved ones!
Donate Your Miles — Stand With Minnesota
Donate your Delta Skymiles to get people home from Texas
www.standwithminnesota.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:35 PM
To clarify: this isn’t a program run by Delta. They may not even know it’s happening. You fill out the form offering to donate miles. Someone in need fills out their own form, and a volunteer contacts you. You book the ticket yourself for the person in need.
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I feel like Los Angeles is a place where people expect ICE to happen because the kidnappings have been happening to my home city for decades, so there’s less media attention to it now. and I want folks to see that in LA, Latine students are organizing major protests & the police are attacking them
LAPD Charges at Hundreds of High School Students in Peaceful Walkout Protest at MDC ~ L.A. TACO
LAPD arrested at least two teenagers protesting ICE raids in Los Angeles yesterday. They were also seen corresponding with ICE agents on Alameda Street during the demonstrations.
lataco.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:10 PM
I feel like Los Angeles is a place where people expect ICE to happen because the kidnappings have been happening to my home city for decades, so there’s less media attention to it now. and I want folks to see that in LA, Latine students are organizing major protests & the police are attacking them
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Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
Donate to Support for Washington Post international employees, organized by Michelle Lee
Among the hundreds of journalists laid off by The Washington Post on … Michelle Lee needs your support for Support for Washington Post international employees
www.gofundme.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:37 AM
Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
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A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
February 8, 2026 at 5:06 AM
A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
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As myself and others within the academic and research world have been clearly pointing out this has all been counterinsurgency, not actual on the ground changes
Elite media is helping to amplify that counter insurgency propaganda in place of the reality that nothing on the ground here has changed
Elite media is helping to amplify that counter insurgency propaganda in place of the reality that nothing on the ground here has changed
NEW: The Trump admin certainly put on a show last week about changing tactics in Minnesota after ICE agents killed Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old VA nurse.
Trump even suggested it's time for "a softer touch."
Except residents say nothing has changed. At all. www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-mi...
Trump even suggested it's time for "a softer touch."
Except residents say nothing has changed. At all. www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-mi...
Trump Using A ‘Softer Touch’ With ICE In Minnesota? Residents Say Don’t Be Fooled.
Two weeks after Alex Pretti’s killing, federal agents have shown no signs of backing down. The resistance definitely hasn't.
www.huffpost.com
February 8, 2026 at 5:06 PM
As myself and others within the academic and research world have been clearly pointing out this has all been counterinsurgency, not actual on the ground changes
Elite media is helping to amplify that counter insurgency propaganda in place of the reality that nothing on the ground here has changed
Elite media is helping to amplify that counter insurgency propaganda in place of the reality that nothing on the ground here has changed
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Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”
It Turns Out Waymos Are Being Controlled by Workers in the Philippines
During a Congressional hearing, Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, was grilled over the company's reliance on overseas workers.
futurism.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”
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We just sent $285 from our fund. Rachel and Ashley are trusted organizers. Let’s get these needs met ♥️
Alright folks, I’m back on my barnraising bullshit with @ziibiing.com and Stand With Minnesota. 🌻
There are 2 rent needs im barnraising for this weekend: one for $800 and one for $2600.
V: colocha_rachel
$: ColochaRachel
Please chip in or share as you can.
There are 2 rent needs im barnraising for this weekend: one for $800 and one for $2600.
V: colocha_rachel
$: ColochaRachel
Please chip in or share as you can.
a large red barn is being built in a grassy field with a cloud gif in the corner
Alt: a large red barn is being built by many people in a grassy field with a cloud gif in the corner
media.tenor.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:53 AM
We just sent $285 from our fund. Rachel and Ashley are trusted organizers. Let’s get these needs met ♥️
my only hot take about grad school this week is that I finally made it to "congrats, here is the key to a tiny room in the library that is all yours" status, a situation I have coveted since I was 19 years old.
February 7, 2026 at 2:31 AM
my only hot take about grad school this week is that I finally made it to "congrats, here is the key to a tiny room in the library that is all yours" status, a situation I have coveted since I was 19 years old.
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I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors.
Great work everyone.
Great work everyone.
February 6, 2026 at 3:00 PM
I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors.
Great work everyone.
Great work everyone.
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Update: They succeeded: www.mississippifreepress.org/byhalia-ice-...
February 7, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Update: They succeeded: www.mississippifreepress.org/byhalia-ice-...
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since people ask me about this a lot, here are my recommended starting points
(I also like The Wee Free Men for a YA-focused start and Going Postal is, while later in the series, one of the most purely fun books)
(I also like The Wee Free Men for a YA-focused start and Going Postal is, while later in the series, one of the most purely fun books)
DO YOU LIKE GOTH SHIT? Start with Mort, the first of the Death books.
DO YOU LIKE DRAGONS? Start with Guards! Guards! the first of the Watch books.
DO YOU LIKE ANTITHEISM? Start with Small Gods, a standalone skewering of organized religion.
From there, follow this guide to find your next book.
DO YOU LIKE DRAGONS? Start with Guards! Guards! the first of the Watch books.
DO YOU LIKE ANTITHEISM? Start with Small Gods, a standalone skewering of organized religion.
From there, follow this guide to find your next book.
February 6, 2026 at 7:13 PM
since people ask me about this a lot, here are my recommended starting points
(I also like The Wee Free Men for a YA-focused start and Going Postal is, while later in the series, one of the most purely fun books)
(I also like The Wee Free Men for a YA-focused start and Going Postal is, while later in the series, one of the most purely fun books)
I have access to affordable, ungatekept physical therapy for the first time in a long time and paying $10/appt to just have a SAFETY NET as I try to bring strength training back into my life after 5 years of unpredictable back pain relapses & fear is...simultaneously both astoundingly simple & huge.
February 7, 2026 at 2:08 AM
I have access to affordable, ungatekept physical therapy for the first time in a long time and paying $10/appt to just have a SAFETY NET as I try to bring strength training back into my life after 5 years of unpredictable back pain relapses & fear is...simultaneously both astoundingly simple & huge.
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What if this is what we paid for when we paid our taxes
What if we all got to have a home
What if we all got to have a home
FRIDAY AFTERNOON UPDATE
Our fundraising, combined with neighborhood orgs and other folks fundraising, pooled more than $11k to pay rent for FIVE HOUSEHOLDS and keep them housed and safer from ICE.
You all are absolutely AMAZING and I cannot express how much I love you all and this community.
Our fundraising, combined with neighborhood orgs and other folks fundraising, pooled more than $11k to pay rent for FIVE HOUSEHOLDS and keep them housed and safer from ICE.
You all are absolutely AMAZING and I cannot express how much I love you all and this community.
Hi friends. The asks are many, but so are the needs.
I’m raising money to help keep ICE-impacted families housed. These are families that are behind on rent because primary earners were abducted or are out of work because of ICE.
The 1st family needs $1670 ASAP.
Please Venmo @jasonltnx w 🏠in note.
I’m raising money to help keep ICE-impacted families housed. These are families that are behind on rent because primary earners were abducted or are out of work because of ICE.
The 1st family needs $1670 ASAP.
Please Venmo @jasonltnx w 🏠in note.
February 6, 2026 at 8:51 PM
What if this is what we paid for when we paid our taxes
What if we all got to have a home
What if we all got to have a home
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🚨 New: We built a visual tracker of the warehouses ICE is targeting across the US.
Working off an idea from @actualkatherine.bsky.social, we’ve mapped active searches, canceled deals, and linked state property records.
Explore the map here: tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...
Working off an idea from @actualkatherine.bsky.social, we’ve mapped active searches, canceled deals, and linked state property records.
Explore the map here: tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...
February 4, 2026 at 6:41 PM
🚨 New: We built a visual tracker of the warehouses ICE is targeting across the US.
Working off an idea from @actualkatherine.bsky.social, we’ve mapped active searches, canceled deals, and linked state property records.
Explore the map here: tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...
Working off an idea from @actualkatherine.bsky.social, we’ve mapped active searches, canceled deals, and linked state property records.
Explore the map here: tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...
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The Billie Eilish Doctrine of Discovery
February 5, 2026 at 9:04 PM
The Billie Eilish Doctrine of Discovery
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I’m on the scene at Franklin and 1st. A convoy of about a couple dozen ICE/HSI agents broke the entryway into an apartment building at 6am. No warrant presented. Less than 24 hours ago, Tom Homan announced the end of large convoys in Minnesota… Bullshit.
February 5, 2026 at 12:49 PM
I’m on the scene at Franklin and 1st. A convoy of about a couple dozen ICE/HSI agents broke the entryway into an apartment building at 6am. No warrant presented. Less than 24 hours ago, Tom Homan announced the end of large convoys in Minnesota… Bullshit.
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School librarians are freaking out. The site is used a lot, esp for middle school. And nonfiction that isn't narrative or bio - such as country fact books - has been decimated in kidlit to the point where it doesn't really exist anymore outside little kid books, so no replacement for the site.
Killing the CIA World Factbook might seem like small potatoes, but it was a touchstone of curated facts in a sea of disinformation.
February 5, 2026 at 6:53 AM
School librarians are freaking out. The site is used a lot, esp for middle school. And nonfiction that isn't narrative or bio - such as country fact books - has been decimated in kidlit to the point where it doesn't really exist anymore outside little kid books, so no replacement for the site.
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I don’t want what’s happening in Minnesota to stop until ICE leaves there and every other community. But I do want people to recognize that there’s a race element here. There’s a reason people are treating the protesters of Minnesota as somehow nobler and more patriotic. More "American."
January 25, 2026 at 3:46 PM
I don’t want what’s happening in Minnesota to stop until ICE leaves there and every other community. But I do want people to recognize that there’s a race element here. There’s a reason people are treating the protesters of Minnesota as somehow nobler and more patriotic. More "American."
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And you cannot talk about these distinctions without talking about race. With white folks, there's incredible energy being exerted to define what they're doing as good and noble.
White folks don't protest, is the subtext. We respond with nobility and planning (unlike those other people.)
White folks don't protest, is the subtext. We respond with nobility and planning (unlike those other people.)
January 25, 2026 at 3:46 PM
And you cannot talk about these distinctions without talking about race. With white folks, there's incredible energy being exerted to define what they're doing as good and noble.
White folks don't protest, is the subtext. We respond with nobility and planning (unlike those other people.)
White folks don't protest, is the subtext. We respond with nobility and planning (unlike those other people.)
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And like it or not, that’s an insult to every single protest and movement that’s existed before. Mutual aid is not new. Legal observers are not new. Observing the police is not new. These are not groundbreaking concepts. They’re just being seen by the public in a way that might be new to them.
January 25, 2026 at 3:46 PM
And like it or not, that’s an insult to every single protest and movement that’s existed before. Mutual aid is not new. Legal observers are not new. Observing the police is not new. These are not groundbreaking concepts. They’re just being seen by the public in a way that might be new to them.