dkunitz.bsky.social
@dkunitz.bsky.social
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This morning in Minneapolis, an ICE vehicle got stuck on an icy hill in a residential neighborhood. Agents had to push the vehicles out, some almost slipping in the ice themselves.
January 9, 2026 at 4:29 PM
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“Despite these procedural complexities, the bottom line is that federal officers are not categorically immune from state prosecution for actions carried out while on duty. And states have long demonstrated that they are willing to bring such charges when it comes to excessive use of force.”
Wrote a piece for @slate.com explaining that states have a long history of prosecuting federal officers when they allegedly use excessive force. Federal officers are only immune from such prosecutions when they act reasonably in carrying out lawful duties.
Minnesota Could Prosecute the ICE Shooter. Trump Can’t Pardon Him.
Shortly after an ICE officer shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis, city leaders began looking into whether the officer had violated state criminal law.
slate.com
January 8, 2026 at 1:02 AM
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They killed a queer person in front of her wife.
January 7, 2026 at 9:47 PM
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Child pornography manufacturer and presidential adviser Elon Musk has signed off on the ICE murder
X's owner has decided he has seen enough to declare the Minneapolis ICE shooting an act of "self-defense"
January 7, 2026 at 9:35 PM
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Walz: "I have a very simple message: We don't need further help from the federal government. To Donald Trump and Kristi Noem, you've done enough."
January 7, 2026 at 9:07 PM
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Your periodic reminder that the US is a petrostate, has been governing like one for decades, and ending the fossil fuel era can't come fast enough.
January 5, 2026 at 1:54 AM
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I swear maybe once a decade in public, and this is the moment. This fucking racist and all the gibbering racists nodding along behind him are the ruination of our country. Our fucking job for the next fucking year is to fucking destroy them in the next election. Fuck them.
Trump, continued: "What the Somalian people have done to Minnesota is not even believable. It’s not even believable. And a lot of it starts with the governor. A lot of it starts with Barack HUSSEIN Obama, because that’s when people started coming in... They want to kiss our country good night."
December 4, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions

"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
November 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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The USDA has funding set aside to keep food assistance programs running during emergencies.

Trump just won’t release it.

440,000 Minnesotans - and millions more Americans - will pay the price.
October 28, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.

This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.

All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
September 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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This was a word AND he cussed 😂
September 14, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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And now we sit back and watch Republicans ignore the school shooting today while loudly mourning Charlie Kirk.
September 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Coffee has a big emissions impact, but this Minneapolis shop is making your morning cup a little more climate-friendly with its all-electric coffee roaster.
Meet Minnesota’s electric coffee roasting pioneers
Minneapolis-based Coffeewomple is one of the first U.S. roasters to use a commercial-scale electric coffee roaster, navigating higher costs for climate…
www.canarymedia.com
August 10, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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We’ve got a couple donations but we really do need to make this total to get through the next few weeks please help if you can
help needed:

I'm giving away the last of our trees, and I'm in a tough spot. I've been so busy with life and the project that we are overdue for a serious fundraiser.

please help continue the Nonprofit. We need to raise at least $3000 asap to keep things afloat.

buildsoil.net
Build Soil
buildsoil.net
July 13, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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10 years ago today, we dropped a thing that people still ask me about regularly.

The question "What's Really Warming the World?" still has the same answer.

With Blacki Migliozzi, in conversation with NASA GISS geniuses @climateofgavin.bsky.social and @drkatemarvel.bsky.social
🎁🔗
What's Really Warming the World?
What's Really Warming the World? Climate deniers blame natural factors; NASA data proves otherwise
www.bloomberg.com
June 24, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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I still can't get past the idea that people in America are now supposed to accept that this is a valid form of law enforcement and just assume it's fine when random dudes in groups with face-coverings, no ID, no warrant, & no uniform grab people off the street and force them into unmarked vehicles
Not an original point but worth saying again - there is not a single element in this picture that identifies any of these folks as law enforcement agents. No badges, no uniforms, no vests. Out of context it just looks like a bunch of random guys are kidnapping a mayoral candidate.
Breaking News: Brad Lander, the New York City comptroller who is running for mayor, was detained by ICE agents at an immigration court as he tried to escort a migrant out of the courthouse to prevent his arrest. nyti.ms/4jWkANE
June 17, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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I think my favourite slide from the whole #retrofitcanada25 conference today was this one from Jay Olson, showing how just giving up the fucking car is almost three times as good as going vegan or buying a heat pump
June 11, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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reading the phrase "the bleach community" and feeling my brain shrink
SCOOP

For years an FDA warning about the dangers of chlorine dioxide helped prevent it going mainstream.

Bleachers spent years calling for it to be removed

In May, it disappeared

Now, the bleachers think RFK will make all their dreams come true

www.wired.com/story/chlori...
The Bleach Community Is Ready for RFK Jr. To Make Their Dreams Come True
Online communities dedicated to the use of a toxic bleach solution to treat everything from cancer to autism believe Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is interested in their cause.
www.wired.com
June 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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why is *every* newspaper/programme running with the headline "tariffs are paused" when they haven't been.

What's happened is that every country (except China) gets a flat rate of 10% for 90 days.
April 10, 2025 at 9:21 AM