Geoff Gimse
@geoff.textandhubris.com
Former academic, now in the professional space.
My interests focus on tech, digital culture and its publics, and online speech with random bursts of TTRPG and art content.
Posts are my own and represent no one else.
More at: www.textandhubris.com
My interests focus on tech, digital culture and its publics, and online speech with random bursts of TTRPG and art content.
Posts are my own and represent no one else.
More at: www.textandhubris.com
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A statement from Sahan Journal, Minnesota Star Tribune, Minnesota Public Radio, Minnesota Reformer, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder, Center for Broadcast Journalism and Minnesota Newspaper Association:
January 30, 2026 at 6:53 PM
A statement from Sahan Journal, Minnesota Star Tribune, Minnesota Public Radio, Minnesota Reformer, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder, Center for Broadcast Journalism and Minnesota Newspaper Association:
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You walk into this bar and show your ICE mugshot, you don't pay a dime.
Scrolling through the photos of Pam Bondi's "Minnesota rioters," it's just hero after hero. Every photo includes a cowardly DHS agent with their back to the camera.
Bondi thinks she's going to win the propaganda war with this shit, but it's never been more clear that they're losing.
Bondi thinks she's going to win the propaganda war with this shit, but it's never been more clear that they're losing.
January 28, 2026 at 10:34 PM
You walk into this bar and show your ICE mugshot, you don't pay a dime.
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someone just tried attacking rep ilhan omar at her town hall in north minneapolis, reportedly trying to spray her with something, but was tackled before he could get to her. she returned to speaking
January 28, 2026 at 12:58 AM
someone just tried attacking rep ilhan omar at her town hall in north minneapolis, reportedly trying to spray her with something, but was tackled before he could get to her. she returned to speaking
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Solidarity forever.
Racket Is Observing the ICE Out! Protest Today: No Work, No School, No Spending... No Paywall! - Racket
You won't find any new stories here as we joint hundreds of other Minnesota businesses in Friday's general-strike-ish movement. But! Today only, you can read our vast archives free of paywall interfer...
racketmn.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Solidarity forever.
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I was present for the birth of the web, the explosion of personal sites, and the blogging revolution, and you know what we never had to do? Beg people to use our shit.
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
Big tech boss tells delegates at Davos that broader global use is essential if technology is to deliver lasting growth
www.irishtimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 12:19 AM
I was present for the birth of the web, the explosion of personal sites, and the blogging revolution, and you know what we never had to do? Beg people to use our shit.
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Remember: Everything they are doing to sex workers and queers— the special designations, the censorship, the taxes, the attacks, the restrictions, the surveillance — they can and will do to you.
"Protect the children" gives broad cover for crackdowns on political dissent.
"Protect the children" gives broad cover for crackdowns on political dissent.
Russia outlaws ‘international LGBT public movement’ as extremist
Human rights activists say supreme court’s vague wording provides wide scope for persecution
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Remember: Everything they are doing to sex workers and queers— the special designations, the censorship, the taxes, the attacks, the restrictions, the surveillance — they can and will do to you.
"Protect the children" gives broad cover for crackdowns on political dissent.
"Protect the children" gives broad cover for crackdowns on political dissent.
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This is why there is no free speech without anonymous speech.
This is why online ID checks / age verification is incompatible with the 1st amendment and human rights.
This is why "make everyone use their real names" is not a real solution to online hate & harm
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
This is why online ID checks / age verification is incompatible with the 1st amendment and human rights.
This is why "make everyone use their real names" is not a real solution to online hate & harm
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
Homeland Security wants to know who's anonymously posting about ICE
www.politico.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:45 PM
This is why there is no free speech without anonymous speech.
This is why online ID checks / age verification is incompatible with the 1st amendment and human rights.
This is why "make everyone use their real names" is not a real solution to online hate & harm
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
This is why online ID checks / age verification is incompatible with the 1st amendment and human rights.
This is why "make everyone use their real names" is not a real solution to online hate & harm
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
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There is no way to do this without it becoming a privacy and security nightmare, not just for the wearer but for everyone around them, and the companies just don't care.
“…the endgame is to record and analyze everything in your life, and that's not hyperbole.”
CES 2026 laid out a Black Mirror future of wearable AI that's always listening, watching, ready to help, and 'knows everything about you.' I'm not enthusiastic
With new AI assistants like Lenovo's Qira, tech brands are laying out the helpful-surveillance endgame that started with smart glasses.
www.androidcentral.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:52 PM
There is no way to do this without it becoming a privacy and security nightmare, not just for the wearer but for everyone around them, and the companies just don't care.
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I’m also convinced that anybody who says this is “just like the dot com bubble” has not actually read about the dot com bubble. Fiber optic companies weren’t holding up the stock market! Corning and JDS Uniphase were about .7% of the S&P500 at their height and had much smaller revenues than NVIDIA.
January 14, 2026 at 9:00 PM
I’m also convinced that anybody who says this is “just like the dot com bubble” has not actually read about the dot com bubble. Fiber optic companies weren’t holding up the stock market! Corning and JDS Uniphase were about .7% of the S&P500 at their height and had much smaller revenues than NVIDIA.
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I drove down Lake Street today, almost end to end across the city. There was graffiti all over the section between 35W and Hiawatha with FUCK ICE, FUCK 12 on banks, and construction signs and street signs, but not the murals. The art was untouched.
I fucking love this city.
I fucking love this city.
January 11, 2026 at 8:38 PM
I drove down Lake Street today, almost end to end across the city. There was graffiti all over the section between 35W and Hiawatha with FUCK ICE, FUCK 12 on banks, and construction signs and street signs, but not the murals. The art was untouched.
I fucking love this city.
I fucking love this city.
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January 10, 2026 in Marquette, MI #ICEoutForGood
January 10, 2026 at 10:48 PM
January 10, 2026 in Marquette, MI #ICEoutForGood
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It's incredibly demoralizing to constantly see the highest institutions of government and academia and the most important and widely seen news outlets knuckle under one after another, but then to see the gulf between that and the bravery of communities and neighbors and teachers - that's something
January 10, 2026 at 12:33 AM
It's incredibly demoralizing to constantly see the highest institutions of government and academia and the most important and widely seen news outlets knuckle under one after another, but then to see the gulf between that and the bravery of communities and neighbors and teachers - that's something
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If you’re in Minneapolis and need a place to just BE right now, Big Hill Books and Birchbark Books & Native Arts are both open and ready to welcome you with open arms.
January 8, 2026 at 6:47 PM
If you’re in Minneapolis and need a place to just BE right now, Big Hill Books and Birchbark Books & Native Arts are both open and ready to welcome you with open arms.
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They're going to cover it up.
The state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension says they've been informed by the FBI that US DOJ has said FBI will solely lead the investigation into Renee Nicole Good's killing by a federal officer. State investigators no longer have access to "case materials, scene evidence/investigative interviews"
January 8, 2026 at 4:11 PM
They're going to cover it up.
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It’s easy to think that schools in Minneapolis are closed because the Feds murdered someone in the street but no, the actual reason is that while that was happening, the Feds were busy doing other heinous shit across the city like tear-gassing a school
“The move came after officials at Roosevelt High School said armed U.S. Border Patrol officers came on school property during dismissal Wednesday and began tackling people, handcuffed two staff members and released chemical weapons on bystanders.” — www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Minneapolis schools cancel classes after Border Patrol clash disrupts dismissal at Roosevelt
Minneapolis schools closed for the week citing safety concerns after an encounter involving armed Border Patrol agents near Roosevelt High School.
www.mprnews.org
January 8, 2026 at 1:31 PM
It’s easy to think that schools in Minneapolis are closed because the Feds murdered someone in the street but no, the actual reason is that while that was happening, the Feds were busy doing other heinous shit across the city like tear-gassing a school
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a major american city is being forced to close schools because armed government agents are raiding and pepper spraying and terrorizing children and teachers for social media content
Minneapolis public schools canceled classes officials after Roosevelt High School said armed Border Patrol officers came on school property during dismissal Wednesday and began tackling people, handcuffed two staff members and released chemical weapons on bystanders
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Minneapolis schools cancel classes after Border Patrol clash disrupts dismissal at Roosevelt
Minneapolis schools closed for the week citing safety concerns after an encounter involving armed Border Patrol agents near Roosevelt High School.
www.mprnews.org
January 8, 2026 at 1:53 PM
a major american city is being forced to close schools because armed government agents are raiding and pepper spraying and terrorizing children and teachers for social media content
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Look for the helpers.
Faced with evil, watch for the decent people standing against it.
Faced with evil, watch for the decent people standing against it.
A friend in Minneapolis just sent me this video. Looks like thousands have come together for a vigil after an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. This was my neighborhood for several years before coming to Portland.
January 8, 2026 at 2:32 AM
Look for the helpers.
Faced with evil, watch for the decent people standing against it.
Faced with evil, watch for the decent people standing against it.
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I moved to the Twin Cities as a kid. I lived here, left, and came back. I've bounced around a lot, but this is the place I come back to.
I'm lucky. The Cities are filled with people who stand up, work for good in public and in private even in the face of unspeakable harm. They do not stand alone.
I'm lucky. The Cities are filled with people who stand up, work for good in public and in private even in the face of unspeakable harm. They do not stand alone.
January 8, 2026 at 3:38 AM
I moved to the Twin Cities as a kid. I lived here, left, and came back. I've bounced around a lot, but this is the place I come back to.
I'm lucky. The Cities are filled with people who stand up, work for good in public and in private even in the face of unspeakable harm. They do not stand alone.
I'm lucky. The Cities are filled with people who stand up, work for good in public and in private even in the face of unspeakable harm. They do not stand alone.
We are strangers, you and I,
We stand, stranger still
In the world beyond,
Too far from center
To garner any notice.
Oddballs and eccentrics,
The ones who do not fit.
We are stars with pointed tips,
Who refuse the hammer
Dodging those dulling blows
That force the star into a cog.
#vss365 #oddball
We stand, stranger still
In the world beyond,
Too far from center
To garner any notice.
Oddballs and eccentrics,
The ones who do not fit.
We are stars with pointed tips,
Who refuse the hammer
Dodging those dulling blows
That force the star into a cog.
#vss365 #oddball
January 6, 2026 at 12:19 AM
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“I talk to people facing eviction every day. t’s not because the tenant doesn’t want to pay their rent, it’s because life has hit them.”
Via: @kstptv.bsky.social
kstp.com/kstp-news/to...
#housing+ #urbanism #urbanism+
Via: @kstptv.bsky.social
kstp.com/kstp-news/to...
#housing+ #urbanism #urbanism+
Eviction filings up in Minnesota in 2025 compared to 2024
There were 23,391 eviction filings as of Nov. 21, 2025, according to the court system. In 2024, there were 23,282 eviction filings.
kstp.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
“I talk to people facing eviction every day. t’s not because the tenant doesn’t want to pay their rent, it’s because life has hit them.”
Via: @kstptv.bsky.social
kstp.com/kstp-news/to...
#housing+ #urbanism #urbanism+
Via: @kstptv.bsky.social
kstp.com/kstp-news/to...
#housing+ #urbanism #urbanism+
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these streets are gone now. lost to hwy 94 coming in :(
Bicycle Safety Lessons (1938)
74 Lyndale Ave. N (Sweeney); 112 Lyndale Ave. N (Welshans Grocery)
Source: Hennepin County Library
The bicyclist who whizzes out of an alley into the street, heedless of heavy traffic, often needs an ambulance. Joe Sweeney posed as the rider. Safety measures ...
74 Lyndale Ave. N (Sweeney); 112 Lyndale Ave. N (Welshans Grocery)
Source: Hennepin County Library
The bicyclist who whizzes out of an alley into the street, heedless of heavy traffic, often needs an ambulance. Joe Sweeney posed as the rider. Safety measures ...
December 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
these streets are gone now. lost to hwy 94 coming in :(
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On keeping hope right now, from @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social on stream with @katmabu.bsky.social.
December 15, 2025 at 4:52 PM
On keeping hope right now, from @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social on stream with @katmabu.bsky.social.