Iruka
@iruka-abolition.bsky.social
St. Paul MN. Leftist, AUDhD, quirky lurky resource guy. We need community networking, mutual aid, and radical empathy.
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I hope ICE's car died doing that. I'd rather get a jump from someone else, frankly.
ICE is so pathetically desperate for some good PR that they’re tweeting about helping someone jump a car in the cold weather
January 26, 2026 at 10:09 PM
I hope ICE's car died doing that. I'd rather get a jump from someone else, frankly.
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High recommend of a read.
If you have not read Let This Radicalize You, you need to read this chapter that @mskellymhayes.bsky.social and @prisonculture.bsky.social put out awhile back. Like, right now.
Protest, Power, and the Violence Debate
"We are told we are experiencing peace, so long as everyone is cooperating."
organizingmythoughts.org
January 26, 2026 at 7:40 PM
High recommend of a read.
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January 26, 2026 at 6:51 PM
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It's honestly fucked up that there are people saying that Minnesota is fighting against our own country when we genuinely just want our neighbors to stop being terrorized at best or kidnapped or murdered at worst.
January 26, 2026 at 7:29 PM
It's honestly fucked up that there are people saying that Minnesota is fighting against our own country when we genuinely just want our neighbors to stop being terrorized at best or kidnapped or murdered at worst.
If you have not read Let This Radicalize You, you need to read this chapter that @mskellymhayes.bsky.social and @prisonculture.bsky.social put out awhile back. Like, right now.
Protest, Power, and the Violence Debate
"We are told we are experiencing peace, so long as everyone is cooperating."
organizingmythoughts.org
January 26, 2026 at 5:03 PM
If you have not read Let This Radicalize You, you need to read this chapter that @mskellymhayes.bsky.social and @prisonculture.bsky.social put out awhile back. Like, right now.
People on the coast have their own problems. Like Gavin.
If you are out there trying to rub Minnesota's face in Kamala Harris's loss because you're too idiotic to realize that Minnesota voted overwhelmingly for her fuck you, go fuck yourself, and go fuck off.
The condescension of people on the coasts against people in the Midwest is disgusting
The condescension of people on the coasts against people in the Midwest is disgusting
January 26, 2026 at 4:25 PM
People on the coast have their own problems. Like Gavin.
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If you are out there trying to rub Minnesota's face in Kamala Harris's loss because you're too idiotic to realize that Minnesota voted overwhelmingly for her fuck you, go fuck yourself, and go fuck off.
The condescension of people on the coasts against people in the Midwest is disgusting
The condescension of people on the coasts against people in the Midwest is disgusting
January 26, 2026 at 4:18 PM
If you are out there trying to rub Minnesota's face in Kamala Harris's loss because you're too idiotic to realize that Minnesota voted overwhelmingly for her fuck you, go fuck yourself, and go fuck off.
The condescension of people on the coasts against people in the Midwest is disgusting
The condescension of people on the coasts against people in the Midwest is disgusting
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From a FB post about Alex Pretti:
January 26, 2026 at 12:32 AM
From a FB post about Alex Pretti:
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Reminder that you can use this website to donate money to all sorts of good folks but if you're short of funds or just think it would be nice, you can send Minnesotans encouraging words there.
www.standwithminnesota.com/send-a-love-...
They actually help a lot. ❤️
www.standwithminnesota.com/send-a-love-...
They actually help a lot. ❤️
tomorrow, StandWithMinnesota.com will hit a million site visits and over 650,000 unique visitors.
i made it 10 days ago with $600 from you guys for hosting and cloudflare.
thank you. thank you.
i made it 10 days ago with $600 from you guys for hosting and cloudflare.
thank you. thank you.
Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory
Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.
StandWithMinnesota.com
January 26, 2026 at 3:14 AM
Reminder that you can use this website to donate money to all sorts of good folks but if you're short of funds or just think it would be nice, you can send Minnesotans encouraging words there.
www.standwithminnesota.com/send-a-love-...
They actually help a lot. ❤️
www.standwithminnesota.com/send-a-love-...
They actually help a lot. ❤️
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I appreciate those out there protesting at great risk to their lives however i think the nation needs to grind this economy to a dead stop.
It's something everyone can do safely. No spending on ANYTHING but absolute necessities.
I understand some shut ins can not do this but very many of us can.
It's something everyone can do safely. No spending on ANYTHING but absolute necessities.
I understand some shut ins can not do this but very many of us can.
January 25, 2026 at 3:28 PM
I appreciate those out there protesting at great risk to their lives however i think the nation needs to grind this economy to a dead stop.
It's something everyone can do safely. No spending on ANYTHING but absolute necessities.
I understand some shut ins can not do this but very many of us can.
It's something everyone can do safely. No spending on ANYTHING but absolute necessities.
I understand some shut ins can not do this but very many of us can.
This did not age well.
Minnesota National Guard members have arrived at a federal building and were directed to distribute donuts, coffee, and hot chocolate to anti-ICE protesters. Guard members were issued reflective vests so they would not be mistaken for federal agents.
January 26, 2026 at 6:56 AM
This did not age well.
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"Why is it so normal for law enforcement — those who are supposed to be keepers of law and order — to kill Americans? And why is the only question at the end of the day how much their victims deserved to die?"
Read more from @sarahjeong.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/policy/86745...
Read more from @sarahjeong.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/policy/86745...
January 25, 2026 at 5:12 PM
"Why is it so normal for law enforcement — those who are supposed to be keepers of law and order — to kill Americans? And why is the only question at the end of the day how much their victims deserved to die?"
Read more from @sarahjeong.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/policy/86745...
Read more from @sarahjeong.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/policy/86745...
We are going to win.
They should give up now. We could prevent a lot of harm.
They should give up now. We could prevent a lot of harm.
MPD SWAT rolls up in a tank because of a few people banging pots and pans. What a world.
January 26, 2026 at 6:53 AM
We are going to win.
They should give up now. We could prevent a lot of harm.
They should give up now. We could prevent a lot of harm.
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This was a whole lot of words to say absolutely nothing. Let’s end the era where these corporations control politicians.
A letter released Sunday by the leaders of more than 60 Minnesota companies — including the CEOs of Target, General Mills, UnitedHealth Group and 3M — called for local and federal leaders to “come together to foster progress.”
Live: Minnesota's high-profile CEOs break silence, call for ‘immediate deescalation’
The letter marks a notable shift from Minnesota’s top employers, who had previously remained quiet about the surge of immigration officials in the state and the killing of Renee Good.
bit.ly
January 25, 2026 at 9:29 PM
This was a whole lot of words to say absolutely nothing. Let’s end the era where these corporations control politicians.
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Remember this. Remember this when that pig O'Hara talks tough in a press conference.
Ask him why his cops riot to protect people who harass his own fucking cops of color
Nothing but leopards eating faces
Ask him why his cops riot to protect people who harass his own fucking cops of color
Nothing but leopards eating faces
MPD JUST ANNOUNCED MASS ARRESTS OVER LRAD.
January 26, 2026 at 4:57 AM
Remember this. Remember this when that pig O'Hara talks tough in a press conference.
Ask him why his cops riot to protect people who harass his own fucking cops of color
Nothing but leopards eating faces
Ask him why his cops riot to protect people who harass his own fucking cops of color
Nothing but leopards eating faces
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protesters staged a noise vigil at a hotel and federal agents are defending the hotel with tear gas, despite the hotel being a public place with other people staying there. As far as I can tell.
January 26, 2026 at 4:40 AM
protesters staged a noise vigil at a hotel and federal agents are defending the hotel with tear gas, despite the hotel being a public place with other people staying there. As far as I can tell.
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Oh thank God the Local Cops have arrived to. . . . Save the Murderers?
Minneapolis, MN -
Many many more agents filing into the area around the hotel. Minneapolis PD announcing everyone is under arrest, telling them to sit down with their hands up. An ad hoc journalist squad being told to go further down the street. Chemicals irritant deployed in the road.
Many many more agents filing into the area around the hotel. Minneapolis PD announcing everyone is under arrest, telling them to sit down with their hands up. An ad hoc journalist squad being told to go further down the street. Chemicals irritant deployed in the road.
January 26, 2026 at 5:06 AM
Oh thank God the Local Cops have arrived to. . . . Save the Murderers?
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Indeed. Why are teachers concerned for children and families?
January 26, 2026 at 5:09 AM
Indeed. Why are teachers concerned for children and families?
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Fucking collaborators.
Prospect Park, Home 2 Suites by Hilton. Protesters banging trash cans, pots and pans. Broke a window. Looked like one MPD officer casually holding them at bay in lobby until a Federal Bureau of Prisons team arrived and let loose with gas, smoke, less lethal rounds.
Minneapolis, MN -
After FPS agents went into the hotel, shot teargas and kinetic munitions into the crowd assembled outside he wanted to know where the PD is to the press. I asked if he has a message for the community members that wanted out. No response. None to the mayor either.
After FPS agents went into the hotel, shot teargas and kinetic munitions into the crowd assembled outside he wanted to know where the PD is to the press. I asked if he has a message for the community members that wanted out. No response. None to the mayor either.
January 26, 2026 at 5:12 AM
Fucking collaborators.
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The local police are really concerned about ICE agents’ sleep hygiene I guess. “This is just like Call of Duty” sound bites aside, the aimless stumbling and drunken guy with a shotgun/launcher tells me morale is in the fucking toilet.
Minneapolis, MN -
Many many more agents filing into the area around the hotel. Minneapolis PD announcing everyone is under arrest, telling them to sit down with their hands up. An ad hoc journalist squad being told to go further down the street. Chemicals irritant deployed in the road.
Many many more agents filing into the area around the hotel. Minneapolis PD announcing everyone is under arrest, telling them to sit down with their hands up. An ad hoc journalist squad being told to go further down the street. Chemicals irritant deployed in the road.
January 26, 2026 at 5:12 AM
The local police are really concerned about ICE agents’ sleep hygiene I guess. “This is just like Call of Duty” sound bites aside, the aimless stumbling and drunken guy with a shotgun/launcher tells me morale is in the fucking toilet.
Let's be clear: The systems to replace police and the entire criminal justice system?
They've been thought of. There's names for them.
They've been piloted and they work.
You know what gets in the way? The fear-mongering from the mainstream media, the police, and local/state officials.
They've been thought of. There's names for them.
They've been piloted and they work.
You know what gets in the way? The fear-mongering from the mainstream media, the police, and local/state officials.
We are fully showing how we can provide community safety without police.
We don’t need them.
Abolition on every level.
We don’t need them.
Abolition on every level.
January 26, 2026 at 4:34 AM
Let's be clear: The systems to replace police and the entire criminal justice system?
They've been thought of. There's names for them.
They've been piloted and they work.
You know what gets in the way? The fear-mongering from the mainstream media, the police, and local/state officials.
They've been thought of. There's names for them.
They've been piloted and they work.
You know what gets in the way? The fear-mongering from the mainstream media, the police, and local/state officials.
You can hand it to Richard if you want, but for being transphobic, for attempting to profit off of yesterday’s sorrow, the corruption he ignores, I don’t. This is performative.
January 26, 2026 at 4:19 AM
You can hand it to Richard if you want, but for being transphobic, for attempting to profit off of yesterday’s sorrow, the corruption he ignores, I don’t. This is performative.
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ICE & other fed agents just ambushed the noise demo in Prospect Park Minneapolis, after a long lull. They started by immediately lobbing tear gas at protesters & firing less lethals. A BOP officer who is bleeding is guarding the door as the press ask him for comment. www.youtube.com/live/IVzSWdT...
LIVE: Protest Outside Hotel Suspected of Housing ICE Agents in Minneapolis
YouTube video by BG On The Scene
www.youtube.com
January 26, 2026 at 4:01 AM
ICE & other fed agents just ambushed the noise demo in Prospect Park Minneapolis, after a long lull. They started by immediately lobbing tear gas at protesters & firing less lethals. A BOP officer who is bleeding is guarding the door as the press ask him for comment. www.youtube.com/live/IVzSWdT...
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So… boycotts aren’t temporary. When I start boycotting, I am DONE.
But don’t panic. I know that it might be scary to think you’ll never do another Target run etc, but believe me: you will find *better* alternatives. You’ll have less garbage. You will enjoy things more.
Let go. It will be okay.
But don’t panic. I know that it might be scary to think you’ll never do another Target run etc, but believe me: you will find *better* alternatives. You’ll have less garbage. You will enjoy things more.
Let go. It will be okay.
January 26, 2026 at 4:04 AM
So… boycotts aren’t temporary. When I start boycotting, I am DONE.
But don’t panic. I know that it might be scary to think you’ll never do another Target run etc, but believe me: you will find *better* alternatives. You’ll have less garbage. You will enjoy things more.
Let go. It will be okay.
But don’t panic. I know that it might be scary to think you’ll never do another Target run etc, but believe me: you will find *better* alternatives. You’ll have less garbage. You will enjoy things more.
Let go. It will be okay.