Maybe it's the over-meme-ification of current events, or not knowing if the money made is going back into the affected communities & legal/medical funds, but idk. Feels weird to not put the money where it's needed (if you aren't putting the money into the community).

Something to consider, I guess.

***(this does not apply to artists that *are* part of the affected community or have stated funds are going to relief efforts)***

Check in with people, make your plans. Support the families and businesses that are hurting from the terror. Love y'all 🖤🦇

Given my current state, I'm going to be home and making sure I can keep water and easy foods in me. "Under the weather" is putting it lightly, but I do not have the turbo-sick. Just a bad physical response to the stress of this week. I will also be making backup/documenting space on my hard-drive.

Per the latest update on GFM: As of 2:50pm on January 8th, Anna has been released and is at the hospital with broken bones in her hand. Mar is still in custody and friends are working to have them released.

As far as I know, their families are also safe and well.

UPDATE: The graphic going around with that 952 number is the Hennepin Co. Non-emergency line, which, I guess report ICE sightings? But I haven't seen any calls for info on the douche specifically.

It has been a deeply and spiritually upsetting first week of the new year, but can we not feed the slop machine?

I'm now seeing this image float around, and I'm pretty sure downtown MPLS does not look like this, nor was there a crowd at this scale in/around downtown to the best of my knowledge.

And as far as I'm aware, there has not been any official statements seeking info about this murderer from any MPLS or MN law enforcement agency. And it certainly wouldn't look like a hastily thrown-together graphic.

I'm also seeing a "Do you know this man? Please contact MPLS Police or MN State Police" unmasked image going around with a 952 number on it (which isn't the servicing area code for Minneapolis, much less an official MPLS agency).

So that's a random person's number floating around for all we know.

People are using genAI within the storytelling. Anyone spreading an "unmasked" photo of that murderer is spreading a fake/AI altered photo.

This is the clip they are using to do guesswork. I don't see a slip while he walks his happy ass to his car (credit to maxnesterak on Twitter), uninjured.

Dozens of feds, large MPD response, an observer saying he's a physician and had a gun pointed at him for checking the victim's pulse

It's like a different & just as shitty form of gaslighting when people ask "what's the harm?/it's not a big deal/you just want something to be mad about."

Honestly? Yo mama. Since we don't want to think too hard, and I kinda miss yo mama jokes.