omg

those astronauts who are parents?

THEY CAN LITERALLY TELL THEIR CHILDREN “I LOVE YOU TO THE MOON AND BACK”

You have more in common with the people of Iran than you do with anyone in this administration, any member of the technocracy, anyone who is profiting from this war, or any billionaire. When you see Iranians forming human chains outside key infrastructure sites, you should feel a sense of kinship.

If you’re watching us from outside the United States, it’s pretty much as bad as it looks.

One of my fav feelings is laying in bed (with a cat purring on top of me, of course) while listening to my kids play with my partner in the other room; their sweet little voices, the “daaadddy look at this” and the giggles from all of them.

Grateful to have experienced this moment of peace today 🤍

to imagine back on that beautiful blue orb that makes all of this unique life possible we can’t stop bombing and killing one another, it’s terribly sad

So I need to stop a panic attack, then call my reps to beg someone to stop him, then do my job answering emails and collecting data. Do I have that right?

i feel like people in Minnesota would say the opposite. the response from Bluesky to the ICE occupation has been enormous. it really made me feel like this is a real platform where people are building and connecting.

A small flag with a dark pink scalloped border and the pink text “in this house we say please, thank you, & fuck ice” on a white background. The flag is stuck to a front door.

My Valentine got this up on our front door 🥰💕

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Notice how the popular media narrative has moved on, while people on the ground in Minneapolis are still struggling and crying out that things are as bad as ever. This is how fascist regimes operate — overreach, recalibration, normalization. Get louder, not quieter.

Recall that Melissa Hortman and her husband were murdered not long ago by a fake cop who showed up at their door looking like this guy

This brown Minnesotan is here to tell you that this is the whitest take. I am fucking terrorized.

Some things to understand about people from Minnesota on here right now, a short thread:

Something important to understand about ICE thugs in the Twin Cities is that they're harassing innocent kids and parents at bus stops and schools every single day. Even after the Pretti shooting. It's terrorism.

Did not expect to stumble on this photo in my feed 😂

The mothers of this generation spent the last decade mothering under a Trump-pandemic-Trump sandwich. It fundamentally altered our experience. We have been robbed of a soft motherhood journey. There is grief in acknowledging the mother we would have been in a safer society. There was no tenderness for us, only relentless triage. And yet... we kept caring for the children with steady stamina and abundant love. It's really impressive. Be kind to the moms pls. We've been holding it all together.

I want to speak to white women directly.

Not to shame you.
But to offer a necessary mirror.

Because what that reflection reveals isn’t just exhaustion. It reveals perspective.

Many of you are only now recognizing what it feels like to mother without tenderness,

Everything they learned in Minnesota they’re applying in Maine from day one. They started off doing fast-moving snatch and grabs on the street, recording and using facial id on observers, and threatening observers directly. They’ll do it all where you live too.

not over yet, but I literally cannot express the depth of my gratitude for the all the observers, patrollers, plate checkers, dispatchers, commuters who continue to successfully protect this city, sometimes at the cost of their wellbeing or lives. so many neighbors were not stolen, because of you

Naming someone is not doxxing. They aren’t undercover. They aren’t intelligence agents overseas. This is outrageous - we are supposed to be a free Republic and these people want an authoritarian police state. Lawsuits should be filed & ranking Dems in Congress should act.

A long haired grey and brown cat sitting on a dark grey couch. The sunlight is pouring in and she is facing the camera, looking peaceful

And then there is also Galactus Devourer of Worlds (Galactus for short), who is a beautiful weirdo.

A small, long haired grey cat cuddling on me. She’s snuggled close to my face and is covering it for the photo.

A small grey cat laying on my neck/face as I lay down and look into the camera for the picture

A long haired grey cat cuddling on a child

We also have Greg, who is also very snuggly, but only with a few very specific humans.

SO FLUFFY. I just wanna snuggle that floof.

A long-haired orange cat posing on the side of a light grey couch. His eyes are mostly closed and he resembles a very friendly lion.

It just feels like a good time for you to see my cat, Potato.

He may be the world’s greatest cat and literally anyone could walk in my front door and get high-quality snugs from him (except for nazis, of course; Potato has an excellent judge of character).

"Listen, we have killed and terrorized a LOT of Minnesotans in our time, so we speak from a place of authority when we say -- y'all are fucking outta control"

Transparently, part of what made me *really* learn this was when *my* kid became vulnerable (a rare scenario, given our demographic, but they have a chronic illness and we’ve navigated a lot re: pandemic, public health, etc).

Recognize the harm of individualism before it becomes about *your* kid.

8yo when I asked if they wanted to talk about anything happening in our cities right now: “no, you’re like a mama bear, so I know I’m safe” which is 🥹😭🩵

But here’s the thing: if there is even one child in our community who isn’t safe, none of our children our safe. Individualism just doesn’t work.

Protests happen, but most of what is happening in Minneapolis isn’t protesting.

More accurate terms:
- observers
- witnesses
- volunteers
- neighbors
- residents
- people