They want us to lose hope. Stay angry. Fuck ICE.

As @skyeperryman.bsky.social says: We need to connect the dots. At the heart of the power grab in MN is a power grab to take our nation away from the people.

Skye joined @theweekendmsnow.bsky.social to explain how the admin's strategy is headed straight for our elections.

Stand With Minnesota A directory of places to give to as Minnesota defends itself from ICE occupation

crazy that the website that I randomly decided to put together at 10AM yesterday has had over 25k unique visitors in 24 hours.

please keep sharing with your networks.

For those who can, here are links to donate directly to local efforts on the ground resisting ICE's terrorizing of Minneapolis. Let me know what you donated to where, and I'll match it until I get a panicked call from my bank!

linktr.ee/mplsmutualaid

And he didn’t. He tried to help a woman who’d just been assaulted. There was nothing rash, stupid, or radical about what he did. He showed kindness. And they killed him for it.

Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti “We are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the ‘hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed. Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.

"Please get the truth out about our son."

Reminder: ICE’s budget has not been renewed — the House voted, but not the Senate — It will take 10 Democratic votes to stop it

Pressure your senators

I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.

Bless the people of Minnesota. You're our guiding light.

I think it's best for my mental health to stay the hell away from the internet today.

But, now and forever, fuck ICE

To delete your TikTok account without agreeing to the new TOS:

1) put your phone in airplane mode
2) open TikTok and go to your profile
3) go to settings and scroll down to delete account
4) turn airplane mode off
5) delete your account

Credit to @ kimsaira on instagram for this

Knew a guy who came around to vaccines by way of conspiracy theories about antivaxxers being tied up in weather control and poisoning water supplies and whatnot. But yknow what, he’s getting his shots, by gum, and less Measles is less Measles. A win is a win!

Tell Congress: Oppose All Funding for ICE Without Systemic Reforms ICE has operated for years with extraordinary power and almost no accountability. The result has been predictable and d

Congress released a DHS funding bill that doesn’t rein in ICE nor significantly reduce its funding.

Contact your reps to demand they vote no on any funding bill allowing ICE to continue its abuses:
actionnetwork.org/letters/oppose-funding-f...

Managers basically don't respect the wide and varying nature of what their human front line workers actually do and how they can provide the best experience for your customers *if you let them*

But they've been convinced systems which slot you into predetermined paths are "efficiency"

He’s also extrajudicially having people killed and breaking into homes and harassing MN residents, etc etc—and how long til it reaches MD?? We’re in DEEP SHIT

Not Americans in general—the ones duped or the ones in power. Lots of us are trying to fight, and the ass-kissers are happy to fearmonger and propagandize and criminalize us no matter how peaceful we are or how reasonable our questions.

As Some Dems Run From Trans People, Zohran Mamdani's Latest Ad Shows Real Support The 2 minute ad features Sylvia Rivera's story, Mamdani's commitment to transgender people, and even music from the legendary late trans artist SOPHIE.

1. As some Democrats have run from transgender rights, Zohran Mamdani is showing what so many others have lacked: courage to lead with his values over pandering to focus groups.

The ad is one of the best things I've seen from a politician on transgender people.

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I left teaching as soon as I started because the support for teachers was nonexistent, protection for LGBTQ+ teachers and students against bigoted communities was laughable, curriculum was NOT built with students’ actual learning in mind, and I made MORE money as a PART TIME barista. It’s bad!!

“Recipe for—“ we’re IN authoritarianism. We’re here. SOS.

10 minute call with Visa and we went in circles, would give no specifics, pointed to the two month old statement on videogames. Asked why nobody wants to tell me if I can buy LOTR, eventually got hung up on. Melt their lines

That’s exactly my concern. Yeah. There is no amount of respect we could possibly show that would stop them twisting it to make us look bad. Nevermind their constant salivating over their own violence against others. At best they sweep it under the rug. But this? They’re gonna call him a martyr.

I will ALSO never forgive them for the very concept of a credit score. Fuck y’all for that. This shit does not need to exist.

Like this feels fucking BASIC to understand.

Among the zillion other things, I will never ever forget when a Dem president tried to provide SOME relief for student loan debt, Repubs shat right on that. They ripped it from us for no fucking reason. That $20k relief could have meant a house someday. But no. The shareholder needs another yacht.

Just about! The cuff bindoff was too loose 😅

🧶🧦💜Purple stripe socks: Cat Approved

AND YOU CAN SWIM

a four panel Fields of Mistria comic. panel 1: Nora, an older woman in a distinguished blouse, taking a deep, tense breath with her palms together, fingers pointed up, in front of her face and eyes closed. panel 2: a gormless-looking Mistria protagonist, with a pink sideshave and generic farmer outfit. From offscreen Nora says, "farmer. you have done so much for mistria. the town wouldn't be what it is today without your help." panel 3: nora in the same pose, her hands lowered slightly, looking over her hands with a tense smile. "so when I say this, it is with great respect." panel 4: nora gestures with her hands together at the farmer. "PLEASE STOP GIVING SWORDS TO MY SMALL CHILD." the farmer says "aw she loves them tho" while gesturing to Dell in the background, a young girl who is screaming with raw power while brandishing two swords with several more strapped to her body.

if you did not want me to give your child swords you should have simply not raised a child that loves swords. #fieldsofmistria

Called and left a voicemail for Stripe today telling them enforcing censorship through restricting payments is wrong and it was real easy. Going to draft up a few physical letters tomorrow to send out to MC/VISA. I’ll upload a template and share mailing addresses for anyone who wants to do the same.

IT GOT ME GOOD. I was not expecting that!!