Could you explain the population numbers? Budapest (Hungary's capital) has 1.7 million people in it, over 3 times as many people as the whole population of Minneapolis.

After looking at NASA images from the Artemis II mission, the problems on Earth seem so small, and social media feels so empty... it makes me feel ready to not use social media at all... I'm closer to that every day.

To be fair, the teams planning and performing the spaceflight are qualified for the jobs they do... Congress-people are glorified fundraisers.

...Did they just throw darts at a word cloud to come up with this?

Can we all stop pretending that "The Boondock Saints" is a good movie? #FilmAndMovies #StPatricksDay

Fact: It's not "daylight savings time," it's "daylight saving time."
Only one "s" in the phrase, and savings are what you do with a bank account. #dst #SpringForward #DaylightSavings

Do you use "Sign in with Google/Apple/Facebook/etc"?
Well that could mean a lot of data is shared back to big tech.

Most sites that use a big tech sign-in button allow you to change to a traditional username/password and delink. Check the account settings and switch over.

Liberate your data!

Do you have a cloud doorbell cam?

Your life is being used to train AI, your video is open to warrantless police access, and employees can get into your data at a whim.

ONVIF cameras are self-hosted on your home network. No subscription, and the cameras are priced very reasonably.

Dump Big Tech!

Don't you think a condemnation of using Synthetic Text Extruders (aka LLM) in any way is warranted based on the way they work as a technology would be more effective that just condemning one company... The way these models work as a whole are the problem, not just one company. They are all bad.

Post a pic you took, no context. Fen for the zeed!

The sun is a hydrogen atom, Dr. Manhattan style!

A cartoon of a man in a red hat, and a t-shirt sung "Icy Boy" tossing a wad of paper in a recycling bin. The man says "I recycle to own the Libb-ruls."

Someone in my building threw away a lefty leaning flyer. My response has been posted in its place.

My money is on the statute of limitations...

Staying together and getting the feds to flee got our city to unite in resistance.

"We've done the impossible, and that makes us mighty." - Malcolm Reynolds

4. During Operation Metro Surge, approximately 3,000 additional ERO officers and HSI agents were detailed to the St. Paul Field Office. These details have come at different times and for varying lengths of time. Typically, the ERO St. Paul Office is staffed with approximately 190 officers covering the five states of Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Iowa. In the Twin Cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis, ERO has approximately 80 officers. 5. As of February 23, 2026, there are approximately 270 ERO officers and 700 HSI agents on detail to the St. Paul Field Office. 6. After February 25, 2026, approximately 107 ERO officers will remain on detail to the St. Paul Field Office. HSI anticipates that there will be approximately 300 agents on detail to the St. Paul Field Office by March 2026.

7. On February 3, 2026, the day I began my duties as the LFC, approximately 1029 CBP employees (including CBP officers, Border Patrol agents, Air and Marine Operations (AMO) personnel and support staff) were assigned to Operation Metro Surge. This number does not include CBP employees assigned to other responsibilities within the Minneapolis/St. Paul area, such as CBP officers assigned to ports of entry. 8. On February 4, 2026, CBP demobilized approximately 680 CBP officers and Border Patrol agents assigned to Operation Metro Surge, leaving approximately 349 CBP officers, Border Patrol agents, AMO personnel and support staff to assist the operation. CBP continued to draw down personnel during the next two and a half weeks. 9. On February 12, 2026, CBP demobilized approximately 200 CBP officers, Border Patrol agents, and AMO personnel leaving approximately 149 CBP officers, Border Patrol agents, AMO personnel and support staff to assist the operation. Four days later, CBP demobilized approximately 82 additional employees, which included CBP officers, Border Patrol agents, AMO personnel and support staff, leaving approximately 67 CBP officers, Border Patrol agents, AMO personnel and support staff to assist the operation. 10. CBP will demobilize the remaining 67 CBP employees assigned to Operation Metro Surge by February 23, 2026.

New sworn declarations from DHS officials are giving us new numbers in the amount of agents in Minnesota.
-When you combine ICE + CBP = at least 4,000 agents were here
-ICE: As of Monday, 970 agents remained. As of today, 400 will remain
-CBP: As of Monday, the remaining 67 officers left the state

"AI Boomer" is a term for someone who is pro-AI development and believes it's going to save the world.
Conversely, an "AI Doomer" is someone who thinks it's going it could lead to some horrible end.

Why do so many AI boomers talk like they are on a religious quest?

100% this.
Mutual Aid ≠ Nonprofit charity

Mutual aid is direct assistance, and nonprofits are charities that the wealthy use to lower their taxes while gaining the image that they are helping people.

Not all mutual aid are non-profits, and non-profits often limit the kind of aid offered, or who theyboffer it to.

This could be bolstering nonprofit budgets, not necessarily getting dorect assistance to people the way a mutual aid group can.

It's excellent! The F1rst Wrestling crew has tons of fun.

@insatiableone.bsky.social Tinfoil hats explained above!

F1rst Wrestling Unleashed promo post, with wrestler Brandon Gore who is wearing a tinfoil hat with a pointed tip.

Wrestler Brandon Gore's schtick is he is a conspiracy theorist, and the tinfoil hat gives him an edge. His intro music is the X-Files theme song.

Check out @Racketmn.com @minnesotareformer.com and @statuscoupnews.bsky.social They are all doing good work reporting where the corporate orgs are failing.

People over papers map of the Twin Cities. It is dotted with ICE sightings and arrest reports.

Its true... They are very much still here. Here's the map of reports just from today.

Meme text: Raise your hand if you've felt personally victimized by a PDF. Meme image: a crowd of people all raising their hands. The meme image is from Mean Girls.

My #accessibility peeps will know all about this... #PDF is evil, and we can all do some good by not using them.

The people over papers map for 2/17 at 10:20pm. Lots of ICE activity reports mostly concentrated outside of Minneapolis and Saint Paul. Only green pins indicating "sightings of ICE" were reported in Minneapolis city limits. Yellow staging and red active arrest pins are scattered around the suburbs.

So about that "drawdown" that was promised sure doesn't seem to be happening in the #TwinCities. Most of the #ICE activity is in the suburbs. The People Over Papers app only had arrest reports outside of #Minneapolis.

Exclusive: Hegseth boosts Minneapolis immigration siege, approving use of military base In an email obtained by the Chronicle, U.S. Customs and Border Protection asked for use of Fort Snelling to house federal immigration agents, weapons, vehicles and aircraft.

It was always going to be this way.
Weeks ago Hegseth approved the use of Fort Snelling (previously decommissioned) for ICE operations. It can house 500-800 people, and all the shit they need to keep abducting people.
www.sfchronicle.com/us-world/art...

What scars? They are still open wounds. The drawdown here in Minneapolis feels like bullshit. #ICE goons are still out and abducting people. Don't believe a single word out of Tom Homan's mouth. The shutdown hasn't done shit because they are funded for 3 full years.

The people over papers map at the end of Feb 14. There are several confirmed sightings in and around the Twin Cities metro area.

Here's the map closer to the end of the day. #ICE is not out of #Minnesota.
Don't believe a goddamn word out of the mouth of anyone working under Trump. If there's a "draw down" happening, it's a pretty active way to not abduct people.

A map of ICE sightings in the Twin Cities metro area. Two sightings were reported since 4am Saturday Feb 14.

Lots of bullshit news flying around about a "DHS shutdown," but remember that the Big [Ugly] Bill funded them for 3 years. ICE is *active* in The Twin Cities metro today. Here is the www.iceout.org People Over Papers map. The goons are out!
#ICE #DHS #TwinCities #Minneapolis #Shutdown