If you’re confused about why - the government pays to get you to detention but you’re on your own to get home, and that’s not accessible for most folks. A really concrete way to help from afar.

Donate Your Miles — Stand With Minnesota Donate your Delta Skymiles to get people home from Texas

Friends if you are a person with airline miles you don’t need, you can donate them to folks in Minneapolis to get home. I just spent 12,000 miles on a flight to get someone released from detention in El Paso home to tonight. It feels great. You can sign up here: www.standwithminnesota.com/skymiles

If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.

Democracy dies in oligarchy.

ice sculpture reading prosecute ice at the minnesota state capitol on february 5 2026

This morning at the Minnesota State Capitol.

An ice sculpture that reads "PROSECUTE ICE". I'm told the organization behind the sculpture is Common Defense.

I can hear him playing “it’s not right, but it’s ok” on repeat while composing this statement.

I’m so glad to know that the east side is a mess too.

Billionaires are fearmongering about California’s proposed billionaire tax.

Baloney. Just look at what happened when Massachusetts raised taxes on the rich.

This was really good, thank you for making it available!

I’m getting trained as a legal observer through Transgender Law Center and @rohnkat.bsky.social has offered the most inspiring welcome and call to action to get organized and work in community for justice. Thank you!

@thenation.com turned its website over to stories from #Gaza and dropped their paywall and this one really gutted me. Continuing to witness this genocide is so painful and so important. #NotInMyName #NeverAgainForAnyone

I might be a bureaucrat on the outside but I will always be a queer punk on the inside. DIY show culture and punk audiences are and should be part of the fabric of protest movements.

ONE. PING. ONLY.
Second only to Sean Connery’s role as the Egyptian Spaniard in Highlander for accent believability.

My copy just came in the mail!

"Imagine if we actually followed the Constitution."

Judge Halts Noem Move to End Protected Status for Haitian Immigrants, Citing Trump Admin’s Racial Bias The “decision to terminate Haiti’s TPS designation was motivated, at least in part, by racial animus,” the judge ruled.

A federal judge is blocking the Trump administration from terminating Temporary Protected Status for Haitian immigrants living in the U.S., finding that statements made by White House officials demonstrate that racial bias played a part in decision-making.

Photo of a wet city street made narrow by 2 foot high snow drifts and large garbage cans set out for trash day. The bottom of a driveway shows pooling melt water, slush, and an emptied garbage can and recycling bin on their backs.

10 days post snowfall; my street is still not clear enough to park on and #Providence is just starting to enter the “daily melt becomes nightly black ice” phase. I miss nice daily walks around the neighborhood! #BestRunCity

The Architecture of Collective Problem Solving Earlier this month I had the opportunity to travel to Chile, where I got to interview several people who had participated in their failed 2021 constitutional rewrite.

I wrote about some of my observations on collective decision making and how we can practice things that make use better at being in community. There has been a lot of grieving over her the past few weeks, metabolizing slowly into this. jennsteinfeld.substack.com/p/the-archit...

A magnet with a left photo panel picturing a giant red balloon dog à la Jeff Koontz and a small boy reaching up toward it. Right panel is written in the style of Dick and Jane books and reads: “I want to play with the balloon” says John. “Only venture capitalists can play with this balloon,” says Mummy.

I’ve had this magnet for a decade and it never gets less relevant. Only venture capitalists can play with this balloon. 🎈 (Hilarious purchased at the Broad in LA) New words: #capitalist #play #balloon

Since we are living in @digitalhellworld.bsky.social we can at least try to protect ourselves and each other. @eff.org has a great offering on Thursday. Know your rights so you know when you’re being infringed!

Absolutely. The only stupid question is the one you don’t ask!

Sounds silly but sometimes it helps to zoom out a little first and get the ~vibes~ before digging in to the individual line items. I also like comparing different statements and looking for anomalies in both words and numbers.

Can I help? I’m not a super pro but I’ve read a lot of them over the years.

Success in less than 2 hrs. I love when social networks work like we dreamed of them!

This was so good! I was in the car when I heard it and came right home to read the article. I’m writing a paper on democracy and solidarity in the face of authoritarianism as part of the Declaration of Independence’s 250th, and exploring the human technology of deliberation.

Article link (it’s long!) is demos.co.uk/wp-content/u...

I just heard @eliothiggins.bsky.social talk about verification, deliberation, and accountability on @onthemedia.bsky.social and came home and read the article, and now I want to connect about the human technology of verification for a paper. Help connect us internet!

How can we get more #Americans to support #taxing the #rich?

Our new messaging guide outlines promising strategies...

More: www.excessivewealth.org/persuasion-m...

an ad for Native boston crème deodorant collaboration with Dunkin

i donut understand

It is currently 8:36 AM in the UK. I am spending the day in a meeting and taking an 8 PM flight home. Somehow I land in Boston at 10:30 PM for a total of 48.5 hours wheels up to wheels down. For now in a Wildfang suit, thrifted French cuff shirt and cufflinks, found scarf, determination.