rep omar, liam ramos and his dad, rep castro!

liam and his dad are home!

and someone please get rep. castro a coat!

A grey cat with her tongue mid-lick at the mouth of a cave like divot my kiddo dug in a pile of snow.

We don’t usually get this kinda snow, the light and fluffy stuff. And considering the ice-sleet mess from last week is still here we’re pretty frozen.

But I shoveled the driveway into a pile and the kiddo made a cave for the cat and we needed this moment of play.

Now. Back to quilting.

Email me your receipts by 7pm central on 2/1! Boost please! MplsAngryMittens@proton.me

StandWithMinnesota.com

Rent funds are the most immediate need. Here is one:

chuffed.org/project/1671...

Donate to Neighbors Helping Neighbors in Need, organized by Matt Lang Your help is desperately needed. We are a collective of three schools, five churche… Matt Lang needs your support for Neighbors Helping Neighbors in Need

I’ll suggest this rent fund: it’s the end of the month. We need the help! www.gofundme.com/f/75ccxs-nei...

Light and dark Purple mittens with a middle finger knit into the pattern.

The other side. Same light and dark purple but a less sweary pattern of little checks.

Help MN and maybe win these mittens! I’ll draw a name 2/1, so get me your name by 7pm central tomorrow.

Every $5 you give to mutual aid and every phone call to your reps is an entry. Email a pic of your receipt/call to mplsAngryMittens@proton.me

4 Black journalists have been kidnapped by the federal government

To keep AI out of her classroom, this high school English teacher went analog Forth Worth teacher Chanea Bond says sticking with pen and paper keeps generative artificial intelligence out of her American literature classes.

Forth Worth teacher Chanea Bond says sticking with pen and paper keeps generative artificial intelligence out of her American literature classes. n.pr/4c3cdzs

To enter the raffle call your representatives & senators asking:
-Defund DHS
-Separate DHS funds from other bills
-Ban 🧊 face coverings
-Impeach Noem

Then DM me a screenshot of your call log. One entry per call.

Want help making a call? Go to 5calls & enter your zip for a script & phone numbers.

A quilted rebel loon, the state bird of MN. It is made from recycled fabric and is a black bird with a blue shield that looks like the Star Wars Rebel shield. The background is white and there is a purple boarder.

Posted on the farm IG, but moving it here also.

I made a mini quilt Rebel Loon for @anniekp.bsky.social. I’m gonna make a few more + protest mini quilts to raffle away.

Want one? Call your senators.
More details below.
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Well it fell. But there’s a crew here working already. So hopefully the power will be back up and running soon.

a cat is sitting in front of a laptop with the words when the group chat is lit on the bottom ALT: a cat is sitting in front of a laptop with the words when the group chat is lit on the bottom

When the group chat with your neighbors is going wild at 9:30pm because you’re all trying to figure out if that frozen-water-covered dead tree in another neighbor’s yard is gonna fall on the power line…it’s leeeeeeaning.

The most humbling part of my winter-storm-craft is that I, apparently, cannot count to three 21 times in a row to rib the top of this here sock pattern. I’ve frogged it 8 times today. I blame the magic loop. It doesn’t feel very magical.

But hey, the power is still on. One more storm band to go 🤞🏻

It's the PTO moms and spreadsheet dads and other random-ass Minnesotans concerned for their neighbors. There is no one central organizing org, just a ton of people who give a shit. It's both beautiful that it's happening and laughable that anyone thinks there's some broader apparatus at work.

a non comprehensive list of things MN are doing right now

legal observing in a rapid response group

legal observing because they happened to be in their community and came across ICE

participating in or supporting rapid response groups

safety patroling their schools, businesses, daycares

1/5

Indeed. The county has already just told us to assume we will loose power tonight. So we’re doing as much as we can here to prepare and to take care of our neighbors who aren’t able to do the physical prep work right now.

Oooo. Cinnamon rolls. Yes. This is a good plan.

Latest trusted weather report is calling for something like 0.5-0.75” of freezing rain w/ 3-5” of sleet and then probably some snow on top of that. So, we’re assuredly gonna be without power for a while.

Wondering what other winter storm snacks I should make. We’ve got bread and cookies so far…

Selfie in front of a purple chicken coop with an enclosed run. The coop is covered in assorted plastic, frost protection cloth, and burlap.

We’re about to get smashed with some big winter weather. So I’ve spent most of the past two days getting the farm ready for the hit.

The last task was adding some wind-breaks to the chicken cook so the girls are more cozy. We call the motif “random farm upcycled” as it’s mostly scraps and trash.

Minnesota! It’s cold! These don’t have to be pretty and they let you keep your hands in your pockets. Old sheet, old tshirt? He’ll, you could glue it if you don’t have a sewing machine.

Recursion and Chaos with Eli part 2 #desmos #graphing #maths #mathematicalpatterns #iteachmath YouTube video by Graph Time with Sara & Sean

Eli's back to talk more about recursion and chaos on Graph Time. In this episode he shows us how to make a Sierpinski triangle with recursion and randomness and then we play around with other shapes! youtu.be/2plWsAPUdR4

Now that the White House is using AI to edit photos of their political opponents to create fascist propaganda I’m wondering if anyone could have seen this use of AI coming. Okay I’m hearing lots of people did and they were forced to watch corporations smother the masses with the technology anyways

Rob Milford, a 75 year old veteran has a monthly vigil outside Fairbanks , AK army base Fort Wainwright as part of Veterans For Peace.

The picture shows Mulford with his sign urging soldiers not to follow illegal orders and featuring the polar bear warrior mascot of Fort Wainwright with the words, “ Sir. No, sir!”

This veteran here in Fairbanks has an important message and mission.

It is looking like I will make it!!

I will gladly load up my digital To Be Read pile with recs!

I’ve got a few checked out already for the storm. But will add more 😂

You have another chance! I'm making another pair. Purple for Prince.

Email me evidence that you're helping Minnesota at mplsAngryMittens@proton.me

SO many ways to help. See next skeets for how to enter to win these.

So, a giant winter storm is about to hit us. We will probably loose power for several days.

Now taking recs for knitting books I can get on Libby before the storm so I can finally learn how to add/drop stitches, maybe some new stitches, and level up so I can one day knit a pair of socks.

I love that the country is inspired by MN. That’s great. Stop telling me that. We get it.

Tell us what you’re doing to help.

Are you organizing your community?
Sending us lawyers?
Pressuring your reps?
Boycotting? Who and how?
Donating to our very public mutual aid efforts?

HELP US.

Only thing I didn’t consider is the grey is the same color as my wall in my camera angle for workday meetings. so I do blend in a bit 😂

SO VERY COZY