Iruka
@iruka88.bsky.social
St. Paul MN. Leftist, AUDhD, quirky lurky resource guy. We need community networking, mutual aid, and radical empathy.
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It's finally time to announce the next stage of the project I'm working on - gathering resources.
I'm building out a resource-oriented website with another activist. I'm putting out a call for resources - details are in the introduction of the form if needed.
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I'm building out a resource-oriented website with another activist. I'm putting out a call for resources - details are in the introduction of the form if needed.
cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/for...
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> Insight from the Bro-Tex Raid: What Activists Saw While Confronting ICE
Last month, dozens of community members were alerted to a raid at a warehouse in St. Paul.
unicornriot.ninja/2025/insight...
Last month, dozens of community members were alerted to a raid at a warehouse in St. Paul.
unicornriot.ninja/2025/insight...
Insight from the Bro-Tex Raid: What Activists Saw While Confronting ICE - UNICORN RIOT
Unicorn Riot heard from two locals who mobilized in response to an immigration raid in St. Paul on the morning of Nov. 18.
unicornriot.ninja
December 16, 2025 at 4:10 AM
> Insight from the Bro-Tex Raid: What Activists Saw While Confronting ICE
Last month, dozens of community members were alerted to a raid at a warehouse in St. Paul.
unicornriot.ninja/2025/insight...
Last month, dozens of community members were alerted to a raid at a warehouse in St. Paul.
unicornriot.ninja/2025/insight...
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new monarca upstander training by UNIDOS scheduled for january 7 at hennepin united methodist church in loring park. register here:
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December 16, 2025 at 12:24 AM
new monarca upstander training by UNIDOS scheduled for january 7 at hennepin united methodist church in loring park. register here:
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THIS.
There are so many needs right now - likely including folks on your block!
Check in with your neighbors, plug into local efforts.
Do something.
There are so many needs right now - likely including folks on your block!
Check in with your neighbors, plug into local efforts.
Do something.
Get mad, but use it. Sitting and reading more things to make you more mad is just going to hurt.
December 16, 2025 at 12:49 AM
THIS.
There are so many needs right now - likely including folks on your block!
Check in with your neighbors, plug into local efforts.
Do something.
There are so many needs right now - likely including folks on your block!
Check in with your neighbors, plug into local efforts.
Do something.
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“MPD immediately responded and confirmed there was no one being assaulted and no life-safety conditions that warranted further involvement,” Parten said.”
Then why did you assist & create a pathway for ICE to kidnap our neighbors? I saw it with my own eyes and so did the community.
Then why did you assist & create a pathway for ICE to kidnap our neighbors? I saw it with my own eyes and so did the community.
At least four people were detained Monday afternoon during an ICE operation near Karmel Mall, a Somali shopping center in Minneapolis, according to multiple witnesses at the scene.
Live: At least 4 people detained by ICE near Somali shopping center in Minneapolis
As the Department of Homeland Security undertakes stepped-up immigration enforcement in Minnesota, arrests and other confrontations have been popping up in more locations.
bit.ly
December 16, 2025 at 12:15 AM
“MPD immediately responded and confirmed there was no one being assaulted and no life-safety conditions that warranted further involvement,” Parten said.”
Then why did you assist & create a pathway for ICE to kidnap our neighbors? I saw it with my own eyes and so did the community.
Then why did you assist & create a pathway for ICE to kidnap our neighbors? I saw it with my own eyes and so did the community.
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Strongly suggesting people read this and act.
The police aren't on our side, folks. I hate to keep beating this drum, my point isn't to just go and give up or to be a doomer.
It's that we the people get this done, the system isn't stepping up for us.
If you're not sure how to get involved or know someone like that, give them a flyer.
It's that we the people get this done, the system isn't stepping up for us.
If you're not sure how to get involved or know someone like that, give them a flyer.
December 16, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Strongly suggesting people read this and act.
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Swapping license plates on cars is illegal, but the SPPD, State Patrol, and MPD are refusing to do anything about it when it’s government agents and not regular people. Collusion is not an illusion.
December 15, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Swapping license plates on cars is illegal, but the SPPD, State Patrol, and MPD are refusing to do anything about it when it’s government agents and not regular people. Collusion is not an illusion.
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Mpls & everywhere, may be good to encourage/ pressure private biz & corporations to develop & enforce things like prohibitive policies around staging in parking lots
• Like Minneapolis did with Target recently
• McDonald's might be a good one
We've done big things with Target boycotts. Keep it up!
• Like Minneapolis did with Target recently
• McDonald's might be a good one
We've done big things with Target boycotts. Keep it up!
MINNEAPOLIS:
This week is already intense.
Abductions continue daily.
Community continues to mobilize, monitor, interrupt and organize against these masked gestapo invaders.
So many ways to get involved - Do you need help connecting with a group in your area? My DMs are open!
All hands on deck.
This week is already intense.
Abductions continue daily.
Community continues to mobilize, monitor, interrupt and organize against these masked gestapo invaders.
So many ways to get involved - Do you need help connecting with a group in your area? My DMs are open!
All hands on deck.
December 15, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Mpls & everywhere, may be good to encourage/ pressure private biz & corporations to develop & enforce things like prohibitive policies around staging in parking lots
• Like Minneapolis did with Target recently
• McDonald's might be a good one
We've done big things with Target boycotts. Keep it up!
• Like Minneapolis did with Target recently
• McDonald's might be a good one
We've done big things with Target boycotts. Keep it up!
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Let’s not forget Brian O’Hara’s Very Serious Boy pressers where he told us all to call MPD when ICE comes.
Now none of us who have been here have done that because it’s insane, but if you thought it was a good idea, do you see now why it is not??
Now none of us who have been here have done that because it’s insane, but if you thought it was a good idea, do you see now why it is not??
Disheartening to see federal agents take two neighbors on 29th & Pillsbury. Chemical irritants were used on observers by them.
MPD showed up on scene, created a pathway for these federal agents to kidnap our neighbors, and assisted with controlling the space. Disappointing and heartbreaking.
MPD showed up on scene, created a pathway for these federal agents to kidnap our neighbors, and assisted with controlling the space. Disappointing and heartbreaking.
December 15, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Let’s not forget Brian O’Hara’s Very Serious Boy pressers where he told us all to call MPD when ICE comes.
Now none of us who have been here have done that because it’s insane, but if you thought it was a good idea, do you see now why it is not??
Now none of us who have been here have done that because it’s insane, but if you thought it was a good idea, do you see now why it is not??
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It’s day 14 of the ICE occupation of the Twin Cities.
Today’s assignments:
1. Continue to organize with your neighbors
2. Spend some money at an immigrant owned business, if you can.
3. Remember we’re in this for the long haul. This is our community, and these are our neighbors.
Today’s assignments:
1. Continue to organize with your neighbors
2. Spend some money at an immigrant owned business, if you can.
3. Remember we’re in this for the long haul. This is our community, and these are our neighbors.
December 15, 2025 at 8:57 PM
It’s day 14 of the ICE occupation of the Twin Cities.
Today’s assignments:
1. Continue to organize with your neighbors
2. Spend some money at an immigrant owned business, if you can.
3. Remember we’re in this for the long haul. This is our community, and these are our neighbors.
Today’s assignments:
1. Continue to organize with your neighbors
2. Spend some money at an immigrant owned business, if you can.
3. Remember we’re in this for the long haul. This is our community, and these are our neighbors.
The police aren't on our side, folks. I hate to keep beating this drum, my point isn't to just go and give up or to be a doomer.
It's that we the people get this done, the system isn't stepping up for us.
If you're not sure how to get involved or know someone like that, give them a flyer.
It's that we the people get this done, the system isn't stepping up for us.
If you're not sure how to get involved or know someone like that, give them a flyer.
December 15, 2025 at 9:18 PM
The police aren't on our side, folks. I hate to keep beating this drum, my point isn't to just go and give up or to be a doomer.
It's that we the people get this done, the system isn't stepping up for us.
If you're not sure how to get involved or know someone like that, give them a flyer.
It's that we the people get this done, the system isn't stepping up for us.
If you're not sure how to get involved or know someone like that, give them a flyer.
If you're looking for a fast way to inform your neighbors about what's going on and how to get involved, print this double-sided flyer. Compiled from community feedback & local resources, intended for the entire twin cities. Feel free to customize.
Proton Drive
Securely store, share, and access your important files and photos. Anytime, anywhere.
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December 15, 2025 at 8:04 PM
If you're looking for a fast way to inform your neighbors about what's going on and how to get involved, print this double-sided flyer. Compiled from community feedback & local resources, intended for the entire twin cities. Feel free to customize.
Someone needs to say it.
Incompetent people in important positions to support an impotent and incontinent leader.
December 15, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Someone needs to say it.
We're out here busting our butts, and he's sitting on his.
ICE is here. They’re invading our state, kidnapping our neighbors, and brutalizing Minnesotans.
We need our leaders to lead, through words AND action. Tim Walz, where are you?
The time has come to step up or step aside. They’re already escalating - what are you afraid of?
@governorwalz.mn.gov
We need our leaders to lead, through words AND action. Tim Walz, where are you?
The time has come to step up or step aside. They’re already escalating - what are you afraid of?
@governorwalz.mn.gov
December 15, 2025 at 8:17 AM
We're out here busting our butts, and he's sitting on his.
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I’m thinking about our unhoused neighbors who have been facing below freezing temperatures. It’s a fact that there are barely enough shelters available for our neighbors who continue to be kicked out from block to block. They have also been turned away from a lack of shelter capacity. 1/
December 14, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I’m thinking about our unhoused neighbors who have been facing below freezing temperatures. It’s a fact that there are barely enough shelters available for our neighbors who continue to be kicked out from block to block. They have also been turned away from a lack of shelter capacity. 1/
If you or someone you know is vulnerable to ICE, they should take these steps with their phone.
The long version is, these steps can help minimize how easy it is for you to be tracked on your phone. Not impossible, but harder.
Yes, it's worth it, even if your data is 'already out there'.
The long version is, these steps can help minimize how easy it is for you to be tracked on your phone. Not impossible, but harder.
Yes, it's worth it, even if your data is 'already out there'.
How to Make Your Phone (Nearly) Impossible to Track
The more we use our phones, the more personal info we give up. Experts explain how to make your phone impossible to track, or close to it.
www.rd.com
December 14, 2025 at 8:33 PM
If you or someone you know is vulnerable to ICE, they should take these steps with their phone.
The long version is, these steps can help minimize how easy it is for you to be tracked on your phone. Not impossible, but harder.
Yes, it's worth it, even if your data is 'already out there'.
The long version is, these steps can help minimize how easy it is for you to be tracked on your phone. Not impossible, but harder.
Yes, it's worth it, even if your data is 'already out there'.
This is intimidation and harassment and it's disgusting.
BREAKING: Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar says her son was pulled over by immigration agents and asked to prove his citizenship.
Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar says her son was pulled over by ICE
Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar said federal immigration agents pulled over her son on Saturday and asked him to prove his citizenship.
cbsn.ws
December 14, 2025 at 7:49 PM
This is intimidation and harassment and it's disgusting.
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Always grateful when people lift up Let This Radicalize You by @mskellymhayes.bsky.social and me as useful to them: www.wbez.org/say-more-wit...
Chicago book worms share the best things they read in 2025
We talk best new books, and listener favorites with a former WBEZ superstar.
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December 13, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Always grateful when people lift up Let This Radicalize You by @mskellymhayes.bsky.social and me as useful to them: www.wbez.org/say-more-wit...
This but ask first, and with everything.
“There’s power in numbers, and now that people have seen we’ve successfully stopped abductions, I hope they can get out there too...”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘There’s power in numbers’: New Yorkers are banding together to protect street vendors from ICE
With ICE targeting vendors and fear rising, community groups are organising fast to keep New Yorkers working on the streets safe
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 7:13 AM
This but ask first, and with everything.
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ICE agents pointed guns at Augsburg University staff who asked to see a judicial warrant when detaining a student on private property:
Augsburg University president decries 'illegal' arrest of student by ICE agents
Students and staff who followed protocol for when ICE is on campus were threatened with weapons and arrest, according to the university.
bringmethenews.com
December 14, 2025 at 2:48 AM
ICE agents pointed guns at Augsburg University staff who asked to see a judicial warrant when detaining a student on private property:
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Creating a thread of egregious ICE actions in the Twin Cities over the last 12 days.
For those who aren't plugged into what's going on - it can feel remote and "not so bad."
Likewise for folks far away. So this collection of stories and links aims to share a small part of the story.
For those who aren't plugged into what's going on - it can feel remote and "not so bad."
Likewise for folks far away. So this collection of stories and links aims to share a small part of the story.
December 14, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Creating a thread of egregious ICE actions in the Twin Cities over the last 12 days.
For those who aren't plugged into what's going on - it can feel remote and "not so bad."
Likewise for folks far away. So this collection of stories and links aims to share a small part of the story.
For those who aren't plugged into what's going on - it can feel remote and "not so bad."
Likewise for folks far away. So this collection of stories and links aims to share a small part of the story.
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Also... PLEASE don't respond to things like this with children in tow.
Pepper spray is basically the first thing they do. They're also making very fast moves physically &/ with cars.
Pepper spray is basically the first thing they do. They're also making very fast moves physically &/ with cars.
December 14, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Also... PLEASE don't respond to things like this with children in tow.
Pepper spray is basically the first thing they do. They're also making very fast moves physically &/ with cars.
Pepper spray is basically the first thing they do. They're also making very fast moves physically &/ with cars.
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Wealthy 2nd/3rd ring suburb of Minneapolis, where they had a construction laborer trapped on the roof of a project.
One of our Shakopee observers witnessed ICE pepper spray a baby today in Chanhassen.
(Yes. You read that right.)
The agent knew the baby was there. ICE does not make our communities safer. End Operation Metro Surge NOW!
(Yes. You read that right.)
The agent knew the baby was there. ICE does not make our communities safer. End Operation Metro Surge NOW!
December 14, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Wealthy 2nd/3rd ring suburb of Minneapolis, where they had a construction laborer trapped on the roof of a project.
I’m just going to say it. I hate operational security some days. I loathe it. Yes, it’s needed, but hot damn.
December 14, 2025 at 12:55 AM
I’m just going to say it. I hate operational security some days. I loathe it. Yes, it’s needed, but hot damn.
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Outstanding resource for sustaining community beyond one crisis—during this one & through beyond the next
www.interruptingcriminalization.com/in-it-together
www.interruptingcriminalization.com/in-it-together
In It Together: A Framework for Conflict Transformation In Movement-Building Groups — Interrupting Criminalization
www.interruptingcriminalization.com
December 13, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Outstanding resource for sustaining community beyond one crisis—during this one & through beyond the next
www.interruptingcriminalization.com/in-it-together
www.interruptingcriminalization.com/in-it-together