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@quick13.bsky.social
Same quick13 you know from the other place. Salesforce consultant, Organic Gardener, Dual Citizen, professional pedestrian, Eldercaregiver, Dead Varmint Removal Specialist. Supposedly Elder.
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@quick13.bsky.social
· Jan 3
Ok @chrisreecewx.bsky.social has the killer dewpoint graphic but @serwewx.bsky.social with the rain vs sleet one. And now I want a donut too Matt!
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Am teaching a 2cr course on birds for the first time. Today was the first day in Minneapolis we could go out birding (but windy). We walked to the Mississippi River Gorge and saw: American robins, house sparrows, a juvenile bald eagle & adult Bald Eagle right overhead. Also, heard a blue jay. #birds
February 10, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Am teaching a 2cr course on birds for the first time. Today was the first day in Minneapolis we could go out birding (but windy). We walked to the Mississippi River Gorge and saw: American robins, house sparrows, a juvenile bald eagle & adult Bald Eagle right overhead. Also, heard a blue jay. #birds
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"Journalists need to be present and invested in our communities. Lately, that has meant freezing our toes off to cover the confrontations between ICE agents and residents, or getting hit with the tear gas or pepper spray federal agents routinely deploy."
niemanreports.org/minneapolis-...
niemanreports.org/minneapolis-...
Free Speech in Deep Freeze - Nieman Reports
On the ground in Minnesota, where journalists are working to tell the truth about government-sanctioned violence and spin
niemanreports.org
February 10, 2026 at 5:43 PM
"Journalists need to be present and invested in our communities. Lately, that has meant freezing our toes off to cover the confrontations between ICE agents and residents, or getting hit with the tear gas or pepper spray federal agents routinely deploy."
niemanreports.org/minneapolis-...
niemanreports.org/minneapolis-...
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Agrihoods reimagine urban living by putting food, not cars, at the center of the community. 👀
What happens when a neighborhood is built around a farm
This is what happens when communities are built around farms, gardens, and crops - not cars.
grist.org
February 10, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Agrihoods reimagine urban living by putting food, not cars, at the center of the community. 👀
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Living in Minnesota right now feels like being in the emergency room. Literally everyone is suffering in different ways, even if it's "just" a badly twisted ankle rather than a kidney stone or a full-on heart attack. The staff are working as hard as they can but energy and resources are dwindling.
February 10, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Living in Minnesota right now feels like being in the emergency room. Literally everyone is suffering in different ways, even if it's "just" a badly twisted ankle rather than a kidney stone or a full-on heart attack. The staff are working as hard as they can but energy and resources are dwindling.
I'd rather sticking to facts rather than this religious stuff frankly. Like "Why does ICE consistently break the law?" Entering homes without a Judicial warrant, breaking car windows & taking people out of them without a warrant, kidnapping legal observers, citizens with no crimes?
McIVER: Do you consider yourself a religious man?
LYONS: Yes mam
McIVER: How do you think judgment day will work for you with so much blood on your hands?
LYONS: I'm not going to entertain that question
McIVER: Do you think you're going to hell, Mr Lyons?
LYONS: Yes mam
McIVER: How do you think judgment day will work for you with so much blood on your hands?
LYONS: I'm not going to entertain that question
McIVER: Do you think you're going to hell, Mr Lyons?
February 10, 2026 at 5:42 PM
I'd rather sticking to facts rather than this religious stuff frankly. Like "Why does ICE consistently break the law?" Entering homes without a Judicial warrant, breaking car windows & taking people out of them without a warrant, kidnapping legal observers, citizens with no crimes?
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This is a famously messy Norwegian biathlete who was banned in 2023 from the Biathlon World Cup because he accidentally fired his competition rifle in his hotel room (he was also teary and apologetic then)
new most bizarre moment of the Olympics just dropped
Norwegian biathlete wins bronze medal, then, totally unprompted, reveal he cheated on his GF, she left him, and he wants to apologize publicly hoping she takes him back
www.vg.no/sport/i/vr5g...
Norwegian biathlete wins bronze medal, then, totally unprompted, reveal he cheated on his GF, she left him, and he wants to apologize publicly hoping she takes him back
www.vg.no/sport/i/vr5g...
February 10, 2026 at 5:35 PM
This is a famously messy Norwegian biathlete who was banned in 2023 from the Biathlon World Cup because he accidentally fired his competition rifle in his hotel room (he was also teary and apologetic then)
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“ICE aren’t actually fearful of their safety. What they’re fearful of is not being invited to baseball games or not being invited to the pub with their friends. Community exclusion – that’s what they’re fearful of.”
– ICE List Founder
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– ICE List Founder
bsky.app/profile/mria...
February 10, 2026 at 5:26 PM
“ICE aren’t actually fearful of their safety. What they’re fearful of is not being invited to baseball games or not being invited to the pub with their friends. Community exclusion – that’s what they’re fearful of.”
– ICE List Founder
bsky.app/profile/mria...
– ICE List Founder
bsky.app/profile/mria...
February 10, 2026 at 5:35 PM
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For @defector.com, I wrote about the dark backstory behind France’s viral ice dancing team — which currently is in first place and could win gold.
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France's Viral Ice Dancing Team Has A Dark Backstory | Defector
Blink and you might not have caught it. On Monday, Guillaume Cizeron and Laurence Fournier Beaudry took to the rink and staked their claim to the ice dancing gold medal. Dancing to Madonna’s “Vogue,” ...
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February 10, 2026 at 5:14 PM
For @defector.com, I wrote about the dark backstory behind France’s viral ice dancing team — which currently is in first place and could win gold.
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The Wall Street Journal just illustrated the core argument of my book: a system rigged to reward capital over labor is one in which even full-time work no longer secures the most basic material needs.
This is the economic order that produces the "working homeless."
www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...
This is the economic order that produces the "working homeless."
www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...
February 10, 2026 at 2:41 PM
The Wall Street Journal just illustrated the core argument of my book: a system rigged to reward capital over labor is one in which even full-time work no longer secures the most basic material needs.
This is the economic order that produces the "working homeless."
www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...
This is the economic order that produces the "working homeless."
www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...
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In emails and memorandums viewed by WIRED, DHS asked GSA explicitly to disregard usual government lease procurement procedures, and even hide lease listings due to “national security concerns,” in an effort to support ICE’s immigration enforcement activities across the US.
February 10, 2026 at 5:19 PM
In emails and memorandums viewed by WIRED, DHS asked GSA explicitly to disregard usual government lease procurement procedures, and even hide lease listings due to “national security concerns,” in an effort to support ICE’s immigration enforcement activities across the US.
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This is a policy choice.
The Wall Street Journal just illustrated the core argument of my book: a system rigged to reward capital over labor is one in which even full-time work no longer secures the most basic material needs.
This is the economic order that produces the "working homeless."
www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...
This is the economic order that produces the "working homeless."
www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...
February 10, 2026 at 4:31 PM
This is a policy choice.
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rep. kraft is so whimsical , using his pez collection to show what the ice presence in minnesota looks like
February 10, 2026 at 4:46 PM
rep. kraft is so whimsical , using his pez collection to show what the ice presence in minnesota looks like
There is video evidence! How does he think lying is going to work here?
GOLDMAN: What guidance have you given your agents about asking people to show proof of citizenship?
LYONS: We don't do that
G: Really? So all of those individual citizens who have been randomly asked are lying?
LYONS: If ICE is conducting an investigation, they'll ask someone their nationality
LYONS: We don't do that
G: Really? So all of those individual citizens who have been randomly asked are lying?
LYONS: If ICE is conducting an investigation, they'll ask someone their nationality
February 10, 2026 at 5:25 PM
There is video evidence! How does he think lying is going to work here?
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Alarming new revelations about ICE's use of administrative subpoenas to get information about people the administration wanted to detain and deport because of their protests against government policies. theintercept.com/2026/02/10/g...
Google Handed ICE Student Journalist’s Bank and Credit Card Numbers
Amandla Thomas-Johnson didn't know how much information ICE requested in a subpoena now. Google never gave him a chance to fight it.
theintercept.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Alarming new revelations about ICE's use of administrative subpoenas to get information about people the administration wanted to detain and deport because of their protests against government policies. theintercept.com/2026/02/10/g...
Too bad that NBC didn't put #Olympics coverage on its other networks again. Should have #Curling AND #FigureSkating available without additional subscription.
February 10, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Too bad that NBC didn't put #Olympics coverage on its other networks again. Should have #Curling AND #FigureSkating available without additional subscription.
Oh HELL no! C'mon Maine, don't be that stupid.
Senator Susan collins (R-ME) just announced that she's running for a sixth term in Congress.
February 10, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Oh HELL no! C'mon Maine, don't be that stupid.
I'm beginning to think that the whole rash of car window smashing that happened last summer was #ICE (or paid for by them) and just preparation for #TheOccupation.
We should not normalize smashing in people's car windows. That alone is a civil rights violation!
Federal agents abducted two people in Uptown, Minneapolis this morning at 6:45am. Boxed in their car in the middle of a major commercial street (Lagoon) and smashed out their window.
February 10, 2026 at 4:58 PM
I'm beginning to think that the whole rash of car window smashing that happened last summer was #ICE (or paid for by them) and just preparation for #TheOccupation.
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We should not normalize smashing in people's car windows. That alone is a civil rights violation!
Federal agents abducted two people in Uptown, Minneapolis this morning at 6:45am. Boxed in their car in the middle of a major commercial street (Lagoon) and smashed out their window.
February 10, 2026 at 4:55 PM
We should not normalize smashing in people's car windows. That alone is a civil rights violation!
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"...CATO calculated, 'The chance of an ICE or [BP] agent being murdered in the line of duty is about one in 94,549 per year, about 5.5 times less likely than a civilian being murdered...'
...[and] when you just look at ICE. ...no deportation officer has [ever] been murdered in the line of duty..."
...[and] when you just look at ICE. ...no deportation officer has [ever] been murdered in the line of duty..."
Here's what DHS doesn't want you to know: Working for ICE is one of the safest jobs in America — and last year was the second-safest year for the agency on record.
And the doxxing? It hasn't actually happened even once.
The masks are justified by a lie. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ice-s-mask...
And the doxxing? It hasn't actually happened even once.
The masks are justified by a lie. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ice-s-mask...
ICE's Masks Are All a Lie
Working for ICE is actually less dangerous than being an elementary school student in America.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
February 10, 2026 at 4:42 PM
"...CATO calculated, 'The chance of an ICE or [BP] agent being murdered in the line of duty is about one in 94,549 per year, about 5.5 times less likely than a civilian being murdered...'
...[and] when you just look at ICE. ...no deportation officer has [ever] been murdered in the line of duty..."
...[and] when you just look at ICE. ...no deportation officer has [ever] been murdered in the line of duty..."
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Q: Did Alex Pretti deserve to die?
Scott: "I cannot comment on an ongoing investigation."
Q: Did Renee Good desrve to die?
Lyons: "I cannot comment on an ongoing investigation."
Scott: "I cannot comment on an ongoing investigation."
Q: Did Renee Good desrve to die?
Lyons: "I cannot comment on an ongoing investigation."
February 10, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Q: Did Alex Pretti deserve to die?
Scott: "I cannot comment on an ongoing investigation."
Q: Did Renee Good desrve to die?
Lyons: "I cannot comment on an ongoing investigation."
Scott: "I cannot comment on an ongoing investigation."
Q: Did Renee Good desrve to die?
Lyons: "I cannot comment on an ongoing investigation."
Yall, this is really bad.
A group of conservative activists has worked for 16 years to stop all government efforts to fight climate change. Their efforts are now paying off.
The EPA is expected to revoke the endangerment finding, which has underpinned the government’s ability to fight global warming since 2009.
The EPA is expected to revoke the endangerment finding, which has underpinned the government’s ability to fight global warming since 2009.
A Campaign to Revoke the Endangerment Finding Appears Near ‘Total Victory’
A small group of conservative activists has worked for 16 years to stop all government efforts to fight climate change. Their efforts seem poised to pay off.
nyti.ms
February 10, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Yall, this is really bad.
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BREAKING: Keir Starmer’s former media chief has been suspended from Labour over his links to a convicted sex offender
February 10, 2026 at 4:53 PM
BREAKING: Keir Starmer’s former media chief has been suspended from Labour over his links to a convicted sex offender
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for @autostraddle.bsky.social, i wrote about how minnesota's queer-owned businesses (and queer folks in general) are standing up to ICE and defending their communities:
How Minnesota’s Queer-Owned Businesses Are Leading the Fight Against ICE
As the federal occupation continues, community members are committing themselves to standing up to the feds while supporting the state’s immigrant communities in any way possible.
www.autostraddle.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:35 PM
for @autostraddle.bsky.social, i wrote about how minnesota's queer-owned businesses (and queer folks in general) are standing up to ICE and defending their communities:
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I gotta get to work on the streets of Minneapolis.
I'll keep an eye out for roving fascist gangs of masked gunmen abducting children for ya
Some can be spotted by the big purple dildo on their car
I'll keep an eye out for roving fascist gangs of masked gunmen abducting children for ya
Some can be spotted by the big purple dildo on their car
February 10, 2026 at 4:48 PM
I gotta get to work on the streets of Minneapolis.
I'll keep an eye out for roving fascist gangs of masked gunmen abducting children for ya
Some can be spotted by the big purple dildo on their car
I'll keep an eye out for roving fascist gangs of masked gunmen abducting children for ya
Some can be spotted by the big purple dildo on their car