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David Brauer

@dbrauer.net

This is CRITICAL. I know you’re all putting your back into mutual aid & a thousand other great things, but if there’s anything left here, so many folks depend on these front-line lawyers right now.

Karen Schultz @oneairspace.bsky.social · 1d

I spoke to a friend on the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota board. They need financial donations to keep up with the heightened demand for their services: www.ilcm.org

ILCM is a nonprofit that provides free immigration legal representation to low-income immigrants and refugees in MN & ND

Home - Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota

www.ilcm.org

January 20, 2026 at 3:00 PM

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Prisonculture

@prisonculture.bsky.social

Chuckling at the people in the U.S. who consistently shit on people who live in "red" states... Well according to others in the world, the entire US is now a "red" state. Not so easy to overthrow authoritarians, is it?

The Get More Smarter Podcast 🧠 @getmoresmarter.com · 1d

Important perspective from Greenland.

January 20, 2026 at 9:04 PM

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M..ka

@amuzi.blacksky.app

If you are in Seattle, please go patronize this store because this is amazing content/promo 😂 (laughing to keep from crying, and I do kind of low-key want that orange spider plant I have never seen that before)

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DTQrTqZ...

January 17, 2026 at 1:33 AM

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Trung Le Nguyen

@trungles.com

Abolish ICE. A little journal comic from South Minneapolis.

#iceoutmpls #iceoutcomics #iceoutofmpls

Just before Christmas, I got a puppy.
Her name is Minerva, and we call her *Minnie.

I'm still learning how to understand her.

Me: Do you need to go outside? Do you need to go outside, little baby? Do you need to do a poo?
Do you need to do a widdle piddle?

Minnie: Arf!

*I just call her "little baby" most of the time.

I'm also realizing I can't turn off the baby talk now.
Nobody tells you about that.

I got so lucky with my first puppy.
Her wonderful foster parents had her completely house-trained by the time we adopted her, so taking her outside for potty time has been pretty easy. I've got the puppy poopy routine pretty much down, now.

Me, putting on my coat: Let's see... I got the little poopy bags, puppy treats for bribes, jacket, scarf, phone… I think that's everything… Oh yes! And my passport.

I had been carrying around my passport for a while, but I knew it didn't matter. This is wrong. Nobody is required to carry around their papers.

I became a US citizen when I was seven. Since I was born in a refugee camp, I was stateless.
The US is the only nation where I've ever held citizenship. It's the only passport I've ever had, and it still felt important. Protective.

I would hold it in my pocket like a talisman, like it might ward off ghosts or something. But I realized I was holding onto it basically out of superstition.
ICE will pick up anybody.

I know that.

So I tucked my passport away.

And I largely avoid leaving my house.

I live a few blocks just South of George Floyd Square. I was in the neighborhood for that, too.
And all the neighbors came together to protect each other. We're already organized.
We'll do our best to get through this.

Me, to my dog: I hope I can take you for a walk someday soon. Won't that be nice, little baby?

January 16, 2026 at 1:27 PM

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derek guy

@dieworkwear.bsky.social

Beautiful 1860s Victorian butterfly, which was used to store small packets of sewing needles on the underside of the wings. This was a collaboration between a London-based drapers company and a sewing needle manufacturer. On exhibit at Tatter Blue, a Brooklyn textile museum.

IG tatterbluelibrary

The underside of the butterfly, which has little pockets to store sewing needle packets. The underside of the wings are decorated with two plates. One carries an inscription of the drapers company: "Copestake, Moore, Crampton & Co. - London." The other has a gilded head of Minerva, the Roman goddess of wisdom, art, trade, and war.

The butterfly can be folded up, like how a butterfly flaps its wings.

August 31, 2025 at 5:27 AM

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Simpsons of Post Mysticism

@photonmarie.bsky.social

this is genuinely incredible

January 15, 2026 at 1:31 PM

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TK🌊

@tksnim.bsky.social

E:33 standees were restocked a couple of days ago!
Gustave&Maelle standees are now soldout! I have opened a back-order for one that has soldout. It’ll be listed as (Back) in the listing for back order. (due to word count limit)

tksnim.etsy.com

January 16, 2026 at 12:09 AM

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Goldie 🖤🦇

@goldcanines.bsky.social

Stay aware, alert, and prepared.

Iceout.org is an informative site where you can see real time witness reports of ICE and their locations: observed, active, and critical.

It is more important than ever to share these resources. Do not ignore what is happening.

January 14, 2026 at 11:46 PM

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Bill Corbett

@billcorbett.bsky.social

For people elsewhere who have asked how to support Minnesota while we’re overrun with nazi thugs, here’s an excellent list of places that could use financial help. Lots of choices. Thank you so much!

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Stand With Minnesota: Resource Hub

Causes to Donate to in Minnesota to Help Our Communities Defend Themselves from ICE This list is now available/shareable at standwithminnesota.org *Note: I am from Minnesota, and these come from peo...

docs.google.com

January 15, 2026 at 2:48 AM

sin cera

@0sincera0.bsky.social

Me, with the megaphone up to their tiny little ears:

"𝐈𝐓'𝐒 𝐀𝐋𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐘 𝐅𝐔𝐂𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐒𝐄"

Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 7d

State investigators have been on the scene in North Minneapolis.

I know you’re angry. I’m angry. What Donald Trump wants is violence in the streets.

But Minnesota will remain an island of decency, of justice, of community, and of peace.

Don’t give him what he wants.

January 15, 2026 at 6:43 AM

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Starbucks Workers United

@sbworkersunited.org

NEW: Independent testing found chemicals in one of Starbucks's roasts that the EPA labels unsafe for human consumption.

Now, Starbucks is being sued over their "100% Ethical Sourcing" label, also citing labor abuse throughout the Starbucks supply chain.

Starbucks sued for alleged consumer deception - MyNorthwest.com

Starbucks could find itself in hot water amid allegations of labor abuse and chemical misuse. What this means for the company and workers.

mynorthwest.com

January 14, 2026 at 11:09 PM

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Ash Wayling (M0D3Rn)

@ashwayling.bsky.social

The developers of PEAK explain pricing

January 12, 2026 at 7:01 AM

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑

@50501movement.bsky.social

Help Minnesotans stay warm as they melt ICE

Organizers with @minnesota50501 are on the ground and they need all the help they can get!

Venmo - bit.ly/4sxMyVs

PayPal - bit.ly/49xTF7N

#ICEOUTforGood #JusticeForReneeGood #Fuck|CE

January 11, 2026 at 10:57 PM

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之之

@cheese-sharon.bsky.social

#ブースターの日
Cozy winter day!!日向ぼっこ🌞

滑り込み…！！

January 10, 2026 at 2:00 PM

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Dr. Heather Hinam 🍁 🇨🇦

@secondnaturemb.bsky.social

This is a fun video. A muntjak (a type of deer, not antelope) and Indian rhino playing in the snow. It looks like they're really having a great time :)

Ravin Boodram @rvbdrm.com · 12d

BIG FIGHT AT POLAND’S WROCLAW ZOO!!!

January 9, 2026 at 9:30 PM

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Drop Site

@dropsitenews.com

Renee Good was not the first person killed in the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement operations. 4 people have now been killed & 7 others injured since the ICE crackdown began, according to The Trace. Agents have opened fire in at least 16 incidents & held people at gunpoint in...

and seven others injured since the ICE crackdown began, according to The Trace. Agents have opened fire in at least 16 incidents and held people at gunpoint in another 15. At least three observers or documenters have been shot, and five people were shot while driving away or evading enforcement during traffic stops or raids.

⭕️ Details of the four people killed by ICE:

▪️ Renée Nicole Good (37) — Killed Jan. 7, 2026, Minneapolis, MN. Shot multiple times by an ICE agent during a federal operation; video shared widely contradicts official self-defense claims and shows confusion before shots were fired. A woman on site also recorded some of the encounter.

▪️ Silverio Villegas González (38) — Killed Sept. 12, 2025, Franklin Park, IL. ICE agents shot him after a traffic stop; surveillance and bystander videos capture parts of the scene and aftermath, though not the exact moment of the shooting.

▪️ Keith Porter Jr. (43) — Killed Dec. 31, 2025, Northridge, CA. An off-duty ICE agent shot Keith. There is no public video of the shooting itself.

▪️ Unreleased Mexican National (male) — Killed Dec. 11, 2025, near Rio Grande City, TX. A Border Patrol agent shot him during a border enforcement interaction; no publicly released video has been confirmed.

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philip lewis
@Phil_Lewis_
I have verified that Keith Porter Jr’s father created this GoFundMe and is asking to support his grandchildren

https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-for-keiths-daughters-after-tragedy/cl/s?attribution_id=sl:f5a23295-810f-4253-96e0-5acc49fcd63b&lang=es_MX&ts=1768006015&utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link

January 10, 2026 at 3:11 AM

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑

@50501movement.bsky.social

In response to ICE’s execution of Renee Nicole Good & violence against our communities, the 50501 Movement is demanding the immediate abolition of ICE & is joining its partners in the Disappeared in America Coalition to announce ICE OUT For Good, a nationwide mobilization scheduled for 1/10 & 1/11.