@earthlamb.bsky.social
True to my Scottish roots and love honest and direct people. Worked in the arts for decades and it’s still my passion as well as literature. Despise all mollusks. Proud to be a Minnesotan.
Shameful state of affairs altogether. So cruelly and unnecessarily harrowing and utterly unacceptable. How can we give the morally crippled a since of morality? Are they so devoid of any sense of basic humanity?
Liam couldn’t be at the Super Bowl because he‘s in hiding
"Liam and his family are sequestered during this time," Kristen Stuenkel, a spokeswoman for the Columbia Heights Public Schools district said in a statement about Liam Conejo Ramos. She said Superintendent Zena Stenvik has indication the child was not Liam www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
February 9, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Shameful state of affairs altogether. So cruelly and unnecessarily harrowing and utterly unacceptable. How can we give the morally crippled a since of morality? Are they so devoid of any sense of basic humanity?
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Portrait of Michelle
and Barack Obama
former First Lady and
President of the US
📷 Pete Souza
and Barack Obama
former First Lady and
President of the US
📷 Pete Souza
February 6, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Portrait of Michelle
and Barack Obama
former First Lady and
President of the US
📷 Pete Souza
and Barack Obama
former First Lady and
President of the US
📷 Pete Souza
I’d say it’s well deserved.
A Nobel Peace Prize nomination for Minneapolis is really a recognition of people power and it’s the first time a whole city has been put forward for the prize.
February 4, 2026 at 12:51 PM
I’d say it’s well deserved.
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Springsteen isn't the only superstar in town. Tuesday night in St. Paul: Mary Lucia
subtextbooks.com/events/49316...
subtextbooks.com/events/49316...
Mary Lucia - What Doesn't Kill Me Makes Me Weirder and Harder to Relate To | SubText Bookstore
Downtown Saint Paul's Independent Bookstore
subtextbooks.com
January 30, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Springsteen isn't the only superstar in town. Tuesday night in St. Paul: Mary Lucia
subtextbooks.com/events/49316...
subtextbooks.com/events/49316...
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Something unexpected is happening with Norway’s polar bears [via @vox.com]
Something unexpected is happening with Norway’s polar bears
The effects of climate change, at least locally, may be making them healthier.
www.motherjones.com
February 2, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Something unexpected is happening with Norway’s polar bears [via @vox.com]
To whom it may concern, Bad Bunny is a United States citizen whilst MAGA lunatic Nicki Minaj is not.
February 2, 2026 at 1:57 PM
About time
NEW: A federal judge has ordered 5-year-old Liam Ramos and his father RELEASED from the Dilley detention center. www.cnn.com/2026/01/31/u...
Source: Judge orders 5-year-old Liam Ramos and father released | CNN
A federal judge has ordered the release of 5-year-old Liam Conejos Ramos and his father from the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas, according to a source with knowledge of the fed...
www.cnn.com
February 1, 2026 at 1:29 AM
About time
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This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here.
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
January 31, 2026 at 6:13 PM
This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here.
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
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He may be an idiot but he sure has perfect ‘scooting’ form. 😂
RFK Jr. Demonstrates How To Remove Tapeworm By Scooting Ass Across Carpet
WASHINGTON—In an address touting the practice as a completely drug-free method to relieve the common affliction, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. demonstrated Thursday how ...
theonion.com
January 31, 2026 at 12:28 PM
He may be an idiot but he sure has perfect ‘scooting’ form. 😂
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despite the depravity of what I’ve seen at the hands of masked, armed agents indiscriminately targeting people from L.A. to Chicago to Charlotte to Minneapolis, watching everyday people taking peacefully to the streets is giving me extraordinary hope.
January 31, 2026 at 11:46 AM
despite the depravity of what I’ve seen at the hands of masked, armed agents indiscriminately targeting people from L.A. to Chicago to Charlotte to Minneapolis, watching everyday people taking peacefully to the streets is giving me extraordinary hope.
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A user from r/Minneapolis was among the first to share footage of federal agents shooting Alex Pretti. Following his death, subreddits about football, cats, and embroidery have all rallied against ICE.
Redditors Are Mounting a Resistance Against ICE
A user from r/Minneapolis was among the first to share footage of federal agents shooting Alex Pretti. Following his death, subreddits about football, cats, and embroidery have all rallied against…
wrd.cm
January 31, 2026 at 1:30 PM
A user from r/Minneapolis was among the first to share footage of federal agents shooting Alex Pretti. Following his death, subreddits about football, cats, and embroidery have all rallied against ICE.
You always have our back #JaneFonda
JANE FONDA: “I know Don Lemon. My husband created CNN. And I will fight for their right to speak… they arrested the wrong Don. This is how autocrats act. We can’t fall for it.”
January 31, 2026 at 1:37 PM
You always have our back #JaneFonda
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It's a tie
But it's a great start with 95.3% of voters
But it's a great start with 95.3% of voters
January 30, 2026 at 12:30 PM
It's a tie
But it's a great start with 95.3% of voters
But it's a great start with 95.3% of voters
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Got a nice note from a reader last night on this, they reread it and it made them cry, in a good way. Update: the girl got 100 of kids from her high school out yesterday, and got them all hats, jackets, and hand warmers before they went to march.
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
A Letter From a Minneapolis Mom
What happens when you love that your kid wants to fight for her community, but you’re also desperate to keep her safe?
newrepublic.com
January 31, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Got a nice note from a reader last night on this, they reread it and it made them cry, in a good way. Update: the girl got 100 of kids from her high school out yesterday, and got them all hats, jackets, and hand warmers before they went to march.
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
🙌
Just realized they can put Springsteen’s star on First Ave now first-avenue.com/about/the-st...
The Stars - First Avenue
In the summer of 2010, First Avenue gave itself a much-needed paint job. After painting over the old artwork on the building, the stars returned with favorites from the past,...
first-avenue.com
January 31, 2026 at 3:32 AM
🙌
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Downtown Minneapolis today! ✊
January 30, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Downtown Minneapolis today! ✊
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Someone sent me a Facebook post saying this will be remade in iron and THAT, my friends, is metal af
As Minnesotans come together to oppose oppression like never before, Stillwater leaders remind us yet again that they'll always be wet shits.
Team USA snow sculpture in Stillwater removed over ‘ICE out’ messaging
The World Snow Sculpting Championship work by Team USA included messages spelled out in American Sign Language.
www.twincities.com
January 31, 2026 at 2:23 AM
Someone sent me a Facebook post saying this will be remade in iron and THAT, my friends, is metal af
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Tom Morello live in Minneapolis
January 30, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Tom Morello live in Minneapolis
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They tried intimidation. Minnesota answered with people.
January 31, 2026 at 1:08 AM
They tried intimidation. Minnesota answered with people.
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For the second frigid Friday in a row, thousands of demonstrators marched through Minneapolis to protest President Trump’s immigration crackdown.
Others across the country also answered the call to protest, from New York to Texas. https://wapo.st/4boUUsz
Others across the country also answered the call to protest, from New York to Texas. https://wapo.st/4boUUsz
January 31, 2026 at 3:00 AM
For the second frigid Friday in a row, thousands of demonstrators marched through Minneapolis to protest President Trump’s immigration crackdown.
Others across the country also answered the call to protest, from New York to Texas. https://wapo.st/4boUUsz
Others across the country also answered the call to protest, from New York to Texas. https://wapo.st/4boUUsz
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Protesters carried a giant rendition of the U.S. Constitution through downtown Minneapolis on Friday, chanting "ICE out now."
📷️: Kyeland Jackson
📷️: Kyeland Jackson
January 30, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Protesters carried a giant rendition of the U.S. Constitution through downtown Minneapolis on Friday, chanting "ICE out now."
📷️: Kyeland Jackson
📷️: Kyeland Jackson
She was truly fabulous.
Catherine O’Hara, who died today at age 71, played a host of flamboyant, theatrically extreme characters. But the comedian’s true brilliance “came from her ability to unearth the oddball in anybody,” writes Shirley Li: theatln.tc/B8I6GB1m
January 31, 2026 at 3:19 AM
She was truly fabulous.
Timeless
Public Enemy - Fight The Power (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by PublicEnemyVEVO
youtu.be
January 30, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Timeless
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In any case here is a very large (somehow still only) adolescent dog that still thinks he’s a tiny tiny baby 🐶
January 30, 2026 at 2:16 PM
In any case here is a very large (somehow still only) adolescent dog that still thinks he’s a tiny tiny baby 🐶
Never forget.
Recall that Melissa Hortman and her husband were murdered not long ago by a fake cop who showed up at their door looking like this guy
This is from Georgia Fort’s video.
DEA?!? Gotta be a “task force.”
DEA?!? Gotta be a “task force.”
January 30, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Never forget.