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.
cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/for...
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...
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.
www.wbez.org
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
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We can make a choice about not dogpiling people who don‘t have the reaction we would expect to in this moment
Shock comes out in a lot of different ways
Grace is worth extending
Shock comes out in a lot of different ways
Grace is worth extending
December 14, 2025 at 12:14 AM
We can make a choice about not dogpiling people who don‘t have the reaction we would expect to in this moment
Shock comes out in a lot of different ways
Grace is worth extending
Shock comes out in a lot of different ways
Grace is worth extending
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I'm always curious if the folks against municipal sidewalk plowing are concerned about the massive expense of street plowing that we take on each year (largely w/o comment).
If we need to focus on saving $, perhaps they'd like to see volunteers & property owners clear our streets, too?
If we need to focus on saving $, perhaps they'd like to see volunteers & property owners clear our streets, too?
December 13, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I'm always curious if the folks against municipal sidewalk plowing are concerned about the massive expense of street plowing that we take on each year (largely w/o comment).
If we need to focus on saving $, perhaps they'd like to see volunteers & property owners clear our streets, too?
If we need to focus on saving $, perhaps they'd like to see volunteers & property owners clear our streets, too?
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and this is just the state patrol, several years ago. who knows what feds can see with theirs by now. but still. be smart. don't be reactive and paranoid
unicornriot.ninja/2023/helicop...
unicornriot.ninja/2023/helicop...
Helicopter Footage From Mass Arrest Reveals State Trooper Surveillance Capabilities, Tactics, and Communications - UNICORN RIOT
High-tech surveillance video and audio comms from a MN State Patrol helicopter, reveals planning and tactics behind the largest mass arrest in recent Minnesota history.
unicornriot.ninja
December 13, 2025 at 6:35 PM
and this is just the state patrol, several years ago. who knows what feds can see with theirs by now. but still. be smart. don't be reactive and paranoid
unicornriot.ninja/2023/helicop...
unicornriot.ninja/2023/helicop...
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if you're sharing tips of how to stay warm while protesting ICE now in minnesota, or if you're cheering on those protestors, please contribute if you can or share this. there's a lot of energy around that effort now compared to the unhoused people living outside and we have to show care for them
PLEASE donate to our Venmo! We have trusted friends and collaborators bringing heat sources to as many people as we can find but we are running out of money and it is unbearably cold. Your neighbors need your help.
@supplydepotmpls 💕💸
@supplydepotmpls 💕💸
Hey Minneapolis, these temps are brutal.
@supplydepotmpls.bsky.social provides critical resources to people experiencing food and housing insecurity.
Donations make an immediate, tangible difference in the well-being of your neighbors and community:
opencollective.com/sanctuarysup...
@supplydepotmpls.bsky.social provides critical resources to people experiencing food and housing insecurity.
Donations make an immediate, tangible difference in the well-being of your neighbors and community:
opencollective.com/sanctuarysup...
December 13, 2025 at 6:10 PM
if you're sharing tips of how to stay warm while protesting ICE now in minnesota, or if you're cheering on those protestors, please contribute if you can or share this. there's a lot of energy around that effort now compared to the unhoused people living outside and we have to show care for them
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If KOSA passes, dont expect Dems to win another election
YouTube video by Imani Barbarin
youtube.com
December 13, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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I felt so much rage and hurt and shame boiling off this man that I started crying. This dude is ready to storm the barricades.
This one isn’t downloadable but if you have TikTok go watch it. Well worth your time www.tiktok.com/t/ZTr4gRL7v/
@Mercado Media video credit #minnesota #illinois #louisiana #america
TikTok video by June Osborne
www.tiktok.com
December 13, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I felt so much rage and hurt and shame boiling off this man that I started crying. This dude is ready to storm the barricades.
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Dear neighbor,
This morning, ICE surrounded a construction site with Latino workers in this dangerously cold weather. One worker had to leave in an ambulance because they were forced to stay on the roof of the construction site as ICE attempted to kidnap them. 1/
This morning, ICE surrounded a construction site with Latino workers in this dangerously cold weather. One worker had to leave in an ambulance because they were forced to stay on the roof of the construction site as ICE attempted to kidnap them. 1/
December 13, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Dear neighbor,
This morning, ICE surrounded a construction site with Latino workers in this dangerously cold weather. One worker had to leave in an ambulance because they were forced to stay on the roof of the construction site as ICE attempted to kidnap them. 1/
This morning, ICE surrounded a construction site with Latino workers in this dangerously cold weather. One worker had to leave in an ambulance because they were forced to stay on the roof of the construction site as ICE attempted to kidnap them. 1/
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The cruelty is the point.
This happened in bitter cold (below 0°F).
This happened in bitter cold (below 0°F).
Aaron Nesheim on Instagram: "Two construction workers found themselves stuck in the rafters of a home they were building, with ICE waiting for them below on Saturday, December 13, 2025. The two men sp...
54 likes, 0 comments - aaronnesheim on December 13, 2025: "Two construction workers found themselves stuck in the rafters of a home they were building, with ICE waiting for them below on Saturday, Dec...
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December 13, 2025 at 11:24 PM
The cruelty is the point.
This happened in bitter cold (below 0°F).
This happened in bitter cold (below 0°F).