Kieran
@kieranvriezen.bsky.social
They/Them 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Healthcare, hobby photographer, and Minnesotan Millennial just doing my best.
Healthcare, hobby photographer, and Minnesotan Millennial just doing my best.
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“and me? i never even opened my eyes!”
Minnesotans stood together, stared down ICE, and never blinked.
February 12, 2026 at 3:46 PM
“and me? i never even opened my eyes!”
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He literally says in this clip that ICE will keep in Minnesota “quick reaction forces” — a military term — to go after “agitators.” Remember that those on the ground in MPLS have spent more than a week trying to tell everyone that Trump’s prior “deescalation” was a ruse and ICE is still operational
Homan: "Operation Metro Surge is ending. In the next week, we're going to deploy the officers here on detail back to their home stations or to other areas of the country where they're needed."
February 12, 2026 at 2:44 PM
He literally says in this clip that ICE will keep in Minnesota “quick reaction forces” — a military term — to go after “agitators.” Remember that those on the ground in MPLS have spent more than a week trying to tell everyone that Trump’s prior “deescalation” was a ruse and ICE is still operational
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“my ‘we’re not out scouring the streets to disappear people or deny people their civil rights or due process’ shirt is raising a lot of questions that are answered by the shirt”
Homan: "ICE is a legitimate federal law enforcement agency. We're not out scouring the streets to disappear people or deny people their civil rights or due process."
February 12, 2026 at 2:44 PM
“my ‘we’re not out scouring the streets to disappear people or deny people their civil rights or due process’ shirt is raising a lot of questions that are answered by the shirt”
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I had a pregnant client who was experiencing abdominal cramping for three days and was deprived of medical care. When we interceded, she was punished.
A first grader snatched two days after surgery denied wound care.
A client who developed a large painful cyst but was ignored.
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A first grader snatched two days after surgery denied wound care.
A client who developed a large painful cyst but was ignored.
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February 11, 2026 at 9:57 PM
I had a pregnant client who was experiencing abdominal cramping for three days and was deprived of medical care. When we interceded, she was punished.
A first grader snatched two days after surgery denied wound care.
A client who developed a large painful cyst but was ignored.
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A first grader snatched two days after surgery denied wound care.
A client who developed a large painful cyst but was ignored.
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I had two clients moved within an hour of ICE learning we were looking for them and advising us there was not plan to move them.
A family of four moved 36 hours after a court order forbidding them from being moved.
3 other clients moved within a day of court-ordered injunctions.
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A family of four moved 36 hours after a court order forbidding them from being moved.
3 other clients moved within a day of court-ordered injunctions.
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February 11, 2026 at 9:56 PM
I had two clients moved within an hour of ICE learning we were looking for them and advising us there was not plan to move them.
A family of four moved 36 hours after a court order forbidding them from being moved.
3 other clients moved within a day of court-ordered injunctions.
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A family of four moved 36 hours after a court order forbidding them from being moved.
3 other clients moved within a day of court-ordered injunctions.
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Very important thread 🧵
I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it.
I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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February 12, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Very important thread 🧵
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I genuinely cannot believe the degree to which we are pissing away this generational breakthrough, even given the fuckmuppets who are involved www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
FDA declines to review Moderna's mRNA flu shot
Under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Food and Drug Administration has taken an aggressive stance against mRNA technology.
www.nbcnews.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:32 PM
I genuinely cannot believe the degree to which we are pissing away this generational breakthrough, even given the fuckmuppets who are involved www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Property > people, with actual dollar amounts. Getting retribution for the on-camera embarrassment of DHS/ICE is worth more than a woman's life.
Information on vandalism and theft in Minneapolis: $100,000 reward
Recovery of Nancy Guthrie and/or arrest and conviction of those involved: $50,000 reward
Recovery of Nancy Guthrie and/or arrest and conviction of those involved: $50,000 reward
February 10, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Property > people, with actual dollar amounts. Getting retribution for the on-camera embarrassment of DHS/ICE is worth more than a woman's life.
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One of the most miserable things about living in this era is having to watch the stupidest & most arrogant people in the world have to relearn The Why of literally everything good that we collectively do the hard way.
The answer is always ‘Because a bunch of people died, fuckwit.’
The answer is always ‘Because a bunch of people died, fuckwit.’
Dr. Mehmet Oz is calling on Americans to get the measles vaccine as cases spread across the U.S.
Dr. Oz urges 'take the vaccine, please' amid measles outbreaks
Dr. Mehmet Oz is calling on Americans to get the measles vaccine as cases spread across the U.S.
bit.ly
February 10, 2026 at 1:30 AM
One of the most miserable things about living in this era is having to watch the stupidest & most arrogant people in the world have to relearn The Why of literally everything good that we collectively do the hard way.
The answer is always ‘Because a bunch of people died, fuckwit.’
The answer is always ‘Because a bunch of people died, fuckwit.’
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This photo should win a Pulitzer prize.
February 8, 2026 at 1:58 AM
This photo should win a Pulitzer prize.
Correction: it is one snow sculpture, but made in tandem by the two aforementioned teams
I believe the first image depicts a snow sculpture re-made by @smokiwuff.bsky.social/their team. They were disqualified/their sculpture defaced at the St Paul Winter Carnival for being "political." The 2nd image is by Team USA from the World Competition in Stillwater.
About 200 gathered at an unveiling of a snow sculpture denouncing ICE in Minneapolis’ East Isles neighborhood. The sculpture, originally to be exhibited as Team USA’s entry to a competition in Stillwater, was destroyed because organizers believed it made a political statement, according to MPR.
February 8, 2026 at 2:32 AM
Correction: it is one snow sculpture, but made in tandem by the two aforementioned teams
I believe the first image depicts a snow sculpture re-made by @smokiwuff.bsky.social/their team. They were disqualified/their sculpture defaced at the St Paul Winter Carnival for being "political." The 2nd image is by Team USA from the World Competition in Stillwater.
About 200 gathered at an unveiling of a snow sculpture denouncing ICE in Minneapolis’ East Isles neighborhood. The sculpture, originally to be exhibited as Team USA’s entry to a competition in Stillwater, was destroyed because organizers believed it made a political statement, according to MPR.
February 8, 2026 at 2:01 AM
I believe the first image depicts a snow sculpture re-made by @smokiwuff.bsky.social/their team. They were disqualified/their sculpture defaced at the St Paul Winter Carnival for being "political." The 2nd image is by Team USA from the World Competition in Stillwater.
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Two artists competing in the Minnesota State Fair Crop Art who secretly pine for each other.
Seeded Rivalry
Seeded Rivalry
Two jewelry artists who run different Etsy shops secretly pine for each other.
Beaded Rivalry
Beaded Rivalry
Two ewes at different farms secretly pine for each other.
Bleated Rivalry
Bleated Rivalry
February 6, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Two artists competing in the Minnesota State Fair Crop Art who secretly pine for each other.
Seeded Rivalry
Seeded Rivalry
My tiny, rural, almost all white #DFL caucus mentioned the Nuremberg Trials several times.
If my caucus was any sort of indication, national Dems really need to wake the fuck up about what voters want them to do about ICE.
February 4, 2026 at 4:30 AM
My tiny, rural, almost all white #DFL caucus mentioned the Nuremberg Trials several times.
Parks and Rec was truly a documentary.
#MNCaucuses
#MNCaucuses
February 4, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Parks and Rec was truly a documentary.
#MNCaucuses
#MNCaucuses
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'measles outbreak at the child prison' seems entirely avoidable, it's really the kind of thing that only happens if you do several unthinkably evil things on purpose all at once
Horrifying. ICE confirms measles outbreak at Dilley family detention center. www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-dil...
ICE halts "all movement" at Texas detention facility due to measles infections
The measles cases at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center were detected Friday, Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement to CBS News.
www.cbsnews.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:31 AM
'measles outbreak at the child prison' seems entirely avoidable, it's really the kind of thing that only happens if you do several unthinkably evil things on purpose all at once
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Why aren’t more Minnesota legislators visiting Whipple, with advance notice or whatever the stupid rule is now?
We know that 4more children from Liam's school are still in ICE custody in TX. But we still do not know how many children from MN in total have been detained by ICE.
JUST IN: The five-year-old Columbia Heights Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, who have been in an ICE detention facility in Texas, are on their way home.
February 1, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Why aren’t more Minnesota legislators visiting Whipple, with advance notice or whatever the stupid rule is now?
Thank you for reminding me to send a message to my PCP for this. 🫡
If you're an adult who was vaccinated, you should get your titers run to make sure you still have immunity. Vaccination can wane and/or you may not have generated a strong immune response. That was ok when we had herd immunity but we're likely about to lose our "measles free" status.
Vaccinate your kids, you friggin nuts.
February 1, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Thank you for reminding me to send a message to my PCP for this. 🫡
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don't mean to blow anyone's mind with this shocking insight but the direct line between epstein, 4chan, gamergate, tech bro fascists etc is misogyny. prolific rapists, guys who believe women have inferior intelligence, and guys who hate women for rejecting them all have something big in common!
January 31, 2026 at 4:15 AM
don't mean to blow anyone's mind with this shocking insight but the direct line between epstein, 4chan, gamergate, tech bro fascists etc is misogyny. prolific rapists, guys who believe women have inferior intelligence, and guys who hate women for rejecting them all have something big in common!
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An (I’m assuming unpopular) thought I have been having is the importance of centering immigrants and refugees in our stories of this moment.
When we center the stories of only observers, we get milquetoast.
Do you know who is brave? The mom who is terrified to go to work accepting help.
When we center the stories of only observers, we get milquetoast.
Do you know who is brave? The mom who is terrified to go to work accepting help.
January 31, 2026 at 5:18 PM
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Literally half the country wants to abolish ICE and the Democrats are going to make them pinky swear not to deport U.S. citizens anymore
January 30, 2026 at 2:32 AM
Literally half the country wants to abolish ICE and the Democrats are going to make them pinky swear not to deport U.S. citizens anymore
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please remember that no matter how many “ICE is losing in MN” articles you read today, there is still a very real, urgent, ongoing crisis in Minnesota.
people need food and they need rent money. that has not changed.
people need food and they need rent money. that has not changed.
January 28, 2026 at 2:55 PM
please remember that no matter how many “ICE is losing in MN” articles you read today, there is still a very real, urgent, ongoing crisis in Minnesota.
people need food and they need rent money. that has not changed.
people need food and they need rent money. that has not changed.
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So for Dems, the win is: reiterating 3 things that are already law, 1 thing that is a best practice, and 1 thing that was already a rule up until 6 months ago?
From the bottom of my heart: fuck off with this.
And they didn't even include ICE out of hospitals, healthcare facilities and daycares.
From the bottom of my heart: fuck off with this.
And they didn't even include ICE out of hospitals, healthcare facilities and daycares.
Dems coalescing around 5 restrictions on ICE, I'm told:
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
A Dem Senator’s Harsh Takedown of Trump Hits Home: “Breaking Point”
As Trump scrambles to contain the damage from the latest ICE horrors, Senator Chris Murphy offers a sharp indictment of Trump-ICE lawlessness—and explains how Dems can meet the urgency of the moment.
newrepublic.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:55 PM
So for Dems, the win is: reiterating 3 things that are already law, 1 thing that is a best practice, and 1 thing that was already a rule up until 6 months ago?
From the bottom of my heart: fuck off with this.
And they didn't even include ICE out of hospitals, healthcare facilities and daycares.
From the bottom of my heart: fuck off with this.
And they didn't even include ICE out of hospitals, healthcare facilities and daycares.