Jesse Pearson
@lixivial.bsky.social
recovering chronic retweeter
Minnesota
he/him
Minnesota
he/him
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Every business right now thinks its such an essential part of your life that you'd give them anything to keep using it and brother I am here to tell you I don't need a chat app that bad
Discord will soon require face scans or ID for all users, or restrict access
Discord will soon require face scans or ID for all users, or restrict access
Discord has announced a major change coming to the service as part of its aim to improve teen safety features. Starting in March, all users globally will be required to submit age verification via a face scan or submitted ID, or be given teen-level access restrictions.
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9to5mac.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Every business right now thinks its such an essential part of your life that you'd give them anything to keep using it and brother I am here to tell you I don't need a chat app that bad
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The number of ice sightings and ops seem to be going down in many of the city neighborhoods & up significantly in the 1st ring burbs. I think in general they’re finding it harder & harder to get any success so they’re just taking it out on observers
In one 30-minute stretch, three legal observers were arrested — as Trump’s Border czar Tom Homan calls on locals to “end the resistance.”
“Uptick In Abductions”: ICE Ramps Up Targeting of Minneapolis Legal Observers
In one 30-minute stretch, three Minneapolis legal observers were arrested as ICE ramped up its targeting of community volunteers.
interc.pt
February 9, 2026 at 6:57 PM
The number of ice sightings and ops seem to be going down in many of the city neighborhoods & up significantly in the 1st ring burbs. I think in general they’re finding it harder & harder to get any success so they’re just taking it out on observers
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When Texas lawmakers tried to visit 33-year-old “political prisoner” Leqaa Kordia at an ICE facility, she’d already lost 50 pounds and was running a high fever.
By Friday, she was hospitalized. But her family still has not been able to locate her.
thebarbedwire.com/2026/02/09/l...
By Friday, she was hospitalized. But her family still has not been able to locate her.
thebarbedwire.com/2026/02/09/l...
‘Political Prisoner’ Leqaa Kordia Has Been Hospitalized, DHS Says. After Calling 16 Hospitals, Her Lawyers Say They Can't Find Her.
The Columbia University protester had a fever when lawmakers tried to visit her last month — and her health is declining fast.
thebarbedwire.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:25 PM
When Texas lawmakers tried to visit 33-year-old “political prisoner” Leqaa Kordia at an ICE facility, she’d already lost 50 pounds and was running a high fever.
By Friday, she was hospitalized. But her family still has not been able to locate her.
thebarbedwire.com/2026/02/09/l...
By Friday, she was hospitalized. But her family still has not been able to locate her.
thebarbedwire.com/2026/02/09/l...
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99% of modern security products are just some company going "would you like this app that gamifies paranoia" and you going "yeag" like just don't do it. just turn it off
why do you need to observe your house if you're not in it. you are giving yourself an opt-in mental illness. no one has to live like this
February 9, 2026 at 6:08 AM
99% of modern security products are just some company going "would you like this app that gamifies paranoia" and you going "yeag" like just don't do it. just turn it off
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I'm not surprised. It's less about the computer and more about power. The computer doesn't have the power to hurt you. Not directly. Yet.
If we reserved this level of curiosity for other people, we might just get along better. But many people just want a mirror that can't tell them they're ugly.
If we reserved this level of curiosity for other people, we might just get along better. But many people just want a mirror that can't tell them they're ugly.
I never thought people would be this excited about talking to a computer.
February 8, 2026 at 10:40 PM
I'm not surprised. It's less about the computer and more about power. The computer doesn't have the power to hurt you. Not directly. Yet.
If we reserved this level of curiosity for other people, we might just get along better. But many people just want a mirror that can't tell them they're ugly.
If we reserved this level of curiosity for other people, we might just get along better. But many people just want a mirror that can't tell them they're ugly.
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Be gentle with people & ruthless with systems.
Be gentle with each other so we can be dangerous together 💛
February 8, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Be gentle with people & ruthless with systems.
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So Whipple roads get to be as blocked off as the Feds and HennCo sheriff want to protect evil, but Frey/MPD say neighbors don’t get to do partial blocks of roads at all to prevent evil. Cool.
February 8, 2026 at 2:18 AM
So Whipple roads get to be as blocked off as the Feds and HennCo sheriff want to protect evil, but Frey/MPD say neighbors don’t get to do partial blocks of roads at all to prevent evil. Cool.
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"People are disappointed because the state [and Gov Walz] has options, and it’s refusing to use them. Instead of an eviction moratorium so people can shelter in place, we get the political version of a boss’s pizza party: symbolic comfort and no material protection.”
February 7, 2026 at 4:02 PM
"People are disappointed because the state [and Gov Walz] has options, and it’s refusing to use them. Instead of an eviction moratorium so people can shelter in place, we get the political version of a boss’s pizza party: symbolic comfort and no material protection.”
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Hard agree, opting out where we can builds discipline and can sends a message -- even if they already have our picture.
February 7, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Hard agree, opting out where we can builds discipline and can sends a message -- even if they already have our picture.
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In addition to @racketmn.com being a wonderful source of Twin Cities news (support them with a subscription), they’re also all good people. Help them help others!
my colleagues at @racketmn.com are raising funds for a local mom who needs help with rent. the total is $4,785—we’re trying to raise $4,000 as a four-person newsroom.
i believe racket readers can do it this weekend!!!
V: @em-cassel
PP: @biketrouble
please share widely and donate if you can!
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i believe racket readers can do it this weekend!!!
V: @em-cassel
PP: @biketrouble
please share widely and donate if you can!
💗✨
tomorrow i would really like to challenge a few folks with larger followings than me to adopt a rent and raise it in one day.
my little group chat and my followers have paid like 70 families rents in the past four days. i believe that some of y’all could help us keep one family housed.
my little group chat and my followers have paid like 70 families rents in the past four days. i believe that some of y’all could help us keep one family housed.
February 7, 2026 at 4:06 PM
In addition to @racketmn.com being a wonderful source of Twin Cities news (support them with a subscription), they’re also all good people. Help them help others!
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It’s day 66 of the ICE occupation of MSP.
The news continues to trumpet the so called drawdown, while our immigrant neighbors continue to suffer at the hands of indiscriminate ICE enforcement actions.
Stay alert and in the streets- we need every whistle and witness.
The news continues to trumpet the so called drawdown, while our immigrant neighbors continue to suffer at the hands of indiscriminate ICE enforcement actions.
Stay alert and in the streets- we need every whistle and witness.
February 6, 2026 at 4:18 AM
It’s day 66 of the ICE occupation of MSP.
The news continues to trumpet the so called drawdown, while our immigrant neighbors continue to suffer at the hands of indiscriminate ICE enforcement actions.
Stay alert and in the streets- we need every whistle and witness.
The news continues to trumpet the so called drawdown, while our immigrant neighbors continue to suffer at the hands of indiscriminate ICE enforcement actions.
Stay alert and in the streets- we need every whistle and witness.
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Floored by this story. A man wrote a pollite email to a federal prosecutor objecting to the deportation of an Afghan seeking asylum. DHS responded with an administrative warrant to get the man's info from Google, then visited his home to intimidate him.
DHS Hunts Down 67-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Who Criticized Them in Email
The Department of Homeland Security is using a little-known tool to go after its critics.
newrepublic.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Floored by this story. A man wrote a pollite email to a federal prosecutor objecting to the deportation of an Afghan seeking asylum. DHS responded with an administrative warrant to get the man's info from Google, then visited his home to intimidate him.
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This is Minnesotan for “I will do a great job and I will not let you down but I want to make sure someone else can do it if they want to”
Person running for DFL vice chair of precinct 10-1 pledges to do a "C minus" job and attend "some meetings" but if literally anyone else is willing to do a C plus job, she would step aside.
February 4, 2026 at 1:35 AM
This is Minnesotan for “I will do a great job and I will not let you down but I want to make sure someone else can do it if they want to”
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I just got off the phone with Elizabeth's dad...she and her mom were freed tonight! Updated story: sahanjournal.com/education/co...
February 4, 2026 at 3:50 AM
I just got off the phone with Elizabeth's dad...she and her mom were freed tonight! Updated story: sahanjournal.com/education/co...
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Abolish ICE.
There’s no reforming it.
There’s no compromise.
There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.
There’s no reforming it.
There’s no compromise.
There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.
February 2, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Abolish ICE.
There’s no reforming it.
There’s no compromise.
There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.
There’s no reforming it.
There’s no compromise.
There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.
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I don’t think I can say this forcefully enough: hundreds of thousands of Haitians will lose status tomorrow with racist ending of their TPS & are spending today refreshing their feeds for a court order that could literally save thier lives.
This is nothing short of psychosocial torture.
This is nothing short of psychosocial torture.
February 2, 2026 at 7:29 PM
I don’t think I can say this forcefully enough: hundreds of thousands of Haitians will lose status tomorrow with racist ending of their TPS & are spending today refreshing their feeds for a court order that could literally save thier lives.
This is nothing short of psychosocial torture.
This is nothing short of psychosocial torture.
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The entire minnesota delegation needs to be at Whipple by lunch.
BREAKING: Judge Jia Cobb issues a TRO blocking DHS Sec Noem's Jan 8 memo purporting to require 7-day notices by members of Congress to perform oversight visits to immigration detention facilities.
The effect is that congressional oversight visits are allowed on request, as is required by Sec. 527.
The effect is that congressional oversight visits are allowed on request, as is required by Sec. 527.
February 2, 2026 at 5:06 PM
The entire minnesota delegation needs to be at Whipple by lunch.
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this is up to 5,335,376. wow.
Okay! This has already inspired a bunch of DMs, so I made a page on the website. If you have 50,000+ Skymiles and would be willing to book flights to get someone home, please fill this out.
Donate Your Skymiles — Stand With Minnesota
Donate your Delta Skymiles to get people home from Texas
www.standwithminnesota.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:48 PM
this is up to 5,335,376. wow.
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This is how Tom Homan reacts to losing a court case to free a medically fragile 5-year-old who was used as bait to lure his dad so they could be imprisoned in a measles factory. Fuck any de-escalation stories that come out.
Columbia Heights (Liam's school district) cancelled school today because of a credible bomb threat at Liam's elementary and multiple ICE vehicles parking in the high school staff parking lot at 6:15am.
February 2, 2026 at 1:11 PM
This is how Tom Homan reacts to losing a court case to free a medically fragile 5-year-old who was used as bait to lure his dad so they could be imprisoned in a measles factory. Fuck any de-escalation stories that come out.
three commas’ own website summarizes the purpose of this march well
February 1, 2026 at 2:25 AM
three commas’ own website summarizes the purpose of this march well
While skepticism is always warranted, I think Chief Grochow should be commended for intervening regardless of how he got involved.
Living in Mankato, this response and the department’s interest in knowing more/helping is far better than Mankato PD’s nonchalance to ICE calls.
Living in Mankato, this response and the department’s interest in knowing more/helping is far better than Mankato PD’s nonchalance to ICE calls.
MPR News has learned that the police chief in the small southern Minnesota city of St. Peter intervened Thursday afternoon to prevent federal immigration agents from arresting a local resident.
St. Peter police chief intervenes, prevents federal agents from arresting resident
The police chief of St. Peter intervened to prevent federal agents from taking a local resident who was observing ICE enforcement actions into custody. It is believed to be the first time local police...
www.mprnews.org
January 31, 2026 at 6:23 PM
While skepticism is always warranted, I think Chief Grochow should be commended for intervening regardless of how he got involved.
Living in Mankato, this response and the department’s interest in knowing more/helping is far better than Mankato PD’s nonchalance to ICE calls.
Living in Mankato, this response and the department’s interest in knowing more/helping is far better than Mankato PD’s nonchalance to ICE calls.
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The level of solidarity and organization in the Twin Cities is a goddamn inspiration. We should all be taking notes and following suit.
BREAKING: Tenants across Minneapolis and Saint Paul have just launched a Twin Cities tenant union, citing the fact that their cities are under siege, and saying they need to band together to protect one another.
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The twin cities are under siege. Every tenant needs a union. We are launching a twin cities-wide tenant union. Organize your neighbors. Join the Union NOW.
linktr.ee
January 30, 2026 at 10:59 PM
The level of solidarity and organization in the Twin Cities is a goddamn inspiration. We should all be taking notes and following suit.
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Like I said, if Amy wants my vote, she’s driving to Texas and she’s coming back with Liam.
January 29, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Like I said, if Amy wants my vote, she’s driving to Texas and she’s coming back with Liam.
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New York has 14 287(g) agreements. 12 started under Trump II, and 7 of those are the dreaded "Task Force" agreements (more on the types here, forumtogether.org/article/expl... —the task force model essentially turns local cops into ICE agents doing status investigations).
Ending these would be big.
Ending these would be big.
January 30, 2026 at 3:59 PM
New York has 14 287(g) agreements. 12 started under Trump II, and 7 of those are the dreaded "Task Force" agreements (more on the types here, forumtogether.org/article/expl... —the task force model essentially turns local cops into ICE agents doing status investigations).
Ending these would be big.
Ending these would be big.