Maria C-M
@mariac-m.bsky.social
Artist, entrepreneur, mother, and trying to live conscientiously. Follow my art @expedart.bsky.social
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The Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building looms in the background of the camp at Coldwater Spring, or Mni Owe Sni, at Fort Snelling along the Mississippi River — where the U.S. government in the mid-1800s killed hundreds of Dakota people and imprisoned more than 1,600 in a concentration camp.
Native activists set up prayer camp outside Minneapolis ICE detention center • Minnesota Reformer
Tribal members and descendents set up tipis and a fire at a Fort Snelling Park for four days of prayer for those detained by ICE
minnesotareformer.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:30 AM
The Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building looms in the background of the camp at Coldwater Spring, or Mni Owe Sni, at Fort Snelling along the Mississippi River — where the U.S. government in the mid-1800s killed hundreds of Dakota people and imprisoned more than 1,600 in a concentration camp.
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Listen to this. Not a penny more for this. Abolish and prosecute anyone who had anything to do with it.
"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
February 10, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Listen to this. Not a penny more for this. Abolish and prosecute anyone who had anything to do with it.
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Since it reopened in March 2025, the ICE family detention center in Dilley, Texas, has held around 3,500 people, with more than half of them being children. https://to.pbs.org/400Zq9A
Reporter details life for children and families detained in Texas migrant facility
Since it reopened in March 2025, the ICE family detention center in Dilley, Texas, has held around 3,500 people, with more than half of them being children. As reports of contaminated food and the spr...
to.pbs.org
February 10, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Since it reopened in March 2025, the ICE family detention center in Dilley, Texas, has held around 3,500 people, with more than half of them being children. https://to.pbs.org/400Zq9A
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Communities in OK, MS, VA, and MN have stopped warehouse sales to ICE.
You can, too:
✅ Go to city council meetings & SPEAK UP during open comment
✅ Call your state delegates — local + state pressure is our best bet. The Fed Gov won’t save us.
✅ Register to vote now. The 2026 midterms are coming.
You can, too:
✅ Go to city council meetings & SPEAK UP during open comment
✅ Call your state delegates — local + state pressure is our best bet. The Fed Gov won’t save us.
✅ Register to vote now. The 2026 midterms are coming.
February 8, 2026 at 4:23 AM
Communities in OK, MS, VA, and MN have stopped warehouse sales to ICE.
You can, too:
✅ Go to city council meetings & SPEAK UP during open comment
✅ Call your state delegates — local + state pressure is our best bet. The Fed Gov won’t save us.
✅ Register to vote now. The 2026 midterms are coming.
You can, too:
✅ Go to city council meetings & SPEAK UP during open comment
✅ Call your state delegates — local + state pressure is our best bet. The Fed Gov won’t save us.
✅ Register to vote now. The 2026 midterms are coming.
These are heart wrenching. Release these kids and their families and treat everyone with dignity and respect.
February 10, 2026 at 3:41 AM
These are heart wrenching. Release these kids and their families and treat everyone with dignity and respect.
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Good morning. The President of the United States was in the middle of the most serious child sex trafficking ring of the last quarter century.
He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
February 8, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Good morning. The President of the United States was in the middle of the most serious child sex trafficking ring of the last quarter century.
He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
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The blessing of burnout – Samin Nosrat's wonderful conversation with @YoYo_Ma about the Faustian bargain of achievement and the simple substance of the good life www.themarginalian.org/2026/02/08/s...
The Blessing of Burnout: Samin Nosrat on the Faustian Bargain of Achievement and the Simple Substance of the Good Life
We live in a bipolar epoch — on one end, the blamethirsty finger of cancel culture and politicized othering; on the other, the zeal for designating people, real human beings with real human l…
www.themarginalian.org
February 8, 2026 at 10:16 PM
The blessing of burnout – Samin Nosrat's wonderful conversation with @YoYo_Ma about the Faustian bargain of achievement and the simple substance of the good life www.themarginalian.org/2026/02/08/s...
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A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
February 8, 2026 at 5:06 AM
A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
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The are attempting to gut and destroy the boundary waters and the vote is as early as NEXT WEEK. Please call everyone now!
February 6, 2026 at 6:58 PM
The are attempting to gut and destroy the boundary waters and the vote is as early as NEXT WEEK. Please call everyone now!
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Mamdani: "I speak of Renee Good, whose final words to the man who murdered her were, 'I'm not mad at you.' I speak of Alex Pretti who died as he lived, caring for the stranger. ICE shot him bc he did something they could never fathom ... let us offer a new path: one of defiance through compassion."
February 6, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Mamdani: "I speak of Renee Good, whose final words to the man who murdered her were, 'I'm not mad at you.' I speak of Alex Pretti who died as he lived, caring for the stranger. ICE shot him bc he did something they could never fathom ... let us offer a new path: one of defiance through compassion."
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I read the “SAVE Act” (the GOP’s new voter suppression bill) so you don’t have to. This is my one page summary. Jesus it’s bad. 1/
February 6, 2026 at 7:54 PM
I read the “SAVE Act” (the GOP’s new voter suppression bill) so you don’t have to. This is my one page summary. Jesus it’s bad. 1/
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I was just denied entry to the Dilley detention facility while my constituent, seven-year-old Diana, remains inside.
What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there?
I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.
What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there?
I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.
February 6, 2026 at 2:35 AM
I was just denied entry to the Dilley detention facility while my constituent, seven-year-old Diana, remains inside.
What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there?
I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.
What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there?
I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.
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these conditions are horrifying. this is an amazing story of community organizing strategy and commitment, as well as another example of the criminalization of mutual aid @lataco.bsky.social
Exclusive: Detention Center Captives Are Throwing Lotion Bottles Wrapped With Notes to Organizers Outside Otay Mesa Facility ~ L.A. TACO
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh," an Otay Mesa captive communicated through handwritten note. "We are all in one big room with no doors...
lataco.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:11 AM
these conditions are horrifying. this is an amazing story of community organizing strategy and commitment, as well as another example of the criminalization of mutual aid @lataco.bsky.social
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When we say “they’re going to try to take our voting rights and our elections”, before you brush it off as paranoia, please remember, people didn’t think they could take Roe v Wade either.
February 5, 2026 at 6:36 PM
When we say “they’re going to try to take our voting rights and our elections”, before you brush it off as paranoia, please remember, people didn’t think they could take Roe v Wade either.
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At midnight on Thursday, a 15-year-old treaty called New START expired, and with it, caps on the number of weapons the two sides could deploy on missiles, bombers and submarines.
For the first time in decades, the U.S. and Russia have no limits on nuclear weapons
Experts warn that the expiration of a long-standing nuclear arms control treaty between the two superpowers could mark the start of a new nuclear rivalry.
akpub.io
February 6, 2026 at 12:45 AM
At midnight on Thursday, a 15-year-old treaty called New START expired, and with it, caps on the number of weapons the two sides could deploy on missiles, bombers and submarines.
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I am so glad Randy is home after being illegally detained by ICE—and I am furious that this happened in the first place.
ICE & CBP are out of control. I will do everything I can to rein in these rogue agents.
ICE & CBP are out of control. I will do everything I can to rein in these rogue agents.
His detainment sparked 30 arrests in Spokane. After 7 months, judge ruled asylum seeker's imprisonment was illegal
A Venezuelan immigrant, whose June 11 detention in downtown Spokane by masked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents ignited a protest involving 1,800 people and led to 30 arrests, has been ...
www.spokesman.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:24 AM
I am so glad Randy is home after being illegally detained by ICE—and I am furious that this happened in the first place.
ICE & CBP are out of control. I will do everything I can to rein in these rogue agents.
ICE & CBP are out of control. I will do everything I can to rein in these rogue agents.
Listen to the preview for Adults in Room podcast, full episodes available Feb 24th. Tells the story of a pivotal high school experience of me and my classmates. @kuow.org
www.kuow.org/podcasts/focus
www.kuow.org/podcasts/focus
Focus: Adults in the Room
Focus is KUOW’s home for immersive audio documentaries.
www.kuow.org
February 6, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Listen to the preview for Adults in Room podcast, full episodes available Feb 24th. Tells the story of a pivotal high school experience of me and my classmates. @kuow.org
www.kuow.org/podcasts/focus
www.kuow.org/podcasts/focus
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"Between the Torrent and Heated Rivalry, Seattle hockey fans are starting to see a heap of new faces at local games. I love to see it! Hockey is the best! Welcome! But I have two requests:
1) Please stay in your seat when the puck is in play, and 2) please stop asking the players to kiss."
1) Please stay in your seat when the puck is in play, and 2) please stop asking the players to kiss."
I, Anonymous: What the Puck?!
Do you need to get something off your chest? Submit an I, Anonymous and we'll illustrate it!
www.thestranger.com
February 5, 2026 at 10:39 PM
"Between the Torrent and Heated Rivalry, Seattle hockey fans are starting to see a heap of new faces at local games. I love to see it! Hockey is the best! Welcome! But I have two requests:
1) Please stay in your seat when the puck is in play, and 2) please stop asking the players to kiss."
1) Please stay in your seat when the puck is in play, and 2) please stop asking the players to kiss."
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This morning at the Minnesota State Capitol.
An ice sculpture that reads "PROSECUTE ICE". I'm told the organization behind the sculpture is Common Defense.
An ice sculpture that reads "PROSECUTE ICE". I'm told the organization behind the sculpture is Common Defense.
February 5, 2026 at 3:26 PM
This morning at the Minnesota State Capitol.
An ice sculpture that reads "PROSECUTE ICE". I'm told the organization behind the sculpture is Common Defense.
An ice sculpture that reads "PROSECUTE ICE". I'm told the organization behind the sculpture is Common Defense.
Highly recommend the book They Knew if you’re looking for more context and background on our current state of the world.
February 5, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Highly recommend the book They Knew if you’re looking for more context and background on our current state of the world.
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Gestapos opened fire, striking Martinez 5 times in the arm, chest & both legs
1 gestapo had body cam ... Martinez has said in court that it shows an officer shouting "do something b--"
The gestapo who shot her, in a group text: "I fired 5 rounds & she had 7 holes. Put that in your book, boys."
1 gestapo had body cam ... Martinez has said in court that it shows an officer shouting "do something b--"
The gestapo who shot her, in a group text: "I fired 5 rounds & she had 7 holes. Put that in your book, boys."
'My own government attempted to execute me,' Chicago woman shot by Border Patrol testifies
Marimar Martinez said she believes that she survived her encounter with Border Patrol agents so she could share her story.
www.yahoo.com
February 4, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Gestapos opened fire, striking Martinez 5 times in the arm, chest & both legs
1 gestapo had body cam ... Martinez has said in court that it shows an officer shouting "do something b--"
The gestapo who shot her, in a group text: "I fired 5 rounds & she had 7 holes. Put that in your book, boys."
1 gestapo had body cam ... Martinez has said in court that it shows an officer shouting "do something b--"
The gestapo who shot her, in a group text: "I fired 5 rounds & she had 7 holes. Put that in your book, boys."
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"The recent arrest of Don Lemon should alarm every American who still believes in the First Amendment," writes Kerry Kennedy.
When a Journalist Is Arrested, Democracy Is the One in Handcuffs
Kerry Kennedy, President of the Robert and Ethel Human Rights Center, on the arrest of journalist Don Lemon
www.rollingstone.com
February 5, 2026 at 4:19 AM
"The recent arrest of Don Lemon should alarm every American who still believes in the First Amendment," writes Kerry Kennedy.
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NIH banned fetal tissue research to appease anti-abortion extremists—and at a committee hearing, the NIH Director couldn't provide scientific evidence to prove otherwise.
I demanded to know how many projects will be halted by this anti-abortion policy decision.
I demanded to know how many projects will be halted by this anti-abortion policy decision.
February 4, 2026 at 6:56 PM
NIH banned fetal tissue research to appease anti-abortion extremists—and at a committee hearing, the NIH Director couldn't provide scientific evidence to prove otherwise.
I demanded to know how many projects will be halted by this anti-abortion policy decision.
I demanded to know how many projects will be halted by this anti-abortion policy decision.
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The CIA just stopped publishing their World Factbook and took every page, including the archived copies of previous versions!
This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
Spotlighting The World Factbook as We Bid a Fond Farewell
Somewhat devastating news today from the CIA: One of CIA’s oldest and most recognizable intelligence publications, The World Factbook, has sunset. There's not even a hint as to why they …
simonwillison.net
February 5, 2026 at 12:25 AM
The CIA just stopped publishing their World Factbook and took every page, including the archived copies of previous versions!
This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
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If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
February 5, 2026 at 12:16 AM
If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.