philtor
@philtor.bsky.social
Semi retired software developer in Oregon. Foodie. Gardener. Trying to make sense of <looks around> all of this.
Guide for ICE response being used in MN.
This really well written guide by Defend 612 explains what’s going on. They’ve really developed this to.
drive.proton.me/urls/NQBEQE8...
drive.proton.me/urls/NQBEQE8...
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January 18, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Guide for ICE response being used in MN.
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This really well written guide by Defend 612 explains what’s going on. They’ve really developed this to.
drive.proton.me/urls/NQBEQE8...
drive.proton.me/urls/NQBEQE8...
Proton Drive
Securely store, share, and access your important files and photos. Anytime, anywhere.
drive.proton.me
January 17, 2026 at 6:09 PM
This really well written guide by Defend 612 explains what’s going on. They’ve really developed this to.
drive.proton.me/urls/NQBEQE8...
drive.proton.me/urls/NQBEQE8...
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Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
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To punish Europe for supporting Greenland's right to self-determination, Trump is imposing a 25% tariff, to be paid by US consumers.
That's right. Trump is mad at Europe, so he taxes Americans already hard hit by rising food prices, skyrocketing home energy bills, and unaffordable insurance.
That's right. Trump is mad at Europe, so he taxes Americans already hard hit by rising food prices, skyrocketing home energy bills, and unaffordable insurance.
January 18, 2026 at 1:34 AM
To punish Europe for supporting Greenland's right to self-determination, Trump is imposing a 25% tariff, to be paid by US consumers.
That's right. Trump is mad at Europe, so he taxes Americans already hard hit by rising food prices, skyrocketing home energy bills, and unaffordable insurance.
That's right. Trump is mad at Europe, so he taxes Americans already hard hit by rising food prices, skyrocketing home energy bills, and unaffordable insurance.
Gee, I wonder why he's losing the Latino vote?
Remember how he supposedly "remade the electorate" in 2024? That was a bit premature, it turns out.
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Trump’s Newest Voters Are Abandoning Ship
Independents, Latinos, and young people have turned against the president in staggering numbers.
trib.al
January 18, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Gee, I wonder why he's losing the Latino vote?
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Story time: Fun fact, this isn’t the first time the U.S. has had a hand in uniting Canadians. Here's a mini 🧵 on how the U.S. Civil War pushed Canada 🇨🇦 toward Confederation.
1/ Before 1860, Canada was a patchwork of weak, divided colonies. Confederation? A good idea… but not urgent.
1/ Before 1860, Canada was a patchwork of weak, divided colonies. Confederation? A good idea… but not urgent.
January 16, 2026 at 4:26 AM
Story time: Fun fact, this isn’t the first time the U.S. has had a hand in uniting Canadians. Here's a mini 🧵 on how the U.S. Civil War pushed Canada 🇨🇦 toward Confederation.
1/ Before 1860, Canada was a patchwork of weak, divided colonies. Confederation? A good idea… but not urgent.
1/ Before 1860, Canada was a patchwork of weak, divided colonies. Confederation? A good idea… but not urgent.
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For people who want to get money on the ground in Minnesota today, there is a great mutual aid section here:
crazy that the website that I randomly decided to put together at 10AM yesterday has had over 25k unique visitors in 24 hours.
please keep sharing with your networks.
please keep sharing with your networks.
Stand With Minnesota
A directory of places to give to as Minnesota defends itself from ICE occupation
www.standwithminnesota.com
January 17, 2026 at 6:10 PM
For people who want to get money on the ground in Minnesota today, there is a great mutual aid section here:
Here's an idea: maybe we could trade the west Coast states to Denmark and then the US could have Greenland? These blue states are like a rock in Trump's shoe, right? And as a west Coast resident I'm willing to take one for the team and learn Danish. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
January 18, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Here's an idea: maybe we could trade the west Coast states to Denmark and then the US could have Greenland? These blue states are like a rock in Trump's shoe, right? And as a west Coast resident I'm willing to take one for the team and learn Danish. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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The markets did everything they could to hold steady in the face of the Jerome Powell subpoenas, but I’m not sure they’ll do well with this news.
Looks like the EU-US trade deal is now dead, with all three major groups in the EU Parliament calling at least for suspension. The downward spiral has already begun.
January 17, 2026 at 10:58 PM
The markets did everything they could to hold steady in the face of the Jerome Powell subpoenas, but I’m not sure they’ll do well with this news.
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WE NEVER LEARNT…
"It wasn't Hitler, Göring, Göbbels, Himmler and all those who were called that, who abducted and beat me.
No! It was the shoemaker, the neighbor, the
grocer, the milkman, the postman.
They got a uniform and then they were the master race."
"It wasn't Hitler, Göring, Göbbels, Himmler and all those who were called that, who abducted and beat me.
No! It was the shoemaker, the neighbor, the
grocer, the milkman, the postman.
They got a uniform and then they were the master race."
January 17, 2026 at 5:03 AM
WE NEVER LEARNT…
"It wasn't Hitler, Göring, Göbbels, Himmler and all those who were called that, who abducted and beat me.
No! It was the shoemaker, the neighbor, the
grocer, the milkman, the postman.
They got a uniform and then they were the master race."
"It wasn't Hitler, Göring, Göbbels, Himmler and all those who were called that, who abducted and beat me.
No! It was the shoemaker, the neighbor, the
grocer, the milkman, the postman.
They got a uniform and then they were the master race."
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I wonder how long it will take the media to catch on to the fact that ICE’s recruiting spree has effectively deputized every white supremacist hate group out there.
January 17, 2026 at 5:32 AM
I wonder how long it will take the media to catch on to the fact that ICE’s recruiting spree has effectively deputized every white supremacist hate group out there.
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How much more in your face can it be?
"Why are you asking me for my paperwork?"
"Because of your accent."
"You have an accent too."
"Where were you born sir?"
"Where were you born at?"
"Put your hands behind your back."
"Why are you asking me for my paperwork?"
"Because of your accent."
"You have an accent too."
"Where were you born sir?"
"Where were you born at?"
"Put your hands behind your back."
January 17, 2026 at 9:16 PM
How much more in your face can it be?
"Why are you asking me for my paperwork?"
"Because of your accent."
"You have an accent too."
"Where were you born sir?"
"Where were you born at?"
"Put your hands behind your back."
"Why are you asking me for my paperwork?"
"Because of your accent."
"You have an accent too."
"Where were you born sir?"
"Where were you born at?"
"Put your hands behind your back."
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Now the actual military has to dress like it’s not the military cuz federal law enforcement agencies dress too much like the military
January 17, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Now the actual military has to dress like it’s not the military cuz federal law enforcement agencies dress too much like the military
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Colleges are closing as we hit the demographic cliff (people stopped having as many kids after the housing crisis and it’s now 18 years later) and they don’t have enough students. The Trump administration’s war on foreign students also doesn’t help.
Up to 400 expected to close over the decade.
Up to 400 expected to close over the decade.
Plunging US Birth Rate Pushes Colleges Off Enrollment Cliff
America’s tumbling birthrate is pushing colleges toward a “demographic cliff,” where a declining population in the late teens and early 20s could leave campuses empty
www.bloomberg.com
January 17, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Colleges are closing as we hit the demographic cliff (people stopped having as many kids after the housing crisis and it’s now 18 years later) and they don’t have enough students. The Trump administration’s war on foreign students also doesn’t help.
Up to 400 expected to close over the decade.
Up to 400 expected to close over the decade.
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Leaked video from Palantir and Tesla presenting their product roadmap to ICE.
January 17, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Leaked video from Palantir and Tesla presenting their product roadmap to ICE.
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MN ICE watch is measurably de-escalating violence. Attraction to ICE for newbies is social approval & group power. Now, larger group meets them with social censure. They're using more agents (taken from elsewhere) to conduct relatively fewer arrests, lowering abductions there & beyond.
January 17, 2026 at 4:47 AM
MN ICE watch is measurably de-escalating violence. Attraction to ICE for newbies is social approval & group power. Now, larger group meets them with social censure. They're using more agents (taken from elsewhere) to conduct relatively fewer arrests, lowering abductions there & beyond.
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They nearly killed this woman. Then they went on national TV and tried to smear her.
Woman Seen Pulled from Car Speaks Out: 'Lucky to be alive'
Aliya Rahman "said she was driving to an appointment at the Traumatic Brain Injury Center when the incident occurred."
She asked for a doctor and was taken to a detention center where she lost consciousness.
abcnews.go.com/US/live-upda...
Aliya Rahman "said she was driving to an appointment at the Traumatic Brain Injury Center when the incident occurred."
She asked for a doctor and was taken to a detention center where she lost consciousness.
abcnews.go.com/US/live-upda...
January 17, 2026 at 12:31 AM
They nearly killed this woman. Then they went on national TV and tried to smear her.
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every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
January 16, 2026 at 9:24 PM
every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
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the wildest thing is right-wingers acting like minnesotans in videos must be outside agitators when we can all hear their accents. i don't think i could do that accent convincingly if i spent a year practicing. and neither would i wish to. have you heard that shit? craziest american accent
January 16, 2026 at 4:57 AM
the wildest thing is right-wingers acting like minnesotans in videos must be outside agitators when we can all hear their accents. i don't think i could do that accent convincingly if i spent a year practicing. and neither would i wish to. have you heard that shit? craziest american accent
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January 16, 2026 at 5:26 AM
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Saw a lot of headlines saying "wikipedia is embracing ai" being tossed around tabloids, and I'm pretty sure they were maliciously written to make you feel a certain way about Wikipedia. What's actually happening is that wikipedia is demanding payment for data scraping and the corpos don't like that.
Sure. AI companies have ALWAYS been training their models on Wikipedia content, which under the free and open access model is available to anyone — including AI companies. Agreements like these require AI companies to limit and offset the strain they place on Wikimedia infrastructure.
Hoping that @molly.wiki can help explain.
January 15, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Saw a lot of headlines saying "wikipedia is embracing ai" being tossed around tabloids, and I'm pretty sure they were maliciously written to make you feel a certain way about Wikipedia. What's actually happening is that wikipedia is demanding payment for data scraping and the corpos don't like that.
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They have quite an operation going.
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
Minneapolis church has delivered more than 12,000 boxes of groceries to families in hiding
DHH church has hundreds of volunteers packing and delivering groceries to families who have been too scared to leave their homes during the immigration operation.
www.mprnews.org
January 16, 2026 at 1:02 PM
They have quite an operation going.
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
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Climate change is a hoax perpetrated by the Chinese government. We must annex Greenland because climate change is making us vulnerable to an attack from the Chinese.
January 16, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Climate change is a hoax perpetrated by the Chinese government. We must annex Greenland because climate change is making us vulnerable to an attack from the Chinese.
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This is like a horror movie. This is the machine in every part of DoD now. And its two default functions are sexually humiliating women and detecting Jews. kinda like its creator, and our secretary of “war.”
pretty sure he meant the other thing, grok, but very cool that those are your two things
January 16, 2026 at 5:06 PM
This is like a horror movie. This is the machine in every part of DoD now. And its two default functions are sexually humiliating women and detecting Jews. kinda like its creator, and our secretary of “war.”