CV
@redmeanshelp.bsky.social
Easily-distracted researcher and sometime maker/artist/tinkerer.
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Is it @startribune.com policy to refer to anyone confronting ICE as a protester? This obscures the nature of what people are doing. We're not protesting ICE. We're constitutional observers documenting human rights abuses by agents of the state.
January 21, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Is it @startribune.com policy to refer to anyone confronting ICE as a protester? This obscures the nature of what people are doing. We're not protesting ICE. We're constitutional observers documenting human rights abuses by agents of the state.
Starting another mini plywood kit, this time a hurdy-gurdy, a bowed medieval instrument.
The kit is adjacent to the “book nook” kits that are all over, and lots of fun.
The kit is adjacent to the “book nook” kits that are all over, and lots of fun.
January 22, 2026 at 3:13 AM
Starting another mini plywood kit, this time a hurdy-gurdy, a bowed medieval instrument.
The kit is adjacent to the “book nook” kits that are all over, and lots of fun.
The kit is adjacent to the “book nook” kits that are all over, and lots of fun.
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Stop what you’re doing and read this whistleblower report. ICE has been training its agents that they don’t need a judicial warrant to break down your door - a blatant violation of the 4th Amendment. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
DHS ICE memo 1-21-26
www.documentcloud.org
January 21, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Stop what you’re doing and read this whistleblower report. ICE has been training its agents that they don’t need a judicial warrant to break down your door - a blatant violation of the 4th Amendment. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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The Columbia Heights MN School District is in a full crisis after 4 children were abducted by ICE in one day. This includes a 5 year old that was used as “bait” to lure people out of houses in the area.
January 22, 2026 at 2:42 AM
The Columbia Heights MN School District is in a full crisis after 4 children were abducted by ICE in one day. This includes a 5 year old that was used as “bait” to lure people out of houses in the area.
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For no particular reason, Jim Acosta and I are going to go live at 4 pm to do dramatic readings from Section Four of the Twenty-Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America. Maybe we will try doing a hip-hop version of it.
Jim will be letting everyone know how to join.
Jim will be letting everyone know how to join.
January 21, 2026 at 7:06 PM
For no particular reason, Jim Acosta and I are going to go live at 4 pm to do dramatic readings from Section Four of the Twenty-Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America. Maybe we will try doing a hip-hop version of it.
Jim will be letting everyone know how to join.
Jim will be letting everyone know how to join.
"It’s the rhetorical equivalent of barging into a bakery, declaring you saved everyone from bread, and then threatening tariffs on croissants."
-- Oregon's Bay Area on the Davos speech
-- Oregon's Bay Area on the Davos speech
January 21, 2026 at 7:06 PM
"It’s the rhetorical equivalent of barging into a bakery, declaring you saved everyone from bread, and then threatening tariffs on croissants."
-- Oregon's Bay Area on the Davos speech
-- Oregon's Bay Area on the Davos speech
Brooklyn Park Police Chief Mark Bruley said multiple officers of color have been stopped by ICE agents who demanded to see proof of legal residence.
www.kare11.com/video/news/l...
www.kare11.com/video/news/l...
Police officers stopped, harassed by ICE agents in Twin Cities
Brooklyn Park Police Chief Mark Bruley said multiple officers of color have been stopped by ICE agents who demanded to see proof of legal residence.
www.kare11.com
January 20, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Brooklyn Park Police Chief Mark Bruley said multiple officers of color have been stopped by ICE agents who demanded to see proof of legal residence.
www.kare11.com/video/news/l...
www.kare11.com/video/news/l...
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Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"
January 20, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"
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Never forget that billionaires spend billions to convince you that voting doesn't matter. Don't help them. Voting isn't the ONLY thing we can do, but it is the most powerful check on the executive. "Don't bother voting because there'll be no free elections" is oligarch propaganda.
January 19, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Never forget that billionaires spend billions to convince you that voting doesn't matter. Don't help them. Voting isn't the ONLY thing we can do, but it is the most powerful check on the executive. "Don't bother voting because there'll be no free elections" is oligarch propaganda.
“I was insufficiently alarmist [a few months ago]. Trump is already bypassing legally required GSA procedures and soliciting bids to demolish the Cohen Building [and its historic murals] along with three other federal buildings in Washington”
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
Can the “Sistine Chapel of the New Deal” Be Saved From Trump?
Precious murals by Ben Shahn, Philip Guston, and others are even more endangered than we knew.
newrepublic.com
January 19, 2026 at 6:39 PM
“I was insufficiently alarmist [a few months ago]. Trump is already bypassing legally required GSA procedures and soliciting bids to demolish the Cohen Building [and its historic murals] along with three other federal buildings in Washington”
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
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For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
Opinion | I'm a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here's how ICE observers are helping.
Research into how violence occurs shows that disapproval from the people around you can help reduce it.
www.ms.now
January 16, 2026 at 6:55 PM
For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
Non-obvious dazzle makeup:
arxiv.org/abs/2412.13507
arxiv.org/abs/2412.13507
Novel AI Camera Camouflage: Face Cloaking Without Full Disguise
This study demonstrates a novel approach to facial camouflage that combines targeted cosmetic perturbations and alpha transparency layer manipulation to evade modern facial recognition systems. Unlike...
arxiv.org
January 17, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Non-obvious dazzle makeup:
arxiv.org/abs/2412.13507
arxiv.org/abs/2412.13507
ICE and AI both: "effective disruption of facial recognition can be achieved without triggering the visibility issues inherent to overt disguises."
"masks are very reliable ... However, gait recognition is becoming quite powerful, and it’s also unclear if this will supplant face recognition."
"masks are very reliable ... However, gait recognition is becoming quite powerful, and it’s also unclear if this will supplant face recognition."
Subtle makeup tweaks can outsmart facial recognition
You may not need to go full Juggalo for the sake of privacy
www.theregister.com
January 17, 2026 at 2:26 AM
ICE and AI both: "effective disruption of facial recognition can be achieved without triggering the visibility issues inherent to overt disguises."
"masks are very reliable ... However, gait recognition is becoming quite powerful, and it’s also unclear if this will supplant face recognition."
"masks are very reliable ... However, gait recognition is becoming quite powerful, and it’s also unclear if this will supplant face recognition."
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Yeah folks should be wearing that face recognition disruptive makeup.
Held: Many of the ICE agents that drive by have their phones up to the window..I don’t know why, but part of the lawsuit you alluded to earlier alleges that ICE is using an app that can take a picture of a face, identify it, and store it for 15 years.
January 17, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Yeah folks should be wearing that face recognition disruptive makeup.
"NO WORK, SCHOOL, OR SHOPPING"
The Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO along with [list] ... statewide action on January 23... united against the violent ICE occupation of our beloved cities that has directly impacted union members, our workplaces and our families."
Press release.
The Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO along with [list] ... statewide action on January 23... united against the violent ICE occupation of our beloved cities that has directly impacted union members, our workplaces and our families."
Press release.
minneapolisunions.org
January 17, 2026 at 12:49 AM
"NO WORK, SCHOOL, OR SHOPPING"
The Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO along with [list] ... statewide action on January 23... united against the violent ICE occupation of our beloved cities that has directly impacted union members, our workplaces and our families."
Press release.
The Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO along with [list] ... statewide action on January 23... united against the violent ICE occupation of our beloved cities that has directly impacted union members, our workplaces and our families."
Press release.
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I love my local representative *so* much.
Content warning for near-lethal levels of well-deserved sarcasm...
Content warning for near-lethal levels of well-deserved sarcasm...
I need to apologize for something I did. The @bostonherald.com is right, there is no place for profanities in politics.
January 17, 2026 at 12:18 AM
I love my local representative *so* much.
Content warning for near-lethal levels of well-deserved sarcasm...
Content warning for near-lethal levels of well-deserved sarcasm...
" In the majority of the shootings, officers have fired into cars — a tactic that law enforcement authorities and policing experts have been trying for decades to curtail."
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Trump's DHS has shot 11 people during immigration enforcement operations since September
The ICE and Border Patrol shootings show a pattern that policing experts say is alarming: officers firing into cars and injuring and killing drivers.
www.nbcnews.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:33 PM
" In the majority of the shootings, officers have fired into cars — a tactic that law enforcement authorities and policing experts have been trying for decades to curtail."
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
January 16, 2026 at 12:17 AM
I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
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So, who has "President shuts down all communications with MN by invoking the Insurrection Act, followed by 47 USC 606(d)" on their 2026 bingo card? Or even "President takes over all wireless carriers under 606(a)?"
Somehow, I suspect Starlink is not gonna save us from that.
Somehow, I suspect Starlink is not gonna save us from that.
January 15, 2026 at 8:35 PM
So, who has "President shuts down all communications with MN by invoking the Insurrection Act, followed by 47 USC 606(d)" on their 2026 bingo card? Or even "President takes over all wireless carriers under 606(a)?"
Somehow, I suspect Starlink is not gonna save us from that.
Somehow, I suspect Starlink is not gonna save us from that.
I watched this morning as my trash company emptied the recycling into the same giant bin as the garbage, making real something that’s been reported for years.
January 16, 2026 at 1:28 PM
I watched this morning as my trash company emptied the recycling into the same giant bin as the garbage, making real something that’s been reported for years.
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Holy shit.
Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Live Updates: Newly Released Records Detail Chaos During Fatal ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:43 AM
Holy shit.
Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
“valid legal arguments I sketched out above, [but] laced with vituperative, condescending, and self-righteous rhetoric of precisely the sort with which it is never, ever appropriate to address a federal judge.”
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
The Situation: A Temper Tantrum in a Legal Brief
Even when the Justice Department is right, it manages to behave with wild impropriety.
www.lawfaremedia.org
January 16, 2026 at 1:16 PM
“valid legal arguments I sketched out above, [but] laced with vituperative, condescending, and self-righteous rhetoric of precisely the sort with which it is never, ever appropriate to address a federal judge.”
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
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"For MAGA, ICE’s eagerness to put women in their place might be a feature, not a bug."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/o...
Opinion | The Right Is Furious With Liberal White Women
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:14 PM
"For MAGA, ICE’s eagerness to put women in their place might be a feature, not a bug."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/o...