Alyx Hanson (they/them)
@restlesscourage.bsky.social
Nerdy, queer, neurospicy, nonbinary TTRPG enthusiast, tarot reader, and dabbler in many hobbies. Agnostic animist and spiritual companion. ✨https://restlesscourage.com/home 🎶https://alyxanderjames.bandcamp.com 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ they/them
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Nick got me a bunch of dash cams for patrollers and it makes such a difference for feeling safer.
Thank you for the coverage, @npr.org.
If you, dear reader, would like to help other people observing ICE in Minnesota, please contribute to our dash cam drive - more than a thousand have been distributed so far, and demand remains high: ottergoose.net/dashcam/
If you, dear reader, would like to help other people observing ICE in Minnesota, please contribute to our dash cam drive - more than a thousand have been distributed so far, and demand remains high: ottergoose.net/dashcam/
February 6, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Nick got me a bunch of dash cams for patrollers and it makes such a difference for feeling safer.
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This is a murder attempt by fascist foot soldiers and nothing less.
A man taken into custody in Rochester Thursday by federal immigration agents and now held at the Whipple Federal Building in the Twin Cities is a recent organ transplant recipient who is without his needed anti-rejection medication, state Rep. Kim Hicks tells MPR News.
Transplant recipient arrested by federal agents in Rochester needs medicine, state representative says
State Rep. Kim Hicks told MPR News she drove to the Whipple Federal Building near Ft. Snelling Thursday night to give the man his medication but authorities wouldn't take it without a doctor's note. S...
www.mprnews.org
February 6, 2026 at 10:46 PM
This is a murder attempt by fascist foot soldiers and nothing less.
Hey y'all, today is Bandcamp Friday. I am going to be donating anything I make from Bandcamp sales today to local mutual aid efforts here in Minneapolis as we continue to deal with the current ICE occupation. This song (alyxanderjames.bandcamp.com/track/a-pray...) in particular is a place to start.
A Prayer for the Rest of Us (Demo), by Alyxander James
track by Alyxander James
alyxanderjames.bandcamp.com
February 6, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Hey y'all, today is Bandcamp Friday. I am going to be donating anything I make from Bandcamp sales today to local mutual aid efforts here in Minneapolis as we continue to deal with the current ICE occupation. This song (alyxanderjames.bandcamp.com/track/a-pray...) in particular is a place to start.
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cis folks:
you may be under the impression that our doctors know a lot HRT. you may see trans folks saying we know more than their doctors and think we must be wrong. to support us you need to know that we CONSTANTLY deal with doctors who suck.
even endocrinologists will tell you they don't know:
you may be under the impression that our doctors know a lot HRT. you may see trans folks saying we know more than their doctors and think we must be wrong. to support us you need to know that we CONSTANTLY deal with doctors who suck.
even endocrinologists will tell you they don't know:
"Four out of five physicians who specialize in treating hormone health conditions have never received formal training on care for transgender individuals, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism."
Survey: Endocrinologists Want Training in Transgender Care - Endocrine News
Four out of five physicians who specialize in treating hormone health conditions have never received formal training on care for transgender individuals, according to a new study published in the Endo...
endocrinenews.endocrine.org
February 3, 2026 at 7:45 PM
cis folks:
you may be under the impression that our doctors know a lot HRT. you may see trans folks saying we know more than their doctors and think we must be wrong. to support us you need to know that we CONSTANTLY deal with doctors who suck.
even endocrinologists will tell you they don't know:
you may be under the impression that our doctors know a lot HRT. you may see trans folks saying we know more than their doctors and think we must be wrong. to support us you need to know that we CONSTANTLY deal with doctors who suck.
even endocrinologists will tell you they don't know:
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In response to a great deal of ICE activity in our Minneapolis neighborhood of Longfellow, we are standing up for our neighbors who need immediate relief – and we’re asking for your help. Please help keep families in their homes this winter. Visit neighborrelieffund.org to learn more and donate 💜
February 3, 2026 at 5:14 PM
In response to a great deal of ICE activity in our Minneapolis neighborhood of Longfellow, we are standing up for our neighbors who need immediate relief – and we’re asking for your help. Please help keep families in their homes this winter. Visit neighborrelieffund.org to learn more and donate 💜
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Every day Mamdani comes out and is like "hey guys, I turned off the orphan-crushing machine. Literally just had to flip a switch. Took less than 5 minutes."
After decades of dem leadership pissing and moaning and fundraising about how complex an issue it is and how difficult the process is etc
After decades of dem leadership pissing and moaning and fundraising about how complex an issue it is and how difficult the process is etc
February 3, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Every day Mamdani comes out and is like "hey guys, I turned off the orphan-crushing machine. Literally just had to flip a switch. Took less than 5 minutes."
After decades of dem leadership pissing and moaning and fundraising about how complex an issue it is and how difficult the process is etc
After decades of dem leadership pissing and moaning and fundraising about how complex an issue it is and how difficult the process is etc
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Minnesota is STILL under occupation. Everything you have seen on your screens over the past few weeks is STILL happening. Neighbors are being kidnapped, communities are being terrorized, people are being brutally attacked by federal forces. Keep sharing and keep donating below!
tomorrow, StandWithMinnesota.com will hit a million site visits and over 650,000 unique visitors.
i made it 10 days ago with $600 from you guys for hosting and cloudflare.
thank you. thank you.
i made it 10 days ago with $600 from you guys for hosting and cloudflare.
thank you. thank you.
Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory
Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.
StandWithMinnesota.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Minnesota is STILL under occupation. Everything you have seen on your screens over the past few weeks is STILL happening. Neighbors are being kidnapped, communities are being terrorized, people are being brutally attacked by federal forces. Keep sharing and keep donating below!
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Today is an absolute shitstorm of ICE presence in our MN town of 20,000. They stepped up the invasion like a motherfucker the second they claimed to be stepping it down.
February 2, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Today is an absolute shitstorm of ICE presence in our MN town of 20,000. They stepped up the invasion like a motherfucker the second they claimed to be stepping it down.
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Four students from Columbia Heights are still at the ICE detention center in Dilley, Texas, where there are now fears of a measles outbreak.
https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/liam-ramos-home-but-4-columbia-heights-students-remain-at-texas-facility-amid-possible-measles-outbreak
https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/liam-ramos-home-but-4-columbia-heights-students-remain-at-texas-facility-amid-possible-measles-outbreak
February 2, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Four students from Columbia Heights are still at the ICE detention center in Dilley, Texas, where there are now fears of a measles outbreak.
https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/liam-ramos-home-but-4-columbia-heights-students-remain-at-texas-facility-amid-possible-measles-outbreak
https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/liam-ramos-home-but-4-columbia-heights-students-remain-at-texas-facility-amid-possible-measles-outbreak
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Can confirm. Nothing has changed on the ground. ICE still attacking people, kidnapping, all that stuff—and the city is still out protecting and helping neighbors
Absolutely surreal to continue to hear about drawdowns and lowered temperatures and things calming down in Minneapolis when, as far as I can tell, literally nothing has changed on the ground
January 31, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Can confirm. Nothing has changed on the ground. ICE still attacking people, kidnapping, all that stuff—and the city is still out protecting and helping neighbors
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If you see this, don't participate. It's a rigged study by Lisa Littman and unethical researcher J. Michael Bailey meant to undermine access to care. Spread the word.
January 30, 2026 at 5:28 PM
If you see this, don't participate. It's a rigged study by Lisa Littman and unethical researcher J. Michael Bailey meant to undermine access to care. Spread the word.
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Tracking the latest, including Trump indicating that a pullback of federal agents isn't happening, a superintendent saying she was followed by ICE to and from work, and a lot more.
https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/list-of-ice-raids-major-updates-in-minnesota-on-friday-jan-30
https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/list-of-ice-raids-major-updates-in-minnesota-on-friday-jan-30
January 30, 2026 at 12:39 PM
Tracking the latest, including Trump indicating that a pullback of federal agents isn't happening, a superintendent saying she was followed by ICE to and from work, and a lot more.
https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/list-of-ice-raids-major-updates-in-minnesota-on-friday-jan-30
https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/list-of-ice-raids-major-updates-in-minnesota-on-friday-jan-30
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For every person in the street in a video of something big there are 20 at each school each arrival & dismissal, dozens of drivers of kids & groceries &c, a spreadsheet maintained by a team, people feeding people, people checking in on people, supply drive coordination, rent fund establishment...
It's not just "stand up to ICE when you see them," it's building many vast networks of support and trust to
- create safe spaces
- protect schools
- get kids TO school
- check on neighbors
- deliver groceries
- help pay the rent
- let people know of danger
- feed the helpers, too!
- and on and on
- create safe spaces
- protect schools
- get kids TO school
- check on neighbors
- deliver groceries
- help pay the rent
- let people know of danger
- feed the helpers, too!
- and on and on
January 29, 2026 at 4:36 PM
For every person in the street in a video of something big there are 20 at each school each arrival & dismissal, dozens of drivers of kids & groceries &c, a spreadsheet maintained by a team, people feeding people, people checking in on people, supply drive coordination, rent fund establishment...
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ICE activity has not noticeably tapered off yet here and in fact this week they seem to be focused on terrorizing kids at bus stops and schools.
yes, there are no real signs of any big change in DHS activity here yet. In Chicago there really was after Bovino left and they basically ended "Midway Blitz" not so here so far.
I don’t know, declaring victory in MN seems premature. They’re still arresting people and brutalizing the community. The changes appear—so far—to be cosmetic
January 28, 2026 at 11:59 PM
ICE activity has not noticeably tapered off yet here and in fact this week they seem to be focused on terrorizing kids at bus stops and schools.
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"“One of the things that I don’t think is getting talked enough about outside of Minnesota,” she said after a pause, “is how much this feels like ethnic cleansing. People are so afraid to go out and participate in public life regardless of their citizenship status. This isn’t about immigration.”"
“It did help me realize how important it is that we’re still at the point where people run to danger, and where people assist and help when someone’s being taken, and that we’re not at the point where people turn their eyes or are too afraid to see what’s going on.”
lithub.com/everything-w...
lithub.com/everything-w...
“Everything We Do Matters.” Minneapolis’s Moon Palace Books is a Hub For Anti-ICE Resistance
Angela Schwesnedl from Moon Palace Books in Minneapolis picked up my phone call on Saturday almost two hours to the minute after Alex Pretti was murdered in the street by ICE officers. “If you have…
lithub.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:55 PM
"“One of the things that I don’t think is getting talked enough about outside of Minnesota,” she said after a pause, “is how much this feels like ethnic cleansing. People are so afraid to go out and participate in public life regardless of their citizenship status. This isn’t about immigration.”"
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every time someone has asked me the last week or so about priorities it is rental assistance. please please please people need rent to stay in their homes. scroll down to rent relief funds and pick something www.standwithminnesota.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:13 PM
every time someone has asked me the last week or so about priorities it is rental assistance. please please please people need rent to stay in their homes. scroll down to rent relief funds and pick something www.standwithminnesota.com
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This is Minneapolis.
Collective trauma, and neighbors helping neighbors.
This is our 24/7 every day lives right now, not just a 10 second news clip.
Collective trauma, and neighbors helping neighbors.
This is our 24/7 every day lives right now, not just a 10 second news clip.
January 28, 2026 at 3:15 PM
This is Minneapolis.
Collective trauma, and neighbors helping neighbors.
This is our 24/7 every day lives right now, not just a 10 second news clip.
Collective trauma, and neighbors helping neighbors.
This is our 24/7 every day lives right now, not just a 10 second news clip.
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We win by staying the course as long as our people need us!
Please pick out a fund on the Stand with MN list to donate to today. Reply with your receipt and you can pick a destination from the list for $50 from the whistle fund. We’ll do this until we give $2,000 today.
www.standwithminnesota.com
Please pick out a fund on the Stand with MN list to donate to today. Reply with your receipt and you can pick a destination from the list for $50 from the whistle fund. We’ll do this until we give $2,000 today.
www.standwithminnesota.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:23 PM
We win by staying the course as long as our people need us!
Please pick out a fund on the Stand with MN list to donate to today. Reply with your receipt and you can pick a destination from the list for $50 from the whistle fund. We’ll do this until we give $2,000 today.
www.standwithminnesota.com
Please pick out a fund on the Stand with MN list to donate to today. Reply with your receipt and you can pick a destination from the list for $50 from the whistle fund. We’ll do this until we give $2,000 today.
www.standwithminnesota.com
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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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I live an hour north of Minneapolis and they’re here too. They’re rounding up workers in chicken processing plants and breweries.
A reminder that ICE hasn’t slowed down in Minneapolis at all.
Outside of Minnesota, it might feel like everything has changed since Alex Pretti’s murder. But ICE hasn’t actually lost any power and they’re continuing to terrorize our communities.
Outside of Minnesota, it might feel like everything has changed since Alex Pretti’s murder. But ICE hasn’t actually lost any power and they’re continuing to terrorize our communities.
January 27, 2026 at 10:44 PM
I live an hour north of Minneapolis and they’re here too. They’re rounding up workers in chicken processing plants and breweries.
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ok the full clip is way better than the little one going around. her whole team try to get her to bail on the event and she's like no, I came to speak. incredible example.
REP. OMAR after being attacked with liquid: “We will continue! These fucking assholes are not gonna get away with this! Here is the reality people like this ugly man don’t understand — we are Minnesota Strong. We’ll stay resilient in the face of whatever they might throw at us.”
January 28, 2026 at 2:13 AM
ok the full clip is way better than the little one going around. her whole team try to get her to bail on the event and she's like no, I came to speak. incredible example.
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Actual leadership looks like this, @governorwalz.mn.gov
ICE has been back at it with their illegal activity today. Abducting multiple neighbors in the Ward, physically assaulting observers, coming into businesses threatening that they will be back to arrest people for no reason.
If they come back today, they’re going to have to go through me first.
If they come back today, they’re going to have to go through me first.
January 27, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Actual leadership looks like this, @governorwalz.mn.gov
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After executing Alex Pretti on Saturday, ICE has shifted to primarily targeting bus stops and elementary schools in my community this week. I cannot overstate how much of the ICE activity in my community is just targeting places where little kids are.
Video from this morning shows ICE agents deploying tear gas outside a Minneapolis preschool as parents shout, “This is a preschool! There’s kids here!”
January 27, 2026 at 8:17 PM
After executing Alex Pretti on Saturday, ICE has shifted to primarily targeting bus stops and elementary schools in my community this week. I cannot overstate how much of the ICE activity in my community is just targeting places where little kids are.
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Alright y'all, I gotta book 3 full-length tarot readings in the next day or two for any time in the next couple of months to make my end of month bills. I RARELY am this transparent but whew this was a hard freaking month.
www.cassandra-snow.com/work-with-me-tarot
www.cassandra-snow.com/work-with-me-tarot
January 26, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Alright y'all, I gotta book 3 full-length tarot readings in the next day or two for any time in the next couple of months to make my end of month bills. I RARELY am this transparent but whew this was a hard freaking month.
www.cassandra-snow.com/work-with-me-tarot
www.cassandra-snow.com/work-with-me-tarot
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A lot more people should know about the bravery Marimar Martinez displayed in the midst of Chicago’s occupation and the murder of two observers in MSP. They tried to kill her, shooting her 5 times, and it’s a miracle she’s alive to push for transparency like this after being persecuted by the DOJ.
The woman who survived five gunshots from a Border Patrol agent in Chicago, only to be criminally charged and then cleared, now wants a judge’s permission to share records showing how the feds respond when agents use deadly force.
@chicago.suntimes.com story: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
@chicago.suntimes.com story: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Woman shot by Border Patrol in Chicago asks judge to let her release evidence
Marimar Martinez is blocked from releasing evidence in her case by what's known as a "protective order." Though standard, her attorney says it's “become an albatross” around her neck and “keeps the en...
chicago.suntimes.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:27 PM
A lot more people should know about the bravery Marimar Martinez displayed in the midst of Chicago’s occupation and the murder of two observers in MSP. They tried to kill her, shooting her 5 times, and it’s a miracle she’s alive to push for transparency like this after being persecuted by the DOJ.