@roraborealis.bsky.social
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it’s up to 126,000 unique visitors now. doing my best to keep my head above water with updates!
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 3:18 PM
it’s up to 126,000 unique visitors now. doing my best to keep my head above water with updates!
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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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Age Verification prevents no harm.
It just helps companies and states collect more data on us, all while censoring our bodies and speech, deeming what is acceptable and what is not.
It just helps companies and states collect more data on us, all while censoring our bodies and speech, deeming what is acceptable and what is not.
Discord users internationally are reportedly seeing prompts to age verify to access NSFW channels. Discord states these may be seen by users outside the UK & Australia “as part of ongoing experiments.”
(Thanks @candlekit.bsky.social for flagging with me)
(Thanks @candlekit.bsky.social for flagging with me)
January 17, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Age Verification prevents no harm.
It just helps companies and states collect more data on us, all while censoring our bodies and speech, deeming what is acceptable and what is not.
It just helps companies and states collect more data on us, all while censoring our bodies and speech, deeming what is acceptable and what is not.
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Have had the unfortunate experience of watching broadcast all day. Insanity inducing to watch the coverage of last night ("they threw water bottles!").
Heavily armed men attacked an entire neighborhood. People only smashed cars *after* feds had left the area and poisoned blocks of family homes.
Heavily armed men attacked an entire neighborhood. People only smashed cars *after* feds had left the area and poisoned blocks of family homes.
January 16, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Have had the unfortunate experience of watching broadcast all day. Insanity inducing to watch the coverage of last night ("they threw water bottles!").
Heavily armed men attacked an entire neighborhood. People only smashed cars *after* feds had left the area and poisoned blocks of family homes.
Heavily armed men attacked an entire neighborhood. People only smashed cars *after* feds had left the area and poisoned blocks of family homes.
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I need people who don’t live in the Twin Cities to stop telling people not to join massive Signal groups right now. People are doing it. They’re going to keep doing it. Give them good advice about it.
The actually practical advice is don’t say anything to 1000 strangers you wouldn’t say in public
The actually practical advice is don’t say anything to 1000 strangers you wouldn’t say in public
January 15, 2026 at 12:52 PM
I need people who don’t live in the Twin Cities to stop telling people not to join massive Signal groups right now. People are doing it. They’re going to keep doing it. Give them good advice about it.
The actually practical advice is don’t say anything to 1000 strangers you wouldn’t say in public
The actually practical advice is don’t say anything to 1000 strangers you wouldn’t say in public
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We need another bigger & louder NOKINGS Day b/c what Trump is doing to Minneapolis, he'll be doing to your city next.
Nobody is safe anymore. Even if you're a U.S. citizen, always carry your identification papers with you.
Voting Trump out is the only way to stop him & bring him to justice.
Nobody is safe anymore. Even if you're a U.S. citizen, always carry your identification papers with you.
Voting Trump out is the only way to stop him & bring him to justice.
January 15, 2026 at 4:30 PM
We need another bigger & louder NOKINGS Day b/c what Trump is doing to Minneapolis, he'll be doing to your city next.
Nobody is safe anymore. Even if you're a U.S. citizen, always carry your identification papers with you.
Voting Trump out is the only way to stop him & bring him to justice.
Nobody is safe anymore. Even if you're a U.S. citizen, always carry your identification papers with you.
Voting Trump out is the only way to stop him & bring him to justice.
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Many friends asking what it is like in Minnesota right now. This video-clip tells. Masked men w/ guns in ordinary places (gas stations, grocery stores, cruising streets) intimidating ordinary people & instilling fear. As a terrorism expert, I think about the logic of government instilling fear.
January 16, 2026 at 11:09 AM
Many friends asking what it is like in Minnesota right now. This video-clip tells. Masked men w/ guns in ordinary places (gas stations, grocery stores, cruising streets) intimidating ordinary people & instilling fear. As a terrorism expert, I think about the logic of government instilling fear.
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As a Minneapolis local I am begging you NOT to donate to the Star Tribune. They are a mouthpiece for police, corporations, and conservatives who repeat those voices unquestioningly.
2/ lots of people on here decry paywalls and insist they’d pay something if only there was a lower price point. Ok, donate to their news fund. Their reporting (and @mprnews.org) is undergirding much of what you read anywhere www.startribunecompany.com/donate/
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January 16, 2026 at 2:14 PM
As a Minneapolis local I am begging you NOT to donate to the Star Tribune. They are a mouthpiece for police, corporations, and conservatives who repeat those voices unquestioningly.
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@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
@amyklobuchar.bsky.social
@schumer.senate.gov
The *brutal* attacks by the Feds in Minnesota is not law enforcement in any way.
They are breaking down doors and snatching people without warrants, smashing people's cars and beating people when they're handcuffed.
@amyklobuchar.bsky.social
@schumer.senate.gov
The *brutal* attacks by the Feds in Minnesota is not law enforcement in any way.
They are breaking down doors and snatching people without warrants, smashing people's cars and beating people when they're handcuffed.
January 15, 2026 at 5:26 AM
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
@amyklobuchar.bsky.social
@schumer.senate.gov
The *brutal* attacks by the Feds in Minnesota is not law enforcement in any way.
They are breaking down doors and snatching people without warrants, smashing people's cars and beating people when they're handcuffed.
@amyklobuchar.bsky.social
@schumer.senate.gov
The *brutal* attacks by the Feds in Minnesota is not law enforcement in any way.
They are breaking down doors and snatching people without warrants, smashing people's cars and beating people when they're handcuffed.
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Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
That is what was relayed
January 15, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
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Tear-gassed by 10:30 in the morning, just another Tuesday in Minneapolis in 2026
January 13, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Tear-gassed by 10:30 in the morning, just another Tuesday in Minneapolis in 2026
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My favorite line from the Golden Globes last night was Wanda Sykes saying "They've got one queer black woman out here doing the job of two mediocre white men".
January 12, 2026 at 6:50 PM
My favorite line from the Golden Globes last night was Wanda Sykes saying "They've got one queer black woman out here doing the job of two mediocre white men".
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Americans don’t want Canada, Venezuela, or Greenland.
They want to be able to afford groceries and have lower health care costs.
They want to be able to afford groceries and have lower health care costs.
January 13, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Americans don’t want Canada, Venezuela, or Greenland.
They want to be able to afford groceries and have lower health care costs.
They want to be able to afford groceries and have lower health care costs.
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Trump's thugs are going hog wild and tossing gas around in one of the busiest commercial districts in Minneapolis, just a mile or so from where I live. Complete insanity.
(vid via Ford Fischer on X)
(vid via Ford Fischer on X)
January 12, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Trump's thugs are going hog wild and tossing gas around in one of the busiest commercial districts in Minneapolis, just a mile or so from where I live. Complete insanity.
(vid via Ford Fischer on X)
(vid via Ford Fischer on X)
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Taking art commissions to help Minnesota ACLU. DM inquiries.
January 9, 2026 at 11:37 AM
Taking art commissions to help Minnesota ACLU. DM inquiries.
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Ice is terrorizing Minnesota and California and and and and
Minneapolis City Council member Jason Chavez: "Many of our immigrants neighbors are picked up simply by moving their cars. Help your neighbors take out the trash, because there are many reports of neighbors being kidnapped when they're taking their trash out."
January 10, 2026 at 2:31 AM
Ice is terrorizing Minnesota and California and and and and
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Outside the Whipple building in Minneapolis—
Feds just emerged and unleashed pepper spray on demonstrators for approaching the driveway, sprayed one man directly in the face repeatedly. Pepper balls.
Air is toxic, there were children out here in strollers. Reporters caught unprepared.
Feds just emerged and unleashed pepper spray on demonstrators for approaching the driveway, sprayed one man directly in the face repeatedly. Pepper balls.
Air is toxic, there were children out here in strollers. Reporters caught unprepared.
January 11, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Outside the Whipple building in Minneapolis—
Feds just emerged and unleashed pepper spray on demonstrators for approaching the driveway, sprayed one man directly in the face repeatedly. Pepper balls.
Air is toxic, there were children out here in strollers. Reporters caught unprepared.
Feds just emerged and unleashed pepper spray on demonstrators for approaching the driveway, sprayed one man directly in the face repeatedly. Pepper balls.
Air is toxic, there were children out here in strollers. Reporters caught unprepared.
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Ilhan finds a real nice Minnesota way to say, “shit the fuck up with that fashy bullshit, bitch”
Rep Omar: "It's really important for Americans to record, to create the level of transparency we need. What we have seen in Mpls is ICE agents oftentimes jumping out of unmarked cars wearing a mask. We know that DHS has lied repeatedly, so it is important for there to be recording from eyewitnesses"
January 11, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Ilhan finds a real nice Minnesota way to say, “shit the fuck up with that fashy bullshit, bitch”
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I was just denied access to the ICE processing center at the Whipple Building.
Members of Congress have a legal right and constitutional responsibility to conduct oversight where people are being detained.
The public deserves to know what is taking place in ICE facilities.
Members of Congress have a legal right and constitutional responsibility to conduct oversight where people are being detained.
The public deserves to know what is taking place in ICE facilities.
JUST NOW: Huge mass of agents in a standoff, weapons drawn as Reps. Ilhan Omar, Angie Craig, and Kelly Morrison attempt to conduct congressional oversight at the Whipple Building, which has been HQ for thousands of ICE agents.
@zeteo.com
@zeteo.com
January 10, 2026 at 5:17 PM
I was just denied access to the ICE processing center at the Whipple Building.
Members of Congress have a legal right and constitutional responsibility to conduct oversight where people are being detained.
The public deserves to know what is taking place in ICE facilities.
Members of Congress have a legal right and constitutional responsibility to conduct oversight where people are being detained.
The public deserves to know what is taking place in ICE facilities.
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This is Minneapolis:
-drop the kids off for a day with their grandparents
-go to brunch with your wife
-get a text from neighbors who don’t have enough food & can’t leave home or they might be abducted by fed govt
-get groceries as helicopters roar overhead
-deliver food & this vehicle passes you
-drop the kids off for a day with their grandparents
-go to brunch with your wife
-get a text from neighbors who don’t have enough food & can’t leave home or they might be abducted by fed govt
-get groceries as helicopters roar overhead
-deliver food & this vehicle passes you
January 10, 2026 at 8:20 PM
This is Minneapolis:
-drop the kids off for a day with their grandparents
-go to brunch with your wife
-get a text from neighbors who don’t have enough food & can’t leave home or they might be abducted by fed govt
-get groceries as helicopters roar overhead
-deliver food & this vehicle passes you
-drop the kids off for a day with their grandparents
-go to brunch with your wife
-get a text from neighbors who don’t have enough food & can’t leave home or they might be abducted by fed govt
-get groceries as helicopters roar overhead
-deliver food & this vehicle passes you
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If you let them, the horrors will devour you whole. Making space to live and smile is an act of resistance. So is helping others to do the same. If you’re an artist in this time, remember that what you’re doing is part of the emotional support infrastructure. They want you silent. 1/2
January 9, 2026 at 4:17 PM
If you let them, the horrors will devour you whole. Making space to live and smile is an act of resistance. So is helping others to do the same. If you’re an artist in this time, remember that what you’re doing is part of the emotional support infrastructure. They want you silent. 1/2
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if you are in the area, this report was two hours ago by Dave’s Pizza
seeing a lot of reports of harassment and at least one Red Laker that was detained
seeing a lot of reports of harassment and at least one Red Laker that was detained
January 10, 2026 at 9:40 PM
if you are in the area, this report was two hours ago by Dave’s Pizza
seeing a lot of reports of harassment and at least one Red Laker that was detained
seeing a lot of reports of harassment and at least one Red Laker that was detained
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god, there’s apparently ICE agents in Bemidji, in northern MN. Bemidji is between my reservation and two others. there is very little diversity besides the Indigenous population.
truly terrifying with how vulnerable Native women especially already are.
truly terrifying with how vulnerable Native women especially already are.
January 10, 2026 at 9:36 PM
god, there’s apparently ICE agents in Bemidji, in northern MN. Bemidji is between my reservation and two others. there is very little diversity besides the Indigenous population.
truly terrifying with how vulnerable Native women especially already are.
truly terrifying with how vulnerable Native women especially already are.