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Laura E
@soulclaphands.bsky.social
Out here behind the tree line.

Profile image is from a painting: Moonlight by Ilya Repin 1896.
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Country Singer, songwriter Charley Crockett well said......
February 9, 2026 at 9:45 PM
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In this week's edition of: "I didn't know one could protest in so many ways:"

More than 60 Drummers 🥁 coordinated throughout downtown Minneapolis to play on different street corners and share a unified message that they want ICE out of their city. 🪘🙌🏻

I love their laugh at the end. 😍
February 4, 2026 at 1:48 AM
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Hey folks! Street Medics in Minneapolis have reached out to us asking for help boosting another wishlist!

Everything on this list is going straight to Columbia Heights.

(If you hate amazon, please visit www.standwithminnesota.com and find a different way to help! just help, that is what matters)
Check out my list on Amazon
www.amazon.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:00 PM
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Well, that was a great Super Bowl. I’m glad Bad Bunny won.
February 9, 2026 at 1:48 AM
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Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous
February 9, 2026 at 1:38 AM
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Oh she’s phenomenal. This is Sophia Chang.
February 8, 2026 at 12:23 AM
invisible clip-clopping down a thousand lanes.
The horse is placed so centrally in folklore because our relationship to it has always been a defining cultural feature. Its ghosts are many. They pull spectral corpse carts, are steeds in phantom battles. A network of invisible clip-clopping down a thousand lanes. – Dr. M. Benn #FolkloreThursday
February 5, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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Long Covid friends—

A bill in the Maryland legislature would create an R&D fund for LC—a big deal when new federal funding is stalled.

The advocate behind the bill is asking for people anywhere to submit written testimony on Fri 2/6 on your experience w/LC, to say why this is needed!

More info:
Sign the Petition
Advocate for Maryland HB 0027 for Long COVID R&D
www.change.org
January 30, 2026 at 8:21 PM
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10/10 ICE protest sign
January 31, 2026 at 10:20 PM
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A comprehensive thoughtful explanation of not only actions but resources.
As state terror amps up, here's a list of actions you can take now--

a lot of resources

and a list of upcoming virtual trainings on a number of topics:
actions to take as ICE intensifies
ways to support MN and your own community
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
January 25, 2026 at 10:37 PM
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Another murder by immigration enforcement in my district.

I am absolutely horrified that federal agents are targeting and executing our residents instead of protecting them.

ICE and CBP must leave Minnesota immediately. Kristi Noem must be impeached. Enough.
January 24, 2026 at 6:25 PM
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Per his colleagues: The victim’s name was apparently Alex Pretti and he was an ICU nurse caring for severely injured veterans at the VA Hospital. He was acting as an observer, filming the raid. Any suggestion that he was there with violence on his mind is horrific gaslighting.
January 24, 2026 at 7:49 PM
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I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.
January 24, 2026 at 7:23 PM
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As tens of thousands across America protest the violence that ICE sows with impunity, federal agents shot and killed another person in Minneapolis today.

ICE terrorizes our cities. ICE puts us all in danger. Abolish ICE.
January 24, 2026 at 6:00 PM
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haunt the World

Emily Dickinson, ‘There is no silence in the earth so silent’
January 23, 2026 at 11:20 PM
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Holy crap.
Breaking: churches shut down for Jan. 23
January 20, 2026 at 5:06 AM
"You can’t reform a concentration camp regime. You have to dismantle it and replace it. We have a thousand ways to do it."

Andrea Pitzer
January 20, 2026 at 2:14 PM
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it is -10 here today. I was supposed to go do a volunteer shift standing outside loading groceries into people’s cars to deliver to families stuck at home. just got a call not to come in because they have too many volunteers already. if you were wondering if the cold would stop us.
January 19, 2026 at 5:09 PM
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Minneapolis church has delivered more than 12,000 boxes of groceries to families in hiding in 6 weeks

Here is the link to help fund their food pantry.

www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...
January 18, 2026 at 10:11 PM
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I'm astounded at the embrace of the #walkforpeace by my home state of North Carolina. There are almost eight thousand likes on this post for the small town of Highpoint. People are craving meaning and aspiration to something larger them themselves. Our task is to find ways to offer that. w/alt text
January 17, 2026 at 12:46 PM
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“NO ONE WAY WORKS,
it will take all of us
shoving at the thing from all sides
to bring it down.

- Diane di Prima”
Excerpt from Revolutionary Letter № 8 by Diane di Prima
January 16, 2026 at 11:06 PM
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This is awe-inspiring. At this point in their Walk for Peace pilgrimage, their feet are swollen and blistered. All of the monks are feeling some level of pain, yet watch what happens when they see someone on the side of the road who is in distress. 🥹🥹🥹🙌🙏🫶👇
January 17, 2026 at 2:04 AM
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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.
Stand With Minnesota
A directory of places to give to as Minnesota defends itself from ICE occupation
www.standwithminnesota.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:24 PM
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“Oh, yes, you said. I was thinking of the stars.”

Oh, this gorgeous gem by @melissafitz.bsky.social! ✨💛
January 12, 2026 at 1:58 PM