steph
@stph.bsky.social
mpls, interests include the earth, my dog, fibers, gays, wood, and reality tv
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“Where the GOP learned to lie as a matter of course is an interesting question, and I’m afraid I’ve had a front row seat. I think it’s the climate fight, more than anything else, that taught them to regard reality as optional.”
Read @billmckibben.bsky.social on how we reached this moment
Read @billmckibben.bsky.social on how we reached this moment
Thinking about lying
Climate denial taught our leaders shamelessness
open.substack.com
February 5, 2026 at 4:32 AM
“Where the GOP learned to lie as a matter of course is an interesting question, and I’m afraid I’ve had a front row seat. I think it’s the climate fight, more than anything else, that taught them to regard reality as optional.”
Read @billmckibben.bsky.social on how we reached this moment
Read @billmckibben.bsky.social on how we reached this moment
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67% of the homicides in Minneapolis and 50% of the homicides in all of Minnesota this year have been committed by federal agents.
Read that again.
Read that again.
February 5, 2026 at 3:01 AM
67% of the homicides in Minneapolis and 50% of the homicides in all of Minnesota this year have been committed by federal agents.
Read that again.
Read that again.
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Interestingly, what is typically the most “safe” mutual aid work—like delivering food to people in need—is now the most necessarily secretive, while that which is typically “risky”—directly confronting armed agents of the state—is unavoidably public and open.
What's tough to get across to folks outside MN is that both the occupation & everyday resistance are both happening at such a scale that it's kinda flipped a lot of what most would assume makes sense for precautions or 'opsec'. Everything from spicy stuff to mundane have different rules than before
February 3, 2026 at 3:29 AM
Interestingly, what is typically the most “safe” mutual aid work—like delivering food to people in need—is now the most necessarily secretive, while that which is typically “risky”—directly confronting armed agents of the state—is unavoidably public and open.
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The measles outbreak in the Dilley Detention facility will disable and kill children.
It’s not a flaw or an accident.
This is the system working as intended.
Fascism and eugenics go hand in hand.
They want the “others” to die.
Disease spread is a tool of the colonizer.
It’s not a flaw or an accident.
This is the system working as intended.
Fascism and eugenics go hand in hand.
They want the “others” to die.
Disease spread is a tool of the colonizer.
February 2, 2026 at 9:36 AM
The measles outbreak in the Dilley Detention facility will disable and kill children.
It’s not a flaw or an accident.
This is the system working as intended.
Fascism and eugenics go hand in hand.
They want the “others” to die.
Disease spread is a tool of the colonizer.
It’s not a flaw or an accident.
This is the system working as intended.
Fascism and eugenics go hand in hand.
They want the “others” to die.
Disease spread is a tool of the colonizer.
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It’s day 62 of the ICE occupation of MSP.
Get out there and shovel your immigrant neighbor’s sidewalks- it’s a great way to help a neighbor in hiding, and you can watch out for ICE in your neighborhood at the same time!
Get out there and shovel your immigrant neighbor’s sidewalks- it’s a great way to help a neighbor in hiding, and you can watch out for ICE in your neighborhood at the same time!
February 1, 2026 at 6:34 PM
It’s day 62 of the ICE occupation of MSP.
Get out there and shovel your immigrant neighbor’s sidewalks- it’s a great way to help a neighbor in hiding, and you can watch out for ICE in your neighborhood at the same time!
Get out there and shovel your immigrant neighbor’s sidewalks- it’s a great way to help a neighbor in hiding, and you can watch out for ICE in your neighborhood at the same time!
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There were 3800 children in ice custody in December. We have no idea how many they have now. This began with Obama and only increased under Biden. This administration has increased holding children in camps.
1 less now that Liam is home.
Bring them all home. Close the camps.
1 less now that Liam is home.
Bring them all home. Close the camps.
ICE Threw Thousands of Kids in Detention, Many For Longer Than Court-Prescribed Limit
Former immigration staffers argue ICE is choosing to detain families for prolonged periods to speed deportations and compel them to leave.
www.themarshallproject.org
February 1, 2026 at 3:56 PM
There were 3800 children in ice custody in December. We have no idea how many they have now. This began with Obama and only increased under Biden. This administration has increased holding children in camps.
1 less now that Liam is home.
Bring them all home. Close the camps.
1 less now that Liam is home.
Bring them all home. Close the camps.
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You can celebrate Stop Using Biometrics Saturday on Sunday
Yes passcode is annoying but if you’re in this work you gotta do it
Yes passcode is annoying but if you’re in this work you gotta do it
in addition to Shut the Fuck Up Friday, Stop Using Biometrics Saturday
New court record from the FBI details the state of the devices seized from Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson: phone was on w/Lockdown Mode; personal laptop was off; work laptop was on w/Touch ID; several Signal chats used disappearing messages. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 1, 2026 at 12:16 PM
You can celebrate Stop Using Biometrics Saturday on Sunday
Yes passcode is annoying but if you’re in this work you gotta do it
Yes passcode is annoying but if you’re in this work you gotta do it
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I know this from researching police salaries for a recent paper: many cities have a set of officers taking home more than $500k and they can’t really explain why
oaklandside.org/2026/01/29/o...
oaklandside.org/2026/01/29/o...
One Oakland police officer made $490,000 in overtime. The city can’t find records detailing much of what he did
One OPD officer logged 5,242 total working hours, racking up $490,000 in overtime pay. If he worked more than half of the time in a calendar year, why can't the city tell us what he did?
oaklandside.org
January 31, 2026 at 5:50 PM
I know this from researching police salaries for a recent paper: many cities have a set of officers taking home more than $500k and they can’t really explain why
oaklandside.org/2026/01/29/o...
oaklandside.org/2026/01/29/o...
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You’re describing an emergency. The world is also watching you and waiting for you to do something.
Are you going to establish an eviction moratorium? Rent is due today.
Are you going to establish an eviction moratorium? Rent is due today.
They’re taking kids from Minnesota and sending them to detention camps. They’re shooting American citizens in the street and locking investigators out of the crime scenes. The world is watching what happens next.
Hundreds of people spelled out the distress signal "SOS" on Bde Maka Ska in Minneapolis on Friday, Jan. 30.
📷️ Provided by Jeff Schad
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February 1, 2026 at 1:44 PM
You’re describing an emergency. The world is also watching you and waiting for you to do something.
Are you going to establish an eviction moratorium? Rent is due today.
Are you going to establish an eviction moratorium? Rent is due today.
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For the billionth time, we are neighbors helping neighbors. That's it.
I know people using the terms "insurgency" and "agitators" are acting in bad faith, but everyone else needs to treat them with flat-earth levels of disdain and contempt. The analysis should be "this is 1,000% wrong, DUH."
I know people using the terms "insurgency" and "agitators" are acting in bad faith, but everyone else needs to treat them with flat-earth levels of disdain and contempt. The analysis should be "this is 1,000% wrong, DUH."
Politicians Are Calling the Protests in Minnesota an Insurgency
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 2:27 PM
For the billionth time, we are neighbors helping neighbors. That's it.
I know people using the terms "insurgency" and "agitators" are acting in bad faith, but everyone else needs to treat them with flat-earth levels of disdain and contempt. The analysis should be "this is 1,000% wrong, DUH."
I know people using the terms "insurgency" and "agitators" are acting in bad faith, but everyone else needs to treat them with flat-earth levels of disdain and contempt. The analysis should be "this is 1,000% wrong, DUH."
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I'm calling bullshit on the media narrative that Trump is "pivoting" and "deescalating" on his ICE raids. The threshold is this: As long as the military occupations and the treatment of US cities as enemy territory continue, there's no pivot. ICE out. 1/
(New piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
(New piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
Donald Trump Is Frightened
Trump wants to appear eager to minimize out-of-control clashes between government militias and protesters. But he doesn’t want to stop the things causing those clashes in the first place.
newrepublic.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:40 PM
I'm calling bullshit on the media narrative that Trump is "pivoting" and "deescalating" on his ICE raids. The threshold is this: As long as the military occupations and the treatment of US cities as enemy territory continue, there's no pivot. ICE out. 1/
(New piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
(New piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
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ICE has been holding a disabled Black man for a year!
Rodney Taylor is a double amputee who was days away from receiving new prosthetic legs when ICE took him.
He’s been denied his prosthetics & placed in solitary.
His health is declining.
Public outrage might save his life.
Say his name:
Rodney Taylor is a double amputee who was days away from receiving new prosthetic legs when ICE took him.
He’s been denied his prosthetics & placed in solitary.
His health is declining.
Public outrage might save his life.
Say his name:
Sign the Petition
Demand the Release of Rodney Taylor from ICE Detention
www.change.org
January 29, 2026 at 9:22 AM
ICE has been holding a disabled Black man for a year!
Rodney Taylor is a double amputee who was days away from receiving new prosthetic legs when ICE took him.
He’s been denied his prosthetics & placed in solitary.
His health is declining.
Public outrage might save his life.
Say his name:
Rodney Taylor is a double amputee who was days away from receiving new prosthetic legs when ICE took him.
He’s been denied his prosthetics & placed in solitary.
His health is declining.
Public outrage might save his life.
Say his name:
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Did I mention that large portions of MN’s population are in hiding right now? Kids are missing school. Adults can’t go out to work. People aren’t able to buy food or pay rent, and mutual aid is all keeping everyone going. We keep us safe, on our own, and people are being shot in the street for it
January 29, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Did I mention that large portions of MN’s population are in hiding right now? Kids are missing school. Adults can’t go out to work. People aren’t able to buy food or pay rent, and mutual aid is all keeping everyone going. We keep us safe, on our own, and people are being shot in the street for it
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I think what a lot of folks miss is how profitable deportation is for the corporations involved & the politicians they're backing.
Holding people, physically removing them, is cost for the taxpayer & profit into the pockets of the worst people you can imagine.
Holding people, physically removing them, is cost for the taxpayer & profit into the pockets of the worst people you can imagine.
January 27, 2026 at 9:12 PM
I think what a lot of folks miss is how profitable deportation is for the corporations involved & the politicians they're backing.
Holding people, physically removing them, is cost for the taxpayer & profit into the pockets of the worst people you can imagine.
Holding people, physically removing them, is cost for the taxpayer & profit into the pockets of the worst people you can imagine.
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One thing that irks me: people keep calling the folks on the streets in Minneapolis protestors. They are not generally there to protest, they are there to observe and document. This is the product of organizing and mutual aid. It is telling that these acts of citizenship are seen as protest!
January 24, 2026 at 9:29 PM
One thing that irks me: people keep calling the folks on the streets in Minneapolis protestors. They are not generally there to protest, they are there to observe and document. This is the product of organizing and mutual aid. It is telling that these acts of citizenship are seen as protest!
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I know people keep saying this but it’s hard to communicate the depth of active resistance here. Like, I’m on random cafes and people are checking in for observation shifts. Signs everywhere. Folks in visibility vests on the corners. It’s wild. Absolutely wild.
January 22, 2026 at 4:04 PM
I know people keep saying this but it’s hard to communicate the depth of active resistance here. Like, I’m on random cafes and people are checking in for observation shifts. Signs everywhere. Folks in visibility vests on the corners. It’s wild. Absolutely wild.
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If you live in the Cities, an easy way to help immigrant families in hiding is: laundry! Laundromats are ICE magnets, so people without washers need help.
The People’s Laundry will drop off laundry to your door to wash and dry and pick up a few days later:
thepeopleslaundrympls.com/volunteer/
The People’s Laundry will drop off laundry to your door to wash and dry and pick up a few days later:
thepeopleslaundrympls.com/volunteer/
January 18, 2026 at 11:46 PM
If you live in the Cities, an easy way to help immigrant families in hiding is: laundry! Laundromats are ICE magnets, so people without washers need help.
The People’s Laundry will drop off laundry to your door to wash and dry and pick up a few days later:
thepeopleslaundrympls.com/volunteer/
The People’s Laundry will drop off laundry to your door to wash and dry and pick up a few days later:
thepeopleslaundrympls.com/volunteer/
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I need your help to keep this South Minneapolis family safe. These two sisters and their 4 children need our help until they can return to work safely. These funds raised would allow them to shelter in place and will help keep the kids afloat.
gofund.me/a5dcf51a4
gofund.me/a5dcf51a4
Donate to Support for 2 single mothers affected by ICE, organized by Cassandra Nelin
Hello to all the kind hearted people in this world,
My name is Cassie, a… Cassandra Nelin needs your support for Support for 2 single mothers affected by ICE
gofund.me
January 18, 2026 at 11:47 PM
I need your help to keep this South Minneapolis family safe. These two sisters and their 4 children need our help until they can return to work safely. These funds raised would allow them to shelter in place and will help keep the kids afloat.
gofund.me/a5dcf51a4
gofund.me/a5dcf51a4
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My son's friend and co-worker was taken by ICE. I know there are a lot of aid requests out there - I can vouch for this one. gofund.me/f4c275cd5
Donate to Help Free Allison Mendez-Jarquin from ICE Detention, organized by Oscar Rubinow
Our friend Allison Mendez-Jarquin was taken by ICE agents on Wednesd… Oscar Rubinow needs your support for Help Free Allison Mendez-Jarquin from ICE Detention
gofund.me
January 17, 2026 at 12:29 AM
My son's friend and co-worker was taken by ICE. I know there are a lot of aid requests out there - I can vouch for this one. gofund.me/f4c275cd5
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This is surreal. 4 Oglala Lakota men kidnapped by ICE in Minneapolis have finally been located. One of them was released but the other 3 are being held at Fort Snelling, a former concentration camp used to imprison Native people incl. the Dakota 38 during Dakota Wars.
ictnews.org/news/north-c...
ictnews.org/news/north-c...
Four Oglala detainees located, three still in ICE custody - ICT
The four Lakota detainees were reportedly sent to a former concentration camp used during the Dakota Wars
ictnews.org
January 14, 2026 at 10:31 PM
This is surreal. 4 Oglala Lakota men kidnapped by ICE in Minneapolis have finally been located. One of them was released but the other 3 are being held at Fort Snelling, a former concentration camp used to imprison Native people incl. the Dakota 38 during Dakota Wars.
ictnews.org/news/north-c...
ictnews.org/news/north-c...
the phoebe I know wouldn’t date a cop ok
January 15, 2026 at 2:23 AM
the phoebe I know wouldn’t date a cop ok
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