Will and the Loons
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Wanderer who planted roots late in life in beautiful Minnesota, trying to stay curious & kind Day by Day. ⚽️ fan. Book and music lover. Embracing my inner child and my outer old man. #YNWA
Wanderer who planted roots late in life in beautiful Minnesota, trying to stay curious & kind Day by Day. ⚽️ fan. Book and music lover. Embracing my inner child and my outer old man. #YNWA
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good news: brass solidarity band’s trombone player finally got his instrument back, 10 days after he was detained at the whipple building for protesting
January 19, 2026 at 8:14 PM
good news: brass solidarity band’s trombone player finally got his instrument back, 10 days after he was detained at the whipple building for protesting
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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
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.
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A funny little local political angle, this church has been helping lead opposition to the Summit Avenue bike trail, a longtime obsession of local NIMBYs. streets.mn/2025/07/24/s...
January 19, 2026 at 5:25 PM
A funny little local political angle, this church has been helping lead opposition to the Summit Avenue bike trail, a longtime obsession of local NIMBYs. streets.mn/2025/07/24/s...
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ICE Watch does not spur violence; it reduces it, says sociologist @nbedera.bsky.social
Keep patrolling. Keep whistling.
Keep patrolling. Keep whistling.
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 19, 2026 at 4:57 PM
ICE Watch does not spur violence; it reduces it, says sociologist @nbedera.bsky.social
Keep patrolling. Keep whistling.
Keep patrolling. Keep whistling.
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Hey federal Democrats. How does a QR code and a body cam stop this?
This is what happened in our neighborhood yesterday. ICE snatched a human being off of our streets, roughed them up badly, and then pepper sprayed legal observers as they documented it all. This is a daily occurrence happening all throughout Minnesota right now.
January 19, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Hey federal Democrats. How does a QR code and a body cam stop this?
Letter from Birmingham Jail never gets old.
“Moreover, I am cognizant of the interrelatedness of all communities and states. I cannot sit idly by in Atlanta and not be concerned about what happens in Birmingham. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single
January 19, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Letter from Birmingham Jail never gets old.
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A bunch of yall cheering this on?
I’m confused.
This does not make me feel safe. This terrifies me. i do not want this anywhere near my child’s school.
This is not the future I want to build. Fuck this. Fuck your guns.
I’m confused.
This does not make me feel safe. This terrifies me. i do not want this anywhere near my child’s school.
This is not the future I want to build. Fuck this. Fuck your guns.
With masked armed federal agents sitting at the corner and circling the St. Paul neighborhood for quite some time, about 50-100 neighbors came out to blow whistles. This man says this is his neighborhood and thanks everyone who came out.
The agents have all left.
The agents have all left.
January 19, 2026 at 9:45 AM
A bunch of yall cheering this on?
I’m confused.
This does not make me feel safe. This terrifies me. i do not want this anywhere near my child’s school.
This is not the future I want to build. Fuck this. Fuck your guns.
I’m confused.
This does not make me feel safe. This terrifies me. i do not want this anywhere near my child’s school.
This is not the future I want to build. Fuck this. Fuck your guns.
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ICE are doing a little PR photoshoot at Cities Church on Summit if you want to go make fun of them
January 19, 2026 at 3:26 PM
ICE are doing a little PR photoshoot at Cities Church on Summit if you want to go make fun of them
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Look I understand the urge to use the devices. I truly do. We destroyed our Amazon tech a couple years ago because they were being allowed to listen and record while passive.
I highly recommend removing the devices from your life now. They aren’t worth the support of fascism. Please .
I highly recommend removing the devices from your life now. They aren’t worth the support of fascism. Please .
January 19, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Look I understand the urge to use the devices. I truly do. We destroyed our Amazon tech a couple years ago because they were being allowed to listen and record while passive.
I highly recommend removing the devices from your life now. They aren’t worth the support of fascism. Please .
I highly recommend removing the devices from your life now. They aren’t worth the support of fascism. Please .
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The degree to which Allina is doing ICE's work for them is really upsetting.
The allegations in this story are incredibly disturbing. Blocking kids from bedside, lying to their pastor, pushing a patient — Why are hospital staff so involved in ICE’s attempts to detain a woman in their care?
sahanjournal.com/health/ice-d...
sahanjournal.com/health/ice-d...
ICE agents detain Mounds View couple en route to ER
An early-morning trip to the ER turned into a nightmare for a Mounds View couple with Liborio Parral Ortiz shipped to Texas and the family blocked from access to the bedside of his wife by ICE agents ...
sahanjournal.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:42 PM
The degree to which Allina is doing ICE's work for them is really upsetting.
I would love to see this. I’m a huge ⚽️ fan, and I usually even subscribe to live television for the durations of the World Cups, but the way Infantino has sucked up to Trump, politicized this tournament, and made it affordable only to wealthy non-fans, I’m planning to ignore it.
Honestly boycotting the World Cup would be the most effective and probably the least disruptive of all of the options available to Europe. I’m not sure how you can send teams and fans to contribute to a spectacle designed entirely to celebrate a guy trying to invade your territory.
January 19, 2026 at 3:42 PM
I would love to see this. I’m a huge ⚽️ fan, and I usually even subscribe to live television for the durations of the World Cups, but the way Infantino has sucked up to Trump, politicized this tournament, and made it affordable only to wealthy non-fans, I’m planning to ignore it.
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If the @dfl.org had its head screwed on they wouldn’t be alienating their base by asking for donations at a funeral, they’d organize a massive grassroots pressure campaign in CDs 1, 6, 7 & 8. Flooding all their offices, everyday with shame. I would contribute $ to that! Carlbom is clueless.
January 19, 2026 at 1:15 PM
If the @dfl.org had its head screwed on they wouldn’t be alienating their base by asking for donations at a funeral, they’d organize a massive grassroots pressure campaign in CDs 1, 6, 7 & 8. Flooding all their offices, everyday with shame. I would contribute $ to that! Carlbom is clueless.
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Maybe Trump hates Denmark because he once tried to open a large tin thinking it was filled with cookies only to find a sewing kit inside.
January 19, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Maybe Trump hates Denmark because he once tried to open a large tin thinking it was filled with cookies only to find a sewing kit inside.
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Another source of inspiration that there is nothing wrong with America that can't be cured by what is right with America.
People here are outside patrolling their neighborhoods in this, trying to keep their neighbors safe from lawless armed masked goons. Armed with whistles and vests, they are essentially fighting a war against their own government and its ethnic cleansing campaign.
January 19, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Another source of inspiration that there is nothing wrong with America that can't be cured by what is right with America.
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everything is just absurd. 10 years of this asshole is 10 years too many
NORWAY PM: I HAVE REPEATEDLY CLEARLY EXPLAINED TO TRUMP THAT IT IS AN INDEPENDENT COMMITTEE THAT AWARDS THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
January 19, 2026 at 12:29 PM
everything is just absurd. 10 years of this asshole is 10 years too many
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What people know about publicly is only a fraction of the work actually going on, much of which is being done very quietly for the safety/security of our vulnerable neighbors.
Truly inspired by so many people (you know who you are) right now. And truly surreal that any of this is even necessary.
Truly inspired by so many people (you know who you are) right now. And truly surreal that any of this is even necessary.
Minneapolis and Saint Paul have basically mobilized into a war economy of mutual aid and non-violent defense. I’ve never seen anything like it, even during Covid. People who barely vote are guarding their schools from ICE and doing the shopping for neighbors in hiding.
This is so smart. I’m so impressed with all the different ways you’re helping your neighbors.
January 19, 2026 at 1:52 PM
What people know about publicly is only a fraction of the work actually going on, much of which is being done very quietly for the safety/security of our vulnerable neighbors.
Truly inspired by so many people (you know who you are) right now. And truly surreal that any of this is even necessary.
Truly inspired by so many people (you know who you are) right now. And truly surreal that any of this is even necessary.
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That people would only work to protect their neighbors because they get paid cuts to the core of conservative ideology. Across Minnesota, people, many who weren’t that political, are outside in negative temps, armed with whistles and phones putting their lives on the line to protect their neighbors.
January 19, 2026 at 2:16 PM
That people would only work to protect their neighbors because they get paid cuts to the core of conservative ideology. Across Minnesota, people, many who weren’t that political, are outside in negative temps, armed with whistles and phones putting their lives on the line to protect their neighbors.
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Fans of Swedish club Hammarby showed support for their former player Kyra Cooney-Cross, who is with family in Australia following her mother’s cancer diagnosis. A beautiful gesture from fans and the club that reminds us all it’s bigger than just a game ❤️
📷: @hammarbyfotboll.se
📷: @hammarbyfotboll.se
January 19, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Fans of Swedish club Hammarby showed support for their former player Kyra Cooney-Cross, who is with family in Australia following her mother’s cancer diagnosis. A beautiful gesture from fans and the club that reminds us all it’s bigger than just a game ❤️
📷: @hammarbyfotboll.se
📷: @hammarbyfotboll.se
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“Is the president losing Joe Rogan? We asked nine drunk white men in Chisholm.”
January 19, 2026 at 2:38 PM
“Is the president losing Joe Rogan? We asked nine drunk white men in Chisholm.”
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We had endless articles and TV clips about Biden's mental capacity but silence about Trump's obvious unfitness when he says he's going to start a war with Denmark over Greenland because he didn't get the Nobel Peace Prize.
Not the sort of letter committed to paper by a well man. "Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace"
January 19, 2026 at 2:41 PM
We had endless articles and TV clips about Biden's mental capacity but silence about Trump's obvious unfitness when he says he's going to start a war with Denmark over Greenland because he didn't get the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Re: Greenland.
Can we stop imagining Trump is anything other than certifiably insane?
Can we stop imagining Trump is anything other than certifiably insane?
January 19, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Re: Greenland.
Can we stop imagining Trump is anything other than certifiably insane?
Can we stop imagining Trump is anything other than certifiably insane?
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A massive "Hands off Greenland" protest is happening right now in Copenhagen to demonstrate against Trump's threats.
"The aim is to send a clear and unified message of respect for Greenland's democracy," organisers said.
“Respect for Greenland, respect for Greenlanders, respect for Denmark.”
"The aim is to send a clear and unified message of respect for Greenland's democracy," organisers said.
“Respect for Greenland, respect for Greenlanders, respect for Denmark.”
January 17, 2026 at 3:52 PM
A massive "Hands off Greenland" protest is happening right now in Copenhagen to demonstrate against Trump's threats.
"The aim is to send a clear and unified message of respect for Greenland's democracy," organisers said.
“Respect for Greenland, respect for Greenlanders, respect for Denmark.”
"The aim is to send a clear and unified message of respect for Greenland's democracy," organisers said.
“Respect for Greenland, respect for Greenlanders, respect for Denmark.”
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Prior to Trump, I always thought someone could do a cutting satire of US politics with a show about a president who loses his mind while in office, and the lengths to which his party will go to justify and defend his increasingly insane pronouncements.
We’re living in that show.
We’re living in that show.
Christ. We all suspected this. But the narcissistic cockalorum actually put his “if you don’t give me the Peace Prize I’ll start waging wars” threat in writing.
The petulant pillock is literally ready to kill people because he didn’t get his Special Prize.
The petulant pillock is literally ready to kill people because he didn’t get his Special Prize.
mad king moment
from the PBS Newshour correspondent
from the PBS Newshour correspondent
January 19, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Prior to Trump, I always thought someone could do a cutting satire of US politics with a show about a president who loses his mind while in office, and the lengths to which his party will go to justify and defend his increasingly insane pronouncements.
We’re living in that show.
We’re living in that show.
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January 19, 2026 at 5:45 AM
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I’m not sure people outside the Twin Cites realize the prevalence and the fear ICE is causing in Twin Cities. They are dining undercover pretending to be couples at restaurants, they are going to businesses and checking the license plates of cars to find employees. Every public place is compromised.
January 19, 2026 at 3:17 AM
I’m not sure people outside the Twin Cites realize the prevalence and the fear ICE is causing in Twin Cities. They are dining undercover pretending to be couples at restaurants, they are going to businesses and checking the license plates of cars to find employees. Every public place is compromised.