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Liv Lemon
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mprnews.org
Twin Cities school districts are ending the short-term virtual learning options many opened for students during the surge of federal agents in Minnesota.

Districts say many children are returning with trauma and an ongoing need for support. Others have simply dropped out.
Fears linger as Minnesota kids return to in-person classes after ICE chaos
Twin Cities school districts are ending the short-term virtual learning options many opened for students during the surge of federal agents in Minnesota. Districts say many children are returning with...
www.mprnews.org
April 6, 2026 at 11:37 AM
theyliv.bsky.social
It’s supposed to look like this from earth too btw
astrojaz.bsky.social Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astrojaz.bsky.social · Apr 8
OH. MY. GOD.

THIS IS THE MILKY WAY SHOT BY THE ARTEMIS II CREW. LOOK AT ALL THOSE STARS!!!!
A starfield filled with thousands of stars and shining clouds of dust. The Milky Way\u2019s elegant spiral structure is dominated by just two arms wrapping off the ends of a central bar of stars. Spanning more than 100,000 light-years, Earth is located along one of the galaxy\u2019s spiral arms, about halfway from the center. Credit: NASA
April 9, 2026 at 2:21 AM
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colonelborkmundus.bsky.social
another day, another horrific headline
another day, another late night of stupid helicopters
another day, another mutual aid ask to fundraise for
another day that I do not allow myself to sink into overwhelming despair
another day,
February 28, 2026 at 2:10 PM
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lookitup.baby
With alt text, so everyone can be able to read it
UNIONS ANNOUNCE HISTORIC TWIN CITIES RENT STRIKE, DEMANDING EVICTION MORATORIUM AND $50 MILLION RENT RELIEF Minneapolis, MN- Today labor and tenant unions in Minneapolis and St. Paul announced a March 1 rent strike drive, calling on Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to immediately declare an eviction moratorium and rent relief. Representing more than 25,900 workers, these five labor unions and the new cities-wide tenant union together vow to show an unprecedented expression of economic power to ensure action from the Governor. Twin Cities Tenants, a cities-wide tenant union in Minneapolis and St. Paul, joins with SEIU Healthcare MN/IA (representing 9,000 workers who live and work in the Twin Cities), SEIU Local 26 (representing 8,000 workers in the Twin Cities), Unite HERE Local 17 (representing 6,000 workers), ATU 1005 (representing 2,300 workers), and CWA 7250 (representing 600 workers) to launch the strike drive. Following decisions by their executive teams, these unions are actively organizing their membership towards the March 1 rent strike. Take Action Minnesota has committed 1,500 of their members, mostly parents and teachers, to take the strike pledge, and Unidos Minnesota is moving the pledge to its 8,000 members. The unions and community groups are joined by Minneapolis City Council Members Jason Chavez (Ward 9), Aisha Chughtai (Ward 10), Aurin Chowdhury (Ward 12), and Robin Wonsley (Ward 2). The Councilmembers have fought for a statewide eviction moratorium, and they are all tenants who have now pledged to strike on March 1. (Alt text continued on the second picture, which is of the same page. The third and the fourth picture are also the same as each other and alt text will continue between the third and the fourth picture, which I couldn’t put there because a 2000 character limit is cruel and unusual) Just 10,000 tenants withholding rent in March alone would result in a $15 million economic disruption. This would more than double the "normal" levels of rental debt across the Twin Cities. If authorized and launched, this would be the largest rent strike in the United States in the last 100 years, and the largest rent strike in Minnesota's history. The strike drive follows nearly three months of federal occupation, which has taken a painful economic toll on poor and working class tenants across the Twin Cities. Over 35,000 low-income Twin Cities households were already unable to afford the rent before the federal siege. Estimates show over $47 million in lost wages among people who have not been safe to go to work, and at least $15.7 million in additional rental assistance needed due to lost household income - leaving many of those households at imminent risk of eviction. Despite monumental efforts by community members to distribute nearly $5 million in rent relief, evictions in the Twin Cities are already spiking. In January 2026, landlords across Minneapolis and St. Paul filed 1,311 evictions; this is up 12% from December 2025, and 26% over the January average in the past few years. The top evictors under occupation include large companies like Dominum, Aeon, Roers Companies, and The Related Companies. The list also includes landlords like Sherman Associates, who have opened up hotels to ICE. Even as the federal government announces a "draw down" of Operation Metro Surge, the economic impact of the occupation will continue long after the ICE agents are gone. Because of mutual aid funds and local protections, like 30-day notice for filing in Minneapolis, tenants may have avoided court so far. but occupation evictions will be heard soon. "In the last 2 months, I've been stuck in the house. I can't work, so I can't pay rent. All we want is freedom, to feel that we belong someplace, to work. Today I’m pledging to rent strike on March 1 because I know that when we fight, we win," said Anain, a member of Inquilins Unids por Justicia & Twin Cities Tenants. "Today, I'm more scared of what's been happening than I’m scared of the risk of going on strike. I’m ready to withhold my rent, alongside my neighbors across the Twin Cities, until we win." "Tenants in MN are in a crisis. The federal invasion forced many of our neighbors to stay home & devastated our local economy," said Minneapolis City Council Member Aisha Chughtai. "We need real solutions for the cliff of rental crisis we are facing on March 1st. I will be going on rent strike on March 1 and I call on my constituents to join me, until we can get a real solution from our state government for this crisis." "Our union has always understood that no matter what we win at the bargaining table, if we don't join fights led by the community around things like keeping us safe & having an affordable place to live, we aren't materially making lives better," said Greg Nammacher, President of SEIU Local 26. "We know many of our members are like thousands of Minnesotans who’ve been facing immense challenges over the last few months because of the federal occupation, & now are facing impossible situations around paying their rent. We’re telling our members about the strike drive and encouraging them to get involved if this is an issue that’s important to them because we know that collective action is the only way to take on problems this large." "We absolutely need an eviction moratorium," said Geof Paquette, Internal Organizing Director at Unite Here Local 17. "Our members were struggling to keep up with housing costs before ICE occupied our streets. It’s now become an emergency as many of our members are behind in their rent. It's well past time for some relief."… "Our members have been deeply impacted by the presence of federal agents in MN, including organizing robust mutual aid in school communities to ensure students and families could stay home and safe during the past 2 months," said Amanda Otero, Co-Director of Take Action MN. "Many of our neighbors are at risk of losing their housing due to this crisis & we’re raising our voices to demand an eviction moratorium & rent relief. We’re ready to talk to our members about a rent strike as a strategy to ensure our demands are met." "First, we stand in solidarity with workers in all sectors," said David Stiggers, Pres of ATU 1005. "Public transit workers are tenants too, who serve the communities we live in. We’re often living paycheck to paycheck & sometimes only one small emergency away from falling short on rent. Unstable housing leads to stress which leads to poor work performance & that's detrimental to safety and reliability, which impacts the entire community. ATU represents many frontline public service workers, those driving, maintaining, & riding transit so we'll continue to fight for justice and equity in housing policies." "The people of the Twin Cities have shown the way, fighting a federal invasion and caring for their neighbors; their fight and their care continues in this historic rent strike," said Tara Raghuveer, Director of the Tenant Union Federation. "Out of deep consideration and profound seriousness, & facing Mar 1, when the rent is due & so many still can't pay, tenants & workers have decided that they have no other choice but to strike. In taking this step, they join a storied tradition of struggle. The struggle can end whenever the Gov steps in to do what's right." Twin Cities Tenants is a Cities-wide tenant union. This effort is led by Inquilins Unids por Justicia, South Minneapolis Tenant Union, property-level unions, & block groups across the Twin Cities. TC Tenants is supported by the Tenant Union Federation, a national union of tenant unions.
February 18, 2026 at 5:16 AM
Reposted by Liv Lemon
allisonanne.com
this is what we folks here in the twin cities metro & across MN would really like you to understand —

1. they’re still here harming & destabilizing our communities

2. the reverberations will be felt for a very long time

3. even if they all left right now, there’s still a huge crisis to address
caztastrophe.gay caztastrophe 🐦🦝🏳️‍🌈 @caztastrophe.gay · Feb 17
This is why we're still raising funds for our neighbors to shelter in place. Even if ICE left TODAY it's too late for so many people to make their rent if they haven't been able to work.

$3311 / $5900 for 3 neighbors in my small condo building to stay housed for March

Venmo Caz-A
paypal.me/ccabb
wari-os.bsky.social wari @wari-os.bsky.social · Feb 17
shit is STILL rough here. this is a map of current reported ICE activity in the twin cities area (via iceout.org/en/ )
February 18, 2026 at 1:07 AM
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elizas.website
this guy gets it
If you have ever struggled with a server whose bios won't netboot because there's a misconfiguration on the switch, or the Ethernet cable is not coded right for the speed of the server's card (because your vendor silently "upgraded" you to 25 Gbit because they were out of 10 Gbit cards), and then when it does boot, it is thermally throttled because it's tiny fans happen to be blowing in the one spot where your electrician tied a bundle of electric cables 10 cm thick, and then once you get the thermal throttling problem solved, you find out your version of IPMItool is incompatible with some stupid extension your server vendor defaulted to "on",, then you might understand why Oxide is a good deal. If you idea of installing a server is "terraform", you're not going to get it.
February 10, 2026 at 4:59 PM
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minneapolis-spring.bsky.social Minneapolis Spring @minneapolis-spring.bsky.social · Feb 7
MPD sweeps the Bloomington blockade
February 7, 2026 at 6:08 PM
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minneapolis-spring.bsky.social
Ambulance just easily passed through; the entire blockade and brass band went silent so traffic could be organized for them to pass quickly.
minneapolis-spring.bsky.social Minneapolis Spring @minneapolis-spring.bsky.social · Feb 7
Police came back to the barricade at 35th & Bloomington with more forces, pushed community defenders onto the sidewalks, and stole equipment.

But the defenders immediately return and rebuild
minneapolis-spring.bsky.social Minneapolis Spring @minneapolis-spring.bsky.social · Feb 7
Reports that cops are staging near 35th & Bloomington with bulldozers
February 7, 2026 at 8:29 PM
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taylordahlin.com
we just had a mayoral election 3 months ago, and minneapolis rejected omar fateh. low information “voters” should stop making signs like this and start looking in the mirror
daviss.org daviss @daviss.org · Feb 6
A sign on Lake Street in Uptown Minneapolis.

"MINNEAPOLIS & MN NEEDS A MAMDANI NOW"

February 5, 2026
"MINNEAPOLIS & MN NEEDS A MAMDANI NOW"
February 6, 2026 at 6:12 PM
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monarchbuttery.bsky.social
According to witness reports Target says they are unable to ask ICE to leave stores, because it is public space. Yet this weekend community members were quickly instructed by management to leave the stores, showing that Target takes more decisive action to remove peaceful protesters from their
February 2, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Reposted by Liv Lemon
sarahbarsness.bsky.social
For my non-MN friends just getting to know us now because *gestures broadly,* one of the (many) things we're really good at is making the most out of things, even shitty things. Winter is brutal, sure, but we don't hide from it. We make it fun, make it beautiful, and enjoy it together.
douglasmack.bsky.social Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · Feb 1
art shanties. so odd and so delightful and so minneapolis.
Hut that looks like a space geode with a Lisa Frank teal and purple color palette. It is sitting on an icy lake. Person in an old hockey helmet riding a bike on a frozen lake. The front wheel is a hockey skate. That's right. Large wooden monarch butterflies with signs that day "migration is beautiful" "abolish ICE," and "chinga la migra" Small box of a hut on the ice, covered in silver sequins and with a pink stage projecting from the front.
February 2, 2026 at 12:39 AM
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jchavezmpls.bsky.social
I LOVE WARD 9. I went to another one in Powderhorn today and it literally allowed kids to play safely outside with their families. ❤️
jcollins.bsky.social Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · Jan 31
Minneapolis is trying out new forms of resistance. They're doing pop-up blockade block parties. This one is on Cedar and 34th, a main route into the city. They have a stereo, food & a fire. MPD is present but not interfering. Lots of honks of support. ICE agents have been reported detouring around.
February 1, 2026 at 12:45 AM
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biketrouble.bsky.social
at modern times today—a tuesday morning—there was a waitlist 20 minutes long and growing by 11 a.m.

hell, and i cannot emphasize this enough, yeah.
At 'Post Modern Times,' There's Free Food for All (Except ICE) Until the Federal Invasion Ends - Racket
'We absolutely cannot go on as we have,' says the owner of the south Minneapolis brunch spot.
racketmn.com
January 27, 2026 at 6:19 PM
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taylordahlin.com
baby supply drive at stay gold vintage in minneapolis on sunday from 10am - 5pm! they are asking for diapers, wipes and formula
January 22, 2026 at 9:31 PM
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sichulu.bsky.social
January 22, 2026 at 3:22 AM
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dexanderson.com
CALL FOR MUTUAL AID:

My tattoo artist was detained yesterday with a friend. The agents broke a car window. ICE still has custody of my tattoo artist's phone. They're raising funds for legal support to get property back and fix the car.

V3nmo: @ kayla-felten "lizzie and ray" in memo.
January 22, 2026 at 4:59 PM
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offalcute.bsky.social
Organizers in Twin Cities making rare plea for folks to share broadly:
ICE ops have changed & escalated this week. They've moved to a 'flood-the-zone' strategy, nabbing anyone they can from bus stops, the sidewalk, cars, or homes. This means indiscriminate abductions and obviously no warrants.
January 7, 2026 at 3:53 PM
theyliv.bsky.social
After how many interviews where you were stood up do you stop rescheduling?
November 13, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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elizas.website
it is very telling that “BIOS”, in addition to being an acronym, is also the Greek word for “life”. meanwhile, “UEFI” is, of course, ancient Greek for “unified extensible firmware interface”
March 5, 2025 at 5:38 AM
theyliv.bsky.social
Sorry @ my neighbors that I only shoveled one half of my sidewalk. I live on a corner lot and also couldn’t feel my face because it was so windy
March 6, 2025 at 3:56 PM
theyliv.bsky.social
Me jamming out at the Durry show: haha fuck yeah!
Me going to my corporate job Monday: well this fucking sucks. What the fuck
December 18, 2023 at 4:23 AM
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eldritchamy.bsky.social
I'll tell you what I want what I really really want

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December 16, 2023 at 4:38 AM
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roboplato.bsky.social
Hey Bluesky enjoy this gigantic cat that came into work today
An older man holding an orange Maine Coon cat. The cat is closer to the size of a medium dog than a typical house cat
October 4, 2023 at 4:36 PM
theyliv.bsky.social
Is this thing on
July 4, 2023 at 4:28 PM