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ICE is headed to Maine The Mayors of Portland and Lewiston confirmed Wednesday ICE's imminent presence.

published this and was then immediately without internet for 3+ hours to share it so please read 🙏

Text: “A friend said those of us who live in Minneapolis should write about what's going on here for folks who live elsewhere. You need to know that whether you're a Republican, Independent or Democrat, the Constitution is being violated by our federal government. This is not about catching criminals, or even deporting people. It is about punishing an entire state, including citizens, for not supporting the president. Everyone in my part of Minneapolis is affected. On our streets, ICE is stopping people of color and demanding their papers. In America. US citizens do not have to prove citizenship to ICE. Yet people are being intimidated, some cases beaten up and detained, for requiring ICE to follow the law. ICE needs a judicial warrant to enter homes. Yet there are documented cases of them ignoring the law - violating a bedrock constitutional principle. Americans of color are staying home, afraid to go to work, school, to grocery shop, or fill their cars with gas. This isn't just "illegals" or immigrants with valid work permits, it is citizens who have had their cars rammed by ICE for merely looking Hispanic. Businesses are closing. Schools are 50 percent full. When they are open, fascists are calling in bomb threats because the president decided to make us a meme. After a daycare teacher with a valid work permit (through 2030) was snatched from her workplace, parents (and grandparents) have had to organize to watch their SCHOOLS, to make sure conditional rights are observed. This is being repeated throughout Minnesota. Imagine trying to do your job or live you life while also taking volunteer shifts to make sure the federal government doesn't act extrajudicially. Because of ICE's documented abuses, neighbors have organized to monitor federal actions. This observation is legal, as long as it doesn't interfere with a valid action. Yet since ICE killed Renee Good, they are increasingly stopping this observation, breaking car windows and …”

People not in Minnesota: please read this excellent summary of what life is like in Minneapolis since the murderous scum ICE swarmed here. And more are on their way. By local reporter / writer / bike dude / legend @dbrauer.net .

As we look forward to the new year, we are also looking back on 2025. One of Kiley’s highlights from the past year was when he observed this juvenile Blanding’s Turtle poke its head out of the water to peer back at him through a blanket of pond meal.

Barbara Kruger's Untitled (Flag) (2020) is a bold, text-based screen print on cotton, incorporating her signature use of provocative language to challenge societal norms and hierarchies. Rendered in red, white, and blue to mimic the American flag, the artwork poses a series of rhetorical questions about freedom, privilege, and power. Statements like Who is free to choose? and Who laughs last? are interspersed with calls to Look for the moment when pride becomes contempt. The design and phrasing provoke reflection on systemic inequalities and personal accountability. Known for her work with text and image, Kruger here compels viewers to confront the complexities of social justice and identity

Untitled (flag), 2020
Barbara Kruger

this just unlocked a core memory of obsessing over The Swiss Colony catalog as a child

The answer to “not everyone has the time to be an artist,” isn’t AI. The answer to “not everyone has time to be an artist” is communism.

this movie healed me in ways I didn't know I needed. Happy Rexmas!

A grey and red transit bus on the road in a city. The bus’ destination sign reads “NO? ?? ???????”

My response to anything over the next two weeks

in the pit

This entire weekend

Rob Reiner was one of the key people behind the effort to go to court to overturn California's anti-marriage equality Proposition 8 when it passed in 2008.

Working with Chad Griffin, they founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights and got Ted Olson and David Boies to team up to fight Prop 8.

With this piece of bread on the ground in Ottawa, Canada and the one below in Perth, Australia, @drstip.bsky.social and I have successfully created an Earth sandwich.

The hot dog vs sandwich debate is concluded.

If the Earth is sandwiched, everything is a sandwich.

HAPPY EARTH SANDWICH DAY!

Shaw Brothers Cinema Your free destination for the best of classic Chinese cinema — Welcome to Shaw Brothers Cinema! Enjoy full-length films from the legendary Shaw Brothers Film Library, owned by Celestial Pictures. With...

Just a reminder that Shaw Bros. is sharing a lot of movies in excellent transfers that have been hard to find in the US and Canada. They're all free and you can find them here: www.youtube.com/@ShawBrosCin...
#cinejanes

ALT text copied and pasted from the linked website: An infographic titled “How To Write Alt Text” featuring a photo of a capybara. Parts of alt text are divided by color, including identify who, expression, description, colour, and interesting features. The finished description reads “A capybara looking relaxed in a hot spa. Yellow yuzu fruits are floating in the water, and one is balanced on the top of the capybara’s head.”

Posting this again because a lot of people said they found it helpful! Guide to ALT text: www.perkins.org/resource/how...

a guillotine made from gingerbread, decorated with white icing snow and icicles

I am brimming with holiday spirit

Giving the gift of independent journalism: a guide The Handbasket has subscription suggestions for almost everyone on your list.

NEW — I put together a list of independent journalism subscriptions that would make great holiday gifts. From music to politics, astronomy to alcohol, tech to social justice, there’s something for [almost] everyone. Support indie media *and* surprise and delight your loved ones!

My guide:

subscribe to the handbasket, a one-person operation that produced both of these stories in one day.

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The New York Film Critics Circle will be announcing the winners of its annual awards on this account tomorrow morning starting at approximately 9 a.m. E.T. #NYFCC

a giant Godzilla figure decorated with Christmas lights like a tree

Japan understands the true spirit of Christmas

NYPD Arrest More Than a Dozen Protesting Homeland Security Agents in Tense Confrontation Dozens of masked federal agents were staging inside a parking lot when a spontaneous group of protesters got word of their presence. The NYPD helped clear a path for the federal agents to leave the ar...

NYPD Arrest More Than a Dozen Protesting Homeland Security Agents in Tense Confrontation www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/29/n...

A beautiful photo of a turtle wearing a knitted pink hat with seemingly a smile on the face animals nature beauty

timeline cleaning

Email that reads: "Thank you so much for taking the time to talk with me on the phone! As we discussed, you will have 24 hours from this email to make any corrections. Without further communication after 24 hours, all information will be agreed as written and will require additional interviews to adjust any accommodation. ACCOMMODATIONS FOR EVENT:"

#FFXIV FanFest is neither a safe nor accessible convention.
-People asking for disability accessibility need to have a phone call to prove their needs
-they then must agree to specific accessibility accommodations within 24 hours of a follow up email or schedule another full phone call.
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Donate a Holiday Spice Set • Give the Gift of Flavor | Burlap & Barrel Help make someone's holiday meal special. When you purchase a single jar, 3-pack, or 6-pack of our equitably sourced spices, we’ll donate that exact set to a New York food pantry supporting families i...

This is very cool. Often food pantries need to spend their money making sure everyone has the basics to keep them fed and healthy, but not on the spices and flavors that make an enjoyable meal. www.burlapandbarrel.com/products/don...

A jack-o-lantern on someone’s porch steps. The pumpkin is old and starting to rot in such a way that it looks like an old man with no teeth, making a grumpy expression, with the top also falling in. This pumpkin has seen some stuff.

Anyway please enjoy this pumpkin I saw yesterday

Boy I hate all this

The Group Behind Project 2025 Wants RFK Jr. to ‘Study’ the Pill 11.4.25

I know we're all watching election returns but don't let this get lost in the mix: the Heritage Foundation is calling on the HHS to conduct a 'safety' review of oral contraception

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Hi if you’re working for justice and striving for a better world you can do one small but hugely impactful thing: WEAR A MASK WHEN YOU GO TO VOTE

You will protect yourself and you will also protect all the vulnerable people around you who are literally risking their lives to make their voices count

it was!!!!