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Every social theory undergirding Trumpism has been broken on the steel of Minnesotan resolve. The multiracial community in Minneapolis was supposed to shatter. It did not. It held until Bovino was forced out of the Twin Cities with his long coat between his legs. The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone. In Minnesota, all of the ideological cornerstones of MAGA have been proved false at once. Minnesotans, not the armed thugs of ICE and the Border Patrol, are brave. Minnesotans have shown that their community is socially cohesive—because of its diversity and not in spite of it. Minnesotans have found and loved one another in a world atomized by social media, where empty men have tried to fill their lonely soul with lies about their own inherent superiority. Minnesotans have preserved everything worthwhile about “Western civilization,” while armed brutes try to tear it down by force.

Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Ashley Babbit's death was at Trump's hands as well. He's a walking cyclone of destruction. Everything he touches turns to shit.

Today my heart is with the family, friends and neighbors of Alex Pretti and Renee Good, the people of Minneapolis, and the people of this country. Praying for the light to shine through.
#light #healing #nature

Us too, we're with you Governor Walz!

A reprise of Lindsay Graham's snowball, grown men who don't know how averages (or climate systems) work. Or are secure that enough of the population doesn't. Maybe both...

(not to scale with regard to known/unknown) 🙂

Thanks Marty!

Thank you Janet!

Enough is enough.

Sending emails non stop today to Senators Tillis and Budd. "Alex Pretti and Renee Good should be alive today. Both American citizens. Both valued members of their communities. Both murdered by federal thugs. Get ICE OUT NOW. It is the responsibility of the Senate to stop this."

“Please get the truth out about our son.”

Yes, a testament to people's strength. I'm awed, and inspired.

Damn right

TONIGHT: Organizers in Minnesota are asking you to shine a light for their state.

Wow!

Every morning, the same question.

I love your bw landscapes, quite the knack for finding composition to help us see the beauty. Nice work.

Ethereal, beautiful shot

Look closely for the frosted butterfly in the Marigolds. To my surprise it came to life when the sun hit and melted away the frost. Amazing, nature is amazing. A happy Saturday to all. The sun will come out again.

#BlueskyArtShow #Cold #naturephotography #butterflies

Horses in the snow

#BlueskyArtShow #Cold #landscapephotography #winter

Thanks Forest Friday, glad ya like it

50,000 Minnesotans marched in below zero weather because we know that we all do better when we all do better. The fascists have already lost, they just don’t realize it yet. ✊ #VetsAgainstTrump #AbolishICE #Minneapolis

This is really amazing, you all are something else. And I sure hope you're right. Way to keep the candle burning!

Winter woods observing the moonrise

#ForestFriday #landscapephotography #moonrise #PhotographersOfBluesky

Give a mouse a cookie and he'll rape the whole planet.

Maybe the tell here is that he sees himself as on the bridge of the Titanic. He's not wrong.

One of my all time faves. Thanks, man

Ice... the benign kind. Photographing ice formations on the creeks around here gets me out of the house in the cold winter weather. Should you decide to try this at home, watch your step!

#iceformations #naturephotography #creeklife

This is uplifting... and just plain good sense. Perhaps the rich are coming to see that all the money in the world is of no value on a burning planet.

Nearly 400 millionaires and billionaires across 24 countries are demanding Davos leaders to tax them more: ‘Tax us. Tax the super rich.’ | Fortune As the world’s wealthiest touch down in Davos for the World Economic Forum, hundreds of the ultra-rich—including the Disney heirs and millionaire real estate developer Jeffrey Gural—call on leaders to...

Nearly 400 millionaires and billionaires across 24 countries are demanding Davos leaders tax them more: ‘Tax us. Tax the super rich.’
fortune.com/2026/01/21/n...