Carrie Brown

ICE is pushing Minneapolis underground Scenes from a city under siege

“There’s a real contradiction here right now. It’s eerie and it’s terrifying, and it’s inspiring and there’s resistance here. It’s always both.” www.theverge.com/policy/87710...

"Inside the CDC, according to seven current and former employees, almost everything about the proposal and its pathway through the agency set off alarm bells and sparked fears of inadequate human research protections."

4 key takeaways from the 2026 Knight Media Forum Meeting the challenging moment, and the importance of humans vs. AI

"Sometimes the best way to reach younger audiences is to put younger journalists in positions to lead." Yup. newsatknight.substack.com/p/4-key-take...

Two black dogs dusted in snow

That’s a lot of snow, mom

Remember the moral panic about safetyism? Trigger warnings? Snowflakes? Well, its actually happening in Texas.

NJ plan for website to host videos from ICE observers raises eyebrows • New Jersey Monitor Gov. Mikie Sherrill wants a state website to host videos from ICE observers. Critics question whether that will work.

“Ensuring that police departments are not cooperating with immigration officers is one of the most tangible, real steps she could take. If that step that she’s taking is the portal, I hope this is not the ceiling, but very much the ground of what she hopes to do newjerseymonitor.com/2026/01/29/n...

Haha

Snow has reached my knees and it’s still coming down! ❄️ Stay safe and warm, everyone! ☕

SOMA Action NO KINGS III! · Citizens Against Tyranny Network **We have the power and are claiming it together. No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings.** What began in 2025 as a single day of defiance has become a sustained national resistance to tyranny, spreading fr...

Join a local #NoKings Day of Action protest, March 28!! SOMA Action is hosting a march and rally in South Orange-Maplewood, NJ. Please share the link to those in the vicinity!

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Tracking Efforts To Restrict Or Ban Teens from Social Media Across the Globe Several countries have passed—and many others are considering—restrictions or bans on teens accessing social media platforms.

Governments worldwide are moving to restrict youth access to social media — from Australia’s nationwide under-16 ban to fast-moving proposals in Europe, Asia, and the United States. Tech Policy Press is tracking these legislative efforts across continents and jurisdictions. 40 countries on the map:

This week @jamellebouie.net had some questions for me about where the US is at now and why the term "concentration camp" might be a useful way to think about the crisis. (He interviewed me eight years ago for Slate on a similar topic. Let's hope we don't end up having the same discussion in 2034.)

Dogs navigating the snow

Looking for a very very affordable video editor to help w some overflow work on my YouTube channel. Need someone with STRONG editorial judgement and the ability to edit news footage on tech policy and complicated topics with an eye for detail. Student or teen is fine, but they need to be reliable!

Highway blizzard warning sign

We beat the blizzard home… it is comin in hot now

Opinion | What Exactly Is a ‘Concentration Camp’?

"The earlier years, pre-death camp, it’s important to say, Nazi concentration camp system, we are very much mimicking that. And if they get all the beds that they have funding for, we’ll be starting to approach the Soviet gulag as well." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/21/o...

I live in the Twin Cities. The friendships I had before The Horrors are much stronger and I’ve found great new friendships as well.

DEFINITELY NOT an “It’s all been worth it” situation.

But people are really great.

(Butt people might be really great too but I don’t really know who they would be?)

Bonus

Man holding a black puppy

Gotcha day for Fred. He was so smol

Montclair State already remote for Monday. This storm is looking legit

"Karen has no criminal record. She is a grandmother who spent eight years working as an admin assistant at a primary school before her retirement. “I don’t even have parking tickets in the background anywhere,” she says.

“However alarmed you are, it’s not enough.”

Stop what you’re doing and read this incredible @jvl.bsky.social piece.

"Minnesota, especially the Twin Cities, has been—and still is—under a paramilitary occupation in which the federal government is at war with the population."

A Fatal ICE Shooting Occurred in Texas Months Before Renee Good’s Killing

"Months before Renee Good’s killing at the hands of an immigration agent in Minneapolis set off nationwide protests, a federal officer shot and killed another American citizen in his car in South Texas" www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/u...

Such cowards.

Bench Presses, Pull Ups … Kid Rock? The White House Had a Very Manly Week.

"Health Secretary RFK Jr. posted a video of himself in which he wore jeans in a hot tub, chugged a glass of whole milk and rode an exercise bike in a sauna. These activities were all performed shirtless and under the supervision of the musician Kid Rock." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/u...

This small New Jersey newsroom treated its voter guide like a service product The voter guide is a classic local news product — and one of the hardest to get people to use.

"A lot of newsrooms create voter guides as static pages and figure out promotion later. The Jersey Bee started with how people would use the thing and designed the experience around that." medium.com/centerforcoo...

I….I have no words

Doing things the "right" way, burning out and then realizing there is another option, coming back and winning it all with no fucks given? Yes please tell me that story forever.

Fascinating piece from @jayboller.bsky.social at @racketmn.com on the live streamers and creators who have been a critical part of the story in Minnesota and the increasingly blurry boundaries between journalists, protestors, activists, and citizen observers.

Bard’s President Should Resign Today Leon Botstein has been revealed to have deep ties to Epstein. It’s time for accountability.

Bard’s President Should Resign Today
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