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The news about HCMC (Hennepin Healthcare, I know, but I just cannot) cutting departments, staff and programs is scary, man. They provide so much care to people who wouldn't have it otherwise, and the implications of that going away are massive.

I am tired of putting on layers.

5% of me is like "MyChart is the best thing ever" and then there's the 95% of me that reads a result and then goes off to medical internet to search every diagnosis possible, because my English degree totally qualifies me to do so.

This is beautiful.

time for my random "i love you guys" post. but seriously, i love you guys. minneapolis and saint paul, that's for you.

Hey, some great news right here, Minneapolis!

I'm so sorry. I went to the sleep clinic at HCMC and got great care; helped me understand exactly what you're talking about.

Jesus.

The feed is for folks in the Minneapolis - St. Paul area so if you're in Wisconsin, that's why.

oh yes. OH YES

I don't fully get the Hoth reference, but Hoth is the winter planet in Star Wars, like the really cold one. And people make jokes about 'woke' Minneapolis, like 'all those liberals' but what they really mean is progressive people who care about their neighbors. So Woke Hoth!

The MN Frost just did a moment of silence for Alex Pretti and we are now chanting “ICE out now”

tHe BusiNesS cOmmUnitY is calling for deescalation you guys; that's it, problem solved. An _immediate_ deescalation even.

favorite color & their cat's name?

i'm just in awe of Minneapolis right now. and i _live_ here, i know how we roll, but i am in fucking awe of all of us.

Woke Hoth got me laughing out loud. WOKE HOTH.

Statement from the family of Alex Pretti, Michael and Susan Pretti: We are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared very deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the hero term lightly. However his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down all while being pepper sprayed. Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.

Bottineau, Northeast Minneapolis.

Oh, share your vigils, friends. I love my city so much.

This is because of ICE. National Guard is back on the streets of Minneapolis because of ICE. That's it.

see you on the street corner, minneapolis. tonight at 7 pm. and there's vigils at a bunch of ne/se parks, at least. probably across the city. i'll be out on my corner: 2nd & 16th St NE.

His name was Alex Pretti.

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SE ™M CRISIS STABILIZATION AND SAFETY AID The SCOPE Safety Aid stabilizes physiological stress response and helps build resilience to get through crisis. This can be an effective tool for frontline workers, first responders, and people dealing with intense pressure. Moone SLOW DOWN Take 10 steps very slowly. noticing any sensations on the bottom of your teet CONNECT TO BODY Cross your arms and ankles, tuck hands under armpits, lower head, and breathe. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR SIGNALS FROM OUR NERVOUS SYSTEM: • Accelerated heart rate • Shallow breathing • Social avoidance • Erratic thoughts • Muscle tension • Heavy fatigue • Rapid speech • Numbness • Insomnia ORIENT Slowly look around noticing colors and shapes. Let your gaze rest on something HIGH ACTIVATION OF THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM MAY RESULT IN: • Fight/Flight/Hypertension Response (Sympathetic) • Freeze/Immobility/ Helplessness (Parasympathetic) pleasant or comforting, like a brief visual vacation. PENDULATE Notice a place of ease in the body and a place of tension. Slowly shift attention between ease - tension -ease. ENGAGE Engage socially. Connect with someone who can support you. WALK THRU IT WITH OTHERS OR FIND ADDITIONAL SUPPORT: traumahealing.org/scope SOMATIC EXPERIENCING NTERNATIONAL

Friends.

I recommend unplugging when you feel safe to breathe. Put your phone down.

Slow your heart rate.

This is too much.

Yall outside of MN need to know that observers are STILL out protecting their neighbors. Right now. They know the news and they’re still out there.

really really bad

Turns out wearing a hat all day gives me a perfect All Hockey Hair Team look.

Probably but I don't have it.

White poster board with the word ICE written in the middle. Surrounding it are handdrawn prominent Minnesota icons flipping the word off. They include Mary Tyler Moore, Prince, Babe & the Blue Ox. And others I don't recognize.

The MOST Minnesota sign.

Handwritten on brown cardboard, sign reads: All my homies hate fascists.