Dr. Mo Ollenburger

In case you're unaware, in the US if you're disabled from birth the only monetary support you can receive is SSI. SSI has a $2k asset/savings limit before they dock your benefits, and marriage cancels all benefits. See below numbers: beyond poverty numbers w/ no allowed addition. Eugenics in action.

It’s day 77 of the ICE occupation of MSP.

This long weekend ICE continued to hit suburban communities hard - ICE is still very present across the metro

There are still thousands of ICE agents in Minnesota, and tens of thousands of neighbors ready to stand up.

ICE OUT.

actually I listened to a bootleg version that got passed around the ICRISAT office, which is different from the official release (better, I think)

I listened to this album on a lot of bumpy rides through southern Mali
youtu.be/HpPW8hKXfhk?...

I think people often wonder this, and it's a great question, so let me explain the advantages of 3D printing whistles. There are many.

The 3D printing effort started from one of our organizers who started by sourcing mass-produced whistles.

the fact that we DON'T know this would have been unthinkable 10 years ago.

Honestly, true words

you're not "in theater" you're in Minnesota.

Maine clergy form spiritual 'shield' outside workplaces to protect immigrants from ICE (RNS) — Like religious leaders in cities such as Minneapolis, Chicago and elsewhere, local clergy were quick to muster resistance to the rapid influx of immigration enforcement agents, even as they wr...

NEW from me: Every morning for the past week or so, a group of ~24 clergy in Portland, Maine drive out to a business.

They form a line near a door, shielding a group of mostly immigrant workers as they exit their shift.

Then faith leaders stare down DHS agents. religionnews.com/2026/01/29/m...

EMERGENCY & RAPID RESPONSE FUND: Keep Minnesota Workers Safe The ICE occupation in the Twin Cities is ongoing, and low-wage and immigrant workers continue to face urgent threats to their safety and livelihoods. This campaign has met its original rent fund goal,...

For everyone, but especially people outside MN looking for ways to support: CTUL is legit and "uniquely positioned to support immigrant families who have been longtime members of CTUL and rely on us for support."

Contribute to their rent/rapid response fund:

U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies

Wow. This is devastating.

www.science.org/content/arti...

I have been actively involved in protest movements for 24 years. I have never seen anything approaching this scale. Minneapolis is not accepting what's happening here. ICE fucking murdered a woman for participating in this, and all that did is bring out more people, from more walks of life.

This line graph illustrates the percentage change in agency staff levels from the previous year for nine major U.S. federal scientific and health organizations between the fiscal years 2016 and 2025. The agencies tracked include the CDC, Department of Energy, EPA, FDA, NASA, NIH, NIST, NOAA, and NSF. For the majority of the timeline between 2016 and 2023, the agencies show relatively stable fluctuations, generally staying within a range of +5% to -5% change per year. However, there is a dramatic and uniform plummet starting in the 2024–25 period. Every agency depicted shows a sharp downward trajectory, with staffing losses ranging from approximately -15% to over -25%. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows the most significant decline, dropping to roughly -26%, while the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows the least severe but still substantial drop at approximately -15%.

This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.

www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

Horse sled

Powderhorn crowd around sledding

Chicken sled

Rubber ducky sled

Running Nazis out of town and then whimsical cardboard sleds at Powderhorn - you just have to love Minneapolis.

I did tell my mom at the time that I was more likely to get shot in the US, but still: it's wild how much safer I was in Mali in 2016 than I am in Minnesota in 2026

hey remember when Obama wore a tan suit and Fox News went crazy?
....crazier, anyway

I used to live about 3 blocks from here (and have friends who still do). Absolutely devastating.

My workplace - The University of Minnesota’s Institute on the Environment (IonE) is hiring up to two Interdisciplinary Sustainability Research Professors. Application deadline is JANUARY 5, 2026

More info: environment.umn.edu/research-pro...

Happy to chat if you’re interested!

or, in the words of the Nac Mac Feegle:

“Free Men! Nae king! Nae quin! Nae laird! Nae master! We willna' be fooled again!”

notice the general mood of the timeline? how everyone is in a good mood and there’s a lot less misery and dooming? how there’s a lot of “we’re going to beat these assholes”?

anyway that’s why these events are important

"Freedom isn't free" isn't just for soldiers.

It's for all of us.

And sometimes it just means "If you're lucky enough to be entrusted with land, do a good job with it.

"Don't just shoot yourself in the foot & grovel for refunds."

One of the most important skills a techie can have and one which far too few actually have is knowing when the best solution to a problem isn't a technical one.

Melissa Hortman, who was assassinated last night, was the Speaker of the Minnesota House in the 2023-2024 session, when Democrats ran the state government.

That means she had a leading role in shepherding the many landmark reforms that Dems adopted in that period—an important legacy. Brief 🧵.

Are you a PhD student whose funding is in jeopardy because of recent executive actions, or a faculty member in a program dealing with these considerations? @mkhaw.bsky.social and I want to hear from you @chronicle.com. DM or email! #AcademicSky #PhDSky #HigherEd

I'm begging a major news org to cover the fact NSF is defying the courts to enact Trump's unconstitutional executive order

the hardest problem in computer science is where did I save the code I already wrote to solve this problem

Great data journalism: people report “best times” is when they were 10-15 yo

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

I just want a TEENY little truck that runs on ELECTRICITY and looks like I bought it from Richard Scarry's LOWLY WORM, is that too much to ask??