Sydney Collins

Oh no wonder I feel like shit, I broke 150k+ accumulated steps every weekend for the last month at Art Shanties (averaging 20k each day). Where are my glistening calves???

I may be rusty in the bleaching department (and aware there's still a few dark patches, but lifted enough to take in the dye and looks okay enough to me), but how it took two boxes of Manic Panic bleach + 1 standard tub of their enchanted forest color seems...like interesting hair dye math.

K bye.

Two things:

1. It's the final weekend of Art Shanties, come down while you can.

2. My hair is now dark green, my bathroom lighting is unable to catch it. It looks lovely in the light, even on the darker ends. Ignore the dye stains.

Once in a while, even a blind squirrel finds a passageway to an underworld dimension.

Not a judgment and IDK how you overcome it but...it's striking that every time a fresh national news story drops about ICE in the Twin Cities (ProPublica today), a lot of people respond with "Wow, I didn't realize it was that bad" and everyone in MN goes "Yes and it's a hundred times worse"

It's not bad to verify (as bots and impersonators are out there), but you actually *don't* need to be delivering some of the same cruelty people are facing when "proof" is being demanded.

Safe to say, when 🧊 is whisking people away and taking their phones, they are not returning them upon the person's release. With that in mind, people are likely also losing accounts they've had for years and may make new accounts, if they're not able to gain access and log out of the device.

I don't know who needs to hear this, but don't let your hypervigilance make you look like a shitass, especially when someone is asking for help after a traumatic event. Even if you don't have the means to help, you can still point in the direction of legal aid and crisis care.

Photos from first Art Shanty weekend at Club Med! Mostly oontzing to keep circulation going while on the ice, but we did manage to play for a whole 10 minutes while there were bike races!

I'm glad I still have masks, because the lake-wind is no joke. This weekend is also looking to be bitter 🥶🥶🥶

Exploding tree - Wikipedia

I love my state 🥲

But interesting stuff! Wiki's got an article: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explodi...

Cold weather stress on tree, freezing tree-sap causes expansion. It's less kaboom, more loud cracking and popping that sound like a shotgun.

bro there’s a gofundme to crowdfund attorney fees for a preschooler who was kidnapped by our federal government and shipped across state lines and his senator is posting about high school hockey while every other elected official is debating whether to give a zillion more dollars to the kidnappers

'Mat thoughts, because I'm slacking in the sillygoose department lately:

🎶I'm a cheeto girl, in a cheeto world. It ain't easay, BEING CHEESAY🎶

there's your bardic/sillygoose inspiration for the day.

Join postal workers and community supporters on Sunday, January 18 at 11am at the Lake Street Post Office to demand ICE OUT OF MN!

We Demand:
- ICE OUT OF MN!
- Convict killer ICE agent Jonathan Ross!
- ICE Off Postal Property!

Why I'm having quite the mental time around official statements (and also recognizing the abuse pattern from my parents, particularly my dad. Who I once fought and won).

"If you behave yourself, daddy won't have to hit you," she says, pouring him another double bourbon.

I suppose, it's probably just the way I think from being born/raised on the Eastside of St. Paul

Not that it may be important, but why are out-staters referring to Southside MPLS as "suburbs/suburban"???? What???????

All of this because of a white man's bruised ego. Doesn't really matter which white guy.

My algos are funny sometimes.

But, I'm also of the mind of: "If you're just doing it for glory points/bragging rights, you're doing it wrong" (and a hazard to the people around you).

Good, I hope there's at least balance in what gets publicly posted.

I'm already slightly nitpicky with some coverage of what's going on by commentators (one, that I love, referred to South MPLS as "suburban/a suburb", which...???? No lol and def don't say that here)

Seeing Zohran instantly getting a bunch of shit done in like a week makes you realize that politicians could always do that on some level if they wanted it bad enough and very few of them actually do.

Do some supply runs for local orgs that are asking, support local businesses, and if you're gonna be in the crowd, do saline eye-flushes when people in the crowd get gassed and hand out water/supplies!

Echoing a friend's sentiment, but the out-of-town big leftist creators really don't need to be peacocking on the front lines if they're here to visit and support in MN. Leave the fucking content-creator ego at home!

Minnesota Immigration Legal Response Clearinghouse intake form MILRC is an attempt to coordinate legal resources between the various coalitions and organizations responding to the ICE occupation of the Twin Cities. By submitting information, you agree that we may...

For lawyers in Minnesota who want to resist the ICE occupation: forms.gle/YK9mVYTft1Lt...

So many folks in our legal community are ready and eager to get involved. But right now, a lot of work is being done in a decentralized way, by groups without bandwidth to organize. Let's coordinate efforts.

Maybe it's the over-meme-ification of current events, or not knowing if the money made is going back into the affected communities & legal/medical funds, but idk. Feels weird to not put the money where it's needed (if you aren't putting the money into the community).

Something to consider, I guess.

***(this does not apply to artists that *are* part of the affected community or have stated funds are going to relief efforts)***

While I can't fully articulate why, and I know people mean well (and materials have their costs), but it gives me a weird feeling when people make merch to sell about situations like the one MN is in right now.

god i fucking love soup