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Dispatches from MN: it's getting really hard, guys. The media has left, the donations are drying up, and ICE is still here kidnapping people. It's hard not to be resentful that other people have the option of setting this aside for.other things.

It is as bad as it sounds, and freedom to read folks have been anticipating this now for years.

Make your phone calls. Send your emails.

Kansas Sends Letters To Trans People Demanding The Immediate Surrender Of Drivers Licenses "The legislature did not include a grace period." ERIN REED FEB 25, 2026 88 5 21 Share Kansas Sate Capitol // farzinvousoughian

1. Numerous transgender people in Kansas are reporting that the state has sent them a letter demanding the immediate surrender of drivers licenses.

Those driving could be arrested, charged, and see privileges revoked.

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www.erininthemorning.com/p/kansas-sen...

A photo of an orange cat laying down with a hand petting his head

1 like = 1 pet for the orange boy 🥰

#Minneapolis #Signalboost of the day: the TC Pride Cultural Center could use both in kind and cash donations for their pantry. There are also Pride Rebel Loon shirts in @twincitiespride.bsky.social’s shop
tcpride.harnessgiving.org/campaigns/20... & tcpride.square.site/product/prid...

Old photograph of a wave in the ocean.

On this day in 1942, Executive Order 9066 was signed, forcing over 120,000 Japanese Americans into concentration camps. #DayofRemembrance

Among the internees were individuals who embraced photography as an important means of artistic expression in the 1920s and 1930s.

Tweet from @seth_kaplan: JUST IN: The FBI has formally notified the Minnesota BCA that it will not provide the BCA with access to any information or evidence it has collected in the shooting death of Alex Pretti. Full statement: https://dps.mn.gov/news/bca/statement-bca-superintendent-drew-evans-alex-pretti-shooting-investigation

Reason #1000000 why we can’t trust a word they say – this is a cover up in plain sight.

New York Times headline reads "Teddy Roosevelt's Family Urges G.O.P. to Protect Public Lands; In a rare letter to Republican senators, four descendants of the former president oppose mining near a wilderness are in Minnesota."

Our public lands are our shared inheritance, and that includes the Boundary Waters.

Stand with Teddy Roosevelt’s family – speak out to protect what belongs to all of us.

THEY HAD THE “NO TAKE ONLY THROW” DOG MEME SIX THOUSAND YEARS AGO

Question for locals (for a story):

What places (food/drink/shops/museums/etc) would you recommend for out-of-town visitors to spend money this summer?

Specifically, places you love for their day-to-day merits and ALSO for their community support the last several weeks.

The same day DHS announced the surge would end in Minnesota, ICE activity increased in small towns The less densely populated areas outside the Twin Cities make it harder for protesters and observers to organize.

There is no drawdown. There is no retreat. ICE is just redistributing their assets to better avoid accountability.

This is all due to the incredible resistance of the people of Minnesota.

Their resilience - and their determination - helped enforce the Constitution in a way that political elites in Congress and the courts did not or could not.

I have never been prouder to be a Minnesotan.

I may have missed a reply or two but this is the gist of what I could gather from replies and qts! (Yes, I was bored, could you tell?). I disregarded "demographic/genre" as an answer because I wanted the graph to be useful to all genres/authors. I figured demographic/genre is a given.

Lovely profile of a fantastic filmmaker, alongside everything else.

One of every thousand American residents has been taken into custody by ICE in the last year.

Kinda Fucked Up that in our lifetimes we've gone from "never share personal info on the internet" to "hand over your identity to the most incompetent corporations imaginable".

国立国会図書館 国立国会図書館の公式ウェブサイトです。当館は、国内外の資料・情報を広く収集・保存して、知識・文化の基盤となり、国会の活動を補佐するとともに、行政・司法及び国民に図書館サービスを提供しています。

this might be a long shot... but do i know anyone based in Japan who has access to the National Diet Library in Japan and could help me access digital scans of a book with contents that are now in the public domain (early 1900s)?

www.ndl.go.jp

Every instance of "AI democratizes the arts, you're classist and ableist and a gatekeeper for trying to stop it" is a slap in the face to the literally centuries of poor, disabled people making art on the margins and a crass lie in service of a machine that strips down and regurgitates dreams

You can't actually steal ppl's ability and capacity to create art so the next best thing is devaluing the creation of art itself.

ICE was flawed from day one... born out of post-9/11 fear and built on policies that blurred national security with domestic control. Some systems don’t need reform. They need to be abolished.

#AbolishICE #ICEtapo #FDT

"But I can't afford to hire a human artist for my business!"

Then you can't afford a business.

ice sculpture reading prosecute ice at the minnesota state capitol on february 5 2026

This morning at the Minnesota State Capitol.

An ice sculpture that reads "PROSECUTE ICE". I'm told the organization behind the sculpture is Common Defense.

Minneapolis businesses losing millions in sales each week as ICE operation continues Immigrant-owned businesses are bearing the brunt of the losses from Operation Metro Surge, but effects are widespread.

“The Lake Street Council estimated that the corridor’s more than 1,000 immigrant-owned businesses lost a cumulative $46 million in December and January.” 1/

www.startribune.com/ice-economic...

no disrespect, but I'm not subscribing to your Substack for reasons that should be obvious if you google words like "substack" and "nazis"

St. Paul to state leaders: Freeze evictions, utility shut-offs Many residents are unable to leave home or out of work during Operation Metro Surge

St. Paul calls on Walz, state leaders to freeze evictions and put a moratorium on utility disconnections. Xcel Energy says in St. Paul and Minneapolis, no one will be unplugged through the end of February: www.twincities.com/2026/02/04/s...

Dumas' FATHER was born to a French count and an enslaved African women in Haiti. The Père was then brought to France, was educated, served in the military, etc.

"The Black Count" is a fantastic book about him.

His son is the author Alexander Dumas, and he based Count of Monte Cristo on his Dad.🇭🇹

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue

👏👏 my hometown!

This would heal me

Once I learn that you use AI to create flyers or edit photos I don’t want to work with you.