Fuku Fuku Panic

I am reminding myself in this moment that other countries are forging ahead without us, that states will make their own rules because people don't actually want massive pollution and out of control corporations poisoning land, water, air, and animals. But it's still pretty monstrous.

Frey needs to go

It bears repeating that Tom Homan is a fucking psycho and Greg Bovino's exile means functionally nothing when it comes to what's happening on the ground in Minnesota.

Bad Bunny's historical advisor is an assistant professor at UW-Madison.

Hell of a flex for your tenure file.

Bizarre editorial. It says bringing back prohibition would be a disaster, but the federal government should tax weed and regulate its potency. Fair enough, but that requires federal legalization. You can't tax something if it's illegal to sell it.

A colorful graphic featuring peaches, leaves, sparkles, and a serpent dripping with white fluid. in the middle is text which reads "The cartoonist Cooperative presents the anti-censorship comix anthology. Available February 25 at Cartoonist.coop! VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED. Below the text is an image of the anthology cover, another colorful image featuring a peach covered in white fluid and text that reads "FUCK CENSORSHIP"

The Cartoonist Co-op is proud to announce the Anti-Censorship Comix Anthology; a collection of protest comics in the face of ongoing censorship against erotica, horror, and transgressive art. Available Feb 25th. Viewer discretion is advised!

Art by Kewpie @kewpieart.bsky.social

Trans Youth Suicides Skyrocketed In UK After Care Drawdown; Government Covers It Up A Freedom of Information request to the National Child Mortality Database reveals that 22 trans children under 18 died by suicide in England in 2021-22 alone.

We won't let this go. The UK cracked down on access to gender affirming care and trans youth suicides then the government covered it up. This also came amidst a massive push for anti trans policies more broadly among British political parties.

www.erininthemorning.com/p/trans-yout...

Crowd of people holding blue and orange signs supporting "Zohran for New York City." A man in traditional attire smiles, creating a hopeful atmosphere.

NYC tenants are moving from “know your rights” to collective power.

A conversation with Mamdani-appointee @ceaweaver.bsky.social on why she’s “very, very interested” in bringing collectively-bargained leases & renter-owned housing to NYC

inthesetimes.com/article/cea-...

Eustaquio Orozco Verdusco pictured in 2020.

ICE abducted Eustaquio Orozco Verdusco, a workers’ rights organizer well known in Minnesota for fighting wage theft and labor trafficking.

“I don’t know when I’m going to be seeing my dad again.”

@sarahlazare.bsky.social reports with @workdaymagazine.bsky.social

inthesetimes.com/article/work...

“LESS THAN 14%”

They have been lying all along

www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-arr...

The Moon
Prints available-
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You could leave me to it for 100 years and I would never once design a moblin the way they did it lol

You could look at Sea Hawks…. Or you could look at sea eagles

Photos from Kushiro, Hokkaido

Vertical triptych of Deepinder Mayell testifying before Congress, with quotation text: "One of the clearest rules under the Fourth Amendment is that federal agents just can't break into your home and arrest you without a judicial warrant. A judicial warrant is a critical component to ensuring accountability. What we're seeing on the ground is the use of administrative warrants, which do not allow an agent to enter your home and arrest you."

ACLU of Minnesota's executive director Deepinder Mayell testified before Congress this week with a first-hand account of federal agents' lawless attacks on our rights and communities.

Demand that Congress rein in DHS' abuses at aclu.org/stop_ice_attacks-

I think car door handles should still work when the car is on fire

FAMU can't use the word Black on anything posted around campus related to Black History Month, to stay in compliance with Florida state laws against DEI. Black students can't use the word Black at their Historically Black College during Black History Month.

Also see Dan O’Bannon’s sketch of The Facehugger from Alien

Minneapolis video game livestream raises $250K for rent aid during ICE surge Podcasters from MinnMax and Giant Bomb, two video game media outlets, played games for eight hours during their “ICE Out” livestream.

Before the charity stream began, content creators from @minnmax.com and @giantbomb.bsky.social weren't sure what number to aim for — maybe $30,000 or $50,000.

Within 15 minutes, they raised $58,000 for local food pantry VEAP. Within an hour, $100,000.

i love that for the average american, activism is just watching TV the correct way

"It's OK to Be White" has been a slogan for literal Nazis for some time now, if you want to know where the Republican Party is at the moment

Just a quick update from the Twin Cities. (Please forgive the unsolicited message). THINGS ARE NOT BETTER IN MINNEAPOLIS. The media is mostly moving on, Trump is focused on other stuff, BUT NOTHING HAS CHANGED ON THE GROUND. More than 2,000 DHS thugs continue to roam the streets, abducting people 24/7, assaulting legal observers with impunity, and routinely denying 1st, 4th, and 5th amendment rights. Drones and helicopters are overhead every day. Hundreds and hundreds of terrified families have not left their homes since mid-December ... relying on the community to bring them food and help with rent and other necessities. (Those people are NOT violent drug cartel sex offending murderers, as DHS would tell you. Most are legal residents or citizens.) If anything, things have just become more stressful and intractable (think trench warfare as a suitable metaphor): The resistance is better organized and numerous, but DHS has become more clever and better at disguise... and the county sheriff's office is increasingly supporting them . Do not let anyone tell you that Homans (the new person in charge of the occupation) is making anything better. Do not let anyone tell you that 700 ICE agents leaving the city has made much of a difference; the remaining force (again, ~2,000) is still larger than the entire city's police force (which is legally unable to do anything). Please call your congressional reps ... especially if there is any chance the administration might listen to them.

A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:

You know how I keep saying that every damn skill and capacity is needed in this moment???

What do you know how to do that can serve in this critical time??

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happy crow trinket dish

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Toddler hospitalized with respiratory failure was returned to ICE detention without prescribed medication, lawsuit says The 18-month-old was sent back to a South Texas facility after days in intensive care with severe respiratory distress, according to a federal lawsuit.

NEW: A baby held in immigration detention became so sick, she had to be rushed to a hospital in severe respiratory distress.

“She was at the brink of dying,” a lawyer told me.

But the girl didn’t go home after her 10-day hospital stay; instead, ICE put her and her mother back in lock up at Dilley.

Investigations
Charges
Trials
Prison
Repeat

#AbolishICE
Prosecute ICE Agents

People gather at Powderhorn Park to participate in a ceremony honoring Renee Good

People hold signs saying “wokiksuye / in remembrance” with an image of Renee Good below

Two people wear t-shirts saying “Be Good”

People make and wrap ribbons on bike tires

About 500 showed up for an Indigenous-led memorial for Renee Macklin Good, who was killed by an ICE agent on January 7.

Beyond thrilled to announce that “Extremely Accurate Birds: An Anatomically Precise Field Guide” is coming this April via Running Press! Been working on this thing for years now and can’t wait for you to see all 200 pages of accurate bird information and *extremely* accurate illustrations!

Elon did not “go crazy” as so many Tesla bumper stickers claim. He has always flouted safety regulations and let people die unnecessarily in his cars. Don’t buy Teslas.

lots of people (on Both Sides™) had fun with Trump's “transgender operations on illegal aliens that are in prison” debate line without stopping to think, even for one second, about the humanity of the actual people involved