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@myrlbeam.bsky.social

Teacher, nerd about south Minneapolis and the queer and trans left; wrote Gay Inc: The Nonprofitization of Queer Politics.

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Watching every other small immigrant owned business suffer while we bust our asses to make sure landlords get paid. 🀬

05.02.2026 17:06 β€” πŸ‘ 97    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

gooooood morning! I have rents between $1018 and $2030 available for adoption today. Let's keep on keeping people out of eviction court!

You can dm me on signal asiniiwiikwe.72 if you would like to pay someone's rent.

05.02.2026 14:58 β€” πŸ‘ 284    πŸ” 249    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 6

I mean, 2000 agents is a lot, actually.

05.02.2026 00:26 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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A large CAVA bag stuffed with what it says is $50,000 for White House Border Czar Tom Homan.

It’s been reported Homan took bribery money when he was recorded by the FBI accepting a bag full of $50,000 in cash.

β€œICE GTFO OF MN”

Minneapolis February 4, 2026

04.02.2026 23:07 β€” πŸ‘ 8229    πŸ” 2222    πŸ’¬ 97    πŸ“Œ 110

Hey, not that anyone asked us, but we folks here on the ground in Minnesota don't give a rip that the agents terrorizing us will now wear body cams. We have enough footage of ourselves being brutalized and we'd really just like them to get out of here. It was a stupid ask and accomplishes nothing.

02.02.2026 22:49 β€” πŸ‘ 460    πŸ” 143    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 6
Homemade lawn sign in the snow: ICE WILL NOT BREAK US

Homemade lawn sign in the snow: ICE WILL NOT BREAK US

Scenes of South Mpls

Two blocks away, my neighbors are roasting marshmallows over a bonfire in the street where we’ve blocked off traffic

Parents wear whistles around their necks and FUCK ICE buttons on their coats as we all check in on each other and add one another to stray signal chats

01.02.2026 21:57 β€” πŸ‘ 701    πŸ” 147    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 4

You’re describing an emergency. The world is also watching you and waiting for you to do something.

Are you going to establish an eviction moratorium? Rent is due today.

01.02.2026 13:44 β€” πŸ‘ 3462    πŸ” 883    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 8
Aurin Chowdhury - Minneapolis Ward 12
Posted by Aurin Chowdhury
25m β€’
We need an eviction moritorium now. Today the judge in the lawsuit against DHS did not issue a preliminary injunction to halt Operation Metro Surge. While we are not done with litigation, this is deeply troubling for our community that will continue to suffer.
Countless families are sheltering in place, they fear to leave their homes, and have lost their incomes. 7,000 kids in Minneapolis public schools are attending school virtually. This is not normal. Relying on community based mutual aid alone is not what this moment calls for. We need government to act when has the ability to.
I am working at the city level to move forward additional rental assistance dollars.
We are in an emergency. We need an eviction moratorium now. Please join me in calling the Governor's office today: 651-201-3400

Aurin Chowdhury - Minneapolis Ward 12 Posted by Aurin Chowdhury 25m β€’ We need an eviction moritorium now. Today the judge in the lawsuit against DHS did not issue a preliminary injunction to halt Operation Metro Surge. While we are not done with litigation, this is deeply troubling for our community that will continue to suffer. Countless families are sheltering in place, they fear to leave their homes, and have lost their incomes. 7,000 kids in Minneapolis public schools are attending school virtually. This is not normal. Relying on community based mutual aid alone is not what this moment calls for. We need government to act when has the ability to. I am working at the city level to move forward additional rental assistance dollars. We are in an emergency. We need an eviction moratorium now. Please join me in calling the Governor's office today: 651-201-3400

We need an eviction moritorium now. Today the judge in the lawsuit against DHS did not issue a preliminary injunction to halt Operation Metro Surge. While we are not done with litigation, this is deeply troubling for our community that will continue to suffer.

31.01.2026 19:21 β€” πŸ‘ 59    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 4

Like I said, if Amy wants my vote, she’s driving to Texas and she’s coming back with Liam.

29.01.2026 15:18 β€” πŸ‘ 213    πŸ” 42    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 9

I am happy for people in Maine if this is true. ALSO, this suggests that the administration is unleashing ICE in blue cities and states as punishment for political reasons. Collins is up for re-election and they need her to keep their control of the Senate. This is GROTESQUE.

29.01.2026 13:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2136    πŸ” 656    πŸ’¬ 30    πŸ“Œ 0

Can Minnesota pay Tom Homan $50,000 to get ICE out?

29.01.2026 15:43 β€” πŸ‘ 9384    πŸ” 1600    πŸ’¬ 547    πŸ“Œ 117

Read this

29.01.2026 02:04 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

i'm being flip but when i think about the guys who are gassing preschools and putting children in camps and killing people both on and off camera--complaining about WHISTLES--i understand why dante was like no, we need way more kinds of hell. at least nine

28.01.2026 01:33 β€” πŸ‘ 3197    πŸ” 693    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 20
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Minnesota Proved MAGA Wrong The pushback against ICE exposed a series of mistaken assumptions.

β€œThe secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Good @adamserwer.bsky.social.

Trump banded the morally depraved together, but they’re still badly outnumbered.

28.01.2026 01:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1309    πŸ” 281    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 6

So thrilled about this! Christin is someone I’ve learned so much from and whose politics and insight I look to and trust.

27.01.2026 21:36 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Reminder:
- Nothing being reported on ICE withdrawing
- By govt’s own admission, 2,000 ICE invaders here, a still-astounding number
- Unclear how many CPB agents will be removed
- Tom Homan, the new Bovino, was the force behind ICE’s family separation policy, a bribe-taker, and a monster

26.01.2026 21:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1761    πŸ” 602    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 23

Yes

27.01.2026 00:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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When I say this agency [ICE and CBP] CAN’T be reformed this is why.

26.01.2026 18:24 β€” πŸ‘ 898    πŸ” 280    πŸ’¬ 42    πŸ“Œ 56
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"ICE OUT" on Lake Nokomis in Minneapolis, as seen from my flight leaving MSP airport

26.01.2026 18:28 β€” πŸ‘ 10300    πŸ” 2085    πŸ’¬ 67    πŸ“Œ 72
LOVE NOTES
by Eli Clare
We may not survive
the decade, much less century. Yet
when deluge descends
this time
and this time and this time,
surface erupting in silver tury,
we invite each other down to the murky bottom.
Fill our ears, throats, bellies with the stories we most need.
Swim among sunken trees and drowned rivers, join the loons, dive for our next meal, find love notes buried in the muck.
Thank you for every single note of love, connection, ferocity, and rebellion. eli, burlington vermont

LOVE NOTES by Eli Clare We may not survive the decade, much less century. Yet when deluge descends this time and this time and this time, surface erupting in silver tury, we invite each other down to the murky bottom. Fill our ears, throats, bellies with the stories we most need. Swim among sunken trees and drowned rivers, join the loons, dive for our next meal, find love notes buried in the muck. Thank you for every single note of love, connection, ferocity, and rebellion. eli, burlington vermont

love note #1422 came from eli in burlington vermont

26.01.2026 01:32 β€” πŸ‘ 111    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

Please boost. These people are there to farm outrage bait for the far right. They will take what you say/do and edit deceptively, remove/change context. Be warned. Warn others.

26.01.2026 00:17 β€” πŸ‘ 219    πŸ” 94    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Donate to Support for a MN Family in Crisis After a Traumatic Incident, organized by Tou Yang My name is Tou and I am a former charter school Special Educatio… Tou Yang needs your support for Support for a MN Family in Crisis After a Traumatic Incident

one of the gofundme campaigns sent to me today is only trying to raise $1,600 and has a horrific story of an experience of a Hmong elder.

they've only raised $10.

25.01.2026 21:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1120    πŸ” 956    πŸ’¬ 36    πŸ“Œ 32
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This administration is cooked. Literally no one is scared of them.

25.01.2026 17:20 β€” πŸ‘ 15084    πŸ” 4394    πŸ’¬ 480    πŸ“Œ 926

I think a lot of us get hope wrong. Hope, I do not believe, is an emotion. In fact, hope makes space for lots of emotions to exist alongside it. You can DO hope scared, angry, sad etc...

Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.

25.01.2026 02:05 β€” πŸ‘ 5170    πŸ” 1812    πŸ’¬ 63    πŸ“Œ 0

This is one of my old man shakes fist at clouds things, but why are people doing this?! People call themselves some whacky shit on signal for opsec and then livestream everyone’s actual faces. Stop doing this!

24.01.2026 01:25 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

the feds accusing Nekima Levy Armstrong of being an antifa agitator or whatever is truly sending me in a way no one from out of town will understand

22.01.2026 17:40 β€” πŸ‘ 42    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

we do not need outside agitators, the polycules of powderhorn park have been activated since day 1

22.01.2026 17:47 β€” πŸ‘ 156    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1

Im listening to my partner teach a grandparent and neighborhood guy how car seat LATCH systems work so he can give rides to kids whose parents can’t leave the house. Is just stymied by how SMALL kindergartners are. It’s sweet and so so sad.

21.01.2026 17:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand

You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen

*Everyone has stories like this*

13.01.2026 18:06 β€” πŸ‘ 19783    πŸ” 8255    πŸ’¬ 357    πŸ“Œ 358

For those calling on MPD to start arresting ice agents for their illegal activities… my husband watched as ice pulled into the 2nd precinct and an MPD in uniform got into the back seat.

They are openly collaborating, in full view of witnesses.

I don’t know why you still think there’s β€œgood cops.”

12.01.2026 14:43 β€” πŸ‘ 338    πŸ” 127    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 15

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