Hannah Matthews

Photo shared by Christina Nguyen on December 04, 2025 tagging @naomi.marie__, @nathanmiller612, @rubyscher, @holaarepa, @birksg, @chefjholig, and @haihaimpls. May be an image of text that says 'AS SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE HEARD, I.C.E. PAID US A VISIT AT AREPA YESTERDAY. OUR GM NAOMI & TEAM MEMBERS FOLLOWED OUR ICE PROTOCOL PERFECTLY, THE AGENTS LEFT & NO ONE WAS DETAINED. tO WHOEVER NEEDS THIS: KNOW YOUR RIGHTS WHEN IT COMES TO I.C.E. (1/5)'. christinanguyenmpls 11h We had an ICE scare yesterday and even though we’re afraid of the repercussions of being vocal, we feel that it’s also important to inform people that this is right at our front door. ICE is not some far away boogeyman. They are here right now, spreading fear in our community. We’re so grateful to our entire staff and their bravery. They did the right things and couldn’t have dealt with this situation in a better way. We are grateful to our community activists that came to support us from @miracmn @litosonlake and Monarcha. We hope that if you find yourself in the same situation, that you find these resources helpful. Peace and take care of each other ❤️

Photo by Christina Nguyen on December 04, 2025. May be an image of text that says 'IF I.C.E. COMES TO YOUR RESTAURANT: UNLESS THE AGENTS HAVE A SIGNED JUDICIAL WARRANT, THEY CANNOT ENTER A PRIVATE AREA LIKE THE KITCHEN WITHOUT YOUR PERMISSION EVEN IF THEY LIE AND SAY THY DON'T NEED A WARRANT, STAND YOUR GROUND AND INSIST THAT YOU NEED PAPERWORK (2/5)'.

Photo by Christina Nguyen on December 04, 2025. May be an image of text that says 'IF I.C.E. COMES TO YOUR RESTAURANT: HAVE OTHER STAFF OR PEOPLE PRESENT RECORD THEM AND EVERYTHING THEY ARE SAYING. (PEOPLE DOING UNLAWFUL THINGS HATE BEING CAUGHT IN TH ACT) YOU HAVE THE RIGHT to REFUSE SERVICE & YOU CAN ASK M tO LEAVE YOUR PRIVATE PROPERTY IF THY DON'T HAVE A WARRANT. (3/5)'.

WE ARE HEARTBROKEN THAT OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES IN THE TWIN CITIES ARE BEING TARGETED AND TERRORIZED BY THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION. THESE ARE REAL PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING USED AS POLITICAL PAWNS AND IT'S APPALLING. REGARDLESS OF THEIR LEGAL STATUS, THERE ARE SO MANY LATINOS & SOMALIANS WHO ARE AFRAID OF BEING DETAINED DUE TO MISTAKEN IDENTITY BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY MIGHT NOT GET DUE PROCESS & A FAIR TRIAL. THEY WILL JUST END UP IN DETENTION CENTERS & A LEGAL PROCESS THAT HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS A BLACK HOLE. WE STAND IN SUPPORT OF OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY, WHO ARE THE BACKBONE OF THIS COUNTRY. WITHOUT IMMIGRANTS, AMERICA IS NOT THE SAME PLACE. STAY SAFE OUT THERE & TAKE CARE OF YOUR NEIGHBORS. LOVE, HOLA AREPA & HAI HAI (5/5)

ICE raided a James Beard award winning restaurant & because the chef/owner was prepared, left emptyhanded:

oh. I LOVE this book. evangelizing aggressively to everyone asking me for fiction recs these days. love, monogamy, adultery, lies, autofiction, reputation, art, the self-mythology we craft and who we are willing to hurt or discard in order to protect it. HOW did you do this @adremily.bsky.social

A mural showing a blue flower man riding a red robot horse

lads I thought we were very clear, this is how you LOSE the time war

ALA welcomes reinstatement of all federal IMLS grants to libraries Today, the American Library Association (ALA) greeted an announcement by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) that it had reinstated all the agency’s grants.

@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social I regret to inform you that we are going to win.

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every day the astrology apps and accounts speak to me like michael shannon reading that sorority girl email

advent calendar but every day is a new little sound recording of someone complimenting you or speaking lovingly of you when you weren’t around

Just got off a 2 hour zoom meeting and am once again so thankful that there are so many people out here doing good things in the world. Thank you. ALSO, we need to do more to buck each other up by noticing the good and reflecting it back.

ooh I’ll have to look! I rarely read fantasy so haven’t explored her stuff

God this breaks my heart so fucking much

We need to be showing solidarity every fuckin day, building relationships with the folks most targeted and keeping them from feeling alienated and afraid as much as we can.

once again reading a stunningly gorgeous and moving novel draft shared with me by a loving supportive friend who ALSO has the audacity to be kind, funny, and terrifyingly hot? just what kind of deals with the devil did some of you people make and how can I get a hold of his agent’s personal email

but also if you got any videos or pics for footage of this it would be helpful

reminder: they are FORBIDDEN from entering clearly designated private patient care areas

also triple check the plan for where you specifically work if the gestapo raids your site to try to disappear your patients

patients & workers: KNOW YOUR RIGHTS

local healthcare comrades:

i’m going to say it for the reporters in the back, zero people deserve shackles, cages, or kidnappings

enough with the (implied or overt) good immigrant/bad immigrant stories

I love Maine because it’s an almost supernaturally beautiful place and also because when a local business tries to post heartwarming content about strangers helping to get someone’s car unstuck from the snow the comments are 100% variations of this

An experienced organizer I really respect once reminded folks "you can't always win, but you can always, always inflict a cost. Those add up."

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I’ve sometimes fallen into the trap of thinking that complementing a creative person for their work is less sophisticated or desired than discussion or debate about it but very often the best thing you can say to them is hell yeah and that doesn’t make you dumb it just makes you nice

Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨

when my dad texts me the uconn women’s basketball score he means “I love you”
when my brother sends me a photo of my book in out-of-town bookstores he visits while traveling he means “I love you”

I Want to Stay Kind I Want to Stay Alive A Conversation with the Poet Maya Williams, Preceded by Some Other Stuff

Thank you @hannahmatthews.bsky.social for this amazing interview on your substack!!! Your questions are so rich and kind!!! 💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛

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"The 6-year-old is part of a growing number of children arrested and detained by ICE"

God have mercy

santa is proof that if he wanted to he would

She shouldn't have to keep doing this by herself. She is supposedly a member of a political party and every single one of her *colleagues* should be BLASTING the fascist in chief. ALL OF THEM. Where is the solidarity???

like……..next time I gain 75 lbs and then turn my body inside out I would like to at least derive a little pleasure from food whilst doing so, please

well this is what she does when she hears someone ask me that question so you tell me

two girls in the first big snow

Love @colindickey.com's cultural criticism and this is a really intriguing four-part series on the weird, clunky, void spaces proliterating around us, which he (rightly!) connects to a legacy of gothic aesthetics.