Please watch the whole video from our Saint Paul Olympian. It’s one of the most direct and eloquent statements about the situation that I’ve heard from anyone.
Proud to be a Minnesotan, proud to be represented by Rich Ruohonen.

Thanks for sharing. I lived in Leiden for three years, and it's such a treat to return via your pictures. :)

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

Also, I love that choosing tetrameter (to fit the Guthrie line!) means that compared to traditional sonnets every line is short.

My take is that I think it's a perfectly acceptable rhyme, and I would just spell all your words normally, they don't need to repeat the same sequence of letters, just the sound! Thanks for writing this. :)

This Cold Winter, Love Is a Superpower There are great days and terrible days in history, days a nation or world changed, that you remember forever. For me that's the fall of the Berlin Wall, the rise of the Zapatistas, 9/11, Hurricane Kat...

For many in the Trump regime it seems incomprehensible or a scam of sorts that those not categorically under attack by ICE are so committed to solidarity with their neighbors who are, and thereby to universal human rights, to standing up on principle, and will risk their lives to do so.....

You and me both.

Most people have their furniture delivered anyways-- it makes total sense to bike! In Leiden where I lived there was this incredible giant thrift store which nearly everyone went to via bike which had very modest delivery fees, and so you could get furniture delivered to your place.

Let this radicalize you.

A family member reacts after a federal immigration officer used a battering ram to break down a door before making an arrest on January 11, 2026, in Minneapolis.

Stunning photos from Minneapolis, including this one by John Locher for the Associated Press. www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

We are living in a time of polycrisis. If you feel trapped – you’re not alone I hadn’t fully grasped how the idea of a better future sustained me – now I, like many others, find it difficult to be productive

"Knight noticed that more people turned to their community for help in reimagining their lives, and in the process created what Knight calls micro-utopias. Cycling clubs sprang up everywhere, and people made more effort to spend time together"

www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...

The Wall Looks Permanent Until It Falls On the optimism of preparation in a time of democratic decay.

This is a stunning piece: data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-wall-l...
"Political pragmatism is not about fighting only the battles you expect to win. It is the refusal to let probable failure dictate what you attempt."
Looking forward to talking with my students about it.

In the Netherlands, when I lived there, the joke was, you could throw your bike out of a third story window onto a parked car, and the owner of the car would have to pay for the damages to your bike, because no matter the circumstances, the car is always at least partially responsible for a crash.

We'll make it happen! Thanks for everything you do!

Couldn't sum up the mood in Minneapolis right now any better than that.

Do you need more? I volunteer at a community makerspace in CT and we can be 3dprinting more if that's helpful. I used to live in Minneapolis and wish I could be doing more.

70% of ICE detainees have no criminal convictions, according to govt data.

Don’t fall for Trump’s lies about targeting the “worst of the worst.”

As ICE terrorizes cities to fill up detention centers, remember that some of Trump's major donors are private prison corporations.

Door-to-door raids also began in Minneapolis today, in about as brazen a repudiation of the fourth amendment as one could make. An amendment which exists because of the British doing exactly this in the colonial/revolutionary period.

www.reddit.com/r/ICE_Watch/...

"I'm not in Minnesota -- what can I do to help?"

A list of ideas!

1. Call and/or e-mail your Senator and your House reps. Demand Noem be impeached and removed; demand that ICE be defunded. (They're only funded through the end of January!)

Thanks for mentioning the Avelo thing: there's been a lot happening with it here in New Haven, and we're really glad to see that broken.

t-shirt with "ABOLISH ICE" on it, under a drawing of the Statue of Liberty

I also learned how to screen print to make these t-shirts and I'm giving them away for free to anyone who will wear them in public. I know "abolish" feels mild at this moment, but I want this to be the baseline, moderate, "oh I'm just wearing this shirt to this gym" position.

An image of a poster, sheathed in a page protector, taped to a power line pole reading: "Insecure with your masculinity? C student at best in High School? Too ugly to show your face? Desperate to be submissive to SOMEONE but your internalized patriarchal sexism won't let you? JOIN ICE! and a link to joinICEtoday.com

You can post fliers making fun of ICE and the people who join them. An example:

A Fistful of Loud: Seattle Neighbors Build Whistle Kits to Protect Immigrants From ICE A grassroots whistle project helps neighbors warn each other of ICE activity and stand up for immigrant safety together in South Seattle.

You can make, purchase, or pass out whistle kits: southseattleemerald.org/news/2025/11...

YouTube video by NowThis Impact What Are Your Rights When Filming ICE Arrests? | NowThis

Here's a know your rights video about filming ICE agents, with some really helpful suggestions: youtu.be/lXNXjvMQUYs?...

YouTube video by ACLU WE HAVE RIGHTS: In Our Communities, In Our Streets (English)

Here's a know your rights video about ICE outside of your house: youtu.be/FrK8aaGxRJE?...

YouTube video by ACLU WE HAVE RIGHTS: Inside Our Homes (English)

Here's a know your rights video shared by the ACLU for if ICE is at your door: www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_tL...

Okay, I have next to no followers on this platform, but now seems like a good time to make a list of Anti-ICE resources, solidarity, mutual aid, etc., please share or start your own threads!

Driving by the elementary school where he worked in St. Paul, you could see a giant sign, with writing on in from all the kids, "YOUR LIFE MATTERED."

@startribune.com is the go-to Twin Cities paper.