Matt Privratsky

MIRAC leadership is involved. Thankful to those folks.

Fucking sick inside. Our friend is our daughter’s old pre-k teacher at Jardín and she’s an absolutely amazing human. She’s here from Ecuador. Supporting her family.

ICE is now fucking with them and I’m heartbroken.

Becoming a U.S. citizen takes years and involves immigrants acquiring a green card, extensive interviews, background checks, classes and a citizenship test. The naturalization ceremony is the final step to the process, where the oath of allegiance and a citizenship certificate are granted. Immigrants approved to be naturalized went to Faneuil Hall Thursday - known as the country's cradle of liberty - for that long-awaited moment to pledge allegiance to the United States. But instead, as they lined up, some were told by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officials that they couldn't proceed due to their countries of origin.

Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...

Still not gonna support AI but ticketing drivers who block transit & bike/ped access gets waaay closer to warning my support.

Another gem from @laurayuen.bsky.social (no paywall)

photo closeup of the most beautiful shower curtain

glamour photo of the most beautiful shower curtain

kind of scandalous photo of the most beautiful shower curtain

photo of the most beautiful shower curtain

"Wow" your guests will say. "Tasteful and elegant" they will also say about your UPDATED Metro Transit Shower Curtain.

The @streets.mn Merch Store is here for really ALL your holiday shopping needs.

💰 ➡️ Streets.mn/shop

#ChipAndJoanna #MarthaStewart #BobbyBerk

I went to @mischieftoy.com today for a whistle and discovered that they had, among other things, Terry's Oranges, so if your Christmas is not complete without a chocolate orange (valid!) you should know that you can find them at the awesome Michief Toys.

Somali folks are so valuable to Minnesota. Attacks on them and other immigrants are such obvious bullshit.

You are appreciated, important members of our community! No matter what hateful people say.

Jealous!

Tomorrow, our City Council is taking concrete action to support our immigrant community: passing a budget that restores funding for immigration defense and naturalization support, taking steps to ensure our police officers uphold our separation ordinance and use-of-force policy, and more.

This fight has never been about undocumented people. Take a look at how they are treating American citizens.

Wait is this a renaming of an existing/proposed BRT or is this unveiling an actual new line?

Still bitter that the Creative Enterprise Zone circulator in west Midway/south St Anthony in Saint Paul didn't get chosen for this but I read @minnesotabrown.bsky.social's piece about Grand Rapids anyway because I'm that big of person.

Everyone wants to hate on this program, but it WORKS.

What do you do with a hill of beans? Fight fires, say Minnesota soybean groups In a year when soybean markets have been upended by trade wars, the Minnesota Soybean Research & Promotion Council is running a campaign to add demand and diversify product options for soybeans throug...

“That's one of the real benefits to the SoyFoam, is it's PFAS-free,” he said. “So, it's OK for the environment, and it's probably a lot better for the person that's going to be around it using it, also."

Faced with a housing crisis, this southern Minnesota city is saying yes to experimental builds Over the summer, the New Ulm City Council voted in favor of tiny homes, shed houses and zoning flexibility.

“I don’t love it,” Boettger said. “But I’m not afraid to try it.”

I like that the PSA is 'don't forget to lock your cars when you turn them on to warm them up' and not "don't start your car and leave it unattended for 20 minutes while you take a shower".

‼️Passenger Rail Senior Planner opening for MnDOT ‼️

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SNOW EMERGENCY DECLARED in Saint Paul. Night plowing begins tonight 11/30/25 at 9 p.m. Day plowing begins tomorrow 12/1/25 at 8 a.m. stpaul.gov/snow

37-year-old quit her $390,000 Google job after saving up $1.5 million—see the 'no buy checklist' that helps her spend less She left a $390,000-a-year job and now uses a simple set of rules to make her savings last in Switzerland.

The secret to early retirement; dine out rarely, fly economy and be a Google employee making $390,000/year married to a fellow Google employee 17 years older than you who likely makes twice as much as you.

@mollypeonies.bsky.social let me know if you need any help navigating heat pump stuff! Always happy to help with any electrification questions!

Extended fam in Hibbing asked about St Paul ICE raids at dinner yesterday. So we told them about @katiestp.bsky.social arrest at Bro-Tex.

2 takeaways:

1) Thankful to have supportive family
2) A *lot* more people in small places are aware of & repulsed by ICE than we probably give them credit for

“Absolute minimum force necessary” my ass

There is literally video of these incidents. Good lord…

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The Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists strongly condemns attacks on journalists by law enforcement on Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025, during a federal operation in St. Paul.

Read our full statement: www.mnspj.org/2025/11/26/m...

And also, many many many clips of the mace/pepper spray use alone is, at best, questionable and, at worst, egregiously terrible.

Some clips from today seemed to rival the worst shit we saw from MPD during unrest. And that’s *saying something*

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I am furious and devastated that ICE was once again present in Saint Paul and that federal agents continue to jeopardize the safety and well-being of our residents. The destruction this White House has caused our city in just a matter of days is unconscionable.

FWIW, it is possible that today didn’t *technically* break the separation ordinance

(Supposedly there was some legitimate warrant, which might make any action technically allowed. But terrible).

Can't remember the last time I was this angry.

(What SPPD officers said about our current Mayor Melvin Carter while breaking the local separation ordinance this morning during a federal raid 👇)

Minnesota has always been a welcoming place for immigrants and it will continue to be 💜

“Minnesota has the nation’s largest Karen population, indigenous people who were forced from their homeland in Myanmar, with about 20,000 living mostly in Ramsey County. It was not immediately clear Monday how many have TPS.”

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