Yeah, the best time for Congress to act was last week, the second best time was Monday, the "well, it's now or never" time is now.
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Scholar of gender politics+Title IX //Coauthor, Equality Unfulfilled (Cambridge UP) // APSA, AERA & Choice ALA book awards UMass Amherst Professor of Public Policy & History +Dir of Faculty Research, Institute for Social Science Research Minnesotan 4evr
Yeah, the best time for Congress to act was last week, the second best time was Monday, the "well, it's now or never" time is now.
going to keep saying: to keep functioning, a society must discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities
Really makes you wonder how many of these dudes are competing with messed up joint injures, taking the field anyway on a big day for their sport despite the potentially life-altering risk, and being heralded as gladiators for it, donβt it?
No sexist double-standards to see here, Bluesky!
Jessie Diggins, Olympic cross-country skiing gold medalist, from the Twin Cities: βI want to make sure you know who Iβm racing forβ¦β
βIt seems our university leaders cannot even say that it is wrong to murder a former student in broad daylight because some people might disagree,β geography professor Kate Derickson
"Four hours after his arrest, he was taken to a hospital emergency room in Edina with swelling and bruising around his right eye and bleeding. A CT scan revealed at least eight skull fractures and life-threatening hemorrhages in at least five areas of his brain..."
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βChildren were in the crowd screaming.β
They clear the cycling and running paths before the roads in Mpls, no joke.
All eyes back on Minneapolis. The streets are full again.
Whatever weβre doing, itβs not enough.
REP. OMAR after being attacked with liquid: βWe will continue! These fucking assholes are not gonna get away with this! Here is the reality people like this ugly man donβt understand β we are Minnesota Strong. Weβll stay resilient in the face of whatever they might throw at us.β
Sending @repilhan.bsky.social sincere admiration tonight.
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@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Jan 27 Politico: As Minn state agencies continue to refused to comply with fed demands to adopt trans-exclusive sports policies, the Dept of Ed. has advanced its investigation of the state to the DOJ-- a step towards pulling federal funding.
"ICE OUT" on Lake Nokomis in Minneapolis, as seen from my flight leaving MSP airport
It was a great showing tonight on the lake!
Guys, luminaries on Mpls lakes is one of the best things in the city. Right under the flight path, and MSP is an international hub.
if bovino is out and conservatives are turning on noem then there is a real opportunity to demand that miller resign too.
So, it looks like we need to chat about the pseudo-science of "hysteria," and how it's been used for centuries to gaslight women into believing--it's not the patriarchy; it's you.
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The demand is still: abolish ICE.
Donβt let them trick you into thinking they arenβt leaving MN to go traumatize other communities.
Justice for Renee, Alex, and the dozens of others who died in ICE detention in the last 12 months alone demands us not to concede to MN withdrawal.
ABOLISH. ICE.
Even when they show signs of weakness or forced regret, we must not give an inch. Authoritarian governments still respond to public opinion, which is why sustained pressure matters. We have to keep making clear that these thuggish actions are unconscionable and will not be tolerated. Donβt let up.
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We've just launched the Trans Unity Quilt Project, a campaign by and for trans people across the UK to bring joy and hope with a quilt longer than an Olympic swimming pool.
Here's how you make your own patch. π
Proud to be one of 65 University of Minnesota Law faculty who signed this open letter condemning the federal governmentβs ongoing and lawless campaign of fear, intimidation, and violence against Minnesotans. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Eli Bosnick updated his status. odtnospeSr8 p mta8 , u3h S 1cg80391 b 6 aa r e 0 t 8 0 0 21 1 e 2 2010 e 2 tua m t8 l Β· "If I gave you a bowl of skittles and three of them were poison would you still eat them?" "Are the other skittles human lives?" "What?" "Like. Is there a good chance. A really good chance. I would be saving someone from a war zone and probably their life if I ate a skittle?" "Well sure. But the point-" "I would eat the skittles." "Ok-well the point is-"
"I would GORGE myself on skittles. I would eat every single fucking skittle I could find. I would STUFF myself with skittles. And when I found the poison skittle and died I would make sure to leave behind a legacy of children and of friends who also ate skittle after skittle until there were no skittles to be eaten. And each person who found the poison skittle we would weep for. We would weep for their loss, for their sacrifice, and for the fact that they did not let themselves succumb to fear but made the world a better place by eating skittles. Because your REAL question...the one you hid behind a shitty little inaccurate, insensitive, dehumanizing racist little candy metaphor is, IS MY LIFE MORE IMPORTANT THAN THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS OF MEN, WOMEN, AND TERRIFIED CHILDREN... ... and what kind of monster would think the answer to that question... is yes?"
Do y'all remember this from 2016? I think about this a lot. β€οΈ
My body is trashed from shoveling almost two feet of snow in MA (so far, still falling) but I have half a mind to start trudging to Nokomis with shovel and tea lights in hand.
Minnesota Forever.
I can't put into words the feeling of watching our government, a hive of evil antisocial filth, the absolute worst humanity has to offer, colliding with the best. Ordinary people trying to help each other, risking everything to stand up for what's plainly, unambiguously fair and right. It's unreal
Woman on the right was using her walker to advance into the tear gas
Let us all have the courage displayed by the residents of Minneapolis.
Depraved
The beauty of mass nonviolent resistance and mutual aid is that every kidnapping, every murder, every beating, every lieβthe only weapons they haveβinvigorates our solidarity and commitment and weakens them. It turns their violence and propaganda inside out.
Weβre winning and itβs not even close.