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Early childhood educator who is learning to garden, learning to paint, learning to grieve, and ponders what a caregiver state might look like. (She/her)

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real life or a leak of tonight SNL's cold open? You decide

07.03.2026 15:24 πŸ‘ 1332 πŸ” 318 πŸ’¬ 281 πŸ“Œ 63
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06.03.2026 19:30 πŸ‘ 153 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

I think they might have better luck spending two thousand dollars holding a press conference where they detail who made the key decisions to collaborate with the Trump administration, how and when they were fired, and explaining what would stop that from happening again.

06.03.2026 13:16 πŸ‘ 7574 πŸ” 1619 πŸ’¬ 207 πŸ“Œ 52

We need safe zones around all schools, child care programs and hospitals

06.03.2026 15:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Sometimes A Pony Gets Depressed
Sometimes A Pony Gets Depressed YouTube video by Silver Jews - Topic

Today’s earworm

« Where does an animal sleep
when the ground is wet?
Cows in the ballroom
chickens in the farmer's corvette

How does an animal see
once the sun is set?
Bandits in the capital
limited civilian unrest

Sometimes a pony gets depressedΒ Β»

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXtD...

06.03.2026 14:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"Can't You Hear Me Knocking [The Rolling Stones cover] - Live from the Armory" by Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit
Album: "Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit: A Concert for Minnesota"
Time: 10:19 pm

06.03.2026 04:19 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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Heartbreaking testimony yesterday in the Children and Families Committee. So many parents demanding through tears that we protect childcare centers from ICE and too many legislators that don't seem to care...

05.03.2026 22:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Four bills would keep ICE out of certain areas:

HF3415, would require ICE agents to keep away from child care centers;
HF3435, would keep agents away from school grounds;
and
yet-to-be-introduced bills would make hospitals and college campuses off limits to agents.

16.02.2026 21:56 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Local health systems partner with The Negative Space to provide free support for family caregivers Minnesotans caring for loved ones now receive no-cost support through a unique partnership, easing caregivers' emotional burdens with free resources and services.

New resources for caregivers in the Twin Cities- great work being done by my friend Allison and The Negative Space

www.kare11.com/article/news...

04.03.2026 17:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Thursday, March 5, in St. Paul, Minn.: Elaine Welteroth and Janell Hobson on the Power of Feminist Media Thursday, March 5, at University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minn.: Elaine Welteroth and Janell Hobson on the Power of Feminist Media

Join us for a Women’s History Month conversation on how feminist media challenges power, reframes narratives and drives change, with Elaine Welteroth and Ms.'s @profjch.bsky.social:
msmagazine.com/2026/03/03/m...

04.03.2026 17:00 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Another reason to love Mancini’s

04.03.2026 17:12 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve been notified about another death in ICE custody.

This marks a stunning 40 deaths during the second Trump administration.

This cannot continue. There must be real accountability for ICE and DHS.

04.03.2026 14:49 πŸ‘ 3843 πŸ” 1623 πŸ’¬ 107 πŸ“Œ 61
https://www.mprnews.org/episode/2026/03/02/how-ices-presence-is-affecting-childcare-in-minnesota Invalid response status code (403)

They’re talking the impacts of ICE in childcare in Minnesota right now on MPR! You can call in and share your story!

https://www.mprnews.org/episode/2026/03/02/how-ices-presence-is-affecting-childcare-in-minnesota

02.03.2026 15:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We'd much rather on this 'Day Without Childcare' to be having the real conversation about funding our childcare system and giving our kids the care they deserve instead, but this is where we are.

#DayWithoutChildCare #mnleg

02.03.2026 20:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Idaho considers an 'apocalyptic' choice for disabled people and families Difficult budget decisions in a number of states are threatening vital programs for disabled people at home and caregivers in the workforce.

β€œI’d probably have to quit my job. I need to make sure she can spend time with friends and her boyfriend, but she would still be more socially isolated,” Walters said.

@slooterman.bsky.social reports for @19thnews.org.

02.03.2026 14:27 πŸ‘ 51 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 5
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Temco drivers unionize despite stiff opposition β€” a first for a Home Depot subsidiary β€œWe did have management telling us that we were going to lose our jobs and would shut down.”

For the first time ever, workers at a Home Depot company have unionized.

Drivers who deliver building materials for Home Depot’s Temco subsidiary have voted to join the Teamsters.

They did so despite a vicious anti-union campaign from Home Depot and Temco.

atlantaciviccircle.org/2026/02/25/t...

02.03.2026 17:40 πŸ‘ 1344 πŸ” 340 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 18
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video from iceout.org earlier today at the whipple outside minneapolis shows a hennepin county sheriff’s deputy shoving the head of a protestor who was already tackled into the ground

we need someone to challenge dawanna witt for sheriff. this brutality happening under her watch is unacceptable

01.03.2026 22:15 πŸ‘ 507 πŸ” 260 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 31

Hennepin County Sheriff’s officers assaulting protesters

02.03.2026 02:43 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Demand companies side with the people & the constitution - not the regime waging illegal war. Take action: As people across the country condemn yet another illegal, immoral, and unauthorized military action by the White House and Israel, corporate leaders who have been silent and the AI and te...

We won’t stay silent about this war. If you’re outraged, scared, and sick and tired of a country that always has money for war but never the poor, join us in taking action: http://bit.ly/workersnotwar #NoICENoWar

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A graph using reports from people over papers showing Numbers of reported kidnappings and activity from Minnesota, California, Florida, Texas, and then a combination of all other states. The highest Spike is in mid-January showing that Minnesota was reporting 500 incidents a day while California was reporting right around 100. Along this whole graph, Minnesota is showing at least double reports compared to everyone else with the exception of a time in very early January when California was almost on Pace with what we were seeing here. There is a small heading up top that says: immigration enforcement in Minnesota dwarfed the rest of the nation.

A graph using reports from people over papers showing Numbers of reported kidnappings and activity from Minnesota, California, Florida, Texas, and then a combination of all other states. The highest Spike is in mid-January showing that Minnesota was reporting 500 incidents a day while California was reporting right around 100. Along this whole graph, Minnesota is showing at least double reports compared to everyone else with the exception of a time in very early January when California was almost on Pace with what we were seeing here. There is a small heading up top that says: immigration enforcement in Minnesota dwarfed the rest of the nation.

Seeing this visualization has been really impactful for me. There were times when people tried to come at us sideways for claiming this is *different* and massive in a way that we hadn't seen other places. But it really really has been.

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The Jayhawks - Blue (Official Video)
The Jayhawks - Blue (Official Video) YouTube video by TheBeachboyNick

Some days I still get the Sunday blues.

« Give all of my mercy
Give all of my heart
Never thought that I'd miss you
That I'd miss you so much.

You brought me through
And you made me feel

So blueΒ Β»

m.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9mJ...

01.03.2026 21:38 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My local ….. Menards

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🧡

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Want to support democracy? Visit your local Twin Cities art gallery - MinnPost A new report champions an old concept – β€˜third spaces’ – as worthy of greater investment in the Twin Cities.

While the need for 'third spaces' has hardly diminished, many of them in the Twin Cities are fighting to survive, writes @sheilaregan.bsky.social www.minnpost.com/artscape/202...

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Operation Metro Surge may be over, but there are still far more federal agents than before operation began New court filings show how many federal agents are still on detail to the St. Paul Field Office.

I have been wanting this answer for a month: If true, CBP thugs are gone from Minneapolis, and 400 ICE officers remain in Minnesota, double what was here last summer for the five state area. ABOLISH ICE. prosecute ICE, etc.

www.kare11.com/article/news...

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This is amazing.

www.getyourfuckingmoneyback.com

27.02.2026 17:49 πŸ‘ 37002 πŸ” 11951 πŸ’¬ 498 πŸ“Œ 800

AND Y'ALL, YOU CAN ACTUALLY WATCH THE FILM AT THE LINKED ARTICLE!!!

WE CAN WATCH A CINEMATIC DISCOVERY DATING BACK TO ALMOST 130 YEARS AGO

***I CANNOT OVERSTATE HOW FREAKING DOPE THIS IS, GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH***

27.02.2026 00:28 πŸ‘ 161 πŸ” 48 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 3

A difficult must read

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Trans people are not a threat to anyone, but Kansas Republicans are….

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