@ghlearn
Former teacher, history educator. Currently and always a fan of books, human rights and civil rights, baked goods. Still getting to know Mpls after all these years. Protect, believe, love trans kids and adults ALWAYS
I know people are tapped out, but for anyone who still can, this incredibly sweet family needs help urgently as they try to appeal the detention of their husband/dad. We set the GFM up in a rush, so the harrowing details aren't all in there, but I can assure you that the need is urgent and real.
a public utility does not need to turn a profit. this is intentional.
Take Action Now: Call Mayor Frey and tell him to support Pause Evictions, Save Lives passed by the city council on 3/5/2026. Mayor Frey: 612-673-2100 Sample Script: "I am calling to ask Mayor Frey to commit to supporting an extension of the pre-eviction notice period from 30 to 60 days. Countless neighbors are at immediate risk of displacement and this measure is the bare minimum the City can do to protect our neighbors. Can I count on his support?"
Today, the Mpls City Council passed the Pause Evictions, Save Lives ordinance, which would extend the pre-eviction notice period from 30 to 60 days.
Take action now and call Mayor Frey (612-673-2100) and tell him to stand with our neighbors and extend the pre-eviction filing period.
"She frequently reported on stories critical of ICE for Nashville Noticias, the Spanish-language outlet."
www.tennessean.com/story/news/l...
Friends from outside Minnesota have asked me if there are celebrations in the street over Noem being fired. To anyone not in MN: no. people are still buying neighbors groceries and collecting for their rent and patrolling. If ice is abolished or trump dies, then mpls will celebrate
A new report and survey of trans people reports that 99% of them have had their mental health negatively affected by the barrage of anti trans stories in the UK media. 64% avoided medical care due to discrimination. This is a crisis.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Wondering: can you just have the white on the blue be only what the blue on the white ringer is (Instead of large white field) I personally prefer non-white as t-shirt quality now trends thin and it is annoying if you are someone who wears under garments (bras/binders etc). and prefer fist!
the wording! Doesn’t the ‘utilizes sperm for fertilization’ part apply to the person who has the egg?
“If [wealthy, powerful people] can get us to accept that the future’s already settled, AI is already here, the end is already here, then we will create that for them. My most daring idea is to refuse.” — @tressiemcphd.bsky.social
If one blames the Jew for not having been ennobled by oppression, one is not indicting the single figure of the Jew but the entire human race, and one is also making a quite breathtaking claim for oneself. I know that my own oppression did not ennoble me, not even when I thought of myself as a practicing Christian. I also know that if today I refuse to hate Jews, or anybody else, it is because I know how it feels to be hated. I learned this from Christians, and I ceased to practice what the Christians practiced.
I think often of this one Baldwin paragraph, not specifically because of Jewish contexts but because of the assumptions that are often made about what oppression does to anyone
archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes....
Councilmember Warren is a likely no vote on the effort to pause evictions. How will she show up to the forum today? Will she be swayed by hearing from people this morning who have scrambled to amass rent funds for their neighbors?
Contact her to ask: pearll.warren@minneapolismn.gov
NEW: SCOTUS conservatives block California gender-identity student protections, N.Y. map change.
The two Monday night orders were issued over the objections of the three liberal justices.
Overnight, at Law Dork:
Term limits. Applied retroactively. Adjust Court number. Add DC and PR. Remove the filibuster. Institute Voting Rights Act. Tribunal for every participant in this unconstitutional attack on our democracy.
This is what we the voters want.
EXCLUSIVE: At more than 30 installations, U.S. commanders told troops the war on Iran is a Christian war.
The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has been “inundated” with more than 110 complaints.
One NCO said they were told the U.S. war is to bring about Armageddon and the return of Jesus…
Can't make it tomorrow morning? Send an email now: bit.ly/pauseevictions
My dear American Muslim siblings,
I'm so sorry that you're being subjected to so much ugliness here, in your home, & that there's so much horror in so many places across the Muslim world. I wish your holy month were filled only with peace, groaning Iftar tables, & joyful hearts. I'm so sorry. ❤️
Noon on Monday in Minnesota in light purple with darker purple drop shadow on orange.
It is noon on Monday in Minnesota.
Did you have breakfast? Have you had lunch? Do you have plans for lunch? Remember to eat, even if its just regular snacks.
Drink plenty of water.
Take any meds you might need on schedule (or close enough).
Take breaks.
Hang in there, folks. 💜
Fuck ICE.
It's really been something else to experience the paramilitary occupation here in Minneapolis and know that people around the world have also experienced this kind of miserable, stressful, inhumane living situation *due to our own government's actions*
Do not give this anti-human, anti-worker trash a single cent or click, ever.
I get that the politics matter, but try to recall that they matter because of this. Our government killed dozens of CHILDREN IN A SCHOOL today.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
a reminder that Graham Platner is the grandson of the designer of the "Windows on the World" restaurant at the WTC, has considerable family money, and his main business is selling oysters to his mom's two restaurants. These people are fucking marks.
Congratulations to them both! youtu.be/jPCJIB1f7jk?...
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
okay here’s a big one. this minneapolis middle school in an underserved area needs some real love to the tune of $27K. every little bit helps families pay march rent. can we put a dent in this?
www.gofundme.com/f/Help-Olson...
A comics friend could use some help. ❤️
Gentle reminder that social media is often the worst place to hang out when really bad things happen.
Minnesota folk, you have a whole lot of new local friends. I humbly suggest you go make plans with them to do something to make something better today, instead of doom scrolling for hours.
Minneapolis Public Schools, along with all Minnesota public schools, are the heart of our community. we are nothing w/o our children, and investing their future makes us a stronger & safer state.
our school budgets are facing huge deficits this year. let’s invest in schools like we do the police.
'The lack of any effective legal constraints on the president isn't just a problem for the balance of power & national security of the United States. It is a problem for the world...a kind of int'l authoritarianism in which the president can unleash the most powerful military in the world on a whim'
Trump has launched an illegal regime change war.
As someone who has survived the horrors of war, I know military strikes will not make us safer; they will inflame tensions and push the region further into chaos.
When we abandon diplomacy, we choose destruction.
