Joy Demorra

A small very scruffy looking Shih Tzu looking up at the camera from around the edge of a laptop tray.

How your email finds me 💖

A small tan and white Shih Tzu with a dark snout and ears laying on a colorful floral bedspread. She is ‘smiling’ at the camera, her tongue lolled out. Her fur is messy and in need of a trim.

I haven’t posted much here. The horrors persist etc etc. but please enjoy this timeline rest stop with Dogtor Mop. She wants you to take your meds, hydrate and eat a delicious snack today, okay?

we've shipped out 984,000 whistles pretty much entirely driven by this website, and sent about $25-30k worth of requested supplies to the twin cities on top of it, AND we've begun bulk buying red cards for various immigrant rights groups.

bluesky gets shit done.

Operation Metro Love Thy Neighbor Hello Friends of Operation Metro Love Thy Neighbor! Many of our neighbors in Minneapolis are being targeted based on the color of their skin, their accent, or their country of origin. From a healthcare standpoint, this is leading to very scary outcomes, as patients are terrified to leave home and are foregoing necessary care in an effort to stay safe. For moms and babies, medical professionals scramble to meet these needs and to ensure patient safety. As neighbors and community members, we want to ensure these moms and babies have their needs met in terms of supplies, personal care items, and infant and toddler items. While it's a far cry from a baby shower, we are doing our best to ensure that our neighboring mamas have what they need in times of massive distress. All items purchased on this list will be delivered to me and then immediately sent out into the community for maximum impact. On behalf of all the mama and baby teams, we so appreciate your love and generosity.

Black image with white text and white line drawing of a parent holding a baby. Text reads: "Mama + Baby donations needed. All items with an asterisk must be unused. Other items may be gently used. These items will go to immediate homes and be appreciated. [heart emoji] Thank you! ITEMS NEEDED: diapers (size 0-6)*, baby wipes*, pacifiers*, teething items*, free and clear detergent, baby shampoo, baby-safe lotion, infant clothing (all sizes), infant hats, baby blankets, burp cloths, swaddlers, hands-free baby carriers, breastfeeding guards*, feeding pillows, maternity pillows, belly bands, nipple cream*, pimps, infant safe toys, pack + play, epsom salt."

We're seeing a drop off in newborn donations in Minneapolis. Birth workers are seeing small/early babies due to stress/food insecurity—ICE has not stopped—families still in desperate need of support. If you're able, here is a wishlist compiled by folks doing mutual aid
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...

Agitating the populace is our goddamned First Amendment right here in the US.

I think I said this a while ago while arguing with people who said that bots can do law / medicine.

The difficulty in practice is not simply knowing the symptoms of a clinical presentation. It is understanding that you have to ask people questions to make sure you understand what is happening.

People do not know what facts are clinically or legally relevant. It is the job of the practitioner to ask them, and knowing what to ask requires you to understand what emergency conditions you need to rule out.

Bots looking for correlations will miss emergency conditions by not asking.

Elmo @elmo · 1h That Bunny was AMAZING. Elmo thinks he should be called Good Bunny! Elmo loves you, Mr. Good Bunny! ❤️🎶🐰 Based Yankee @thebasedyankee You and Bad Bunny should be deported

It's not even midnight and we're already at "Deport Elmo."

it's probably fine

HOLY SHIT.

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NEW: “Liam Conejo Ramos and his father have landed back in Minnesota following a judge's order,” @mprnews.org reports: www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

Screenshot of Mr. Fred Rogers saying "I keep thinking that evil would like nothing better

"than to have us feel awful about who we are."

"I keep thinking that evil would like nothing better than to have us feel awful about who we are."

the fact that romancelandia is like 30-50% lawyers is an ongoing joke that we all get, but folks outside the romance community never expect and keep running into like a bird flying into a window

NEVER THOUGHT I'D DIE FIGHTING SIDE BY SIDE WITH A LIBERTARIAN TAXATION IS THEFT PLEASE SHUT THE FUCK JIP AND PUT YOUR GAS MASK ON

i am happy to fight for freedom with the libertarians but also, we don’t really need to *talk*

I tell people they should mask because you don't want to suddenly be allergic to shit you once enjoyed.

It sucks actually

Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio) YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free

I love Moon Palace so much. They are a crucial hub of the social justice community. Angela is a Minnesota treasure.

While independent bookstores are giving out free whistles, hosting protest sign making events, and donating proceeds to mutual aid, Amazon is *checks notes* providing technology that assists ICE in their terrorizing of communities.

Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.

BREAKING: The Border Patrol's Greg Bovino has been ousted from his role of "Commander at Large"—and Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski could be next to lose their jobs, sources tell @nickmiroff.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Every time I remember the 28th Virginia Battle flag I feel compelled to remind non-Minnesotans about it.

Captured by MN troops at Gettysburg. Virginia has asked for it back MANY times, and all governors (of all parties) have refused and told them to fuck off.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28th_Vi...

The majority of organizing happening in Minnesota isn’t just peaceful, it’s INVISIBLE. Moms showing up who won’t be interviewed on TV, people whose ICE patrols don’t turn into viral video. The grocery runs, the donations, the people filming bc they happen to be there. Please remember this.

Put some stickers on it for whimsy

But yeah, they can’t get to sleep in TC anymore ✌️

lol, they were up in Hibbing last week. Yep. *That* Hibbing.

My nervous system isn’t coming back from this one. She was already hovering over the cusp of autonomic failure. She’s gone. Vacated the mortal coil. It’s just me and all my dysfunctions wrapped together with duct tape at this point.

“I wonder why my dysautonomia is so bad right now,” I just said aloud. Like a dumbass who lives in Minnesota and who has been pushing the limits of my mediation for weeks.

Cripes. the stethoscope and, "We'll take it from here, Alex," just broke me

Always here for supporting bookshops whose owners are heroes 💜