Wars are extremely hard things to justify. It is intrinsic to what they are that they tend to death, destruction, and misery. Given this and some knowledge of history, one's default attitude towards powerful people purporting to do the world some great benefit by war should be extreme scepticism.
one google data center in virginia
two million gallons of water per day
information only released under court order & risk of contempt
It's been so common for ICE to not return personal items of folks they abducted and detained that I believe there is either some sort of memo or expectation shared among agents to purposely discard or steal from people detained.
www.startribune.com/minnesota-us...
Mural by Pablo Kalaka, who probably has the highest number of murals on Lake Street.
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And every one of them has 4 separate SUVs to drive.
“some noted they had lost fans and donors. There are some people who like Irish music but think ICE is just here to enforce the law. But Natalie O’Shea, executive director at Celtic Junction, told me, “To believe in laws over belief in people is to be colonized.””
"special envoy for the shield of the americas" wtf
"The 10% of miles comprising the urban portions of the Interstate Highway System ate up half of the total construction costs, or about $375 billion in today’s dollars. [The author] calculates that with those funds, the nation could have built the equivalent of 36 Paris Metro systems."
Collage of murals center reads "call for artists"
Metro Transit and the Metropolitan Council are expanding their roster of pre-qualified artists for paid public art projects across the transit system.
Signing up is free at metrotransit.org/artist-roster-form
Minineapolis City Council passes resolution with comments on MnDOT's I-94 reconstruction planning. They oppose expansion or rebuilding as is. Encourage consideration of at-grade alternatives, reducing vehicle miles traveled, public health, safety, alternative transportation.
Unfortunately, after the building owner died in 2023 and the building was sold in 2025, the artists either all displaced or in the process of being displaced. (What can one do to ensure a legacy after death?) 😔
Drawdown... 650 paramilitary...
People standing waving on a chain link-enclosed pedestrian bridge over a highway. Banners read Piggy's broken promises - Epstein files - No new wars. Smaller signs read Keep hope alive, Resist, No ICE, a peace dove, several American flags.
Bridge brigade in Prospect Park (Minneapolis) over I-94, March 5, 2026. Our intrepid sign-maker says she made the No New Wars sign for Venezuela, but didn't get a chance to use it that week (something else happened, probably ICE-related). But now we have another war, so nothing goes to waste!
Seriously, landlords are business owners. No one guarantees to other business owners that they will never, ever have a bad month or two.
They spent time in detention because of her lies!
There’s a local story here in Minn about a Saint Paul cop who essentially framed some Somali young women as part of a sex trafficking ring, close to 20 years ago. She was just found immune from prosecution because she was working w the Feds on the case. So not far off from this idea!
Oh hey, Ramsey County Officer killed someone last night with their car speeding to a stolen car incident. #CarsAreWeapons
The UN, though in Manhattan, is on international land, not American. Also a pretty central tenet of diplomacy is “we will not take advantage of proximity to murder your people” for reasons that should be very obvious.
There's a story going viral about how a U.S. commander told troops the Iran war is part of a religious battle to "cause Armageddon.”
It’s explosive. It’s terrifying.
It’s also based on a single unverified source.
I have questions. 👇
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/before-you...
A large, vertical mural painted on the brown brick wall of the Rafter Apartments building in Minneapolis. It features a stylized, anthropomorphic wolf in a suit and tie as the central figure. The artwork is framed by a thin decorative border and set against a backdrop of a night sky. The wolf is holding a turkey.
We need more murals by @chuckuart.bsky.social
Brandishing is only a crime if the "weapon" is actually a phone.
I will say that believing there's only 650 agents here requires believing she wouldn't lie under oath.
As it is with our clothing, so it is with our names. We can have trans rights, bodily autonomy, gender nonconformity, and freedom of expression, or we can have none of these things.
There’s no third option.
Digital painting of a Heartleaf Skullcap plant: it has green heartshaped leaves, and flower spikes with green buds at the top and purple pea-flowers lower. A pink ribbon is intertwined among the leaves, and there are starbursts and hearts in the background.
Heartleaf Skullcap 💕 🌿 🐡
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…
just a reminder that pete hegsgeth moved onto a military base last year because he was scared of protestors
Definitely some evidence that Fletcher is working with ICE/DHS.
Given that MnDOT snowplows were there... it was probably MnDOT that closed the ramps.
