Pandemic Still On!

I curated a (mostly) exhaustive list of Juneteenth celebrations across the country. Chances are there’s one near you!

NEW: Jonathon Redondo-Rosales, a 36-year-old LA protester, spent six months in jail accused of assaulting a federal officer with a *cloth hat.* A judge tossed out the DOJ’s case, accusing govt of acting in “bad faith” and engaging in “prosecutorial harassment“ that could “chill lawful protest”

Democratic Party leadership really just calling for “reform” of this shit

By the way, for those of you not in MN: Homan’s strategy was to withdraw some agents, so it felt like we were in the denouement of the crisis, and then escalate hard against observers. They’re being incredibly aggressive with observers now. National media may not want to check out just yet

Palantir fasciitis

I don’t like this

Big Oil "purchased solar and EV patents to ensure others couldn’t use them, solicited control of renewable markets and then abandoned them, and funded powerful institutions to promote false solutions, all while using trade groups to downplay the harms of fossil fuels, according to the complaint." 😠

Plants are all ready for me to ignore them tomorrow. Then I was called off. Guess I will just stare at them for awhile.

Dr. Isaac Pope is being called the Larry Nassar of Washington state. A civil lawsuit alleges he sexually assaulted hundreds of children in state juvenile facilities in the 1980s and 90s. Kids who were supposed to be protected. Kids who had no power. The abuse went on for years. 1/3

A Minneapolis City Council committee delayed action Tuesday on renewing liquor licenses for two Minneapolis hotels that have housed federal immigration officers.

Tulips are a month early outside. Good time for onions and more Ghost Peppers/Bhut Jalokia seeds. Seedling on bottom shelf include ggost peppers, yellow onions and red onions. Turmeric just arrived to plant soon!

Tulips are a month early

Even if you don't have time to read all 83 pages of Judge Reyes's opinion barring the Trump administration from rescinding Temporary Protected Status for 350,000+ Haitians, please at least check out the four-page introduction. It's a tour de force: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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URGENT: DOJ has again removed Epstein-related files — the second time in three days. The deleted materials reportedly referenced Donald Trump, “Calendar Girl” events at Mar-a-Lago, and files unproven allegations of rape and the auctioning of minors. Trump’s social ties to Epstein 1/2

Do you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"? Well, it happens they were doing exactly that. www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...

As Black History Month begins, we honor the generations of Black New Yorkers who built this city into the “gorgeous mosaic” we call home. Today, we reflect on the words of Mayor David Dinkins: our city’s first Black mayor (and a democratic socialist!).

Over 3,400 journalists were laid off in 2025

My personal government data was stolen by DOGE. Where is my $10 billion?

This single payment is ~66x the total amount of “Biden family” revenues that the GOP and right-wing media spent years frothing over.” www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/ano...

This Bald Eagle landed on the very top of this tree (with a silly bounce bounce) as the niece was walking to the bus stop. Im glad my crows watch out for my tiny dog. I can relax and love seeing these great birds in the neighborhood. Monocular should be here soon. Better photos soon!

"MPR News has learned that the police chief in the small southern Minnesota city of St. Peter intervened Thursday afternoon to prevent federal immigration agents from arresting a local resident" who had been observing federal agents. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

I keep thinking again, in light of the latest Epstein files dump, about how MeToo “went too far.”

Six days ago federal officers murdered a man in the streets of Minneapolis and we still don't know their identities. Is there any modern precedent for this?

Peloton lays off 11 percent of its staff just a few months after launching its AI hardware

I know it’s been said a million times but it’s pretty funny how many short king steroid comedians with corny ass manchild tattoos called themselves free speech warriors right up until the moment free speech was actually under attack.

The government’s arrests of journalists @donlemonofficial.bsky.social and @bygeorgiafort.bsky.social are attacks on freedom of the press. Two federal courts flatly rejected prosecuting Lemon, but instead of accepting that humiliating defeat, the government has now doubled down. Read our statement:

MINNESOTA — Mom goes outside to warm up her car, ICE grabs her: "Please, my car kids are all alone in the house!” So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it (H/T longtimehistory)

Minneapolis should press its momentum and demand not only withdrawal but start talking about the need for immediate reparations, loudly, with the total certainty that only winners have. "You have wronged us terribly and must pay recompense" and let them argue the second part.

The tea plant in the foreground looks sorta dead, doesn't it? I thought it was dead or close to it, but the roots are very happy! So I put it in a bigger pot. Hopefully it will finally sprout new happy leaves. #tinytrees #indoororchard #backyardshed

ICE is upset that ICE isn't welcome in restaurants after ICE ordered food at a restaurant, ate it, then arrested restaurant employees, and ICE believes this is someone else's fault, do I have that right?

Zip tie bonsai of my olive tree. Trying to get her branches going up toward the light, and the trunk going upwards too! Bamboo doing triple duty as the ziptie stake and branch director to keep them from ever crossing too. Its a process. .

The parents of Alex Pretti have retained a former federal prosecutor who helped Minnesota's attorney general convict the police officer who kneeled on George Floyd's neck of murder. https://to.pbs.org/3ZA2HfU

NEW: Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old who ICE agents in Minneapolis nabbed last week and shipped off to a Texas detention facility with his dad, is now in poor health, his school superintendent told me today www.huffpost.com/entry/liam-c...

I love my ladybugs that live in my plant pots. Here is one 🐞 getting some warm light on a leaf. Hope he snacks on pests on the way down.

Gaza does not need another phase or “Board.” Gaza needs legal redress for an Israeli system of cruelty. It must be granted unimpeded ingress and egress by land, sea, and air. Gaza must not be condemned to survive as a managed humanitarian dependency, rationed by aid and policed by donors.

Abolish. ice. 💔

Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him. “When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."

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