PowerToThePeople

We need to be looking out for each other.

[PowerToThePeople @HillHuckle]

@leyawn A new embodiment for the patent application

[Matthew Cappucci @MatthewCappucci]

BREAKING: A major 7.7-magnitude earthquake has just struck 42 miles west-northwest of Ende, Indonesia. This appears to be a thrust (up and down) quake favorable for producing a tsunami. It was a shallow quake (just 6 miles below surface), maximizing impact.

This is likely broadly associated with the Indonesian Subduction Zone system, specifically near the Flores Thrust. More details will become apparent with time. SERIOUS TSUNAMI DANGER!

[Mike Levin @MikeLevin]

This should be a bigger story.

A Reagan-appointed judge just ruled Trump’s Energy Secretary illegally ran a secret panel of climate deniers to cook up a biased report and sabotage clean air rules.

They didn’t follow the law, didn’t follow the science, and betrayed the public to serve Trump’s agenda.

Disgraceful. https://t.co/s3xD3rfeIX

[Vessel Of Spirit @VesselOfSpirit]

san francisco was just called san fran until 1991 when cisco systems paid the city 47 billion dollars to append cisco to its name. the inhabitants are very touchy about people using the original name now, for legal reasons. it's a violation of contract law

[Stephanie "LB" 🟧 @LincolnsBible]

posted on substack by a person named Teri Leigh

I’m writing this from Minnesota.

These are just a few things that may not be making the national or international news.

a beloved local donut shop Glam Doll Donuts across the street from where Alex Pretti died turned into a warming house and medic center for protestors building and maintaining the memorial site.

a 70yo independent bookstore owner DreamHaven Books down the street expressed his pain on camera, walked through a tear gas cloud, and his website crashed less than 24 hours later from too much business and donations.

the day after tear gas bombs destroyed a N-Mpls neighborhood sending a 6mo old baby to the hospital, at daybreak, a small church community cleaned up the mess of pepper balls, tear gas containers and trash so the neighbors didn’t have to wake up to the memories.

a local independent journalist Mercado Media pounding the streets everyday reporting things from the ground had a testicle removed and showed up two days later to walk with 75,000+ community members to walk the streets in -20 degree weather.

a local sex-positive adult-store The Smitten Kitten has completely transformed into a donation and distribution center.

a local pizza place Wrecktangle Pizza raised over $83K in less than a few days to support families that are sheltering in place.

tow-truck companies are donating their services to clean up the accidents and abandoned vehicles left by ICE and the city is waiving impound fees.

local multi-faith spiritual leaders are spearheading sit-ins at corporate headquarters such as Target and USBank to have deeper conversations with CEOs and boards of directors about community relief.

social workers are taking in children who came home from school with both their parents “disappeared.”

animal shelters and pet-fostering agencies are rescuing pets left alone for days or weeks after their humans were detained.

every restaurant, church, karate dojo, dance studio, school, barber shop, and other small business has created their own underground grassroots supportive network to protect their neighbors, get people to and from work, and raise funds to pay everyday bills.

women who are moms and work full-time jobs are donning reflective vests in shifts to stand watch at bus stops, city parks, and grocery store parking lots ini sub-zero temps to bear witness before going home to tuck their babies in at night.

the MN National Guard offered donuts, coffee, and hot cocoa to peaceful protesters the day after Alex Pretti died, reminding community that we are all in this together and they are here to keep the peace.

These are just a few examples. Stories like this are happening in the hundreds here, every single day!

Community is EVERYTHING!

This Substack community and the MN-Strong resistance has saved my mental health these last weeks.

Thank you for reading.

Thank you for giving a shit.

I love you.

[Sridhar Ramesh @RadishHarmers]

Are you still a believer in the rule of law? Because by 2026, it's marginal, right?

[🇨🇳XuZhenqing徐祯卿 @XueJia24682]

✨🇨🇳This is an 87-year-old senior’s lunch in China, with shrimp, meat, veggies—only 3 yuan (≈$0.42). Government-subsidized, these nutritious meals are delivered to doorsteps at meal times, showing China’s care for lonely elders with warm, affordable, healthy food.

[PowerToThePeople @HillHuckle]

@snacklesbian https://t.co/WCbcws4jvs

[Oliver Larkin @OliverALarkin]

Jared Moskowitz plays politics for TV, but he voted for the Laken Riley Act, expressed “gratitude” to ICE, & personally recommended a GEO Group private prison executive for President of Florida Atlantic University, making it the 1st U.S. college to enter a 287g agreement with ICE

[PowerToThePeople @HillHuckle]

@barryeisler If you are in Virginia, there is a law that prevents companies from doing this to you. Not sure about other states. Take a look and maybe get your money back (tell the customer service which state you are in)

[Elena Song 🤯 @elenasongsong]

My mom goes to elderly university for free in China. It is probably the best thing they have done for elderly. She likes it so much. You can take any subject you like, no exam, no certificate, just learning for fun. She’s now learning gardening, music, philosophy, and some geopolitics. There are farmers travelling all the way to the school everyday to learn. This is 1000x better than stupid elderly home which basically kill elderly quickly rather than care.

[The Onion @TheOnion]

SNAP Warns Recipients It Could Be Days Before Kidneys Regain Function https://t.co/wfqRnOOplX

[PowerToThePeople @HillHuckle]

@briebriejoy Bernie would have won

[Lon Harris @Lons]

Truly horrific story about ChatGPT gently encouraging a recent college grad to take his own life. It includes this shocking tidbit, which strikes me as so obviously and clearly negligent, someone from OpenAI should definitely have to answer for it in a courtroom setting.

[Andrew Perez @andrewperezdc]

Unclear to me why exactly we should be wasting tons of electricity and water on robots that encourage suicide, but then again no one's ever considered making me CEO of the suicide robot company https://t.co/4OoL5Vgnps

[Sam Stein @samstein]

I refuse to believe that this stuff doesn't matter to a lot of voters

[PowerToThePeople @HillHuckle]

@prem_thakker Does this include Boeing based in St. Louis?

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

This moment says everything about why Zohran Mamdani won.

A journalist in a wheelchair asked about accessibility and Mamdani didn’t talk down to him, didn’t deflect, didn’t politicize it. He listened.

He’s the kind of leader who respects everyone, every faith, every class, every flag.

[Kyle Keegan @realKyleKeegan]

“Let private charity take care of the poor,” they say. “It’ll be fine,” they say.

[Jon Douglas @atranscendedman]

UK study of 624,000 overweight or obese adults found that starting metformin within 3 months of COVID-19 cut the risk of long COVID by about 64 percent, suggesting the diabetes drug may protect against lasting symptoms.

https://t.co/A8dZF2W8Go

[Lindsay Toczylowski @L_Toczylowski]

Immigration attorney here 👋 who has represented hundreds of unaccompanied immigrant kids in past 15+ years:

Stephen Miller is lying. There is a legal process to quickly reunify kids who wish to return to home country w/ their families.

That’s not what happened last night.