AKil Artistry, LMSW

Children’s Therapist. | Creative | ΖΦΒ | UNLV | MSU🐻 | ♍️ #AKilArtistry

[AKil Artistry, LMSW @MandaLyndz]

I got exactly what I wanted for my birthday this year. Thank you to my baby for making it happen. 💙

Cheers to 34🎂

[Melanie D'Arrigo @DarrigoMelanie]

“If we erase January 6th, it didn’t happen”

“If we don’t release certain inflation data, there’s no inflation”

“If we don’t measure food insecurity, no one’s hungry”

“If we delete research on right-wing violence, there’s no right-wing violence”

“If we stop Covid testing, we’ll have fewer cases”

The Trump administration wants you to believe their propaganda is fact, and control the majority of mainstream media and social platforms to reinforce their lies.

This is what authoritarianism looks like.

[Melanie D'Arrigo @DarrigoMelanie]

27% of the U.S. National Debt is from spending under Trump’s presidencies.

[Man to Man @Man_to_manX]

HOW LONG IT TAKES TO FLATTEN YOUR STOMACH

• Cut sugar - 3 days (bloating drops)
• Add fiber - 1 week (digestion improves)
• Walk daily - 2 weeks (core activates)
• Pilates & twists - 3 weeks (waist tightens)
• High-protein meals - 5 weeks (fat burns)
• Consistency - 8 weeks (flat stomach visible)

[Dee Holt 🍎🍟🍎❄️ ➏ @D_1andOnly_]

12:00 just hit and it's officially the blackest month of them all. Happy Black History Month ✊🏾

[Vic Mensa @VicMensa]

head over to https://t.co/bv2LrFloqA to read what i wrote about it

nationwide general strike tomorrow ✊🏾

love to @NewJusticeMN @BTnewsroom

[BlackRedGuard ☭ 🇵🇸🔻⛓️‍💥 @OGBlackRedGuard]

people have told me that they literally see ICE more than the local PD. They’re everywhere. Grocery store. Gas station. Walking down the street. Driving the wrong way down the street, speeding. Waving at you, mocking you. They’re literally an occupying army. They are giving this entire city PTSD.

[DR. Reesetheone1 since licenses aren't needed 😂 @reesetheone1]

There’s a reason Obama won an average of 69 percent Latino support in his two elections and dems have struggled with Latinos since.

[Niko @NikoLeMieux]

Yesterday as I was walking through Minneapolis with a friend I saw this Lexus parked terribly and commented to him: “get a load of this asshole’s terrible parking.” By complete serendipity, as if the universe itself was saying "be kinder with your spoken thoughts," right at that moment I heard a voice say “hey that’s my car, ICE grabbed me, I’m so sorry!” come from the passenger of a Jeep slowly passing by; the Jeep driver said she was the sister of the Lexus’ owner and that the two of them had just come back from picking her up from Federal detention. I went to go talk to the Lexus’ driver, but first I read the note on the windshield:

“THIS WOMAN WAS TAKEN BY ICE. Please don’t hit or tow.” Neighbors put that there, and put a tarp over the window that ICE broke open so snow wouldn’t get in.

The Lexus driver, a short, brown haired white woman told me she lived in the area and was driving through looking for parking, when armed ICE agents speedily blocked off the street in front of her, and swarmed the white pickup truck in front of her grabbing its driver. She said people came from throughout the neighborhood with whistles to record them grabbing that driver, and as she was trying to leave, ICE agents swarmed her vehicle as well and proceeded to open her window and door and remove her from her car, slamming her facedown in the street. She said a Federal agent entered her vehicle and parked it like this, before taking her away. I don’t know the story of the pickup driver.

I'll be honest, I didn't really believe what I was hearing at first until she showed me the video that a neighbor filmed, confirming the whole story. I asked her to airdrop it to me so I could make this post.

This woman was just driving and minding her business one moment, and the next she was snatched, she told me that they said she was "obstructing an investigation." After 24 hours in Federal custody, they released her with only the white shirt she was wearing when I met her, into the -8F cold where her sister was waiting, and they didn't give her back her car keys. She came to make sure her vehicle was still there.

There's a lot of people on this platform making all sorts of excuses for the Federal government's despicable behavior in Minneapolis, but what it comes down to is this: they are out of control. They are Out. Of. Control.

This woman's story that I saw firsthand is emblematic of the institutional rot at the core of DHS, CBP, and ICE. The agents involved in both shootings this month were 8- and 10-year veterans, not untrained amateurs. There have been three homicides in Minneapolis thus far in 2026- 66% of them have been US citizens murdered by the Federal government. My city is being subjected to a full-fledged occupation by lawless, unprofessional, un-American thugs. They have gone far beyond their stated mission of removing violent criminals and illegal aliens. They have all of us looking at every SUV, every vehicle with out-of-state plates, every vehicle with more than 2 men in it with caution, scrutiny, and concern. Many of my friends have bought guns or have gone to get their conceal carry permits, to stay safe from their own government because it's better to be judged by twelve than to be carried by six.

Minneapolis will survive this and will come out stronger for it, because we learned in 2020 that there's no one coming to save us, it's up to us to show up for our friends and neighbors. But people need to know that if the Federal government are doing this to us: You're not safe. You're next.

[Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @RepJasmine]

What we are seeing in Minnesota is what authoritarianism looks like in real time. Racism, dehumanization, and state-sanctioned violence are tearing at the foundation of this country.

We came to demand justice for Renee Good and everyone who has been terrorized by unqualified ICE agents — led by an unqualified DHS Secretary and an unqualified President.

[The Husky @Mr_Husky1]

I was homeless for six months in 2011. I slept in my car. I used to park behind a small church because it was dark and quiet. I thought nobody knew I was there. Every morning, I’d wake up, drive to a gas station to wash my face, and go to work (yes, I had a job, just couldn't afford rent). One night, it was freezing. 10 degrees. My car wouldn't start to run the heater. I was shivering so hard my teeth hurt. I saw the back door of the church open. A janitor came out to dump the trash. He saw my car. He saw me huddled in the front seat. He didn't call the cops. He didn't come over and tap on the window. He just walked back to the door, unlocked it, and propped it open with a small rock. Then he turned on the hallway light and left. I waited ten minutes. Then I ran inside. It was warm. There was a couch in the lobby. There was a bathroom with hot water. I slept there every night for the rest of the winter. Every night, the rock was there. I never met the janitor. I never thanked him. I’m back on my feet now. I have a house. I have a bed. But every year on the first snow, I donate a check to that church. I write "For the heating bill" in the memo line. Sometimes the loudest way to love your neighbor is to say nothing at all.

Anonymous

[Rod (Izzy) 🇺🇸🦅 @1zzyzyx1]

This is it, “Slave Patrols.” Ashley nails the comparisons to ICE and Border Patrol. This is homegrown terror, and yes, it started in America. We have to recognize the problem to solve it. #DemsUnited

[Simons @Simon_Ingari]

A Gen Z joined the team.

Week one.

During onboarding, the manager said,
“We sometimes stay late during peak periods.”

Gen Z nodded.

Then asked,
“Is that paid… or just expected?”

The room went quiet.

- No attitude.
- No rebellion.
- Just a question.

Later that day, HR mentioned “growth opportunities.”

Gen Z replied,
“Does growth include raises, or just more responsibility?”

Again, silence.
- No laziness.
- No entitlement.
- Just clarity.

That’s when the team realized something.

When people say
“Gen Z is lazy,”
what they really mean is:

Gen Z watched old generation
- skip meals,
- miss birthdays,
- work weekends,
- and burn out

only to be told
“budgets are tight”
and “be grateful you have a job.”

So Gen Z chose differently.

- They don’t romanticize overwork.
- They don’t confuse suffering with ambition.
- They don’t trade health for praise.

They still work hard.
They just refuse to work for nothing.

It’s not laziness.
It’s pattern recognition.

And honestly,
after everything old generation went through…

Can you really blame them?

[dille @flurryfrenzy]

This is my mantra for 2026

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

Every one of the great dystopian novels begins with the premise that the majority of people can no longer read. That dystopia is here. Billions of dollars have been spent to ensure most folks are too distracted ever to pick up a book. A nation that won't read soon forgets how.

[Big Nasty ☭ @keepaustinnasty]

I need y’all to understand that this is purposeful, and for the benefit of the ruling class.

[Jacobin @jacobin]

Black Panther Party deputy chairman Fred Hampton was drugged by the FBI then assassinated by local police on this day 56 years ago.

He was only 21 years old.

Listen to his words and see if you can discern why he would be their target.

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

There are now 2,900 billionaires, and they hold $15.8 trillion.

The wealth of the bottom 50% of the global population, over 4 billion people, is estimated at $3.7 trillion.