Graphic designer at U of MN, world traveler, bleeding-heart, accidental Farsi speaker. Find me on BlueSky @cydfriday.bsky.social - Xitter is a dumpster fire.
still not quite over the fact that i watched 15 year olds get sued for millions of dollars for downloading twelve songs and now we all have to accept AI slop because every tech company in the known universe decided that IP laws don't exist now that they're inconvenient for them
JUST IN: Skye — U.S. Marine veteran in MN — says she was assaulted by ICE agents while documenting their actions.💥
ICE stopped in the road, tried to ram our car, smashed my window, yanked me out by my neck, threw me to the ground, stomped on me, pushed my face into pavement, called me slurs, tried to twist & break my ankle.
She says one agent told her: “Have you not learned? This is why we killed that lesbian bitch.”
“This isn’t Germany — they’re Nazis, they’re Gestapo — they don’t care.” — Skye
#Minneapolis #ICEOUTNOW #Accountability
Emily Heller, an eyewitness, is speaking out to set the record straight. Officers were screaming at Renee Nicole Good, “Move, move, move.”
So she moved, and they shot her multiple times? Then Noem and Trump branded her a domestic terrorist. Does everyone see how absolutely insane that sounds?
Hi. My name is Ashley Jamieson. I am an attorney. And for the last 19 months, I have been working for @USDA in the Office of General Counsel in the Civil Rights, Labor, and Employment unit as a litigation atty. Fighting for the rights of workers.
And this morning they fired me.
A brilliant response by Timothy Snyder to Marjorie Taylor Greene’s accusation of Nazis in Ukraine. As a leading scholar on the subject of nationalism, Snyder makes three points:
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Are you wearing red for women today? Show us your color using hashtags
#EveryHeartMN#GoRed4Women#UMNheart. LHI & Cardiology Group photo for a start!
My fellow veterans are not political props. Republicans can't wrap themselves in the flag one day, and then vote to cut veterans care the next. This bill is a disgrace.
Tucker Carlson just got booted from Fox News, so it's worth recalling the most memorable interview he did, one he didn't air because the guest exposed him for what he really is
@Ward4STP Just when I'm fully ready to abandon civilization and squat in a cave somewhere in the driftless zone, along come this video series and I think, "Maybe there IS hope for our democracy." So grateful for you Mitra joon!