Nicholas Genesjockey

a cartoon drawing of a fox with the words responsibilities written above it Alt: An abra Pokemon that is confused due to responsibilities

Happy Pokemon Day!

Please read this long but important thread from an immigration defense attorney.

If this administration is permitted to scale its current abuse, neglect, and inhumane treatment of immigrants to the breadth and scope for which they’re currently planning, we’ll all be witness to mass atrocities.

Welcome to the Group Chat There's a new member, whether you like it or not!

Holy shit this is the best thing I've read in a month www.actioncookbook.com/welcome-to-t...

US Olympic Curling Team member speaks out against ICE:

"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."

GO_A – SHUM | Нацвідбір на Євробачення-2022 YouTube video by Євробачення Україна | Eurovision Ukraine official

Gotta put some Ukrainian in here: music.youtube.com/watch?v=R6su...

See Tình (Cukak Remix) YouTube video by Hoàng Thùy Linh - Topic

Who couldn't love how catchy this is?!: music.youtube.com/watch?v=omh8...

Silvester Belt - Luktelk | Lithuania 🇱🇹 | National Final Performance | Eurovision 2024 YouTube video by Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision was historically a good way to find things: music.youtube.com/watch?v=OrL6...

oww YouTube video by jan Usawi - Topic

Toki Pona is a constructed language, the creator made it to help work through some emotions. Others have run with it. This song has struck a cord with me lately: music.youtube.com/watch?v=3cN6...

エノラ YouTube video by iyomante - Topic

This Japanese band randomly came through my TikTok feed. Love this song by them: music.youtube.com/watch?v=FmuG...

More people should listen to music in languages they don't speak... There is a lot of music in the world! You don't need to understand it to enjoy it!

I saw in a neighborhood Facebook group of all places someone asking /why/ someone needed a bit of mutual aid, not even a significant ask at that, when it wasn't relevant. Don't do this! It's definitely a bigger deal than whether Signal or Session is "more secure."

I've been seeing a lot of security arguments concerning mutual aid. I think many are missing important points for trivial points. One key thing I see people missing is "Need to Know." For example: It doesn't matter /why/ someone needs groceries, it matters /what/ they need. So don't say the why!

White House says it won’t withhold funding from NH schools with DEI programs Lawsuits challenging New Hampshire laws that ban DEI initiatives and limit teaching about racism and discrimination remain unresolved.

This is why they must be challenged every single time. Not accommodated. Not bargained with. Just challenged.

I think one thing people outside Minnesota don't understand is that after Good and Pretti were killed by feds while observing, the most normal people you could imagine have made peace with the fact that they could be next, and they are still out there because they say it's the right thing to do.

Bullet hole raises questions about federal authorities' account of shooting Photographic evidence from the shooting scene of a Venezuelan man by federal agents last month in Minneapolis supports the account of witnesses there — and appears to undercut the narrative provided by federal officials. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has repeatedly claimed that an officer fired a single shot in self-defense during a violent encounter involving a shovel and a broom on Jan. 14, shortly after a man fled from a traffic stop during a targeted enforcement effort. But at a federal court hearing in St. Paul on Tuesday, an attorney for one of the men accused of assaulting that officer showed a federal judge and several reporters photographs on his laptop depicting a single bullet hole through the front door of the north Minneapolis home. Additional photographs show damage consistent with a bullet fragment lodged in a bedroom wall down the hallway — suggesting it traveled between a mattress and a portable crib in a room where several small children sleep. That supports what family members have said all along: A federal agent shot at them through the front door, striking 24-year-old Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in the thigh, while they were inside the threshold of the residence.

Here's the full post in the Star Tribune liveblog for posterity since it doesn't have a stable URL to link to:

I want people to stare long and hard at this photo. All three, guns drawn, less than a week after feds killed Alex Pretti in the street and less than a month after they shot Renee Good in her car.

They are not de-escalating or drawing down.

Hundreds of people spelled out the distress signal "SOS" on Bde Maka Ska in Minneapolis on Friday, Jan. 30.

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In case you are unaware:
-it’s not illegal to have a group chat
-it’s not illegal to film anyone in public (and it’s important, bc otherwise people just disappear)
-it’s not illegal to tell people when you see masked officers
-it’s not illegal to collect and distribute food

ICE must leave MN.

Every social theory undergirding Trumpism has been broken on the steel of Minnesotan resolve. The multiracial community in Minneapolis was supposed to shatter. It did not. It held until Bovino was forced out of the Twin Cities with his long coat between his legs. The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone. In Minnesota, all of the ideological cornerstones of MAGA have been proved false at once. Minnesotans, not the armed thugs of ICE and the Border Patrol, are brave. Minnesotans have shown that their community is socially cohesive—because of its diversity and not in spite of it. Minnesotans have found and loved one another in a world atomized by social media, where empty men have tried to fill their lonely soul with lies about their own inherent superiority. Minnesotans have preserved everything worthwhile about “Western civilization,” while armed brutes try to tear it down by force.

Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Tracking every known federal prosecution in Chicago tied to Trump’s immigration blitz Every known federal prosecution in Chicago tied to Trump’s immigration blitz

The @chicago.suntimes.com has now posted a public tracker of federal criminal cases tied to Operation Midway Blitz, with a small update: We've now tied 32 defendants to the campaign.

The bottom line remains: 15 cleared and no one convicted, so far: chicago.suntimes.com/2026/tracker...

The killing happened about 15 hours ago. Since then:

- MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (FBI equivalent) got a warrant for the evidence on the scene
- Tried to execute it
- Were forcibly turned away by feds
- Filed for a temporary restraining order
- TRO granted by the federal district court

Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti “We are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the ‘hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed. Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.

"Please get the truth out about our son."

Living, Queerly, is sometimes an important act of defiance in and of itself. Looking forward to the show.

The StarTribune live blog is paywall free:
- The man shot by federal agents this morning has died
- Several witnesses have already been transported to the Whipple building.
- ICE attempted to order local police from the scene, but O’Hara refused, sources said.

www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...

Two women, detained by ICE, say they helped agent having seizure The women say they guided agents through the emergency, later raising concerns about medical protocols, weapons safety and accountability.

This story encapsulates so much about this weird moment. It’s utterly bananas, shows how sloppy the agents are, and the humane response of the two is such a contrast to ice.

A coworker took this from her apartment. I haven't seen a crowd this size before. Maybe the first Women's March? But it was much much warmer that day. ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA!

As impressive as the images coming out of Minneapolis today are, a friend there just told me they don't do it justice - "the whole city was at a full standstill."

Minneapolis says no to ICE.