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Another tough day for team “there’s no point in complaining about AI, just accept it.”

an image of Eve Astrid Andersson (now a Google Senior Director) posing with a rifle aimed at vintage computers on a wooden desk in a dimly lit room with white painted walls.

writer's block? okay. block this.

Even if you are 100% convinced that Democracy is already dead and our votes won't count...
PLEASE VOTE ANYWAY!
I'm begging everyone. There is a critical mass of voter turnout that will be too big to fix.
Please vote, no matter how bleak it seems.

My daughter reported that the ICE presence outside her school during recess last week involved ICE officers sitting IN AN ICE CREAM TRUCK. And this wasn't kids misinterpreting. We had an email from the school the day it happened; we just didn't get the ice cream detail in the email.

Kristi Noem’s firing is long overdue. She oversaw vile crimes against humanity and we’ll never forget it.

But until ICE is abolished and expelled from our communities, we keep fighting.

Lawless federal agents kidnapping and killing people on our streets can never be normalized.

Friends from outside Minnesota have asked me if there are celebrations in the street over Noem being fired. To anyone not in MN: no. people are still buying neighbors groceries and collecting for their rent and patrolling. If ice is abolished or trump dies, then mpls will celebrate

The U.S. war on Iran is now estimated to cost $1 billion per day. Meanwhile Americans are told there’s no money for healthcare, hospitals, or basic social programs.

What i watched in February 2026

February 2026 had some highs and lows for sure…some very low lows and pretty high highs.

🍿 favorite this month: of the non-rewatches, it has to be the muppet show with sabrina…i had a ball what can i say (is it technically a movie..maybe not but i sure did watch it!)

US-Israeli strike on girls' school kills at least 85 students, Iran's judiciary says At least 85 students have been killed in US-Israeli strikes that hit an Iranian girls' school in Hormozgan province, Iran's judiciary said on Saturday. Washington has not commented on the reported str...

We killed 85 schoolgirls. We are not the good guys.

It’s day 85 of the ICE occupation of MN.

We keep saying it’s not over - and this is why.

Despite the messages in press conferences, there are still almost 1000 ICE agents here.

Tim Walz isn't declaring an eviction moratorium in Minnesota, so many families affected by ICE are at risk of eviction in a few days. Please donate to the rent funds at keepMNhoused.com if you have some scratch.

Seriously, do not look away from Minneapolis: THIS IS STILL HAPPENING.

Keep Minnesota Housed! Much of the media has left, but ICE is still in Minnesota and hundreds of families need help with rent in order to avoid eviction. Visit keepMNhoused.com to adopt a rent or donate to rent funds! #keepMNhoused Drawing by Trung Le Nguyen features a bundled up boy holding a sign reading "Thank you!" in front of a cozy purple house.

Hey, friends! @ziibiing.com and the awesome folks at StandWithMinnesota have launched #keepMNhoused! Check out keepMNhoused.com and kick in to help folks affected by ICE stay in their homes!

ALSO, artists, please join the call for art to help spread the word!

(art here by the great @trungles.com)

It’s still happening. #ICEout #minneapolis

The same day DHS announced the surge would end in Minnesota, ICE activity increased in small towns The less densely populated areas outside the Twin Cities make it harder for protesters and observers to organize.

There is no drawdown. There is no retreat. ICE is just redistributing their assets to better avoid accountability.

Every single time a story like this is reported, we must assume that there are many many more that do not.

Well holy fucking shit. Ring cancelled their partnership with Flock. Keep pressure on them to stop volunteering their feeds to state, local, and federal agencies, though, because that part's still going.

ICE is releasing detainees in Minneapolis without warm clothing, phones, money or transportation. Volunteers have formed the Haven Watch charity to feed them and help them on release. Here's a link to their GoFundMe: gofund.me/71ad6d115

time to be loud about this terrible decision.

discord.com/company-info...

Kinda Fucked Up that in our lifetimes we've gone from "never share personal info on the internet" to "hand over your identity to the most incompetent corporations imaginable".

Just a quick update from the Twin Cities. (Please forgive the unsolicited message). THINGS ARE NOT BETTER IN MINNEAPOLIS. The media is mostly moving on, Trump is focused on other stuff, BUT NOTHING HAS CHANGED ON THE GROUND. More than 2,000 DHS thugs continue to roam the streets, abducting people 24/7, assaulting legal observers with impunity, and routinely denying 1st, 4th, and 5th amendment rights. Drones and helicopters are overhead every day. Hundreds and hundreds of terrified families have not left their homes since mid-December ... relying on the community to bring them food and help with rent and other necessities. (Those people are NOT violent drug cartel sex offending murderers, as DHS would tell you. Most are legal residents or citizens.) If anything, things have just become more stressful and intractable (think trench warfare as a suitable metaphor): The resistance is better organized and numerous, but DHS has become more clever and better at disguise... and the county sheriff's office is increasingly supporting them . Do not let anyone tell you that Homans (the new person in charge of the occupation) is making anything better. Do not let anyone tell you that 700 ICE agents leaving the city has made much of a difference; the remaining force (again, ~2,000) is still larger than the entire city's police force (which is legally unable to do anything). Please call your congressional reps ... especially if there is any chance the administration might listen to them.

A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:

"FUCK ICE" "NEIGHBORHOOD OBSERVATION & RESISTANCE IN FORCE" "IF I DON’T RESIST MY NEIGHBORS WILL"

Sign seen in South Minneapolis.

"FUCK ICE"
"NEIGHBORHOOD OBSERVATION & RESISTANCE IN FORCE"
"IF I DON’T RESIST MY NEIGHBORS WILL"

February 2026

46th St & I-35w, 175 E 46th St, Minneapolis, MN 55419, USA Description: As I was leaving my home, I hear cars honking near the top the of bridge. People screaming and whistling, I got in my uber and drove out. My uber driver mentioned that they were standing on top of the bridge and doing a check point and stopping people.

46th St & I-35w, 180 E 46th St, Minneapolis, MN 55419, USA Description: 4 vehicles pulled over a man in a red van on 46th over 35. Agents in Police US border patrol vests surrounding vehicle checking papers

ICE is still doing checkpoints in Minneapolis like we are an occupied territory. Life remains really hard here thanks to Trump's thugs.

Google with AI buttons

Google without AI buttons

I made a filterlist for uBlock Origin to remove Generative AI features on websites. Includes blocks for
* Google AI Summaries
* YouTube Ask button & chat summaries
* GitHub Copilot
* Facebook AI chat
* X's Grok buttons
* Deviantart DreamUp
* Booru AI images
* And more

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No, I get it, it’s all good! I absolutely appreciate it haha 🩷

I honestly don’t need another card from what I’m seeing pictured that’s still available 😅 I think I have the rest (so many of some of them too..cough Vaggi cough 😭). Thats very kind of you to offer merch though, I’m willing to do that sure!

I was gonna do Turf war but I see that one is gone 😭 I don’t have the robot egg boi though so I am willing to trade for that one!

Hi, if you’re still needing Adam’s apparition I have a duplicate i’d be willing to trade!

January movies I watched: crazy rich asians, growing fangs, pwmov, the big team, sinners, iron lung!

January 2026 had quite a few thanks to me trying to clear out my watchlist early into the year haha.

🍿 favorite this month: people we meet on vacation 🙈 is sinners technically a better film? yes. but i adore the book for pwmov and this adaptation was actually GREAT