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Matthew Ryan Shelton

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Poet, Translator, Percussionist, PhD, Lecturer in Irish Studies at UC Berkeley

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Let me show you a wardrobe you can build with $1,700 🧡

21.02.2026 00:08 πŸ‘ 4832 πŸ” 702 πŸ’¬ 50 πŸ“Œ 47
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Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social

14.02.2026 02:37 πŸ‘ 23644 πŸ” 8256 πŸ’¬ 601 πŸ“Œ 1356

Just as ICE and CBP have no legitimate role in "election security" neither does the head of DHS. The mere existence of this press conference should be a scandal, much less this tone-deaf comment.

14.02.2026 15:18 πŸ‘ 6665 πŸ” 2078 πŸ’¬ 281 πŸ“Œ 85
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ICE in Minneapolis | Documenting "Operation Metro Surge" Photography from Minneapolis as thousands of federal agents arrive.

Since December i’ve been taking pictures in Minneapolis as thousands of federal agents and officers descended upon my city. Photos regularly get posted on my site first along with many that never make it to social media.

chaddavis.photography/sets/ice-in-...

08.02.2026 18:07 πŸ‘ 181 πŸ” 45 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 4
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At Whipple where expired dicks are being thrown at ICE vehicles and those believed to be agitators. The area has been a place of protest since thousands of federal agents arrived in the city.

Near Minneapolis February 7, 2026

07.02.2026 18:49 πŸ‘ 5009 πŸ” 1484 πŸ’¬ 195 πŸ“Œ 439

DOJ has since killed this link. This is what was there:

30.01.2026 18:28 πŸ‘ 5585 πŸ” 2957 πŸ’¬ 281 πŸ“Œ 491
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Thousands of people filled the streets of downtown Minneapolis in protest of federal immigration enforcement for the second consecutive Friday.

πŸ“·οΈ: Aaron Lavinsky

30.01.2026 21:42 πŸ‘ 18077 πŸ” 5851 πŸ’¬ 181 πŸ“Œ 329
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Opinion | State Terror Has Arrived

β€œit should no longer be possible to say that the Trump administration seeks merely to govern this nation. It seeks to reduce us all to a state of constant fear . . ."

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...

31.01.2026 00:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Welcome to the American Winter In the frozen streets of Minneapolis, something profound is happening.

The Atlantic Magazine just dropped a tremendous story on the Minnesota Resistance. The author is a war correspondent & sees the echoes of leaderless community empowerment around the globe: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202... (supposed to be a gift link, might not work, it’s in Apple News, too.)

26.01.2026 03:15 πŸ‘ 2207 πŸ” 821 πŸ’¬ 37 πŸ“Œ 77

One of the reasons why Elon Musk and other folks on the right want to shut down Wikipedia (or "compete" with it). It's a good platform for regular folks to accumulate data, even keep track of all of this administration's atrocities in real time. Great work

25.01.2026 03:20 πŸ‘ 2073 πŸ” 695 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 8
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BREAKING: Judge Tostrud -- a Trump appointee β€” has quickly granted a restraining order, barring the administration from "destroying or altering evidence" taken from today's shooting. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

25.01.2026 05:17 πŸ‘ 4734 πŸ” 1245 πŸ’¬ 111 πŸ“Œ 76

Yes, we have 3-4 videos now. People have slowed them down.

He was carrying a phone, and was then shoved

He helped a woman

He was pepper sprayed

He was then swarmed, beaten to the ground, and struck

His legally held gun was taken

He was shot in back, while on his knees

He was then executed

25.01.2026 13:40 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Videos Contradict U.S. Account of Minneapolis Shooting by Federal Agents See how immigration officers escalated a fatal confrontation on Saturday.

Worth noting that the @wsj.com has joined with the @nytimes.com and Bellingcat to say that ICE is lying in its description of the shooting of Alex Pretti. The video evidence more and more supports the view that this was a gratuitous execution. www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...

25.01.2026 13:51 πŸ‘ 2075 πŸ” 668 πŸ’¬ 46 πŸ“Œ 37
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More details about how DHS agents attempts to obstruct a homicide investigation and began destroying evidence after a judicial determination was made of probable cause for a homicide investigation.

25.01.2026 13:48 πŸ‘ 293 πŸ” 108 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 5
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Federal agents in Minneapolis wrestled Alex Pretti to the ground and secured the handgun he was carrying moments before shooting him multiple times, according to a Washington Post analysis of video footage.

Read more: https://wapo.st/4qGOx8M

25.01.2026 14:38 πŸ‘ 1662 πŸ” 784 πŸ’¬ 159 πŸ“Œ 123

A reminder to the news media: β€œconflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.

25.01.2026 12:28 πŸ‘ 47522 πŸ” 14311 πŸ’¬ 521 πŸ“Œ 600
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Please share. πŸ’”

25.01.2026 04:46 πŸ‘ 13490 πŸ” 8387 πŸ’¬ 298 πŸ“Œ 401
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A windchill of around -30F didn’t stop what organizers say was 50,000 from marching through Minneapolis in one of, if not the largest, march in Minnesota history.

Protesters demand accountability in the killing of Renee Good and removal of the federal agents that have upended daily life in MN.

24.01.2026 00:52 πŸ‘ 658 πŸ” 238 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 13

The far right: People on the left like to police how people speak.

Also the far right: Don't issue ice weather warnings because they might end up as memes against ICE.

24.01.2026 01:22 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Demonstrators Flood Minneapolis Streets as Hundreds of Businesses Close to Protest ICE

#ICEout #fuckICE

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...

24.01.2026 01:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

this is Minnesotan for "I am mad enough to bite through rebar"

15.01.2026 03:03 πŸ‘ 7852 πŸ” 1709 πŸ’¬ 40 πŸ“Œ 18

What the ever loving fuck. #fuckICE #ICEout

13.01.2026 08:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Beguiling, Misunderstood Theremin

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/a...

14.12.2025 16:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Frank Gehry’s Buildings Sound as Marvelous as They Look

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/a...

06.12.2025 17:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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AI Safety Is a Narrative Problem

My one and only article in an academic journal is this frustratingly evergreen take on guys saying they just can't stop themselves from ending the world hdsr.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/wz35dvpo...

02.12.2025 21:27 πŸ‘ 54 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 3
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Opinion | Patti Smith on the One Desire That Lasts Forever

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/o...

03.12.2025 02:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

ArΓΊ! Focail shit uuuuuuuuup!

22.11.2025 06:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Jaysus. Trending shit is going to fucking kill the lot of us. Along with convenience. Along with self-affirmation. Along with Live Laugh Love bullshit. Uuuuuuuuuuuughghghgh.

22.11.2025 06:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Newly Discovered Bach Pieces Are the Fruits of Decades of Detective Work

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/a...

21.11.2025 22:54 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0