Bugs Apple won't fix. Why else would they keep them around for so long? We did the math.
Bluesky built a verification system designed to distribute trust, and then didn't use it when it mattered.
New from me: FR#150 - On ICE, Verification, and Presence As Harm
Bluesky has verified the account of ICE, which was a step too far for many in the fediverse, wanting to disconnect from the bridge between the networks
The presence itself of ICE on Bluesky is a form of harm, and Bluesky is not well equipped to deal with this new challenge. Making things worse, their verification system is set up to delegate responsibility, but instead they made no use of it
https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fr150-on-ice-verification-and-presence-as-harm/
Participants in the rapid response networks in the Twin Cities describe their experiences and reflect on how these neworks could contribute to revolutionary social change.
Following the invasion of 3000 ICE officers,
everyday Minnesotans are pouring into #rapid #response networks and scouring their neighborhoods
—even in 20-degree weather before the sun has come up.
“I’m being tailed by a car I think is ICE,
I can make out two masked individuals through the tinted windshield,” someone says.
The call goes quiet for a few seconds.
“I’m being pulled over.”
Dispatch chimes in:
“Stay unmuted,
turn down your volume so they don’t hear the call,
everyone else please stay on mute.”
We hear banging,
then something shatters.
“ICE just smashed their window,”
our driver explains calmly,
decelerating ahead of a red light.
We are shocked,
but this is a regular occurrence.
Everyone on the call keeps their cool.
We have heard stories from rapid responders about ICE tailing them,
boxing them in,
smashing their car windows,
pepper-spraying them,
holding them at gun point,
shooting out their tires,
detaining them.
Some responders have been taken to the regional ICE headquarters,
the #Whipple building.
Others have been driven to the other side of the city
and thrown out of the vehicle, ❄️alone in the cold.
Their cars have been left running in the road.
The responders tell us all these stories in passing,
quickly returning focus to the work that is to be done.
Of course, ICE has done worse than this, too.
ICE agent Jonathan Ross shot and killed #Renee #Good as she was trying to drive away.
A week later, as ICE agents were pursuing someone,
they shot live ammunition at a house with a family in it, hitting #Julio #Sosa-#Celis in the leg.
But when you ask patrollers what they want people to know about what’s happening in their city, they barely mention the broken windows and bruises.
They describe the feeling of connection and solidarity filling the streets.
They make ❤️hearts with their hands from car to car, they blow kisses.
They make dinners for one another,
they drop off groceries for undocumented families that have been locked inside their homes for weeks.
They tell us about how, when a skirmish broke out on a busy road,
an entire café full of people stood up as one,
dropping what they were doing to run towards the sound.
We hear again and again about their deep love for the community in the Twin Cities and for their neighbors.
Every day, people who never imagined themselves fighting ICE are participating in bold combative actions
https://crimethinc.com/2026/01/21/from-rapid-response-to-revolutionary-social-change-the-potential-of-the-rapid-response-networks
"Bluesky built a verification system designed to distribute trust, and then didn't use it when it mattered."
The massive outpouring of support for Friday’s day of action against ICE is something that just comes naturally to residents of the North Star State.
God bless our brave neighbors in Minnesota.
If Anyone Can Pull Off a General Strike, It’s Minnesotans
The massive outpouring of support for Friday’s day of action against ICE builds on long-term organizing that residents of the North Star State have tended to for a long time.
https://newrepublic.com/article/205318/minnesota-general-strike-ice-protest
#Republicans #MAGA #GOP #Trump #Minnesota #GeneralSrike #press
Where there's a will there (might) be a way.
"While the most visible sign of the administration’s war on Minnesota is ICE’s brutal and deadly occupation, it’s not the only way President Trump is attacking the state.
As punishment for the crimes of having a diverse population, not voting for him in three elections straight, and having Tim Walz as governor," (continued in /15)
~ Lisa Needham
#Minnesota #Trump #ICE #PoliceState #occupation
/14
https://www.publicnotice.co/p/minnesota-tax-strike-ice-trump
or: a report from my first day in Minneapolis
"The #resistance to #ICE in #Minneapolis is strong, generalized, and sustained. It’s also entirely #decentralized and #leaderless (or “leaderful” if you’d like). There are roles. There is #organizing—there’s so much organizing. There are so many organizers, from so many #communities and identities.
This, of course, makes my heart happy.
It’s also, I’m certain, frustrating as hell for the #Federal #occupation of the city. They want to pick off a few people and bring them up on charges. That might still happen, but it will be a farce of a trial. If there’s a conspiracy, it’s the entire city conspiring to be free. ... This is a #rebellion against what amounts to foreign occupation."
https://margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/from-minneapolis-ive-never-seen-unity
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