Based on the overwhelming consensus that I’ve heard in both public feedback and private conversations from government officials, service providers, encampment residents, and public health experts, I do not believe we are prepared to responsibly close the encampments beginning tomorrow.

St. Paul prepares to clear homeless encampment amid questions

On July 8, citing a growing number of fires, fatal overdoses and reported sexual assaults, St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her announced plans to close the city’s three largest homeless encampments on a rolling...

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Good morning! $194 clears the negative balance! I missed work unpaid due to illness and I'm really hoping we can get out of the hole here before it buries me. Thank you for helping! Cashapp/Venmo: showupforthis

I'm currently looking to raise money for #ICEout observers in rural Minnesota, some of whom are easily driving 100mi or more every day while working to exercise their constitutional rights in places where local police openly collaborate with ICE to hinder them. venmo: @quecksilber #FuckICE

ICE has killed another person.

El Salvadoran Man Held by ICE at Delaney Hall Dies, Family Says

The detainee had an extensive medical history, including epilepsy, according to a lawsuit. He had complained about his face and hand going numb just before his death, his mother said.

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certainly this, and also i wouldn't wanna undersell the fact that the first time a lot of people DID emerge from the isolation of covid restrictions was to engage in mass protest that summer

Dave Andress@davidandress.bsky.social · 3d ago

Covid lockdowns demonstrated, in a deeply imperfect way, the possibility of large-scale social solidarity for a higher cause. That is a prime reason why so many powerful people want us to run screaming away from them into the comforting arms of selfish individualist competition.

UPDATE $160/500 we have a few days to hit goal. thanks again to those who have helped pass this around and the extremely generous donations

hey all, a friend is looking to raise money for an abortion and travel. goal is $500 all in ca/v: JeHyeonSim please put 🌸 in the memo, pic for attention

I’m in for 50.

Je Hyeon | ABOLISH the polICE@naptime.theolive.garden · 3d ago

hey all, a friend is looking to raise money for an abortion and travel. goal is $500 all in ca/v: JeHyeonSim please put 🌸 in the memo, pic for attention

Of course we know about the Mn 15. We know about the Tx Prairieland case . Didn’t know about the successful prosecution of protesters in Spokane.

She protested ICE raids. Then agents showed up at her door

The Justice Department is using federal conspiracy charges to sweep up ICE protesters. Some legal experts worry the agency is casting too wide a net to prosecute political activists.

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On Jan. 11, Gregory Bovino watched as his Border Patrol agents dragged a man out of his car at a St. Paul Speedway, knelt on his back until he lost consciousness, and dragged his limp body into the back of a van. The man's name is Orbin Mauricio Henriquez Serrano and this is his story.

Orbin Mauricio Henriquez Serrano survived a violent arrest in St. Paul. It still haunts him. • Minnesota Reformer

The morning of Jan. 11 began for Orbin Mauricio Henriquez Serrano with an ominous warning: The gas light on his Jeep Cherokee was glowing yellow on the dashboard. He didn’t want to go to work at the r...

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i received $50/375 yesterday i know everyone is struggling right now and supplements seem like a luxury but these are the only things holding my body together atm

B🌻🌻ST!!

WhinterQueen@whinterqueen.bsky.social · 3d ago

i received $50/375 yesterday i know everyone is struggling right now and supplements seem like a luxury but these are the only things holding my body together atm

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

One of the striking things about studying sexual violence is realizing how many people became abolitionists *because* they were victims of crime.

Em, midly@lefttheprairie.bsky.social · 4d ago

It’s so funny when people are like “sure you’re an abolitionist now but wait until you’re the victim of a property crime.” Buddy, the most useful thing the police have ever done for property crime is put the form you need to submit to your insurance online.

Hi all. I’m back again regarding Quelvin’s court costs. He has two court dates next week and needs to make some payments on his tickets in O’Fallon. Currently he owes $1748 to O’Fallon and we just want to make some kind of good faith partial payment before his review hearing on Monday.

Rachel Bean, still sick but less@colocharachel.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Hi all. I’m coming to y’all with a personal need. If you’ve been connected to me since Twitter, you may remember that I have a young man/mentee in my life from our time in St. Louis. He owes some court fees for some ongoing racist St. Charles County shit and I want to help him pay them.

$980 received is amazing!! That is 50% of what he owes for court on 8/3 and, to me, is a good faith payment I hope the judge will be happy to see.m Thank you all!

Rachel Bean, still sick but less@colocharachel.bsky.social · 6d ago

Hi all. I’m back again regarding Quelvin’s court costs. He has two court dates next week and needs to make some payments on his tickets in O’Fallon. Currently he owes $1748 to O’Fallon and we just want to make some kind of good faith partial payment before his review hearing on Monday.

Good morning, I missed some work due to being ill and my paycheck was less than anticipated and I'm in the negative now about $337. Any help is appreciated. Venmo/Cashapp: showupforthis

Thank you A for $40 toward Quelvin’s tickets. For his O’Fallon court date on Monday, he owed $1748. Of that $1748, I’ve received $1020 from y’all which I’ve already used to pay half of his outstanding tickets. Thank you all so much.

Hey y'all, Rachel needs some help for a family member of hers who is currently trapped in a bad cycle of racist traffic ticket citations fucking up his life. Can we help her help him get his license and life back? v: colocha_rachel $: ColochaRachel DM Rachel for zelle/paypal

Rachel Bean, still sick but less@colocharachel.bsky.social · 6d ago

Hi all. I’m back again regarding Quelvin’s court costs. He has two court dates next week and needs to make some payments on his tickets in O’Fallon. Currently he owes $1748 to O’Fallon and we just want to make some kind of good faith partial payment before his review hearing on Monday.

If you’re white and have ever run a red, drove with a headlight out, or gone 80 in a 70mph zone (I’ve done all three) and gotten away with it, maybe throw a small bill Rachel’s way so this young guy doesn’t suffer undue punishment for doing the same. v: colocha_rachel $: ColochaRachel

Rachel Bean, still sick but less@colocharachel.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Hi all. I’m coming to y’all with a personal need. If you’ve been connected to me since Twitter, you may remember that I have a young man/mentee in my life from our time in St. Louis. He owes some court fees for some ongoing racist St. Charles County shit and I want to help him pay them.

$980 received is amazing!! That is 50% of what he owes for court on 8/3 and, to me, is a good faith payment I hope the judge will be happy to see.m Thank you all!

Rachel Bean, still sick but less@colocharachel.bsky.social · 6d ago

Hi all. I’m back again regarding Quelvin’s court costs. He has two court dates next week and needs to make some payments on his tickets in O’Fallon. Currently he owes $1748 to O’Fallon and we just want to make some kind of good faith partial payment before his review hearing on Monday.

Ok! I paid all of Quelvin’s Cottleville tickets! I still need to pay for an O’Fallon ticket but he doesn’t have court for that ticket til May so I think I will send the cash with him for court. Here’s what he said when I told him y’all helped. “Tell everyone I said thank you”!

So I went through his casement records which are still in flux because he just had court today so not everything is updated but his total court cost across all his tickets is $896. I'm going to put $100 in but I'm hoping others might be able to help me help him.

Quelvin has been dealing with a racist and harassing Cottleville cop since 2022 and he’s trying to settle a variety of traffic tickets so he can get his traffic tickets and move out of the area. He needs a nebulous amount around $800 I’m trying to confirm following a court hearing he had today.

Hi all. I’m coming to y’all with a personal need. If you’ve been connected to me since Twitter, you may remember that I have a young man/mentee in my life from our time in St. Louis. He owes some court fees for some ongoing racist St. Charles County shit and I want to help him pay them.

Here’s my rough little spreadsheet trying to keep everything straight. If you haven’t been following along, these are driving tickets he’s accumulated since 2021 and had no adult support to deal with. Those tickets turned into warrants and jail time and huge fees. Now he’s stuck until we sort this.

if you can, please help rachel help quelvin!

Rachel Bean, still sick but less@colocharachel.bsky.social · 6d ago

Hi all. I’m back again regarding Quelvin’s court costs. He has two court dates next week and needs to make some payments on his tickets in O’Fallon. Currently he owes $1748 to O’Fallon and we just want to make some kind of good faith partial payment before his review hearing on Monday.

I've got $20 on this, can we all pitch in to help Quelvin get out of a hole?

Rachel Bean, still sick but less@colocharachel.bsky.social · 6d ago

Hi all. I’m back again regarding Quelvin’s court costs. He has two court dates next week and needs to make some payments on his tickets in O’Fallon. Currently he owes $1748 to O’Fallon and we just want to make some kind of good faith partial payment before his review hearing on Monday.

At that age where some family members are downsizing and I'll generally take anything that's an heirloom or art. My mum just dropped off these that my uncle made. They're painted on mushrooms!