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@solonisonomia.bsky.social

Geeky gamer, attorney, barely passable 40k painter, possessing just enough knowledge of history and law to be annoying at parties

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brendanamartin.bsky.social@brendanamartin.bsky.social · last mo.

On this day in 1863, the second day of Gettysburg, the 1st Minnesota regiment engaged in one of the two most significant infantry actions in our history (Chamberlain’s Mainers at Little Roundtop performing the other), a suicidal bayonet charge to hold Cemetery Ridge, with 82% casualties….\1

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ProPublica@propublica.org · 3mo ago

NEW: A limited-government advocate in Texas persuaded five small towns to incorporate as “liberty cities,” which feature lean governments, little to no taxation and scant regulation. At least two of them struggle to provide basic services. With @texastribune.org

Meet the Mayor of a Tiny Texas Town Who Wants to Limit How Cities Can Govern

A push to restrict local governments’ ability to decide how they spend their money and which policies they can adopt is having downstream effects in tiny towns and big cities like Dallas.

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Col. Will Porter@dinosaursheriff.bsky.social · 3mo ago

1) Absolutely no one should be surprised that you can get a chatbot to lie. They are often programmed to be cooperative and have no concept of true or false. 2) This is why you should never talk to the police or answer their questions without talking to a lawyer first.

Nick Turse@nickturse.bsky.social · 3mo ago

A renown criminologist’s experiment with ChatGPT demonstrates the destructive power of police to elicit false confessions. Another must-read by @radleybalko.bsky.social theintercept.com/2026/04/23/c...

MdDoogie3@mddoogie3.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it. I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.” 1/

Jon Collins@jcollins.bsky.social · 6mo ago

"MPR News has learned that the police chief in the small southern Minnesota city of St. Peter intervened Thursday afternoon to prevent federal immigration agents from arresting a local resident" who had been observing federal agents. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

St. Peter police chief intervenes, prevents federal agents from arresting resident

The police chief of St. Peter intervened to prevent federal agents from taking a local resident who was observing ICE enforcement actions into custody. It is believed to the first time local police in...

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ICE must be destroyed 🏳️‍⚧️🏴@miawong.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The thing about this political moment is that my most and least Theory Brain friends are saying Exactly the same thing: Push Now. Hit them while they're down and keep hitting them and keep hitting them until we fucking Win. Accept nothing less than total victory. Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

@solonisonomia.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Important: www.instagram.com/reel/DT6ec8D...

ghost_lee19 on Instagram: "1/24/26 - This was supposed to go up yesterday after I got done at Whipple. ICE agents are changing their tactics rapidly and are r…"

1/24/26 - This was supposed to go up yesterday after I got done at Whipple. ICE agents are changing their tactics rapidly and are ramping up their efforts and their level of aggression.They are using psychology and making minor changes that are obvious, but go completely unnoted by most of us. They are dressing in civilian clothing, ordering colored buffs from REI and North Face, swapping out their greyscale clothing for colorful goodies and puffy jackets, usually with a canvasser jacket over them, etc.They are blending in as maintenance workers, construction workers, student driver vehicles, Uber drivers. They are attempting to bait people into trust so they can be targeted. I need you all to make this go viral, and make sure we can identify them every time. They know our aesthetic, but they don't understand how we communicate interpersonally. Use that to your advantage and root them out. #fuckice🖕❄️ #midwest #minneapolis #solidarityView all 4,068 comments

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Scott Horton@robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 7mo ago

ICE officers tell media that the conduct in Minneapolis is part of a plan by Stephen Miller to provoke as much violence and death as possible—which in turn will be taken as pretext for more. “They’re essentially operating now in a resource constraint-free environment and doing very dangerous things”

Former members of ICE say recent violence is "by design"

"What has changed is there has been an encouragement from the top to be much more aggressive in enforcement."

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Kyle Cheney@kyledcheney.bsky.social · 7mo ago

HAPPENING NOW: In federal court in MN, DOJ is struggling to articulate why a person following an ICE vehicle — so long as they are obeying traffic laws — can be stopped for "reasonable suspicion" of a crime. Judge Menendez sharply questioning that contention.

ashley fairbanks@ziibiing.com · 7mo ago

just a reminder that we aren’t even seeing the worst of what is happening in Minneapolis from someone detailed at the Whipple Federal Building yesterday

Eyewitness account: Good morning, My name is Brandon Siguenza, and l am a US citizen from Minneapolis. Yesterday, while doing legal observation, ICE stopped their cars to harass my friend and me. They sprayed pepper spray into the vent of our vehicle. We held our hands in the air and told them we were not obstructing, that the car was in park and they were free to drive forward and away. There was no active immigration raid. They returned to their cars, and drove forward a bit, then decided to stop again. They surrounded us, smashed the windows of our car, opened the doors (they were unlocked), ripped my friend and I out of the car and arrested us on charges of obstruction. I was put in an unmarked SUV, separated from my friend. As I was put in the back seat an ICE agent tore the whistle off my neck and said "I'll be taking this, I might need it later." My phone was knocked out of my hand while being arrested. As we drove away I asked the driver and the passenger if they wouldn't mind buckling my seatbelt, as they were driving erratically. I was ignored. I asked them if I could have the handcuffs loosened, as I was losing circulation, and was told no. At one point the passenger realized his own driver's license was in the backseat next to mine, and tried to surreptitiously grab it without me seeing it. We were taken to the Whipple federal building, where I saw dozens of brown people being processed in an unheated garage. I was frisked, told of my charges, and saw buses and vans being prepped. I later learned that these were being filled with detainees and driven to the airport for deportation. As we were led in, I noticed that the building was very busy. I got the impression that one of the 2 agents bringing me around was being trained. At multiple points throughout my stay, government agents were unable to open doors, not sure where they were meant to be going, and overall confused and overwhelmed. They couldn't figure out how to use the building phones, or complai…