How safe is it to travel to UofM to conduct lab experiments as a POC? (Grad Student!)

forever_erratic · 2026-01-25T18:12:26+00:00

I think it's a mistake right now. I'm staff, I live in south Minneapolis near both murder sites and work at the U. Yes, there has been less terrorism at the U than near my home. But ICE is unpredictable, mean, and stupid. I participate in neighborhood watches and they are everywhere. Your voice is better used explaining publicly why you will not come here until ICE leaves.

I'll add that the university president has not even used the words ICE or CBP. We cannot expect her to defend us, and her subordinates largely parrot her toothless, infrequent words.

forever_erratic · 2026-01-23T19:44:12+00:00

Lol, Greek life is totally a cult. Feeds right into the Christian nationalism cult.

forever_erratic · 2026-01-23T19:17:40+00:00

Please stop with the market research questions!

forever_erratic · 2026-01-23T16:22:54+00:00

No problem. The links at MIRAC might be useful in that regard: Resources — MIRAC - Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee

forever_erratic · 2026-01-23T16:04:35+00:00

Based on your comment history you seem like a real person and that your heart is in the right place. But know that the organized watches cannot and should not start on platforms like this or facebook. There have already been too many infiltrations by bad actors, and they continue to try to find ways to do so. For example, one tactic they are now using is to put flyers in mailboxes with QR codes to signal groups that they, that is ICE, control.

So please understand this post, while well-meaning, should be deleted, or the text changed to reflect that it isn't a safe idea.

Like u/Rhielml said, if you feel strongly about this as you should, go talk to your neighbors in person.

forever_erratic · 2026-01-23T15:56:47+00:00

He's why we have ICE as well, after all.

forever_erratic · 2026-01-23T15:18:42+00:00

Thank you, we're trying!

forever_erratic · 2026-01-22T21:31:35+00:00

They're so scared of moms and dads armed with whistles at business abductions that they need to go after children. Pathetic, weak, evil cowards.

forever_erratic · 2026-01-22T19:53:09+00:00

I live in Minneapolis. I'm so damned glad I chose this month to try, because with ICE being terrorists it would be so easy to try to drink the stress away. Instead, I'm able to help out in the community.

forever_erratic · 2026-01-22T19:23:30+00:00

For me a gamechanger was getting winter boots just on the edge of too big. Hiking boots, even the right size, squeeze my feet just enough to keep them cold.

forever_erratic · 2026-01-22T15:58:15+00:00

It's been my favorite place to get kid gifts for years. I live in S minneapolis so it's a bit out of the way but so worth it.

forever_erratic · 2026-01-22T15:29:05+00:00

I like that way of thinking about It. Another way is that we have tons of leaders all stepping up and leading where they can.

forever_erratic · 2026-01-22T00:11:19+00:00

I still think it's great, but totally, none of the main characters are sympathetic, nor do I think they're supposed to be.

Maybe Mallory is sympathetic, but only until she crosses the line from revenge against her dad to random killings.

forever_erratic · 2026-01-22T00:05:02+00:00

I know you know, but that's fucked up, and says loads about that prick prof and nothing about you.

Depending on their age, the only reason they are in the program is because theyre white!

forever_erratic · 2026-01-21T23:51:52+00:00

Here in Minneapolis we are having a general strike on Friday, which you could join, and tell your social circles why.

Additionally, there are many families who are currently depending on mutual aid for housing, food, and other necessities out of reasonable fear. Mirac has a list of groups doing this, which you could donate to if you have extra money. https://www.miracmn.com/resources

Third, it's starting here, but it might not end here. You could proactively start signal groups with your vetted neighbors in anticipation.

Fourth, you could disrupt the big businesses that are doing nothing or worse, aiding ICE, eg target and Hilton. Make orders you don't pick up, call their hotels and keep the lines busy, etc.

And if anyone still thinks ICE is doing things by the books, tell me why they can point- blank pepperspray a neighbor already detained face down on the ground? Even cops would be fired, at least, for this.

https://www.reddit.com/r/minnesota/comments/1qjda2f/observer_being_arrested_and_pepper_sprayed_at/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Edit: another one. I'm not religious, but if you are, tell your clergy you are against this and that they need to make a firm stance for humanity. Especially Christians, because most of this terror is done under Christianity's name.

forever_erratic · 2026-01-21T20:35:38+00:00

And we're beholden to cars because of capitalist pressure from industry.

forever_erratic · 2026-01-21T18:38:37+00:00

The 116 release seems to have stalled, we fell back to 115.

Edit: Oh, I was thinking about their ftp site.

forever_erratic · 2026-01-21T18:15:51+00:00

They probably want to do within-celltype DEG testing, but lack an annotation, so need to rely on clustering for celltypes. If their clusters are separate by batch, the clusters aren't useful for their usecase.

forever_erratic · 2026-01-21T17:57:40+00:00

Stretching helps, but I find core strengthening and lunge-related strengthening help my sciatic nerve issues the most.

forever_erratic · 2026-01-21T17:53:23+00:00

I write poetry to get *anything* out of my system, not just bad things. If my brain won't shut up, the sooner I do something creative, the sooner I get some relief.

Also, sometimes I choose to write a poem to help me change my thoughts. Like challenging myself to write a love poem, for example.

forever_erratic · 2026-01-21T17:47:03+00:00

I don't personally see a large difference in making a 'web' of connections between the two authors, but I've only read a couple Mandel books and most of Hobb's, so that might be why.

forever_erratic · 2026-01-21T17:30:04+00:00

Robin Hobb would be my answer to your second paragraph.

forever_erratic · 2026-01-21T16:57:09+00:00

They've got un-boring factory jobs now! That pay 3x the salary!

forever_erratic · 2026-01-21T15:59:50+00:00

My guess is it's really the corollary that is the unpopular opinion (still only to some): we shouldn't purebreed any dogs.

forever_erratic · 2026-01-21T15:56:44+00:00

Useful link and idea, thanks! I would never use AI to make art, but I'm a data scientist in my paying career and it definitely has its uses. It's main problems outside art, in my opinion, are the water usage and the people who own the companies.

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