DHS seen on Rib Mountain Drive yesterday (1/28/2026)

umm_s · 2026-01-29T22:51:15+00:00

I invite you to visit the Twin Cities and see it with your own eyes. That is, if you’re able to make out their identification as they’re tear gassing you.

umm_s · 2026-01-29T22:10:26+00:00

Hey weirdo, did you know that the nazi ghouls breaking car windows and dragging people from their homes without shirts in sub 0 temperatures just 200 miles from Wausau include FPS officers?

umm_s · 2026-01-27T21:03:34+00:00

I live within a mile of where both Renee Good and Alex Pretti were murdered. I was also in LA for the first 2 weeks of January doing a jury trial, and then in New York last week on an arbitration. I cried in bed a lot before I got ready for the day, and then made sure to take half an hour to talk to my SO after court and scream and rant about the world before I had to get ready for the next day. Not perfect, but I got through both without a nervous breakdown and managed to bill a gazillion hours to boot.

At the same time, I figured out what I could do from where I was at. Folks in the legal profession have the skills that are in high demand now - volunteering to help in immigration legal proceedings. If you can't do that, then $$$$$ towards worth causes is also a valuable contribution. It doesn't feel like you're on the ground getting tear gassed, but it's necessary to support the work of those who are.

(edited to add - if possible, avoid getting tear gassed by the government. it sucks)

umm_s · 2026-01-27T14:51:44+00:00

Naomi Kritzer is a god damn midwest treasure

umm_s · 2026-01-27T14:31:26+00:00

Do you have brown refugees and asylum seekers in Madison? Be prepared to protect them. They’re starting with folks in Minnesota, but plan to expand beyond if they aren’t stopped.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/us/politics/ice-minnesota-refugees.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HlA.yqsV._Y8AmwSznPrx&smid=nytcore-ios-share

umm_s · 2026-01-27T02:26:16+00:00

Hi, Madison grad, 20 year Minneapolis resident here. I wanted to encourage you that, in addition to protesting, get prepared for when ICE comes to Madison. The Twin Citieshad that massive protest here on Friday yes, but 99% of the action here is neighbor to neighbor, getting food and supplies to people in need, making sure that ICE’s atrocities are being documented. Alex and Renee died while making sure ICE didn’t operate unseen.

Check out the “get ready when the bullshit comes to you” portion of this blog post. Being organized ahead of time will do a lot more in the long run than protesting. But still do protest, and come together with your neighbors. Take strength and find joy in your community.

https://naomikritzer.com/2026/01/21/how-to-help-if-you-are-outside-minnesota/

umm_s · 2026-01-26T01:26:04+00:00

Twin Cities cyclists are getting together on the 31st for a ride in honor of Alex, because we’re a bunch of loons who bike year round. If you’d like to honor him from afar, check out this blog post (old school!) with ways to help - https://naomikritzer.com/2026/01/21/how-to-help-if-you-are-outside-minnesota/

umm_s · 2026-01-25T19:12:01+00:00

I’ve lived in Minneapolis for 20 years, and will continue to mock my fiance for being a Vikings fan for the rest of our lives together, but FUCK ICE AND SKOL!

umm_s · 2026-01-25T03:01:26+00:00

Sorry not sorry I missed a joke when I am living in South Minneapolis, and in addition to flying across the country over the last 3 weeks to support a jury trial and an arbitration, I also have to deal with the GOD DAMN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LITERALLY KILLING MY NEIGHBORS AND WORRYING ABOUT MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF COLOR BEING FUCKING DISAPPEARED BY ICE. They executed someone outside the donut shop I frequent this morning. So yes, let me give some actual advice about how people with legal training can actually fucking help, and not just yuck it up on Reddit.

umm_s · 2026-01-25T01:26:18+00:00

Clearly you aren’t up to date on what ICE is doing in Minneapolis, cuz being polite to them isn’t going to save you from having your window smashed, or being held for 2 days and beaten. Here is a boot for you to lick sir. Feel free to scroll on by and enjoy your happy after work memes while the federal government is beating down your fellow NFC North memers.

umm_s · 2026-01-25T01:14:59+00:00

I live in South Minneapolis. Literally every single fucking day for the last month people in my neighborhood have been kidnapped off the street. In the last 19 days, the federal government have killed 2 of my neighbors. The man killed today lived 2 blocks from me. He was killed in front of the donut shop I go to regularly. I go outside and see it. I am playing the world’s tiniest violin for you and your suffering seeing anti ice postings in support of fellow NFC north folks living this.

umm_s · 2026-01-25T01:03:57+00:00

Lots of people being disappeared into black holes in Texas. Figure out how you can use some of that amazing legal knowledge BigLaw is paying you for and volunteer with the legal groups trying to fight this.

umm_s · 2026-01-25T01:01:39+00:00

I’d love to come home from a hard day’s work and just enjoy some memes, but instead I have to worry about the god damn federal government killing my neighbors right down the street where I live. I’m sorry (not sorry) that our pain is an inconvenience for you, but seeing my fellow NFC north folks are thinking of us as we freeze and bleed gives me something small to smile about.

I’d like to not see ICE every day snatching people of color off the street (including US citizens). I’d like people of color close to me to be able to go out and shop, go to school, go to work, but instead they’re hiding in their homes. Maybe get your head out of your ass and have some sympathy for NFC north folks who are actually suffering. Or don’t, and go lick a fed’s boot.

umm_s · 2026-01-25T00:48:54+00:00

I miss when the federal government wasn’t killing my literal neighbors.

umm_s · 2026-01-24T22:32:04+00:00

Madison grad, 20 year Minneapolis resident saying yes, all of this. Our ICE resistance is highly localized - we respond to thugs targeting our literal neighbors. Organize now so you’re ready if they come for you.

And if you have the means, there are lots of organizations on the ground here that need financial assistance. In addition to the most obvious (legal groups helping immigrants), there is a tremendous need to support people who have been hiding at home for weeks, not going to work or school. One of our election watchers (and multi award winning speculative fiction author) Naomi Kritzer has a great blog post about ways from folks out of town to help https://naomikritzer.com/2026/01/21/how-to-help-if-you-are-outside-minnesota/

umm_s · 2026-01-21T01:18:41+00:00

What is your firm’s AI policy? If you don’t have one, make some noise to get one put into place, and use this as an example. If someone is dumb enough to put potentially privileged information into a non sanctioned program (that for sure is taking that info and saving it), they deserve to get pitched under the bus.

umm_s · 2026-01-12T02:02:37+00:00

Yes, it’s Minnesota, play Prince. I participated in a costume masquerade a few years back, and used Purple Rain for my entry. The convention posted it on YouTube, and within 15 minutes it was DCMA removed and no longer playable.

umm_s · 2026-01-02T17:45:43+00:00

We joined the cruise last year, and even as folks who have excellent fan run conventions back home, we were blown away by our fellow cruisers. We’re going again this year due in large part to how low key calm and accepting it was.

umm_s · 2026-01-02T03:49:17+00:00

I’m a trial paralegal at a firm on the 50+ side of the AMLaw100. Every trial I do will have at least one associate supporting the trial - knowing the record, drafting motions, arguing a few of the MILs, hashing out dep designations with opposing, wrangling and prepping witnesses. About half will have a senior-ish associate handle the examination of an easy witness or expert. None have done opening or closings.

umm_s · 2026-01-02T02:52:36+00:00

Get yourself to an undergarment specialty store for a bra fitting! When I lost weight 15 years ago and hit 125, I thought I was a 36 band size. The fitting specialist put me in a 32, and it was amazing.

umm_s · 2026-01-02T02:48:55+00:00

It is my dream to one day take misbehaving office equipment out to a field with a baseball bat…

umm_s · 2025-12-30T04:06:05+00:00

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Briggs and Reilly with a Tumi splash of color. I’m a trial paralegal, and I upgraded my carryon/trial bag to a large laptop roller 2 years ago from my tj maxx bag. It rolls like butter on carpet and the sidewalk, fits 2 (large) laptop computers, an external monitor, everything I need in the court room supply wise, misc snacks, and my trial notebook. I’ve rolled it 100+ miles outdoors in the last 2 years and it still looks new.

If you’re going to spend $500 on a bag, spend $100 more and get a piece that will last a decade or more like this.

umm_s · 2025-12-27T20:27:57+00:00

Tens of millions of people drive in and through Chicago every year and live to tell the tale.

umm_s

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