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  • My #LittleFreeLibrary in #Minneapolis in January saw least turnover of books in years. Barely 1 every other day, typically 2 a day. #Neighbors really read & donate, but #Community so focused on #ICEout, everyday life has changed. See my books at Longfellow.LIfe

    Longfellow Life, with graphic of blue water falling between the wordsSunny winter scene of box of Little Free LIbrary books on a wooden post in front of a house

  • #Minneapolis Star Tribune Sports January 30th reports #ICEout story: (Hockey) Ice was a #sanctuary until ICE agents came to town.

    Vast majority of #Minnesota people do not feel safe. For real good reasons until #Trump is totally restrained.

    Newspaper clipping with photo of youth hockey players and headline: Ice was a sanctuary until ICE agents came to town
  • “I have friends everywhere,” says Cassian Andor, the code phrase for rebels opposing Imperial Authoritarianism in Star Wars: Andor.

    “It’s a neighborly day in this beautywood … Please, won’t you be my neighbor?” sang Mister Rogers on TV.

    From Minnesota to America: I have Neighbors Everywhere #ICEout

    State of Minnesota shape with blue flag design&10;I have Neighbors EVERYWHERE&10;MN NICE - NO ICE
  • Watch today’s #Minneapolis #ICEout #Rally live on YouTube via Mercado Media

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    Group of people dressed for cold weather outside with a sign reading GENERAL STRIKE
  • Minneapolis was a peaceful sleepy city come January 2026. With a frozen winter landscape, we hoped for fresh snow for skiing, shoeing, snow sculptures. This morning my own urban street is calm—however a vigil at 26th & Nicollet on dear Eat Street marks the site of a Federal murder. #ICEout

    Snow covered lake bordered by trees on a sunny day with thin white clouds on blue sky. Photo by Tom Fisk
  • Holiday season is a special time of year. Old myths are nice enough, or there’s always Krampus… #Solstice brings time for #Reflection. Family memories go back to the best of times, beyond the worst of times as may happen. Here’s my seven-year-old ornament selection from Frank’s Nursery and Crafts.

    Christmas tree closeup of branches with a large gold ball ornament with DAVID 1959 written in white glitter.
  • Alpha Leadership Fail

    “Nobody ever looks at the counter examples. Are there a few ultra-aggressive leaders that are famous that get a lot of attention? Yeah, but let’s look at all the people who are ultra-aggressive who don’t end up in the CEO role. They end up in prison.”

    —Jon Levy

    #POTUS

  • After watching the first two #Pluribus episodes, seeing some odd little things differently. Not just social media memes & such. More low-level, like:

    *Yes, David there’s a GIF for that emotion you can view & transmit via the HIVE…