Everyday in this #USA we just get #BadNews each and every day. #Immoral and #Illegal tossing #RuleOfLaw away. Well there’s #News for you, read this today. #Minneapolis is the model paving the way. Community #groundswell is here to stay! Six months after ICE

Sullivan Fortner on Piano with Tyrone Allen on Bass in the Grammy winning Sullivan Fortner Trio tonight at the Twin Cities Jazz Festival playing a captivating set that held a big noisy crowd breathless at times.

Heading to 90° in the Sun for #Minneapolis. Bed linen hanging out to dry. Just like summer. (:-) #Sunshine #Linen #Laundry #Midwest #MidwestMindset

What? More News! o u humans… ~Mazy #Caturday #CatsOfMastodon #Anthropocene #Journalism #Infotainment #Disinformation

Hoping #SCOTUS Justice Roberts can perform for #POTUS @ #Freedom250, singing #AmericanIdiot & laughing “just kidding” as the Chief (sic) then kisses the ring of Orange Jabba the Molester. The rest of us will have a #FourthofJuly picnic and reminisce on #RuleOfLaw …

Good Morning #CatsOfMastodon across the Feline Continuum. “I Meow—therefore I Am.” ~Mazy of Longfellow

Sure there’s #Caturday—but I much prefer #CatSunDay, knows Mazy. #CatsOfMastodon

#MardiGras #LunarNewYear #SolarEclipse #Ramadan — all today, February 17, 2026. #NewMoon enters #Pisces bringing spiritual & philanthropic progress. Forget Presidents' Day. At least forget the current criminal POTUS! Today we all #MoveOn ! Llewellyn Worldwide

“Historically speaking, Minneapolis traffic-calming checkpoints resemble the bottom-up spatial struggle during revolutionary Paris.” —Bill Lindeke, MinnPost #ICEout In occupied Minneapolis, neighborhood barricades rightly slow injustice

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

#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.

“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

Watch today’s #Minneapolis #ICEout #Rally live on YouTube via Mercado Media Mercado Media on YouTube

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

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.

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…