“The war between Israel and Hamas has all been foretold by the Book of Revelation in the Gospel of Jesus Christ and no-one can do anything about that.” US military commanders tell troops per Military Religious Freedom Foundation U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for “Armageddon,” Return of Jesus

“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

Here in #Minneapolis, we’ve had enough of white #ToxicMale BS & murder. BuhBye Bovino, get out Homan, arrest ICE thugs, #ImpeachTrump, no crocodile tears from aholes like Paul Allen. From a fedup Old White Male Buddhist Green Hippie! Everybody else have a peaceful day with no Fear nor Hate.

Looks likes thousands are marching in protest down Hennepin Avenue on Downtown #Minneapolis chanting #ICEout Mercado Media - YouTube Live

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

This morning there are multiple news reports of #ICE #SecretPolice #Brutality with #RacialProfiling against #AmericanCitizens in #Minnesota. States are in court to restrict this #Unconstitutional Federal invasion. MN Reformer US Border Patrol Knees Man in Face Sahan Journal Because I was Latino

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

This is why I don’t use #Cloudflare, a centralized gatekeeper is a good CDN strategy, but a massive choke point. Small & mid-sized projects on robust platforms suffer the dependency on massive sites. Let the Internet be the Internet—find failures, protect protocols, but not with magic solutions.

Canva making #Affinity freeware has surged. As a longtime user of the #Adobe alternative, great news, glad to have supported for many years. Like #Audacity under #Muse, proves commercial sponsors of #FLOSS can work, despite the Oracles out there. Affinity Added 1 Million Users in Less Than a Week

How can one person and a ladder show Minneapolis how to fix darkened parks and pathways after copper theft? #DIY #Solar MinnPost article

Farm Aid 40 streaming live from Minneapolis, as Minnesota farmers sit on 7 million acres of soybeans worth billions $ going nowhere due to Trump policies. More and more Americans need hope & help, not hate & hurt. Farm Aid 40 on YouTube

Ringing in my ears now, even since before the song was made, so thanks Billy Joe, Frank and Mike of #GreenDay : Don’t wanna be an American idiot One nation controlled by the media Information age of hysteria It’s calling out to idiot America American Idiot

Jubilee Celebration at Soul of the Southside for #Juneteenth healing the community in Minneapolis where we remember unrest over George Floyd. Soul of the Southside

No Kings Minnesota State Capitol

Today’s MN Star Tribune newspaper headlines are mind-boggling! UnitedHealth Group stock dropped 22% due to the annual profit estimate lowered from over $27 billion to just $24 billion. Meanwhile, hospitals are failing due to staffing costs. Why pay doctors and nurses, instead of massive profits?

Picked up a fave black tea at United Noodles in Minneapolis. Chinese Lichee adds a pleasant fruit flavor—almost as nice as the incredible Currant Black Tea from Grand Fete in Hudson, Wisconsin. Good alternatives to swigging my morning coffee.

THE WORDPRESS MORPH

The WordPress Morph is a WordPress Advisory 2025 for my consulting clients. WordPress enters 2025 disrupting the global ecosystem powering 42% of the web. Users need options for safe and continuing web services. Word & Image explores options: wordimage.com/blog/wordpress-advisory/

Was putting The Best Laid Plans by Sidney Sheldon in my Little Free Library, then noticed the back cover Promo: HE WANTED POWER. SHE WANTED REVENGE. Now I need to read this Presidential Campaign Thriller as it echoes current headlines.

Been a year since Barber Bob closed the MGEX Barbershop 💈 and fun to see the Media blitz we got. But mothballing the site to the old WordPress morgue on anniversary tomorrow.

Attended the Center for Photographic Studies on Main Street in Louisville a few blocks from the Old National Bank, site of a tragic mass shooting yesterday. Documented club & street life on the funky old West Main strip way back in 1975. So sad, we must change.

BARBER BOB TRENDING WITH OUR WORD & IMAGE PRESS CAMPAIGN

Barber Bob trending on local news in Minneapolis, with our targeted press campaign by Word & Image. Got several TV news stories, a radio story, and several online news stories. Too bad it celebrates the closing of a 120-year-old historic institution. Grain Exchange Barbershop | Media | in the News