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BREAKING: 21-year-old protester, Kaden Rummler, was shot point-blank in the face by ICE. he just spoke about how he’s blind for life and almost died:

“I will be blind for life. I have fractures in my skull that they can't fix. They pulled a piece of plastic the size of a nickel out of my eye. I had shards of metal, glass, and plastic behind my eye and in my skull. They said it was a miracle I survived.”

What the hell is wrong with these people?

GoFundMe for Kaden Rummler, the young trans man blinded by ICE agents this week.

Fundraiser for K R by Sarah Gallimore : Help ICE Protestor After being shot by Feds

I love when you post a species on inat and seconds later someone called "salamandergirl" "solidagoman" or "troutlilly_identifier" swoops in to ID it. Like yeah, you know what youre about. I trust your ID of my Bombus bimaculatus, "bombusboy200"

"How does one hate a country, or love one? ...I lack the trick of it. I know people, I know towns, farms, hills and river and rocks, I know how the sun at sunset in autumn falls on the side of a certain plowland in the hills; but what is the sense of giving a boundary to all that, of giving it a name and ceasing to love where the name ceases to apply?"

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness

this website is a great resource for minnesotan mutual aid and testimony to what is happening here

Posting on 1/13/2026

From the article:

“If you look only at the trend of species declines, it would be easy to think that we’re failing to protect biodiversity, but you would not be looking at the full picture,” said Penny Langhammer, lead author of the study and Executive Vice President of Re:wild. “What we show with this paper is that conservation is, in fact, working to halt and reverse biodiversity loss. It is clear that conservation must be prioritized and receive significant additional resources and political support globally, while we simultaneously address the systemic drivers of biodiversity loss, such as unsustainable consumption and production.”

This massive meta analysis (for those not familiar, a study analyzing the results of many studies on similar topics) found that the vast majority of conservation efforts show much much better results than doing nothing. In many cases, biodiversity loss was not only stopped but reversed.

This shows that conservation efforts really work and money invested is put to very good use. Legally protecting endangered species really works, restoring habitat really works, removing invasive species really works, returning land to Indigenous communities works. All of the blood, sweat, and tears being poured into protecting the natural world has been making a real, big, tangible, difference on a global scale.

My partner's jeans that I've been mending since late September. I'm finally sewing the back pockets on again (plus a little bit of lino block printing for fun).

I'm planning on making some bias binding next so that I can patch some smaller areas. Still not completely done yet but I'm in the home stretch 💪

one of my strongly held beliefs is that self driving cars should not exist. i don’t care how good the technology gets, i will not trust it. if you want transportation that you don’t have to be in control of, you should be in support of better public transit. you want trains.

democrats are already rolling out the line that the real problem with ICE agents in minnesota is that they're poorly trained, with some calling for ICE agents to wear body cameras. which is to say that their problems with ICE are procedural. this has already been said but as usual don't hold your breath for the democrats on this one

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"But what can I DO?"

Do one thing.

Start there, do ONE thing to help. Take an active role in bettering your little corner of the world by solving One Small Problem, whatever it might be.

It may not fix Everything, but it fixes Something. One less thing is broken. One less task needs doing. One less place is uncared for. One less heart is heavy. One less stomach is empty. One less voice is silent.

And that is not nothing.

We're a second-gen, regenerative farm in St Lawrence County, New York. For 23 years, the farm was managed by my parents, but in 2023, management was transferred to me - 113.5 acres, 20 cows, three greenhouses, two gardens, nine pigs, 17 sheep and 36 chickens. As the last living family members, my father and I've been working the farm together, trying to scale down and rest more, for the past three years. Due to the sheer size of the undertaking, along with my father's disabilities, I made the management decision to welcome two friends ( @theartistrans ) I hope will someday become equal partners here. 

However, their welcome to the farm has coincided with a total shitshow. Shortly after their arrival, I was struck by a milk truck and landed in the hospital with a broken ankle, concussion, and a totaled car. Our already faulty stove took a nosedive, and then the electricity in our house went out. We are now without heat, running water, electricity, or a way to prepare food; we are all crammed into my father's house and tensions are running high. 

We have both long and short-term goals. I am committed to this farm no matter what. I'm not moving to Canada or selling off chunks of land. I - we - want to improve the infrastructure, protect the endangered species here and create social sanctuary for the greater queer community. We are also in a time of major transitions, and so must address basic needs and immediate concerns. 

Immediate Concerns:

Our house's primary electric line needs to be replaced. It's over 60 years old; a necessary upgrade to a safe system. We then need to either repair or replace the old gas cooking stove. We need to be able to stabilize the farm, which includes both human and animal care. This means grain costs, hay costs, household bills, taxes, and seed costs.

Meeting this goal will enable us to continue running the farm, protect the land and its native species, create a greater sanctuary for the queer community, and ensure our own safety and warmth. Please dm me or @theartistrans for proof or further information. My totaled car can be seen below.

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