Daphne S @thisreporter.bsky.social · 28/08/2026it's funny how the phrase "partial eclipse of the moon" can make you forget that ... the moon is kind of already partially eclipsed 95% of the time 120
Daphne S @thisreporter.bsky.social · 14/07/2026power outage and all my solar-powered yard devices are shining/burbling, tauntingly 010
Daphne S @thisreporter.bsky.social · 09/05/2026I guess I appreciate the intent of bus drivers who give a little beep-beep while passing my bike, but dear friend, I promise that the sound of your 20-ton vehicle approaching is way more audible already 020
Reposted by Daphne SJon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Thanks to a FOIA lawsuit from @deportationdata.org, Minnesota is getting its first credible numbers on arrests during the federal government's surge here this winter. About 3,800 Minnesota residents were arrested. Most from Latin America (only 106 from Somalia). (1) 5853425
Daphne S @thisreporter.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Blizzard was a good excuse to finally sit down and put together a record of How These Times Have Felt. Local friends basically know all this already though, ha theapproach.substack.com/p/preoccupiedtheapproach.substack.comPreoccupiedNotes from a vigilant season 021
Reposted by Daphne SAurin Chowdhury MPLS City Council Member W12 @aurinmpls.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Today, I received confirmed reports that agents from ICE and HSI forced entry into a residence on the 5200 block of 36th Ave., kicking in the door and detaining a constituent. Witnesses report that 8–9 masked agents carried out the operation. 🧵 3205141
Daphne S @thisreporter.bsky.social · 26/01/2026My sense is that for every person dialing down their risk threshold when they shoot one of us (not unreasonable, to be clear), three more are moved to step it up. Gonna win. 092
Daphne S @thisreporter.bsky.social · 25/01/2026I deduce from the facts on the ground that ICE observers blow whistles because they enjoy the sound of whistles. I am very intelligent 060
Reposted by Daphne SErik Hane @erikhane.bsky.social · 11/01/2026Speaking just to what I’m seeing: person of conscience in MPLS is activated right now. Every neighbor, everyone at church, the social groups, everyone. “Apolitical” people are raising their risk thresholds pretty rapidly. This is all horrible but there’s something happening 27813
Reposted by Daphne SNick Benson @ottergoose.net · 06/01/2026ICE observers in the Twin Cities are in need of dash cams to prevent further intimidation and frivolous claims. Cams are $110, memory cards $35, and ship to us directly via this wish list: www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/... If you've been looking for a way to help, we'd sure appreciate it! 11215541142
Reposted by Daphne SDaniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 07/01/2026From a lawyer friend: if someone has been detained by the feds and taken to the Whipple, they are being released as a matter of course IF they assert their 5th Amendment rights and an attorney shows up for them 6381142
Daphne S @thisreporter.bsky.social · 01/11/2025traditionally Frey-yard-signed house in my neighborhood has flipped to Jazz, seems like a good sign! 010
Daphne S @thisreporter.bsky.social · 05/10/2025love how my wife sneezes with the wrong vowels. “uh-CHEH,” “ah-CHEE,” get outta here 000
Reposted by Daphne SKate Elliott @kateelliottsff.bsky.social · 25/07/2025WCK can use your donations. They are on the ground in Gaza, doing what they can in the face of a staggering and ongoing crime against humanity. 1214761207
Daphne S @thisreporter.bsky.social · 15/07/2025saw a guy on LinkedIn today posting about how he achieves "world-class sleep" 100
Daphne S @thisreporter.bsky.social · 01/07/2025even though i now have central air and money to pay for it, my summer routine is still so strongly shaped by the childhood mandate to Never Do Anything To Heat Up The House 000
Daphne S @thisreporter.bsky.social · 04/05/2025Saturday: DFL Ward 12 convention. Sunday: May Day parade. Hard to imagine a weekend more steeped in South Minneapolisness. 000
Daphne S @thisreporter.bsky.social · 27/04/2025i wrote about the latest AI sad sack everybody’s dunking on and how it feels to be on either side of AI-mediated communication (bad!) theapproach.substack.com/p/never-thin...theapproach.substack.comNever think aloneAn AI rant? Well, yes, a bit of an AI rant. 130
Daphne S @thisreporter.bsky.social · 16/04/2025the people of Asheville have 1) an incredible number of dogs per capita and 2) the cheerful assumption that you as a visitor will want to meet each of them 220
Daphne S @thisreporter.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Dog just barfed up a single wood chip. Mysteries abound 010
Daphne S @thisreporter.bsky.social · 19/02/2025"I'm an impenetrable professional with expertise working with different companies." — first line of a (seemingly fake) LinkedIn profile that wants to connect with me 010
Daphne S @thisreporter.bsky.social · 25/01/2025Got our dog's DNA tested for fun and it came back 50% boxer (obvious), 8% chow (hm, ok), and 42% "i dunno, probably a lot of things? lol" 010
Daphne S @thisreporter.bsky.social · 24/01/2025can always tell the work stress is building up when i find myself continually exhaling as if very gently through a straw 010
Daphne S @thisreporter.bsky.social · 22/01/2025dreamed that i was having an intense argument with a stranger whose tiny dog was chomping my arm and when things started getting personal i called him a “geriatric boy” 000
Daphne S @thisreporter.bsky.social · 22/01/2025accidentally swapped boots (same model, wrong size) with someone at the gym and when the gym sent an email, TWO people came forward claiming they had my boots 100
Daphne S @thisreporter.bsky.social · 20/01/2025Dazzling cold day, sun brilliant with malevolence, gloating at the trick that ought to be impossible: shedding so much light with so little expenditure of heat 000
Daphne S @thisreporter.bsky.social · 20/01/2025Wildly beautiful gospel quartet performance captured in 1960s Yugoslavia; when you’re in the middle of it you feel like you may have been listening for 2 minutes or 20, aren’t sure where it may take you next & are already sad that it might end youtu.be/MqYuBfg20Tcyoutu.beThe Golden Gate Quartet - HushYouTube video by SbrPL 120
Daphne S @thisreporter.bsky.social · 18/01/2025in this weather the dog needs to stand in the middle of the yard barking at the cold for a minute or two before she resolves herself to go and pee 000
Daphne S @thisreporter.bsky.social · 18/01/20253-degree January day makes you feel alive in the moment but 30-degree January day makes you feel life is more permanently possible 000
Daphne S @thisreporter.bsky.social · 16/01/2025Maybe a coincidence but I think I just heard a blue jay imitating the "safe to open lid" noise of my InstantPot 000
