Life Continues... Interrupted
Jan. 10th, 2026 02:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lydamorehouse "Ope, Gotta Go!"
My family has been hearing me say that a lot. Though, so far, both of the MONARCA calls for observers that I answered ended up to be false alarms. This morning there was a sighting of a forced entry not far from me on Fairview and Wellesley, which turned out to be real police on actual lawful business.I stood around with neighbors waiting for the official all clear. Until that comes in, people just keep streaming in, so a bunch of us agreed to stand by and wave people off.
Y'all? A lot of people kept showing up.
It was incredibly heartening.
I was glad to be there, but I also need to remember to pace myself. The unfortunate truth is, ICE isn't going anywhere anytime soon. I would like them to GTFO right now? But, that doesn't seem likely at the moment. So, I need to take time to breathe. Pick my battles--maybe even pick a day to battle, a singular day of the week--because dishes still need to be done, food needs to be made and consumed, and gods know the laundry doesn't do itself. Probably a shower and hydration are also important?
My regular D&D group was supposed to meet today. I'm a little sad that we didn't because just getting on with things, including things that spark joy, is also extremely important right now. But I can also understand how maybe pretending to be "murder hobos" isn't exactly hitting right this week for some folks. Our group actually isn't very murder-y? In fact, we were poised to rescue some folks, but, again, I get it. Still? We're going to need to figure out how to just carry on, especially considering that 2026 seems poised to be a continuation of the very worst timeline.
Ugh.
Well, speaking of, I should probably go do the dishes.
My family has been hearing me say that a lot. Though, so far, both of the MONARCA calls for observers that I answered ended up to be false alarms. This morning there was a sighting of a forced entry not far from me on Fairview and Wellesley, which turned out to be real police on actual lawful business.I stood around with neighbors waiting for the official all clear. Until that comes in, people just keep streaming in, so a bunch of us agreed to stand by and wave people off.
Y'all? A lot of people kept showing up.
It was incredibly heartening.
I was glad to be there, but I also need to remember to pace myself. The unfortunate truth is, ICE isn't going anywhere anytime soon. I would like them to GTFO right now? But, that doesn't seem likely at the moment. So, I need to take time to breathe. Pick my battles--maybe even pick a day to battle, a singular day of the week--because dishes still need to be done, food needs to be made and consumed, and gods know the laundry doesn't do itself. Probably a shower and hydration are also important?
My regular D&D group was supposed to meet today. I'm a little sad that we didn't because just getting on with things, including things that spark joy, is also extremely important right now. But I can also understand how maybe pretending to be "murder hobos" isn't exactly hitting right this week for some folks. Our group actually isn't very murder-y? In fact, we were poised to rescue some folks, but, again, I get it. Still? We're going to need to figure out how to just carry on, especially considering that 2026 seems poised to be a continuation of the very worst timeline.
Ugh.
Well, speaking of, I should probably go do the dishes.
The Wayfinders
Date: 2026-01-10 10:07 pm (UTC)Re: The Wayfinders
Date: 2026-01-11 09:12 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2026-01-11 01:48 pm (UTC)Though I do think with applied effort we could see the rapid collapse of ICE.
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Date: 2026-01-11 09:12 pm (UTC)My concern is that Trump and his cronies are known for doubling-down.
The good news is that I do believe Minnesota is in it for the long-game. We were already at this for months before they murdered one of us. Now the energy is fully galvanized. People will burn out? But right now the flood of bodies into organizations already at work means, I hope, that enough will stay at it that we have a fighting chance.
And we are trying. People are so furious right now.
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Date: 2026-01-11 09:42 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2026-01-11 07:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2026-01-11 09:08 pm (UTC)Things that underscore this for me, personally. Being on chat groups where people are literally trying to find safehouses for immigrants. Like, people are legit hiding people so they won't be adbucted off the streets. Because people being literally abducted off the streets. Black, brown and Indigenous folks being asked to "show papers."
The things that give me hope? So many people signing up to be legal observers (which was what Renee Good was doing when ICE murdered her in cold-blood.) SO MANY that my friend Theo said that they couldn't even sign up because all the training slots were filled. People showing up in droves at even the slightest wiff of ICE presence (like where I was yesterday morning that turned out to be legitimate police work.) Religous organizations and citizen groups organizing to feed people too afraid to go to work, to school, or even leave their houses. People opening their homes. People spontaneously showing up to stand guard over mosques while people go to pray. People just driving around looking to see if those Texas plates on that Black SUV mean trouble reporting into sponanteous Signal groups about the whereabouts of these thugs. People stepping up and stepping out, coming out swinging and shouting "Go home, Fascist Pigs!"
This sustains me. We are under seige, but you know they say? Never fight a land war in Minnesota in the winter. ;-)
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Date: 2026-01-12 01:15 am (UTC)keep taking care of yourself as you fight the good fight.