If you're interested in funding or helping us find funding for a Discord replacement that's federated and end-to-end encrypted, we're interested in implementing that at @spritely ... we even had been talking about that being our big focus for 2026.

We have the skills and the underlying tech to pull this off. What we need right now is resources. Funding for open source nonprofits like ours really fell apart in 2025. If you think you know how to help, feel free to reach out.

Whoa.

"A U.S. intelligence official has alleged wrongdoing by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard in a whistleblower complaint that is so highly classified it has sparked months of wrangling over how to share it with Congress."
https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/classified-whistleblower-complaint-about-tulsi-gabbard-stalls-within-her-agency-027f5331?mod=panda_wsj_author_alert

What's happening in Minnesota is an escalation of things that have happened in other cities - Chicago, Portland, LA, DC. It could be coming to your city next.

I don't say that to scare you. But it might be good to ask yourself:

If this was happening in my neighborhood, who would I reach out to? How would I take action? Who would I trust?

Start building those connections now. If you already have some, strengthen them.

Americans, if you have not done first aid training in the last five years, I strongly recommend getting a refresher now, and starting to carry a trauma kit with you when you leave the house.

It looks like most of the US Red Cross first aid courses are very superficial, so you'll have to go digging for local resources. The syllabus I recommend is the one offered by the UK and most EU Red Cross groups, including their optimal mental health response unit, and ideally something on using Narcan and Epi pens. You can find it here: https://www.redcrossfirstaidtraining.co.uk/courses/first-aid-training/first-aid-at-work/

If you're piecing together a course from other offerings, you definitely want to make sure that you're doing CPR basics, massive hemorrhage/bleed stop, and shock/stroke at least. If you can find a trainer who can also add to the UK curriculum a treatment protocol for tear gas and pepper spray, that's great. You're going to receive a ton of information in these courses, so please take good notes (and hopefully you'll get the training slides to take home). Make up your own cheat sheets for the core diagnostic procedures — ADCDE/MARCH, AVPU etc. and keep them in your kit. Better yet, also go with some friends — it's always more fun that way and you'll retain more when you're comfortable and having fun — and then spend an evening every month or so going through some basic drills to keep each other fresh.

We need all of the dashcams we can get in Minnesota ASAFP for ICE observers.

You can send us cash with a few taps via this link and we’ll order them wholesale and get them deployed to Minneapolis, the suburbs, and beyond: https://ottergoose.net/dashcam/

If you can help these guys, vetted (and news coverage, etc.) for dashcams in Minnesota.

https://vmst.io/@ottergoose/115953962741506138

Yikes, TikTok now tracking your citizenship/immigration status. Curious at what point they turn that over to ICE for tracking.

https://bardicperspiration.club/@therivercrow/115949064848093711

#TikTok

The Guardian: We are living in a time of polycrisis. If you feel trapped – you’re not alone https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/2026/jan/14/new-year-polycrisis-psychology-feeling-trapped

#mentalhealth