{"id":105395,"date":"2026-02-02T09:16:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T09:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/02\/minneapolis-we-are-here-for-you\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T09:16:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T09:16:41","slug":"minneapolis-we-are-here-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/02\/minneapolis-we-are-here-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Minneapolis, We Are Here for You"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\"Minnesota<\/div>\n

\"Minnesota<\/p>\n

This is a strange time to write a blog. To be a parent of giggly children. To be an American walking home from work, eating dinner, brushing teeth, climbing into bed. I\u2019m sure you feel the same. What is happening in Minneapolis and around the country is so far from normal, so far from reasonable and ethical and humane, that it feels very surreal to go to the grocery store or read a bedtime story at the same time.<\/p>\n

\"Minnesota<\/p>\n

\u201cSo much grief\/anger\/dissonance right now,\u201d a friend in Minneapolis texted me last night. He was heading out to help build a huge \u201cICE OUT\u201d sign on local Lake Nokomis \u2014\u00a0with 100-foot letters for flights to see from the air. By day, snow letters; by night, candles in white paper bags.<\/p>\n

\"Minnesota<\/p>\n

Today, he wrote again. \u201cOn the first night, I figured there would be like 10 of us. But at least 100 people showed up<\/a>, and I\u2019m sure it will keep growing. I had the thought on my drive over that ICE agents might be writing down license plate information, but any fear of this sort isn\u2019t going to stop us from lighting fricking candles.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Minnesota<\/p>\n

\u201cKids and parents worked side by side, prepping white paper bags with snow on the bottom for weighted ballast,\u201d he wrote. \u201cI lit candles for an hour and felt the opposite of fear.\u201d<\/p>\n