I really feel like me being a Nosy Nellie for the past couple years is paying off rn because I recognize pretty much every vehicle in my apartment parking lot and can immediately tell when a vehicle shows up that doesn’t belong there.

I had totally forgotten that Cities Church (where the protest happened on Sunday) was a Bethlehem Baptist (i.e. John Piper) church plant. That explains why I was, at one point, very seriously considering attending Cities Church (as a longtime BBC attendee).

"Police officers who use their sidearm in the exercise of these duties will enjoy my support, irrespective of the outcome of the use of force. Officers who fail to make use of their weapon out of a false reticence, should expect disciplinary action.” - Hermann Göring, February 17, 1933

Around 300 people at the Roseville City Council meeting tonight. Residents have been sharing public comment about their experiences with ICE and fear in the community in Roseville for almost three hours and counting. #rosevillemn

This wasn’t an easy one to record: on the murder of Renee Nicole Good, Gestapo comparisons, and the gendered dimensions of both the murder and the right’s defense of it podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

I generally agree, but not sure this propaganda is aimed at everyday Americans who saw the footage. It’s aimed at the refs. They want false neutrality from institutions of civil society, they want both-sidesing from the media, they want chiding of whatever protestors do in response to this. (1/2)

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey: “I have a message for ICE: To ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis! We do not want you here.”

I’m not sure giving guns to undertrained people who responded to ads designed to attract xenophobic sociopaths is working out great

I thought there would be too much light pollution by me, but I WAS WRONG! (Roseville, MN)

The sun decided to make a very pretty appearance at the last possible moment today.

Frey: And don't just say, this is about thoughts and prayers right now. These kids were literally praying. It was the first week of school. They were in a church.

Okay, the joy of being in a crowd of Cubs fans chanting “PCA” is pretty great. #Cubs

The Cubs bats are awake and the #Cubs fans in this stadium are restless for a win.

Now that’s a first inning. #Cubs

Sure would be nice if the Cubs could stop giving up runs in the 1st inning🤦🏻‍♀️ (and every other inning).

Ugggghhh, Fox News (I’m at my dad’s house) is still saying that Minneapolis “defunded the police.” The straight-up lies that this audience just swallows whole.😤

Wait, the Jake Tapper book hasn’t even been released yet??!! I thought the reason it was getting so much attention was because it was released a couple weeks ago. The fact that this is all pre-release publicity makes it so, so much worse (and it was already awful).🤦‍♀️

Boog is back! Yay!!🎉 #Cubs

Ugh, fine, I re-signed up for Apple TV+ so I can watch the Cubs game tonight.😖 So, to recap, I have: MLB.tv, Apple TV+, and YouTube TV just to be able to watch my baseball team’s games.🙄

Does Boog only call the Cubs home games now? I thought maybe he was just missing a couple games, but it feels like he’s been gone quite a bit this month.😢

Saint Paul official FB page sharing a tornado watch from 2021.🤦‍♀️

Snazz up your next party, kids playdate or temporary legal injunction with our ever-fresh CFPB Union Swag. All proceeds benefit illegally fired CFPB union members. 💟 💟 💟 #UnionStrong #SaveOurServices

Dang, this Cubs game is bonkers.🤪

On my 6th day of dealing with vertigo, which is making me wish desperately that I could trade this in for the chest cold (or whatever it was) I had a few weeks ago. Wheezing cough > dizzy and nauseous.😵‍💫🤢

I don’t know who the ESPN announcers are for the Cubs game tonight, but I’m not hating listening to them as much as I expected to. (Don’t get me wrong, I’d still greatly prefer JD and Boog.)

Day nine of being sick and I think I’ve finally turned the corner today. Still not 100%, but sitting outside on my patio this afternoon, getting some fresh air and some Vitamin D was just what the doctor ordered.☀️

Cubs score the first run of 2025!

Okay, I got up at 4:30 am on my birthday to watch the Cubs play baseball in Tokyo. So excited! Let’s goooo!!! #GoCubsGo

Wow, largest turnout for a special election in state history!💪🏻

I’m so excited for this and it just happens to be on my birthday!! As a March baby, this is the first time in my life I’ll get to have an exciting baseball game happen on my birthday.💙

Got my vote in for David Gottfried in district 40B!☑️ Nice to see my polling place decently busy for a special election. Looking forward to having representation for my district in the MN House again.

Another pair of socks finished! These are the Stillwater Socks (pattern by Summer Lee) and I knit them using the January Garden Stroll sock set ‘Frozen Lake’ from @kettlehearthfibers.bsky.social 😍🧶 #knitsky

My first finished knitting project of 2025! The pattern is the Sweet New Start Socks from Marie-Elyse Dugal and the yarn is a sock set from Tippy Tree Yarns. Really fun project!🧶 #knit #knitsky

Working on decluttering my apartment and I just pulled this iPod Nano out of a box. How long has it been since this box was last opened??😱😱🤣

I said I’d report back, so: miracle of miracles, I woke to find my federal tax refund in my bank account this morning.🎉

Feeling like a guinea pig this morning, as I submitted my tax return over the weekend. I have zero expectation at this point that I’ll actually get my federal refund, but I’ll let y’all know, I guess.🤷‍♀️

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Watching the Tracy Chapman & Luke Combs ‘Fast Car’ performance from last year’s Grammys as self-care tonight.❤️

Well, I learned my lesson the hard way. Too much doomscrolling at the beginning of last week led to complete burnout & a massive headache by Saturday. I’m definitely going to have to figure out a better way to stay informed going forward. I physically can’t afford many more weeks like this past one.

I’m glad the “sin of empathy” stuff is getting some mainstream attention finally. This post in 2019 is where it originated (the phrase, anyway, certainly not the theology behind it). www.desiringgod.org/articles/the...

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Being very Minnesotan tonight and eating ice cream while the outside ‘feels like’ temperature is -33.

A bureaucratic coup d’etat, smiling its way to power, is still a coup.

Geez, just got another email about a yarn dyer closing up shop. That’s the third one so far this year. This is really bumming me out.😢

Drop something black and white