Half off *and* a chance at prizes?! You should click so fast if you aren’t already a member. From Freeloader Friday to Voices of the MN Occupation to a podcast about MN food and drink trends, they are creating and cultivating so much good stuff. Plus I love the totally not required annual report.

Easiest $75 I’ve ever spent. The siege reinforced my passion for supporting local institutions where local folks, not corporations, control their fate. Aaron has made this place better for a long time — not an easy task when your job is the Twins! — so it felt great to hit “buy” this morning.

Could there be a world where I don’t avoid Cedar Ave? I will definitely walk over for this open house tomorrow.

I spent the evening at a play that involved friends/colleagues/future colleagues/other people I’d like to work with one day. It’s a delight to be delighted by good people’s work.

After canceling in-person auditions for HAMLET due to the blizzard, we rescheduled them for AEA members and had non-union actors submit videos. In the end, we watched 178 video auditions and 16 in-person. 194 in total! That number keeps growing every year, which is exciting (and hard).

I mean… sure, mayor is chief spokesperson, but they’re also supposed to be chief executive.

The turkeys are out this morning, and a school bus driver pulled over for a moment so the kids could get a good look. Nice work, bringing a bit of whimsy to the morning school commute.

I did not finish my taxes, but I did go back over the theater company’s draft bylaws that are holding up our incorporation. I think I’m finally at a point to reach out to one of the bylaws nerds in my life for their takes on a few questions, and then send them to LegalCORPS for review.

I took a brownie break (leftover from a dinner party last week - they last beautifully), and now I’m productive procrastinating looking at Creative Activities baking categories.

Highly recommend having some Saturday Dumpling Co frozen dumplings on hand, plus their sauce in your fridge. Paired with some veggies it's an amazing lunch that helps you face slightly onerous tasks. Had it yesterday to fortify myself for the SD63 convention, and again today for doing my taxes.

Bananas ruin everything*. Moosewood’s banana bread where they’re soaked in coffee and paired with chocolate chips is an exception.

Hey that’s me! 👋

This is my cousin Andy! He's an amazing artist.

Clan of the Cave Bear, age 12.

I am sorting out our inbox full of audition submissions. There are hundreds of people submitting. Please, attach your resume and headshot. Please don’t insert the picture into the body of the email. Or link to a Dropbox or Google folder. Save me clicks. Please?

I have a slightly snoring orange cat curled on my lap. All plans for the day are on hold.

The last year+ has been an exploration of all the other places I can go vs Target. I went a few weeks ago to use up some lingering gift cards and was surprised by how bored and removed I felt in a store I used to wander for fun.

Corner lots are great. Cannot recommend a corner lot more.

This afternoon, we canceled tomorrow’s in-person auditions for @graymallardtheater.bsky.social’s HAMLET. It’s always a marathon, exhausting day - 75+ actors scheduled! - but exhausting in the best way. Bummed, glad video submissions are possible, and still bummed. Beware the Ides of March, indeed.

Minneapolis WE KEEP IS SAFE t-shirts/stickers site is NOW LIVE: we-save-us.cheddarup.com The shirts honor everyone who resisted ICE; all $ after shipping/making costs go to Lucy Laney school mutual aid in N Mpls. Buy as much as you want; you have to add shirts to cart 1 at a time (sorry). Please RT!

As a regular B-Line rider and a regular cyclist along this stretch of Marshal, I would greatly appreciate any assistance in maintaining this lane which not only helps my commute, but also means I don't have to contend with automobiles while on my bike!

For anyone outside of Minnesota who has been wondering why progressives & leftists absolutely despise Jacob Frey, here is a very clear cut example.

Morgan Freeman once told me to call the paramedics.

Look, it’s better to be right now than never, but Craig was saying like four days ago that she didn’t regret her vote. Nothing has changed in those four days, so the most likely conclusion is that she realized her view was bad for her electoral hopes, not that she realized her view was bad, period.

My partner is home after a day and a half in the hospital (all is okay). I'm sitting, rubbing his back as he falls asleep and our lil’ orange cat, a prolific snuggler who generally chooses to sleep pressed into the crook of my neck, has settled into the watch-cat position at the corner of the bed.

I got a crossword-a-day calendar for my partner and me this year - a non-device, easy activity we can do each day. We are starting the eighth full week of the year, and we’re *only* a week behind? Finished last Friday and couldn’t face the Saturday/Sunday. I’m skipping to Monday.

Brandi Carlile was magical tonight at Target Center. She talked about how much she loves Minnesotans and I believe her. My review of the joyous show (gift link):

For no particular reason, thinking about how the Minneapolis Aquatennial was concocted by business men in 1940 to water down the memory of a 1934 Union victory that happened in spite of violent and deadly opposition

Jacob Frey on TV: “We just approved rental assistance that is targeted towards the people who hopefully need it most.” Jacob Frey to Minneapolis City Council:

I made a point to rest for much of yesterday. Today, an account rep talked over me to correct me on something unimportant, and I didn’t hold back my annoyance and told him it was unnecessary to talk over me to make that point. More rest needed, it seems.

My office is in the Blair Arcade, and while I was working from home today, I just keep thinking about how often I jaywalk across that street to pick up lunch and how easily I would have been hit by those speeding cars.

My caucus had 4 people interested in being our 1 delegate or 1 alternate for Hennepin County. We each made a short speech. Two took themselves out of consideration and the third said he would be happy being the alternate. The relief of our chair that it resolved itself was adorably dramatic.

Putting together an annual report and preparing a summer Shakespeare show announcement is really weird right now.

I ordered a bunch of toys and treats from Chewy when leaving town for my cat sitters to open. They didn’t, so I now get to enjoy the unboxing. In true cat fashion, the box is a feature.

I’ll be there, and I’m working on getting some others in my sphere to go, too.

paul allen joked about our neighbors being murdered.

From a phone call I recently received, I can tell you that you that Bell Bank is watching Bluesky and very concerned about their reputation. Wonder how they feel about sponsoring the radio station where the Vikings announcer called us paid protestors.

sorry centrists abolishing ICE is popularism now

once again i am asking literally anyone in a position of power to do literally anything so that our neighbors stop getting fucking murdered in the street

The snowglobe snow is so pretty that it's an immediate mood booster.

I had a theater company meeting and then shared a meal with my mother and aunt, and I can feel the release of tension - it was good to spend time with good company to replenish my reserves. Art and laughter are restorative, and I hope you’re able to find some, too.

KinhDo in Richfield. Everyone had their favorite order - my grandmother was hot and spicy chicken, an uncle was beef and potatoes - but everyone could have a bit of anything. Almost always takeout, eaten at my grandmother’s dining table. I wish I could have tried it again as an adult.

I bought an “Abolish ICE” flag from @flagsforgood.com in December. I’ve never put up a full-sized flag before - I have a rotating set of garden flags. This flag seemed so massive. It was startling to my partner and me when we looked at the house. Anyways, it doesn’t seem too big anymore.

The way “stay safe” has replaced almost all other goodbyes here

[taps the 🧵]

This poll shows that 74% of Democrats support abolishing ICE, with 53% *strongly* supporting getting rid of the agency. Any elected Democrat who wants ICE to exist is outside the mainstream of their party and the people they purport to represent.

There’s no bad weather, only bad clothes.

I see the "how will we enforce the laws if we abolish ice?" thing is being trotted out and three things: 1. Ice isn't old enough to rent a car 2. How did we enforce them before ice, isn't that an option? 3. Should we even be enforcing these laws?

The story of the 1st Minnesota’s charge at Gettysburg, suffering 80% casualties in 5 minutes, is a good one if you’re into that sort of thing en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Min...

…it should break your heart to kill.