1. Twins 2. Giants 3. Mariners

As a guy who went on a humanitarian mission to Cuba — where Cubans told me they hated their government but also our government’s embargo that gave it an excuse for all failures — I will always support people-to-people efforts to help Cubans & always mock comfy assholes who tub-thump against that.

Not that I wouldn’t love to keep all educational facilities open, but classroom training at a former school seems … like an appropriate reuse?

Hell yes, it’s real Minneapolis! Looking great thanks to @dbrauer.net!

I’m on Latonya Reeves’ email list so I was interested in this “campaign prospectus and path to victory” which basically amounts to “a massive and aggressive GOTV program” from a candidate who wasn’t even at my DFL convention Sunday. I’m gonna bet the under. latonyaforcongress.org/campaign.pro...

Air Force looking better and better

This is no-duh to anyone paying attention, but I’m fascinated by the timing. It’s late to max fundraising, right in the middle of convention season (so hard to do anything to block Frazier’s endorsement chances & might help Cedrick), & not really an attention-grabbing time before the primary. Weird.

Vetaw, Warren, or Rainville?

It’s important to be able to read ancient documents

I apologize in advance, but I let the whole Platner controversy go during the ICE siege. Mutuals, can you help a brother out & answer these Qs for me? - Is he a Nazi? - Is he another Fetterman? - Can he beat Collins if he gets that far - What's his best policy position & worst in your humble opinion

The news has moved on, but ICE is still in Minneapolis. My neighbors are still patrolling streets, driving strangers to work, and providing aid. As a photojournalist at @propublica.org, I wanted to know: What do they look like in their daily lives? So I picked up my camera 👇

Twins Baseball: Not that idiot brother owner, the other idiot brother owner

Kingfield got some hand deliveries but tomorrow I’ll be announcing a Friday afternoon pickup spot if you wanna get your orders before No Kings. Check your email!

Fascinating thread which is why I’m glad I support @taylordahlin.com’s work & you should too. I’m a bit heartened reading it that running the “defund” play for the thousandth time may not work in the wake of people defending their own communities in the wake of ICE (and a $38m project price tag).

Every time the good folks of Uptown hold a meeting they generate a torrent of throw-me-an-anchor stories like this. I think they should do their work in a closed Signal group. But at least this story got an actual mayoral quote or two!

Sure, seems fine. 60-102.

#sext (See next post for design stuff)

Yeah man all our taco and pizza joints are Delta Sky Lounges. Also fuck this hard Mr. Chief Happiness Officer: “The closest I want to be to a big city is the suburbs, where you can still have that kind of community feel.” www.startribune.com/happy-joes-h...

Banks in Minneapolis are still running out of cash as the first of the month approaches because so many of our neighbors remain financially incapacitated, our mayor&governor have abandoned them to eviction,& the neighbors are unwilling to let that happen & moving mountains to pay thousands of rents.

This is even fucking hotter

This is so fucking hot to me

We Keep Us Safe Mpls shirts are in, yer boy modeling a large

Reminds me of National Lampoon’s Bicentennial calendar noting US’s dark history each day. Hilariously, a kids site has an entry on the cover noting “the [Mt Rushmore] sculpture of Lincoln has a small mark on his forehead. This mark is a funny, but also a bit sad, reference to how he died in 1865.”

Back on my bullshit, trying to get a more timeless MPLS jacket/hoodie version, leveraging the hot sexy Father of Waters statue as jacket back iconography. I never really appreciated the gator and fish on the statue before but now I can’t live without them. Opinions welcome as always.

I saw the agonizing video of a mom crying at SFO as her daughter watched ICE seize her & but noticed it happened Sunday, before Monday’s deployment, so I almost disputed the Bluesky account that claimed ”It begins.” Decided it wasn't worth clarifying … but it turns out it was something worse.

Off to the side of this Bari Weiss piece, but I covered the media & referred to 25-to-54 as “coveted” like everyone else, but I’ve wondered if that’s still true given population aging & postponed buying, and it turns out radio is arguing it should be 25-*64*. radioink.com/2026/02/25/6....

We’re doomed

Dick Dietz

It would be really helpful if the Strib included how much the poster boy for its high car registration tabs story paid for his “shiny 2025 GMC truck.” $880 is a big number but he probably paid $60,000 for that thing. www.startribune.com/minnesota-ca...

As Douglas Adams foretold

Some City Council members put their bodies on the line to protect the people of Minneapolis. Others, however,

Half of Minneapolis: “Are you ranking by dimples?”

Leave a future [derelict building]

Good news! The We Keep Us Safe t-shirts are now printed, which means I can use fulfillment help (383 orders!) this weekend. Not sure exact days and times (will try to avoid Saturday No Kings Day). If you’re still willing to help, please reply & I’ll reach out when I firm things up.

DTF St. Louis casting Linda Cardellini as the most calculating temptress this side of Kathleen Turner should require a warning label for Bluesky dads, or at least an AFIB in close proximity to the viewing device.

One meaningful question is whether political power flows similarly to tax base. Apartment owners clearly gained political power in the last city election; their tax base share ticked up. But has business power waned? Maybe there’s a big overlap with rich homeowners.

Gonna be rooting very hard for North Carolina’s coyotes

HCMC — the most important safety net hospital in the Upper Midwest — is on the verge of collapse, while Mayo netted $1.5 billion in profit. It’s not just a struggling institution, it’s a broken system.

#notapuckguy but I’m fascinated by UMN college hockey‘s decent into mid

we’re still doing this, huh? it’d be nice to change it up in regards to who raises the flag. maybe have educators do it. have newly naturalized immigrants. have healthcare workers. literally anyone else. the flag is not just for the military.

a last minute staff revision for the minneapolis police training & wellness center - they are proposing taking less from traffic calming, and MORE from ADA ramp replacement! it is so disgusting to see crucial community needs like this bartered away in favor of shoveling more money at MPD

Stephen Miller Band

I said often during our Surge, and will say again: the immense community response to protect our neighbors was led by trans and queer folks. They were out in these streets for months on end, and still haven’t stopped. Give them the peace prize. We are not going to leave our trans homies behind.

Geyser smells like farts

As your DFL Convention Dad I approve this choice

Has there ever been a chalkier tournament than the current Women’s NCAA basketball bracket?

New Mexico’s myriad drive-through liquor stores always blew my mind given accident stats like this

And now Ward 8’s @sorenwithward8.bsky.social is out with a good response to Palimisano, making all the right points. (I even chipped in with a Strib comment here too, if it’s approved.) www.startribune.com/minneapolis-...

I’m sure I’ve driven longer, but the drive burned in my brain is Des Moines, Iowa to Rochester, NY, (920 miles, about 14 hours) by myself, straight through, several times, several snowstorms, when was in college and had more stamina & stupidity and no money for hotels.

One delightful fact I learned at the #sd62dfl convention is that Ward 8 has acquired @katiecashman.bsky.social, a proud homeowner of a solar-equipped duplex. Suck it Ward 7 — you blew it! Congrats Katie! Already making our part of town better (she was timekeeper at our convention).