One of the absolute coolest days! New Midway library opened today and there were *so* many kids and families experiencing a truly accessible and fantastic library in our part of town. @mitrajunjalali.bsky.social Russ Stark @mollycoleman.bsky.social and I just drinking on this unbelievable moment.

@umnmorris.bsky.social continuing to do super rad stuff!

At 12:30 on Wednesday, 07/22, Assistant Mayor Cedrick Baker will be presenting to the City Council’s Public Safety Committee on the Mayor’s Office’s plans related to encampment enclosures. The public is encouraged to attend, but there will not be a public hearing.

The Federal Highway Administration quietly stripped bike lanes and other safety recommendations from a key list of best practices. Critics say those measures are proven to cut crashes and save lives. n.pr/4yoz3dD

New: the highly controversial AI music generator Suno was hacked. The hacker sent us Suno source code; it shows the company scraped YouTube Music, Deezer, and Genius. In all, Suno scraped *decades* worth of music from the internet. Obviously didn't pay artists www.404media.co/hack-reveals...

Two Minnesota solar farms seeded native wildflowers under their panels, and 5 years of counting revealed native bees had multiplied twentyfold, then crossed the fence to pollinate the neighbour's soybeans

Fantastic slate of DFL endorsed candidates! Excited to help get them elected to the Saint Paul School Board this fall!

I'm hiring! The Employment & Economic Assistance Administrative Manager oversees all the stuff that keeps the rest of the dept humming - technology planning & implementation, data analyses, mail, document ingestion, budget management, and project management. www.governmentjobs.com/careers/dako...

This is for an audience of one (me) but this main broadcast angle for the Aurora game (broadcasted by Salmon Bay) is giving me brutal flashbacks to the old Illinois Big Ten Plus women’s soccer broadcast angle. As in, super shallow and barely better than field level.

St Paul, eyes out for Amarielle. She was last seen wearing a white shirt with red writing and blue jean shorts.

St Paul Classic Richard Arey showing his massive cognitive dissonance around trails and their popularity. The route of the classic uses almost exclusively off-street trails, because MOST PEOPLE DON'T LIKE RIDING NEXT TO CARS. This is true around the world. Yet he tries to claim the opposite.

When the St Paul bike plan update was being considered I suggested adding a "5 to 3" conversion of University to the plan (doesn't guarantee the project happens right away) because you can keep the signal and intersection design the same. You just take both "outside" lanes and make them paths. 100%.

🏀 Introducing our brand-new, biweekly MN Lynx column from the great @brittrobson.bsky.social! 🏀

Very excited that the USMNT advanced to the round of 16, but half their possessions in this game make it seem like they’ve never even played soccer before. This is so rough.

troubling ........ not content to simply get Folarin Balogun back from his red card suspension, the FOX desk is talking about how the USA playing in Seattle will provide them a "12th man" in tonight's game tonight. this of course would be a massive breach of FIFA rules and regulations

We *all* are

UEFA’s statement on Balogun being un-suspended is super strong. Of course it’s to the detriment to one of their members, Belgium. I wonder if they also talked like this when the same thing was done for Ronaldo?

US soccer fans rn

Paraguay defender standing too close to the France corner kick and wasting like 30-45 seconds for no reason while HIS team is the one that needs to hurry up and score…

"In St. Paul, the $476.9m figure [investments in arts, culture, & creative entrepreneurial work] ranks the arts as a top-tier industry, rivaling the economic footprint of the city’s highly ranked hospitality industries & outperforming mid-sized manufacturing & wholesale operations." gift link

Ok well now the ref is CONCACAF-ing

B&H are CONCACAF-ing so hard

Person who's only ever seen one First Lady:

WORLD CUP at @blackhartstp.com! I am donating all of my tips today to the @siouxfallscityfc.bsky.social Foundation in honor of one of their founders, Eric Thomas, passing away this last week Eric & the SCFC family helped put SD soccer on the map and i enjoyed every second of visiting the 605❤️

100%. Coaches I've covered will regularly say you come into the game with a list of who takes when, but then you look into players eyes and can immediately tell who shouldn't take a shot that day.

Athlete Ally: give.athleteally.org/campaign/639...

Trans girls and women deserve to participate fully in society as themselves. These bans also impact black and brown cisgender and intersex women because of white supremacist standards of femininity. We at Stonewall DFL condemn this decision in Little v. Hecox.

Four Supreme Court justices who can’t read the Constitution. And an entire conservative legal movement that has now been further empowered to undo Reconstruction. “Winning the midterms” and then pretending like it’s business as usual isn’t going to fucking cut it.

Sixth in the rotation, No. 1 in their hearts. From tattoos to towels to “Two Words” and more: How Naz Reid built a legacy in 7 seasons in Minnesota that will last so much longer. (Free read) www.nytimes.com/athletic/739...

Honored to earn the endorsement of the IFO, representing faculty at our 7 MN state universities. Over the past 4 years on the Higher Ed Committee, I’ve fought alongside IFO to make college more affordable. I will always be a proud champion for our public universities, their staff and students!

Eric, his family, and all of @siouxfallscityfc.bsky.social have done so much to elevate the women's game in the upper midwest. This is just so incredibly sad.

We’ll get the game on at @blackhartstp.com. Stop by after the men’s World Cup game to check out the final regular season match for Aurora!

Reminder that AI is a housing issue. (Kashkar is governor of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve): www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

At tonight’s memorial for Barbara Mork-Woodford, her family and friends asked for support for Little Hopes in her memory. They’re doing essential work to serve our community members in need of additional support. littlehopesmn.org

The Melo-Ant being Miles-Williams Wolves/Lynx comp from @nekiasnba.bsky.social is so good as an optimistic take for MN hoops fans to grab on to youtu.be/EjMvY8GjInw?...

Ok I'm allowing myself to feel optimistic again.

"A sidewalk represents public safety". 100 PERCENT. Gary doing the pedestrian advocacy we all should do.

Are you someone who's looking for a house? Come live in Midway and I'll clear your snow for life. www.zillow.com/homedetails/...?

🗳️ Early primary voting is open! 🗳️ Find out how you can vote by mail or in person at dfl.org/earlyvote!

How the Timberwolves’ latest blockbuster came together and brought LaMelo Ball to Minnesota. (Free read) www.nytimes.com/athletic/739...

Because Türkiye is playing “huck our bodies at you with no shame” levels of physicality, Pepsi and Aaronson and other super slight players for the US end up looking like little brothers playing up to varsity half the time

This ref is *REALLY* letting them play…

There’s one person in this photo.

Early primary voting starts this Friday, June 26th here in Minnesota! 🗳️ Learn about your DFL-endorsed candidates at dfl.org/endorsed and find out how you can vote early (by mail or in person) at dfl.org/earlyvote!

This is a devastating, senseless loss. Saint Paul is on pace for more pedestrian deaths this year than last. There’s so much our city must continue to do to prevent this—better street design, more enforcement, more investments in bike lanes and public transit. www.twincities.com/2026/06/24/s...

The city of Roseville completely closed the main road to my small business with four days notice and our sales are down 50%. Please support small local businesses even when it requires figuring out a re-route. Support @makwacoffee.bsky.social if you’re nearby. Pleeeeeeeeeeease.

@mollycoleman.bsky.social has literally never suited up for the United States in an international athletics competition Just now realizing I should have asked her about her sports chops when she was running last year

For over 40 years, @stonewalldfl.bsky.social has worked to elect more LGBTQ+ DFLers to office. As a queer candidate, I’m honored to earn their endorsement, especially during Pride! 🏳️‍🌈

Fully ok with this not happening. But if anyone wants to *eat a cigarette* I can go buy them one.