I've just seen the act that represented Minnesota at this year's Burlesque Hall of Fame and I'm so happy to report it was spam related

If you like a selected 90 seconds of a bunch of different Ludacris songs you're really missing out tonight

A live look at @aarongleeman.bsky.social losing his mind at this Ludacris concert

My big hypothesis is that the old state flag discourse is just a replacement for all of the Trump flags that folks no longer feel comfortably flying. Was surprised driving up north last weekend how few Trump flags or decals I saw. The old state flag is just a less embarrassing way of vice signaling.

Big high fives to whoever leaned in far enough to get to 2 Dildo 2 Derby Anybody want to engineer a racing dong with me?

Person Woman Man Camera TV

Lads we're surrounded

Many are saying it's going to be a great summer Find you a crew like this and a place like @blackhartstp.com to hang with them

I mean this is the whole thing right here Left-leaning folks have a mix of feelings about the flag - for political, design/taste, tradition, or whatever reasons - incl people who don't have big feelings about the flag Right-leaning folks have been told to hate the flag, so they hate the flag

banner size friendly image of the 2020 era “welcome to minneapolis!” image for those who would care to share solidarity with the local black cat worker collective who have had this used against them in an indictment today because fuck the feds, that’s why nothing about this post is illegal either

The craziest thing about this is that I assumed some of you were out there doing some real law breaking. I'm maybe a little ashamed that someone posting "become ungovernable" represents the hardest of the hardcore among us.

I think Ani Defranco should be the first performer at the Kennedy Center during the next administration because I assume she already has a song called Tarp Covered Scaffold ready to go

LUKAKU

Pride Art idea: Stations of the Cross but it's a transperson going through the process of transitioning

someone needs to Sharpie “4 U.S. Code § 8” on their cap

If a player defaced these with a Sharpie like those Giants pitchers did the Pride caps, said that they truly believed the flag has been improperly coopted in ways they don't agree with, and then said "there's no hate at all" do you think it'd get the same shrug those guys got? Feel like no!

8 matches. 8 wins. 8 shoutouts. What an incredible story that @mnaurorafc.bsky.social is writing so far this season!

Gorgeous evening, gorgeous company Pretty decent life I've got, this

I did not think I was open to soccer joy this time around, but I just had a genuine emotional reaction to a late goal that secured Qatar a draw, so fuck me I'm joyous I guess

Davina fucking rips. If you haven't ever given her & her crew a listen, give this great write-up a read and then give yourself some get-lost-in-some-music time

FUCK ICE

Yo @allyniemi.bsky.social I canna wait fer Saturdeh

Solidarity with Target Field concessions workers in their efforts to get above-minimum wages and health insurance. Delaware North using charity as a shield and accusing them of "greed" is dirty stuff. Good overview of the situation from @minnesotareformer.com: minnesotareformer.com/briefs/union...

Tag yourself I'm Gravedigger Joe

On the Loons train On the Loons train Going my way On the Loons train On the Loons train

Here's us at the Aurora match yesterday After going pretty hard Friday night And today we're chilling out front together after hitting up Grand Old Day this morning More than 1/2 of our lives together and we can still get down on a weekend Very grateful for where I am and who I'm with

the Twins are a social experiment

Almost a decade ago, I was very Special Interested in mushrooms and developed an organizing training framework based on mycelium. The core teaching was, people think the above-ground part (the mushroom) is the body of the organism, but that isn't the case. So too with movement. (cont)

There was a puppet-based drag act at @blackhartstp.com tonight and I must use this occasion to encourage you to find your people

To my #DFL friends filling up the bars in Rochester, please remember the "L" is for labor and tip these servers and bartenders very generously. Someone just walked into a busy bar and asked, "do you have a party room we could use?" That's not how that works, bud. #tipyourserver #MNDFL

Another day grateful for our transit system. Took the B line from Merriam Park to Lowertown to visit Lost Fox, had a nice stroll on the Riverwalk, hopped back on the B to head home. Even worked in a quick wine run to Solo Vino. Good times, good bus, good city

the most surreal thing about this era of open yelling about masculinity is that, if you grew up anything like I did, you were exposed to several sets of standards of masculinity and would be hard pressed to identify which of them the Paxtons and Millers of the world are living up to

Get Racket over the line! It's a great way to support local folks who give a shit and make a perhaps-needed change to your media diet all at once

I know there's always gonna be a Jacob Frey but I really wish I was past the Jacob Frey era of Jacob Frey

Displays of outrageous hubris are everywhere, and yet I'm still astonished at the outright brazen lack of discretion and disregard for everything that's come before exhibited in the first ~15 minutes of Alien 3

Go cancel that thing you feel conflicted about and spend that money on Racket instead

Today someone from Finland told me "Sweden is like our Wisconsin" and that's gonna make me smile for a while I bet

NEVER SURRENDER FORZA ST PAULI

We're deep into the Indian Premier League cricket tourney, and players are showing small notes while celebrating key moments The announcers in the comm box are treating the increasing frequency of this like a cultural revolution, taking sides and pointedly withholding comments It's pretty great

I am happy to offer my services for explaining cricket to any MN hockey or soccer fans who just kinda feel over it It's weird and delightful (cc: @ckinferno.bsky.social)

“Battery low, consider plugging in your computer.” Yeah thanks for that, I’ll put some thought into it, really weigh the pros and cons, maybe consult my life coach or legal counsel

I'm ready to be hurt again

I'm hosting this watch party and it's one of my favorite days of the year, I'd love to see you (PS - one of the groups in this promotional image is called Vanilla Ninja)

I just remembered that Loons match I watched yesterday Absolute horses

Take us to church

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Soccer people are the best people, and Los Verdes, Austin Anthem, and La Murga de Austin are the best of the best. We're so grateful for their friendship and solidarity! As a thank you, we donated $500 to Casa Marianella, a local immigrant-support org. Much love y'all!

I feel like absolute horses today

Got mad enough about the Minnesota state flag "controversy" to write about it. Paywall is down for this because I really want to piss off my cousins, I guess. midwest-excellence.ghost.io/the-common-c...