Subtly downgrade a band: The Jesus and Martha Ziptie

If you cut prices by that much, prices rise as the cuts go negative?😜 I don't thing "boldest" is the adjective I would have used to describe Trump's claim.

Ruin a band with a s Supreme Court Justice Green Day O'Connor

I mean, my family are crazy grudge-holders. But this would have gone better if she had either (a) postponed and then ditched the itch until after session or (b) apologized profusely, resigned, expressed abject grief and remorse. www.startribune.com/ex-sen-nicol...

This looks like a really cool theater/walking event that I would love. Walking theater from Summit Ave to Raspberry Island, exploring democratic ideals while moving through local community. Sadly, I'm judging a debate tournament Oct. 4. www.eventbrite.com/e/in-good-co...

ICE grabs a 5yo US citizen as a hostage to attempt to detain her father, who has been in the US for 22 years and has an active asylum claim. Local police rescued the girl and returned her to her family. That's what's become of the USA.

I got the best note for missing class from a teen yesterday: "I am writing this in a rush and did not want to sound to unprofessional on the phone! I was on my way to training getting ready and ordering my uber and my Cat started having her kittens! I have to help with her birth!" She's excused.

They like to keep the money among their own kind. Plus it's cheaper.

Honestly, companies can't keep their tablets and phones running for more than a few years. Why would anyone buy a screen on an appliance that should have a 20-year life expectancy?

Samsung is now showing ads on some of its "smart" fridges. Everything is getting shittier like we are living in a dystopian novel. arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...

And while I'm complaining about inadequate improvements to sidewalks and bike lanes, the new intersection on 5th St. SE crossing eastward over 15th Ave. SE is incomprehensible. They completely redid this heavily-used intersection without a useable bike lane crossing eastward.

Playgrounds are worth fighting for, particularly in downtown/adjacent areas. They bring joy to residents and visitors alike. All the best world cities have places for kids in the center.

Any day you see the Wienermobile is better than it was before you saw it.

A friend and I were talking about how schools and elections have similar trust issues, and then this popped up in my feed. It's timely now as so many Minnesota school districts gear up for school elections and referenda this fall.

Here at MTCS High School for National Voter Registration Day at Minnesota High Schools with Steve Simon and student speakers talking about expressing your views and values.

Charlie Kirk and Mike Lindell were both charismatic Christian nationalists, but they were a world apart regarding voting and elections. The rift between Kirk's call for a victory "too big to rig" and Lindell's call to "overwhelm the algorithm" was huge, however similar those seem.

For anyone else who was extremely annoyed by the recent Hank Greene/Sci Show video on knitting. It made me so mad that I've been fuming for days. The misogyny was gross and overwhelming.

Go Bugs!

It is preferable that we build for safety and prevent blood being spilled in the first place. But here we are. According to the article, what problem is the Public Works Director addressing immediately? Is it speed/road design? No, dear reader, it is not. ✨Visibility!✨ The intersection: 3 / ?

a lot of money has been raised for annunciation victims and that's great but how about we also try to help this little guy who was injured and lost his mom in that horrible carjacking crash gofund.me/97ebc04e3

I had the pleasure of meeting Principal DeBoer two years ago when he was the campus minister at Cristo Rey. He's a hero in my book.

"destroying public education while destroying public services" sounds like a feature-not-a-bug thing to some folks

This truth bears repeating, again and again. theintercept.com/2025/09/03/t...

I am living in a children’s book. Stray cat and raccoon on my next-door neighbor’s roof, and they appear to be buds.

Update: Minnesota's online application for absentee ballots is now live. For information on how to apply, see sos.mn.gov/elections-vo...

When my kids complain about anything I remind them how lucky they are not to have suffered the horror of padded toilet seats or carpeted bathrooms.

This sounds like Oklahoma is not serious about education.

Using a photo already in your phone, what's Trump's announcement today at 2 pm?

Drop an old person you're going to turn into in the future

September is Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month. Every five minutes, someone is diagnosed with one of the cancers. While there is routine screening for cervical cancer, there is no test or screen for uterine/endometrial cancer, the most common of the gynecologic cancers. Educate yourself and others!

To mark the first day of school for public school kids in Minneapolis and much of Minnesota, here are my four older brothers setting off for town for their first day of school in 1958. (I'm not in the shot, I was just 2 yo.) Please - watch out for kids tomorrow and every day!

I think about Principal DeBoer at Annunciation reminding us to pray with our feet. Of the teens I work with eager to be a part of public life even before they can vote. We can support each other in championing democracy.

Realizing kids glasses aren't neon colors because kids like them, they're so that you can find them under the furniture or out in the yard

Perfect for today

A few weeks ago I rented a car in Amsterdam and drove my first car with a huge touchscreen. It came with a backseat driver yelling at me in Dutch and even my 17yo couldn't figure out how to change the language. It was very distracting.

Great new opportunity for teens with the fabulous YMCA Center for Youth Voice. www.ymcanorth.org/locations/ce...

The night I saw this movie was the night something broke into my St Paul basement and my cats, Eleanor and Victor, went berserk in the middle of the night, puffing up and yowling and hissing at the top of the basement stairs.

A *police* * chaplin * hit and run.

Not to down play the seriousness of the message, but I love the hash tag #orderdoordashwhenyougettocollege

Everything enrages me today. The happy photos of happy people at the Gophers game? All I can think of is that their fun is being subsidized this year by non-sports-fan students taking out loans to cover the cost of outrageous coaching salaries.

I just want lawmakers at every level to pass gun control laws. I don't care if you think they'll survive the Supreme Court's tests. They won't. That's a game you cannot win. Who cares? You have a moral obligation to try; anything less is cowardice. There are honorable defeats.

One professor's method of dealing with rampant undergrad cheating this semester.

In 2016 we moved to Muenster, at the height of Syrian refugees coming to Germany. My son was 7. His friend Benni told his parents: We have a new refugee in class. But this one is different. He speaks German and is from the USA. Benni was sure Aaron was there to escape the gun violence in America.

Two very different proposals for the community space at the Democracy Center. Change Inc proposes a workforce development center for opportunity youth. Mama Sheila's House of Soul proposes a restaurant and Black museum.

Crabapple jelly day!

I love that this QR code actually works! Steve Simon has an amazing crew to plan and make this.

Another reason to return to Utrecht.

I'm making pickles and crabapple jelly today.

Happy birthday, stranger! Your kids are the best gift-givers!