G is for Geode. And that's good enough for me.

I’ve been thinking a lot about this lately, how many people cling to the idea that things are fine or not so bad, because they think evil is something that any smart person can spot a mile away. Something crafty rather than careless, calculated rather than intuitive.

One of the best moments was at the march to the protest, when we saw two bald eagles flying overhead in perfect formation. It’s hard to be hopeful, but it’s hard not to see that as a good omen.

Father of our country...Bernie Sanders. He rallies in MN letting them know that Dump is a POS with mommie issue & her haircut. Bernie should have been president and I feel it is a great injustice that Clinton push him out...just so she could lose to a stupid fart ever to...air. youtu.be/OyhgE8FYQJw

Many thanks to Bruce Springsteen!

Minnesota proud!

The sign will remain until someone cares to take it down, and we won’t forget her cruelty even after the worms eat her.

Yeah, so the latest catchphrase is about to be “we’re on TV please”

It's hard to imagine the scale of this, but this video from 13 years ago is still the best one I've seen for helping rank and file Americans understand the slavery they're in by the rich, and how it's getting worse, year by year. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPKK...

“Broken down into what government finances would look like as a household budget: “Household earns $52,446 and spends $73,378 — running a $20,932 annual deficit. Total liabilities and unfunded promises amount to $1,361,788 against just $60,554 in assets. $1.3 million in the hole.”

Protecting the Boundary Waters doesn’t just preserve nature, it safeguards our health. It doesn’t take much to be part of the solution. The action network is already in place, the message is already written out. Right now, putting pressure on the DNR and Sarah Stromberg is one strategy.

When MPR posted this same story on Facebook the comments were a total shitshow. “lol! The climate has always been changing.” “I love it, I’ll keep burning tires until winter is down to 3 months.” “There’s nothing to worry about.” When really, a short ski season is the least of our worries.

We are approaching a climate catastrophe that will be unprecedented... #climate_emergency 🌎🔥🌧️🌨️🌪️⛈️💀💀

A third of Americans with health insurance had to cut back on food and utilities last year to pay for it. They say we can't afford universal health care, but we can afford a billion dollars a day on war in the Middle East? America first, indeed.

This is a pretty amazing article and I was also struck by the fact that he did hands-on mutual aid.

This morning’s Hot Dash 5&10K featured hundreds of strong runners. Here’s my guy, top 10% overall, first flannelshirt. Hot indeed today, a record high, but some fool said “early spring” out loud, so now for sure we’ll get another blizzard in the next month.

Congratulations to The People of the Twin Cities, Minnesota, on our John F Kennedy Profile in Courage Award. www.jfklibrary.org/events-and-a...

From Ageless Rx: It wasn’t mandated that both sexes be included in preclinical research until 2016. Women remain underrepresented in major clinical trials for heart disease, cancer, and brain disorders. As a result, risk models and treatment standards were often built on male data.

Outside MOA it’s looking pretty brilliant right now. Anyone get a better photo, maybe lakeside?

On my birthday 9 years ago, my boyfriend gave me a card pronouncing that I had reached the age of No Fucks Given. What better birthday wish could there be? I’ve had so many confident, capable, outspoken, self-assured role models among 50+ women. When Vance puts us down, I hear fear and envy.

This seems unlikely and ominous

One of the weirdest things about psychopaths is that they sometimes lie just for fun or out of habit. The concerning thing is that it’s to the point where his followers know and just accept it. JD Vance reframes lying as “creating stories,” Ivanka says perception is more important than truth.

Found this an interesting read

“SAFE-U ADVISORY: Regular campus operations will resume at 5 p.m. 3/15. Patience is appreciated as crews continue to clear sidewalks and streets. The U continues to monitor weather conditions, and will alert the community if additional operational changes are needed.” IT’S STILL SNOWING YOU TWITS

Voting MUST be free of paperwork expenses. My first job in medical records was at a clinic with many low-income patients. I was supposed to charge a small fee for copying records, but often didn’t because patients didn’t have the money. Not 12 dollars, not 8 dollars, none.

BREAKING: Democrats just won the Boca Raton mayor’s office for the first time in over 30 years. Congrats, Mayor-elect Thomson!

I’m on an extended rant about how the spokespeople for this shitty decision, when caught in a lie, simply doubled down on the same lies. Those of us directly affected know better. We got screwed Trump-style.

“Surprised” 🤬

Never forget this

Some scenes from the Women’s March Mpls. I’m glad I went, though I ran out of steam and had to turn back early. Grateful for all the volunteers, especially the one who gave me some earplugs I badly needed. The Casa Maria food drive was a success too. 💙neighbors 💙

Struggling with the time change and remembering that keeping clocks the same year-round was the ONE THING Trump said he’d do that I hoped he would

“The fact that their profits are predicated on planetary devastation helps explain why do-gooder discourse among the powerful is giving way to open expressions of disdain for the idea that we owe each other anything by right of our shared humanity.”

It’s like I keep saying, future generations will marvel that we once had all we needed to allow everyone to live without struggle or hunger, but those on the top took it all away, just to feel powerful. Maybe they’ll wonder if some people tried to shout the truth from their little boats.

More BS brought to you by the authors of the bill to make “Trump Derangement Syndrome” an official mental illness. Might be fun to see what sorts of creative fun U of M students would have with a Kirk statue on campus, but not gonna happen.

Talking with some local folks about Noem being replaced with Markwayne and one guy summed it up well with “it’s like shitting your pants and changing your shirt”

Annoying co-worker awards: people who say “hey, hi, sorry to bother you, um, yeah, so I have a quick question,” thereby starting off by already making it less quick, and then the question is something they really didn’t have to bother you with like “is the conference room unlocked?”

Multiple ways to do that: Here’s just one:

Commentary: Anyone Else Have Those Weird Dreams Where Sobbing Future Generations Beg You To Change Course?

It’s my birthday month I can’t even describe how bad I feel about a number of things that aren’t in my control, so I think it’s time to remove my birthday from Facebook Thanks for not saying happy birthday anyway

“Conservatives have long warned us about government overreach, wasteful spending, abuse of power, lack of transparency, and bureaucrats operating without accountability. Alligator Alcatraz is a case study of all five of those things.” Thank you David.

Read this all the way through. If we ever get through this and someone writes a book about it, one of the most interesting parts will be the neighborhood networks. Idk how exactly, but they function better than organizations that have had years to develop.

JFC what is going on here? We’ve got only two (2) Trauma 1 hospitals in this state (Regions being one) and one of them is at risk of foundering? These are simply not institutions that can be left to fail! FFS!

Woman dragged from her car by ICE: I've spent the last month learning names of torn tendons in my shoulders. What I haven't learned are the names of the people who did this to me. This is an ongoing fear & threat for people around this country. And we have not seen accountability

Minnesota superintendent details just TEN MINUTES under ICE occupation

This is the real fraud.

Block by block, our South Minneapolis neighborhood got through February by tapping our networks to cover rent for immigrant families, but rent is due again on Sunday and we need to raise at least $26K to make sure our neighbors aren’t evicted givebutter.com/corcoran-nei...

How familiar does this lie sound: “We want to protect women!”

“The future of humanity, the natural environment—and local democracy itself—may depend on the grassroots fights that are underway now.”