From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."

Someday, someone will do a story about why the Pulitzer jurors never nominated, and the Pulitzer board never awarded, a prize to @jkbjournalist.bsky.social, the @miamiherald.com reporter who broke the bulk of the Epstein story. www.miamiherald.com/topics/jeffr...

The only redeeming features of this editorial page these days are the AI summaries of reader comments: "There is a recurring theme of dissatisfaction with the Washington Post's perceived shift towards right-wing perspectives, with some readers expressing a loss of respect for the publication."

Minneapolis achievement unlocked. Traded in my 26+ year old library card for the new limited edition Prince one. Central library was doing brisk business in these this morning. Plus picked up six books!

Once you start thinking of AI as a war on humanity, on human thought, on human inquiry, on human labor, on nuance and critical thinking, it slots in pretty seamlessly with the right wing ideological project, oligarchical political projects, big tech's political projects, etc

Meta earns $3.5 billion every six months from showing Faceboon and Instagram users 15 billion “higher legal risk” scam ad impressions a day, internal documents state. That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators To fine it for running scam ads. www.reuters.com/investigatio...

Last month, I *finally* pulled the plug on Amazon Prime 😺Perfect timing as it has increasingly turned into a (more) predatory hellscape filled with fake reviews, search results overrun with sponsored products, and knockoff brands. And now, data shows it's raising prices more than competitors too 👇

The current government shutdown is now officially the longest in U.S. history, surpassing the 35-day shutdown of President Trump’s first term. The impact of the shutdown, having lasted 35 full days, has already been felt across the country. nyti.ms/3Xaygvt

Although Minnesota SOS website isn't showing any Minneapolis Mayor results, AP is: apnews.com/projects/ele...

NEW: A dramatic voiceover video the White House and Donald Trump shared last week claiming to show "chaos" in Chicago is littered with outdated footage from Florida, Texas, South Carolina, Nebraska, California and Arizona, an AFP investigation found. factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

"Are my hot flashes due to an estrogen imbalance or a rapidly warming planet hastened by unaccountable oil barons who own our elections?"

old enough to remember when these same people made a WHOLE HUGE THING about government censoring social media

A Trump administration official traveling in Minnesota last weekend tapped out sensitive text messages in view of the public, including discussions of sending the 82nd Airborne into Portland, Ore., and his opinion of FBI Director Kash Patel as a “giant douche canoe.”

NEW: GOP lawmakers cite Georgia’s Pathways to Coverage as a national model for federal Medicaid work requirements that are set to take effect in 2027. A new report shows the program has spent twice as much on administrative costs as on health care. By @savmargaret.bsky.social

Taking a page from the private insurance industry’s playbook, the Trump administration will launch a program next year to find out how much money an AI algorithm could save the federal government by denying care to Medicare patients.

Sold now. Go Lynx!

I have two nice Lynx tickets for sale for Tuesday's game. (Section 126, Row H, Seats 17-18) on an aisle. Selling for just *under face value* Available on the Lynx site/app. #wnba #mnlynx

As CNN offers daylong saturation coverage of the podcaster’s funeral, I went back and checked to see how CNN covered Melissa Hortman’s memorial on 6/28, where Walz spoke and Biden/Harris attended. It got about four minutes during the hours it was happening—less than Jeff Bezos’s wedding that day.

For people going to Minnesota Lynx game today, is anyone having issues with tickets (bought days ago) not showing up in app? #mnlynx

"e-gift card" rebates that make it difficult or impossible to activate and/or use completely online should be banned.

Willie at 12:40 a.m.: “Y’all got time for one more?”

This is an amazing tip. Farm Aid is streaming live on YouTube (smart TVs) etc. It’s 2 miles away, but very happy to be able to catch this from my living room. So many great acts still to come.

Interesting. No mention at all in this @washingtonpost.com story about the Fox News, "we should totally kill mentally ill homeless people" comments and the lack of accountability or reaction to that from the network or FCC. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

National news pubs hitting it out of the park with relatable home page stories today. Real "finger on the pulse" stuff ...

Drivers get named by police (and news orgs other than the Strib) before charges ALL THE TIME. I *wonder* what's different about this case? kstp.com/kstp-news/to...

PSA: Walgreens has appointments starting Sept. 4 all around Minneapolis for Flu & Covid shots. If you're an adult, but under 65, you just self-report the reason for why you qualify.

"Pediatric Brain Cancer Trial Group to Be Phased Out" "A network of hospitals and cancer centers dedicated to early phase trials of novel treatments will no longer receive federal funding." 🎁🔗 Nina Agrawal for @nytimes.com

I got the complaint in the horrific OpenAI self harm case the the NY Times reported today This is way way worse even than the NYT article makes it out to be OpenAI absolutely deserves to be run out of business

Four outlets have taken down AI-generated articles by a "journalist"; Wired says her article didn't go through a proper fact-check or get sufficient editing (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

Split Rock Lighthouse and Grand Marais exceeded expectations. Can’t believe I never made it here during 25+ years in Minnesota

St Anthony Falls before being completely altered by industrialization. It was taller and 3x wider in 1856, then dams created millponds, log flumes were added, islands mined, and the curtain wall and ramp-like apron finally completed across the face in 1877 to save what was left from final demise.

Washington Post: “Is fascism bad? The answer may surprise you” Teen Vogue: “Here are three fun tips you can use this summer to disable an armored personnel carrier”

Every rich person is going to tell *you* how great AI teaching is while sending *their* kids to the kind of schooling the Ancient Greeks would recognize. I just wish everyone would think about why that is.

Anya lived fiercely for all of her 27 years. We are devastated.

in an era full of astonishing articles this manages to stand out

a disaster for many reasons, but I’m especially livid thinking about countless disabled students whose families who will have even less in the way of recourse when their kids’ educational rights are violated

We will shovel your walk We will bring you hotdish when you’re sick We will watch your kids for a few hours so you can run errands We will sustain an 82% casualty rate just to give the union army a few vital minutes in the battle of Gettysburg

Keep doing this story all day every day forevermore

Between this and brain damage from covid we shouldn't be wondering why people seem so much more unhinged now

An update for those who have followed Anya's ultrarare cancer over these many years. New scans at Mayo show ECD in her brain and spine continues to advance. www.caringbridge.org/site/696539e...

Interim US attorney Joe Thompson says #VanceBoelter stopped at the home of FOUR Minnesota politicians Saturday morning w/intent to kill them. FOUR. Not two. One was not at home, and the other already had police on scene. (via @deenawinter.bsky.social)

Anyone can become disabled at any time. It’s one of the few minority groups you can always join. Even if you do everything “right”. Even if you’re young and healthy. Even if you “try hard” It’s not a moral failing. It’s a part of life. Engage in disability justice.

the south dakota alert went out 1 hr before the city of minneapolis sent its alert out bsky.app/profile/jumb...

Vance Boelter texted roommates that he was “going to be gone for a while” and “may be dead shortly,” according to one of his housemates in north Minneapolis who read the message aloud to reporters. bit.ly/3FS587u

Sen. John Hoffman’s wife, Yvette, saved the life of her daughter during the assassination attempt at their Champlin home early Saturday morning, according to Hoffman’s nephew. www.startribune.com/family-membe...

IF HE HAD MULTIPLE VEHICLES AT HIS RESIDENCE WHY DO WE NOT KNOW WHAT THESE VEHICLES ARE? WHAT DO THEY LOOK LIKE? MAKE? MODEL? jfc this is basic 101, I see highway alerts for lesser things with vehicle descriptions.

If Minneapolis was supposed to be looking out for suspect, why no detail about where he was (over North, where he apparently rented — with roommates — for when he was in cities). Why no shelter in place? Why no warnings from law enforcement about location? People were literally out & about all day.

The reality

more info from vance boelter coming out from fox 9’s mary mcguire who was on the scene in north minneapolis

Tom Hauser now identifying legislators shot overnight in Minnesota by gunman impersonating a police officer. MNCrime has additional details of what sounds like serious shootings, with one victim going into cardiac arrest on way to hospital. www.mncrime.com/latest/gunma...