One of the "overt acts" of this alleged conspiracy is *allegedly* submitting a description of a confrontation with ICE to crimethinc.com. Regardless of whether that did occur, it's clear that the authorities have much to fear from people writing about courageous acts of resistance they witness.

Chemical irritants were sprayed at protestors outside the federal courthouse in St. Paul Tuesday afternoon.

If you were wondering, the feds were not successful in intimidating Minnesota’s ICE observers this morning. We’re still here. We’re still watching. Fuck ICE.

Well, I'll be damned. Mike DeWine has had, in effect, an execution moratorium in place in Ohio, but this is such an important progression on his part.

New episode of #MapMen! 🗺️ The two most famous voyages around the world go head to head (58 years apart) to find out whose went worse. Share and enjoy! www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mQK...

My current insurance company sure gave me a "fuck you" quote for the new car I'm aiming to get. I'll happily go somewhere else

The sun will rise in #Minneapolis #SaintPaul #Minnesota tomorrow at 5:25, 0 seconds earlier than the day before. It will set at 21:01, 24 seconds later than the day before.

A conversation about potentially upgrading the port of Churchill, Manitoba on Hudson Bay, which is north of Canada's road network and only connected by rail youtu.be/DadyH9Bp5Sg

"why does everyone listen to music out loud on their phone now?"

First time I’ve ever seen a vehicle imported from Tasmania. I wonder who the new owner is?

Watched Aging Wheels' pun-tastic Lordstown Endurance video. The most impressive tailgate rattle you'll ever hear youtu.be/DbahvHypjeY

Met Council: "Place a pin anywhere in the Twin Cities region where you have felt impacted by highway development." Hard to know where to begin. zanassoc.mysocialpinpoint.com/highway-syst...

As posted by @railroadraccoon.bsky.social over on the other platform the other day, Amtrak is sending a legacy Acela trainset (minus the power cars) up to Hornell for Alstom to explore refurbishing for reuse. It's important to note that there's no guarantee the coaches will be reusable...

New record high for US battery manufacturing volumes in May.

I'm expecting to pick up a new EV this coming weekend to replace the diesel car I've had for 20 years. I've been spending the weekend catching up on the state of charging locations, which is transforming rapidly youtu.be/wxhk9_m5fuQ

New E Line bus rapid transit doubles ridership projections in the first six months. www.fox9.com/news/6-month...

Bake something - bread for Mark or a cake for Melissa & share it with someone. Try a new hobby & enjoy learning something. Stand up for what you believe in, especially if that thing is justice and peace. For me, each of these are examples of connecting with neighbors. We can all do that. 3/3

The Hortman family asked all to do the following: Plant a tree. Visit a local park and make use of their amenities, especially a bike trail. Pet a dog. A golden retriever is ideal, but any will do. Tell your loved ones a cheesy dad joke and laugh about it. 2/3

This is so damn true and also makes me wish once again that more American politicians would embrace the multicultural joy of the USA, especially the cities. It's fucking great and it's every bit as "Real America" as any rural small town

Thread for the summer: Minnesotans not recognizing that it's hot here in summer. Number 1 is the City of Minneapolis' stupid 1960s era rule that awnings can cover about 2 feet of the sidewalk. But you see the same thing in lots of other places.

This is such a huge problem in Minneapolis parks

We used to be a proper country

Getting close to earliest sunrise

This Patrick Boyle piece is the first time I heard that ordinary individual investors in the SpaceX IPO are locked in for about 30 days, artificially propping it up long enough for index funds with shortened time windows to start buying in youtu.be/wKXgeNwNRJ4

The follow farmers are out there again

The event of the year is coming to Minneapolis on June 24th - the 2026 Wedge LIVE cat tour! If you live in the Wedge, register your cat. If not, come and greet the cats of the Wedge. Cat people unite! @wedge.live Https://bsky.app/profile/wedge.live/post/3mnirktx7vp2x

Thanks to the late World Cup game tonight, the MBTA will effectively be running a 24-hour service for the first time in our lives! We’re going to be riding the T ALL NIGHT tonight - from 7 PM to 7 AM!

It's been a beautifully sunny day, though the wind has been a bit gnarly -- a tree in front of my place is blowing around as though we were under a tornado warning

Great day to get out and go for a drive to the lake.

Cedrick Frazier is DFL endorsed for Hennepin County Attorney on the first ballot. 235 - Frazier 62 - Folk 82 - Nguyen 4 - Pelikan

MAC, MSP's airport authority, continues to fail our community - our request a couple of months ago for a small ultimatum to a $50 billion airline was met with a lecture to those speaking for children with no voice.

While these ICE Air flights, largely operated by charter airlines most of us haven't ever heard of, are abhorrent, they're not the only way Minnesotans are flown to ICE concentration camps. Delta Air Lines flew Liam and his dad away, and we don't have any reason to believe they've stopped.

Here's a graph showing the number of people who've been loaded onto the flights here at MSP since early November, when we began counting. This week's total, 60, is the most we've seen since early April. Stats are updated in near real-time: ottergoose.net/ice-flights-...

37 shackled detainees were loaded onto yesterday's ICE Air flight at MSP, and flown to detention centers in Louisiana and Texas. ICE hasn't stopped in Minnesota, neither have our volunteer observers. A few stats, figures, and thoughts below. 👇🧵

Meanwhile anyone who went to the University of Minnesota would believe this package was intended for the northeast corner of Oak and Washington

How long it takes and how hard it is to undo the damage will depend in large part on the political will of the people elected to do it. If you get hand-wringing caveat peddlers who want to deliberate for years before acting it'll never happen. Plan has to be ready on day one

Anti-fash counter-protests outnumber fash marches all the time and it would be cool if the press made a big deal about it.

2nd round of voting coming up.

Witt falls short of the threshold to be endorsed. 362 total votes 204 - Witt (56.35%) 158 - no endorsement 10 - abstain

My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com

There was some brisket discourse lately. Panda has a new brisket dish now (a +$1.95 option when I saw it, but man, it's good)

One thing that’s clear: big media outlets either can’t or won’t grasp what DOGE was all about.

We’re raffling off some unique items at today’s METRO A Line anniversary event, including two of these shelter displays that recently rolled out across the system. Join us at Mattocks Park (near Snelling & Randolph) from 10-11 for your chance to win! www.facebook.com/share/1X9zn1...

who in Toronto wants 8000 pounds of free Star Trek rocks because TODAY IS YOUR LUCKY DAY readysetrecycle.net/advert/free-...

The perfect obit headline for this particular climate denier, who knew better but preferred to live a lie heatmap.news/daily/lee-raymond

Ms. Rachel is an absolute hero. A warrior for humanity facing down an army of soulless demons.

Not to be confused with this Blue Barn.

So tired of hearing about that guy (pick one)

Damn, even the German trains have Knicks Fever!!

New from me: The cops who AI-enhance blurry photos to try to catch suspects are actually just tampering with evidence, lying to the public and raising the risk of wrongful arrests