wind chill is currently -22⁰F

We met the new owners of Needle & Skein, a previously sorta sleepy yarn shop in St. Lous Park, a month or two ago. It isn’t sleepy any more. Details of their Melt the Ice Hat at the link (and on Ravelry): m.facebook.com/story.php?st...

With this Rams win MARTIN LUTHER HAS BEEN TOTALLY VINDICATED!

Total Protestantism victory

Good thing I hate the Bears or I'd be really sad.

thinking about the pope pacing back and forth in his apartment at 3:30 am yelling at the tv

Either this, or Mexican restaurants have closed. This is from my favorite burrito place in Dinkytown. I'm not sure it will survive, which really sucks.

deal

And forms one side of #DylanAlley! bsky.app/profile/chri...

happy 40th anniversary of the Replacements getting banned from SNL to all who observe

We have a winner.

The delicious Shuang Cheng restaurant in Dinkytown, Minneapolis. Did you know that "Shuang Cheng" means Twin Cities in Chinese?

Just a reminder to the out-of-staters. The Minneapolis/St. Paul metropolitan area is known locally as The Twincy (short for The Twin Cities).

As J6 rioter Jake Lang gets his ass handed to him, take a moment to admire the fine Richardson Romanesque architecture of Minneapolis City Hall. America's largest municipal building when completed in 1906, it has more floor area than Buckingham Palace, and larger clocks than Westminster Palace.

All I can say is I’m really looking forward to the crop art at the state fair this year.

If a Minnesotan says to you, "I don't plan to let you do that," run.

Greetings from Minneapolis, the city I love.

My church hosted a local neighborhood group organizing to support Minnesotans. It was packed & likely the most important event held at the church in 20 years. I say that as a church attendee whose kids were christened there. Neighbor gathering to support each other & democracy. Weather be damned.

Everyone post your favorite Minneapolis and Saint Paul photos in normal times (and we will have again).

Finding out

Tuned into the livestream of the Jake Lang Nazi rally and BAHAHAHAHAHA omg 💀 I had never actually seen Jake Lang before -- what a teeny tiny little baby 🤣 I actually slapped my knee from laughing so hard seeing him all alone and so scared without his backup Nazis. Whewwww, I needed that laugh

Right-wing influencer Jake Lang is stuck in a window recess against Minneapolis City Hall. He’s soaked with freezing water after counterprotesters hurled water balloons at him. bit.ly/4baGhJn

They can't scrounge up enough D-list J6ers to fill a bingo hall, while guys in Vikings jerseys are chasing ICE out of sports bars. Public sentiment is pivoting rapidly and we are going to win.

I did not have multiple pickles on my MN-ICE B1NGO card

Working my way through Prince's catalog these past couple of days has improved my mood.

I've never felt happier about a January cold snap in my life.

Stay strong Minnesota.

Any news outlet reporting the DHS statement without mentioning how they continually lied about Renee Good is not doing journalism.

I have wolf urine to keep coyotes away and that stuff is the most rank liquid in the world!

I’m not sure if it gets more Minnesota than this. This woman is a goddamn hero.

I need to hear this, maybe you do too: When ICE guys come at you, it is NORMAL for your body to respond with primal terror. That’s how animals usually react when when lethal predators attack them! You are not a coward because you are very badly shaken up, you are a noble animal and I love you

IMO, Democrats should start forcefully making the case for why immigrants make our country & communities better places, rather than trying to be GOP-light on the issue.

This is very mealy-mouthed. I want to know one thing: will UMPD protect students, faculty, and staff from warrantless abduction and harassment? If not, they are worthless enablers.

Hundreds of anti-ICE demonstrators are making noise outside the Graduate hotel on the Minneapolis campus of the University of Minnesota. bit.ly/49SpwBk 📷️: Richard Tsong-Taatarii

Just announced, start clearing your calendar. We will be LOUD on January 23!

The Court of King Boreas has received the request for aid

The great @usefulnoise.bsky.social made a request that we all write something about what life in Minnesota is like for folks who live elsewhere or might be outside our normal neighbothis-Bluesky footprint. So I went to cursed Facebook and wrote this. Maybe it will help you share your own thoughts.

Fact check: True! www.yahoo.com/news/article...

I wouldn't be surprised at all to find out that the Trump admin is targeting Minnesota in part because @atrupar.com lives here.

More like “hilarious”

It’s kinda hard to explain just how much *nothing* else matters right now in the Twin Cities. People are still going out and watching sports to try to recover, sure. But I literally do not know what else is going on nationally in the news besides a few headlines.

Yep

They hate Minnesota because we are a people who believe that "we all do better when we all do better." Minnesota is one of the wealthiest, safest, and cleanest states in the country *because* of our openness and generosity. Our quality of life is a direct challenge to their zero-sum worldview.

Shout out to the person carrying a literal ice scraper as a protest sign

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What was your childhood cinema? The River Falls (WI) Cinema for me. Pretty regularly my mom would drop me off for a matinee. I would always get a box of Hot Tamales. I must have seen "Raiders of the Lost Ark" at least 30 times here.

Two monuments to the heroic actions of the 1st Minnesota Infantry can be found at Gettysburg. The obelisk is for July 3 where the battle flag was captured. Arguably more important to the battle were their actions on July 2, memorialized by the monument with the charging soldier on top.

When Amy finally announces her run for governor, I hope there will be at least one local reporter brave enough to ask her why she keeps voting to confirm his nominees. I will buy you a helmet if that helps.