congratulations to rogue bus guy on the new job

My fortune 500 employer sent everyone in Minneapolis a Situational Awareness briefing, citing the potential flashpoints: * another ICE killing * far-right mobilization * ICE entering schools or hospitals * political detention local officials

Gavin Newsom has never had a homeless, a working unhoused, or an affordable housing advocate on his podcast despite governing California. So yeah I think it’s weird that he’s entertained & platformed multiple fascists while grinning, nodding & relenting to their easily defeatable talking points.

"I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate...The Negro's great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Council-er or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate who is more devoted to 'order' than to justice"

I’m about to re-read Letter from Birmingham Jail. What’s on my mind as I start it this morning is that MLKJr was in that jail because he engaged in non-violent protest. He is idolized today and was hated by the system in his time. He kept pushing even though folks wanted him arrested or dead.

Wearing my silliest hat to make sure folks don't make the mistake that this bearded white guy isnt an ICE agent

This guy really failed upward. It's almost like each scandal canceled the previous and we forgot about the 'fbi handed this guy $50k in a paper bag as a bribery probe and totally failed to follow up on it' thing.

Social media monitoring systems, cellphone location tracking, facial recognition, remote hacking tools — now being turned on Americans by ICE to target protesters. bit.ly/3Kq348R

WSJ investigation: In the past 6 months ICE agents have fired at vehicles 13 times, leading to: * 8 people shot * 5 of which were U.S. citizens * 2 died * no victims drew a weapon The playbook: Agents box in a vehicle, block attempts to flee, then fire www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...

Not an exaggeration at all to say that the feeling in Minneapolis is that the entire metro area is being treated as occupied territory by federal agents. Impossible to overstate how overwhelmingly people here do not like it. This does not feel sustainable.

Out in the suburbs picking up a friend and the psychic damage done by the number of Ford explorers with blacked out windows is v real

Statement from the bear:

Lots of quotable lines in there showing yet again that Walz is one of the most goddamn decent people out there

So the ringleader of the Minnesota Welfare fraud scandal isn't, in fact, Somali. Curious! nypost.com/2026/01/06/u...

losing my mind at the "she should have followed directions" people really? really? you're cool with "if you don't follow directions, they get to kill you"? that seems like a good state of affairs to you? that seems like how law enforcement ought to work: instant obeisance or death?

Working at the office today (with people I exclusively don't actually work *with*) and everybody on my row of desks is on a call with somebody else who also doesn't work at this location. I can't think because of all the chatter. RTO just annihilating productivity and offering nothing in return

I can see myself being a shutin. I think that'd be a good lifestyle for me.

The psychic damage of looping a short video one too many times cannot be overstated

Don't forget to blare anything by 'The Eagles' on loudspeaker. Per @aghastronaut.com, they'll pull down any videos with their music with DMCA quicker than anyone else.

My cockamamie working theory is any politician who tried to use the moment of The Plague and The Uprising to move society towards a more generous and kind ethos is now tainted because they failed to accommodate the bone deep fear and trauma of that moment.

This one is resonating today. #Andor

Every single Minnesota news outlet should be shoving microphones into the faces of Demuth, Robbins, Lindell, everyone else running for governor, and every MNGOPer licking trumps ass to ask if they agree with this shit. It’s time we know.

Disgusted by him and everyone who keeps on looking the other way when he does things like this. He has found a new, crazy irresponsible and dangerous low point.

You should be embarrassed to be a member of congress and issuing anything other than impeachment resolutions. You're in the model UN. They should give you legos and a propeller hat

AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH

Ever relevant, this poem by Mary Oliver, especially today.

It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this

Roux the day

And here it is... your moment of Zen.

Happy heartburn recovery day for all my middle-aged moots

“Minnesota House Speaker Lisa Demuth said Monday that her caucus steered YouTube creator Nick Shirley to day care sites in Minnesota.” I feel like it should be a bigger part of the story that this was coordinated with MN GOP leaders, and spread and boosted on Elon’s X

This mf doesn't even have a boss bar - just some nameplate health bar.

To whomstever caulked this bathroom sink with exterior caulk I wish you a very go fuck yourself

Snow days still remind me of the final Calvin & Hobbes "Let's Go Exploring" strip and despite not having been a follower of the comic, still gives me big feels

A quarter of firms *think* that AI will lead them to hire less, but 92% say that's not the case with implementation so far.

Good luck to the Des Moines to Minnesota Star Tribune express.

This got way too much engagement so I'm muting. Y'all need to stop caring so much about fast food operations. I was talking about Walgreens pharmacy in this case.. 2 others and I were waiting for 1.5 hrs inside while dozens of cars got served but people aren't here for the facts, just an argument

Customers in drive-through windows shouldn't be assisted until everyone inside has been helped

I dont know how I should interpret Walgreens playing Toccata in D Minor on their exterior PA this treacherous snowy morning

I will give all my money to whatever legislator raises a vote on limiting all phone speakers to 75dB.

There was supposed to be a break between baking and dinner but now I've been in the kitchen for like 4 hours please somebody send help- one of those st bernard with the little barrel of brandy

Everybody has a favorite Christmas TV episode and nobody's is The Bear S2E6 "Fishes"

Baking the pie for dinner tonight and now I understand 100% why contestants on GBBO cry and throw their bakes away

"Open the pod bay doors please, HAL." "I think you ought to know there are some great door sales now at Lowe's Hardware." "Just open the pod bay doors." "The new iPod can be pre-ordered now, Dave." "The doors, HAL! Open the doors!" "Spotify has many songs by The Doors. I can subscribe for you."

"One of the options staff has discussed is giving sponsored information preferential treatment in responses to users’ ChatGPT queries, according to the person familiar with the discussions. For instance, AI models could prioritize sponsored content to ensure it shows up in ChatGPT responses"

Christmas is other people

And Ozymandias, who did NOT die, thereafter wandered around the lone and level sands himself, personally inviting any passing Mighty to look upon his Works and despair

Is this warning a 'professional courtesy' ?