Novelty Cake Winner at Hennepin County Fair (1939) Source: Hennepin County Library A coconut-covered lamb cake, entered by Mrs. John Dudycha, is named the winner by judges Mrs. Norval Dickey (left) and Mrs. Elmer Deebach.

and i think individual journalists are thinking this is an attack on their work, it’s not. it’s an attack on the whole system we have. like i know strib can’t cover the power and the money in our elections because strib is in bed with the power and money!

this is why i said we don’t have a serious political press in this town. strib only covers shelley madore’s residency issue on october 4, months after ward 2 convention and after weeks after early voting has already begun, all of which is months and months after people have been sounding the alarm

I will outlast these fuckers. I will live to be worryingly over 100, and I will spend every one of those years ensuring the mess they built is so thoroughly dismantled it cannot be pieced together again

“Unity, not uniformity, must be our aim. We attain unity only through variety. Differences must be integrated, not annihilated, not absorbed.” - Mary Parker Follett Stop calling for unity when you really want uniformity.

re: this claim, there were several submitted challenges that contained made up rules that are not in any DFL governing documents claiming secret ballots are required. it is unclear if this was the work of AI or not bsky.app/profile/tayl...

Now do the 300 brands doing the least climate destruction.

13. I invited the pro-HERO campaign to respond, and despite the clear positive impact from telling trans people's stories and confronting the hate, they still gave an "all lives matter"-type answer and pivoted back to veterans. They unsurprisingly lost and HERO was repealed 61%-39%. It wasn't close.

This is a brilliant book by Alec Karakatsanis. So much of what we are inundated with about public safety is explained accurately. Check out my podcast interview with Alec on #7 of “We Don’t Have to Choose,” or come see him in person next Monday at Moon Palace Books at 6.

Last thing: based on his testimony at the meeting tonight, John Maraist seems like the real deal, and I'm so glad we have him chairing the city party. 5/5

I’m publicly calling on the @dfl.org to issue a public statement condemning what just happened at the DFL Feminist Caucus meeting. I’m sorry you were forced to experience this horrendous behavior @dexanderson.com.

Minnesota is one of the safer states for trans people… for now But there's no shortage of people (yes, even within the DFL) looking to change that, and it's gonna take a lot of cis allies being vigilant and loud to keep them from succeeding So that's real fun 😞

there is no question in my mind that rfk jr is the most dangerous person in this administration and that his eugenicist ideology threatens the lives of millions of people www.advocate.com/politics/dem...

Oh shit, I remember hearing about that story! Had no idea it was the same guy. What a cool dude.

Minnesota people- CVS is taking appointments for the 2025-26 COVID booster. They will ask if you have a condition that puts you at high risk for severe outcomes from COVID-19. Say yes, proceed to schedule. No verification step. 👍🏻

This is an inappropriate attack on the character of a volunteer who was helping at the convention and implies an extremely serious accusation that should get Forsyth censured by whatever means we have. I'm serious. He is implying that Maddie rigged the convention.

Attacks on Amy Livingston are shameful. She has been a devoted volunteer for years.

Hey, I’m a survivor & cis woman - transphobia is a part of rape culture, there’s a difference between FEELING uncomfortable and BEING safe, transphobia makes all of us less safe, women & survivors don’t need you to speak for us thx

It won’t happen under ours either.

Trans rights are human rights, not “social issues.” To insist that trans people must bear the brunt of cis people’s discomfort is not in the same universe as DFL values.

spravato is my boyfriend

ICE goons roleplaying Call of Duty while in front of a Mexican restaurant with a sign that says “Make Tacos not Walls”, as if the symbolism could get more on the nose

MPD is already trying to lie about what happened. City of Minneapolis official account also reposted them. As long as Frey is Mayor we will have a police department ready to assist ICE and then try to lie about it. Look at the thread to see what MPD’s cooperation and assistance led to today.

They tried lie about an ICE presence. MPD assisted with closing off the area. This is completely wrong.

one of my former students was murdered on sunday night. she was bright, beautiful & caring. she was hardworking, going to school during the day & working nights. she had recently become a mother to a baby girl. plz consider donating if u are able: gofund.me/8b21b01f

at lake and bloomington where ICE were seen. large group of angry people

i saw so much leadership from the mayoral candidates on site. @omarfatehmn.com talking to an upset woman who saw agents take people away. @jazzformayor.bsky.social running around trying to deescalate. @dewayneforminneapolis.com checking on the person who was injured no mayor frey

I’m posting this mutual aid ask to help me pay my bills for May. I’m so grateful for everyone who has provided financial support for me right now. goal: $1,500 (anything over will go to paying down debt) venmo: @apweston cashapp: $apw1312

Ok so that last thing i said isnt true! Trying matters and is important and is enough !!!!!!!!!!!

if theres one thing the past year has taught me, its that no matter how hard i try, it wont be enough 🩷

"Transit riders should have good things, too: nice shelters to wait at, bright lighting and, yes, public art. The bus stops on Nicollet have some cool lighting features and art, and losing those is a disappointment" - @amityf.bsky.social

Im never gonna give a lyft driver fewer than 5 stars unless harm befalls me, but i really wish there was a setting for music preference? Because both Monday and today I'm riding to work listening to xtian country pop and i dont think i can live this way long term

I think taking suicide crisis hotline calls would be so much less traumatic (primary and secondary) than my job.

literally begging for people to watch kimberlé crenshaw's ted talk on intersectionality and read a summary of the different pieces of white supremacy culture.

Queer platonic friendships are so rejuvenating.

I swear to god if people don't stop traumatizing me I'm gonna stop believing that people are inherently good ! And none of us want that which means stop traumatizing me !

Cover letters are ableist. I will not be taking questions at this time.

Tremendous amount of pepperoni happening in the channel between bde maka ska and lake of the isles.

hearing that h5n1 doesnt have any human to human transmission. the older person with prior conditions who died from it today probably got it from a sparrow or goose probably.

turns out this is called "vicarious trauma"

Of all the enemies Ive cultivated in my short lifetime, rejection sensitive dysphoria is my most mortal.

Watching point break during my moms hip replacement recovery and why arent more people regularly bringing up the fully serious moment where patrick swayze in a ronald reagan mask pauses in the middle of a chase scene to throw an adult pitbull at keanu reeves ?

Might be the end of my "still has hope and thinks the world is a place with equal potentials for joy and misery" era. Maybe the world's just a bad place 🤷

i just glanced at the emmy's for a minute and they did a montage of TV history that had clips of I Love Lucy, All In The Family, and then the towers falling

Happy MLK day

Im guessing a symptom of ptsd is feeling like my entire body is shutting down instead of just being regular nervous? Like, im doing a thing that is nervous making (not a trigger or anxiety inducing or ANYTHING) and yet i feel like im on deaths door. Whats up with that

Honestly the real reason why straight actors shouldnt play queer characters is bc even though its just acting, theyre getting way more lgbt kisses than me and thats just not fair

Someone decided that the generation after Z is Alpha, and this is my formal proposal to use the NATO alphabet instead of the Greek alphabet for subsequent generations because generation Mike is a lot more fun than generation Mu (Hotel vs Eta, Tango vs Tau, X-Ray vs Chi, Oscar vs Omicron, etc)