There were adults telling us to play this game right here in the Twin Cities in the 80s and 90s.

The number of you telling me how Ryan's work spoke to you and helped you get through the trauma inflicted by growing up evangelical/fundamentalist tells me that his legacy will reverberate for generations. The world is better because he was here. If you need help, call 988. There is help available.

No pics 'cuz I'm lazy, but Pixar didn't make me sob every time I watch the life well lived montage at the beginning of Up so you could tell me that AI is "inevitable." Because holy crap that opening sequence gets me ever. damn. time.

Director Ridley Scott did not hire renowned artist H.R. Giger to create the monster in the movie Alien so you could tell me that AI is "inevitable." bsky.app/profile/gwen...

Related to the MPD (and HCSO), I have only ever seen them pull over drivers who aren't white. It's like they have a pantone shade they need to match before pulling over a bad driver. (That's when there's any traffic enforcement at all, which these days means ICE is also in the area.)

Wise Republicans and Democrats in past generations created independent agencies, with bipartisan governance, because they knew that shielding our institutions from political whim makes all of us stronger. Shattering those generational achievements is the opposite of Conservative.

i just received confirmation from a private source that @rlstollar.bsky.social has gone to be w the ancestors. a stalwart warrior for children & homeschool alumni, he will be deeply missed. my heart aches so much. be at peace, my dear dear friend.

When the selkie returned to the beach, a man was holding her sealskin. "Is this yours?" he asked. "May I borrow it?" "You want to be a seal?" "No, but when I take it off, I'll be a woman, right?" "My heart, you already are," the selkie said. "That skin is mine, but I can help you find yours."

I learned yesterday just how much fun a dress with a scandalously high side slit is to wear and I'm kinda sad it took me this long up try one

Chuck Tingle: hello chums did someone call for chuck tingle, totally normal guy? Tingle: i just stopped in to remind everyone that love is real and that, in this unfeeling world, nothing is as powerful as human connection

Work is underway! METRO Blue Line repairs and upgrades are in full swing. While buses replace trains, crews are improving stations, bridges, and signals. Follow station signs to replacement buses. Thank you for your patience as we Renew the Blue!

💸 UPDATE: $250/2000 This ask goes directly to keeping a trans couple and two kitties housed: linktr.ee/virtuistic Rent is due July 1. Please share widely! Thank you to everyone who helped get us closer overnight. It means so much to wake up and see people care. 🏳️‍⚧️♿🏠 #HelpSky #MutualAid #Pride

Just saw these at The Source and decided owning them was a moral imperative for me. They weren't as cheap as plain dice, but didn't feel like a ripoff either. I just hope they're fairly fair dice.

"about forty years from now" that's now. The future people in the Terminator are from now.

Also, be aware that the Blue Line replacement buses will be slow and unpredictable compared to the train.

"Stars were willing to perform because was under banner of Smithsonian. It had to all be scrapped bc the administration would not release permits to host on the mall." Ofc. People love the Smithsonian. With the Smithsonian's name attached, you know it will be quality. And it's free for the public.

Aurora finish the season having won every game, having given up 1 goal, 60 league matches unbeaten over 5 years Zero precedent for the domination in American soccer history. Vamos millonarios

After People's Pride yesterday, improv practice today, then corpo pride, then dinner and a movie (Supergirl) with my youngest child, dear reader please believe me when I say I'm fucking *wiped*.

Just saw Supergirl. It was pretty good. If it had been a male main character, the reviewers would have liked it a lot more with its themes of loss, revenge, and protecting the weak.

The NWS website and data feeds being down is fine, right? It's not like people need weather information or anything.

Remember this picture, & others like it, every time you hear someone in your city say "we're not Amsterdam." This was #Amsterdam in the 1970s. Many of the cities we admire made tough choices regarding cars in the past, and are still making better choices today. Better choices instead of excuses.

There are some genuinely good episodes of the original Star Trek, even by modern standards. Some are bad and beyond hope. Some desperately need to be edited down because pacing was often really bad, but there's good bones there. But some are genuinely good.

Always a delight to see our Congresswoman Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social visiting local Pride events. Here we are at People's Pride in Powderhorn Park this afternoon. Congresswoman Omar is running for re-election, and she has a primary challenger. Vote Ilhan by August 11! @teamilhan.bsky.social

the thing about the empty state fair and the other 250 events that nobody is showing up for, is that the anticipated crowds were used to get even democratic governors to send more national guard here www.npr.org/2026/06/26/n...

“Why is Mamdani getting all the attention for doing stuff every municipal Democrat does?” Because he brags about it and they brag about means-testing playgrounds! People don’t want that shit any more!

Out: Better things are possible In (laser eyes etc): Better things are inevitable

My favorite comment was from a little girl of 8-10, who took one look at Robin in his rainbow ring sling and Margot sprawled out in the wagon in her purple rainbow and tulle outfit and said “they’re so cute! Everything is so CUTE today!!”

I don't have a problem with having both moderates and progressive Democrats in Congress. I do have a problem when people collapse into a pile of wet noodles around fascism, and yet suddenly know how to pull every trick in the book to stop progressives.

People's Pride full of adorable people: - People giving different gender presentations a test drive - Hot goths in all the senses - Queers of all kinds trading sunscreen - Little kids in face paint - Leashed puppies of all species

Strong t-shirts: - Smitten Kitten - Duck Duck Gay Duck - Baby Daddy (on a dyke-presenting person) - I ❤️ my cougar girlfriend - I can't go, I'm an indoor cat - sorry, busy, narwhal hockey

Home from people's pride, my skin is a mix of sweat, sunscreen, and sunburn.

So. Tl;dr. "Americans won't do those jobs" is just A HELL of a thing to believe. It just plain flat-out ain't true, for one thing. And it's also just kinda racist. It's an assumption that Latinos can't be citizens. Just think it through for a second.

möther my extremely adequate amount of food requires slight redistribution

I was a lifelong liberal Democrat. Then I learned that Kat Abughazaleh spent 12 bucks on a basket of fast food shrimp.

Listen. Listen. Listen. It's not my fault, they have mind control powers at the Costco.

Not only is People's Pride keeping non-Meta users from accessing their event map, they're using one of the most rabidly anti-trans corporations out there to host their stuff.

It should also go without saying that undocumented immigrants are fellow human beings who should not be killed or physically ruined at work. But if we really bought into that idea, a lot of things would already be different. : /

Look I get where people are going with the whole "Americans won't do those jobs!!" thing. But at a certain point, it just turns into an excuse for "And that's we don't have to care if those jobs are shit. It's just immigrants doing them anyway!" : / Y'all see how that's a problem?

Fun to see other people have also come up with "anything worth doing is worth doing poorly". The last comment though is a revelation. One of those "it's so obvious how the hell did it take me 40 years to realize it"?

Y’ALL. Algeria gear has sold out so fast in Lawrence, Kansas that it’s impossible to get — so now locals are just making their own shirts to support #LesVerts  🇩🇿❤️🌻💚⚽️ Someone posted their kid’s shirt design on Facebook today (LFK is Lawrence’s nickname: “Lawrence Fucking Kansas”) LOVE IT

Note for canners and jam-makers: According to a detailed Reddit post, Ball has reformulated their pectin, and it's now much less effective: jams aren't setting. It's been cut with sucrose, and switched from "fruit pectin" to just "pectin". www.reddit.com/r/Canning/co...

Good 90s stuff that is back: Ear cuffs Sundried tomatoes Cable knit Sensitive men reading paper books on public transport Earth tones Running

Owning an old house sure is fun.

I like to talk about the good parts of the past, but also there were some pretty shitty parts. This message brought to you by the pile of ash in my front yard. Also, if the were gonna dump it on their own property, why the fuck did they dump it in the front instead of back by the alley?

This kid is my NPC naming hero.

It is wild to me seeing folks get pissed about this A) Mamdani CAN'T do anything about the Hospitals, it is a State level issue and in Letitia James' court (who was just this week saying she doesn't agree with Mamdani) B) THIS IS A HUGE GOD DAMN DEAL and message to send in 2026

This makes it sound way more dramatic than it is. Reading the order, he's got until January to have 731 officers with MPD (or amend the charter). If he doesn't, next April the city will explain why not. He's not going to jail or anything, and odds are this will be settled out of court before then.

we need more education about how the long-term punishment of Haitians is crucial to the white supremacist project a proof-point for them about why you should never rise up, how you can never be free

Seriously folks, don't follow those altgov accounts here or on any other social sites/apps. Best bet is to block them all. (AFAIK there isn't a block list for them like there is for fed accounts but there should be.)