Happy Drone Not Drones Day! dronenotdrones.com

I’m now ready to face some under-the-breath muttering from a flushed face dude in a company polo shirt at the airport bar.

Said it before but I will gladly give anyone a walking tour of Longfellow this summer. Lots of tacos, books at Moon Palace, beers at Arbeiter and/or cocktails at Lynette or Hi-Lo, a little trek through the woods down to the Mississippi. Would gladly go on any other informal walking tours of MSP!

The Minnesota is great get-together.

Tenant is doing a pay-what-you-can soup thing and it’s delicious soup. And Tenant Next Door is the best bar if you like quiet bars that look nice.

This is tremendous. Take the time to watch it.

At my MN precinct caucus tonight, a resolution calling on ICE to be more professional & follow the law got all Nays, but an "Abolish ICE" resolution got a unified resounding "AYE".

Peggy Flanagan wins the primary, Amy Klobuchar wins governor and appoints Angie Craig to her senate seat. Is that how it goes?

Art shanties on Lake Harriet getting straight to the point.

This morning, federal agents staged at the Powderhorn Park Recreation Center lot and began to throw chemical irritants at observers. They also kidnapped an observer. Our parks are meant for our children, youth, and neighbors. They should never be militarized zones meant to separate families. 1/

Best park system in the country

It was a joy to see Bruce Springsteen and Tom Morello at First Ave, but it was the cover of This Land Is Your Land that made me cry.

The Minneapolis experience

Every night a few on my block light candles outside at 7pm. I don’t know when we’ll stop.

Ok, how about this happens at the Minneapolis Orchestra Hall, instead?

I went on Facebook for the first time in a long time to share my experience with folks outside Minnesota. And a good opportunity to share @naomikritzer.bsky.social ‘s link naomikritzer.com/2026/01/21/h...

Like much love to our friends outside MN and thank you for cheering us on, but this is far from over, unfortunately. And when it calms down here, it will go somewhere else and we'll count on you to protect your neighbors. I know you will. I'll send snacks and guides.

One thing that irks me: people keep calling the folks on the streets in Minneapolis protestors. They are not generally there to protest, they are there to observe and document. This is the product of organizing and mutual aid. It is telling that these acts of citizenship are seen as protest!

I never understood the urge to wear the Minnesota state outline on my clothes and now I’m ready for a face tattoo

This is what happened in our neighborhood yesterday. ICE snatched a human being off of our streets, roughed them up badly, and then pepper sprayed legal observers as they documented it all. This is a daily occurrence happening all throughout Minnesota right now.

If you’re in the Twin Cities and want to do the most minimal thing to annoy ICE, drive the fucking speed limit. These goons get so angry when 20 is plenty.

If you need a moment of calm and beauty, check out Intimate Details of the Natural World at Mia. A collection of botanical art from the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden, the oldest wildflower garden in the US. open through March 8

Waking up to KFAI and the DJ’s message to the Twin Cities: “Stand your ground, be observant, and feel the groove.”

If your Minneapolis kids in 3-7th grade love art and need somewhere to be tomorrow (Friday), North Start Art Club is hosting an art camp from 10 am-2 pm.

my Buy Nothing group has shifted dramatically from puzzles and Christmas detritus to food delivery and school shuttling. People want to do something, anything.

I’m swear to God if one more person posts a gov social media account that is DESIGNED to troll liberals to be like “these dummies don’t understand” I’m going to explode. You are doing their job for them you dumbasses

Why does First Ave present shows at the Cedar? What’s the relationship between the two?

Weird Al at the Minnesota State Fair next year? That’s exactly where I need to see Weird Al.

who says you don’t run into celebrities in Minneapolis?

Xcel Energy contractor Osmose is working on a utility pole on our block, and one of the workers wrote "BLM is a joke" in chalk on the sidewalk. They tried to wipe it away after someone complained, and then claimed it said "FML it sucks." So...what the hell Xcel?

What do I do with Bill Cosby records? Also $25 -> $0.50 still seems like a fall too small.

2pm today @gtdradio.bsky.social I co-host with Dave Sewelson on Music for a Free World wfmu.org/playlists/sh... -the first of 4 days in a row I help raise funds to keep @wfmu.bsky.social & our streams going another year. Click the "Pledge Now" button at the top of Dave's playlist to do your part!

This short story from @naomikritzer.bsky.social has brought some comfort recently, that there’s always something that can be done. It also feels extremely Minneapolis www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...

That’s a cool owl.

Hey Minnesota: I'm looking for folks (particularly in Duluth) who want to talk about how changing winter climate has impacted their sense of identity as Minnesotans and changed how they think about winter. It's for an upcoming @startribune.com column. Hit me up!

Tried Ed’s Deli inside a Super USA thanks to a writeup from @racketmn.bsky.social, and it did not disappoint. I am now garlic though. It’s who I am.

WWII, internment camps, and a Japanese-American all-star basketball team at Fort Snelling. This is fascinating and depressing. minneapolisparkhistory.com/2024/12/01/t...

Sorry for the Electric Fetus panic. Please continue with your regular panic.

Is Electric Fetus for sale?

The owner/chef at Kado No Mise personally does kintsugi to fix all the dishes. And they are licensed to serve blowfish. And they seem to be the only restaurant in the Midwest to do kaiseki. No competition for best sushi in Minneapolis

Twin Cities Skaters Studio in Uptown is all joy. Such a cool space, cool people, and the best thing to happen to a Crate & Barrel

How are Minnesota folks watching timberwolves games? I have no interest in Fubo or paying solely for FanDuel. So is it just “the internet”?

Earlier this morning I stepped outside, looked at the stars in the sky, and noticed one star get very bright and then blink out. I know there’s the Leonid meteor shower, but is that a thing for a meteor to not move in the sky? Or maybe I’m just going insane?

If you also need a cocktail this week, I'm enjoying The Morning Star, a not-too-strong autumn cocktail from @karanewman.bsky.social's equal parts cocktail book "Shake. Stir. Sip."

The Hennepin County Fix-It Clinic is incredible. A volunteer just helped me fix an electric kettle. Saved money, kept junk out of a landfill, and hung out with the friendliest tinkerers. 10/10

Charlie Parr should be more famous, not just Minnesota famous open.spotify.com/track/6y9D6B...

I picked up this great Pop Wagner album (including this lovely Jim Ringer cover) in the local section at Roadrunner Records. Shoutout to tiny, tiny record stores popwagner.bandcamp.com/track/the-se...

there’s a Southeast Asian deli/market moving in around the corner and that’s really keeping me going

Twin Cities folks, the Mazomani Trail at Louisville Swamp is gorgeous right now. All the fall colors with oak and sumac and prairie grass. Sandhill cranes calling. Just delightful

Xcel says our power is out for the next two days. That seems less than ideal. Ice cream party in southwest Minneapolis, I guess?