I have a flight tomorrow.

If you haven’t yet, and want to join the thousands of twin citians who have signed up for the defense of our immigrant neighbors, there’s several more trainings this month: 11/11 Chaska 11/20 Plymouth 11/23 Longfellow Mpls 11/25 Kingfield Mpls 12/4 Bancroft Mpls More info here monarcamn.org

This really hasn’t gotten enough attention this week. @wired.com #ICE www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...

Not washing hands well enough while going between cooking and the toilet, would be my guess.

My favorite is when she just kinda stands around looking like she forgot what she was doing.

Another oil change, another proof of life on my mechanic’s cat, who has reached the age of 24.

Something like this would actually be interesting as an exercise in public understanding what is actually wrong with Frey’s governance. And I think is also guaranteed to make anyone who does it look like a crank. Which is a shitty paradox.

Analysis of Ward 5 election from somebody who lives in Ward 5. Couple things I haven’t seen on here: 1) Jeremiah Ellison has not done a great job of constituent relations. He’s got a reputation for not being responsive (whether that’s fair or not IDK. I’ve heard arguments both ways.)

The world is incredibly old. Evolution and extinction are constant realities. And in the mornings, I can still hear dinosaurs calling to each other, hundreds of millions of years of tuning behind each squawk and song.

UPDATE: There are 39,205 ballots that didn't rank Frey or Fateh #1. Minneapolis says if Frey picks up 12,512 votes, he wins outright. If Fateh picks up 27,342 votes, he wins outright. After Round 1, Fateh (46,510 votes) trails Frey (61,340) by 14,830 votes. vote.minneapolismn.gov/results-data...

Reposting because … 17-hour day. Frey almost certainly wins. Progressives need Osman to keep control; we’ll see. Council control = prog BET control but 3-3 tie at worst to protect the new progressive Park Board. Frey will love vetoing Park Board things, which he can. Where’s Soren’s victory party?

Because Frey didn't get more than 50% of the first round votes, no winner was declared yet and won't be until tomorrow at the earliest.

By my admittedly rushed math, it seems like Fateh needs about 71% of the Davis/Jazz vote to break his way. Seems tough, but not impossible

Live election results: Frey takes strong lead in Minneapolis mayoral race; no clear winner in first-choice votes

Wait. Which Bill de Blasio is this?

thank you for the outpouring of support! those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.

As I’m writing down minor race election notes for Dad, it suddenly occurs to him that this is a little sketchy. “What? Your landlord telling you who to vote for?” “Well, my daughter telling me who to vote for isn’t much better.” “TBF, ultimately a sci-fi writer tells us both who to vote for.”

#neverforget that one of the last things I did on Twitter was make my dad go viral in such a way as to return periodically to me like a boomerang on different social media platforms.

if you want to know what happened to Teen Vogue yesterday, my work wife @allegrak.bsky.social — who ran our politics section for 6 years until this past June — said it all in this. can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.

Another day, another reason to apologize to my 12 year old for spending two years telling her that her Louvre heist plans weren’t good enough. This is what perfectionistic parenting gets you.

so my friend asked me to help him get to the Halloween parade

The best costume I’ve seen on TikTok so far is the girl dressed up as JoJo Sliwa, complete with beret and giant bow.

Pulling this out from the camera roll for the day that is in it!

I was asked by @ksjatmit.bsky.social to share my advice for journalists dealing with misinformation. It’s a really important topic so I was happy to oblige. It’s also a topic where we are all trying to navigate a constantly changing landscape, so do let me know what you’ve found works or doesn’t…

Brilliant piece!

A good read, but likely to give Elder Millennials and older panic reactions to words like “repackage”.

Important pedantry. This is interesting in part because he explains it well enough that I think most laypeople will understand why the pedantry matters. Journalists should take notice!

Fuck yeah, Harrison Ford

43 years ago today, readers the world over opened their newspapers and gazed upon cow tools for the first time. happy birthday cow tools. you look great.

🎢 find mew

If someone were to email me, under the mistaken impression that I was the former mayor of New York, it would definitely be wrong to go along with it as a bit. But I would half to stop and consider the comedic possibilities. Just for a couple minutes.

Every now and then I remember that there were groups of Puritans running around trying to set up dour little self-serious gloomy religious colonies in the Caribbean and I wonder if they knew how dumb that looked.

This is horrifying and it also feels like the inevitable conclusion of any homelessness policy that begins and ends with “break up encampments and make people invisible”.

If your kids are sad that the animals aren’t free, remind them that nobody truly is.

Apropos of nothing: Dinty Moore beef stew still slaps

There is just *something* about buying groceries at Menards. That je ne sais quoi of purchasing oatmeal, freeze dried soup, and mineral spirits all at the same time.

There were many times SNAP and WIC fed me in early childhood. My mom was always working. If so many more people need it now, that tells you something about salaries, not work ethic.

#Minneapolis! 👇🏻

In the Twin Cities, I would love to see one of the local news outlets publish a comprehensive list of options for donating money/feed/or volunteer. You'll read a lot of mentions of Second Harvest & Neighbors Inc. But there are lots of smaller places that need your help. And call your local school.

Watching Buffy with my kids. Things that haven’t aged well: Whedon’s misogyny; Buffy’s “mom vibes” hairstyles; and, according to my daughters, the concept of David Borneaz as an attractive man. “Why is she into him? He looks 40. Or at least 25!”

It’s the first meet day for Minneapolis Lake Monsters Swim! Child had had three eggs, kaiserschmarrn, and the gluten free chocolate muffin from our local coffee shop that she loves despite being otherwise very gluten-full.

A group of uncles is a mischief

I was very curious what local outlets were gonna get blocked.

Good luck to all the reporters sitting around waiting TWO HOURS for that Kristi Noem presser to start. Hope they let you bring snacks, guys.

hey i know things are hard but just remember YOU are charismatic megafauna

Watching Buffy with my preteens and I am now wondering whether teen “bars” like The Bronze really existed. I don’t know if that’s just made up or I was too unpopular to get invited to one.

Allegedly stealing money from a reward fund to find the shooter of 3 north side kids — after funding a PAC accusing Frey’s opponents of being soft on crime. That’s some evil shit.

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