The city of Minneapolis is getting ready to deploy millions of dollars in emergency funding to help those struggling to pay rent in the aftermath of Operation Metro Surge. Written by Katrina Pross.

Happy Confederate Surrender Day from Minnesota where we still have your goddamn flag and we’re not giving it up. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28th_Vi...

Boosting! Please give if you can, we still have families struggling in our city. A few bucks will make sure they are fed.

Anyone (in the Twin Cities) have a 24" used or new kids' bike to donate? We have a neighbor kid (4th grader) who wants to ride a bike to/from school and on weekends, but their family (who's been sheltering in place) can't afford one right now. Let's get this kid a bike!

North Minneapolis’s internationally renown Camden Drama Club presents 9 to 5 the musical in Camden HS’s auditorium Thurs, April 16, 7p Fri, April 17, 7p Sat, April 18, 1p due to devastating budgets, this may be Drama Club’s last performance ever. plz join us, then email the school board. tix 👇👇

My one-hour special “Rick Steves Iran: Yesterday and Today,” which helps humanize 90 million Iranian people, is streaming free and ad-free at www.ricksteves.com/watch-iran.

Hey, pick up a phone. It'll help. Be kind to the staffers. You'll probably be speaking to an intern, if someone answers. They didn't do this. They very possibly agree with you if you call a DC office. But let your senators and representative know that Trump's genocidal threat cannot stand.

ICE grabbed someone a few blocks from my house this morning and there have been reports of more ICE vehicles in Phillips over the past few days than we've seen in a few weeks. This is exhausting.

Movements to shut down or ban data centers are amassing power and notching victories. Wikipedia has banned AI-generated content in articles. Publishers and entertainment studios are being pushed to reject AI-produced content outright. In other words: It's open season for refusing AI.

Hi all. Happy holidays to all who celebrate this weekend. We have 3 unfunded rent needs on our sheet today (plus one that is partially paid). The first one is for A who only needs $500 but ideally needs it today to avoid late fees. Can you chip in or share? 🌻

Powerful and timely exhibit at the MIA on modern art during the rise of fascism in Germany, 1910–1945. Strongly recommend - and MPLS residents can get free tickets through the library: smartpass.melsa.org

“The nearly 70-page doc included no mention of contraception other than an assertion that it is overprescribed, has negative side effects, and is part of a broader ‘overreliance on pharmaceutical and surgical treatments.’” Attacks on birth control will mirror those on abortion—lie, restrict, ban

I haven't plugged by friend's eBay page in awhile but she's got books, decorative items, cool vintage things--so much! And if you live in the Twin Cities, you can probably arrange pick up. Check it out. It's fun! www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_...

Hey Minneapolis! This is snakey backroom bullshit we should all be paying attention to and putting public comment in on

This need is 73.5% funded and there's only $555 left to go!

Let's just take a moment to enjoy.

hi non-Minnesota friends! please share this with your out-of-state networks everyone here is pretty much tapped out, but the impacts of Metro Surge are still looming large here. our black and brown and immigrant neighbors lost months of work, and rent is still due. We need help.

Every. Goddamn. Company.

This is a verified GoFundMe for librarian Luanne James from the Rutherford County Library Alliance. gofund.me/f7704eb98 Read what happened to this hero: www.newschannel5.com/news/rutherf...

It’s the last day of the month! Rent is due TOMORROW and we at StandWithMinnesota.com currently have zero donors. ICE is still here, and there is still so much need. Can you help? V: @Ian-Coldwater CA: $iancoldwater PP: @coldwater Please share and help if you can! Thank you! 💐

It’s the last day of the month. Hit a rent fund if you’re able!

A bit of good news bringmethenews.com/minnesota-ne...

Just a helpful reminder to everyone: Wednesday is April 1st. If you see a news story or something that looks like a news story that makes you think "ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME??!??" ...the answer is probably yes, yes they are, that's it exactly.

Thanks to a FOIA lawsuit from @deportationdata.org, Minnesota is getting its first credible numbers on arrests during the federal government's surge here this winter. About 3,800 Minnesota residents were arrested. Most from Latin America (only 106 from Somalia). (1)

This remake of The Italian Job sounds amazing 🎵We are the Underground Transgender Society🎵

I'd like to introduce you to Panulirus ornatus, the ornate rock lobster. They're native to the Indo-Pacific, with a large range centered on New Guinea & the Great Barrier Reef near Australia. They're a member of family Palinuridae, the spiny or rock lobsters. So why so colorful?

It's a fun adaptation to boot!

Our volunteers counted 19 ICE detainees being loaded onto an Eastern Air Express ICE flight at MSP today; Delta may have flown more children to Texas, but that's much harder to keep tabs on. Data: ottergoose.net/ice-flights-msp/data Support: mn50501.org/donate

In a new court filing as part of an ongoing lawsuit against ICE actions in Minnesota, DHS says nearly 500 officers remain in the Twin Cities metro.

Someone has to know who the woman sharing the stage here is.

Ah, that's why Kanopy isn't working. Maybe @hclib.bsky.social will prorate the time we miss before they take the service away May 11th...

Well... it finally happened. Last night there were whistles in my neighborhood for the first time followed by a helicopter circling overhead until past midnight. ICE hasn't left Minnesota, yet. They're just being a bit quieter so they don't make national news.

Today in odd Goodreads recommendations... Because you are currently reading- DK Eyewitness: Monet You might also enjoy- Wards of the State: The Long Shadow of American Foster Care

Uh, lightning?

This is Minneapolis:

I'm going to lose a lot of hours to this site.

Please know that ICE in Minnesota isn’t a last month thing. It’s a now thing. And at Nick Universe?

Minnesota folks, if you make a cool sign for the No Kings event on Saturday, the Rebel Loon Archive wants your sign when you're done with it. You can literally drop it off at Mischief Toy! therebelloonarchive.com

if minneapolis city council members are going to send emails pushing back on people calling the MPD training & wellness center "cop city" because it's different from atlanta, they should make sure city staff aren't going to give a presentation and list atlanta's cop city as part of "market" of these

Flock’s cameras are being used to target immigrants, abortion seekers, protestors and abuse survivors. This is why people are mobilizing to get their city to drop Flock contracts click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/u001.RN...

a last minute staff revision for the minneapolis police training & wellness center - they are proposing taking less from traffic calming, and MORE from ADA ramp replacement! it is so disgusting to see crucial community needs like this bartered away in favor of shoveling more money at MPD

For god's sake, sign up for The Onion during our Recession Sale! $75 for a year's worth of papers delivered to your door! It's a crazy steal at this price. membership.theonion.com

Commentary: HCMC’s financial situation was not caused by mismanagement or fraud; it results from a system that reserves basic health care for those who can afford it, leaving underfunded public hospitals to pick up the pieces, and taxpayers to pick up the bill. minnesotareformer.com/2026/03/24/h...

🚨Job Alert🚨 Birds Canada is recruiting a Data Mobilization Specialist! Their Data Science and Technology branch supports hundreds of research and monitoring projects through two conservation technology platforms NatureCounts (naturecounts.ca) and the Motus Wildlife Tracking System (motus.org) #birds

Just saw a patron review on the library website of the Irish drama "Small Things Like These" starring Cillian Murphy that begins: "Warning #1 This movie is nothing like Oppenheimer"

The question that broke America fundamentally was ‘do all people deserve basic rights?’ This question was too hard for us. Too hard for our leadership. It still is. So now all of our rights are in jeopardy.

Have you submitted your comments yet? It’s not too late! I am on a flight and, inspired by my overhead view of the Twin Cities and the once in a lifetime possibility to make it better, I took this opportunity to submit my comment (finally).

The public comment period for Rethinking I-94 ends today at 11:59PM. This is your last chance to provide public comment. If you procrastinated, diamonds under pressure! Use our organizational comment for inspiration. www.ourstreetsmn.org/2026/03/23/o...