In case you were wondering where the Republican suburbs are: "Wayzata, Coon Rapids and Deephaven." www.twincities.com/2025/12/22/9...

Did not expect Mayor Carter, on his way out, to land on the theme of getting rid of skyways. Kudos! www.twincities.com/2025/12/21/q...

Here it is

Sadly, my sense is that years of work with the "stop for me" efforts in St. Paul (which I've written about more than once) have made zero difference on the streets. If anything, drivers have gotten worse. www.startribune.com/after-uptick...

Chicago just sold off its unpaid ambulance bills to debt collectors, to pay for an 8% increase in the police budget

So let me get this straight... the Chicago Bears have given Jordan Love a helmet-to-helmet concussion AND sabotaged the Packers' sideline heaters?

“Gantchev suffered from type 2 diabetes and told his wife no diet accommodations were made for him. She and Anna said the small amount of food that is given to people detained at North Lake was not enough for maintaining Gantchev's blood sugar levels.”

LOL Finch got thrown out halfway through the *first quarter*!!

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a safe bus ride

Pour one out for one of the best happy hours still out there, folks. www.twincities.com/2025/12/19/h...

"We’re rolling at full speed into what we what we might call North Korean aesthetics of power with triumphal arches that will soon enough be dusty, half-broken relics, renaming everything after the Maximum Leader." talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/trump...

Every once in a while imagine the Midwest with a European or Asian rail network

Well said here. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...

TIME (sec.) x Distance to Curb (cm)(/7), plus or minus an equalizer, depending on vehicle length. www.caranddriver.com/features/a69...

Everyone seems to be falling for this right-wing ratF**king operation... sahanjournal.com/news-partner...

People often ask me how the students are doing, and I usually say they're doing good, all things considered.

Very glad Rolling Stone returned our focus to the horrific Hortman assassination. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

"Mysteries abound! ... If Sydney Sweeney can act, why does she deliver every line in the same flat zoomer mutter, as though she’s just getting the words out of the way?" racketmn.com/on-the-big-s...

Kids who got new bikes for Christmas, "super excited" to walk them around the city that's too dangerous to ride in. www.creativebyrovelo.com/therovelorec...

“We haven’t seen a completely unsubsidized housing development in St. Paul in a long time.” (-CM Noecker) www.twincities.com/2025/12/18/s...

Meanwhile, this stupid situation is still going on. www.startribune.com/disputed-gra...

In the 90 minutes since I posted this, I've gotten two more death notifications. ICE has a responsibility to take care of these people, something they are clearly disregarding. This is beyond horrifying. We must ensure dignity and humanity for detained people in this country.

“Each incident chipped away at the sense of safety I once felt... Again and again, the answer was the same: There’s nothing we can do — call 911 when it escalates.” www.startribune.com/minneapolis-...

"On one East Side block in St. Paul, Public Works crews showed up nine times to fix the same lights. Nine times. Como Park looks like a constellation map of darkness when you check the crowdsourced outage reports." streets.mn/2025/12/18/h...

This seems rather brilliant. racketmn.com/local-comedi...

Immigrant-owned and operated businesses along E Lake St are struggling under the ICE occupation. Please visit if you can, show support, have a meal or buy some gifts. This page has some good suggestions of places to visit: www.minneapolis.org/neighborhood...

A good day to free a storm drain if you can!

Heads up: Want to buy an El Burrito Mercado gift card for a family/individual in St. Paul who may need it? Use the contact form and the owner will get back to you with an email address you can use to get the gift card to a local organization they are working with ❤️ www.elburritomercado.com/contact/

It's hard for Minnesotans to afford their lives when businesses are trying to deceive them. An ad for "11% OFF EVERYTHING" clearly implies you can buy goods at an 11% discount, not that you can participate in a limited rebate program or get in-store credit on future purchases.

New data on regional traffic fatalities in the Twin Cities. Tl;DR, we are not making progress over the last few years.

Maybe the city didn't fund the Urban League proposal bc the city funded the UL's Sharon Sayles Belton Center just a few blocks up 38th back in 2002, which UL sold only 13 years later. Now that bldg is a for-profit pre-school that received a huge tax abatement last year.

I wrote about the downtown St. Paul (and Minneapolis) holiday christmas markets. They're the cure for what's been ailing' ya. www.minnpost.com/cityscape/20...

Best Christmas movie is The French Connection. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...

Personally, I think Eric's piece on George Floyd Square is pretty well done. (Probably should have pointed out Mayor Frey's culpability though. Seems a rather glaring omission, i.e. why did the City not fund the Urban League proposal?) www.startribune.com/george-floyd...

Boxing Day Northstar Ride. streets.mn/2025/12/16/o...

Looks like a good new coffeeshop in the WaHu building* by the U of MN. * FUGLYest sahanjournal.com/business-wor...

Downtown Minneapolis is struggling. Would a new Wolves and Lynx arena help? www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...

Yak Trax season, y'all.

One Last Ride on the Northstar: https://streets.mn/2025/12/16/one-last-ride-on-the-northstar/ Join us on Dec. 26 for one last ride on the Northstar train service!

Red Lake Band comes to West St Paul. www.startribune.com/red-lake-nat...

Sat in a Mexican restaurant on Lake Street. The door was locked to keep ICE out; someone was posted by the door looking outside and letting customers in. Whistles went off outside. Everyone went on high alert. People scattered. Went to another Latino business up the road. Their door was locked too.

wow. our infrastructure was built for a climate that no longer exists... we're not even at 1.5C of warming

Hey, do you regularly report uncleared sidewalks in Minneapolis or St. Paul? I want to ask you a few questions about how best to do it. Please DM me if you're interested in helping out!

A group I've volunteered for, Project Home, which works with homeless families, needs gifts and volunteers. Here's where to sign up. www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0E45A5...

Dana rightly skewers the "more process" hounds of West 7th Street. communityreporter.org/community-vo...

Don’t know what’s going on here, but I like it.

Finally the gift for the person who always drops their phone or earbuds through that crack next to the seat of their car.

“I could almost count how many sales I made in the past three weeks, because the mall is empty." minnesotareformer.com/2025/12/16/k...

"With the support of conservation groups, the state and universities, the group has conducted more than two dozen burns across nearly 9,500 acres." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/c...

My local library just closed for a year for no really good reason. Merry Christmas. www.twincities.com/2025/12/16/s...