Suddenly wanna give a pregnant trans man some antifa-brand acetaminophen, and tell him he’s going to be such a good dad and I’m super happy for him and his socialist husband from Mexico.

Update: It should be known that I was the coolest mom in a Misfits t-shirt at the Farmers Market today.

I was never allowed to shop at Hot Topic as a kid, so now I’m almost 40 and still struggling with my inner mall goth.

it’s the first day of early voting in minneapolis. i hope you will be ranking omar fateh, dewayne davis, and jazz hampton for mayor. it’s time for new leadership @omarfatehmn.com @dewayneforminneapolis.com @jazzformayor.bsky.social

Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?

My 6yo on our walk/scoot to school this morning: “Mommy, one sec. I gotta stop and smell these flowers.”

"All of this matters because Lyndale Avenue is ground zero for south Minneapolis transportation advocacy thanks to a few high profile fatal crashes. Over the last decade, it’s been home to more protest and pressure than any other Minneapolis street." www.minnpost.com/cityscape/20...

Real talk: misogyny is wild. It both insists on the idea that everyone knows your genitals (and in fact that you *are* your genitals to many people) and then makes you feel bad for buying hygiene products for said genitals. 🙃

Friend: I hate shopping at CVS. Everything is locked up, so if I need stuff for a yeast infection I have to ask for help. And then they know I have one, y’know? Me: For sure. Strangers knowing you have a vagina is so awkward. Friend: …

Been waiting for an “establishment” media company to finally say something honest and real about Charlie Kirk, and Ta-Nehisi Coates managed it with Vanity Fair.

Human beings are not cognitively or psychologically equipped to safely and responsibly operate cars. The fact we have normalized it is truly wild.

I used to think all the girls picking “slutty cat” or “slutty nurse” costumes for Halloween were airheads. But like, now I’m choosing between “hot vampire” or “hot demon,” so…

Things that you find in the trash and that make you think, “You know what, my kids are fucking awesome.”

Hi. Yes. Can some explain these handlebars to me? How work? @bikemn.bsky.social

There is a dad at the Kingfield Farmers Market with more lesbian energy in his fanny pack than I bring in an entire week. Bravo. 🙏🏻

Comphet brain be like: stuff about men. Queer brain be like: Bro, boobs. wtf are you on about?

Reddit asks: “What’s the girl equivalent of getting distracted by a woman’s boobs?” The answer is simple: Getting distracted by a woman’s boobs.

Hello from the Grain Belt sign, which needs some green neon to be fixed.

It's simple. They see themselves in him. They do not see themselves in his targets.

Remembering MN house speaker Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark and their beloved dog Gilbert. Murdered in June at their home by a rightwing Trump-voting evangelist, who also shot another MN lawmaker and his wife at THEIR home, 9 and 8 times, respectively (miraculously, they survived).

*Slaps Minnesota’s roof* You can fit so many trans in this bad boy. Move over hotdish, we’re all about hot dolls now (along with hot mascs and hot enbys).

Real talk: We now have more bikes than we do storage, money for repairs or volunteers to manage check in/out. What a good problem to have! But if you want to see us use our full fleet (& expand it) consider making a donation or becoming a volunteer. mplscargobikelibrary.com/donate/ 🚲 ❤️

There are so many people on the “please be my friend” app who live in the suburbs. I wonder why that is. 🤔

When I see restaurant owners complaining publicly (online) about a lack of car parking in the area they decided to set their business up in (dense, walkable, bikeable and transit accessible)... I don't want to give them any of my money.

Weird bigots: 😡✝️🙏🏻 My family, happy and living our best lives: 🤨🙄

Listen to me: Our profit from the post office is the post office. Our profit from a library is the library. Our profit from a school is the school. And our profit from our lives is life. Our life. Ours.

When you drive, your kids can’t ask to jog alongside you because they feel like they need to burn off some energy.

The United States' founding fathers were big fans of manly firmness. The king wasn't. Simple as.

A lot of Americans claim to have read the Declaration of Independence, but then get weird when you mention its discussion of manly firmness.

When the NRA has more integrity than the DOJ…

“I was a late bloomer.” “Me too! I was such an awkward dork until college.” “Yes, because obviously we both got cool and hot in college as expected of ‘late bloomers’—not in our 30s after having kids. That would be weird. No, I am just like you.”

the minneapolis DFL is appealing the MN DFL’s decision to strip omar fateh of his endorsement. you can read the full appeal here - minneapolisdfl.org/updates/minn...

What’s your favorite artist/group that only released one album (or only one *good* album if you want to be cheeky)?

My favorite "recent" band, Sprints, is coming to Minneapolis on January 28th—playing at 7th St Entry. All the cool kids will be there. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLTI...

Oh hey! Your friendly neighborhood queer beer writer wrote about greater Minnesota's best breweries, and you can read it over on Explore Minnesota. It's not as gay as my Racket column, but it is 100% correct, and paid for by the state. So, you know it's good.

Suburbanists when they hear their neighbors boning: Eww. Gross. This is an outrage. I’m going to write the HOA about this noise violation. Urbanists: Good for them. I wonder how I can ask them to not do this at 2:00 am, though. Note on the door? Sheet cake that says “congrats on boning last night?”

Fellow gays: the right *wants* you to be too gay function, so they can use it against you. But you know what they can’t use against you? Being well-adjusted and hot as hell.

it should be at least 400 times harder to get a driver's license

Amazon Prime Pronoun Pins, going to Target. Supporting local businesses, Ubering to work. There it is, again—that funny feeling. That funny feeling.

Amazon Prime Pronoun Pins, going to Target. Supporting local businesses, Ubering to work. There it is, again—that funny feeling. That funny feeling.

I highly recommend all U.S. citizens with the resources to travel give themselves culture shock for U.S. culture on a routine basis.

Me in Australia or Canada: I mean, there are differences, but it’s basically the same. Me back in the U.S. after a week: Why are we like this, exactly?

Will the Strib tell you about all 25 new beers at the fair and how they got a gentlemanly duckstronaut with one? No. But they will apparently tell you about things they sniffed. Which, ngl, would be kind of rad as a @racketmn.com article.

Why didn’t anybody tell me the genders are different in Australia? I’m not complaining, but if I had known years ago that “female toilet” was an option, it could have helped.

I have been too online my whole life, and I am no where near as online as many. Everything about today was horrible, but when you see someone making statements about the shooter’s politics, remember that they painted a “Loss” meme onto their gun. None of those people can decipher their politics

Hey! You! Do you want to know about the Minnesota State Fair’s new beers for 2025? You do? Well, step right this way down good old @racketmn.com alley.

If someone claims to be scared of the subway but isn’t scared of being in a car on the highway—which is exponentially more dangerous + deadly—they are not a serious person

Sitting on planes/in airports is decidedly not fun. But, it did push me to read an entire book in one sitting today (I Leave It Up to You by Jinwoo Chong).

A lot of times we talk about elections as voting for the lesser evil. Particularly with Ranked Choice voting. But we are blessed in Minneapolis to have multiple amazing candidates running for a new vision for our city. I will proudly be ranking Fateh, Davis, Hampton on my ballot in November.