This is a good lesson for journalists: Use plain language to state true things clearly.

Something I've been trying to do lately is formulate my principles and beliefs in positive rather than negative terms - "I believe X" rather than "I'm not like those fucking guys" - and it's been a useful and (I think) healthy little reorientation

Even if AI could write a novel what problem has been solved? The problem of knowing what you’re reading was written by another person? Who loves reading novels but hates the part where your mind briefly and mysteriously touched another?

don’t forget to destroy your clocks tonight, walk away from your mortgage, just start driving, you’re free

Ah, yes, the invaluable wisdom of the markets.

Have things returned to normal in St. Paul’s Latin quarters? No, they have not: www.facebook.com/share/18R8ez...

Gate attendant just called it “Minneanapolis”

imo the threat posed by CBS News and CNN getting absorbed by pro-regime billionaires isn't that they're going to produce right-wing slop that convinces people to be right-wing, it's the dismantling of newsrooms capable of doing investigative reporting on the administration. Fewer eyes on the street.

Oh hey, this sounds familiar encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/t...

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Can confirm this. I engage with people on our community FB page all the time. Always polite, always in good faith, never believing for a second that I’m changing their mind. And have had other people IRL tell me that it’s meaningful to see someone sticking up for them.

The drunk uncle theory. You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there

The person photographed here who is in their bathrobe filming armed, masked federal agents in St. Paul is MPR News journalist @samstroozas.bsky.social @mprnews.org . She is an incredible journalist and person. We do not deserve her.

The electricity grid making an appearance at the Super Bowl half-time show 🤯

“Actually this doesn’t really matter” is maybe not the play right now.

Was just thinking about how when you’re a compassionate person of color, there is a melancholy when uprisings finally happen when a white person dies. Cause you affirm humanity, so you believe it is the right thing to happen AND because you know how many of your own people were denied that dignity.

A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.

The “speakeasy” trend feels extra stupid now that businesses actually have to guard their doors to keep from getting raided.

Remote desk jockey here - I’m taking PTO and donating my salary for the day to a community organization, and will volunteer where needed. Feels like a bare minimum kind of thing to do.

As anticipated, zero mention of ICE targeting houses of worship.

There will no doubt be handwringing over the St. Paul church protest from people who have no idea that ICE has been stalking BIPOC and immigrant houses of worship all over the city.

Talked to a Somali man today who said his mosque last night was surrounded by neighbors ready to protect them against ICE if needed. Made me feel proud to live in this city.

Finding out

A while ago our community Facebook page started immediately shutting off comments on anything ICE related and it’s actually an enjoyable and informative experience now.

Clarification:

Like there’s a news outlet on earth that can afford a new SUV.

i stand with hannah natanson of the washington post and you should too

The Trump regime has taken the next step in its plan to harass and intimidate journalists. Administrations have investigated leaks in the past, but have not searched reporters' homes. The warning is clear: do not tell the public what you learn or else. wapo.st/4pFh6lw

This is an article I keep coming back to with growing frustration, as I see so many of our mainstream outlets refusing to adapt to an authoritarian regime, and often capitulating to the regime. This particular quote from a Polish journalist strikes me as especially important today.

Celebrating freedom, independence and liberty by having my health insurance deductible increased.

The problem with being a columnist is you sometimes write stuff that actually says more about you than any generality you're trying to sketch out

My high school in Nebraska was literally only accessible to me by car. Since then a trail system has been built and kids have a safe option to walk or bike if they want. The community did this on their own.

I am pro- manual transmission shitbox but* make an exception for the Ioniq 6 which is a stunner on par with the Citroen DS.

I highly recommend watching this segment, not just because the CBS News execs and the White House didn’t want you to, but because these men were tortured and they deserved to have their voices heard.

now seems like a good time to remind you all to support independent, worker run, billionaire free, and/or reader funded news how and where you can.

This is fascinating, as an example of where an AI tool, used properly and carefully, can help people understand things. This is why I get annoyed at the people who insist that there are no positive uses of AI tools. Yes, many use it poorly. But used well, it can be very useful.

We’ll still be talking About this one years from now It’s for the ages

Very disappointed in these so called talking fish

There’s a snake in the bed

Not saying it’s my favorite time of year but fall giving way to winter has a very specific beauty about it.

Old enough to remember when I could walk the dog at this hour and it would be broad daylight.

For Minnesota the Edmund Fitzgerald is like Bob Dylan in that it happened almost entirely somewhere else but we claim it anyway.

an album cover with a motor vehicle on it

This was such a beautiful moment

These women have completely transformed civic life in my community and continue to do amazing things like this over and over again.

In Minnesota, drivers are required to stop for pedestrians at BOTH marked and unmarked crosswalks. Here I am at one of my least favorite streets, 50th, at one of my least favorite intersections, 50th and Aldrich. Let's see how long it takes for someone to follow the law.

In Lewiston, Idaho, the Lewiston Tribune emphasizes the patriotic nature of the protests:

In Fairbanks, Alaska, the News-Miner reports: "Over 2,000 Fairbanksans rally at 'No Kings'" newsminer.com/news/local_n...

Kind of amazing that the photo Politico used of one of these folks -- the one who made a joke about gas chambers -- is from an event that Politico sponsored last summer.