"The Democrats are pushing reforms that they know won’t work because they are doing performative, perfunctory opposition to try to quiet their base, instead of real legislating and fighting to dismantle Trump’s ICE and CBP." newrepublic.com/article/2059...

Does Kevin Love ever go into the Target Center rafters?

😢

A Iot of people have a lot of problems right now so I know this is somewhat trivial, but I haven’t been able to ride a bicycle since Nov. 4th and as of midnight tonight I will finally be medically cleared to ride a bicycle again.

I can’t boycott what I don’t use, but if you are using OpenAI maybe stopping for a while could make an impact.

Lot of conservative dudes out there telling on themselves by being astounded by a level of ”logistics” that the average mom has to manage every fucking day

I don’t know about you, but my family isn’t spending another dime at any of these companies until they stop supporting fascism and demand the fascist they have been supporting abolish ice.

Not so much each other as non-whites. MAGA can’t imagine white people caring for non-white people.

Shut it all down until ICE is abolished

Cc: @klobuchar.senate.gov @schumer.senate.gov

Again, it's not important you specifically watch the execution of someone to understand shit

Neither my 28-month-old child nor myself were emotionally, mentally or physically prepared for a 3-day weekend together stuck indoors.

Any t mobile customers here been getting likely scam Calls the past 36-48 hours? My spouse and I have been getting these calls, and about the only account we have connected is our t mobile phone plan.

*old man yelling at cloud* I don’t want pop-up ads on streaming apps that I’m paying for already!

I returned to work this week after some time off recovering from a hernia repair surgery, which means I’ve returned to assessing/observing drop-off and pick-up procedures at all of the schools in our district. Seeing the community come together to keep our students safe gives me hope.

Our 2-year-old has been OBSESSED with the Dalmatian doggy in the fire station at the Minnesota Children’s Museum for six months now—it’s the first thing she looks for every time we arrive & we had to buy a duplicate to keep in the car to prevent meltdowns when we leave.

This a fantastic Country music album…

This should be illegal

My iPhone

Having a productive holiday break over here:

Late on this but the cooper burger from Kizzo is fantastic

Our first night with a sitter who came before bedtime, living our concert lives again for an evening.

It’s me.

I missed Wemby the last month.

I need to get my fat bike home in NE today—it’s at my workplace in Richfield. Does anyone know if all Orange/E-line buses are equipped with racks that will accommodate a fat bike, or is it random?

I miss McDonald’s Egg Nog milkshake a lot these days. 😢

Making a carrot cake for the holiday dinner because pumpkin pie is trash

Reading this article a little over two months ago has changed my commute when I have to drive. Hanging out in the right lane is so much more peaceful. (Gift link, enjoy reading.)

I’ve picked up a new dad trick—if you are able to get out of the house to meet a friend for drinks, show up at the bar a half-hour before your friend so you have a half-hour to drink a beer alone with no one demanding your attention.

Said it before and I will say it again—I hope the person who invented the option to skip a jukebox track mid-song rots in hell.

Welp. It looks like we’re getting a little bump in our property taxes this year.

Ah, the long-anticipated season shift for MLS to align with the FIFA global calendar is finally happening

Raking leaves into the street the day before street sweeping—great way to use our collective taxpayer resources or a drain on our collective taxpayer resources?

This is a great book, especially if you’ve lost a father recently.

This weekend I’ve been able to watch about 240 minutes of soccer (Tottenham, MNUFC & FC Porto), spend 5 hours completing household chores and put up the (first) family Xmas tree. Big toddler dad win weekend over here folks 😀

Hey pour over coffee people in the Twin Cities, what local beans are you using?

COYL

Anyone want to see the Loons playoff match in-person today for a great price? $100 for a pair of tickets—section 4, row 2, right behind the goal.

Gooooaaaal #COYS

Trying to convince my toddler this morning that her free trial had expired and she needs to move to a paid parenting subscription if she wants my services to continue 💰💰

At 3:30pm I was voter 586 at W-1, P-10

This screen capture brought to you by the father of a toddler who doesn’t understand the end of daylight savings time AND is extremely extroverted and doesn’t want to be alone

Happy to report the Stinson Triangle trick or treat scene is vibrant. When we moved to this corner of NE Minneapolis pre-pandemic the neighborhood was mostly retirees, but now there are a lot of families with young children here.

Having been raised in a strict Evangelical home where we weren’t allowed to celebrate Halloween, it feels a little weird celebrating Halloween with my child as we both experience all of the fun Halloween traditions for the first time—together and individually.

What a fantastic playlist music.apple.com/us/playlist/...

The 2-year-old was asking about this refrigerator magnet picture this morning, so we talked about and listened to Steve Earle while waiting for mom to wake up.

Update: the school board adopted our SRTS Comp Plan.

Coworkers who block off their entire calendar as “busy” are the worst. 🙁

I’m co-presenting our new SRTS Comp Plan to the school board tonight and asking them to adopt the plan for the district. It’s hard to believe sometimes this entire process started with me writing my first ever grant application, while on parental leave with my then 4-month-old child. Wish me luck 🤞🏻