Socialism only seems extreme if you accept without question the right-ward swing the Democratic party has taken.

I have thought about Vic and Joan and their beautiful, brave love every day since reading this, and hope that more people can take a moment to read this snapshot of their lives.

Just horrific. Thinking of everyone in Venezuela dealing with such an enormous disaster.

Successful Cat Tour >^..^<

If anyone makes an AI of me after I die, I will 100% haunt you.

I get folks not involved in education might not realize how severe the current situation is but... The speed and magnitude of how capitalism driven AI has infiltrated education is horrifying.

Since starting this barnraiser, a public fundraiser has been created for the family of you’d prefer to support that way: chuffed.org/project/1870...

I can't get over the reflecting pool scam contractor looking like a discount Hercule Poirot impersonator.

It is absolutely true that Dems need to win swing voters to win elections. The misdiagnosis is that swing voters are “moderates.” They are not. They have almost entirely incoherent politics. You don’t win them from the middle. You appeal to your base with conviction and hope swings like the vibes.

Happy Father’s Day! Today I’m thinking about all the families who cannot celebrate this day the way they deserve. I am thinking about all the fathers who were abducted by ICE and stripped from their kids and families. Fathers who are grieving. Fathers whose children are grieving them. 1/

Please consider helping my friends at the End Slavery in Minnesota coalition by signing their petition and urging our lawmakers to enact legislation that eliminates the slavery clause and treats incarcerated workers as employees: endslaverymn.org/petition 7/🧵

What a surprise ….. “Is AI ruining our skills? Early results are in — and they’re not good Reliance on artificial-intelligence tools degrades the abilities of physicians and software engineers, studies show.” www.nature.com/articles/d41...

anyone with concerns about these new data centers, please come to the community conversation on june 25 that elizabeth shaffer and michael rainville will be holding on the subject with a panel discussion downtown! especially downtown residents! but if not, they'll even give you parking passes

We are both bike mechanics now.

”Juneteenth Has Always Been About Black Liberation” by Kaitlyn Greenidge for Harper’s Bazaar. An oral history, as told by members of the Winston-Salem Chapter of The Black Panther Party. www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/feat...

Fundraising time: A Minneapolis-area Liberian mother, who has been in the US since she was a child in the ‘90s, was taken by ICE 4 weeks ago and is still detained Her family, including 4 kids ages 8-17, need $2000 to cover the legal fees to bring her home I’ll match 1st $500 Venmo @wrigleyfield

Hey folks. One of the reasons the US Attorneys' office in Chicago is getting raked over the coals and possibly sanctioned for misconduct is that the Broadview defendants like @katmabu.bsky.social have AMAZING lawyers and community support. We can do the same in Minnesota by donating.

Today's MPLS public transit route to work downtown included a quick bus ride to the light rail station, and then the light rail the rest of the way. Unapologetic light rail enthusiast!!! A fast, clean, quiet ride, as we pass all the traffic we're *not* stuck in, plus a scenic tour of downtown.

You don't teach a child what it looks like to ride a bike. You teach then to ride the bike. What it looks like in fact can be known before knowing what it is to do it. In fact it often is for many serious skills. I know what it looks like to pilot a plane well, but I don't know what it is to do it.

Know Your Rights! Know Who to Call! (reply has clickable links)

Whenever people say things like “oh people are just ignorant and fear mongering about data centers” they’re always punching at some rando online but also they’re lashing out at the NAACP and communities in Memphis who are directly voicing how this affects them.

Please watch Aya Miller's tiktok about this (you don't need a tiktok account to view it), and join others calling on @moreperfectunion.bsky.social to credit Aya's work:

We need your voice. The public hearing on the temporary data center moratorium is tomorrow, June 16 at 1:30 PM before the Business, Housing & Zoning Committee at City Hall. Come testify. 🧵

Unreal to live in a city with so many ways to enjoy nature, most connected by bike paths. I appreciate Minneapolis every day!

if i could ever get you to give a dollar to anything, please give some dollars to rachel rachel is a tireless champ who has given basically all of her time for the past five months to helping her fellow minnesotans she paid god knows how many people’s rents

New friend did a lot of growing (and pooping) overnight.

We donated $900 from last night’s sales to benefit the victims of the Belfast racist pogroms. The world came to support Minnesota during the Occupation, we wanted to return the favor. chuffed.org/project/1854...

New friend alert

I know most of my fellow Minneapolis residents (and the broader metro and state) will feel this viscerally. Our histories and context are different, but this response to violence against neighbors is so important. There’s a gofundme down the thread.

Thank you for reminding us you stand for nothing but your own ego and status-seeking venture.

Evergreen

Today's joy in Minneapolis - Reverie has an incredible, beautiful pride vegan burger.

jason chavez: “trans people will always be here. there is no executive order, no federal rollback, no act of hate will ever change that. this federal administration will have to face full weight of minneapolis and the people that love minneapolis before they break us and come after our neighbors.”

Riding the bus, and passing everyone stuck in their cars in downtown traffic is such a public transit flex.

if you're not sure what to think about the proposal to finally lift Minneapolis' bathhouse ban, you'll want to read this commentary by infectious disease specialist Aditya Chandorkar and PFund board member @chrisdstedman.bsky.social | no paywall

It's been 100 days since the US reportedly bombed a girls school in Iran, killing 100+ kids. I pressed members of Congress on what they're doing in response to one of the most horrific war crimes in modern US history. Some didn't even know about it. And some just didn't care:

I'm just wondering at what point we will all say enough. www.npr.org/2026/06/06/n...

Breonna Taylor would have been 33 years old today..... If she hadn't been murdered by Louisville police officers.

Hastings museum had an LGBT history exhibit and there was a bit on a trans guy and a cis woman who married in 1954 that I found moving

If I see you driving a Waymo around the Twin Cities, I am booing you and giving you a thumbs down. I've seen half a dozen in the last week. What the hell, knock it off.

It's like the GOP became too toxic and crazy for a lot of rich, white conservatives, so they now run as "centrist" or "pragmatic" Democrats in city and state elections. And then we wonder why our local politics have become so divisive and culture-war-like? It's the GOPers running as Dems.

If you see this ad on TV, it might be worth letting the station know what you think about it. Doesn't take a lot to move the needle.

Awooo

Hey Minnesotans - time to Stand with New Jersey! They’re going through what we did with Whipple. Info on how to help here: www.standwithminnesota.com/jersey Thanks to @ziibiing.com!

This picture, taken after Natanyahu's arrest warrant for crimes against humanity, told me everything I needed to know about @klobuchar.senate.gov. Look at those charges! And she stood by him and smiled. She is not qualified for public office.

we don't need to run a dead-eyed sociopath who unapologetically oversaw one of the most disgusting eras of the Hennepin County Attorney's Office and continually votes for Trumps nominees/judges for governor. people hate Trump so much we can scribble "DFL" on a moldly pronto pup and it'd win by 6 pts

Happy Pride to all my loves! May you always have the courage, strength, and support to show up in the world exactly as you are! ♥️ 🧡 💛 💚 💙 💜

This rhetoric over and over, championed by the b-school crowd, makes it clear this is what they *want,* which is particularly gross and enraging. How could anyone respect or trust a boss or colleague who wants to see them replaced?

Strib finally publishes the story on MPD wildly overspending to do nothing during the ICE siege: www.startribune.com/minneapolis-... You can compare this version to the one that was pulled: www.msn.com/en-us/news/u... (ht @roblevine82.bsky.social)

Hell yeah, Minneapolis 🏳️‍⚧️