Midway Airport has got to be the worst airport in the country to get stuck at on a long delay, miserable place.

my phone autocorrects Winnipeg to all-caps because apparently I am scream texting whenever that city comes up

Spotify, why must you insist on repeating eight tracks to death when the playlist is four hours long???

are we calling it The Slot?…https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-lifestyle/its-officially-grand-casino-arena-as-xcel-energy-center-sign-comes-down

inner conflict: I love summer and would have no problem if it never ended, but I also really wanna get back to wearing flannels while making chilli and cinnamon rolls

Should you really be the national leader of a party if you can't resist bad-faith attacks on your party's endorsed candidates?

Just about every modern design manual warns against using shared use paths where high pedestrian volumes are present, really confused how the county arrived at this: nacto.org/publication/...

"Last year there were ten murders in the NYC subway system, with well over a billion total rides taken. During the same time period, there were 253 traffic fatalities in New York City. One person dead every day and a half. Cars? Those things are fucking dangerous."

Sunday crossword a bit on the nose while I'm returning from Market Days on an Amtrak train that's been stuck in Milwaukee for two hours

dancing to a like 15-minute mix of French Kiss in smartbar really was a peak experience for a Chicago house fan 🪩

calling in the militia because a script kiddie got decked for being a clueless dumbass at bar close is wild

man the CTA really has a bus bunching problem

Alright big reason the train beats flying: ran into some people on the Borealis that I sorta knew and sat with them. Not being belted in and having space, folks were switching around the whole way socializing, got to know familiar faces better. Can't do that squeezed in like tinned fish!

Amtrak cafe cars should have Biscoff cookies. Long distance travel demands them with ginger ale!

Furthest I've been: N: Winnipeg, MB E: London, UK S: Miami, FL W: San Francisco, CA Need to get some travelling in!

People in jobs like mine rely on an accurate U.S. Census to do things like plan for future roadway and housing needs. Immigrants, regardless of status, use both. It's connected to so many ways government serves the public, absolutely bonkers to screw ourselves this way.

I have a PM2.5 monitor in my apartment for *reasons,* and usually my HVAC and air purifier can keep it at 0.0 µg/m³ unless I'm cooking. For two days now it's been bouncing between 5.0-8.0 µg/m³ because this wildfire smoke is just too much to keep up.

Retired the backpack I've been wearing for 8 years today, the new one is nice but it's a little sad to say goodbye to the longest constant in my daily life!

was too distracted baking and missed the epic storm apart from lightning flashes 😭

a vibe: Lyft driver is blasting Cher's 2001 album Living Proof

At an EDM show at the Skyway Theater (😒) and I think this is the straightest crowd I've ever seen at a music venue in Minneapolis? Like entering a parallel universe

A few years ago HCMC was proposing to cut down 20ish mature shade trees a block down from me to build a 1,000 space parking ramp within walking distance of 4 rapid transit lines. They relocated it (still not great) but it had cleared all its environmental review and land use hurdles!

Kinda surprised it took this long, but finally knocking out my first B Line and Route 38 rides today!

this is for like 3 of my followers, but just broke into the 225 club on squat and feeling super fucking proud of myself 🎉🥰🍑

How many thinkpieces will pollute my feed this week whining about democratic socialists not being DFLers, while ignoring that the Farmer-Labor part of that acronym was a socialist movement?

an opinion: dried cranberries should be the default dried fruit in trail mixes, not raisins

Spent maybe 5 minutes outside earlier today waiting for a bus to the gym, maskless because I apparently ran out. Found myself needing albuterol to get through my workout. Love the present! 😫

I would like to understand how I've never had the stomach flu my entire adult life up until this January, and am just getting over a second bout this year now.

Conscientious SUV Shopper Just Wants Something That Will Kill Family In Other Car In Case Of Accident theonion.com/conscie...

I loudly told a friend I thought Top of the Tater is a "mid dip" in the Longfellow Cub, and some random guy started arguing with me! Sorry, it's bland.

thing that amazes me about pride weekend, I'm at the Eagle like every week and know all the faces, but tonight the place is packed and I maybe know 4 people

Thursday before Pride and the gym is filled up with gays I haven't seen there in months, half of whom are sporting fresh fades. Tis the season! 🏳️‍🌈

Journeyed out to a suburban gym today and overheard a conversation about how "you really just can't go downtown anymore" because it's unsafe. Have the local TV stations crime-feared folks that much? Downtown resident wondering what that's all about...

perfect day: 83°F, cold brew, 4" shorts, good playlist. easily pleased!

the unimaginable happened: a bike lane violation I reported to 311 actually resulted in a citation!?

Hospitals and clinics should get fined when they miscode preventative services and incorrectly bill costsharing.

Good news. Now let's hope the USPSTF remains constitutional and requires coverage without step therapy, would help so many with PrEP adherence.

First commute on the new quarterly bus schedule and waited through a 38-minute service gap on Route 94 because of one cut trip 😫

Really made the right decision living so close to the Armory. So nice being able to see a show like Justice on a weeknight and be in bed by 11:30.

a few months ago I walking around the West End for some appointments and a workout, and now that day is immortalized in Street View maps.app.goo.gl/gfSkLKErk2sg...

finally booked my first Borealis trip 🤩

ordering some electronic parts for a DIY project, and ending the de minimus exception really complicated figuring out where to order from and what rate to apply

well it's that time of year for me to go on Google Street View to mourn the fountain of my youth

had a very wall-to-wall day and it's extremely weird to see all that has unfolded so quickly

really wish we could get back to aspartame being the main sugar-free sweetener, surprise Stevia is just not nice!

took a week off work to go to a grown up summer camp and mentor (that word makes me feel old) some gov-career bound college juniors who haven't been broken by The System™ yet, hopefully this is recharging and energizing!

Seeing the B and E Line transfers marked on the rail map made me smile! Soon enough!

Got banned from DMing on TikTok because I forwarded a completely tame post to a friend with no message and some AI flagged my message as promoting "violent and criminal" content, and denied an appeal? Had to take some HR-ass quiz on their content policy and now I'm in DM time-out for 2 weeks.

my algorithms are collectively telling me to get into sourdough again and man that's a lot of work

walked out the door without my lunch and snack bag, didn't realize till my bus was on the freeway, much sad