"I have come here to kick ass and eat berries...and I am all out of berries."

out to dinner with a friend in the suburbs server mentions they're fundraising for staff affected by ICE surge. no pressure, he says, hesitantly. i say i get it. i live on the south side. server pauses. says he's son of immigrants. shows us how he carries his passport at work. he's scared.

Apparently the FBI's Epstein redaction machine was set to redact "don't" (Don T) for some reason. That would appear to run afoul of The Epstein Files Transparency Act (H.R. 4405)

@deardara.bsky.social is awfully good. deardara.com/so/adPmSCLoz...

With apologies to John, Paul, George, and Ringo… It’s was 50 years ago today When Minnesota learned how to play The beautiful game we’ve come to love But not the really stinky goalie glove So may I introduce to you The team you’ve know all these years Minnesota Kicks Professional Soccer Teeeaaaam

A “gunman … ready to go” ya say? Running around down the streets of a Midwestern city amid unrest ya say?

A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.

Taking notes on this whole thread.

Gov. Tim Walz references the 1st Minnesota regiment, credited with saving the Union at Gettysburg: “I think now we may be in that moment, that the nation's looking to us, to hold the line on democracy, to hold the line on decency, to hold the line on accountability...” youtube.com/shorts/DZXdZ...

The Mexican restaurant La Madre in Minneapolis is giving away free whistles.

The #1 movie when you were 10 is how your 2026 is going to go. Nuts. On the bright side, "there's got to be a morning after..."

2 years ago today In memory, Shane Patrick MacGowan, former member of the punk band Nipple Erectors, co-founder and lead singer of the Celtic punk band The Pogues, founder of Shane MacGowan and The Popes, died of pneumonia after a long illness. 📸 Gie Knaeps #ShaneMacGowan #punkrockhistoy

My only excuse for not only missing this, but not even hearing about it until now, is that I would have been busy at work, deep in the throes of Y2K prep at the time.

designing a new timberwolves jersey after every win 🐺 record: 7-4

Why does receiving this email at 6PM the day before the election make me think someone got some bad polling data?

NEW: Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well beyond the borders of his state. By @dougbockclark.bsky.social

Retired Army Sgt. Brian Wofford spoke to me this morning at the Oklahoma City #NoKings protest. Didn’t expect him to be carrying his DD214 so I asked some warmup questions like when he got out and whether his injury was service-related. He paused while describing the car bomb in Iraq to say this:

I have taken the freedom of speech that was in the Constitution and which you were probably using for peaceful protest Forgive me the courts said they were so agitating and so irritating

Lydia Millard, candidate for Minneapolis city council ward 10, rolls down the window of her Limo to briefly engage with the public:

I have intentionally avoided all but the first three (chronologically) Star Wars movies, with the exception of Rogue One and the Christmas Special, if that counts.

OK Gorsuch

QRP your favorite B&W movie. THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL 1951, 20th Century Fox.

Oh, geez, Jim done it this time: www.startribune.com/one-of-minne...

That's all folks

And remembered that there are much better things to do on a fall Sunday than watch a Vikings game.

Age verification? RU kidding me?

I fixed the Cracker Barrel logo if anyone is interested! #illustration #branding

Sorry to see this. Loni Anderson was the calm center of the chaotic world of WKRP IN CINCINNATI, one of the greatest sitcoms of all time. I’d read her book a few years ago — sorry I never got to ask her about it. Very sad news. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/l...

REQUEST: If you know anything about the State Dept firings/RIFs today, including if you were impacted, reach out. I'm on Signal at crg.32 Also: If you are in another agency and get word of quick movement on RIF plans, please reach out as well.

A State Department employee shared with PBS News an image from inside the department. The image includes a piece of paper taped to a mirror with the words, "Colleagues, if you remain: RESIST FASCISM. Remember the oath you vowed to uphold."

Aaron Brown take the buyout?

Perfect!

what’s really gonna bake your noodle is • the lone soldier is lorna bucket of the anglican marines • lorna bucket is *actually* lt. la’an noonien singh of starfleet • la’an is on the moon because she’s stuck in the 21st century til she can fix the timeline so lorca never mentions musk junior high

Endorse.

my mom knocked on my door and said "I found a turtle and thought you'd want to see him" then put him on my floor

I’m dying 😂

And here I thought the head was written by Ingmar Bergman.

Forty years ago today, a group of Minneapolis junior high school students inspired me by taking a stand against some nonsense instituted by their school principal. Here’s what happened. 🧵

editors of The Atlantic are welcome to visit our galleries but please let us know if you're accidentally in the museum group chat instead

Apparently the Mayor is playing dress-up again.

That's the spirit.

Losing a lot of artists like this in the decade. Knew of him mostly from his second act; had to learn about his first. The genuine article. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/a...

I was trying to think of the best way to disarm the deliberate setup. Maybe make him rephrase the accusation? "Propaganda tour? I don't understand the words. Can you repeat in simpler language what you mean?"

Just got out of jail. Only forty four left to go to catch John Lewis’s record. Remember - peaceful civil disobedience. Don’t comply in advance.

A story in four acts:

Gichee Gumee

psssst… wanna see the most Minnesotan thing that ever Minnesota’ed? youtu.be/Ngtu5F5aBME?...