Me, when people are quoting my story to highlight all of the good work people in Minneapolis are doing

Hopefully one of the final updates on this: at tomorrow’s Council meeting, we’ll have a public hearing on 26–19 and, hopefully, take a final vote. If you want to weigh in but can’t be there to testify in person, comments to the Council and Mayor’s Office are of course welcome.

Hot take: the open fuck you energy of 10-1 did better than 9-2 would have. L. Louise Lucas was right. Soft-pedaling it wouldn't have sold, "you're goddamn right we are" did.

a return to an entirely text-based internet... i don't hate it, bluesky

Never prouder to post this

Honestly I think it's great that reactionaries in this state get a BusyBox to sink all their time into. I hope the MN GOP makes this a top priority in all canvassing efforts this year.

Alright, I’m home now so here’s the Norm update. Yesterday at 4pm, I got a text from a family I’ve been helping who had a loved one abducted a couple of days after Renée Good’s murder. This was the family that Norm Nation kept from being evicted (and you delivered). ICE had released their loved one.

I do think with LLMs automating slop making it increasingly difficult to differentiate bot-generated vs. human-generated text, we should institute my system of "5 cents per post." Not that expensive but also not that cheap. Make you think twice before posting.

Norm Wife appreciation post: When I say I’m going to do something absolutely insane and her response is, go, you’re good at this stuff, even if it upends her own life.

Can't think of a single example.

My attempt to flip the structure of typical gun death headline with typical auto death headline: - "Police say a man has been arrested after the gun he was holding killed a person" - "Police have arrested driver suspected in yesterday's auto death"

i know pay for play when i see it. part of a concerted effort to delude minnesotans into trying to wear light jackets / covert Twins demoralization campaign

70 Minnesota children. Delta Air Lines, who likely flew nearly all of these kiddos out of MSP, could publicly condemn this and end the practice tomorrow, as the airlines did in 2018 with family separation, but it’s easier to stay silent.

Doing something that hopefully I can tell you all about soon, but right now, I just want to earnestly say that this community of people is so wonderful. I am so happy to see the giving that you’re doing, and even beyond the Charity Bowl, so many of you were there for us during the ICE occupation.

There was a conspiracy to scare JFK with a fake attempt by a guy with Soviet ties to keep JFK a Cold War hardliner, but Oswald got lucky or didn't get clear instructions. This is why there's so much evidence of something fishy, but it doesn't quite add up.

Contrast to how civilians put themselves in true danger for each other within minutes during the ICE raids these past couple months.

Newly released records on the police response to the assassination of Melissa Hortman show officers knew a woman was lying motionless on the top of the stairs inside the Hortman home but waited 30 minutes to physically check on her.

Saw a noodle horse this morning in a black jacket. Was being walked by their human who looked just like them. Really giving these vibes.

Facebook marketplace keeps recommending tree stumps for me. It must know about Stump Party, @mplsnightmayor.bsky.social.

Someone was taken near 20th & Central tonight at 10 PM. Within 5 minutes, there were over 20 people on a call and even more people on foot in the area to respond.

Sauna time 🧖 200°/93° 🌡️ 30% ☁️ Ex: 41°/5° 🌤️ St. Paul, MN 🧭

every eric roper column is like "Crazy activists have this insane idea that will never work. Looking into it, there's actually a lot of good reasons that they want to do this, and experts recommend doing it. But it's just too crazy for us to do." www.startribune.com/roper-herc-i...

Walking home for Party Sub Party and snapped a pic of another BIG LOON admirer

Before the carnage.

A plurality of all social interactions in the Twin Cities is you having a delightful conversation with someone at a mutual friends gimmick party, while unaware that you've been enjoying each other's social media personalities for years.

This is my favorite thing on the internet

4 hours 33 minutes

I KILLED THE GIANT SUB

Happy to report that I met many Blueski mutuals at Norm's Sub Party, ate some sandwich, drank a beer or two, and welcomed many a compliment for wearing slippers and The Jacket to this gala affair.

Party Sub Party 🧻 Certified Safe to Wipe™️

Sad to miss sandwich party this year. Sending you all my love from this black metal show in a skate park in the Netherlands.

As far as I can tell, everybody on Minneapolis BlueSky is spending the day deeply engaging with local politics and everyone on Saint Paul BlueSky is spending the day eating a giant sandwich and drinking beer. And that feels right to me.

@derzquist.net made a @normcharlatan.bsky.social Sub Party feed on @surf.social A+ use of Surf surf.social/feed/surf%2F...

🚨OFFICIAL NORM’S 2026 4TH ANNUAL PARTY SUB PROGRESS THREAD🚨 Progress: 0% consumed (9-feet remaining of meat; 3-feet of vegetarian; 18-inches of gluten-free)

Sub Party has begun!!

Sauna time 🧖 200°/93° 🌡️ 30% ☁️ Ex: 34°/1° 🌤️ St. Paul, MN 🧭

9 years apart at Proeflokaal La Trappe. How the years fly by.

Showing up on a Jumbotron really hits the ol seratonin receptors like you wouldn’t believe.

The dudes of Saint Paul.

It was about 44 degrees as these shackled detainees were loaded onto today's ICE Air flight in the pouring rain at MSP. ICE hasn't stopped in Minnesota, neither have MN50501's volunteer observers - please help cover our parking fees: mn50501.org/donate Data: ottergoose.net/ice-flights-msp/data

when we say dudes rock this is what we mean

Tell them in St Paul we roll deep

I love Saint Paul.

St Paul Saints have won 100% of all games where a bunch of local oafs have shown up wearing The Jacket

Saint Paul works quick. I’m already in a gang.

In training for Sub-Party at @normcharlatan.bsky.social place tomorrow.

Oculo Porcorum to all, and to all a good night!

I highly recommend blurring all lines between friendship, community identity, and goofus bits