Bad Bunny at the top, where he should be.

Sigh. I think Hennepin County would attest that axing the substitute budget for libraries quickly makes basic library services hard, and forget about planning programs for the community. Tough news for the Ramsey County Library.

Hennepin County Library printing news, in 2026 people will have a 5 dollar every month (instead every week), and B&W printing costs increases from 10 cents per page to 20 cents per page. Print your zines now!

Indeed — The Last Video Rental Store Is Your Public Library 📼 @404media.co www.404media.co/the-last-vid...

Signed!

Mayor Carter is a good guy, I think everybody knows that he has been a relentless champion for St. Paul, whatever he does next, I wish him all the best. www.youtube.com/shorts/Q8Ha_...

Patrons keep asking "I had this book on hold but now I don't have it on hold anymore, why not?" and we keep having to explain that we had the bookn on order, but now we have to find a new place to order it from. People have been mostly okay about it, but it's exhausting.

Have a new cat image that will stick with me for the rest of my life. Credit to Medieval Cats by Catherine Nappington

I saw Netflix's new documentary, The Perfect Neighbor, and it's brutal and it shares unfortunate parallels with what happened with Davis Moturi. I think Racket's podcast episode with him was powerful and it's wrenching to see how widespread problems like these are. racketmn.com/racketcast-e...

There's a part of me that says, "Maybe next year will be better because we (myself and coworkers) will make it better. Or get fired. Either way a change!"

I am begging people outside the book industry to understand that what we’re experiencing is not merely a surge in book banning but a coordinated effort to end libraries and librarianship in America. 4/4

Autonomous vehicles have felt far off to many people in MN but recent expansions by Waymo and other orgs seem substantial. Waymo is looking at MN and it is a critical moment for legislators to actually do something for Lyft/Uber drivers now, rather than wait and see. www.axios.com/local/twin-c...

HEY SAINT PAUL MN VOTERS: Vote Yes on City Question #1!!! www.voteyesforafairerstpaul.com

She mentions county libraries and city libraries are duplicative, but none of the county libraries are in the city! Having the public have access to school libraries would be a logistical nightmare! What is she talking about? Absolute nonsense.

Nyaight of the Living Cat lived up to the trailer and more! I laughed harder at this than any other show I've seen this year. Worth your time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4REA...

I voted for Melvin for Mayor today and checked yes twice. I was already going to do that before I read Tom's post but it really is a good summation of why you should. I just don't believe anyone else would have done as good as a job as Mayor Carter these last two terms, and I think he can do more.

From Dave Pell's Next Draft - An absolute stinger at the end.

Bless that lifeguard wrestler. It's absolutely joyous to root for an Edina cake-eater to get slammed by an opossum in a fight. Would love more suburban heels.

From Adam Platt's Twin Cities Business Mag's article about the Strib closing their print facility. First, the weekday print circ is about 71,000 (low but still better than I thought) and the weekday digital is 102,000, that's really not ideal, really speaks to their digital sub struggles.

The Star Tribune author displaying strong 'Union for me, but not for thee' energy for restaurant workers.

Remember when someone posted this picture likening DFL leaders to characters from The Godfather. Because, honestly, I still think about it and I laugh and laugh.

I'll say this, I think the Baba's production team seemed a little under prepared for the Fair, so there is prolly some inconsistencies for the food, but as a whole, I think that it's clear to be a top tier dish.

As always, we’ve evaluated the new fair foods according to our peerless, pitiless Scarf!, Shrug, Skip system. (Accept no substitutes.)

BEHOLD the State Fair mega-post! 75 freakin' items, 8,900 words, assessments without fear or favor, a dash of satire, spiritous beverages, interviews with the new foodsmiths… holy hell, we were busy. Bon appetit and happy hunting! heavytable.substack.com/p/the-2025-m...

Roundup of media reviews about the New Minnesota State Fair Foods for 2025 from the first day! A final draft will come out later this weekend. Somali Street Fries and Sweet Squeakers are early favorites. Blue Barn redeemed itself? #mnstatefair

Still new to Saint Paul but I can't imagine Mayor Carter losing this year, especially since the general vibes from State Rep. Her's campaign is giving 'I'm the more conservative candidate in the race'. I'll predict him cruising to win 58-42 this election.

I'll be collecting media reviews about the New Minnesota State Fair Foods this year and organizing them like this (sample version from last years 2024 reviews).

It's here! www.mnstatefair.org/new/food/

Replacing library staff with a Discount Baymax is not the fucking way.

Here's deal, ever since I saw the Kneecap movie, I knew what the best song for the 4 of the July would be. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uVc...

@racketmn.com celebrates 4 years next month and to celebrate that I wanted to use my particular set of skills by creating book pairings to go with popular Racket articles plus some favs. If you've missed them the first time, now is the time to read the article and maybe a book that complements it.

This was a great time, thoroughly enjoyed the theater and the show, his closer was dynamite.

Ah, an excuse to post about movies. Perfect.

Article can be summed up here.

Sex is great, but what about the inescapable allure of the inclined elevator.

Remember when the Minneapolis police union put up their tactical fencing around their union hall in 2020? It was improved by local signage.

Frustrated to hear Minneapolis College's intention to suspend the Library Information Technology Program today. It's the only program like it in the state and it's where you can train to become a library paraprofessional, and was instrumental in launching my own library career.

I made a silent puppet film about Godzilla vs. Paul Bunyan. (thank you to @iamchubbybunny.bsky.social for Japanese translations and @okaywolf.ink for clanky piano!!)

Going eastbound on 94 I saw someone fully stop, slowly cross three lanes of traffic to get to 35W. They weren't even close to the exit for 35W, they were 40 feet past it. Insane to do at midnight with no cars around, criminally negligent to do at 5pm on a Sunday with 40 cars behind you.

Sinners is great and worth a watch just for the score and soundtrack alone. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HS-U...

beaver's return

A very complimentary google review for Plymouth Library got posted yesterday.

Tomorrow, the Park Board is hearing a resolution that will kill the Uptown Mall Plan. This a result of intense lobbying from influencial East Isles neighbors. They are killing the plan so people don't park in East Isles. I need your help! Please come speak tomorrow or call/email your commissioner!

A brief photo recap of my recent trip to New Zealand. To no one's surprise I found it to be beautiful, from Wellington to these photos of the fjords. 1/?

All good options but I love my local croissant from Brake Bread just as much.

Damn, well I gotta get over there and have some pizza.

Print for free at the library? *mimes brain explosion*

Now that it is 2025, I want to share my favorite things that I read in 2024. There are my Favorite Adult Nonfiction Books and Graphic Novels #LibFaves24

While it is now 2025 I gotta share my favorite things from last year. Next, my favorite movies that I saw.