It’s hard to convey the insanity of a thirty-something White House staffer getting an interim US Attorney appointment and marching into the grand jury room alone four days later to indict the former Deputy Attorney General and Director of the FBI

Every time Frey says “Minneapolis is coming back” can someone ask him from what and who has been the mayor during that time?

So much this! When a few friends have asked "Why not Frey?" I've said that he's had EIGHT YEARS and the city feels rudderless. Flat. Losing what's made it such a great place to live for me for 30 years now. If he couldn't figure it out in 8 years, why TF give him four more?

There is no bottom.

This gets interesting when you look at something like the Minnesota Yacht Club festival from this July. A lot of the same acts, especially at the top. You can see who is focusing on the music festival circuit. bsky.app/profile/jame...

We are watching a coordinated right-wing takeover of popular media and it won’t stop here. archive.today/bXzZd

The rest of today’s garden update!

one basic result of this is that the next Dem president has to wield every ounce of autocratic power that this court has given them. i don’t think that’s good for the country but the alternative is worse.

@umdawgs.bsky.social was on it and we got tickets when there were still 40 left ...

What about that head that was found on a bench?

We have four kinds of dahlia blooming at once! (Still have 4-5 more with no blooms at all 😢)

For real! Please stop, @peggyflanagan.bsky.social! So many people have endorsed you at this point - can we get over using this guy please?

The first driver I saw on my bike commute this morning drove through their stop sign looking at their phone, saw another pulling a left turn in front of me, eyes on the device the entire time. I'm sick of this framing, let's take care of the real problem.

It is hilarious that she says threatening to sue is a Trump like approach….as a woman who has done just that several times through this campaign and lost each one.

I got this too! Thanks also to @aurinmpls.bsky.social for helping in Ward 12.

This is some good activism

lol. Stay classy Anoka

Cc: @racketmn.com

Wtfffff

stop interviewing david schultz challenge proves impossible for twin cities journos

Did not realize there was video of Ezra Klein talking about the need to run pro-life Democrats in Kansas, Ohio, and Missouri. So I had to make this.

Using Surly to represent the trash no one wants is genius tho

Quick garden update! The teeniest oyster mushrooms. Loofah are getting huge! A second round of banana peppers. Volunteer mint!

Ah dang, this is such a loss for the neighborhood. I love Milkweed (and Blue Moon before it!), and am sad to see it go. www.longfellowwhatever.com/milkweed-is-...

Overheated lard vat

the fact that so many people frame autism as “a problem that needs to be solved” is a constant reminder that being “not normal” isn’t acceptable to a large amount of the world. it’s the same reason there’s a trans panic right now too. they think people are defective

What does this even mean?

Reposting with alt-text If this statue comes down, there needs to be crowd funding to make another, bc it's brilliant 😂

In the newsletter: Breaking down the neighborhood's 16 happy hour deals on this gray Tuesday morning.

It's all fun and games until a cop handles a Tylenol gelcap with no gloves and within seconds their socks are bothering them.

The Becka Thompson residency dispute, and the other ones like it, show that the centrists and their donor class hold Minneapolis in total contempt. Rules are for suckers, community means nothing, you don't deserve better, shut up and vote how we tell you or the communists will let you get crimed.

A pop up box on Tylenol dot com

"almost"

For real, fuck ICE. Every single one of them needs to be fired and become utterly unhireable. A good portion need to be prosecuted.

my goddddd

I have taken the Tylenol that was in the medicine cabinet and which they think probably is the reason you like trains forgive me but that’s bullshit you got autism from your dad

Hey a thing I really don’t want to get lost here is that while Tylenol doesn’t cause autism, IT’S FINE TO BE AUTISTIC. Let’s not grant them the premise that autism should be eradicated in our way to correct the science, okay? Okay.

AUTISM and TYLENOL A study of 2.5 million children showed a small association between acetaminophen use during pregnancy and autism—but this finding DISAPPEARED when full siblings were compared. “Acetaminophen use during pregnancy was not associated with children’s risk of autism…” Full article:

Pretty good episode of Science Vs this week covering the Tylenol-Autism correlation (not causation) pca.st/episode/2787...

It should be obvious, but from someone who is aware of the literature: There is no observed link between Tylenol use in pregnancy and autism. But there is significant data on all sorts of bad outcomes if pregnant women don't treat high fevers.

I literally never want to get a text from Al Franken. How do I stop this. How do I say, "I will never, ever, ever consider giving you money if you have Al Franken text me." Who do I have to convince that this is bad?

A Minneapolis omelette is filled with all your friends whom you’ve known since high school, and wild rice.

I can’t believe the crowd tried to skip “sucking on a chili dog”

John Mellencamp has a guitar on display at the Woody Guthrie Center, which came from his MTV unplugged set in ‘92. It comes to mind as I anticipate his farmaid set, 33 years later.

Boooed AKlo a little too loudly and the woman next to me said “I guess we know who the Trumpers are” and I had to do some explaining. …

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Love an organized king

had to read the article to understand wtf was going on here which is that Meta is literally feeding Instagram pictures parents took of their teenage daughters to middle aged men as ads for Threads

We knew this moment was coming. Ward 12 candidate Becka Thompson claiming residence in a neighborhood outside her current park district means she's either lying or must resign her park board seat.