I‘ve long felt that Metro Transit should use a modern version of Twin City Rapid Transit‘s late period PCC yellow/green livery, or their classic yellow/green/burgandy-ish color (could sub in blue). Would be so much nicer! MT’s buses especially look so meh (and show dirt) w/so much blank white!

Shockingly out of touch, callous, and dismissive by Commissioner “NY Liberty“ Engelbert. Especially when reffing arguably played a significant role (even though it wasn’t the only factor) in Collier and the Lynx not winning the title in 2024. Calling Napheesa Collier a “loser” is loser behavior.

Absolute garbage refereeing

NATISHA HIEDEMAN!!! dannngg

Would love to see better attendance for the upcoming Lynx playoff games! Are they still not opening up all the seats? What gives? I feel like Ballhalla tonight was twice as loud & rowdy/boisterous, in the best way, as the Lynx crowd was in Game 1, in addition to being far larger in size!

What's even funnier about Mayor Frey's "playground downtown" focus is that he's been the mayor for 8 yrs and hasn't managed to do basic "wow fun winter playground stuff!" that *used* to exist, like an outdoor ice skating rink (or two!) Locals and tourists enjoy skating! It's "so Minnesota!" And yet!

Can only echo this. I wouldn't vote for him if I still lived in Minneapolis, but it is SO important that he has actively opposed the transphobia that's all over the internet + media, related to the shooter. Minnesota supports the trans community.

Why is it this that finally made me flat out cry? (It's a good picture and evocative. Shoes in hand so whoever it is can get to the school faster. No face shown so doesn't feel exploitive. Also I know that street, have parked right there many times.)

This story was really touching/tragic/oh my gosh. The kid apparently had broken his arm, then re-injured it last night, causing him to miss school. 2 of his friends apparently among injured, so he very well would have been at risk. He made a paper airplane with one hand and gave it to Corin Hoggard😭

As a Minnesotan not living in MN, my heart is once again torn apart by what’s happened there today. I can offer these photos of the stunning sunset (with rising new crescent moon) in Durham, NC last night as a bit of peace. Thinking of those directly and indirectly affected + everyone in MN.

100% yes. These poor children. "I don't feel safe," said the boy to his father. We've failed this child, all children, & everyone. The StarTribune's photojournalist(s) have captured some especially heartrending images of terrified children & reuniting families, showing the impact of the violence :(

Yes!! Impatience, inattentiveness, etc. can *so* easily turn into violence. The mocking of bicyclists for caring about this is sick. Someone extremely close to me lost a beloved family member due to a careless, lazy, inattentive driver. I was there when they got the news; I’ll never, ever forget. 😣

As much as I may critique MnDOT and things back in Minnesota [because I care about the issues a lot!], here’s a good article on the awful status quo for bike and pedestrian infra funding (and safety) in NC. It’s BAD bad here. Makes MN look like Denmark! NcDOT’s Division of Rail is amazing, though.

This makes my day; more people are biking to the Minnesota State Fair each year! If the demand keeps increasing maybe they’ll consider adding multilevel racks?! Or even a multilevel partly enclosed storage structure, at least at the Como location?! Not room to keep expanding on 1 level forever!

1/? I see there’s criticism regarding this article. I just spent 4 days in Seattle, a city w/its own homelessness + opioid crisis, & didn’t have one bad transit experience. No smoking/drug use. The trains and buses weren’t dirty & did not smell of various types of smoke, and the ridership was high.

To respond to this in another way: It’s very clear that based on my own experiences, the below, housing, transit, and other data, their rail transit buildout and the TDM-type program Mary mentioned in a different post, Seattle has decided it wants to be a city! Minneapolis and St. Paul haven’t.

The number of people in Seattle who use light rail to access the airport is really impressive! Also a sad commentary on how few MSP passengers use the Blue Line these days, despite the travel time to downtown being much shorter and more competitive with driving…it should be packed like this train!

Not only is this a very on-brand Pohlad story (read the whole thread!), at the game I attended on Monday, I saw that bottled water at Yankee Stadium also costs $6, in a much more expensive metro. What is this, Jim—New York?!

On one hand, this game includes the poor 2025 Minnesota Twins. On the other hand, baseball on a night like this! ❤️

This is important & is probably one factor of the many that’s tamping down Metro Transit’s (MN) ridership. Given that younger people are usually a large part of ridership, this hurts that much more.

So, baseball people: Suggestions on the best moderately-priced sections (especially for opposing fans) to sit at Yankee Stadium? I've read about the places for opposing fans to stay away from, but have heard a mix of opinions on the best sections.

North Carolina Democrats...enormously disappointing. Shocked at some of the awful rhetoric at least one of them used, and now several key (terrible) GOP priorities get passed, only because of them. You'd think that NOW of all times, they'd stick together...nope! apnews.com/article/nort...

I'm embarrassed to admit I laughed out loud at this😭 Oh those Pohlads and their "business decisions"

By the bye, I haven't been to my annual Twins game this year to keep up my streak. The good news is, since I don't live in MN, I don't have to support the Pohlads to do it. The Bad News? Schedule and location-wise, my current easiest bet is Twins @ Yankees.

I'll bet we'll see creative messages on signs that fans manage to sneak into ballparks, because this is an insult to generations of Twins fans across the upper Midwest. I've been to at least one game a year, not counting 2020, since I was 6, and this just hurts.

Needed that win by the Lynx tonight! So good. What other team brings such a high level of joy every game?! I feel lucky we have them💚

By hopping into the (totally empty for 2-3 months!) birdfeeder and chirping insistently while searching for seeds, a local cardinal has probably shamed me into buying some new birdseed--I feel so bad!😭Poor little dude even flitted all around the area where birdseed falls onto our deck.

I like Bluesky because it's the only social media platform that's helped me feel less silly that as a child, I thought the show "Austin City Limits" on PBS was broadcast from Austin, Minnesota 😂, lol! Many thanks to whichever Minnesotan shared their memory/experience sometime earlier this year!

Ahahaha I just saw a Jeopardy question that hinged on the hilariously Minnesotan pronunciation of “Prague” as in the city name of “New Prague” The clue included rhymes with (something like) “hague” and I was so tickled I laughed out loud and had to explain this to the person next to me at the gym!

Per a mention at their memorial service today, about 7,500 mourners visited the Minnesota State Capitol yesterday to pay their respects to Rep. Melissa Hortman & her husband, Mark, as they lay in state in the Capitol Rotunda. (And their dog, Gilbert💔) The service was beautiful. Thinking of MN 💙💛🤍

Very specific WNBA & Amtrak news: Lexi Held of the Phoenix Mercury took Amtrak from NYC to AZ after suffering a partially collapsed lung! Which, ouch, both to the awful injury and also such a long train trip--I love Amtrak but more than 2 days of train travel is a lot! Hope she wasn't in coach!

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That feels like an important win for the Lynx! Or, at least the type of game they shouldn't have lost given that they want to be in the title game again. Good on them for not giving up!

Let's go Lynx!! Made it overtime and hopefully they can continue the more inspired play from the end of the 4th!

Clark Gable Didn't Get Limit of Ducks; Yet Is Satisfied

I am losing it over this😂 Bood Food *is* Bood Mood, indeed. Enjohy your Dflicious Food, made daily with Food! Positively Doltclous! A Happy Heram to you, too. Apparently 100%; real seen somewhere in Baltimore.

Raleigh hit 100 degrees today, tying the record high from last year and 1986. Let me tell you, it is NOT nice to be outside right now

Deleted my grumpy post about the StarTribune's Northfield article, but I still think it's hilarious how they said "conservative" or "local conservatives" (unattributed) like 3 times in a very vague NYT-like way. Just not good journalism & those resources should be put to something of more substance.

“…And above all, with a sense of one another’s humanity.” Yes. End the dehumanizing, violent, hateful, fevered rhetoric now. There’s only one party’s leaders calling everyone (including leaders) in the other party “scum” and much worse on the daily. If that doesn’t stop I fear for us all.

Pro tip: Before sweatily biking to a late showing at the local movie theater w/the good popcorn [that also DOESN’T take tap to pay] in an attempt to distract oneself and relax after a [words fail] day, make sure to double-check you actually have your wallet🙃

Queer joy is resistance *and also* WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED. WE DO NOT SUBMIT TO FEAR. Darn right!

Have to say that Fox 9 political reporter Corin Hoggard seems to be doing a good job of setting up how very political the assassination is, not downplaying at all, and has mentioned multiple times how "almost all" the people on his list were Democrats. The murderer's views are NOT left wing!

This is just a phenomenally large number of people, holy buckets! Just look all the way down the street! Go San Francisco!

Oh, Minnesota, my dear home state, may all that is good, loving, and warm bless you and hold you today and always, but especially today. Hard to not be in MN/with family today. Standing tall and proud. I shall not be cowed by this cowardly, dastardly, ink-splotch of black evil.

I'm in shambles. Evil has cast its shadow on MN. When I was in college, Rep. Hortman--not yet Speaker; still plenty busy--took time out of her day to meet with me & a college group researching cooperative solar energy. We met at Barrio in dwtn Mpls. She treated us like adults and was candid, 1/?

My B Line thoughts: 1. The increased frequency will be of enormous benefit to St. Paul & Mpls riders from river to Hi-Lake! Yay! 2. The 21 today, in its densest, busiest segment, runs up to more than twice as frequently* as the B Line will. Feels ehh. (*=See thread)

I'm going to be honest, the fact that Bannon actually said this had me laughing out loud, what is happening right now😆

Although it came out that individual immigrants weren't directly targeted by this raid, MPD *did* assist ICE (as CM Chavez said, "assisting with crowd control is assisting ICE"), it was hyper-militarized and traumatic for the community, and protestors were met with violence. Still unacceptable.

Despicable behavior. We're at the "shoving middle-aged white women stage" for those keeping track. I'm feeling for Minneapolis + the immigrants targeted in this raid. Unlike that recent San Diego raid, they brought armored vehicles w/LRADs, more heavily armed overall, and more violent. Not surprised

I was very skeptical about Randle until the last part of the season, and was pleasantly surprised by his performance in the first two rounds of the playoffs. This series feels like the Sam Darnold Week 18 + playoff game exposure that kept the Vikings from offering him a big contract. Bye, Randle?