Not surprising considering the English Premier League also stole our best in the world set pieces. #MNUFC

Montreal #2 Also, every July there's a free Cirque in a few parks every evening with closed down streets. My oldest was concerned there's no mat.

I'm in Montreal and you can just ride your bike around an F1 track. I passed some people on bike shares and some people passed me on 10k bikes. Its the best city in North America for bike riding. Bikes own this town.

Portugal has too much talent to be this boring. If I'm Pep Guardiola, this is the national team I'd take over.

The World Cup is a party and the American broadcasters show up with their flag pins.

England singing Wonderwall after wins and Mr Brightside often creates an awkward feeling for this MNUFC fan.

MSP road cyclists what are your preferred hilly routes (2k+ elevation over 40-50 miles)? Where can I find rollers and feel safe from traffic? The first two days of RAGBRAI are 3k+ elevation!!! No joke.

Naz/LaMelo trade summed up: 🐝 Hornets receive: - A local cult Indie musician with a lot of range only played regularly in The Current's rotation. 🐺 Wolves receive: - Viral pop musician who relies on autotune that the kids really enjoy 6️⃣ 7️⃣

MNUFC supporters, instead of rowing a boat, what if we collectively shrugged and said "Ope!"?

The stadium in Foxborough, MA is the worst looking one in the US, even with a grass pitch. Spectators are 3 miles away and there's that weird gap/walkway where seats should be behind the goal and gaps in the mid-deck too. It's odd for the NFL too. I don't understand the design.

I didn't realize Italy made the World Cup as part of Australia.

USMNT hot take: McKennie and Adams will make very good studio TV talking heads after they retire. Pulisic will become an underrated color commentator, but stink up the studio.

I'm so glad the Loons signed James, it was fun.

The NBA should use yellow and red cards instead of flagrant 1 and 2, as is used in FIBA. It's cleaner.

The most dangerous word in the English language is "Just" "Just score two goals."

World Cup Hack: watch the matches on Telemundo - proper pregame hype incl anthems - no commercials during hydro breaks - easy to stream (Peacock) Murdoch aside, Fox is mailing it in

In the 2nd quarter, of the "impending blowout", I watched a movie with my son that featured Oscar winners McConaughey, Adrian Brody, Brenda Ficker. Emmy award winners Glover, Lloyd, and Gordon-Levitt. Name it! (No, I didn't miss the final minutes of the Finals game.)

Knicks courtside seats last night was an indictment against America. Think about how much those seats cost and who can afford them. The Politicians: - Treasury Secretary Lutnick (R). - Former Dem WH Chief of Staff Rahm (not a Bulls fan?) - Former Mayor & Billionaire Bloomberg (R > D > I )

This is one of the best podcast episodes I've ever listened to... Listen, you'll be surprised. songexploder.net/semisonic

What I love about basketball is that every time you think you've seen all the different types of players, a new player emerges that breaks the game. Wemby is joining Jokic, Curry, LeBron, Jordan, Magic, Bird, Kareem, as a player archetype. First of his name.

All trips under 350 miles should be on a high speed train.

Am I reading this right? Both Bongi and James were left home, with both Fitz and Boxall in the team sheet. I kind of figured James was holding down(or up) Fitz's spot until he was healthy. But it also probably signals Bongi will be moved in the next window 😭

"I live at Selby/Dale" / "I live in Summit/University" / "I live on Cathedral Hill" (All are technically correct)

I hope @mnufc.com take note of the Target Field concourse heat lamps. Very nice on this rainy night

MSP biking community, I am riding in RAGBRAI this summer and looking to upgrade my Trek Domane Aluminum bike to a used endurance road bike with a carbon frame that is not going to break the budget. Any suggestions on where to look? *I can totally do RAGBRAI on my current bike, just want to explore.

I wrote about how the two-year-old Minnesota state flag has aged particularly well (and why it's so idiotic for backwards cities to double-down on the old one). www.minnpost.com/cityscape/20...

Since I've already preordered this gem from @flagsforgood.com, I can now let you all know about it. #MSP #minnesota #flags flagsforgood.com/products/don...

Is the Cedar Lake bike trail fully open now?????

HOW IS THIS A REAL HEADLINE? During the next overnight windstorm, when it feels like my roof is about to blow off, I will be lying in my bed thinking about this headline. @bencollins.bsky.social Surely, The Onion predicted this?

Remember when AZ was a young up and comer, showed promise, and the Loons shipped him out. Then played Dotson at winger? Better times than this match. Now 3 as I type. Yeesh.

Nooooooooooooo just got a text from SPPS that iPads are coming home with students in case of a snow day. NOOOOOOOOOOO!

Wait, if all the Evangelicals went suddenly missing from the halls of power, then that can only mean the Rapture must have occurred! 😜 Looks like their plan to illegally invade Iran to bring about the Apocalypse actually worked! 😜 (1/2)

I think it's just randomly 12, but it was loosely based on the national / immigrant flags of the Northeast State Bank. tcsidewalks.blogspot.com/2018/03/the-...

What are your ideas for a new MPLS flag? I think its fair to ask for a new flag with meaningful symbolism, after all the city has been through since Floyd and now with ICE Occupation. Share a sketch or words... Whatcha got? What do you want to see in a flag?

So many MN flags in... checks notes... Texas!

Sometimes, I see a sign reminding me that the Winter Carnival still exists, like 'King Borealis celebratory something'. Maybe next winter, the Carnival can find new life by embracing a narrative around the winter of '26, when neighbors kicked the King's aggressive ICE out. I'd go to that.

Proud of my kerning. School patrol, 2026.

The NBA should abolish the draft and allow teams to set up academies to develop their own talent. Jokic, Wemby, and Luka were developed by pro academies. Works well for soccer. With a salary cap NBA be similar to MLS, a league with a ton of parity year over year. @justinverrier.bsky.social

📢 We are champions of GAM, champions of GAM, We are Minnesota United, champions of GAM!

Saint Paul raises Minneapolis' Nobel Peace Prize with a Pulitzer AND a Peabody. I've been honored to work with public media journalists for the last 12-13 years, they are dedicated and care so deeply. Support them folks! Its been a hard year for stations.

While the best time to primary Klobuchar was earlier, the second best time is now.

Surprised they didn't roll out the Mission Accomplished banner.

Post a banger that isn't in English. Thank the kids for this, it spared you from Trio's Da Da Da tidal.com/track/158798...

Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work. "I'm going to share my screen"

For "reasons", an ever increasing amount of Canadian content is sneaking into my algorithms. This is not a complaint. 🫡 🇨🇦 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cirr...

@minnpost.bsky.social delivers! www.minnpost.com/arts-culture...

I think its important for Minnesotans to start imagining what we want this place to look like after this occupation is over, especially now when it clearly isn't over. We've learned a lot about ourselves. Imagine! Fight for it. Contested primaries are a good place for this.

Does anyone have a playlist of all the songs written about this moment?

So glad Rep. Omar is okay. The way she just continues her speech is very Teddy Roosevelt-like -- who famously continued a speech after being shot. What a brave person!

Post-surge, I hope the MN Legislature passes a bill to automatically reissue, for free, a new license plate number to any MN car that was a part of a DHS look up from Dec '25 onwards. (and got to mix up those first 3 digits, so there's no identifying pattern!)