Sigh. Shutting down the National Center for Atmospheric Research will make the world a more dangerous place for all of us.

St. Paul Public Schools said today that two vans operating under contract to carry students and staff have been pulled over by federal agents while enroute to school this week.

huh www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...

"Tuesday's development, where six dedicated public servants feel the need to resign their positions abruptly," said Doug Kelley, a former U.S. assistant attorney with Minnesota. "That's the darkest day in my 51 years of practicing law in this state."

What I saw last in North was horrifying. ICE agents repeatedly advanced on and brutalized peaceful protesters, firing tear gas and flash bangs indiscriminately. Unprovoked agents rushed a dispersing crowd more than a block from their lines, just to reignite the chaos. This is state terrorism.

That is what was relayed

Watch my address on the ongoing federal presence in Minnesota: youtu.be/fGTsYXBWQgU

The law is clear: Oversight is a core responsibility of members of Congress – and the Trump Administration cannot block us from doing so. House Democrats are taking them to court.

Scientists calculate that last year was one of the three hottest on record, along with 2024 and 2023. The trend indicates that warming could be speeding up, climate monitoring teams reported. n.pr/49DWkgn

Nick Benson is an activist with MN50501 who works in commercial flight data analytics. He is one of a handful of people who spend much of their days documenting ICE activity at the airport. Since the beginning of December, Benson has observed more than 1,000 people board ICE flights at MSP.

one interesting thing about the Minnesota ICE/CBP deployment: as far as I can tell, there hasn't been a surge of Section 111 charges (for assaulting a federal officer) like we saw in other cities targeted by federal forces. I can only find one case since the MN surge began at the end of December

The sheer volume of white nationalist memes/allusions posted from official government accounts over the past year is staggering www.vox.com/politics/475...

For decades, executives at big companies in Minnesota have been part of the state’s civic backbone — serving on nonprofit boards, weighing in on workforce issues, joining task forces focused on solving major social issues. Which is why the quiet right now is so striking.

So, if I'm reading this right: 4 prosecutors at the Dept of Justice Civil Rights division quit because the Trump-appointed leadership won't investigate Good's killer, and 6 from the Minnesota US Attorney's office quit when they were told instead to investigate her widow. (HT @benjaminkabak.com)

The article appears to be partly paywalled and I would encourage anyone who can afford it to subscribe, Slate's got a hell of a sale going right now and subscriptions are how they can afford to pay freelancers for articles like this one For my fellow brokies, though:

Today is a watershed moment for women’s sports. The Supreme Court is hearing arguments relating to how Title IX will be enforced going forward. Title IX was created to expand, not exclude. It ensured that everyone could participate, and promised to protect opportunity, access and dignity for all. 👇🏻

Minnesota's top federal fraud prosecutor has resigned, along with other experienced attorneys at the Minnesota U.S. Attorney's Office.

Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...

Currently attending a Roseville city council meeting today listing to public comments. The meeting is very well attended and there is a very strong anti-ICE sentiment from the majority of the speakers.

2026 is gonna be a wild election year, and we're ready to fight for the belief that all Minnesotans deserve the right to freedom, opportunity, and security. Help us with our People Over Party billboard campaign and pick up a $15 No Kings; No Cowards bumpersticker: shop.mn50501.org/.../no-kings...

semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003 when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out

Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG... www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...

Today I learned that Minnesota law specifically gives ICE the power to arrest without a warrant. Maybe something for the legislature to consider changing the next time the DFL has a trifecta.

"If that's not a highlight reel goal I don't know what is" Minnesota's Abbey Murphy beats her defender with a lacrosse move, then slides it over for Bella Fanale to score

So it won't be ready for the women's tournament. I know it's a hard concept, but women also have to play ice hockey on ice.

Renee Good is at least the fifth death to result in an aggressive immigration crackdown by the Trump administration. Other cases include a person fatally shot by ICE outside Chicago and two people who died after being struck by vehicles while fleeing authorities.

One of the core purposes of right-wing media is to rewrite your memory and reprogram your moral response to an event you saw with your own eyes. George Floyd died of a heart attack. Jan 6 was a peaceful picnic. This process has already begun

“We will invade your city without permission, we will taunt you, we will kidnap and harass citizens, we will smash our way into schools and shoot tear gas at students, and if you stop to film us and we don’t like it, we will shoot you three times in the face.” Tyranny

ICE is not keeping people safe. They did the same thing and told the same lies in Chicago. Leave my friends and neighbors alone. From the NYT: Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...

Women's sports continue to dominate in Minnesota. From another championship, new teams and fighting for change in their leagues, here's some of the most memorable moments from 2025.

Feds Uncover Secret Santa Ring — theonion.com/feds-uncover...

Bitter cold temperatures are forecast across the northern Plains to the Mid-South through the weekend. Well below normal temps combined with gusty winds will create dangerous wind chills. If you are planning to spend any time outdoors, know these 5 hypothermia warning signs. weather.gov/safety/cold

My #1 podcast of 2025! I only started listening at the end of March, but now it's my first listen of the day M-F @sarahspain.com pca.st/podcast/673f... #pocketcasts #playback2025

Join the "Good Game with Sarah Spain" NCAA Volleyball Championship Bracket! First round starts tomorrow! fantasy.espn.com/games/womens...

Pure skill 🤯 Abby Roque with a between-the-legs goal!

The loudest voices don't always win: In 2023, a scientific paper in the field of #glaciology was suddenly thrown into the climate wars. I interviewed one of the co-authors @juliaandreasen.bsky.social and appreciate any reposts! [Thread] mikeyoungacademy.dk/ice-sheet-or...

It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick. Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.

Witch’s Hat in Tower Hill Park

The northern lights put on a great show this evening.

Pedantic me would say “how the continents moved”, not “that the continents moved”. Continents moving had been proposed in early 1900’s with supporting evidence, it’s just that those ideas couldn’t provide a mechanism for movement and thus weren’t widely accepted.

There are f’ing TV ADS for the SCORE Act?!? Don’t buy their bullshit. Every single org invested in and working toward equity for and investment in women’s college sports are working to REJECT the SCORE Act. Pass it on - NO to the SCORE Act.

Geologist problems. 🤣 ⚒️

I really and truly need people to understand that a chatbot does not and cannot know anything. Like, I need them to understand that in their bones. It is very good at looking like it knows something, but it does not and cannot know anything.

Who’s the best radio station pup ever?! This is Pepperoni who hangs out in the lobby of WTIP radio in Grand Marais. I was there to raise $ and awareness of the plight of small public stations after federal funding vanished. Cool staff. Great fun. Good cause.

when a company announces they're going to start using Al in their products all I hear is "our stuff is about to get noticeably shittier, but you should be excited because it'll be cheaper for us"

🚨HISTORIC MOMENT ALERT🚨 The W is leveling UP — three new teams, three new cities, one unstoppable future. ⭐ Say hello to our newest expansion teams: 🟣 Cleveland- coming 2028 🔵 Detroit - coming 2029 🔴 Philadelphia - coming 2030 New energy. New legacies. New era. #WelcometotheW

Not once, but TWICE!🏆 The @pwhlfrost.bsky.social defend their reign as 2025 Walter Cup champions!

“Their radical anti-American ideology is centered on the empowerment of girls and women,” said Secretary of State Marco Rubio theonion.com/state-d...