At No Kings, I said something to the effect of, “silent businesses, complicit institutions, and cowardly politicians keep failing us.” I was thinking about Delta Air Lines, our airport authority, and, well, many of our local politicians. Minnesota deserves better.

I'm on a Green Line replacement bus that the Transit app has mislabeled as a Blue Line bus. #MSPTransitExperience

Today was the day that state and local governments that serve 50,000+ people were supposed to be compliant with digital accessibility rules. But the deadline was extended for another year, forcing people with disabilities to wait even longer. The ADA was signed into law in 1990, for crying out loud.

Y’ALL 😮😮😮 www.instagram.com/reel/DXZWl8O...

11 years to the day after the NBA announced the four-team expansion that included the Timberwolves. bsky.app/profile/when... Lynx joining Bluesky when??

“This is a systemic violent act, to be detaining children, that has long-term consequences,” Kelley said. “It’s massively detrimental to the well-being of these families and our whole communities.”

Criticism of yesterday's coverage of the NCAA gymnastics final. I was also disappointed. (Love her choice of maroon and gold captions.) www.instagram.com/reel/DXTBH3D... Side note: I tried to go to A Bar of Their Own but it was so full they were directing people across the street to Pizza Lucé!

Virginia snowleaf. #NativePlants

So cool! Plus, Brooklyn Rowray is the first Gopher in 36 years to win an individual national title (balance beam). *And* 3 other gymnasts also earned All-America honors. The championship (nicknamed "Four on the Floor") is Saturday afternoon at 3 p.m. central on ABC.

They just clinched 2nd, Gophers are going to the Finals!!!

Happy Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden Opening Day to all who celebrate 😊 Several spring ephemerals should be blooming after the last week of warm weather. I'm hoping to see bloodroots when I visit later today. #NativePlants

Overcrowding, bad (no) medical care, not enough food, filth — these are average and expected in this country’s jails and prisons everywhere. ICE detention conditions aren’t below the norm — that’s the norm. That’s what 2 million ppl and their families experience every day.

Here we go: the first wildflower to bloom in my yard in 2026! I'm really surprised it's this (not very pink) spring beauty; last year it first flowered on May 3. There aren't even any violets yet. 🌱: Claytonia virginica (Virginia spring beauty) 📆: April 13, 2026 #NativePlants #Bloomscrolling

Will 2026 be the year that the WNBA finally starts using alt text on their posts? Not yet, unfortunately. Image: '26 WNBA free agency. Building the season starts here. Collage of 6 players. Background is blueprint with 15 icons representing the team locations. Curly arrows show movement.

Hello, I made you a feed of your cats watching the Artemis II splashdown bsky.app/profile/did:...

Another cool thing about the Artemis II mission is the care that NASA has shown with captions throughout the trip. They're edited live captions, not just automatic captions that always have typos and incorrect words. #a11y

wish we were still living in a time when this picture could catalyze an entire environmental movement as humans realize all we have is this pale blue dot

Wisconsin polls close at 8 p.m. myvote.wi.gov/en-us/find-m...

"offramp"

Deeply in awe of the images coming from space as I am of the President saying he will murder millions of people. I don’t know if I’m built for such a contrast.

As part of the flyby, crew will lose comm with Earth for ~45 minutes. If they were to emerge from the pass and never regain comm with Earth, we have a protocol for that - called Permanent Communications Loss - that enables the crew to being able to return to Earth without any communications.

"As we prepare to go out of radio communication, we're still able to feel your love from Earth. And to all of you down there on Earth and around Earth, we love you from the moon. ... We will see you on the other side." — Astronaut Victor Glover Live feed: www.youtube.com/live/z-j1uxB...

The Green Line has 3-car trains today.

On the NASA #Artemis II livestream just now: "... and the song you heard was Pink Pony Club by Chappell Roan to kick off the crew's day" 🩷🐴🌈

The other great thing about NASA is it shows what highly competent state capacity looks like. Clear communication, doing hard stuff, a diverse staff that looks like America.

"From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch." ― Edgar Mitchell

1,700 Minnesotans who belong in their homes with their families

Two chained women are inspected before being loaded onto today's ICE Air flight at MSP. Empty shackles, returning from El Paso, will be brought to Whipple. The number of people loaded here this week, 67, is the highest since Feb 7-13, when Homan announced the end of Metro Surge.

The men are being emotional again. #NCAAWBB #WFinalFour

I've been seeing the new electric buses all over St. Paul the last two weeks and got to ride one today. #MSPTransitExperience

If you'd like to follow along with the #Artemis II launch, NASA has a live blog here: www.nasa.gov/blogs/missio... and you can watch the official broadcast on the NASA site here: plus.nasa.gov/scheduled-vi... or on YouTube here: www.youtube.com/live/Tf_UjBM...

On a normal timeline this would be the biggest story on the planet.

We're really cruising on this local bus. I don't think we're behind schedule trying to make up time, either.

Protect their garden ..

Thanking A-Klo: ugh Quoting Paul Wellstone: yes

If you only ride mass transit on festival days, you should carefully consider your complaints about mass transit on festival days

Packed like sardines. #NoKings

Best sign contender already spotted

The Connecticut Sun’s WNBA run appears to be ending. Chris Baldwin of Paper City Magazine reports that the Fertitta’s will take ownership and move the team to Houston. I wrote about this eventuality awhile back and how the Mohegan left the WNBA better than they found it.

Two weeks after the winter's biggest snowstorm, we get to be in a fire weather watch

The Green Line will have three-car trains on Saturday, not surprisingly. Several bus routes also go to downtown St. Paul. Plus Metro Transit will "have extra vehicles and staff at the ready." #MSPTransitExperience

A tale of two tickers: men’s NCAA hero gets his name shown on the headline while Amaya Battle gets shown as “Minnesota women” ESPN: you carry the women’s tournament, show the names of your stars!

Amaya Battle's bucket sends Minnesota to their first Sweet Sixteen since 2005

To all of these men in particular who cannot understand why sexual assault that occurred decades ago still matters. I was sexually assaulted twenty six years ago. I am closer to fifty than forty. I still will not get on elevator with men if I am by myself. That's why it matters.

It's more fun when the Gophers are on my end of the court.

It’s day 107 of the ICE occupation of MN. Keep your eyes on the courts, where lawyers will be appealing this terrible decision. And keep your eyes on our neighbors in Vermont, LA, Chicago, and more, courageously resisting ICE and protecting their communities. ICE out means EVERYWHERE.

About 25 middle school students waiting for the B Line, cheering every time they get a car driver to honk. Bus driver honked the whole way from the intersection to the stop and they went wild 💙 #MSPTransitExperience

WNBA 🏀

Feels like a bunch of people (or businesses) in downtown St. Paul decided to just wait for the snow to melt later this week, rather than clearing the sidewalks as is required. Can't decide which of these spots is my "favorite." All are on the same side of 4th Street in a 5-block stretch.