Okay Minnesota, time to fess up. Who put away their boots? I see snow in the forecast.

For the record, the big protest happened in Saint Paul today. Not Minneapolis. 🙃

Might be the greatest opening paragraph of anything ever.

Electric cars don't work. They need new batteries every 3 years. They can't go off-road, bla bla bla. Here are the wheels of the Curiosity rover. It's been driving around the surface of Mars for almost fourteen years now on its original battery. Zero warjuice. Zero servicing. Just saying...

SPARROW'S EASTER GARDEN from @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social is an “appealing representation of the Lenten period to share with young children” www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

I know everyone's hyped about Project Hail Mary, but don't sleep on Hoppers. I just saw it with my kid and it was incredible. Was not expecting that wild rollercoaster of emotions. The way I and all the other adults in the room cackled hysterically and bawled our eyes out was totally unexpected.

Maybe we stop naming schools and streets after historical figures and stick to plants and animals instead.

Happy Halloween

For some reason, an inordinate number of Oscar nominees this year seem to be about the enormous difficulty of believing in a better world for your children's sake, while preparing them for the one they actually live in. Not sure why that theme would appeal right now.

Give. Children. Peace.

The world could be such a nice place if we allowed it. It's all so goddamn unnecessary. There's no need for any of it. It's so beautiful here. It should be so cool to be alive

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People can say it’s utopian or dreamy but it’s a fact that you have to believe new things are possible, fundamentally, in order to make them real. You have to make the choice to believe that more than this is possible & not be resigned to this being the way things have to be because it’s not at all.

45° and my kids are playing catch in the front yard in shorts and tshirts. I love Fools Spring. Gets you through the rest of winter.

Went to an estate sale in my neighborhood. I was very moved by this and all the other family photos & memorabilia filling every surface and shelf in this time capsule home. Made me sad and curious about who all these people were. The remnants of their lives now sold for parts.

Thank you, @shannongibney.bsky.social for finding the time to write about what it's like to live and work in Minneapolis, particularly as a children's author pearlsandrubys.slj.com/2026/02/10/s...

Hey Bad Bunny, my kid wants to know if you've read this book.

Concentration camps: “For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."

The Olympics show us that a better world is possible. We want peace, cooperation, and mutual respect across borders, cultures, and nationalities. We can do this. If we can dream it, we can be it.

This Opening Ceremony is SO FUN.

My friends at Niemanreports.org asked me to write about the experience of being a journalist on the ground in Minneapolis right now. I knew I wanted to tell reporters elsewhere how even this most hopeless of times has been clarifying and, in some ways, energizing. (1) share.google/ms1wKDQZmgep...

Good news: it’s the longest the world has gone without a nuclear explosion, 400 rich people are calling to increase their own taxes, AI is helping reclaim valuables from waste, Jayjay from our community is starting a community garden…

Judge Biery signed the order with a photo of Liam and two bible verses: The first is "But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven." The second is simply "Jesus wept." Astonishing thing for a judge to do.

HAPPENING NOW: Aerial view of a LARGE group of cyclists who have gathered in Minneapolis for an Alex Pretti memorial bike ride 📍Minneapolis, Minnesota

If you're feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or in despair, I highly recommend reading middle grade fantasy. An epic story of good vs. evil, where the unexpected hero must be courageous, and in the end wins, is a balm for the soul. Which stories would you recommend? Share them below. #kidlit

Last day for the Publishing for Minnesota auction. #kidlit #kidlitart #publishing

DHS has a whole citizen detainment system set up in Minnesota. They snatch citizens off the street (often with proof they are citizens), detain them for a few hours, steal their phones, then release them into the cold. It ain’t about deporting citizens; it’s about terrorizing a whole population.

Incredible interview with @kaokaliayang.bsky.social: "I write because I don’t know what to do with all of the things that are going on in the world,” she said. “I write to make sense of it. I write to give myself — my imagination — the power to overcome it.” www.minnpost.com/artscape/202...

The Timberwolves enter the court with “Stand with Minnesota” on their shirts

ALA Medalists Share Their First Reactions to Getting the Call; Industry Rallies to Support Minnesota; Hudson Talbott Tribute + more in the latest Children’s Bookshelf! buff.ly/AkRQUuK

i am really romantic about mutual aid, and seeing everyday folks spring into action over the last two months has made me so proud to be a minnesotan. simultaneously, the need is huge right now, especially with rent due february 1. this would be a good time to donate if you have the means.

Calling everyone "activists" or "protesters" is as absurd as calling a person who signs up for a meal train for a sick friend an activist. Or calling a person who calls 911 when their neighbor's house is on fire a protester. These are Good Samaritans, friends, and neighbors helping each other out.

NEW: Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old who ICE agents in Minneapolis nabbed last week and shipped off to a Texas detention facility with his dad, is now in poor health, his school superintendent told me today www.huffpost.com/entry/liam-c...

After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.

“mr rogers didn’t tell us how to handle this” my friend, mr rogers is for people before kindergarten. you’re forty. there were a lot of learning opportunities in those 35 years.

Join us.

At a first grade basketball game and hugging the other moms while we try to shield our kids from our tears, grieving together about how helpless and abandoned we feel by our leaders.

You do NOT need to watch it. At all. It's instant PTSD. You watching does nothing. Save your mental heath.

There’s video of them ICE murder that just happened in Minneapolis. 5 agents wrestling a man to the ground. A shot goes off and then an agent pulls and fires multiple times into the man as he lays there. It’s so fucked. So so fucked.

BREAKING: Federal agent shoots man in south Minneapolis https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/breaking-federal-agent-shoots-man-in-south-minneapolis

Beautiful people, beautiful city I need everyone to understand that this is happening everywhere, all the time here. It's not isolated. Entire communities plan their days around helping neighbors who need assistance. There's no central organizing for it all; it's hundreds of independent networks.

Anti-ICE protesters fill the streets of downtown Minneapolis during an "ICE Out" rally on Jan. 23. 📷️ Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune Continuing coverage: bit.ly/3ZsrBxQ

From a friend in Minneapolis, just now:

President Trump's federal agents have been carrying out a brutal retribution campaign in Minnesota that’s violating the most basic freedoms of the United States minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/23/8...

It is 20 below zero this morning and Minnesotans are showing up in large groups and small in lots of locations to protest ICE and stand up for their immigrant neighbors.

Police have arrived. Arrests seem imminent. The crowd chants “let them pray” and “Minnesota nice means prosecute ICE”

Happening now: a large group of mostly clergy — primarily local faith leaders, some not — are staging an anti-ICE protest at the Minneapolis airport.

Mine is a tie between A Wrinkle in Time and The Giver. Both books changed me and stuck with me and have been reread multiple times in various stages of life. I think about these stories often when I'm feeling afraid of the world and they give me courage and hope.

Shocking news as Columbia Heights school officials say four students have been detained by ICE, including 5- and 10-year-olds who have already been sent to Texas. https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/ice-detains-4-columbia-heights-students-including-5-and-10-year-olds-sent-to-texas