I talked to 100s of people this afternoon and I can definitively say the best opening line—bar none—is Do you want to hold a sword?

Maybe you need Pride sword gear? We’ve got you. Designed by Syd Weiler (sydweiler.com) Them Fatale tees, sweatshirts, and bomber jackets are available until July 10. afternoon-printing.printavo.com/merch/cba/

Here is the People’s Pride event map and guide for people who are actually anti-corporate

The Center for Blade Arts will be at Minneapolis People’s Pride! Our Them Fatale longsword class (supporting all under-represented genders in HEMA) will have a booth to talk swords and let you know how you can get started. Come say hi! www.mplspeoplespride.com

Not Naz Reid

Brief rant: Yes it's cool that Brunson took less money so the Knicks could build a champion under the salary cap. But he shouldn't have *had* to. Salary caps are just tools billionaires use to suppress wages, and no one gets upset because the labor (pro athletes) make so much money. 1/5

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I don’t really care about the NBA, but I love communal watching and the discourse. And KAT. I like KAT.

Once you notice bisexual lighting being used, you cannot unsee it. This is intentional. I will not be gaslit.

Been laughing at this for 45 minutes straight

my mood ring exploded is that good

Difficult really, to think of a single, more disgusting act a journalist can commit than lying to the public to justify someone being murdered by their government for activism. But this is who these people always were.

Free Speech Champion(tm) Bari Weiss demanding CBS News smear an American executed by her government for protesting bsky.app/profile/elio...

Because I am extremely repetitive on this topic: do not build something you can’t lose on other people’s platforms. I had the instagram account “Allison” from day one and my account was hacked and stolen. I was unable to get any support and never retrieved the account.

My peony is doing its thing!

How will we rumble with Minneapolis if we don’t have the jackets tho?

Why is 74° pleasant and beautiful at home, but in Great Britain, I am fucking melting?

Lindisfarne Castle

Bamburgh Castle. On the North Sea

Today we castle

London, it has been fantastic, and I like you better than both New York and LA. We are taking the Flying Scotsman north, and I hope York (which Londoners were very skeptical about us visiting) is equally as enjoyable

We are heading to London and my oldest kid asked if I had a book he could borrow for the plane. I suggested @aidantruhen.bsky.social The Price You Pay 😈 I hope he enjoys it

We're really in why-would-anyone-live-anywhere-else-but-Saint-Paul territory today. Yes, I know what's happened in Minnesota in the last several months. It only makes us love it more.

I just got stuck in traffic for 45 minutes. Is that all for Bruno Mars?

I love Mary

Hill: in a broader sense tho Hill: the real question is Hill: is it morally justified to murder evil people? Mary Shelley: yeah Hill: well wait just a second mary you haven't heard all the caveats yet Shelley: i said what i said

I reject austerity. There's enough for all of us. I reject the "commonsense" scarcity bullshit espoused sometimes even by people who call themselves Leftists. There's enough for every single person to live in dignity.

Jung Hoo Lee gets it

My feeders bring all the birds to the yard

I live near a wolves bar where we watch games occasionally, and I’m wondering how early we would need to get there to get a table the next few games

You're not longing for the 90s, you just want to solve mysteries while having sexual tension with Gillian Andersen. It's a universal feeling.

It was such a good bird day. Robins, mourning doves, blue jays, cardinals, a nuthatch, red winged blackbirds and a goldfinch in the yard, and a turkey vulture eating a squished bunny in the neighborhood.

Afternoon yardwork break

May Day afternoon walk

No morning walk but the moon was amazing last night

I can’t believe these people are fighting so hard for a flag designed in 1983.

Both the news and work are beating me up this morning

Scorpio: Today you will become the mayor of Bat Country.

Morning walk

Holy shit. Holy. Shit. Trump sent the Gestapo to kidnap kids and shoot helpers in HIS TOWN.

Alright, I’m home now so here’s the Norm update. Yesterday at 4pm, I got a text from a family I’ve been helping who had a loved one abducted a couple of days after Renée Good’s murder. This was the family that Norm Nation kept from being evicted (and you delivered). ICE had released their loved one.

Morning walk

Minnesotans, you should go outside. It’s perfect

It’s Icebreaker weekend! If you’re in the Twin Cities, it’s free to watch. Longsword starts today at 9 and mixed steel is tomorrow Icebreakerhema.com

I need a supercut of guys running in from the bullpens

The special weather statement should be it’s far too nice to work. Go outside

READ THE ROOM TORNADO WARNING TEST SIRENS

I know this headline is all over the place, but as someone who grew up catholic and left the church as soon as I could, this STILL shocks me with its hubris