"iS tHeRe a tEcHnoLoGY tHe leFt Is eXcItEd aBoUt" yeah bro it's called the human instrumentality project and we're gonna cause the third impact to evolve the species buddy it's gonna be sick

Was trying to remember a Will Forte quote from Tim & Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie and accidentally figured out how to make Google’s AI tool shut up

Hard to overstate what a no-win situation this is for DOJ. The attorneys now know that they have real skin in the game, whether this guy has to pony up or not. And if DHS gives this guy his ID back, the judges know that these coercive sanctions might get results and they'll go back to the well.

It has taken me 90 minutes to walk home since the 2 and the E Line are apparently not running by the U. At least it's a scenic walk.

Yeah, we really need people who aren't in Minnesota who have some extra funds to remember us & step up. If you donated to a rent relief fund last month or earlier in this one, odds are the same folks need more money now (or will very soon). Many of our neighbors are still in hiding & can't work.

We really needed this snow

MULTIPLE shabboses when I’d be looking for my dad at shul only to find him camped out in the car laughing his ass off to these guys.

The Mexican restaurant in downtown Brainerd, Minn., that closed after an ICE raid last month is now up for sale. El Potro closed after federal agents, assisted by Crow Wing County sheriff's deputies, detained four employees Jan. 26. Video by Kim Hyatt

erroneous

i learned that they had satellite transmitted interviews with people living in Sarajevo on their 92 tour and i think about what sort of person does this a lot!

When Jews become Nazis, they start parroting old racial antisemitic beliefs about the pathologically diseased Jewish body, but turning them onto themselves.

incorrect

Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said state prosecutors and law enforcement have gathered enough evidence to consider charging decisions against the federal agents who shot and killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti.

ICE abductions down overall in the Twin Cities (good!) but people are still being forcefully deported on planes. Activity is down in Minneapolis and Saint Paul but has shifted toward the suburbs. They’re getting sneakier. Swapping vehicles and plates and increased drone usage.

the "aww that's sweet"/"hello human resources!" meme but it's Springsteen and U2

“Hi, mom? Can you come pick me up? Curtis Sliwa is blogging about techno music and I’m starting to freak out a little bit” open.substack.com/pub/curtissl...

I reject the premise that there are people genuinely excited for a u2 protest song

"iS tHeRe a tEcHnoLoGY tHe leFt Is eXcItEd aBoUt" yeah bro it's called the human instrumentality project and we're gonna cause the third impact to evolve the species buddy it's gonna be sick

There's never a wrong time to listen to Thin Lizzy!

First day of committees and we have Republicans displaying sidearms in shoulder holsters and wearing Nick Shirley t-shirts.

The Matrix coulda just been an app

Twin Citizens: If you frequent a small, independently owned restaurant that would benefit from a grant for lost business during the siege, let them know about the Salt Cure Fund. It’s a small ($2500-10000) grant, and the deadline to apply is 2/23. I made a flyer you can share out, DM me for the PDFs

[wet fart sound] [hilarious vaudeville slide whistle] [enormous shepherd's crook emerges from stage right]

Don't you wish you had a trusted advisor to make your playlists better? Here at Midwest Excellence, we put in the work to make sure you never have to listen to Morgan Wallen again.

Elon posted this yesterday. Just for fun I did it with my before/after cancer PET scans that I had already posted online. In the "before" scan Grok missed the massive tumor lighting up my liver, and in both scans it flagged a non-existent "area of concern" in my chest. Other than that, works great!

she woobens my pacius til I put Nashville ahead or something idk we’ve all been dealing with a whole lot here lately and my brain is kinda broiled these days

My Oreo poptart looks like it has the Punisher skull on it but the only one I’m punishing is myself

The whole thing is a late-stage Adult Swim acid trip, but I’ll admit I laughed when this cockrock propaganda interrupted itself with a downbeat scene of two old men playing lukewarm pickleball

Democratic Sen. John Hoffman, who was also shot nine times that same night, survived the attack and returned to the Capitol on Tuesday. 📸: Alex Kormann and Renée Jones Schneider

Rousey v. Carano (Live Event, 2026)

Sam Raimi tells us how to make the perfect mixture for fake blood. “A good thick mix of karo syrup, red food coloring, a little blue to give it that unaerated look, and a bit of coffee to make it dark... I don’t mean to brag but hello, I’m here, I know how to throw blood.”

My little sister died desperately sad and in chronic physical pain. Much of her sadness and all of that pain were consequences of not having access to gender affirming care as a child. There is no polling that can move me or any decent, aware person on this issue. And I promise our side cares more.

That tracks, yeah

🧵 My neighborhood in St. Paul, Minnesota still appears to be inundated by feds. A few blocks from my house, a car with plates that didn’t match the vehicle sat idling in a church parking lot for hours. I first noticed it at 7:30 this morning. Four hours later, the pastor spoke to occupant. 1/7

have you or someone you know had to find care for your pet after being detained by ICE? are you in hiding and worried about vet care? i am working on a story about what happens to pets during the ICE surge. DM me or email [email protected]

How it works: ● Send $25 (or more) to the North Minneapolis Mutual Aid Fund with the 🪏 emoji ● Email us the screenshot of your donation & let us know where and when you'd like your sidewalk shoveled ● Kick back and relax while we clear your sidewalk for you!

Influencers leaving town after running a hyperlocal fundraiser and influencers moving to a different town to run for local office are flip sides of the same coin and I simply will not be expanding on this any further.

Gonna reach absolutely insane levels of "guy in reflector shades and backwards cap filming himself in the front seat of his dodge ram for a 15 minute rant about why he could easy KO both women"

Aww, they don't want to talk about it? Oh goodness, well then. I guess!

Lotta people seem committed to self harm today not me though

If you are a Hugo nominator, and you liked PRESS 1 FOR INVASION, it would be a lifetime-level honor for me to be nominated for a Hugo, so just putting that out there.... www.simonandschuster.com/books/Press-...

Seems wholly plausible that she’s gonna make a big deal about needing a “new generation of voices who have built trust” bullshit, and then hire that ghoulish FP lady who tried to dunk on John Oliver

Vernor Vinge’s “Rainbows End” would probably make a pretty good HBO miniseries, I bet, maybe, presumably

This is just open, unabashed white nationalist rhetoric at this point.

self care is choosing not to spend your day off caring about which niche influencer is moving where

I often promote dog fostering here. We work with the Bond Between here in the Twin Cities. But if fostering is too big a commitment, you can take some of the dogs on field trips. Just borrow them for an afternoon. They’d love it! www.thebondbetween.org/foster-dogs

Primo Levy implies the existence of Schwag Levy