If you're wondering how reporting on Minnesota by people unfamiliar with Minnesota is going, someone located Fort Snelling as sitting at the mouth of the Mississippi River.

“My work for Texas Monthly demands hundreds of hours on the road each year. Being pulled over by immigration-enforcement officers has felt like an inevitability for months.”

Going to write an op-ed titled "Why isn't Twilight as popular with youths as perennial favorites like Dracula? The answer is simple: its philosophy of abstinence until marriage and traditional Christian life is out of fashion. The youths have fallen out of love with conservatism." Where is the NYT

Maybe it’s because so much good children’s and YA fantasy has been published in the last 30 years, especially from diverse authors, we hate one-dimensional stereotypes, and we’d rather support authors who don’t hate trans people?

In order to identify HC tear gas, there are three characteristics, according to an expert: • An intense orange-colored, metallic fire coming from the canister as it’s burning. • Fire that emits sparks and burns considerably hotter and longer than other grenades. • A white, gray or black smoke.

The Minnesota Star Tribune spoke with three experts who reviewed videos and photos of the grenades that Greg Bovino threw on Jan. 21 and determined it was more than likely smoke, though many had thought it was a far more toxic gas, given his "gas, gas, gas" warning. bit.ly/3YWp1jE

Here's how to identify some crowd control munitions, canisters of which federal agents have left on the ground after deploying them against people in Minnesota. bit.ly/3YWp1jE Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune

When I was in my junior year of college, I was trying to figure out where to apply for internships that fed to full-time jobs. Every Minnesotan I knew never stopped talking about how amazing it is, with a fervor rivaled only by Texans, so I made it my mission to end up here

The Rebel Loon Non-AI Round Up! The first is from this post on Twin Cities Geeks: www.facebook.com/groups/TwinC...

Next is this one by Nerd of the Rings(Multiple Color Variations in the link but positing the first here): www.facebook.com/groups/TwinC...

Some info about the first appearance of the Rebel loon, I didn’t realize it was largely AI-generated :/

Protestors spell “SOS” out of mulch on Bde Maka Ska, in the direct line of sight for people flying into MSP.

Dear orgs, Even if I am sympathetic to your cause, if you’re handing out lit that only has a QR code for your website and no URL typed out anywhere, I’m not going to take you seriously. I’m not scanning a random QR code without a provided URL, and that’s not accessible to everyone

Chants of “ICE OUT NOW” at the @minnesotafrost.com game on January 25, 2026 @thepwhl.com @grandcasinoarena.bsky.social

Alright I’ll cheer for the Frost now

www.reddit.com/r/minnesota/... I believe with a CC license from "ferel_user" on reddit

Does anyone know the original creator or source of the rebel loon emblem?

I’m seeing more people outside Minnesota who normally don’t post about current events sharing stories about Alex Pretti. I’m not sure why this murder is striking a chord more than the last (I’m sure there’s some analysis of that somewhere) but something has more fundamentally shifted

I don’t have any photos but Holmes Park had a nice gathering. I was touched by the little kid in front of me singing with joy

Protesters chanting "We're not cold, we're not afraid, Minne[apolis/sota] taught us to be brave" in Boston tonight outside Government Center station.

don’t fucking use genAI!!!

Alex Pretti

Please share this far and wide. beyondbeurreblanc.substack.com/p/support-ea...

This blew up etc, give money to these groups www.standwithminnesota.com

I think Minnesota republicans enjoy watching city people die

southwest side of the park please. water helpful too

If you’re not from here, I need to explain this execution was on Eat Street, a commercial corridor of restaurants and coffee shops that literally everyone goes to. Normies, queermos, weirdos, neighborhood folks. Whatever that place is in your city, imagine ICE executing someone in cold blood there.

STOP POSTING WHAT YOU LEARN IN CHATS WHAT THE FUCK

How does one turn down the chance to make him the face of Team USA???

.@Mike Heika: “Was that [goal] for your cat?” Jason Robertson: “Every one is for my cat.”

What finally broke me is seeing that Curry Corner, which closed indefinitely this week because of concerns for employee safety, handed out free samosas at the protest today. They are unable to open the restaurant but they went out and fed the community

wow hopefully there's no scenario where a team needs jason robertson to score a goal on jordan binnington in the upcoming month or so

Two women trained as first responders were abducted by three ICE agents. One of the agents starts seizing. The other two don’t know what to do. The women jump into action and save the agent’s life, only to be re-handcuffed and processed. www.startribune.com/detained-by-...

Gotta remind yourself not to cry when you see the kid's signs. It's negative -25°F and tears are dangerous. "LEAVE MY FRIENDS ALONE!" "ICE GIT OUT YA FUCKIN DUMBIES 😡"

Did a little Bhangra to hype myself up and now I’m going to be radiating heat when I step outside

Neighbor blasting A Change Is Gonna Come 🥹

Just watched a power line a block away explode like fireworks and throw sparks for ten minutes, wowie

Five concerts you've seen with women lead singers Brandi Carlile Mitski Paramore Soccer Mommy Japanese Breakfast

Because people are trying to tell me that the U wouldn’t cancel for cold policy.umn.edu/operations/e...

Windchill is our boldest organizer, willing to go after the powerful. Thank you, Brother Windchill ✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿 (Opens kitchen cabinets to protect my pipes from Brother Windchill's collateral damage)

lol @ the U telling people there will be corrective action for striking tomorrow and then cancelling school for the cold

Minnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."

🧵ICE's tactics for arresting and holding observers and protestors is ever-shifting, and I'm hearing lots of different stories. Right now, my perspective is that these are your best practices:

My group was able to recover a spent canister from a green smoke grenade in Minneapolis. We now confirm with physical evidence that it was a green signaling grenade. Please don't spread rumors about hexachloroethane or nerve agents. #PublicPreparedness #Minneapolis

Our pay links are at SupplyDepotMpls.com but it is also very cool to donate to our comrade who gets heat to people! Please excuse the old graphic, today it's a balmy 14°F 🥶

Yesterday my councilmember sent constituents an email in which he basically admitted that the only time he’s gone out patrolling, he did so with a police escort. Thinking of all the councilmembers who have been out every day unprotected, getting harassed and gassed

Just your friendly reminder that the Minneapolis City Council voted on resolution opposing the use of these weapons in December. Mayor Frey did not sign it and it was not unanimously adopted by the council. Hold politicians accountable. lims.minneapolismn.gov/Download/Met...

The family’s 6-month-old baby foamed at the mouth and was unconscious after federal agents threw tear gas and flash-bangs under their SUV, according to the child’s parents.

Jason Robertson has 29 goals in 50 games this year, the 4th-most goals in 50-game start to the season in Dallas Stars team history: 33 - Jason Robertson (2022-23) 32 - Mike Modano (1993-94) 30 - Jason Robertson (2021-22) 29 - Jason Robertson (2025-26) #TexasHockey