Wildfire smoke will ride a northerly wind back into Minnesota on Saturday and linger into Sunday. It's unlikely to be as concentrated as the smoke that pushed the AQI in the Twin Cities into the 300s. But the warning for the Arrowhead region remains "hazardous." 🗺️: Jake Steinberg Source: NOAA

Brenda Fricker, Oscar-winning Irish actress, dies aged 81 reut.rs/4vB6IhS

'Patriot News' reporter Chris Atkins (scatatkins.bsky.social) was just kicked out of Liz Truss' CPAC conference for asking the wrong questions. So much for free speech.

This is how to speak to every single one of those sycophants.

Wally Creamer

Please explain to me how the same senators who voted for the Epstein Transparency Acf would now vote to confirm the man who’s leading the continuing coverup of the Epstein files.

About Pete Hegseth’s talk about testosterone for service members … Rep Becca Balint (D-VT): “There are so many people in this Administration that have some weird, intense homoerotic feelings toward men, while also being homophobic”…

Due to air quality, the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board has cancelled all outdoor programs, activities and events for today. All non air-conditioned recreation centers are also closed. If you do go outside, use precaution and limit your time.

Microsoft Flight Simulator's live weather system portrays wildfire smoke very well. This is an in-sim clip from about 800 feet above Milwaukee. #gaming #MSFS #weather #aviation #aircraft

A difference a day makes. Yesterday afternoon and this morning. Eyes hurts, lungs burn such fun. #wildfires #airquality #minneapolis #minneapolisair

IT GOT HEATED

City Like a Burnt Marshmallow. Minneapolis, Minnesota

And a special #CookbookCorner shoutout for 'The South African Cookbook: Authentic Flavour-Packed Recipes from Cape Town to Durban' by Nokx Majozi. Plus I've got a recipe from it to share with you: Burger Pies – I just couldn’t resist! www.nigella.com/recipes/gues...

"Land of the Sky Blue Waters" 📸 by Liz Covey

Crazy to see the area we paddled through last year is now burning. On one level this a natural process, but on another it's never supposed to be this hot or dry in the BWCA. Hoping the cooler temps and rain the next few days squelches these fires.

In Maiani, a rural village in Kenya, women between the ages of 50 and 80 years old gather to play soccer, stay healthy and build community as part of a group called the Maiani Soccer Grannies. The women are proving that soccer is a sport for people of all ages.

Two Minnesota solar farms seeded native wildflowers under their panels, and 5 years of counting revealed native bees had multiplied twentyfold, then crossed the fence to pollinate the neighbour's soybeans

My future…. Except there will be a dog and a cat.

A huge plume of wildfire smoke covers parts of the Midwest and Northeast this afternoon. Unfortunately, more smoke is on the way.

A baby loon rides its parents back as our canoe floats past

Murray: Is it true that people making under $184,000 pay a 12.4% Social Security tax rate? Dahl: Yes. Murray: And what is the rate for someone making $1,000,000? Dahl: 2.2%.

As it does every year, #RecipeOfTheDay marks le 14 Juillet – or, if you prefer, Bastille Day – with some flaming Crêpes Suzette! www.nigella.com/recipes/crep...

From Rowan today 🧶 #knit

The truth about Karoline Leavitt..

This looks legit good

Nothing wrong with worshipping a cock(erel).

RIP Bonnie Tyler. And RIP Tandi Iman Dupree. This remains the best stage entrance by a drag queen of all time, even some 25 years later, and the best use of Tyler’s “Holding Out for a Hero” ever. youtu.be/IHQA5vqn6rw?...

EHB’s first resolution! On Wednesday the BET passed my resolution recommending that the city council explore a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes (PILOT) program to encourage tax-exempt orgs like foundations and universities to contribute to a city asset fund or urban wealth fund. More on the idea:

😂😂 If this was my dad I’d make him all the American food he could eat!

Duh.

I’ve watched this many times!

It’s New Foods Day for the Minnesota State Fair and this, to me, is the promise of America www.mnstatefair.org/new/food

Lyndale Ave public hearing at city hall today. If you're going, remember: Uptown Association will say "bikes trees parking medians and where will the snow go? Take a pause!" You will say "this is a 90 year old street. let's all come together to take a stand against sinkholes."

I am once again begging @minneapolismn.gov to ban right turn on red for drivers. I just had yet another close call with a driver so eager to turn right on red that they didn’t notice the leading ped interval. They almost ran me over right after I stepped into the crosswalk w/ a ped signal.

NEW: He was picking up a work crew to take them to construction site at 6 a.m. on Tuesday morning. ICE showed up. And now this small business owner, the father of three American citizens, is dead. www.thebulwark.com/p/he-lived-h...

WOW -- Danish reporter *goes there* with Rutte "You sit next to Trump when he talks about conquering Greenland, lashes out at allies like Spain -- things it doesn't seem like the old Mark Rutte would approve of. Does this have any affect on your self-respect when you sit there and say nothing?"

Congestion pricing has not only reduced gridlock in Manhattan — new research shows it could also be saving lives: gothamist.visitlink.me/oznagU

What sorcery is this ….😳

Mom, Dad & their 19 babies drinking some water from a backyard pond. These are Gambel's Quail (Callipepla gambelii) in the Catalina Foothills of Arizona. Let's ask why they drink via the 'sip-and-tilt' method... (📷: Desert Critters of Arizona via YT)

Yesterday, 20-year-old Tyrin Johnson was shot and killed by two members of the National Guard in Memphis.

The U.S. exerts control over almost one hundred million barrels of Venezuelan oil worth an estimated $8 billion...but so far, the U.S. has only put forward $300 million in aid after those devastating earthquakes. The U.S. has also not announced a halt to deportations of Venezuelans.

Plenty of cycle parking at this swimming pool in Utrecht

An official EHB budget update before the big holiday weekend. I am tracking MOD over spending and other fiscal pressures and I am ready to fight for an accountable budget that expresses a positive vision of a brighter future.

the symbolism just doesn't stop www.reddit.com/r/washington...

Political candidate Marisa Simonetti sentenced in tarantula tossing case More: https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/political-candidate-marisa-simonetti-sentenced-in-tarantula-tossing-case

Need a little joy in your life? Have you considered: baby elephant in a sprinkler? You will certainly not regret baby elephant in a sprinkler. This is Sam Houston, an Asian elephant born April 1, 2026 to parents Bluebell & Romeo. 🐘 (📷: Fort Worth Zoo)

My Old-Fashioned Tomato Salad is #RecipeOfTheDay! By old-fashioned, I mean it is dressed with salad cream – and not salad cream out of a jar, but homemade. If you’ve never made it, now’s the time! www.nigella.com/recipes/old-...

Breaking: An active service member, Major Watson of the U.S. Air Force, was just arrested on the steps of the Capitol building after calling for the impeachment of corrupt Trump administration officials.