It used to be that a 500-word essay on what I did over summer vacation was a task that would vex me for weeks. Now I just wrote 600 words on what my colleagues did last week in 40 minutes.

If I were to tweak a good song I wrote, would I fine-tune a fine tune?

Bill is correct.

@photoellen.bsky.social really captured the essence of the State Fair in this photo gallery. Have a look and tell me you couldn't smell the mini donuts, hear the Midway and feel the energy. www.minnpost.com/galleries/20...

Biking to the State Fair is where it’s at: free, guarded and right outside the entrance.

I'm officially offering naming rights to my Frogtown home to the highest bidder (reserve must be met).

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz comforted this woman at the candlelight vigil for Melissa and Mark Hortman last night at the State Capitol. He gave no remarks, had no visible security, and mourned with the Hortman family and all Minnesotans. #leadership

In a rarity, I am currently both gruntled and combobulated.

How many smoked pork chops in 48 hours is excessive? Surely not one or two. Four? Six?

Here's some good political reporting by Matthew Blake.

Man, a phlegmy smoker’s cough is a trigger for me.

A lady is wandering up and down the street yelling "Courtney! Courtney, I'm sorry!"

Should we start calling him Julius the Juggernaut? #nba #timberwolves #warriors #playoffs

It's been 100 days since the second Trump administration took office. Since then, tariffs, the clawbacks of federal funding and an immigration crackdown have hit the state’s economy and policies. Our reporters break down some of the effects on Minnesota: www.minnpost.com/national/202...

How can 6 months of the employer's portion of her health care costs total $85,000?

Got my new American made smartphone today and it shot me in the chest

Imagine losing the key to your house, your business, or your car – then finding out you can’t legally replace it in Minnesota.

This is true. When I was flat broke and living in an infested hovel in Costa Rica, we would eat "comida de puta," or "whore food," which was just a can of oily tuna with vegetables mixed with rice. Even today the thought of returning to those lean, fish-smelling times makes me ill.

A Minnesota small-business owner is becoming the face of how new tariffs are affecting our entrepreneurs:

I scared the garbage man this morning when I sprinted down the alley in my pijamas to snap a pick of St. Paul’s new trucks.

Matthew Blake is a new MN state government reporter at @minnpost.bsky.social, and he has great way of conveying the drudgery of lawmaking in a breezy, easy-to-understand way. Here's what he's learned about our budgeting process over his first three weeks on the job.

Multiple work spaces = An unending barrage of two-factor identification codes/buttons/emails

Fourteen years ago today I got my first US burner phone and I have the same number today.

When it comes to roundabouts, urinals and McDonald's parking, I only trust @blindeke.bsky.social via @minnpost.bsky.social

Open drug use in the Green Line this morning, @metrotransitmn.bsky.social

This Week’s Open Thread Q: What Would Your Walk-Up Song Be? - racketmn.com/this-weeks-o... Easy: “Air on the G String” by JS Bach

I decided against attending nocturnal flight school. I don’t want to be part of some fly-by-night pilot program.

If you’ve never heard what the Minnesota hard A sounds like, listen to the @racketmn.com podcast today, heavy discussion of Duluth bAars.

Have a look: Your Working Boy has a new gig at @minnpost.bsky.social. Check us out to get nonprofit, independent journalism that goes beyond breaking news to get into the how and why.

ICYMI I wrote about the damaging track record of Madison Equities in downtown St. Paul (which continues to this day). www.minnpost.com/cityscape/20...

It's hard for me to think of lounging at the lake on a day like today. When I can, though, will it be at a family-run resort? Via @minnpost.bsky.social

Think all doctors are rich? No so much, at least when they're in training.

#Spring in #Minnesota It brings me such joy to watch the seasons change.

While activating a credit card, the robot told me to enter a number and then press "the pound, or hashtag, key." This is the first time I've heard the addition of "hashtag" key in a phone setting. How long until saying "pound key" will get you the same looks as if you were looking for a buggy whip?

Dear Manager, 1. I drank a whiskey drink. 2. I drank a vodka drink. 3. I drank a lager drink. 4. I drank a cider drink. 5. I sang the songs that remind me of the good times; I sang the songs that remind me of the better times.

I’ll vouch for Nelson Cheese and Deli. Truly excellent sandwiches at a very fair price.

Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.

Cody, SD

Kind of ironic: Instead of Trump making his tax returns public, he gave everyone else's tax returns to Musk.

Welp, the White House press secretary doesn't know how to use apostrophes.

Duluth, Minnesota

Amsterdam

Lead, SD at dusk.