If you like, went to school with Mary Moriarty or your kids hang out or something, maybe just let her know you'd back her up if she decided to make some fast decisions.

Bob Jacobson: "don't protest on a roadway." Can someone please tell him how much of our public space is roadway?

Love this take. It's not always great that you don't get to pick the timing, but once you're out there it is so satisfying. You get to wave to neighbors. You get to feel the sun (or the quiet stillness of a winter's night). You get to go back inside for tea and claim chore credit from your family.

Saint Paul sidewalk update: Yikes. Be careful out there!

Immigrant businesses in my neighborhood are knock-only now. ICE has turned grocery stores into speakeasys. Spending at these businesses both puts money into the hands of neighbors that need it AND takes money from oligarchs who would otherwise pocket the cash. 🚫Amazon et al.

Weekend giveaway! This year's Klingon-language Christmas play is onstage now at the Mounds Theatre. Enter by 7:00 p.m. Sunday for your chance to win a free ticket! #TwinCitiesGeeks twincitiesgeek.com/2025/12/ente...

No such thing as bad weather, only bad modes! Kiddo and I went to Obbs for dinner. No car required.

Yay! Looks like St. Paul made the snow cutoff, at least in the East Side. No wintery mix! ❄️ 🌨️

My dad had a massive heart attack this spring in northern WI and had to come to Minneapolis for weeks of surgery and after care. Most of his nurses and care staff were Somali. In his words "They are so lovely, they took such great care of me. I just think the world of them."

I am oddly comforted by this. People are asking a librarian to see the source material. All is not lost!

Twin Cities Trekkies will return next Friday, December 12 with an episode dedicated to talking with a few people involved with the annual It's An Honorable Life (Klingon version of It's a Wonderful Life), which starts this Friday, 12/5 at the historic Mounds Theater in Saint Paul!

On this day of rapid transit celebration honoring the first day of the E Line, I would like to point out that The Historic Mounds Theater is directly on the Gold Line! Yay BRT!!! 🚌 🎭 🎄

MN weather alert: Definitely back to "good softshell" out there. If shoveling or skiing, can probably move down to "light jacket."

Happy opening night of the best annual holiday show in the Twin Cities

Does anyone on here actually listen to Cities 97 such that you listened today? They do have actual humans sometimes right? Did those actual humans mention anything today about The Debacle?

Is now a good time to remind radio listeners in the Twin Cities to donate to The Current? Or Radio K? Or KMOJ?

St. Paul Eastside YMCA is all abuzz this morning as this renegade bird stages a sit-in, shutting down the pool, stumping the staff, and drawing crowds to the glass to gawk. No word yet on the bird's demands.

Hearing that accent come out of the Pope is soooooo weird.

A+ timing for the first significant snow of the season. Minnesota has rarely delivered such flawless weather for dragging out the holiday decorations on Thanksgiving weekend.

Went to see Souvenir at The Gremlin tonight. A+ performances. A+ costume design. Only on through Sunday so go now. 🎭 🎶

Amazing local theater anyone? This show has been my favorite holiday tradition since I first went in 2022. It is peak Twin Cities Theater Scene. Just weird and fun and joyful. Please enjoy the Klingon child, Zuzu, describing the main character, her father. tinyurl.com/IAHL2025

Good news. We appear to have beaten 6-7 here at our house. We did it by both parents buying all the way in. We adults found every opportunity to say "6-7" for like three days. That shut down the whole operation. 6-7 is no longer cool.

The dog and the birds have conspired to destroy the yard and they are all very pleased with themselves. #urbanchickens #diggingestdog #chickensky

Everyone is all excited to see Lina Khan in the Mamdani transition team, but I'm not. I need that nerd bitch suing oligarchs, you know? Political staff nerds are important, but not as important as nerd bitches with the skills to sue oligarchs. Where do I donate to get Lina Khan doing that again?

Had a meeting at Wilder in Frogtown and learned about this delightful little trail en route. It's giving Mid-century Milwaukee Ave. 10/10. So very amazing (except for getting spit onto Dale with no reasonable way to cross. That wasn't awesome.) 🚲 🚸

This whole Nuzzi/Lizza/etc situation is giving Carmen and I think we should all leave the opera house before Act IV. Nothing nice happens in Act IV, you guys.

The Chicago mix at the original Candyland in Saint Paul (and presumably in the two other locations) is unmatched in snack excellence. The glee induced by the environs is an added bonus, not counted in the popcorn score.

As part of my Self Sufficient Kid Project, I let my middle schooler and friend take the bus downtown to the farmer's market yesterday. They got on the wrong bus home and they figured it out. Taking the bus to the farmers' market is anti-fascist. Kids deserve the chance to be anti-fascist too. 🚌 🫛🥦🍅⛹️‍♀️

Before and after, carrot edition. #gardening

Look at Rice Street!!! 🚲 🚲 🚲

Rescue that produce, folks! 🧺 🥕 🌿 🥦 ❄️ 🥶

Prediction: After all these years, Carter is going to move to Minneapolis to run for mayor.

Go see It's An Honorable Life for the holidays! The Historic Mounds Theater puts it on annually. It's so fun and weird. The Mounds is a plucky theater in a plucky St. Paul neighborhood. You're gonna love it! And it's directly on the Metrotransit Gold Line! 🚌 🎭 share.google/g3SFkEROWlP3...

St Paul voters had absolutely no idea what the administrative citation question was. Like, zero.

Any other poll workers really looking forward to some good ole alarm anxiety? Who wants to wake up at 4:30 when you could wake up at 2:00!? #elections

Same. I have no major gripes with the other candidates, but in every big issue I have with the city, I can see city hall responding to it. AND I'm always offered an opportunity to weigh in. The response from the Carter Administration to these issues, big and small, has felt...really competent.

November 1. Saint Paul, Minnesota. What the hell is going on here?

Kid gets home at 9:00 pm from trick-or-treating. Dumps out her haul. Asks for sauteed garbanzo beans. What the hell are we going to do with all this candy?!

Daughter's Kpop Demon Hunters costume is complete, at the buzzer as is my way. Even though there were some mistakes, I'm super proud of this because I patterned it myself and we did the embroidery together (first time for both). Happy Halloween! #sewsky #cosplay #garmentsewing

Bad news: St. Paul PD woke us up at 2:30 a.m. due to our car losing the Sixth Street Smash Lotto. Good news: We've been preparing for my urbanist dream of going down to one car for a year. 🚌 🚲 🚸

Halloween is the best holiday season because 1) it is the sole remaining holiday where no one thinks it's weird to knock on random doors socially, 2) adults get to do bizarre art projects and are expect to display them for the neighborhood. We need this holiday now more than ever.

Icebreaker in this meeting was sharing about Halloween. Open ended. So far, it's just turned into "where were you in '91?"

Just voted at the nearest early voting site at Arlington Hills in St. Paul's Eastside. Love local elections because I know my vote is really really going to count. No need to wait folks. Get it done!

Patterning and constructing these patchwork pants was an absolute nightmare, but this top has been a delight. My daughter is going to finish it with her first ever embroidery project. Twelve days left to finish! #kpopdemonhunters #sewsky #halloween

Can't be there today because I have to support my daughter in her weird local theater activities which are also important and also anti-authoritarian. But I hope y'all made the BEST signs. #NoKings

When my kid (age 7) went to the grocery store alone for the first time, an old lady walked her home. Today (age 11), first time solo on the city bus and another woman adopted her at the bus stop. Anyway, our cities are dangerous hellscapes. Especially the Twin Cities.

Who in Minnesota is still in the Last To Turn On The Furnace competition? We are still playing at our place here in St. Paul. I assume Northern Minnesotans were forced out weeks ago?

October 9. St. Paul, MN. Climate change is real.

Costumes from Kpop Demon Hunters are available online for like, $12, so obviously I am spending hours working out how to make my daughter's Zoe costume with no pattern. Good times.

The St. Paul Public Library is currently holding an anime convention at the Arlington Hills branch. There is even a ramen station. 🍜 Ends at 3:00 so you'd better hurry!