I’m at a racial justice conference in STL and so far the most socially awkward thing I have said or done, judged by the awkward silence, was say that if Gavin Newsom or Kamala Harris were the ‘28 candidates I would rather jump off the Arch than vote for either. I mean, the Arch is RIGHT THERE!

Has anyone up in here watched The Chair Company? Tell me what you think of it and what it is.

Did Big Telecom write this?

Real question: Why would we still be using hemp-derived THC when marijuana is now legal? Why go through the process of using solvents to retrieve THC from hemp and not the plant directly? Why is the hemp industry still controlling the production and process? www.startribune.com/federal-shut...

I am in STL for Race Forward’s Cultural Week of Action, and also an opportunity to visit my mom. Every time I come back here, 2x a year or so, more homes and buildings are boarded up. Some have been that way for a decade. Or more!

Is there something you really want to learn this fall/winter? A skill? A trade? A hobby? More knowledge about something—history, poetry, political/justice movements, plants, biology… whatever?

He really did it folks

#2: I'd bet good money that, behind the scenes, Amy Klobuchar was orchestrating & approving this cave-in. Like Chuck Schumer, she didn't vote for it, (They only needed 8 votes and had them.) but she was part of the group that had been planning this for a few weeks. Amy acts centrist; votes rightward

Note to fellow Boomers in Minneapolis upset about the Senate Democrats caving yet again: #1: This is precisely why The Youngs have embraced the DSA and why you should the same. Or at least quit demonizing young Dems who are looking for big change. The DSA caucus is the future. # 2....

I am at a Walgreens in a particularly kinda shitty part of St. Louis where I grew up (south city) and not a single thing is locked up. And it is open till 9pm. Now I gotta know if the lockdown on all things is a Mpls thing? Like some franchise owner shit?

This is so wild. www.greatlakesnow.org/2024/10/spoo...

A reminder that if you’re thinking about Edmund Fitzgerald to also imagine the at least 10k fully preserved bodies floating in the giant space belly of Lady Lake Superior.

I am retaining water, which has never been a thing for me, so I just thought my face was sort of puffy because I am tired. Anyone have any experience with this? What caused it? How did you address it? It’s not super obvious, but for me it is definitely noticeable?

Who called it an administrative stay issued by the U.S. Supreme Court late Friday night and not a SNAP judgement?

Post a pic of you from a different era: 2007 baby journalist reporting on the RNC and 2008 elections with a *very official* badge and a giant first name.

RACIAL JUSTICE FOLKS! Are you an educator, higher-ed human, school board member, nonprofit leader, policy geek, racial justice advocate with experience in advocacy and systems change? We are in the process of recruiting NEW BOARD members at MnEEP! www.mneep.org

The sound of a mouse in my house is disturbing annual event that triggers every aspect of fear and avoidance in me, making me scared to walk into my kitchen until spring. Ughhhhh. Send help?

I will be at a three-day race equity conference next week and I am already pre-tired from the anxiety I have around engaging with humans for three days! I am sure it will be fantastic and the human connections right now are so needed. But as a home body my body is already tired 😴

Jesus Christ. Take it easy easy, heating pad. Sure, I am a “helpless sleeping person with insensitive skin,” but the thing that will make me throw you to the moon is this list telling me what do.

I was *just now* years old when I realized I have been saying “Well, at least St. Paul had a gay Black mayor” and not only is that *not true* but no one corrected me?

Does anyone know if or what MPS is planning to do with the free breakfasts and lunches if MFT strikes next week? With SNAP frozen, it’s going to be a double-hit for so many families if the free school meals disappear. Will every MPS have the meals available? Anyone know?

wanna see the worst text i’ve ever sent?

One thing that stuck out to me this summer in the mayoral race was from a conversation I had with a handful of young-ish Somali men. They said they preferred Frey bc he was “done so much for them,” and that Fateh “wasn’t from here.” He isn’t “Minnesotan Somali.”

I'm happy that Mamdani won. But I won't let that get in the way of my celebrating Cuomo losing.

Do you think the helicopter is where Frey is celebrating his “win” with his cop buddies Downtown Council basically paid to be his only friends?

I am pretty sure it is 10:40pm in Minneapolis, but we still don’t have election results yet? Does anyone know what is going on?

How I vote:

Happy Pre-Election Day Copaganda to all who celebrate!

Complicity of liberal institutions with the crackdown on student protest paved the way for the crisis of academia. To defend our work we must sever the link with the security state. Come join us at U of C tomorrow, where we will discuss how to confront the hiring of the inveterate liar John Kirby.

Tell your friends and family: A vote for Jacob Frey is a vote for Mitt Romney. Then again, that’s probably what most of them want anyway. To be “progressive” only in the most myopic, unimaginative, status quo ways.

The thing about Halloween is you can’t always tell whether someone is in a costume, whether they just have a particular style or fashion choice, or whether they are a actually a narc and also maybe one or both of the above.

The Bare Bones performance at Powderhorn Park tonight was absolutely phenomenal. I didn’t know I was still capable of being absolutely floored by art in this way—it was emotionally, visually, sonically perfect and profound. I was bawling during the honoring of the lives lost.

My neighbor across the street texted me to tell me his kid, who is 11, is convinced I have turned “everyone’s gaze” (the scary gothic rabbits) towards his house. So I just moved all their heads ja bit to the left, and texted this. And I now am cry laughing alone at my own “joke.”

My mom and step dad dressed up as each other for Halloween and I am 100 percent dead. —typed by my skeleton

We are ready.

MyGothic Rabbit Halloween Samhain mix, with six parts. (LOL.) Rabbit Lantern Lighting; The Waltz of the Masks; Into the Forest; The Séance; The Ghost Dance; The Rebirth. Also, I know Spotify is evil but it is Halloween, and so it fits. Until I can move it. open.spotify.com/playlist/1Pt...

Nothing says “me” more than working for more than a month on my gothic rabbit Halloween yard and then intensely wishing on the day of that it would get cancelled or rescheduled because I am tired and could sleep till Sunday.

Sorry I can’t attend your events. My fall depression just arrived and it promises to take up most of my free time till May.

Do you have a lot of adults who come trick-or-treating? Meaning, adults with candy bags for themselves? It doesn’t matter to me bc almost all humans love candy. But given how much $ bags are now, it makes it harder to also commit to getting candy for the adults.

Strib publisher Steve Grove (probably): “It doesn’t matter what happened—or where. What matters is we label it ‘Twin Cities suburbs.’ "You see, our key audience IS Cindy Suburb. We’re not telling Cindy WHERE the story happened. We’re telling her: This story matters to you. Even if it doesn’t.”

I’ve reached that age where what seems like a sudden onset of sagging/heavy eyelids is either an unexpected introduction to my future unattractive self, or a wild allergic reaction to the 8 Reese’s peanut butter cups I just ate for dinner.

My Gothic Rabbit house is almost complete. It’s amazing the number of little kids who make it a *daily routine* to come see the “hop hops.” I love creating traditions other people—and myself. Come visit us!

These are things people behind Jacob Frey, All of Mpls, Thrive Mpls, and Safer Hennepin do as a normal part of business

I made these stickers to go in the small goody bags I am tying together to have “rabbit ears.” How many pieces of candy should go in each bag? I usually give too much and run out. Trying to do bags to have an idea of amount I also am still finalizing my yard. I cannot stop! Always new ideas.

We’re getting close to election day in Minneapolis, and I’ve figured out who I plan to vote for. I endorse Dr. DeWayne Davis and Sen. Omar Fateh. I also plan to rank Jazz Hampton.

This is a truly damning indictment of the failures of Jacob Frey and the MPD. And these are not bureaucratic failures. They are choices. A choice to dismiss and fail victims of domestic and partner violence. www.hennepind2.com/statements/2...

This thread right here… While the threats to human lives, civil and human liberties, our multiracial democracy, and our collective future are all around us, corporate media like the Star Tribune is inviting every one of them in for some hotdish.

bob “again” carney jr promises that if he is elected, he will refuse to take the oath of office, so linea palmisano will always serve. says most people want to get elected to take office, he just wants to advance his ideas. calls it an “innovative approach”

Wondering if I should start a GoFundMe for my idea for a world tour where I do “performance art” telling jokes written entirely by AI while wearing different costumes and acting as different characters and no one knows its AI.

This actually makes ranked choice voting more confusing. I definitely did a... Wait what. And before anyone responds telling me "what this really means," lemme just say that any type of voting that requires this much explaining is not actually a democracy. www.startribune.com/how-does-ran...