This is the funniest and most insulting story pitch I have ever received. (Of COURSE it's about AI.)

The aurora borealis? At this time of year? In this part of the country? Localized entirely over my kitchen?

(LOUD WARNING) Full house for the Federal Dart’s arrival! They arrived at 2:15, the time the Edmund Fitzgerald left Superior 50 years ago today. Ship + bridge exchanged a Master salute as a memorial

When I say @zoemjack.bsky.social will hunt down a story, I mean @zoemjack.bsky.social will hunt down a story.

Misplaced my “I Voted” sticker before I could take a picture with it noooooo

OK, if kids are going out in this weather, I need to get them the GOOD trick or treat candy.

43 years ago today, readers the world over opened their newspapers and gazed upon cow tools for the first time. happy birthday cow tools. you look great.

I fucking dare this guy to say that to a soybean farmer in Sibley County, Minnesota. #mnleg

No Kings has the highest axolotl-to-journalist ratio of any march I’ve ever covered.

Can’t believe I have to say this, but in Minnesota you will continue to have the freedom to get your COVID and flu shots.

A friend just sent me this picture of his mastiff, Peanut. Let it wash over you.

People of Illinois, we need your help. Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.

OK, it is almost Oct. 3, which means it is time to remember how in 1575, the mayor of Leiden set the bar for all future mayors. www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collectio...

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The last musical guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live was @missmargoprice.bsky.social singing Don’t Let The Bastards Get You Down youtu.be/58SJBhyGTHY?...

The world just got a thousand percent less wholesome. www.grandforksherald.com/news/marilyi...

Q: Do you think it would've been fitting to lower the flags to half staff when Melissa Hortman, the Minnesota House Speaker, was gunned down by an assassin? TRUMP: I'm not familiar. The who?

“The Trump administration is ordering the removal of information on slavery at multiple national parks in an effort to scrub them of ‘corrosive ideology.’”

How do you answer your phone?

I have a cousin who died of exposure on the streets. That’s Bonnie you’re talking about like she was garbage, like she was vermin, like she came from nowhere and would be missed by no one.

Do yourself a favor today.

Poring over this crowd photo in case I ever need a thousand ways to transmit the message “FU CEO” with just a look. www.startribune.com/target-downt...

D360,249 - issued in 1995 for a design for a "soundproof device for a person to scream into."

one morning, when gregor samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a very hungry caterpillar

I have three days to make the three felt ornaments I promised for the Newspaper Guild picnic. Somewhere, a barrel is missing its cracker.

A group of 6 LCC K9 comfort dogs arrived in Minneapolis yesterday in the wake of the latest mass shooting. The organization deploys comfort dogs following tragic events. The dogs wore their "please pet me vests," offering love and comfort to those processing this heartbreaking tragedy. 15/10 for all

Frey: And don't just say, this is about thoughts and prayers right now. These kids were literally praying. It was the first week of school. They were in a church.

It's Minnesota State Fair time! It's time for Minnesotan folk art! Here, for example, is Saturn Devouring His Corn, in the seed art category!

I DID IT!

At a Melissa Etheridge / Indigo Girls concert tonight singing Closer to Fine with Tim Walz. As one does in MN.

To whoever screamed “LOOK! IT’S SENATOR WHAT’S HER FACE!” at the State Fair, I hope you have an incredible day 😂

Sat bolt upright in bed this morning, realizing I still haven't seen the crop art.

It’s the most! Wonderful! Time! Of the year!!!

They gave me the option of a Star Tribune shirt that *wasn’t* a Stribby acid trip, but where’s the fun in that?

Ooh, our sappiest Strib-branded lip balm yet www.startribune.com/star-tribune...

The people have spoken: Uptown is shaped like a soft-serve ice cream cone.

The newsroom will rue the day they hung a giant felt lampshade directly in front of my desk.

Some of my favorite Tom Lehrer tunes were his Electtic Company jams... RIP.

Imagine if you called the fire department because you were trapped in a burning house — but when they got there, they just waited outside for an hour, until they were sure the fire was out and it was safe to go in. www.startribune.com/new-details-...

GASP!

Duke, onetime mayor of Cormorant Village, MN

My "Not a psychopath" profile in the Strib has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my profile in the Strib www.startribune.com/tasha-coryel...

Did they use AI to name the new foods at the Minnesota State Fair this year? An investigation. www.startribune.com/new-foods-mi...

9 p.m. rainbow wishes you all a good night!

The felt ornament that started it all. The ur-ornament. The felt urnament.

TIL "Minnesota" was the first proposed state name to cause a floor fight in Congress

Rarely do I see so many positive comments on a story. If you’re roadtripping around the state this summer and you’re like, “gosh that’s a lot of corn,” well here’s some visual trivia you can break out between bites of your hot dog. www.startribune.com/what-growing...

On this day in 1863, the 3rd day at Gettysburg, those Minnesotans still able to fight helped turn back Confederate Maj. Gen. George Pickett's famous charge and captured a Virginia regimental battle flag. www2.startribune.com/civil-war-fi...