I enjoyed this so much! I can read all the entries through 1300 without difficulty (I still read Chaucer for pleasure), can parse 1200 with some effort, and after that it’s picking out stray words and phrases.

Well, heck, here's a distraction from {all this}: The Rea family wedding photo from December, when our wonderful son married a wonderful woman and we all showed up looking our best.

If I wrote a novel set in MN during Jan/Feb, and the primary plot point was the occupation of the state by ICE agents, and I included tons of descriptions of frozen water and how dangerous the roads/sidewalks are, I suspect some editor would (rightfully) smack me upside the head for being obvious.

So good

Minnesota Reformer reports from Worthington: "You can feel it, the sadness from town. There’s no people walking around." minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/13/n...

The list of signatories shows how it’s not just Minneapolis or Saint Paul suffering under this occupation. It’s the entire state!

Could not agree more with @racketmn.com take on Klobuchar for governor. racketmn.com/amy-klobucha...

Farmers from up north of Duluth sent two pickup trucks full of eggs and meat and food to us for mutual aid distribution. I cried. People are so good.

"Your pets may not necessarily love it when you kiss and hug them" Yeah well I may not necessarily love picking up poop so I guess we're all gonna have to make some sacrifices.

My Super Bowl Sunday entertainment

This is the kind of thing I think is actually a big, big indicator.

Saw this at a visit to Cream and Amber in Hopkins today. Great idea for businesses that get shipments in regularly in cardboard.

When you think about it, Tom Emmer is Minnesota's biggest paid agitator

Julie Brown is national hero @jkbjournalist.bsky.social jkbjournalist.substack.com/p/jeffrey-ep...

Northfield is a town of 20,000 people in southeast #Minnesota, outside of the metro region. That 20,000 people includes two college populations. Agents in plain clothes raided a local bakery this morning, and masked agents continue to raid local apartment complexes. That's where we're at.

Why is Klob already running attack ads against herself

The dumpster fire rages on, but Daisy would like you to notice how resplendent she is in her new puffer jacket.

I'm in a group on FB that's a great resource for what's happening in MN. Someone asked for a local spot to buy a warm balaclava. But responders thought the query was about baklava. So now there's a huge list of all the best places to get warm baklava from locally owned spots in the Twin Cities.

here's a video from this afternoon in Eden Prairie MN of ICE agents camping out as a bus stop. Again, this is terrorism.

Sound on....lollipop guild😂🤣😅

Please share this far and wide. beyondbeurreblanc.substack.com/p/support-ea...

The fool slides o’er the ice that you should break.

Hey, the excellent Minneapolis arts and culture magazine Racket took down their paywall for the day, so you can go read their coverage of the occupation unhindered. Start here: racketmn.com/voices-of-th...

Schools in Saint Paul were closed Tuesday and Wednesday as teachers prepared to do online and in-person teaching simultaneously due to safety concerns about ICE. Kids in my daughter’s school refer to those two days off as Evil Break. As in, “So what did you do over Evil Break?”

I will just keep repeating. I have never never never seen anything like this. 30 years of reporting.

KARE 11 TV in the twin cities has a very stodgy, risk-averse news department that rarely bucks authority. Just a cookie cutter local news team seemingly from another era. SO it’s heartening see them actually check Bovino’s lies.

ICE just abducted a man in his car here in Southwest Blaine, after he’d just dropped off his child at Westwood Intermediate & Middle School. Fellow North Metro folks, please be safe and alert.

Dear neighbor, We are seeing an increase in immigration enforcement and federal agents across South Minneapolis. This includes the sighting of Bovino at 34th and Cedar. There’s definitely an uptick compared to the last few days. 1/

For those using Ring, here's a way around a security issue. www.pcworld.com/article/2945...

From a highly reliable friend: ICE may be dressing in plain clothes to get access to students at schools, and get information about how the resistance is organizing. Be careful who you talk to. Don't engage with strangers with many questions. Vet folks you let into your organizing circles.

there are a bunch of big names on this list, including multiple beard award winners, and some places i never would have guessed in a hundred years (the malt shop?!) and i'm genuinely floored and delighted to see so many participants bringmethenews.com/minnesota-li...

This is why we celebrate the Boston Substack Party, when the patriots wrote strongly worded pamphlets about tea.

Hang in there, Minnesotans.

Local folks, a small thing to do is to find immigrant-owned businesses that are still open and try to support them. I had a depressing tour of taquerias in Richfield, all closed when they'd normally be open. I finally ended up at a Guatemalan restaurant where I was the only customer at 12:30.

The largest city in the state Amy Klobuchar represents is currently under federal occupation. And they've started shooting.

A facilitator at one of the early trainings I attended had a handy flow chart they used for identifying ICE vehicles and included the helpful instructions: does the car have dents? Bumper stickers? That’s your neighbor!

Activity is really hot this morning on Lake Street and Powderhorn. There’s also confirmed ICE vehicles using Uber stickers. Please be careful. 1/

I suppose it's a bit odd for me to think, "gosh, it'd be fun to take a cruise" while working on a Lego kit of the Titanic.

Breakfast of champions for our 36th anniversary!

If it's Christmas Eve, it's time for Rock Crystal.

Just found out Ellen Bryant Voigt died this fall. One of my favorite poets. 😔

Christmas pie is in the house

Way to go, @amyklobuchar.com . You have a lot of trans constituents. Way to sell them down the river so you can play the bipartisan game.

this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.

Nisswa, I love you, but it's hard to believe enough of you voted for Jennifer Carnahan and didn't think this would be the result. www.startribune.com/nisswa-mayor...

Yes, please.

Mother and sister of the groom, ready for the wedding!

ICE raided a James Beard award winning restaurant & because the chef/owner was prepared, left emptyhanded: