This is absolutely nuts: hackers are hijacking high-profile Instagram accounts by simply asking Meta's AI chatbot to change the email on the account. Meta's AI does it, hacker gets password reset code, they're in. A staggering security issue www.404media.co/hackers-simp...

My superpower is getting really excited about and ordering the thing on the menu the restaurant just ran out of

#OnThisDay May 30 1957: two US Navy jet planes flying an aerial salute collide and crash into a heavily populated northeast Minneapolis neighborhood in front of 1000s of spectators. One of the pilots is killed, 6 area residents hospitalized, 3 others treated for shock.

Just got gas for $3.80 a gallon in Osmond, Nebraska

Concerts at Bluestem amphitheater and several other Fargo-Moorhead venues have been canceled as longtime indie promoter Jade Presents announced it's going out of business. www.startribune.com/bluestem-amp...

This produces losses that Bezos uses to offset his income and lower his federal income tax bill. In other words, you and I are subsidizing this.

Is that good

Peonies are blooming

I covered McCain in 2008 and I have no recollection of this

Milli Vanilli singer Jodie Rocco told AP that neither she, her sister Linda Rocco nor any of the other group members had been asked to come “My sister and I were shocked to see our name, ‘Milli Vanilli’, as one of the performers,” Jodie Rocco said

There is a lot of low-quality survey data out there that's used primarily as a marketing/PR tool with little to no transparency on methods, questions asked, etc. and it is often accepted and written about with far too much credulity.

“The call came from the White House: We have to get this done,” the person said.  About three months before the Pentagon announced plans to lend money to Vulcan Elements, Donald Trump Jr.’s venture capital firm took an undisclosed stake in the company. @robert-faturechi.bsky.social

my god

Update! Morris Day and the Time say they are not playing Trump's event

Morris Day and the Time announced as part of the Great American State Fair music lineup on the National Mall this summer. So is Milli Vanilli???

Police Chief Brian O’Hara has resigned from the Minneapolis Police Department following an investigative report with “concerning substantiated findings” that were to result in discipline and possible termination, according to an internal email by Mayor Jacob Frey.

I have five very healthy tomato plants I started from seed in starter pots free if you’re willing to come pick them up in northeast Minneapolis. DM if you think you’re someone I’d feel comfortable giving my home address to (you probably are). First come first served, varieties in alt.

An NBC News investigation finds dozens of examples of criminals imitating ICE to rob and attack people www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

I like how wikipedia could only get a freely licensed photo of the political editor of BBC News by cropping this UK government photo

The suspect who was shot and killed near the White House has been identified as a 21-year-old who had previous encounters with Secret Service, sources say https://cnn.it/49drvzK

Amazing

"CNN reporters heard what appeared to be dozens of gunshots near the White House on Saturday, triggering a lockdown and a rapid response from the US Secret Service."

Howard Lutnick made this donation on April 1—four weeks after his Epstein testimony was on the books, but just a day after the quarterly filing deadline, ensuring the donation wouldn’t be disclosed before his testimony. (House GOP also said nothing about it fwiw) www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/u...

Minnesota regulators have ordered Legend Technical Services, the state's first cannabis testing facility, to stop testing marijuana and hemp products until it addresses "security and testing requirements." Legend must return samples awaiting testing to clients, who must find a new lab to work with.

“We are so far behind in this outbreak,” a current Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) employee tells @wired.com. “This is a perfect storm.” new from me and @knibbs.bsky.social on how aid cuts from last year are already fueling the sudden ebola outbreak:

One of the last projects I worked on at WaPo was this story about Ebola in West Africa from 2014, with haunting photos by the late, great Michel du Cille. Not all of the features work due to internet decay but it’s still worth a read.

minnesota gov. tim walz has signed a bill banning prediction markes (kalshi, polymarket). first state-level ban of its kind. (sports betting via traditional/mobile sports books is still illegal here too)

In November I broke this story about Andrew Paul Johnson, a pardoned J6er who molested children and used the promise of reparations to bribe his victims silence.

I drive by this building several times a week and never noticed this

Party-size hemp beverages, adult-use "ratio" cannabinoid products (such as THC+CBD), merged marijuana supply chains and a new macrobusiness license are among the updates to Minnesota's cannabis laws approved by the Legislature on Sunday.

ICE agent charged in shooting of man in north Minneapolis during Operation Metro Surge

Are you in these ICE surge photos? We would like to talk with you. bit.ly/3RE0eAe

Dinner al fresco tonight

The soft serve margs at Centro are incredible. Really need to be able to take these to go and walk around.

in a way, isn’t causing men to crash out before she’s even done anything just proof that Lupita is perfect for Helen of Troy

OK, not quite official, but I'm calling it: Schlitz is gone. My story on what losing this beer means to Milwaukee, and Kirby Nelson and Wisconsin Brewing Co.'s effort to send it off proper. www.milwaukeemag.com/schlitz-is-g...

A newsy Nuggets newsletter today: - Legal weed comes to Art-A-Whirl this weekend - Details of a cannabis deal in the MN House - Psilocybin therapy proposal heads to conference committee - Ilhan Omar says "a lot" of Congress members smoke pot Read it here: link.email.startribune.com/public/45735...

We've become numb to this stuff, but a president accusing a journalist of treason -- a capital crime -- for reporting on an ongoing war is not normal, and we should never accept it as normal.

Dozens of empty Waymos invaded an Atlanta neighborhood and circled a cul-de-sac for hours with no passengers www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...

As Minnesota House Speaker Lisa Demuth gaveled the day to a close, chants of "hold the vote" briefly disrupted the end of the session. Democrats have promised to remain in the House chamber in a sit-in protest to force a vote on the gun control measure passed by the Senate earlier this month.

Trump’s Border Patrol chief abruptly resigned amid allegations he traveled abroad to solicit sex workers

This is a deeply reported story that is not just about vapes, but about how powerful corporations and wealthy people get their way by using access and methods that simply aren’t available to the rest of the country.

Hard to imagine this would have happened under previous management

President Trump said he does not consider the economic impacts the war in Iran is having on Americans. “Not even a little bit‚” Trump said when asked to what extent “Americans’ financial situations” are motivating him to end the war.

The massive, stoic animals are the star attraction when they’re roaming the prairie at Belwin Conservancy. Also in this article: A perfect put-in for Boundary Waters beginners and an opportunity to help the bees (by tracking them).

The justices said the conduct by the court clerk "egregiously attacked Murdaugh's credibility" by suggesting to jurors his testimony could not be trusted. They also said the trial judge went too far in allowing evidence of Murdaugh's financial crimes into his murder trial. https://to.pbs.org/3PGJ7xb

I kind of rolled my eyes when I saw the headline and that the lead anecdote was about a $100K BMW EV, but $2,500 for tabs is wild

NEW: We've spent 10 months tracking the outcomes in tens of thousands of lawsuits brought by ICE detainees amid an unprecedented detention push. It's not a cose call: judges have ruled more than 10,000 times against ICE, a 9-1 ratio. See the database: www.politico.com/news/2026/05...

Real wages are falling.