Talked to multiple reporters at small-town papers in MN who said it's extremely hard to expose wrongdoing in a rural area because people hate it and you end up with enemies.

Jay Rosen@jayrosen.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Times columnist @polgreen.bsky.social poses a familiar question, and arrives at a... let's say an unusual answer. Why, she asks, has trust in the news media cratered? Because aggressive, probing journalism isn't really that popular. People resent it. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/o... [Gift link]

One reason Minneapolis remains in the world's eye is we have one of the most robust & independent media ecosystems remaining in the country. You all need this...and more! @mprnews.org @startribune.com @sahanjournal.bsky.social @minnesotareformer.com @minnpost.bsky.social @racketmn.com etc.

journalists are workers who deserve to be paid fairly for our labor and I think that far too few consumers of media recognize or even care about this fact

Yikes. The Latino-owned businesses in Mercado Central in Minneapolis report a 90% dip in business since the major influx of federal agents into Minnesota. This is where I’d go to get my Mexican groceries and my pozole fix when I lived in the Twin Cities

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don't think I've ever been so in the thick of something that's Big News like this, but it makes a sharp contrast between skilled journalists, who want to understand the situation and turn in sharp, considered dispatches, and streamers, disaster tourists who are desperate to see a civil war break out

I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com

I grew up with Alex Pretti

The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.

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you should not share a post that's a screenshot without a link to a news item. you should not share a post that's a video or picture without some kind of sourcing. we're in a new bad era and these are now basic practices. ... also photogs and journos gotta eat so share their work.

I subscribed to @startribune.com the moment I left the newsroom for the last time en route to Oregon. At first, it was a way to keep up with my stellar soon-to-be former colleagues. Now it feels like the most essential subscription I have: www.startribune.com/subscribe

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Ivan the K ™@ivanthek.bsky.social · 7mo ago

The reporting I've seen from @startribune.com over the last few days is a great endorsement of the need for quality local journalism, which is suffering from fiscal setbacks across the country.

I've been informed that the man in this video is Matthew James Obadiah Allen, better known as Twin Cities hip hop artist Nur-D

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7mo ago

Minneapolis protester as he's being brutalized by feds: "You're gonna have to kill me! You're gonna have to kill me! I've done nothing wrong! My name is Matthew James! I'm a US citizen! You're gonna kill me! Is that what you want?" (You can hear his wife screaming)

"The man shot by federal agents this morning has died, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara told the Minnesota Star Tribune."

Live: Man shot and killed by federal agents in south Minneapolis this morning, police chief says

A video appears to shows federal agents wrestling a man to the ground then shooting him.

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Scoop: Hundreds of Target employees pen letter saying the Minneapolis retailer ‘abandoned its community’ “In the face of this tyranny, continued silence from our leaders will never make us safer” With @carzharts.bsky.social. Stay updated: www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...

This might be *the* thing I miss most about living in the Twin Cities. No matter what part of the urban core you visit, you’ll find several people who speak fondly of the state as a whole, and of specific places in particular. You don’t really get that here in Oregon.

Matt DeLong@mattdelong.bsky.social · 7mo ago

As a transplant, something that always struck me about Minnesota, and I hope it’s coming through to the rest of the world now, is how much pride the people who live here have for this place. You definitely do not see that everywhere.

I am utterly in awe of my former colleagues at @startribune.com. It's been just over two weeks since an ICE agent shot and killed Renee Good and the newsroom has been a paragon of community service as the federal immigration surge continues in the Twin Cities www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...

Live: Thousands march, scores of Minnesota businesses close in protest of ICE enforcement

Restaurants, museums, schools and nonprofits closed their doors as part of an “ICE Out” demonstration. Despite the frigid weather, a large crowd of protesters gathered in downtown Minneapolis.

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It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing

Haven’t been to Powell’s in a minute and I forgot just how many people wear clogs to the bookstore

Me: Lines up 45 minutes early for a 12:30 p.m. showing at a movie theater that doesn’t assign seats. Also me: What the hell are all of these other people doing in line? Don’t they have JOBS?

My listening age is my own damn business, you nosy ragamuffins!

This is the pizza Christmas lore. My family made turkey every year for christmas until my mom realized we all snacked all day and weren’t hungry and we’d be eating leftover turkey for a week. We tried various other things: ham, Cornish game hens. And then one year everyone was disgustingly sick and

Claire Willett@clairewillett.bsky.social · 9mo ago

yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore I feel like we need this

So we’re just running around calling robes cardigans now? Words mean things!

Just this week I talked with the Voices of Roosevelt staff advisor about how much I liked a story they did where they laid out what PPS will do in the case that ICE is near a school. And here we are...

Nik Streng@nikstreng.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Several North Portland schools are on lockdown as a result of immigration enforcement activities in the area. From @gosiawoz.bsky.social www.oregonlive.com/news/2025/11...

Dude, basketball rules.

a basketball player for the minnesota timberwolves dancing on the court

ALT: a basketball player for the minnesota timberwolves dancing on the court

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this is wild: while Stephen Miller's guy was in Minnesota for his uncle's funeral, somebody was able to see his entire phone and take pictures of his Signal group chats talking about military deployments to Portland, and brought them to the Strib (gift link: www.startribune.com/trump-offici...)

Minnesota Star Tribune@startribune.com · 11mo ago

The messages show high-level officials in the Trump administration discussing the possible deployment of the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, an infantry force that has dropped into combat zones in both World Wars, Vietnam and Afghanistan.

Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!

Ars Technica@arstechnica.com · 12mo ago

AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.

Susan Du continues to be the coolest fucking person I’ve ever met

Jay@duniagamemaster.bsky.social · 12mo ago

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!

My commute nightmares in the Twin Cities rarely had anything to do with construction and more to do with buttheads who would either park or drive in the bike lane!

Laura G Mitchell@lauragmitchell.com · last yr.

The Strib is looking for stories of nightmare commutes due to construction. People who don’t drive for your commute, please also share your experiences & thoughts on this topic (via the form). 😁

Almost 640,000 people in Minnesota speak a language other than English at home. The state demographer says Minnesota’s unique immigrant populations have fostered more linguistic diversity than in many states.

What languages are most spoken in Minnesota homes?

Almost 640,000 people in Minnesota speak a language other than English at home. The state demographer says Minnesota’s unique immigrant populations have fostered more linguistic diversity than in many...

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help my job says i have to do my job what do i do help

When people ask why I left Minnesota, I’m gonna have to tell ‘em it’s a Highlander situation and that there can only ever be one Eder in the state.

@marymoriarty.bsky.social · last yr.

Congratulations to Senior Hennepin County Attorney Eder Castillo for being named as one of top “Up and Coming” attorney’s by Minnesota Lawyer! Eder leads our U/T Visa and immigration teams. Congrats Eder! Very much deserved!

A rarity in the industry - A regional paper opening up a new D.C. Correspondent position (Let me know if anyone's interested!): seattletimes.applytojob.com/apply/oVo010...