A crew from Chimney Doctors spent the last few days (in the crazy heat) rebuilding our chimney from the roofline up and installing a wood-burning fireplace insert. Now we can safely have fires again, and — because we went with an insert — those fires will actually help heat our house!

Before and after: our new epoxy garage floor

Hey @loonybinpodcast.bsky.social! I heard you were in the market for an epoxy garage floor. Here’s a live look at a crew working on our new garage floor right now! Let us know if you want their contact info!

Hey Minnesotans! I work at MnDOT, and we’re preparing to replace our website. Please take a few minutes to visit our site at mndot.gov and complete our short survey. tally.so/r/vGpE5X

Happy solstice! We enjoyed the longest day and shortest night of the year with soccer, bike rides, sangria, savory s’mores, fireflies, hammock naps, and friends around the fire.

Mamdani giving a speech at the Knicks victory parade and Obama giving a speech at the opening of his Presidential Library on the same day is the BARBENHEIMER of oratory, it's MAMBAMA

While you're at it, think about sending a note to the event sponsors. It's extremely disappointing to see Saint Paul Parks and Recreation on that list. bsky.app/profile/fole...

Micheal Foley in Saint Paul@foleymo.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I got an email from the Saint Paul Classic today, and was excited to sign up, as I am most years. But, while browsing the website, I noticed a "Stop SART" tab. How disappointing! Go to bikeclassic.org/contact. Tell them how hypocritical is is to use the Grand Round while advocating against SART.

Hey Saint Paul bike folks! Did you see this?: bsky.app/profile/fole... Boycott the Classic! The organizers are against the Summit Avenue Regional Trail! Spread the word! @saintpaulbike.bsky.social @melissawenzel.bsky.social @tombasgen.bsky.social @patiomensch.bsky.social

Micheal Foley in Saint Paul@foleymo.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I got an email from the Saint Paul Classic today, and was excited to sign up, as I am most years. But, while browsing the website, I noticed a "Stop SART" tab. How disappointing! Go to bikeclassic.org/contact. Tell them how hypocritical is is to use the Grand Round while advocating against SART.

I got an email from the Saint Paul Classic today, and was excited to sign up, as I am most years. But, while browsing the website, I noticed a "Stop SART" tab. How disappointing! Go to bikeclassic.org/contact. Tell them how hypocritical is is to use the Grand Round while advocating against SART.

Hey Minnesotans: May I suggest that if you are enjoying the World Cup, you also not miss out on the absolutely ridiculous soccer happening in your own backyard courtesy of Minnesota Aurora? 9-0 and have not given up ONE SINGLE GOAL yet this season. Our last home game is Sat afternoon. Come.

Fundraiser for the 15 folks in Minnesota indicted yesterday for anti-ICE organizing, from a vetted source: chuffed.org/project/1865...

Legal Defense Fund for MN Anti-ICE Organizers

On the morning of June 16th 2026, fifteen anti-ICE organizers were arrested in aggressive raids across the Twin Cities.

chuffed.org

Some of my photos from tonight’s rally at the courthouse

I’m headed down there in about a half hour. Stay turned for my pics and videos.

Tina-Desiree Berg@tinadesireeberg.com · 2mo ago

Outside of the St Paul courthouse, protesters are fighting with agents. The feds are now charging 15 people with impeding immigration enforcement in Minneapolis- under the guise of "antifa". As an aside- in LA they have failed to obtain guilty verdicts in most cases brought against protesters.

Outside of the St Paul courthouse, protesters are fighting with agents. The feds are now charging 15 people with impeding immigration enforcement in Minneapolis- under the guise of "antifa". As an aside- in LA they have failed to obtain guilty verdicts in most cases brought against protesters.

ALERT 🚨 Federal agents are being seen across our community as they arrest observers. Let me be clear, alerting our neighbors about ICE activity is not a crime, observing is not a crime, and loving your immigrant neighbors is not a crime. 1/

Plain language!

Emo Philips@emophilips.bsky.social · 2mo ago

THANK you, KTLA

The backlash against datacenters is very encouraging. Now, I need folks to connect their hatred for datacenters with the digital content they're creating and consuming nonstop. Let's all work on making our digital footprints smaller, so fewer datacenters are needed. sustainablewebdesign.org

I never realized how out of touch I was as a car-free person until everyone starting posting pictures of gas station signs on social media without any context. Are those numbers supposed to mean something to me? #carfree

What a perfectly cloudless day to capture energy from the sun with my rooftop solar panels!

Who wants to apply to become the next Leslie Knope?!

Hey Twin Cities Tacos! Don’t park your food truck illegally and block a stop sign and a crosswalk at a busy intersection in front of the Capitol. If you want a good parking spot for the lunch rush, you need to get here by 9am, like all the other food trucks did!

gmail disabled spellcheck unless you let it do it's AI "smart features," which is pretty sneaky and mean. Anyone have a workaround?

It’s 1995 all over again. And somehow it’s also 1955 … and 1984.

Jennifer Pahlka@pahlkadot.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I wrote about the awkwardness of reforming the laws that govern how we build and buy technology in federal government just when everything is changing. Again. It's 1995 all over again. But we can avoid the mistakes of the past! www.eatingpolicy.com/p/reforming-...

Just booked my appointment with Carlen at Lowertown Tattoo Co. for a badass rebel loon tattoo! @lowertowntattoo.bsky.social #rebelloon #mn #tattoo #ink #iceout #starwars #andor

Congrats!

Katie Jones@katiejonesmpls.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Ty! We're well & enjoying all of snuggles w/ Hans.🥰 How we design streets determines what's possible re: our relationship to outdoors, community, & health. Thanks to @minneapolismn.gov for protected bike lanes on 26th & 28th Streets that made this trip feel safe & therefore a real option. 1/3

"Tell Kristi. I want her to know it was me."

It's great to see a former Loon at the tip of the spear in this labor battle! Thank you, Connor Tobin! #mnufc #StandUpForStandards #Solidarity #usl