The fuck is wrong with people. Just leave other people's spaces alone.
Minnesota Reformer@minnesotareformer.com · 6d agoVolunteers are working to clean Alex Pretti's memorial after a vandal poured motor oil, which is not flammable, over the site early this morning. Caretakers have maintained the memorial daily ever since federal agents shot and killed Pretti.
Hey, MSP - anybody know what's happening on 94 eastbound, just E of 35W? 94 is closed, ton of squads. 😬
I met @tombasgen.bsky.social at an event tonight. Mr. Saint Paul himself asked if I've ever considered a big mustache and said he thought I'd look good. So I guess this is for you, Tom.
I, too, was at the Real Genius showing at the Trylon. (Happy birthday party, @billchilds.bsky.social.) As is often the case folks were asking how we each knew Bill. Turns out, people not chronically online are fairly confused when you try to explain how you met on social media.
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Doing the math on how much evening caffeine I consumed to try to kick a migraine, and it's not looking great.
Friends. Jessica continues to do the good work for our neighbors. A few bucks adds up.
Jessica Shortall@jessicashortall.bsky.social · 3mo agoI had hung up my Venmo but I’m back. We helped family during the occupation; now their medically fragile son is very unwell. Docs say stress of the surge played big role. Facing huge medical bills. They won’t tell me how much. I’d like to send them $1k. @jessica-shortall, photo is me w/a llama.
I really thought my boomer parents didn't do that thing about not sharing their medical issues. I was wrong. Apparently, HIPPA violations are reserved for the ailments of friends & family, while we neglect to mention when we're in the ER for coughing blood reasons.
At 9pm last night, I was in a work zoom with two (2) IT guys named Steve. It felt like a serious indicator of how cooked the situation was.
Hi buddies MN is covered in fresh snow and I’m looking to raise $2400 more to help “my” 7 families with part of their rent for April. Kind of a step-down as they try to come back into the world. I know fatigue is setting in but I’d be grateful. My Venmo is @jessica-shortall, pic w/llama
Is this blizzard going to impact the CVS demolition? We have been *so* patient, but if there's a second postponement, we might have a problem.
At this point it's barely even a boycott, I've just stopped thinking of Target as a place to buy the things I used to buy at Target.
Florida Chris@chrislongview.bsky.social · 6mo agotarget paid a bunch of money to people who claim they speak for everyone but have no actual influence over those of us boycotting to tell everyone the boycott is over? they will do anything but apologize and fix their policy. i will continue to boycott.
*leans closer to the mic* it's because I'm full of whimsy and rage, your honor.
We're all in the same rickety boat. It's not you, it's life. You don't have as many superiors as you think and you have way more empathetic humans than you might realize. Okay, good luck out there.
They say everyone should have guns. And that it’s our right to have them. And scream and fight for the right to carry them. Then the moment they shoot you as you lie unarmed on the ground with five men in your back, they say it’s because you carried a gun.
In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.
Today, my job was to be the person who swept up the onion peel as neighbors prepared food for hundreds of families who can’t leave their homes. It felt very small, but it was something—and it was a reminder that there are many different roles to play as we fight for our democracy.
Explaining that "I'm fine" doesn't mean that I am okay, it means "I am not in need of further assistance right now and I have been exposed to far less traumatizing stuff than my peers"
Me: Hears sustained helicopters, scours flight tracker to figure out who/where, finds nothing. Realizes I started laundry and I'm hearing the spin cycle. A few minutes pass. My guy wonders why all the helicopters. Just trying to keep us in clean underpants, babe.
"We are here to love each other, care for each other, and keep each other safe and whole." That statement, describing Renee Macklin Good's views--borne of a Christian faith that actually echoes the teachings of Christ as opposed to warping them--also reflects the best of what a government can be.
Renee Macklin Good’s wife: ‘We need to show them a better way’
Here’s the latest Friday around the killing of Renee Macklin Good in Minneapolis Wednesday by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent.
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Are the bluesky servers ready for the posting during this 11:00 presser?
Was this just an Iowa thing?? It's catchy af but other folks generally haven't had the experience.
Bill Childs@billchilds.bsky.social · 11mo agoSo @nickio.bsky.social brought this catchy song to my attention and I think it’ll sound great on the radio for kids, as sort of a pick-me-up: youtu.be/PFDr78jPB7c