calling all science people: if i washed & dried 3 serrano peppers in with my laundry, and now my clothes vaguely smell of hot pepper (it's not unpleasant), do i need to rewash my clothes because there might be pepper oil on them?

The kids and I talked about the resistance art and how the word we heard and used the most was "look." Look it's the bathrobe lady Mom, look more rebel loon Reminded me of 💙 Don't look away 🩵 Look for the helpers 💙 Look out for your neighbors Going to draft some LOOK crop art

Ross Raihala (Alpha Male) 🌈@rossraihala.bsky.social · 2h ago

Friday's attendance number at the Minnesota State Fair set a new record at 204,065. The previous high was 171,233 in 2024. Minnesotans sure are ready to celebrate Minnesota after the ice occupation!

"One morning shortly after the movie came out when I was riding the bus to work, I overheard one woman talking to another," writes Ellen Cassedy. “So I said to him,” she said, “‘No, I will not make your coffee!’ I just saw 9 to 5!” labornotes.org/2026/08/doll...

Dolly Parton Helped Us to Speak Up and Join Together

Dolly Parton’s song, “9 to 5,” has endured as a beloved anthem for nearly half a century. What many people don’t know is that the direct inspiration for the song—and the hit movie—was the 9 to 5 worki...

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⚾ Ride light rail for a modern-day Streetcar Doubleheader! This Saturday, Aug. 29, catch the Twins vs. White Sox at 2:10 p.m., then Saints vs. Toledo at 6:37 p.m. at CHS Field. Ride between Target Field and CHS Field on the METRO Green Line and connect with Twin Cities baseball history. 🚈

All kinds of interesting decisions and deft moves by the Guernica-Loon crop artist. Amongst many, I like how she elevated a small white square into a slogan-bearing placard. I am still wondering why the loon’s beak is not open like Picasso’s horse’s mouth is. Maybe it looked weird.

"Tim's duplex is exactly what St. Paul says it wants — modern insulation, heat pumps, solar panels, real added density, built to last, with care and craftsmanship. The building was never the problem. The message and process around it was."

Why is it So Hard to Build Sustainable Housing in St. Paul? — Sustain Saint Paul

What a duplex rebuild on Laurel Avenue says about independent building in Saint Paul.

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My idea to help w speeding: A city-sponsored “neighborhood pace car” program where volunteers get a placard/signage on car saying, “I’m going the speed limit. Are you?” Or just do it w city fleet vehicles. We just need to normalize going slow and folks will chill.

Jalopnik@jalopnik.bsky.social · 3d ago

What's a little extra 5 or 10 mph on the clock?

Cycle headbadge experts — any idea which this brand may be? Late 1920s, early 1930s. Southern England.

Mexico unveiled the cargo version of its ultra light electric car that it will begin selling next year for about $10,000. The Mexican government has been leading project development. EV sales in Mexico have been skyrocketing in recent months.

Mexico unveils Olinia Carga electric light truck - electrive.com

Mexico is expanding its fledgling electric vehicle brand Olinia with a compact electric transporter. The Olinia Carga will offer a range of more than 120

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The average age of America’s farmer is nearing 60 years old, yet our young farmers tasked with taking over are being boxed out from starting their own operations. How can they be expected to compete with corporate investors buying land?

In May of 2000 as I graduated from Divinity school and you would have told me, “in 26 years you’re gonna give a eulogy for a candy company wearing a bespoke stole as part of a bike ride (and slip in a sex joke)” I think I would’ve replied, “that sounds about right”

The thing about cats is if you give them a little treat, even just a little treat, then they will ignore the food they have and sit there staring at you like you’re starving them because you’re not giving them treats. 

🚨INCONVENIENCE ALERT🚨 The midtown greenway will be closed from 5th to Bryant on Aug 25-27 (Tuesday-Thursday this week)

🪣 Please share💧 I'm calling on every resident of Saint Paul and Minneapolis to select one or more boulevard trees and to give them a big, slow drink of water today via jars, buckets or hoses. Our trees are in crisis and you can make a huge difference. ❤️👍🌳🌲🍁

Absolute life magic. That JOY. Glad ya'll got these moments in. cc: @joyfulridersclub.bsky.social, you see this JOY?

Michelle @michmatchrv.bsky.social · last wk.

Taught my granddaughter to ride without training wheels today. There's a lot of joy in the phrase "I did it!"

Irony alert: The Minnesota officials who charged an ICE agent for shooting a man through a door in Minneapolis and then lying about it say he may be planning to flee to Mexico and get legal residency there through a sham marriage. Texas Gov. Gregg Abbott is refusing to extradite.

Minnesota attorney general sues Texas governor to compel extradition of ICE agent for trial

Minnesota’s attorney general sued the governor of Texas on Tuesday, seeking to compel the extradition of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent charged with wounding a man and then lyin…

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This is the bus stop. Literally no infrastructure to get to it from the D Line stop. Just this teeny sign suspended from a light pole.

A reminder that our city wants to push new housing construction towards traffic-heavy arterials. Every kid deserves to grow up without fucking asthma.

Vincent Luyendijk@vincentluyendijk.bsky.social · 2w ago

‘Scientists stunned by children's lung recovery in ultra low emission zone’ www.bbc.com/news/article...

Few surprises here. www.npr.org/2026/08/19/n...

Trump's covert surveillance of anti-ICE protesters is much worse than we thought. I dug into this and found that DHS agents secretly spied on over a dozen meetings of left-leaning groups, all protected by First Amendment. The details are unnerving. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2144...

Trump’s Secret Police Spying on Americans? It’s Darker than We Knew.

Court papers reveal that the Department of Homeland Security’s covert surveillance of anti-ICE groups is much darker than it first appeared. Welcome to Donald Trump’s America.

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Sadiq Khan is getting loads of credit today for his expansion of Ulez — expanding the lungs of children in London — but Tories ought to be rejoicing too because Ulez was introduced by Boris Johnson! www.london.gov.uk/press-releas...

In Montréal, what started as an emergency pandemic response has evolved into the continent’s most ambitious car-free scheme. Across 9.3 kilometres of 11 commercial arteries in seven boroughs, entire corridors have been handed back to pedestrians, helping some 2,100 businesses thrive in the process.🧵

This transformation reveals what was most courageous about Plante’s leadership: she was willing to act before a consensus existed, and let people experience the alternative for themselves. In a political culture where reallocating road space is always intensely polarising, that takes a lot of nerve.

Recovery Bike is doing their annual group bike ride to the Fair on Aug 29th. Meet times and stops below:

David Brauer@dbrauer.net · 2w ago

Bike there.

remember abundance? that worked out well

For followers who live in Anoka County: Parrish is relying on an election denier group’s charge that voting equipment is uncertified; it isn’t but deniers are tireless & they’ve roped in a commissioner. If you have the time to support the Anoka Election board & attend meetings, it’d be helpful.

Ordinary Rendition@renderjudgment.bsky.social · 2w ago

Yesterday afternoon, Phillip Parrish - Mike Lindell's lieutenant gubernatorial candidate here in Minnesota - filed an election contest in the Minnesota Supreme Court (which has original jurisdiction over such cases). Parrish is representing himself, and Lindell isn't on the filing.

BLUESKY: My wife and I are inching closer to having to refurnish essentially our entire house after last year's house fire. What are your favorite pieces of furniture and/or household items you swear by? Send us your ideas!

Ambassador Kate Wyler: You Gotta Tell Me!

Alt: Ambassador Kate Wyler: You Gotta Tell Me!

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I’m building a mental list of options for books for my child’s upcoming school year. What are your “must read” books (fiction or non-fiction) for a kid who can read pretty much anything?

making sure the evening crowd see this great piece by @briankaylor.bsky.social on illegal activities by the US govt. spying and tracking houses of worship in the Twin Cities. publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/in-worship...

In Worship and in Court, Churches Respond to DHS Spying in Their Buildings

At the start of worship on Sunday morning (Aug. 16), Rev. Cody Sanders gave an announcement that’s not what he typically offers: the congregation had been one of several churches “targeted by undercov...

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On Sunday, nearly 300 people pedaled across Portland for the first ever Plaid Pantry Century — a 102.7-mile route that took riders (and a few rollers) to 53 store locations. bikeportland.org/2026/08/17/a...

A rad Plaid Century

It was the type of ridiculous, free, fun event that Bike Summer is beloved for.

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