SCOOP: 404 Media placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it. What did we find? It ended up at an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. Yes. This is literally the logo outside the Amazon warehouse door. Read now:

We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility

We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.

404media.co

I don’t know why everyone is ragging on this. Saying you’re embarrassed to be from Minnesota and can’t wait to leave is a fantastic political campaign strategy and she should definitely do more of it

@wdavisx3.bsky.social · 2d ago

Reminder that Michele Tafoya doesn’t even want to be in Minnesota

“vikings football presented by the minnesota star tribune” oh, will they be moving to iowa, too?

ICYMI, over the past two weeks, English-language Wikipedia editors have engaged in a successful effort to change the first paragraph of the Republican Party entry to reflect its current status as a "neo-nationalist" political party. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republi...

Eyes on ICE Legal Defense is an all-volunteer, Minnesota-based fund focused on providing support for the legal services needed to protect constitutional observers and protestors who were arrested or charged. To find out more or support their efforts, visit EyesOnICELegalDefense.org.

EYES ON ICE LEGAL DEFENSE

eyesonicelegaldefense.org

preseason football update: packers kicker is named smack

at least three times i thought "can't get crazier than this"... and it did lol

Ken Plume@kenplume.bsky.social · 6d ago

HALF NELSON was a 1985 Joe Pesci TV series that was cancelled after 9 episodes, but its intro seems to last forever via an escalating cavalcade of absurd cast reveals, underscored by a theme song that feels like a gag gift when you can't license "I Love L.A."...

Dude is begging the FBI agents behind the Mankato Hardee’s to look into it.

✨queer commie terrorist✨@britculpsapp.bsky.social · 6d ago

this works as a conciliatory prize tbh

I am truly honored and humbled to be Minnesota’s Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate. Thank you, Minnesota – for everything.

That sound you hear is Minnesota loudly saying FUCK ICE

hell yeah peggy 🎉🎉🎉

looks like nfl network and redzone are back on comcast xfinity finally (and midco in the north country, shoutout to my dad for the heads up)

yay lynx!!!! and hell yeah kayla!!!! 💙🎉

The Minnesota Star Tribune just became the only major US paper I'm aware of that won't even let you look at the headlines on the front page of its website without a subscription.

Hello local business, your AI ads are costing you customers: aftermath.site/ai-poster-ad-f...

this week's gardeners' world has special guest dame mary berry and a guy who said in reference to plants growing too tall "i call it topple time," you're all missing out #toppletime

"we need this local concentration camp so my kids will come visit" is so damning, my god.

Jon Collins@jcollins.bsky.social · last wk.

Edwin Coyour trolled anti-ICE protesters with signs on his truck that read "Welcome ICE" & "Deport Democrats." He wants to see his hometown prosper: “I'd like my kids to be around here. One’s in the Metro and one’s in Sioux Falls. There's nothing here for them." (4) www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

Yikes. Women accounted for all of the job losses and all of the labor force decline in July, according to @nwlc.org

Two wins for abortion rights: Voters in Kansas and Missouri easily defeated ballot measures that could have threatened abortion access in their states

Oh my god I think I found the video.

CSketch@csketch.bsky.social · 2w ago

“Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. removed jalapeños from multiple stores in Minnesota after learning the peppers may be linked to a salmonella outbreak in the state that’s sickened 110 people.”

Chipotle Pulled Jalapeños Tied to Minnesota Salmonella Cases

Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. removed jalapeños from multiple stores in Minnesota after learning the peppers may be linked to a salmonella outbreak in the state that’s sickened 110 people.

bloomberg.com

MPD has defunded the city of Minneapolis.

Minnesota Star Tribune@startribune.com · 2w ago

More than 100 city employees could be laid off in Minneapolis in the first major layoffs in 16 years as the city faces a $33 million budget gap.

i have been thinking about this story lately. worth a read if you haven't: www.btboces.org/Downloads/7_...

Litbowl@litbowl.bsky.social · 2w ago

"Today is August 4, 2026." Can't find my copy of The Martian Chronicles to take a photo of the actual published story, but it remains a collection well worth reading 76 years later: bookshop.org/a/862/9781668094853 #books #writing

Todd Blanche made more promises during a private call that a faith group inexplicably uploaded to YouTube. Expect to see this story cited in lawsuits against the FDA when it ends telemedicine of mifepristone for no reason other than pills by mail make anti-abortion groups very mad

Josh Gerstein@joshgerstein.bsky.social · 2w ago

NEW: Amid AG confirmation battle, Todd Blanche assured anti-abortion activists that he's working to make Dobbs 'permanent in every single state.' Admin will act 'soon' to limit mail-order abortion drugs. w/ @alicemiranda.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2026/08...

Good framing.

Kindergarten girls targeted for invasive exams by new GOP-led ballot measure

Washington State voters will decide the fate of a ballot initiative that would require girls from kindergarten through high school to undergo sex-verification testing before playing school sports — a ...

rawstory.com

i think the party of sick freaks who want to inspect kid's private parts should be branded as such

Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 2w ago

An initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play

now more than ever, the political candidate text that begins "i grew up playing hockey" gets a hard no from me. remember my number 1 rule of hockey: never learn anything about anyone involved. (also i already voted, gratefully not for this candidate, aren't i supposed to stop getting these?!)

Hey the Indiana Fever are in 5th place just like Riley! Way to keep that loser energy going!

taylr@taylordahlin.com · 2w ago

riley gaines is at the minnesota lynx vs indiana fever game posing with people courtside as they line up for photos

one of these days those late game collapses are going to come back to bite the lynx but glad it wasn't today!!! 🎉💙

Cheryl Reeve’s shirt today: