Tubi: where dead movies live again

What word do you have to look up every time you run across it because you can’t remember exactly what it means? Mine is palimpsest.

This MPS school closure massacre is buried in a *118 page* powerpoint presentation. All 3 options close the same 14 schools, which is not actually having 3 options.

Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl@deardara.bsky.social · 15h ago

of local interest but... holy moly. my CDD rage is back. You're telling me you prevented all the kids between 394 and 36th street from going to Southwest to try to force them into FAIR and North, and now you're closing FAIR. Unbelievable. CDD was a plot to kill MPS. kstp.com/inside-your-...

Sheeran Effect: where you take a non-political stance that is extremely political and end up bringing far more attention to the politics 

WONDEROUSNESS has taken place and my gratitude is sky-wide!!!!! McKnight Names Heid E. Erdrich 2026 Distinguished Artist - McKnight Foundation share.google/9EAQV9wYePzR...

McKnight Names Heid E. Erdrich 2026 Distinguished Artist

Poet, editor, curator, and teacher has spent decades bringing poetry into public life and creating opportunities for other artists.

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Nearly 150 Allina hospital doctors walk off the job in historic 4-day strike in Minnesota minnesotareformer.com/2026/09/14/n...

Nearly 150 Allina hospital doctors walk off the job in historic 4-day strike in Minnesota • Minnesota Reformer

Nearly 150 unionized doctors at two Twin Cities area hospitals began a four-day strike on Monday in what’s believed to be the first walkout by private-sector hospital doctors in U.S. history. Doctors ...

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I know this one! The farmer who owned the land adjacent to that street had a German name (Schultz or something), and the street was named after his family. To avoid being shunned during WWII, he rechristened it with the most American-sounding name he could think of.

I wonder why the good people of Eagan decided to name their main thoroughfare Yankee Doodle Dr. Always makes me feel like I’m in a cartoon or something.

Bewitching crescent moon tonight. I didn’t take a picture because I didn’t want to ruin it.

Mike Johnson on OpenAI and Anthropic: "They can self-police. They can self-regulate."

and you may not be aware of what the minneapolis school board is presenting tonight re: school closures because there has been no opportunity for community engagement and no transparency as these decisions are being made

Mike Spangenberg@mikespangenberg.bsky.social · 2d ago

There's a high stakes MPS School Board meeting tonight at 5:00, at which Superintendent Sayles-Adams and team will present three options for "Transformation" (eg school closures and consolidation) to the board for them to consider over the coming two months (1/) www.mpschools.org/about-mps/sc...

More Percival Everett quotes from the St. Thomas talk: “Just because it seems like no one’s listening doesn’t mean there isn’t worth to what you’re saying.” “If you write and you like what you’re writing, that’s your voice. Let the world come to you.”

“We are always telling quest stories and monster stories, not just Homer but ancient stories before those,” Percival Everett says. “The stories we tell are about being human.”

Percival Everett talks about how we listen to music over and over but less often re-read books. When he re-read Kurt Vonnegut at 35 after abandoning the author’s books at 20, “It was better,” he said.

Percival Everett is at the University of St. Thomas and said he got the idea for “James” while playing tennis.

I didn't really have an opinion about Ed Sheeran before but now I do. What a coward.

HuffPost@huffpost.com · 3d ago

The singer was set to perform at eight more shows.

…. unless we can put on ONE BIG SHOW

Reuters@reuters.com · 3d ago

Kennedy Center on brink of bankruptcy, could close as early as Tuesday, Washington Post reports reut.rs/4reNvlA

my favorite thing right now is the niche knitting communities obsession with THE GARMENT by robert cole it’s an ankle length turtleneck wool poncho with no arm holes and tassels at the hem. very dystopian, amazing.

Susan Sontag's 9/16/01 piece in The New Yorker got her crucified but it's one of the few things from that era that aged well. "'Our country is strong,' we are told again and again. I for one don’t find this entirely consoling. Who doubts that America is strong? But that’s not all America has to be."

This is spectacular, folks. We live in a moment in American history when the president and his administration are so racist and dumb that a toy company has to put out a statement saying: "OUR GIANT ROBOT THAT TURNS INTO A TRUCK DENOUNCES RACISM AND HAS NO CONNECTION TO THE CURRENT PRESIDENT."

Project Salt Box@projectsaltbox.com · 7d ago

Hasbro on DHS’ use of Optimus Prime in their deportation slop.

Hoods off.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6d ago

JD Vance: "We were tired of being called racists for noticing that our country was becoming dirtier and poorer"

Spotted…d’accord.

"The Brooklyn Public Library will launch its first-ever craft library on Wednesday, allowing library cardholders to borrow art supplies for a variety of activities, including screen printing, bookbinding, metal stamping and hand embroidery." gothamist.com/arts-enterta...

Brooklyn Public Library launches first ever craft library

Cardholders can borrow tools and kits.

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This is still happening, and our neighbors are still in danger. The surge may be 'over' but our neighbors are still in danger.

at this point: carbon removal is, at best, essentially a research project. renewable expansion is a policy project

Bill McKibben@billmckibben.bsky.social · last wk.

At the moment we have no real idea how to scale up carbon removal--it's a hair on the mole of the ugly backside of the global hydrocarbon industry But we do know how to scale up solar panels and wind turbines and batteries. So that's our job billmckibben.substack.com/p/facts-on-t...

folks, if phones/tech is a problem at home it’s def a problem at school. our classrooms have 30-42 kids in them for a 55 min period, teachers do not have the capacity to argue w/ children about their phones. we often just give up 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️ teenage phone addiction is a problem we have to solve, together!

thank you The New York Post for what may be the funniest image of all time

News analysis: A vote in eastern Germany has given fresh momentum to hard-right parties hoping to win elections across Europe next year, analysts said.

AfD Victory in Saxony-Anhalt Sends a Signal to Europe

A vote in eastern Germany has given fresh momentum to hard-right parties hoping to win elections across Europe next year, analysts said.

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Hey friends! I am seeing that a certain Awful Lady and her unbroken record of sociopathic harm is back in the discourse. And boy. She really sucks. But maybe we can take this opportunity to highlight and celebrate children's authors who AREN'T transphobic pieces of shit. Great. I'll start...

The fair lacks local seasonal food. Corn roast is the gold standard. Grilled peach, sweet corn ice cream, apple fries and apple pies are pretty much it. Apples and corn. No cantaloupe, plums, pears, hazelnuts or walnuts. #1 in soy production but no fresh edamame, soy milk or tofu.