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I’ve read a bunch of stuff but one of the most clear headed pieces was the MN StarTrib sports column by Jim Souhan and the part that sticks with me is just a half sentence in the middle alluding to the obligation of pro sports team owners to the safety of their workers (think arena cleaning staff).
January 28, 2026 at 5:06 AM
I’ve read a bunch of stuff but one of the most clear headed pieces was the MN StarTrib sports column by Jim Souhan and the part that sticks with me is just a half sentence in the middle alluding to the obligation of pro sports team owners to the safety of their workers (think arena cleaning staff).
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Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."
January 25, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."
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Longtime #Dinkytown shop owner Greg Ketter is the 70yo you may have seen in a TV interview speaking his mind and walking away into a gas cloud. The September 1985 Southeast (Minneapolis) neighborhood newspaper noted his shop's move from above Gray's Drug to a street level entrance around the corner.
January 25, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Longtime #Dinkytown shop owner Greg Ketter is the 70yo you may have seen in a TV interview speaking his mind and walking away into a gas cloud. The September 1985 Southeast (Minneapolis) neighborhood newspaper noted his shop's move from above Gray's Drug to a street level entrance around the corner.
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Looks like Jana Shortal is back and reporting. She is Tough as hell.
January 24, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Looks like Jana Shortal is back and reporting. She is Tough as hell.
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just turned on the teevee to hear someone repeat some drivel about turning down the temperature
Dudes it is -11°F here. That is not going to help.
Dudes it is -11°F here. That is not going to help.
January 24, 2026 at 4:51 PM
just turned on the teevee to hear someone repeat some drivel about turning down the temperature
Dudes it is -11°F here. That is not going to help.
Dudes it is -11°F here. That is not going to help.
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Witnesses are being taken to Whipple.
From a lawyer friend: “They’re trying to keep local PD and BCA from getting statements and confiscating any phones with video.”
From a lawyer friend: “They’re trying to keep local PD and BCA from getting statements and confiscating any phones with video.”
January 24, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Witnesses are being taken to Whipple.
From a lawyer friend: “They’re trying to keep local PD and BCA from getting statements and confiscating any phones with video.”
From a lawyer friend: “They’re trying to keep local PD and BCA from getting statements and confiscating any phones with video.”
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Like everyone in Minneapolis I’ve been tear-gassed. Part of the crowd on 27th and Nicollet, first an ICE agent went through w a bucket filled with different gas-bombs, handing out likr trick or treat, then they lit them off for no reason I could see. They act like Crips or Bloods, just criminals.
January 24, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Like everyone in Minneapolis I’ve been tear-gassed. Part of the crowd on 27th and Nicollet, first an ICE agent went through w a bucket filled with different gas-bombs, handing out likr trick or treat, then they lit them off for no reason I could see. They act like Crips or Bloods, just criminals.
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As you are reading this news from outside the state, please understand - this is a very dense, mixed residential and commercial area where families and kids hang out. Where I’ve been with my children countless times. This isn’t a “protestor”. This is a bystander hanging out on a Saturday morning.
January 24, 2026 at 4:11 PM
As you are reading this news from outside the state, please understand - this is a very dense, mixed residential and commercial area where families and kids hang out. Where I’ve been with my children countless times. This isn’t a “protestor”. This is a bystander hanging out on a Saturday morning.
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this is what’s nicknamed “eat street”, with tons of diverse restaurants, many of them immigrant-owned, surrounded by housing, a short walk from the Minneapolis Institute of Art and across the street from a record store. it’s my neighborhood
As you are reading this news from outside the state, please understand - this is a very dense, mixed residential and commercial area where families and kids hang out. Where I’ve been with my children countless times. This isn’t a “protestor”. This is a bystander hanging out on a Saturday morning.
January 24, 2026 at 4:15 PM
this is what’s nicknamed “eat street”, with tons of diverse restaurants, many of them immigrant-owned, surrounded by housing, a short walk from the Minneapolis Institute of Art and across the street from a record store. it’s my neighborhood
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ICE kills a person and then “transports witnesses to the Whipple building”. I can’t imagine a less safe place to be right now.
January 24, 2026 at 4:37 PM
ICE kills a person and then “transports witnesses to the Whipple building”. I can’t imagine a less safe place to be right now.
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They’re fucking murdering us, man
January 24, 2026 at 4:37 PM
They’re fucking murdering us, man
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"The man shot by federal agents this morning has died, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara told the Minnesota Star Tribune."
Live: Man shot and killed by federal agents in south Minneapolis this morning, police chief says
A video appears to shows federal agents wrestling a man to the ground then shooting him.
www.startribune.com
January 24, 2026 at 4:38 PM
"The man shot by federal agents this morning has died, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara told the Minnesota Star Tribune."
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My partner @jasoncapsaicin.bsky.social made a step by step guide on how to break up ice in your neighborhood in Minnesota. Enjoy!
January 14, 2026 at 4:19 AM
My partner @jasoncapsaicin.bsky.social made a step by step guide on how to break up ice in your neighborhood in Minnesota. Enjoy!
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If you're feeling helpless re: MN, look to the student leaders at Roosevelt High School: after ICE showed up aggro on campus, they staged a walkout — & now they're raising $ to help feed their classmates and their families
Can you Venmo $5? account.venmo.com/u/roosevelta...
Can you Venmo $5? account.venmo.com/u/roosevelta...
January 14, 2026 at 3:34 AM
If you're feeling helpless re: MN, look to the student leaders at Roosevelt High School: after ICE showed up aggro on campus, they staged a walkout — & now they're raising $ to help feed their classmates and their families
Can you Venmo $5? account.venmo.com/u/roosevelta...
Can you Venmo $5? account.venmo.com/u/roosevelta...
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I was never a big fan of those "how would this be covered if it happened in other countries" takes. OTOH, I do need everyone who's not here in the Twin Cities to understand that we have officially reached the "murders and disappearances" stage.
The Minneapolis Police Dept is now outnumbered and outgunned 3:1 by an out of state white supremacist gang with military grade weapons.
That's how we need to think and talk about this.
That's how we need to think and talk about this.
January 13, 2026 at 9:29 PM
I was never a big fan of those "how would this be covered if it happened in other countries" takes. OTOH, I do need everyone who's not here in the Twin Cities to understand that we have officially reached the "murders and disappearances" stage.
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Neighbors standing guard over churches so that parents can have secret meetings about how to keep daycares safe. This is what's happening in the Twin Cities right now.
January 14, 2026 at 4:58 AM
Neighbors standing guard over churches so that parents can have secret meetings about how to keep daycares safe. This is what's happening in the Twin Cities right now.
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I am not sharing a lot of out of state reporting on this moment, I am sharing this.
“We can’t ignore the outright misogyny and homophobia baked into this incident—and yes, erasing Good’s wife from the story of her life and death is also misogyny and homophobia.”
“We can’t ignore the outright misogyny and homophobia baked into this incident—and yes, erasing Good’s wife from the story of her life and death is also misogyny and homophobia.”
For my @xtramagazine.com column this month, I wrote about the simultaneous mainstream media erasure of Renee Good's queerness and the right wing amplification of it as a post hoc justification for her murder. xtramagazine.com/power/activi...
Renee Nicole Good’s queerness isn’t an aside—it’s a key part of her story | Xtra Magazine
We can’t ignore the misogyny and homophobia baked into Good’s killing—and erasing her wife does just that
xtramagazine.com
January 14, 2026 at 12:39 PM
I am not sharing a lot of out of state reporting on this moment, I am sharing this.
“We can’t ignore the outright misogyny and homophobia baked into this incident—and yes, erasing Good’s wife from the story of her life and death is also misogyny and homophobia.”
“We can’t ignore the outright misogyny and homophobia baked into this incident—and yes, erasing Good’s wife from the story of her life and death is also misogyny and homophobia.”
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Really badass graffiti spotted in town
July 18, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Really badass graffiti spotted in town
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this is one of my ultimate “could never get away with this today” movies
genuinely an impeccable way to teach kids that poverty is an artificial social construct and the cops use violence to enforce it
also Friar Tuck is one of cinema’s greatest Catholics I am serious
genuinely an impeccable way to teach kids that poverty is an artificial social construct and the cops use violence to enforce it
also Friar Tuck is one of cinema’s greatest Catholics I am serious
July 20, 2025 at 2:34 AM
this is one of my ultimate “could never get away with this today” movies
genuinely an impeccable way to teach kids that poverty is an artificial social construct and the cops use violence to enforce it
also Friar Tuck is one of cinema’s greatest Catholics I am serious
genuinely an impeccable way to teach kids that poverty is an artificial social construct and the cops use violence to enforce it
also Friar Tuck is one of cinema’s greatest Catholics I am serious
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Essential reading from terminated members of ACIP in JAMA:
"The termination of all members and its leadership in a single action undermines the committee’s capacity to operate effectively and efficiently, aside from raising questions about competence."
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
"The termination of all members and its leadership in a single action undermines the committee’s capacity to operate effectively and efficiently, aside from raising questions about competence."
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices at a Crossroads
In this Viewpoint, former members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) caution that the sudden change in the ACIP may reverse the achievements of US immunization policy, includin...
jamanetwork.com
June 16, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Essential reading from terminated members of ACIP in JAMA:
"The termination of all members and its leadership in a single action undermines the committee’s capacity to operate effectively and efficiently, aside from raising questions about competence."
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
"The termination of all members and its leadership in a single action undermines the committee’s capacity to operate effectively and efficiently, aside from raising questions about competence."
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Walz announces that Rep. Melissa Hortman is dead as a result of a "politically motivated assassination"
June 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Walz announces that Rep. Melissa Hortman is dead as a result of a "politically motivated assassination"
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Horrific terrorism.
Wishing the victims speedy, complete recoveries.
People from all corners of MN & US need to join hands, speak up, and act together against the use of violence to advance a political agenda.
Wishing the victims speedy, complete recoveries.
People from all corners of MN & US need to join hands, speak up, and act together against the use of violence to advance a political agenda.
🚨Sources say two Minnesota Democratic state lawmakers and their spouses, have been shot in their homes, allegedly by someone impersonating law enforcement 🚨
#minnesota #Dems
Source: KSTP 5 Eyewitness News Minneapolis-St. Paul MN
#minnesota #Dems
Source: KSTP 5 Eyewitness News Minneapolis-St. Paul MN
June 14, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Horrific terrorism.
Wishing the victims speedy, complete recoveries.
People from all corners of MN & US need to join hands, speak up, and act together against the use of violence to advance a political agenda.
Wishing the victims speedy, complete recoveries.
People from all corners of MN & US need to join hands, speak up, and act together against the use of violence to advance a political agenda.
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Peaceful protest : activism :: I use the pill for my menstrual cycle issues :: reproductive freedom
June 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Peaceful protest : activism :: I use the pill for my menstrual cycle issues :: reproductive freedom