Kristina Halvorson

Yes hello. Tomorrow I am doing a workshop with @mulegirl.bsky.social about how to sell things. If you really hate selling, or think it's gross, or think it should be someone else's problem ... THINK AGAIN. We are fun! You will have fun. www.eventbrite.com/e/how-to-sel...

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Goddamn I love living in Minnesota and I love hanging out with Minnesotans and the way they talk is just so goddamn wonderful. It’s like music to me. I can’t think of anywhere else I’d rather live. Also, don’t check back in January. Also, damn this place is great.

This thread is a public service. 🙏

I will have this open for the next twelve days. Probably longer. It's just a big ol' tome of joy and pride. Collection of crop art tributes to the Minnesota resistance: www.cropart.com/Resist.pdf

When we moved to Minnesota, we met our new neighbors and they asked, “Are you going to the Fair? You excited?” I said I didn’t know if we were going and asked if the Fair was going on now or something. This conversation was taking place on March 6th.

"My piece was inspired by Picasso's Guernica...The patterns near Renee Good and Alex Pretti’s mouths are actually their last words in Morse code: ‘I’m not mad at you,’ and ‘Are you okay?’” -Jennifer Nelson (quoted in the linked booklet, alongside other extraordinary pieces)

Crop art goes hard this year, as we’ve all expected. I did my part with these five contributions. #cropart #seedart #mnstatefair #art

Now this is just silly.

These photos are incredible mymodernmet.com/jake-bonello...

I bought this print two years ago, and the joy it brings me cannot be measured.

[Exit Queen.]

Rest in peace, Dolly. You could have died a billionaire but you lived as a good person

This woman was pure light. Devastated my daughter never saw her in concert. Forever grateful I did. 🤍 www.billboard.com/lists/dolly-...

Major Mitchell’s cockatoo 35-40cm lives in the arid and semi-arid inland regions of Australia Affectionate Pairs form monogamous bond for life. Both partners share tasks like chewing out tree hollows for nests, taking turns incubating eggs, and preening or feeding each other and their chicks.

2026 MN State Fair Crop Art entry "Witness" based on pStar Tribune photograph by Leila Navi with MPR reporter Sam Stroiza.

Party in the USA, I will not be taking questions.

How do you evacuate a 1 million-acre wilderness? The U.S. Forest Service closed the Boundary Waters early Tuesday after numerous lightning-started forest fires gained strength amid a brutal heat wave. Rangers are paddling lake to lake to clear campers.

MNDOT digital sign on 35W northbound heading into downtown Mpls reads something like “Going to the cottage? Slow down in work zones.” Did they hire someone from Michigan to rage bait us? WTH?

Asking first, and listening for real, is the closest thing to magic that we have, and I think we should damn well use it

Is it carbon monoxide

👇 with love

this might be the worst fit I've ever laid eyes on

ICE is not about immigration. ICE is about normalizing a paramilitary force on peaceful streets. Abolish ICE.

whatever religion this is, i’m joining

hey, maybe AI *is* like a calculator

Peacock Spider (genus Maratus), a group of tiny Australian jumping spiders famous for their vibrant colours and elaborate courtship dances to attract its mate. They are very tiny in size only between 2-5 millimetres ( the size of a pea)

Also: "cancel" "stop" "continue" "shut up"

Mike Monteiro on how to deal with your suddenly grown-up kids. “When your kid leaves it is the happiest day of your life and also the saddest day of your life. And a lot of other feelings in between.” In the midst of this right now; it’s been a lot. [buttondown.com]

Feeling overwhelmed with all of this. LISTEN. Another Louisiana resident (Marshawn is the only name we have) testifies against the state’s racial gerrymander, speaking truth to power up and down the hearing room and predicts how this story will end. Speak your truth, fight and believe.

For every 10 boys identified with autism, only about 2 girls in similar situations were identified.

Happy Mother's Day

The gumption of the young journalists here alone is worthy of commendation, but I’m most heartened by how local reporting by local people breaks through: “It’s like, ’Yeah, your granddaughter is going through this...it’s something different than Fox News.’” #icymi

I need a mood booster, let's talk about capybaras. Here's a capy demonstrating one of MANY ways they can move through the water: running along the bottom. They're 'semi-aquatic' mammals, just like hippos, seals & beavers. They LOVE water. (📷: Fernando Maidana)

“The way I always describe it is that it’s like a bomb going off in that there’s the immediate impact, but then there's always sort of the lingering side effects on the folks that remain.” www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

If you need one, they’ve partnered with @smittenkittenmn.bsky.social for May to give them 25% of profits towards their continuing mutual aid efforts - www.makeamericaminneapolis.com/shop/p/mam-t...

Today is Day 150 of the ICE occupation of MN. It’s also May 1, and rent is due. Help our neighbors stay housed at StandWithMinnesota.com

Today is day 139 of the ICE occupation of MN. If ICE hasn’t come to your city or town yet, let us tell you: NOW is the time to organize. Build trusting relationships. Get folks into Signal groups now, based on trust and connections. It will make what comes next so, so much easier.

What do giant puppets have to do with a film festival? Shut up. That’s what.

It's not over in Minneapolis! It's not over in Minnesota! ICE is still here, even if they're quieter and using somewhat different tactics.

I feel this in my bones. You cannot look at what Minneapolis and the rest of the metro has been through this year and claim everyday Americans aren't fighting back. We may not have won yet, but we are not going quietly into authoritarianism. Not while we've still got our whistles.

It’s day 123 of the ICE occupation of MN. Minnesota is out of the headlines, but ICE continues to abduct our neighbors- their tactics have just changed.

I just watched this four times, it’s so perfect.

My kid’s friend said “oh hey I think wood-burning fireplaces are way better than gas, this is awesome!” it’s gas, I make no apologies