l’éponge du nord

Nic Cage spotted in beautiful St. Paul (riding the Como carousel).

My electrolyte drink tastes like the inside of a hot water bottle!!!

Minnesotans, hold your noses and vote for:

We are getting dumber.

Went down there with a buddy and no plan, then paid a couple guys $5 each for their gently used wristbands as they were exiting. Only time I saw Prince in concert. I swear I remember him and his guys moving through the crowd to a little sound booth amidst the crowd while Larry Graham was playing.

Got to the miracle of birth barn just in time to see a calf being born. Then wandered into the pet pavilion and got to witness…a live cat spaying. The, uh, circle of life or something, I guess??

Did not even broach the topic of whipping shitties.

I call this “returning to the earth” (poynette, wi)

The Marshall Fairview turkey was scarce for a few days but I’m happy to report he is back to shit on my car!

They should not have been allowed to add banana flavor to the nerds clusters

Woo

For Weiner Wednesday, pigs in a blanket

New minor league hockey team: Duluth Submariners

At the request of federal prosecutors, a judge on Wednesday dismissed the criminal case against a woman accused of crashing into immigration agents in a school parking lot during Operation Metro Surge.

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo did not deserve to die. There needs to be a full investigation into this killing, and ICE needs to be held accountable. This cannot keep happening.

Local angle, Minneapolis.

Côte d’Ivoire!

I was home from college delivering pizzas, and this night - with the OJ chase happening - was the wildest (and probably most lucrative) night of pizza delivering in human history.

this is the ideal newspaper columnist. you may not like it but this is what peak performance looks like

Allegedly the banned-for-life list from the soon to shutter Parkview Tavern.

Atmospheric CO₂ of 340 ppm

Sunday’s Celebration of Conrad at @first-avenue.com included a couple proclamations, 7 of 10 Sverkerson siblings, 8 music sets and a ton of stories of the man who ran the shows there for 37 years. www.startribune.com/first-avenue...

Just Lemmy-mogged an old man in a motorhead shirt on Hamline Avenue.

This whole thing is so good. And so, so Minneapolis.

Time-sensitive bee-related issue on the St. Thomas campus! Wow!

And now we once again enter that brief time of year when I, for a moment, contemplate the casket arts.

Unfazable Minneapolis

According to a group of ICE watchers and residents of the Southwood Apartments, federal agents have become daily visitors at the complex, which is home to a significant chunk of Richmond's Latino population. Residents at Southwood said they are witnessing the increase firsthand.

This is not a knock on DMB but if you had told me twenty years ago that Dave Mathews would be this outspoken on an issue that Radiohead completely shat the bed on, well... I would've been surprised!

Springtime reminder, 36th & Chicago

As for AI-generated film, Werner Herzog is unimpressed. www.theverge.com/entertainmen...

ICE pulled over a man in Patterson, CA + shot him 6 times, hitting his face. ICE now says he is part of a gang in LA – a city he has no connection to. Carlos Mendoza Hernandez, 36, now in ICU, says he's "never ever been in a gang" + was shot without justification www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

This is no way to live, man

"To have your child abused while in the government's care, to not understand what has happened or how to protect them, to not even be told about the abuse, it is unimaginable," said an attorney representing the girl. https://to.pbs.org/3PV4hr9

A series about 15-hour shift at McDonald's called "The Arch" could be cool

After taking time to connect with the Pretti family and with their consent, we are honored to share that we have created the Alex Pretti Nursing Scholarship. For those interested, you can learn more and make a gift here: crowdfund.umn.edu/campaigns/Al...

Big St. Paul puddle tonight.

Our office was made aware of an incident involving two bounty hunters pointing weapons at civilians who were chanting at them from alongside and in front of the bounty hunters’ van. Both have been charged with felony threats of violence and displaying a replica of a firearm.

Also, Johnny Utah was the villain!!!