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demuth was asked repeatedly today at a press conference whether she would pardon derek chauvin. she wouldn't answer. via @michellemgriff.bsky.social

"So, whatcha got down there, hon?"

In 1990, about 20 million animals a year were euthanized in kill shelters. Today, over half the shelters in the US are designated no-kill and less than 500,000 animals are euthanized.

Little rabbit lives in our yard.

Autumn light is different.

Apart from kin-based arrangements, business is the primary means by which humans organize themselves to get things done. It is an unusually fertile field for academic study, to which the business world is adamantly opposed. Business schools reject it vigorously.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/18/o...

Watched half of the Flanagan/Tafoya "debate." One is a poor candidate who will be a better-than-replacement-level senator. The other is an aggressive nazi.

Zelenskyy says Starlink restrictions REMAIN in Ukraine, crippling interceptor drones and military operations. He says Ukraine has evidence the restrictions are DELIBERATE after testing Starlink systems in the EU, where they worked perfectly at speeds that cause connections to fail inside Ukraine.

(THR) - TikTok has banned the entire Musk film account, citing political content that violates its policies. .. raises concerns about Big Tech suppression that the very film seeks to expose.” @thr.com www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politic...

Apparently at around 1:30 PM ET, the main accounts for the No Kings coalition on Instagram were frozen and pulled down. Admins have lost access to the account and are unable to log in. This happened at the peak of the organization's national day of action. Instagram, of course, is owned by Meta.

Turned out in the rain to save carshare.

I’m outraged by this attack on Representative Omar. Trump and his DOJ have a bizarre obsession with tearing down Minnesota, our leaders and our communities. This latest action, even as voting has already started in Minnesota, is a transparent attempt to interfere in our elections.

@gscl.bsky.social Rally to support Evie Community Carshare This Tuesday @ 6pm. Hope to see you there:

The whole #Trump Regime is the most successful #KGB Operation of all Time! #BoycottUSA

The amount of the annual federal subsidy that has ended is approximately equal to the capital cost of two Waymo vehicles. They cost something like $289,000 apiece.

Maybe Hourcar and Evie should be subsidized by a tax on driver less vehicles. It's pocket lint for Waymo.

Hourcar and Evie have been one of the most liberating, civilized features of the Twin Cities. This is a really costly loss.

Most popular feature at the recently rebuilt playground is this freshly installed dirt pile.

Wow, @startribune.com. This is absolutely irresponsible and needs an immediate retraction. Refuting your own headline right in the story.

During the ICE surge, Lisa Demuth signed a letter thanking ICE and praising Kristi Noem for her "steady leadership."

Sunlight through sunflower leaves, October 1.

Democrats defend "science," but what they really should be defending is "wissenschaft." No major social problems - from global warming to AI - can be solved without non-commercial research across multiple fields, including the social sciences and humanities. Really wish the party understood this.

Bike/pedestrian networks don't take 30 years to build. Stop accepting those timelines in your community. The best practices have been proven & they already exist. Safety should already be the #1 priority. The ROI is unbeatable. The timeline is a moral document and it shouldn't be generational.