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@FinalFormTaken @seandsweeney Have you considered that you've just gotten old, cranky, and miserable?

@seandsweeney It used to be nice, but not anymore. I know because I was born and raised and lived in MN for over 50 years - then - after Bush43 & ObummerTheMuslim ruined the housing market - I moved SOUTH. BECAUSE at least we have a fighting chance to fix Texas.

The one interesting thing I’ve learned living in Minneapolis is it’s hard to get people to move here, but when they do, they never leave.

@PlantNativeWI What is the solution to eliminating the creeping bellflower?

And I can't wait to introduce woodland sunflower into this space along with cutleaf coneflower and possibly zig zag goldenrod. I'll let them battle it out.

@jenkins_ge53753 It reads a little gay, no?

Let's all squeeze the hand of Jesus Christ a little harder.

@taxpayer5890642 @sam_d_1995 “gave their lives for [me]” 🫵🏼😂🫵🏼😂🫵🏼😂

@sam_d_1995 Luckily enough, these men gave their lives for you to believe what you’d like

seriously though can someone explain why every government building still has these POW/MIA flags… the war ended more than 50 years ago! you can hop on a direct flight from SFO to Vietnam!

@melodymaestro__ @ImgoingSputnik Jesus christ this is awful

@ImgoingSputnik You couldn’t wait to preserve the memory of her misery in 4K? That’s not a chuckle, that’s a cry for help my guy. She was probably counting down the seconds till she could block you while you were posing like y’all just won couple of the year. Tragic.

Went on a date last night and the girl HATED me. Random guy asked to take a picture of us and I couldn’t have said yes faster. I got a good chuckle out of it, She did not.

@StarTribune Very normal responses here to an article about running. Keep it up guys, you're doing great!

Running is having a moment, and young people are fueling the boom startribune.com/running-is-hav…

@wolviebets @CryptoGbanger @ExxAlerts You are a lunatic

@CryptoGbanger @ExxAlerts i hate boomers but this guy gets a pass because I hate cyclists more

ALERT: 72-year-old man arrested for hitting a group of cyclists after honking and heckling them for taking over the road in Georgia. Jerry Ross was driving when he pulled up behind a group of 10 cyclists in the road. He began honking and heckling the cyclists, and one of them started filming. Ross then sped around them while laying on the horn and hit 2 of the cyclists, causing minor injuries, before driving away. Ross, when confronted by police about the incident, blamed the cyclists for taking up the road and causing the collision. He was arrested and is charged with two counts of aggravated assault, hit and run, and reckless driving.

@Cruella_Seville @CrimeWatchMpls What does this even mean? You people have one “joke”

@CrimeWatchMpls Too bad his name isn’t Ali or Mohamed… he would be a free man 🤷🏼‍♀️

The decedent in the Edina shooting has been identified by family as John William Westly Stroud, 22. Stroud was arrested by Metro Transit PD earlier this month and charged with 5th degree assault. Upon his release from jail, he posted the following video on his FB page.

@ACrunchyLettuce @TRIGGERHAPPYV1 “hash or opium” — this is the back of a bus in LA in 2026, not imperial China

@TRIGGERHAPPYV1 chasing dragon sure but its probably not fentanyl more likely hash or opium

Passenger confronts a man for allegedly smoking fetty on a public bus in Los Angeles

@MatburnsTrees @mplsbikewrath That’s why I bike away quick into traffic and they can’t catch me

@TheSandmaaaan @mplsbikewrath Good way to get yourself eliminated. Someone breaking a window is clearly threatening to enter the vehicle, thus justifying the use of firearms

Ten infractions by the same driver in six minutes of travel down Lyndale Avenue. Drivers are simply not fit for the task of piloting their vehicles in accordance with the law.

@PaulSkallas Hope you had a great Sunday Lindyman

@Cyber_HillBilly @BmNation @carson_ Wahh wahh wahh big tough three percenter scared of a bobcat

@BmNation @carson_ Nope, I would have bagged it.. y’all don’t have respect for them if you let them stalk you like that

This is just INSANE 🤯 Found out I’m good at calling cats and turkeys! Missed a bird three minutes later at 35 yards then headed to the docs office. Just a few scratches on the shoulder 📸: @carson_.bender

@Michele_Tafoya THANK YOU MICHELE! Chile stands with you. We will not be satisfied until our country has an operating copper mine in your backyard. You’re welcome to come enjoy our wilderness any time.

Two things can be true at once: we can develop our natural resources and protect the Boundary Waters. With modern technology and strong oversight, Minnesota can set the gold standard for clean, responsible mining while preserving what makes our state special. This is an important first step in securing energy independence. Any project in Minnesota will go through a thorough permitting process that meets the highest environmental standards in the country. We have an opportunity to lead in responsible mining and produce the critical minerals our economy and national security depend on, without relying on foreign nations.

@heavyredaction The BWCA is amazing and we should fight to the death to protect it but POLAR BEARS? That’s like saying there are polar bears in Miami if you go far enough north

I grew up in Minnesota and had family who would camp and canoe long distances in the Boundary Waters every summer. It is a remarkable, pristine wilderness. There were polar bears if you go far enough north. I can’t believe that this happened

@Uncommonsens767 @caschott07 @JGeorge49 Yes, that is correct.

Every single community on the range that is near where a copper/nickel mine will actually be supports the opportunity to mine and the union jobs that will come - 90 percent of the opposition you site live in the Twin Cities, hundreds of miles away - the people of the Iron Range don’t need help protecting the environment they actually live in, they will ensure these mines are safe, and done right - like they have for 100 years

@SMB_Attorney Jesus fucking christ. Write like a normal person

When I started in Big Law, my group had 13 corporate equity partners. They were split into three or four factions that genuinely hated each other. You could feel it in the room at mandatory meetings. Just pure disdain sitting in the air. No one shared business development. No one shared best practices. They actively talked negatively about each other. Honestly, they were probably a net detriment to each other’s practices. And definitely not operating in a way that was optimal for the client. There was no real information sharing. No real department-wide training. You could go weeks without seeing anyone. You could be working on transactions, sitting on Zoom with people on the same floor as you, and go weeks without actually interacting with them in person if you wanted to. Other than the mandatory happy hours and the secretary sitting outside your office like a hostage. This wasn’t unique to one firm. I worked at several. They all felt like this. Big Law firms aren’t really firms. They’re a collection of fiefdoms. Each partner has their own little kingdom. A couple associates. Maybe a niche. That’s it. The associates have sharp elbows. Everyone is competing for the same hours. And when work slows down, it gets worse. Senior attorneys start doing junior-level work just to protect their numbers. Which tells you everything you need to know about how the incentives are set up. It’s a truly toxic environment. And it’s not accidental. It’s structural. And the equity structure doesn’t help. It’s a mile wide and an inch deep. You’ve got a bunch of lawyers technically “owning” the business, but no one actually running it like a business. No real professional management. No outside ownership. No experienced operators thinking about scale, systems, or efficiency. Just lawyers managing a large, complex organization. Which is exactly why their ability to adopt technology and AI is going to be abysmal. Then there’s compensation. Some firms even use “black box” systems. They’ll tell you it promotes collegiality. It doesn’t. It just hides how people are actually getting paid. And gives leadership more control over who wins and who doesn’t. Then there’s recruiting. On-campus interviews. Hotel rooms. 20-minute speed dating. You ask every firm the same question. What’s your culture like? They all give the same answer. We’re collegial. We support each other. We coach our kids’ games. It’s all the same script. And none of it tells you anything real. You don’t understand what it’s actually like until you’re 6 to 18 months in. By then, you’re already in the system. At one firm, there was a group that went to the same Mexican restaurant every Friday. All men. The women lawyers hated it. Thought it was exclusionary. They were probably right. It always felt off. Not because of the tacos. Because of what it represented. A system where collaboration is optional. And individual incentives run everything. It’s a weird industry. And once you see how it actually operates, you realize something pretty quickly. This model is incredibly disruptible.

@NortonMpls @MorePerfectUS Genuinely: what’s wrong with Waymo? I feel much safer in the robot car than rolling the dice on an Uber driver. Economically, I don’t think gig driving jobs are something worth protecting.

Mayor Frey likes to cosplay as Zoran on social media, but he doesn’t have the balls to do something like cut off Waymo in Minnepaolis (Image by @MorePerfectUS)

@KhandiCoat AI SLOP

Watching that White man in front of her is pure comedy lmao

@ierryflowers @RobertoQuijanoL If you’re into biking, check out the Baja Divide Route on Bikepacking dot com. Experience of a lifetime!

@RobertoQuijanoL Hay alguna ruta que recomiendes? O una lista de imperdibles? Es mi sueño ir a ver ballenas algún día

Soy de esta península de Baja California de generaciones y aquí moriré. Somos cuatro millones casi en su mayoría en la zona fronteriza. Entre más al sur más inhóspito se vuelve el terreno. Hay lugares a los que he ido y siguen igual que hace veinte años. No ha llegado la civilización. Es muy complicado llevar servicios e infraestructura por las distancias. El gran limitante es la escasez de agua y los climas áridos. Las grandes ciudades fronterizas tienen suministro del Río Colorado que viene de las Rocallosas y antes terminaba en el delta al norte del Mar de Cortés. En lo profundo de la península se surten de pozos, desoladoras pequeñas o pipas. La carretera zigzaguea entre el Pacífico y el Cortés. Pasando por el desierto donde los cactus son del tamaño de edificios. Llegarás a lugares donde estarás completamente solo, sin presencia humana a la distancia. En las noches los cielos son frondosos y luminosos. Te sentirás abrumado por la inmensidad y silencio del Universo. Los mares son abundantes y diversos en productos de mar. Mariscos que solo encuentras en restaurantes de lujo en Tokio. Pescarás tanto que no sabrás que hacer con lo recolectado. Al menos una vez en la vida les recomiendo recorrer la península de norte a sur. Es uno de los lugares más asombrosos del planeta.