every day is like, the U.S. Supreme Court voted in a 6-3 ruling to end all human life on earth, and then it's like well it's back to work I guess, wonder what's for lunch.
If you're not in Minnesota, the mood right now is funereal disappointment that we are merely in line for the Third largest snowfall ever, instead of
#1
.
@IdiotboxWatcher
@Beschizza
Yeah well this is the worst case scenario possible for a dead roll, sometimes it works out, sometimes you wind up with this.
Here's another thing that's very specific to old millennials and older: getting super excited to see a bald eagle, because in the back of our minds, they're still in danger and at imminent risk of going extinct.
Reporting live from Nothing But Hemp in downtown White Bear Lake, where a line is stretching down the block. "Ya havin' a sale or something?" asked another shopowner, before being reminded that today is day
#1
for THC being legal in Minnesota.
Final draft: THC edibles and beverages are legal in Minnesota starting tomorrow. A key Republican in the Republican-controlled Senate said he didn’t realize the scope of the law he signed off on, calls for it to be rolled back. Democratic leader says no.
I asked AI to generate me a new Minnesota flag with a Juicy Lucy and an ice scraper, and it 1.) assumed the Ice Scraper is a type of juice drink, and 2.) that Lucy is a juicy person
If a benefactor offered you a million dollars, on the condition that you eat the exact same lunch every day for a year, would you do it? and what would you choose to eat?
I believe the 8 women who bravely confided in
@MarianneSCombs
. I trust Marianne's judgment as an award-winning journalist, and believe that what she said is true. I believe all survivors who make the terrifying and vulnerable decision to come forward.
After a break, Thompson says the FBI just said the bag contained $120,000 in cash. The judge has decided to keep the jury isolated from now on. A U.S. marshal will stay in the courtroom and she will ask the other jurors if they've been contacted by anyone this weekend.
@JasonIsbell
Hey Jason, I was in a really dark and sad place when I sat down to write this a few days ago, and wanted people to know how exhilaratingly exciting this record is. So I'm heartened and grateful that you've taken the time to elevate my words; I'm humbled and thankful.
What did you panic-buy on March 11, 2020? I remember getting the distinct thought, "if we get sick, we won't have any relief" so I drove to the drugstore to buy exactly one pack of extra-strength cold medicine.
Probably hyperbole but I'll say it anyway: the St. Paul Roy Wilkins Covid testing site being closed on Fridays and Saturdays is a staggering policy failure.
When you're in a suburban liquor store and you hear two middle-aged white dudes talking and one says "Ya hear they reopened George Floyd Square today?" your whole body seizes up, before the second one says "Yeah, that's not right" and the first guy agrees.
Thank you, from the bottom of my heart, to everyone who reached out to me today; you know who you are. Thank you for your grace, and for your continued hope that something better is possible.
My friend Clint Mack lived on my floor freshman year - we grappled over which of us would get to be called the mononym "Mac" and I won - served with Tim Walz in the National Guard and posted this tonight; shared with his permission.
I’m joining my colleagues today in unionizing with
@sagaftra
. We hope MPR’s management will voluntarily recognize us so we can get to work negotiating a contract.
#WeMakeMPRMusic
You don't need to watch the debate tonight, you really don't. There's going to be a specific type of Twitter scold saying that you're willingly choosing to be uninformed, but trust me: they're wrong. You do not have to watch the debate or engage in its discourse in any way.
We have an underwriter where we say they have a location at "394 and Hopkins Crossroads," which is tough because every cell of my body is screaming that it should be followed with "and in Woodbury at I-94 and Radio Drive."
At least 2-3 flights from Minneapolis to Amsterdam fly over the house every night, and I think: are there really this many people heading to Amsterdam every day?
I would love to go out to eat a big meal in a restaurant and then maybe throw back a few drinks in a bar. I miss it a lot. The big thing keeping me from doing it is that we are in a global pandemic that's killed hundreds of thousands of people just in America.
I'm on the air at 2, and it feels like the most and least important radio show I'll ever do. Not sure if there's anything I'll be able to do to help, but if you've got any suggestions, I'm all ears.
Kurt Cobain died 25 years ago today. I think one of the primary dividing lines between Gen X and millennials is whether or not you were personally impacted by his life and career at the time of his death.
Bream and Ross are each calling last night's Taylor Swift concert one of the best of all time; this is gonna cause FOMO spikes not just for fans, but anybody who loves and values popular music. She is operating at a level most of us have never seen before.
I assumed that the New Day Rising cover was taken at an ocean, but the "horizon" is actually the negative inverse of the treeline at Hidden Beach in Minneapolis. I was today years old when I learned this.
My son (11) is reading Lord of the Rings for the first time; he's almost at the end of Fellowship and he says "they're getting closer to Mordor so I'm assuming bad things must happen to fill two more books."
Really torn up about Mary's last shift today and still in a stage of denial about her leaving. It's been my privilege to work with her for the last 15+ years and I wish her the very best with whatever's next. I selfishly hope "Blue Collar Jane" is in the mix today.
Fast Car is one of the greatest pieces of American art of the last 50 years, and this version reconciles what was missing from Combs' version that made Chapman's original so special: the tension, anticipation, and uncertainty of just exactly when the chorus will hit.
Today is the 14th anniversary of my first show on
@TheCurrent
. Should I shake things up and play the 13-minute instrumental from MONO that I played that night and haven't played since?
Got a Facebook friend request from a woman I don't know. Our two mutual friends are John from Semisonic and Jake from Semisonic. She absolutely thinks I'm Matt Wilson.
Last night when I tweeted a jingle from a regional business' holiday ads, I did not expect it to pop off. Wait till you find out what's in Minnetonka at 394 and Hopkins Crossroads, and in Woodbury at I-94 and Radio Drive.
Over the next few days and weeks, you'll hear different voices on the 2-6 afternoon shift, including my own. I've been doing Friday afternoons for the last 6 years or so, and thus it's happenstance that today also happens to be the first afternoon shift after Mary's departure.
Every Sunday, my room had to be clean by 6pm so I could watch America's Funniest Home Videos. Between that and every single kid in Minnesota watching Full House on Channel 9 every weekday at 5, Bob Saget was truly everywhere you looked.
I think Game 5 is going to be one of the most exciting of the decade, and the Timberwolves win before an absolutely delirious Target Center crowd, then the series goes back to Dallas and the Mavericks win Game 6 by 45 points.
Terrible and shocking news to hear that Foo Fighters' Taylor Hawkins has died. I feel awful for his family, and for his friends, notably Dave Grohl, who has experienced the unthinkable loss of a friend and bandmate before and doesn't deserve to be going through this again.
TRYING NOT TO DWELL ON THE FACT THAT WE LIVE IN A COLLAPSING STATE anyway all the kids are off to school, time to eat some crullers, load the dishwasher, got some towels to fold.
This guy is so funny - he spent every waking second of his time in Minneapolis complaining about how much he detested living here - he moved on to greener pastures and still cannot let us go. Go eat some deep dish and take a shot of Malort and chill out, dude.
Their attitude was flatly, "They can't drive cars through where he died." They talked about how it's still a business district, and acknowledged how it must be "a mess" for business owners, but it was nice to hear basic human empathy take top priority. People can surprise you!