11-year-old daughter found this gem tucked away in a box in the basement. Circa 1997!

I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening.

The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.

Tens of thousands of demonstrators filling the streets with signs and banners

Demonstrators as far as the eye can see. Current status of the march in Downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota for Ice Out of Minnesota. They are turning onto 3rd Street from 5th Avenue.

Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026

My sense is that last year they maybe did a lot of giveaways and deep discounts on upper level tickets to keep their sellout streak of announced attendance going. They aren't doing those things this year

This video filmed by Ben Luhmann shows the moment a federal agent sprayed chemical irritants directly into a man's face in south Minneapolis.

Three agents already had the man pinned to the ground when a fourth agent walked up and sprayed the irritants.

middle school daughter informs me that kids in her school are using the word "buns" to describe things they are not good at. Like "I'm so buns at singing" and "I'm totally buns at math."

Gotta say I really like this one. May it replace all the 6-7 references in the world, please?

Updated the story a little now that renewals are out. Lot of lower bowl fans reporting increases upward of 35% next year over this year. Average is lower than that, and upper bowl increases are considerably smaller. Cheapest season ticket goes from $19 a game this year to $21 a game next year.

Mine went up 37%!

In this economy!?!

Timberwolves raising season ticket prices at Target Center Season ticket renewals went out for Wolves fans on Wednesday, and there is bound to be some sticker shock at the new prices at Target Center.

New today: Bundled together a lot of #twolves news from recent session w/new CEO Matt Caldwell, including season ticket renewals that went out today with $$ increases, new arena stuff and a TV update:

www.startribune.com/minnesota-ti...

Timberwolves raising season ticket prices at Target Center Season ticket renewals went out for Wolves fans on Wednesday, and there is bound to be some sticker shock at the new prices at Target Center.

New today: Bundled together a lot of #twolves news from recent session w/new CEO Matt Caldwell, including season ticket renewals that went out today with $$ increases, new arena stuff and a TV update:

www.startribune.com/minnesota-ti...

The Trump administration calls them the ‘worst of the worst.’ Here’s what we found. The federal government has identified only a fraction of the immigrants it has detained. Many have violent criminal records, but few were wanted by police.

The @startribune.com has done a ton of amazing and important work in recent weeks, but this story might be the best.

www.startribune.com/the-trump-ad...

This is an old neighbor of mine. If you’re wondering what it feels like for someone not on the front lines, just trying to get by and not pull the covers over your head, here you go.

The Packers are the fourth team to want to talk with Daronte Jones about a defensive coordinator opening, NFLN reported this morning.

As Vikings wait on Brian Flores, one of his top assistants (and internal replacement options) is at risk of leaving.

Everything in Minneapolis is normal and not normal all at once Oh, we're hanging in there.

New at my Substack: I wrote about how it feels -- at least to me -- to live in the Twin Cities in this moment.

thefriscalatingdusklight.substack.com/p/everything...

Personal musings from one of my co-workers that sums up my Minnesota experience right now.

If a prerequisite of being a "Steclers" fan is burning the left side of my head with a lit cigarette, I don't care who the coach is. Count me out.

Everything in Minneapolis is normal and not normal all at once Oh, we're hanging in there.

New at my Substack: I wrote about how it feels -- at least to me -- to live in the Twin Cities in this moment.

thefriscalatingdusklight.substack.com/p/everything...

Just hope we never find out that the Bills had a bounty on Nix

Editorial | Minnesota is under siege, and it cannot stand "What we are witnessing is the storming of the state by the federal government," the Editorial Board writes.

"What we are witnessing is the storming of the state by the federal government," the Editorial Board writes.

Protesters clashed with federal agents for another night outside the Whipple Federal Building, which holds ICE detainees. Agents fired less-lethal munitions and deployed chemical irritants at the crowd.

📷️: Jeff Wheeler

Mmmmmm-hmmmmm

Aaron Rodgers just got sacked by the Bluetooth waves

RandBall: Justin Herbert fizzles while Abbey Murphy sizzles An NFL playoff weekend full of takeaways and an unbelievable goal set up by the Gophers’ Abbey Murphy highlight today’s 10 things to know.

Love it when Reusse comes out hot on a Monday Daily Delivery. Today: Wondering within the first minute whether the Chargers will trade playoff flop Justin Herbert to the Vikings.

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Are you morons allowing these 15 disgusting habits to ruin your life? Satire, sort of.

I wrote about those pervasive lists that try to tell you every little way you are messing up.

thefriscalatingdusklight.substack.com/p/are-you-mo...

Are you morons allowing these 15 disgusting habits to ruin your life? Satire, sort of.

I wrote about those pervasive lists that try to tell you every little way you are messing up.

thefriscalatingdusklight.substack.com/p/are-you-mo...

Miss a Daily Delivery podcast? Find it here All of our weekday podcasts, featuring Michael Rand and the Star Tribune staff, are here.

🎤 PODCAST: I chatted with @randball.bsky.social on the Daily Delivery podcast about ranking the top 10 Twins prospects (several who should be up in the big leagues this year) and scouting reports on each of them.

Link to listen: www.startribune.com/daily-delive...

RandBall: How did Anthony Edwards reach 10,000 points so quickly? Only LeBron James and Kevin Durant were younger when they reached the milestone that Edwards hit Thursday.

Only LeBron James and Kevin Durant reached 10,000 points at a younger age than Anthony Edwards. I took at look at why Ant is in such elite company:

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This is what happens when you ignore the warnings All of us are of a certain age.

My latest on the anxiety loop and trying to be *less proactive* in 2026:

thefriscalatingdusklight.substack.com/p/this-is-wh...

YouTube video by Star Tribune VIKINGS BREAKDOWN: Waking up from a coma, finding out we didn't learn anything in four months

Whereby I pretend to have a conversation with someone who was in a coma -- some would say blissfully? -- for the entire Vikings season.

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