Howard Sinker

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Opinion | This corporate phrase is making workplaces more toxic "When leaders lean on 'I didn’t mean to' instead of owning impact, staff see a double standard," Steve Reuter writes.

Interesting that @startribune.com published a commentary demolishing the corporate buzzphrase “assume positive intent” when one of its company values is “be kind and assume good intent.”

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One highlight tonight is they brought up someone from St. Paul and his walk-up music is Beastie Boys' No Sleep Til Brooklyn.

I hope you and the mayor enjoy the Jhoan Duran entry music!

The variable: Phillies fans are at a music festival. Twins fans are at a coffee shop where nobody is paying attention to the stage on Open Mic night.

Our seats are near the Dots stand and the line typically starts forming early on a warm day. The concourse action is pretty dead.

There is nobody in line at the Dippin' Dots stand in the second deck at Target Field.

No. 1 indicator of Twins fan apathy: No line at the Dippin' Dots stand.

Yeah, but this is Dollar General Kirk Cousins. Expectations of excellence don't exist.

In the office, where too many sports terms are used as metaphors, this is sometimes called "leaving when you still have your fastball." That's what (I think) I did when I left the Strib. I can still throw it doing other things -- and I know I can use it to knock someone on their a$$, if needed. ⚾

MACA: Make America Curl Again! 🥌🥌🥌

Glad you have found a way to replicate the mosquitoes of Red Lake County.

Order has been restored. McBride is back in the game.

Kayla McBride gets helped off the court after colliding with Courtney Williams on the first possession of the game

24 seconds into the #Lynx game. This doesn't look good. @wnba.com

Post-clinic pizza at Pig Ate My Pizza on Broadway.

sports take | Burn it Down, Build it Up, These Teams Are on Fire 8.7.25

Sports Take: Thoughts on the #MNTwins roster destruction range from Carlos Correa's plea to play 3rd base to a reminder of what the end game must be. Also, a superfreak on the football field, a great Lynx trade & a twist in the Gophers-Tommies basketball drama

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I’m not sure there’s ever been a more appropriate time than this to respond to a story by saying, “Go f**k yourselves, boys.”

Sounds like Interstate 35!

I get this. When I write, sometimes I have to be aware of the difference between things I'm really interested in and things that readers are really interested in. I do *not* have a 100% success rate on that!

This is why, as much as I should, I can't totally quit Nextdoor: 😎

"Has anybody heard of the store called Collective Dimensions? Are they a reputable place for psychic or intuitive readings/ healings?"

I respect that point of view. It's like the way I can handicap a cheap claiming race at Canterbury Park better than I can pick the Kentucky Derby.

But neither is a sustainable way to reclaim and grow the fan base

The ownership issue is the make-or-break for the Twins' credibility with fans ... and with potential free agents.

Theory: Veteran position players who pretty much blew off the new hitting coach are gone. Remembering Correa's reference to his 'private hitting coach' (Bobby's 6/18 story) and normal clubhouse culture. Maybe remaining, young guys are tuned in.

That doesn't address the pitching auditions, of course

My in-laws live down the street from where there was a house protest. Appreciate the intent. But it was a bad look. Putting neighbors on edge by creating a situation organizers potentially can't control is counterproductive.

Just received an email from a senior manager at an organization with an endnote that should be a model for people in those positions.

"I understand that your work hours may differ from mine. Please do not feel compelled to respond outside of your normal working hours."

Yo, WNBA! Turn the video game graphics OFF on the Lynx-Storm game RIGHT NOW!

Careful there! I was a Breck dad and I'm about to become the spouse of a Breck faculty member.

Of course, I would be perfectly comfortable using the phrase "Blake parent" as a descriptor. 😜

This thread makes me feel good about living on a fairly busy street without an alley behind it. We like each other enough to not need NNO.

This happens here at 5 p.m. when Matt the Rescue does the Doggo Dinner Dance when he sees one of us move toward his food.

You ought to read this story because (1) Bobby is good at describing carnage. (2) To see if you can keep a straight face when Rocco says that Noah Davis, who owns a 9.25 career ERA, has a “strength.”

To their credit, the Twins managed to lose in less than two hours tonight in Detroit despite giving up 12 hits.

Tigers 6-3.

I agree with you 100%, although the creation of an AI Earl Weaver is pretty intriguing -- in a 24-hour software engineering contest sort of way.