Carolyn

Update to the update:

Katie has been released. We’re going to have a drink and then go hug our kids.

More later.

Federal agents wearing tactical gear used chemical irritants on protesters at the Bro-Tex facility in St. Paul.

Video by reporter Louis Krauss, who is on the scene.

Update:

Katie just called me. She is being held by Homeland Security at the Whipple Federal Building down by the airport.

They have not told her anything. No word on release, no word on charges. Nothing. Ridiculous. But she is fine and in good spirits.

Her attorney is en route there right now.

Yes! I just had to feature it. 😊

So fun to share KC stories with MSP transplants and city facts appreciators. Shout-outs included my friends at @kcstreetcar.org, @justinmeyerkc.bsky.social, #VisitKC and all those who work tirelessly to grow the region. And yes, I explained why we have both KCMO & KCK. That's an evergreen question.😅

Text reads: “The world would be better with more cycling lanes that PROTECT CYCLISTS. Yet very few roads have them!” Illustration shows a cyclist riding in a dedicated yellow bike lane separated from a car.

Today is #WorldBicycleDay 🚲

Did you know❓ Cycle lanes count for just 0.2% of the current road infrastructure.

It’s time to demand safer streets that put the health & safety of pedestrians and cyclists first 👉bit.ly/4jPzXsa

"Problems that exist will not improve with proximity."

That is IT! Ask 100 people why RTO is so frustrating and you'll be sitting on a wealth of employee feedback that speaks to deeper challenges within an organization.

Impeccable distribution of the flavor specs.

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Brought some first-timers. "So that's called a draw."

➡️ @megs0328.bsky.social yelled "GENTLEMEN!!" and that is never good.

*California Love (2PAC)
*Return of the Mack (Mark Morrison)
*Lovefool (Cardigans)
*Baby-Baby-Baby (TLC)
*Your Woman (White Town)

Must say are not my "top", but 5 I just really like for vibes. ☺️

Haha.Die-drate. Cry-drate. Couple different options there!!

Human rights are not a privilege conferred by government. They are every human being's entitlement by virtue of their humanity.

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History will remember.

I watched A Real Pain and Kieran Culkin is just fantastic. I loved him in Succession, too, so I'm generally just a fan of what he does. ☺️

Worst kind of brain freeze. 😭 You KNOW you know their names. You probably even remember random facts about them and conversations you've had...and yet...the name...it's hiding in your brain behind the panic of possibly forgetting it...so you forget it. 😅😅😅

It's absolutely prioritized over pedestrian pathways which is always a drag, but still needs to be cleared for buses, bikes, lightrail and heavy rail. Way of life and budget in snowy states.

I dug it! V ready for the new album.

TikTok 💯 introduced me to tons of new music I don't know that I would have heard otherwise.

"We will always have the choice to be kind, and it is in the choice to fill out the contours of connection for no reason at all — love without condition, friendship without benefit — that we find the very best of what it means to be human."

Happy Groundhog Day. :)

The Warmth of Nihilism in ‘Groundhog Day’ Life before 1993 must have been weird.What was it like? Before everything changed, I mean. Before Bill Murray reached down from the heavens (Woodstock, Illinois), blew us a kiss and disappeared,

In choosing just one article to share, I'm opting for this one because I love the closing paragraph. fourteeneastmag.com/index.php/20...

There are many articles and essays that speak to Phil's question. The movie is even in the National Film Registry (films deemed "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant") which to-date only has 900 films in its list.

Scene at bowling alley bar in the movie Groundhog Day

"What would you do if you were stuck in one place and every day was exactly the same, and nothing that you did mattered?"

Ok but *why* do I love this film so much? It's easy...life is hard. And the way it portrays Phil's extensional crisis (along with Bill Murray's often subtle delivery of truly hilarious moments) is actually incredibly thought-provoking...

Federal agencies bar Black History Month and other 'special observances' A number of federal agencies have banned celebrations related to MLK Jr. Day, Women's History Month and other such observances to comply with Trump's executive orders.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/don... Well...banning the recognition of Disability Awareness Month would be a good start for him to roll ADA back...🤬

It's been 84 years...

Happy Birthday!! Those are lovely.