Stacey Burns

LOOOOOOVE

This community in Minnesota is one of the hardest hit

I love them. Every time I’m there I feel an actual warm rush of energy. The vibes are almost medicinal

Mostly I'm shocked to learn there are people who still read Elizabeth Bruenig

“You are not the kind of mother who would be at a birthday party like this at this time of the morning.” - Bright Lights, Big Measles

This administration is DEI but for some of the dumbest white and brown people on the planet

Blue Currents, by Tunji Adeniyi-Jones, 2025, 📸 by @tiltoncreative

I'm watching Sky News and the former leader of the Scottish Conservatives is opining on Andrew and it is the BEST THING because even though she's being very clear and politic in her language, because she's Scottish, it still sounds like she's cursing him out

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everyone watches women’s sports! 💜

Treat yourself to some of joy from A Bar of Their Own 🥇

Why a plan to use Twin Cities warehouses to hold immigrants failed ICE determined it must acquire “non-traditional facilities,” such as warehouses, to be developed into 16 new regional detention centers.

Big credit to Rep. Brad Tabke for killing an attempt to place an ICE concentration camp in Shakopee. If we make it so toxic to do business with ICE that corporations refuse to sell them real estate, we can fight these off.

high praise!

‘He couldn’t be happier’: celebrating William Eggleston’s incredible photography A new exhibition brings together new dye-transfer prints of the classically American photographer’s work

If you're anywhere near New York, make a beeline for this. I've been to a couple of William Eggleston expos & you cannot IMAGINE the impact of his photographs when you see them "live". I leaf sadly through my catalogues, because there is just no way of capturing that effect on the printed page.

classic sociopathic Kristi Noem behavior

And actually we see this all the time

"Margins are tight for restaurant owners!"

Are they tighter than the employees who work two full time jobs to keep from getting evicted?

"If we raise wages for cooks, the owners won't make any money!"

Why is the worker responsible for subsidizing the owner?

No one ever asks the forests' point of view about people traipsing through them.

Painting on a blue background of a closeup of a face with bright red lipstick and hand blowing a whistle. The painting is hanging outside in Minneapolis, MN on a pole in front of trees.

Love from Minneapolis.

my favorite is when someone says “go ahead and give me the broom if this isn’t appropriate” or even better, when someone brooms themselves

YouTube video by WitchDistrictWhistlers All You Fascists (Bound to Lose), adapted from Woody Guthrie

🎬 Take 2:

All You Fascists (Bound to Lose) adapted from Woody Guthrie for Minnesota, 2026, starring some of our faves

And you can get a library card good across the entire Hennepin County Library system (41 branches, plus a wealth of online resources) by applying online — just need an address

“Meetings, it seems, are the basic unit of human interaction in the modern world, and watching them can be shockingly fun.” (as @wedge.live followers know)

“We have Frederick Wiseman to thank for the most hilariously drawn-out debates at the Lions Club about putting a second bench in town.”
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Once again, the colors make you wonder if it’s the graphic designer’s subtle tribute to the Mats

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I hate that we have to go through this every year! Minnesota rejected a voter ID amendment at the ballot box in 2012 and all these same tired, invalid arguments get trotted out again and again and again

Not going to let them wear us down!

ha! Yeah, it’s something to consider bringing to the library board (or whoever oversees policy.) Reducing barriers to access is always a good goal

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Did you know, Seattle Public Library says ID but Id includes things like your (free) voter registration card, work IDs, bus passes, and more! So ID is a bit of a misnomer, you need something with your name on it. Bonus for address but that can be something else too

You can get one online through the Hennepin County Library system

YouTube video by CRITERION Frederick Wiseman’s Closet Picks

Down by Law is one of Frederick Wiseman’s Criterion Closet selections; he said it’s one of the funniest films he’d ever seen, and watched it at least six times

Evergreen question