Mike Reynolds

A great, great set!

A bare stage, with mic stand and stool. In front of the stage, off-brand Santa shares his recent texts with his fellow attendee.

Rory Scovel, Fitzgerald Theater. I should have worn *my* santa hat, too.

Mayor Elect Her leads St. Paul through history with hope State Representative Kaohly Her stands as St. Paul’s mayor after beating out incumbent Mayor Melvin Carter, despite only jumping into the race in August. The Nov. 4 election marked a historic victory...

Mayor Elect Her leads St. Paul through history with hope | By Anabel Bradley, Hamline University

Neighbors, come tell your stories about the huge, loud, smelly, dangerous and heavily used highway in our communities. This weekend, Sunday from 2 - 5 p.m. at 262 University Ave (Green Line Western Station). Can't make it but want to tell your I-94 story? See www.ourstreetsmn.org/get-involved...

Wankin’, Blankin’, and Nad.

‘Franklin Goes to The Hague’

Photo of the outside of Golden Valley Products (36th/Bryant) w/ their walkways cleared but snow all over the sidewalk.

It’s very odd that we entrust the clearing of public sidewalks (which are part of our transportation network) to private property owners & businesses.

We get results like this business that cleared only their walkways & left the rest of the sidewalk covered in snow.

#PlowMPLSsidewalks

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St Paul police officer, making direct eye contact with photographer Kerem, behind a shield and gas mask. He is aiming pepper spray bottle at him.

Incredible pictures from Kerem Yücel today. I hope he’s ok.

First Secretary of Defense you could defeat by painting a tunnel on the side of a boulder.

YouTube video by Tiera Tanksley Howard University AI Panel

I need everyone, esp anyone working in education or tech (but really everyone) to WATCH THIS CLIP of @drtanksley.bsky.social discussing the technologies infiltrating our schools & psyches and how she is addressing it with our young people. youtu.be/5mtcSL4S3HQ

One of the themes of our new police state is the sheer lack of professionalism. They can't do the basics, and when challenged, double down. A dysfunctional organizational culture deeply suspicious of the society they are tasked with controlling.
bsky.app/profile/radl...

Rundown of today’s ICE raids in Midway.

Thanks to all who were able to record and to protest.

i want to put this in front of conservative pundits who defended this raid bsky.app/profile/raws...

67 years would get the youth on board.

Following up on this. This remains a ‘cave is minutes or hours away’ situation. If you want to impact how this plays out you need to contact senators literally now. I want to add additional points of context. What I’m relaying is what I’ve picked up from highly reliable sources.

I think he gets the point. E.g.,

"[A]fter ... exchanging some emails ... laying out what I was and wasn’t interested in speaking about, I agreed to an interview. I did this because, in ways you might think I’d have outgrown by now, I’m a fucking idiot." And the last two paragraphs nail it home.

“Every bit of this is disheartening on its face. But it’s actually worse than any first-blush irritation, that familiar annoyance that comes from encountering still another textbook exercise in witless triangulation. “

This is indeed a fantastic essay.

Too Much Douthat.

i want to repeat this: mamdani and spanberger have run similar campaigns tailored to their respective electorates and it is maddening to watch political journalists attempt to create some broad contrast where none exist

The only truly devestating interview you could do with Trump is a series of factual questions asked by someone with no affect: “How does a bill become a law?” “Name three countries where American troops are stationed.” “Will you be raising tariffs on Wakanda?”

Using fencing to curb homelessness in the Twin Cities is an insult - MinnPost Agencies and governments turn to fencing instead of actual solutions for problems related to people experiencing homelessness.

I wrote about the should-be-illegal trend of fencing off sidewalks because poor people are nearby. www.minnpost.com/cityscape/20...

Logo for Saint Paul Future Forward, with white thin letters for "Saint Paul" and fat blue letters for "future forward," on a black background.

Design is my passion.

Very useful thread, carefully unpacking a recent attack ad in Saint Paul's mayoral campaign. The ad sucked even before Tom Basgen walks us through all of its mischaracterizations and errors. Now I know that it sucks AND it's stupid.

Wes Burdine: Why this St. Paul business owner is voting ‘yes’ to amend the city charter On my three-block walk to work, on one of the busiest streets in the city, I pass by three empty lots and I stare at a wall of empty storefronts. Just a few more blocks away is the derelict CVS tha…

Good morning, i wrote about the St. Paul election issue of administrative citations, an extremely basic tool we need for growing the city of St. Paul. Vote yes.

www.twincities.com/2025/10/19/w...

I have heard her discuss analogues to PILOT — to get resources from colleges/universities, various nonprofits. She described models for using such funds to contribute to new economic development in their neighborhoods. I *think* this may be that idea. But I can’t find specifics, either.

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

The ‘Anthropological Change’ Happening in Venezuela Maduro is still in place, but a pro-democracy movement is transforming the beleaguered country.

Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize - her incredible optimism has already changed her country. I spoke to her, and wrote about her, at the beginning of this year:
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

They will insist that this an overstatement, that this isn't the same as APPROVING conversion therapy, that it's "not what the case is about." But if you are an adult with a functioning moral core, you cannot divorce your actions from their consequences. This will kill kids, period, the end.

I wrote 2,000 words about the 2025 Saint Paul election if you need something to quibble about today. My apologies that it is on Facebook but it's 2,000 words.

www.facebook.com/share/p/1BJZ...

St Paul DSI is in proceedings to force the demolition of the blighted CVS building at Uni/Snelling. If you are cool and you live in St Paul you will email legislativehearings@ci.stpaul.mn.us and tell them that you support requiring the demo of that building