@wrigleyfield.bsky.social
Sociologist/demographer specializing in mortality, racial inequity, Covid-19. Avid theater-goer, inconsistent powerlifter, and erstwhile operator of an all-volunteer bookstore. Preschool parent. Living not-quite-car-free in Minneapolis. she/her
I asked a staffer about it, who replied with the lilt of an Irish accent worn against the Boston rocks for some years that America no longer teaches its children history. But he also knew nothing about the reason the figures were here.
My completely ordinary airport hotel has these extraordinary ship figureheads (?) displayed with no information. The plaque in front of the larger is poetic, not descriptive. The front desk informed me that a guest had written it! No further details available.
I am so, so sorry.
When a federal judge (finally) put ICE officers under oath, they admitted that they are given daily detention quotas and rely heavily on a Palantir-supplied AI tool to select targets, without warrants and without enough evidence to obtain one. They simply go into neighborhoods and round people up.
Actual section numbering in a brief I'm reading:
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It matters so fucking much for bus stops to not be located in a hellscape where no one wants to spend any time!!
The idea of pregnancy under ICE detention is viscerally horrifying, and I hope folks will give what they are in a position to give.
(Non-Minnesota people: Jason Chavez is a Minneapolis city council member and this fundraiser is legitimate)
Another great installment by Michael Kinnucan in Taking the Sociological Perspective
Both reliable and reliably available! They are my two go-to varietals for cooking (like this favorite recipe)
Gold Rush is our family favorite and the ones in the NYC greenmarkets have been excellent for over a month now
Love Winecrisp when I'm on the East Coast (even my excellent Minnesota orchard doesn't grow it right, must be the climate) but its good season was really short this year; disappointing now
Hey does anyone remember how we had like a decade of near zero interest rates? Thank god the USA spent that time investing in infrastructure! What a calamity if we had just squandered the last best chance of our lives
A really good, sad, happy article by someone who will always be a Minnesota writer to me, wherever he’s living and whatever he’d think of that designation
Jesus. Fucking. Christ. This kid wants to get out of detention in time for his school spelling bee. What the fuck are we doing.
Yes! Exactly
masculine coded violence as a spiritual project of national rebirth
where have we heard that before?
Ok fair!
My kid is running around yelling, “Money for sale! Money for sale!”
Does she not understand how this works, or does she REALLY understand how this works? Discuss.
I think this is a bad argument. Someone in my family (an older person) was fairly seriously injured recently by a subway car door because it did not, in fact, respond to his body like elevator doors should (and usually do).
This research brief is overall good news but I find myself compelled to share this distressing fact:
"On average, researchers found that tire particles made up 3.6 percent of the dry mass of milkweed leaves."
"There were no books"
🪧 ICE Out of Our Park!
📆 Tuesday, March 17, 2026
⏰ 6:00 PM 7:00 PM
📍 Pier 57
New York, NY, 10011
If we could just raise sea levels by 150 meters we get a backup Strait of Hormuz
As it turns out, freedom's just another word for being able to walk to the grocery store.
I knew that the Department of War shot a missile into a school & killed 175 civilians, mostly children.
This is learned today:
Secretary of War Hegseth had cut the teams assigned to prevent such tragedies by 90%.
www.npr.org/2026/03/11/n...
We have a few who do on rare occasion, and oh my god is it appreciated
One of my better ideas has been having my parents replace one “bedtime story” for my kid (when we visit each week) w a small story from their lives. I’m hearing stories I’ve never heard!
(Meanwhile, my kid’s own request, to me, was for “a sad, painful, or bad story.” She found my efforts middling)
Correction:
We spent basically Head Start's total annual budget ($12B) on the new Gulf War in its first week. So we are now well past its annual budget.
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...Our most record-scratch recent moment like this:
Kid was near, but showed no sign of listening to, argument btwn her dad & his mom about whether a cup was glass or plastic
A week later, she used cup & said, "I agree w you, Matt; it's plastic"
Cue parental horror abt what we say in her vicinity
These kids! ALWAYS WATCHING, ALWAYS NOTICING
Yesterday my kid & friend played together
This morning, my kid asked me in concern why friend had left his soccer ball & scooter in the park. I assured her that he didn't; we just didn't see them leave
At lunch, I mentioned this to friend's mom. She gasped & ran to the park
Scooter still there 😎