Blinky Watts

Look at all those antifas.

I heard Tommy Womack’s “The Replacements” on Radio K once shortly after I moved to the Twin Cities - probably right after it was released. And I have been trying to find it ever since without knowing the title or the artist. This is a crazy way to finally find that song.

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Food assistance and home energy assistance payments for our most vulnerable families are under threat with the federal shutdown, while the president builds a $300M ballroom. If you can’t win the messaging battle on that one, you should get out of electoral politics.

I would go to this Ted Talk.

So good!!! (And great write up!)

Karoline Leavitt should resign.

They try to make us hate each other to distract from the fact that they're robbing us all blind.

It's sick.

I think about this a lot. These results aren’t derived from some flashy (or fashy) program, but the result of smart and effective leadership. It’s one reason why @melvincarter.bsky.social should have another term as Mayor of our fine city.

St. Paul solved more crimes, had drastically fewer homicides in 2025 A remarkable shift is under way in St. Paul. The city is on track for a 70 percent drop in homicides by the end of 2025. And they’re solving more than 70 percent of crimes.

We treat every non-fatal shooting in Saint Paul with the same urgency as a homicide. We’re solving more cases, cutting crime by double digits, and producing a record-low homicide rate—proving this action-driven approach creates safer outcomes.

Imagine being such a fragile baby that you’re afraid of the 70 year olds who have been protesting on the Lake Street bridge since the Iraq war.

Come on guys. Get your shit together.

Photo from inside the green line Government Center MBTA stop in Boston.

Love this idea. Side note Government Center is a green line stop in Boston. It and, more broadly, the surrounding city hall area are the subjects of the Jonathan Richman song.

Do they count the MAHA attack on the CDC that killed a police officer as left wing too?

The number of former smokers about to grow….

It’s such a good story. And I love the idea that there is a perfect length for a rock single.

Prior to recording the song, the members of the Clash had been speaking to their associate Kosmo Vinyl, who believed that the ideal length for a single was two minutes and 58 seconds. 41 Clash vocalist Joe Strummer asked Vinyl to stop the recording at that point in the song - something that Vinyl did by announcing the time to the band through the studio intercom: "All right, time's up! Let's have you out of there!". 41 However, Strummer was enthusiastic about the recording session, and improvised a response in time to the music: "Ok, ok! Don't push us when we're hot!". '". The band continued playing, with a take of three minutes and 50 seconds. 14]

Not really related but reminds me of the story of the Clash’s version of Armigedeon Time that was supposed to be 2:58.

Mos Def and Talib Kweli released it in 1998.

This sounds going viral here’s the original Sinéad O’Connor performance

A comic panel close up of the Marvel villain Mephisto, saying “So long have I dwelled in my dark domain, that the sordid stench of human life is almost more than I can bear!”

When I have to work in the office.

Slow zoom in on animated Rikki Tikki Tavi’s red eyes from 1975 short film I watched in elementary school 1,000 times.

My general philosophy of staying safe as a runner: if you’re wearing them, stay to the right, and not too loud. On busy days/times or when dark, don’t wear them.

I heard that Saint Paul has the bigger police department in terms of actual filled positions right now. Minneapolis has more authorized officers, but has tons of unfilled positions.

He’s consistent!

Classic Mitch. So good.

🙏

I almost can't believe that Elon Musk's AI called for the extermination of the Jewish people yesterday, and today not a single Congressional Democrat announced they were leaving his media network.

A party that often claims to act against antisemitism didn't do jack shit about straight up Nazism.

Mark and Melissa lie peacefully at the center of our state and our hearts today. Their memorial, guarded by service dogs and men and women in uniform, casts a momentary shadow over L'Étoile du Nord as we honor their life’s work to make Minnesota shine brighter for all.

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