Maureen Hartman

I love the photos and videos you share of biking and community joy. It makes my day

Why do I have to pretend that I'm going to print something in order to save it as a PDF. Why do I have to engage in a little ruse.

The DON’T COMPLY IN ADVANCE people were right

A tree outside my house keeps trying to wave me over like it has gossip.

oh figure skaters we love you get up

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In Miami for the last few days with some others from Mpls and StP. Many people mentioned, “the draw-down” or “sounds like it’s ending.” Nearly synchronized each time, me and any other Minnesotan I was with would answer with some version of “we’ll believe it when we see it.” It was kinda beautiful.

The Minnesota state motto is officially now “We’ll Believe It When We See It.”
I don’t make the rules.

How building community supports mental health In times of stress, building community can support our mental health. Coming up at 8 p.m. on Wednesday MPR News host Catharine Richert talks with organizers Autumn Brown and adrienne maree brown about...

LISTEN LIVE AND CALL IN: Author and podcaster adrienne maree brown and artist and nonprofit director Autumn Brown join host Catharine Richert on air and online to discuss how community building can be crucial for one's mental health during times of struggle.

How long we are willing to tolerate acknowledgments and apologies from institutions—academia, think tanks, orgs, etc that “we don’t do good public engagement?” 🤯

The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of muppets

East Side Partnership Rental Aid | District 2 Community Council

Last for today—the East Side of St. Paul has great need, but gets less attention than Minneapolis. This rent relief fund is available to those families and could use some love.

Exterior photo of Minneapolis Central Library (Hennepin county Library system)

Exterior photo of George Latimer Central Library in Saint Paul.

Two beautiful downtown libraries.

Minnesotans boarding a plane-ope-sorry-I’m the window seat-all good, we’ve been waiting for you-we saved it for you—ha ha—used to irritate me. Now I see it scaled up. It’s quite beautiful.

isn’t a world that gives us that half time show so much better than whatever the worst people alive are offering as an alternative

Done and done

Add pretzel bun and/or French boule. Optional, if you’re feeling rich: white gummi or orange dream machine

Frog and Toad were reading a book together.

Like they’re literally amazed —like we don’t organize everything already. 😡

“There’s no single answer that will solve all our future problems. There’s no magic bullet. Instead there are thousands of answers—at least. You can be one of them if you choose to be.”

― Octavia E. Butler, A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay

Organizing Reading List — Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory

An amazing MN Librarian assembled us a reading list to add to the website so people can do more than donate, they can learn to organize in their communities.

standwithminnesota.com/read

Micrograph of human tear crystals resembling ferns and flowers, or frost patterns on a window, black and white

In case you wonder what human tears look like.

Micrograph by Jean Langevin (polarized light)

Purple background with white text reading: "A Message from the Public Library Association Board Regarding Federal Immigration Enforcement in Minneapolis and the PLA 2026 Conference."

At moments like this, community matters.

The PLA Board has shared a message regarding recent events in Minneapolis and what they mean for the PLA 2026 Conference. We remain committed to safety, care, and gathering together in support of one another.

Read the full statement: https://bit.ly/4riblvm

Read Brave Saint Paul Read Brave is Saint Paul Public Library’s citywide, intergenerational reading program.

Launched Read Brave at @stpaulpublibrary.bsky.social this week. Lobizona is a great read about an undocumented teenager. We picked the title in summer 2025 and we didn’t imagine we’d be launching it in the Minnesota of 2026. Join us! sppl.org/read-brave/

Sunset at Cretin and 94 looking west on Thursday January 29

Beautiful Minneapolis

Listen. The average person just doesn’t need training to know that it’s wrong to kill people.

This is not some big complex problem that requires expertise to get right. If ICE is killing people, it’s from a lack of morality, not a lack of knowledge.

Immigrant Support Statement - Neighborhood House Neighborhood House has supported immigrants on St. Paul’s West Side and throughout the Twin Cities for over 128 years. From our origins as a settlement house for Jewish refugees fleeing persecution, w...

Neighborhood House food pantry west side of St. Paul is promoting giving El Burrito Mercado gift cards to Neighborhood House who will them buy El Burrito groceries for immigrants in need. Feeds people and supports the business. neighborhoodhousemn.org/immigrant-su...