Tom Elko

I was there two weeks ago and it's definitely visible. Left with the strong impression there's a desperate need for more public restrooms. You should visit Vancouver if you haven't lately.

If I've got the time I'm going 45°N - 90°W but that's a great roadside marker.

Meet Minnesota’s electric coffee roasting pioneers Minneapolis-based Coffeewomple is one of the first U.S. roasters to use a commercial-scale electric coffee roaster, navigating higher costs for climate…

Loved this profile by @danhaugen.bsky.social on a couple who turned a pandemic-era hobby — electric coffee roasting — into a business determined to kick gas out of the coffee shop. (His swan song for @canarymedia.com!) www.canarymedia.com/articles/ele...

I'll always remember that The Way was playing in CVS when I got my first covid shot. Second shot was OMC's How Bizarre.

Two months after its maiden voyage, Sheriff’s Lake Erie patrol boat sinks in marina Ottawa County Sheriff’s Lake Erie patrol boat swamped in marina; probably cause is Lake Erie storm seiche.

The two happiest days of a boat-owning sherriff's life are the day they get a free boat from DHS and the day it sinks two months later. www.portclintonnewsherald.com/story/news/l...

• The economy added just 19,000 in May, not the 144,000 the government initially reported. • June job gains were revised down to 14,000, from the 147,000 first estimated. • Taken together, employment over the prior two months is 258,000 lower than previously reported.

Ope.

Texting my friend in Iowa about the derecho.

I booked Jello doing spoken word. If anyone was injured they were trying to sneak out early.

It was Die Kreuzen. My roommate was running the sound board that night. I don't remember it being followed by an explicit rule, but there was certainly a halt to hosting punk shows there for at least a couple of years.

I booked shows there 99-01 and while this is great lore, there was no such rule. There is a story about someone badly injuring their neck at a punk show in the 80s but I forget the band.

Today, one stream of a dime-themed song on Spotify earns the artist $0.000001.

Dylan can still catch Prince with one dime-themed album. It doesn't even have to be a good dime-themed album.

July 24, 1964 - Fatal nuclear incident at Wood River Junction, RI

July 25, 1965 - Dylan goes electric

November 9, 1965 - The Northeast blackout causes 30 million people to lose power.

Steam? What exactly was powering his electrification? Could it be "Dylan goes nuclear"?

Having worked with several amazing individuals after they'd been laid off by APM/MPR, I don't know of another organization that churns through talented people like they do. Hire those people, if you can.

MPR’s parent company announces layoffs due to state and federal funding cuts American Public Media Group leadership announced Thursday that it will be laying off employees and making other cost reductions after state and federal funding cuts led to a $6 million budget gap.

According to its most recent 990, Jon McTaggert - who stepped down in Sep. 2020 as CEO of APMG - was paid $401k in 2023. The article below makes no mention of adjustmenst to the $669,086 salary for current CEO Jean Taylor, daughter of Star Tribune owner Glen Taylor.

www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...

Twix is a mass-produced version of millionaire's shortbread. Of course there's a tax loophole.

Making space for Thomas Müller, I assume.

Brehm’s three $250 donations to Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey in 2023-24.

Ethically, Andy Brehm should tell readers he’s a Jacob Frey donor. Journalistically, Star Tribune editors must. www.startribune.com/dsa-public-s...

I was merely observing with a saw in my hand.

It was a piping plover.

Observed a threatened shore bird on an island in the Menard’s parking lot.

The San Jose goalkeeper looks up at the scoreboard from inside the net after a Minnesota United goal.

Watching the replays.

MinnPost hires metro editor, deputy editor We're excited to welcome Leah Fabel and Dan Haugen to the MinnPost editorial team.

Some personal news! I'm joining MinnPost as deputy editor this month. It's bittersweet to leave the ENN/Canary team but this is a dream opportunity and I can't wait to reconnect with local journalism and Minnesota.
www.minnpost.com/inside-minnp...

Congratulations, Dan! That's very exciting news.

New artists at Pine Needles include an illustrator, a mapmaker and a storyteller The residency program includes a weekly stipend, travel support as well as use of the cabin, which is located on St. Croix Watershed Research Station property.

Here's some good news. Congratulations to @gregseitz.com on this well deserved recognition!

www.twincities.com/2025/07/06/n...

20 years! Myself and few other Thunder fans were maced by an over-zealous security guard after the 3-1 victory in Kansas City. Thanks for the memories, Johnny Menyongar.

Someone is having a complete breakdown.