Dana Bacon

sepia toned portrait of Loring in 1900 when he was President of the Minneapolis Park Board, Minnesota Historical Society.

I rarely do births for #OnThisDay, but this one is special:
Nov 13, 1833: "Father of Minneapolis Parks" Charles M. Loring is born. In the 1880s he begins acquiring the city's lakes and shorelines, and along with Horace Cleveland creates the finest public urban park system in the United States.

Description of Sunday news report that feds would disburse snap funds once courts clarified its legality, which courts had done on Saturday

How does the administration say this (see pic) on Sunday and wind up here by Friday? Guessing it's all mobile goalposts and shutdown leverage.

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A Border Patrol agent was caught on video telling another to throw tear gas “for fun,” according to a court filing. They also mocked protesters and residents who were getting gassed.

Officials show little proof that new tech will help Medicaid enrollees meet work rules | CNN The Trump administration says it’s developing a digital tool to help people prove they’re meeting new Medicaid work requirements. KFF Health News talked to officials from the two states running pilot ...

Grim preview of what we should be expecting when work requirements go into effect — a pilot effort in Louisiana to use texts to nudge people to confirm/report income only had a 7% response rate (h/t @joanalker1.bsky.social, @acinthedc.bsky.social)

www.cnn.com/2025/10/22/h...

A rather dramatic update: Ynet reports that Israeli police is now searching for former IDF AG, who has been declared missing.

People being blunt that Trump seemed confused and said his dementia test was a hard IQ test.

We are in a timeline in which People Magazine is publishing legit hard-hitting news headlines while CBS and CNN publicly humiliate themselves.

I don’t like this timeline. But I’m loving People Magazine right now.

Albert Speer's getting an uncommonly large number of social media mentions lately, in what I'm sure is unrelated news.

First page of a Vanity Fair 2000 article about Albert Speer's megalomaniacal postwar building design ideas. A massive domed bowling alley proposal in Pennsylvania is prominently displayed.

Was telling someone this week about degenerate art. And here we are. 🤦🏻‍♂️

Religious protesters say ICE threatens religious freedom in Chicago (RNS) — Despite potential danger, religious leaders and faith activists have been a visible presence at Chicago-area ICE protests, some waving signs with slogans such as ‘Love thy neighbor’ and ‘Who w...

NEW: I spoke to clergy and faith leaders who've joined protests at the Chicago-area ICE facility.

Three say they've been shot with pepper balls, sometimes while praying.

All say ICE is also violating their religious freedom, and one is arguing it in court. religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

I was sent this by a Georgian this morning. 2025 premiums vs 2026 premiums for someone making $65k a year.

Republicans in Washington did this.

This is what I'm fighting to stop. This is what’s at stake in this shutdown fight.

So exhausting..

Trump punted on medical debt protection. Now the battle is in the states Some states are enacting medical debt laws as the Trump administration pulls back federal protections. Elsewhere, industry opposition has derailed legislation.

Some states are enacting medical debt laws as the Trump administration pulls back federal protections. Elsewhere, industry opposition has derailed legislation.

They missed the chance to say the company was dogged by slow sales...

My man David Byrne released a new album this month

It should be noted that the reporter identified Hortman as the Minnesota House Speaker before the president gave his response. Disappointing doesn't begin to cover it.

Trump Is Shutting Down the War On Cancer

one of the most interesting facts about russ vought’s life, to me, is that NIH research is the reason his daughter had access to life changing drug to treat her cystic fibrosis. vought, of course, is the architect of the administration’s war on science. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...

A physical attack on someone exercising their constitutional right to speak is an attack on all of us. The content of the speech is irrelevant. This is another sad day for America.

Apologies: You Have Reached the End of Your Free-Trial Period of America! Want rule of law? That’s premium.

Apologies! You have reached the end of your free trial period of America

Rod Laveruca Salt

Removing the memorial to the 49 innocent people killed in the 2016 terrorist attack on the Pulse nightclub, because a rainbow is too political.

Restoring Confederate monuments and renaming military bases after Confederates because, um, honoring armed treason in defense of slavery isn’t political?

❤️ David Suchet - I miss when those were coming out.

This is in the replies and it demonstrates a real issue which is if you find profundity from an AI, you’re responding to something profound a human being wrote that was vacuumed up and what ends up happening is you thank AI and not only don’t thank the person, you have no idea they were involved

Would he be William Butler Yeets today?

Extremely concealed carry in this case.

Polyester Mathers (keep it in the family)