their stream of content really slowed dramatically the past month or so, not surprising but sad. i hope some 501c3 model could crop up in its place. minn post does great stuff as does minnesota reformer but there has to be something covering arts and culture...
― global tetrahedron, Wednesday, 28 October 2020 15:53 (three years ago) link
A GoFundMe for staff has been launched:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/assistance-for-city-pages-staff
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 28 October 2020 16:17 (three years ago) link
so i was driving down minnehaha in MPLS and saw a group of (adult) people in halloween costumes walking north, a few blocks from lake street. one of those people, i'm not making this up, was dressed as ... a burning auto zone building. like, for real ??
― budo jeru, Saturday, 31 October 2020 21:44 (three years ago) link
ugh
― global tetrahedron, Saturday, 31 October 2020 21:55 (three years ago) link
any twin cities folk have a tip for buying a pair of (used) hockey skates? it's been a few years. i thought maybe the play it again sports on snelling next to cheapo but idk
― budo jeru, Saturday, 9 January 2021 04:19 (three years ago) link
play it again probablyprobably not used stuff there but there's an old school sporting goods store called Bill St. Mane's on 38th St by Buster's on 28th in South, got my daughter skates there, they do sharpening there toohttp://www.stmanes.com/
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 9 January 2021 04:25 (three years ago) link
good info, thanks!
― budo jeru, Saturday, 9 January 2021 17:30 (three years ago) link
Is there a sadder MN headline than this Y or N pic.twitter.com/NjaGnE80Ci— Molly Priesmeyer (@mollypeonies) May 7, 2021
― mookieproof, Friday, 7 May 2021 16:30 (two years ago) link
this is amazing
https://m.startribune.com/after-bitter-debate-minneapolis-to-cut-down-use-of-pesticides-in-parks/600068172/
― goole, Thursday, 17 June 2021 16:00 (two years ago) link
damn that went places
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 17 June 2021 17:02 (two years ago) link
merry xmas at the Guthrie!
First play at the Guthrie in over 600 days. Still hasn’t been kicked out. pic.twitter.com/II4d2XJKjs— Jake (@ekajmw) November 13, 2021
― Milm & Foovies (Eric H.), Saturday, 13 November 2021 16:08 (two years ago) link
Lol I saw that. Do you know the context? I couldn't really understand what she was mad about.
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 13 November 2021 16:42 (two years ago) link
Props to the Tweeter in the mentions who called this A Christmas Karen.
― the thin blue lying (suzy), Saturday, 13 November 2021 16:50 (two years ago) link
Lol
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 13 November 2021 16:55 (two years ago) link
Allegedly upset after the couple in the row in front of her took a selfie (the angle suggests it was a covert attempt to get her in the shot, so).
― Milm & Foovies (Eric H.), Saturday, 13 November 2021 16:56 (two years ago) link
still nice to see a white woman can rage for 40+ minutes, spit on someone for telling her to put her mask on (which someone from Twitter says happened to their boyfriend), and be allowed to just...keep doing it.
― Cool Im An Situation (Neanderthal), Saturday, 13 November 2021 20:41 (two years ago) link
to be fair they did have to wait for police I guess
Sounds like schizophrenia.
― ... (Eazy), Saturday, 13 November 2021 21:10 (two years ago) link
in which case I don't think I'd want police to handle
― Cool Im An Situation (Neanderthal), Saturday, 13 November 2021 21:14 (two years ago) link
given what the Guthrie Theater I wouldn't imagine generally has much in the way of security or many problems with rowdy patrons
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 13 November 2021 22:02 (two years ago) link
yeah, in past years (esp pre-pandemic) usually the worst most theatres nationwide had to deal w/ was people illegally taking pics with cell phones. don't know much about the Guthrie but I can see how this is something you don't exactly expect or immediately have an easy way of dealing with.
backing off my kneejerk reaction a bit
― Cool Im An Situation (Neanderthal), Saturday, 13 November 2021 22:05 (two years ago) link
in my experience it's usually a nice senior citizen with a flashlight who show you to your seat is about the extent of it
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 13 November 2021 22:46 (two years ago) link
Lmao
NEW: Republican Sen. Jim Abeler, who chairs the MN Senate human services reform committee, tells me he did not realize the new MN law allowing THC edibles would do just that. He thought it would just regulate delta-8 THC products, said the Legislature should roll the new law back— Ryan Faircloth (@RyanFaircloth) June 30, 2022
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Friday, 1 July 2022 02:46 (one year ago) link
We hear you. Tonight’s show has been cancelled at First Avenue and is moving to the Varsity Theater. See our full statement for more. pic.twitter.com/tkf7rz0cc7— First Avenue (@FirstAvenue) July 20, 2022
― Bait Kush (Eric H.), Wednesday, 20 July 2022 23:22 (one year ago) link
Whew, we're in trouble here
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Tuesday, 21 February 2023 16:13 (one year ago) link
What's up?
btw, I have a family member moving to minnesota so the possibility I'll need some recommendations or will be passing through seems likely
― mh, Tuesday, 21 February 2023 16:15 (one year ago) link
Just the biggest snowstorm since '91 lol
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Tuesday, 21 February 2023 16:23 (one year ago) link
this is going to mentally break me
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 21 February 2023 16:30 (one year ago) link
That it's happening now, with the inevitable 3 or 4 March/April snowstorms yet to come, is what's really spirit-crushing.
We're going to have snow on the ground into June.
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Tuesday, 21 February 2023 16:46 (one year ago) link
oh god
I was absolutely done with snow weeks ago and we had a measly five inches last week and it made me sad.
best of luck
― mh, Tuesday, 21 February 2023 16:55 (one year ago) link
Even the low-end estimates are well over a foot, and those models are now the outliers
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Tuesday, 21 February 2023 17:36 (one year ago) link
watched the local tv this morning and the most conservative model of the 7ish he showed on a graph was 14.5" :(
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 21 February 2023 17:43 (one year ago) link
Minnesotans being fearfully aroused by incoming big blizzard, quel surprise! Seriously, though - stay safe.
(I got snowed-in helping take inventory at the much-missed Northern Lights in ‘91, until the owner turned up in 4WD to drive everyone home)
― steely flan (suzy), Tuesday, 21 February 2023 18:48 (one year ago) link
and to think The Beths have to travel into this
― fleeting art that floats! (geoffreyess), Tuesday, 21 February 2023 22:24 (one year ago) link
I’m only annoyed that this blizzard is going to make everyone talk about The Halloween Blizzard without eclipsing and replacing the Halloween Blizzard.— Fentanyl Dusted Donut (@David_5mith) February 21, 2023
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Thursday, 23 February 2023 02:26 (one year ago) link
Ugh, here we are at the very much now annual April that is 90% winter, just not quite as extreme. I've had it with this place that only gets literally 14 weeks of acceptable weather per year.
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Thursday, 20 April 2023 21:28 (one year ago) link
Yeah, this winter/spring blows.
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 20 April 2023 21:48 (one year ago) link
not a fan
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 20 April 2023 21:49 (one year ago) link
i relocated from mpls to pdx last fall and it's been unseasonably wet and cold here, and people are complaining, it's hilarious because i've been keeping track of y'alls winter... weather like that was certainly one of the underlying motivations for the move
― global tetrahedron, Thursday, 20 April 2023 22:56 (one year ago) link
Lol I’ve made friends with someone who at the turn of the year moved from Portland to here, and just this week he meekly asked “so this winter’s been one of the worst, right?” While on paper, yes, it has been, I couldn’t tell him that every March and April here inevitably brings you to the same mental crisis
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Friday, 21 April 2023 00:25 (one year ago) link
xp global I am in Eugene and this has been the coldest wettest spring in my 32 years here, it's been brutal
― Perverted By Linguiça (sleeve), Friday, 21 April 2023 00:27 (one year ago) link
it has also been a surprisingly wet and cold winter and spring in SF too, we got record rainfall this year, and from what I've heard from my friends and family, it has been the same in LA and San Diego too
it's spring, but most days so far haven't gotten up from highs in the 50s, and there have been no warm days. thankfully the rain has stopped now and it's starting to warm up
― Dan S, Friday, 21 April 2023 00:40 (one year ago) link
I’ve been keeping an eye on Palm Springs and thinking how much this winter must’ve sucked for those used to Palm Springs weather
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Friday, 21 April 2023 00:53 (one year ago) link
It’s me, hi, I’m the biggest planning blunder in Minneapolis history, it’s me❗️ pic.twitter.com/qFAFHsWRwN— Abigail Blonigen (@abigailblonigen) October 31, 2023
― Dwigt Rortugal (Eric H.), Wednesday, 1 November 2023 12:52 (six months ago) link
I haven't been around Minneapolis that much for a number of years but the moment I heard "k-mart fire" I knew exactly what building was burning!
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Wednesday, 1 November 2023 14:32 (six months ago) link
I'm actually K Mart defender, it was a store where the local population without cars could get basic household goods and clothing.
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 1 November 2023 16:51 (six months ago) link
I don't think the existence of a k mart on that block was what people disliked about it, but again, was never a local
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Wednesday, 1 November 2023 16:52 (six months ago) link
Correct; no objections to the Kmart itself (though, obv, I don't speak for everyone ... I'm sure there were plenty of residents who hated it because it attracted lower class shoppers). It was merely the building's function as a bulwark, dividing the neighborhood in half.
― Dwigt Rortugal (Eric H.), Wednesday, 1 November 2023 17:09 (six months ago) link
I also believe that the largely immigrant restaurants that turned Nicollet North of Lake into "Eat Street" never could have thrived without that K Mart making it less attractive to developers. the only harm it caused was drivers having to drive around it, big deal.I'm sure they are licking their chops to gentrify it now and drive the local low income population out.
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 1 November 2023 17:10 (six months ago) link
look forward to a couple new ugly apartment buildings with a shitty brewery on the first floor
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 1 November 2023 17:12 (six months ago) link