Must include sideburns with the home colors.

Bike lanes, bus stops, and homeless encampments. Living that far out on the upper arm of the K shaped economy, everyone else is, at best, "the help," or at worst flotsam that might reroute this weekend's boat parade.

Obviously his chisels were not capable of kerning.

Would a vacancy tax have any effect on actual vacancy rate? Thinking of properties that might be off market more than a few months.

Lucky to spend a few days in Glasgow at either end of a trip to Scotland. Can recommend, 100%.

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This is going to be a challenge, the building is a tank, so much concrete so that it would be totally silent and shake from the subway, it is bombproof. It is also very sad a wonderful building that I spent so much time in. And dont get me started about embodied carbon…

A budget is a moral document.

Trump cuts taxes for the rich, programs for everyone else — while ballooning the already bloated war budget and raiding the treasury for himself and his family.

And he hopes we’re all too dumb/apathetic to notice.

Love 2 see the per barrel WTI prices of my youth

Large red banner (est. 5' x 20') on wrought iron fence along property line of lakefront home in Minneapolis: "Send Barron".

It's bad when even lakefront homeowners are posting their dissatisfaction.

But as for police, 11 hasn't been immune to ICE, with many blocks organized and keeping our neighbors safe. Makes me wonder if police support might be affected by that experience.

Blaming the ante-prior CM for his own trepidation is certainly a novel excuse. All these homeowners turned on Schroeder over 2040, terrified they were going to live next to a 5 over 1. Koski, too, as it went forward.

Top 2 regional cheeses: Friesago, from Shepherds' Way farm, Northfield, MN; Pleasant Ridge Reserve, Uplands Cheese Co, Dodgeville,WI.

Life is too short to read Andy Brehm.

Spoonbridge and Frosty Malt.

Yeah, not to stan on 'stocks, but losers wear flip-flops.

Monument to the Duke of Wellington in Glasgow, Scotland. The monument is a bronze of the Duke on horseback, decorated with a now traditional orange traffic cone atop his head.

The Duke of Wellington would like a word with Warren.

Last time I visited the brewery, Schmaltz's Alt was a recent development. I need to see the place again.

Ditto.

"I have come here to kick ass and eat berries...and I am all out of berries."

Not to mention a network of distribution centers (if not last mile delivery) that moved catalog order inventory around North America.
Then the brilliant underpants-gnome idea when faced with a downturn: turn an asset into a liability by selling the stores and leasing them back.

Corollary: If you opt for the "American Barbecue" dinner in a Glasgow pub, the brisket, beans, and potato salad will all be better than expected recreations, but the corn on the cob will turn out to be field corn.

out to dinner with a friend in the suburbs

server mentions they're fundraising for staff affected by ICE surge. no pressure, he says, hesitantly.

i say i get it. i live on the south side.

server pauses. says he's son of immigrants. shows us how he carries his passport at work. he's scared.

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Apparently the FBI's Epstein redaction machine was set to redact "don't" (Don T) for some reason. That would appear to run afoul of The Epstein Files Transparency Act (H.R. 4405)

Dara's Guide to Handling Reality Minneapolis, inside the economic blockade zone where we are pioneering nonviolence, whistle edition

@deardara.bsky.social is awfully good.

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With apologies to John, Paul, George, and Ringo…

It’s was 50 years ago today
When Minnesota learned how to play
The beautiful game we’ve come to love
But not the really stinky goalie glove
So may I introduce to you
The team you’ve know all these years
Minnesota Kicks Professional Soccer Teeeaaaam

No, no, no. This is nothing but regressing to the mean. There was a big spike (yet to be fully explained) during the pandemic. In the months after, crime has declined. Crime is almost never correlated to spending. Maybe the virus affected behavior, as lead did 30 years ago.

Trump social media post that the protester killed at Minneapolis was a “gunman… ready to go.” And much more of course.

Picture of Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse carrying a gun during the 2020 riots in the Wisconsin

A “gunman … ready to go” ya say?

Running around down the streets of a Midwestern city amid unrest ya say?

A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.

Taking notes on this whole thread.