27 years since the Columbine High School massacre.
27 years of failing to protect our kids.
27 years without common-sense gun laws.
I watched it as a student. Now it’s only gotten worse for our kids.
We need an assault weapons ban.
YEBOAAAAHHHHHHH, 2-0 #MNUFC
Attn Loons fans for the 4/25 home game: buses will replace Green Line trains www.metrotransit.org/buses-will-r...
Headline at The Guardian illustrated with an ominous looking photo of a roiling stormy seascape: "Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought" Subheadline reads: "Scientists say finding is ‘very concerning’ as collapse would be catastrophic for Europe, Africa and the Americas"
Turns out, we *really* needed that last decade of lost climate action that Trump has wasted.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
From my YA librarian spouse: “42 is Not Just a Number” by Rappaport or “Promises to Keep” by his daughter… both may be a bit on the younger reader side
We also have a solution for this.
Very cool idea that’s near and dear to my heart - take this survey to help bring an indoor playground to downtown Minneapolis: mplsindoorplaygroundsurvey.netlify.app
Banner held up by fans at soccer game "you have friends in this galaxy" in yellow with the rebel symbol from Star Wars
As seen elsewhere on socials, #LAGalaxy fans at their game vs #MNUFC last night with another show of solidarity via tifo: "you have friends in this galaxy", with the sign of the Rebel Alliance, a nod to the Loons' supporters display of the Rebel Loon and Andor-insipired "we have friends everywhere"
Guardian reports from Baldwin, WI: "The girl has rarely gone outside and wakes up in the night, crying for her mother, but it’s impossible to explain to such a young child why she isn’t there" www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The Federal Transit Administration released its annual report on new transit projects to fund.
The report recommends a total of just $1.2 b for existing & new projects, a massive reduction from previous years. The federal role in funding new transit projects is being decimated.
This looks like a complicated chart, but in fact it's some of the simplest and best news imaginable: batteries are quickly turning night into noon. Worth a read if I say so myself
open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
One of the first salient political issues for my 6-year-old is the fact that the PBS Kids app no longer supports game downloads due to funding cuts
Hilarious how for years serious people have said that you can't rely on renewables because they are prone to disruptions in supply www.ft.com/content/19f1...
Zero emissions buses accounted for just 6% of the US bus market in Q1 2025 theicct.org/publication/...
"....by coming together, serving one another, and dancing even when we’re sad. By moving our bodies, by letting trauma not stay locked up inside of us.” Read about him, then head to the flagship #NoKings rally in St. Paul today to hear the band in person: www.carleton.edu/voice/storie...
I wrote about three great tricks for saving money on gas. See if you can guess what they are. www.minnpost.com/cityscape/20...
Federal regs and company practice largely define AV "safety" as AVs not running into things. So when AVs get confused, they stop and call home. To the Philippines. If this were rare, it would be a nuisance. At scale, it's capacity loss, like removing a freeway lane - or rail line - from your city
Real dignity is being able to stroll casually toward the stop because headways are so good that you’re confident the next bus will be there soon
Heading to "No Kings" rally at the State Capitol on Saturday, or aiming to avoid it? Green Line stops at Rice Street/Capitol. B Line goes to John Ireland/Marshall. And yes, the Boss will be in town. Mr. Springsteen, to you! www.twincities.com/2026/03/25/s... AND www.metrotransit.org/know-before-...
2035-2039 according to this:
Sad to be living in an age of MAMIL extinction
James stands over the ball to take a free kick
Anthony Markanich dribbles toward goal after receiving a James pass
James walks toward corner flag to take corner kick
James kisses ball while preparing to take corner
The Allianz Field debut of James Rodriguez #MNUFC
6 year old biking on Minnehaha Parkway Trail in a blue t-shirt with small snow piles visible along the parkway
Wabun Playground!
Taking Metro Transit to a Minnesota United FC game is easy and affordable! Find your best way to ride at metrotransit.org/allianz-field
If we build a bigger loon sculpture than the one in Midway, we’ll never hear the end of it from our friends to the east
We’ve lost all concept of this, but government services are not supposed to be profit making enterprises. government services are not publicly traded corporations. They are, and I can’t stress this enough, government services
Alternate which kid goes to school each day.
Tips For Saving On Gas https://theonion.com/tips-for-saving-on-gas/
