German soccer club awards peace prize to owner of Black Hart of Saint Paul Wes Burdine, the proprietor of Black Hart of Saint Paul, is the inaugural recipient of the FC St. Pauli Peace Prize in recognition for his support for the immigrant community during Operation Metro Su...

Congrats Wes! @wesburdine.bsky.social
Love that club.
Props to Kyle BROWN on the scoop.

The 2026 Pulitzer Prize winning photo featuring a very artistic composition.

Traveled all the way to Pompeii to shoot the Pulitzer Prize for Photography winner.
Where do I pick it up?

We have a family thing.

(jk)

As for the Saint Paul flag... since I'm currently living in Chicago, I don't feel I have the agency to make too much noise about it.
BUT... the least the city council could do is rEemoVe tHe sTuPiD BAnNeR AcROSS The BOTTOM AND REVERT TO THE ORIGNIAL DESIGN!!!!

HOWEVER... This jacket is the sh*t.

I'm not walking back my disdain for the flag or get meta on why the jacket works, but it's basically leaning hard into the ugly and coming out the other side.
... at least that's how I'll be justifying it when I wear mine.
2/3

For the record... @blindeke.bsky.social can attest, I am a long-time Saint Paul flag hater. Granted, over my career, I've worked in graphic design adjacent roles, I'm not a professional designer.
That said, I believe the StP flag design to be amateurish, garish, and symbolically irrelevant 1/3

wait... what StP jacket?

German soccer club cancel US trip amid concerns over ICE actions in Minnesota A Werder Bremen spokesperson said that “playing in a city where there is unrest and people have been shot does not fit with our values”

👎

Ever, TBH

I lied. I have a couple Aqara products, but my doorbell camera is a Logitech Circle. It probably doesn’t have all the bells and whistles your Ring had, but it works. FWIW, I had a Eufy and it was terrible - but mostly because it was wireless and needed to be recharged all the time.

I’m also in the Apple ecosystem and have had an above average with my Aqara camera doorbell. No subscription. Works with Apple Home.

Are you a Google or Apple person?

I always like to think that the arc of history bends towards justice, but then I remember that these are usually the loudest voices in the room. Win an election with candidates who can build a majority coalition and then get back to me.

WaPo's problems in a nutshell...
NYT... Wordle, Crossword, Sudoku, etc.
WaPo... in-flight entertainment buried in ads

I'm gonna 'peace out' on this, but I appreciate your passion. Apart from supporting the victims, I hope everyone can keep their attention and energy laser-focused on the root cause of the problem - not unloading friendly-fire on soft target local leaders ✌️

All I’m suggesting is to take into consideration that your, my, and Walz‘s interests and goals are generally aligned and that you may be unaware of some of the pitfalls and limitations of a Governor at odds with the federal government.

interesting take… and I mean “interesting” in the most Minnesotan way possible

not a ride-or-die walz fanboy here, but this petty sniping is counterproductive

only in reference to "worst of the worst" violent criminals... not this

Siri... how do i repost this 1,000 times?

ice sculpture reading prosecute ice at the minnesota state capitol on february 5 2026

This morning at the Minnesota State Capitol.

An ice sculpture that reads "PROSECUTE ICE". I'm told the organization behind the sculpture is Common Defense.

Last one FTW

Trump's speech at the National Prayer Breakfast and Mike Johnson's tortured attempt yesterday to use scripture to rationalize current immigration policy should trigger a rethink by Christians of every stripe.
Related - highly recommend "Separation of Church and Hate" by @johnfugelsang.bsky.social

The artists will lead us out of darkness

underselling the Hamm's bear photo-op tbh

I don’t shop at Hobby Lobby often, but when I do…

I mean... *sigh*

1. PANEL REMARKS FOR US CONFERENCE OF MAYORS IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT MEETING Thursday, January 29, 2026 Mayor Jim Hovland Fellow mayors, I come to report plainly what we have seen and felt in our towns and cities of Minnesota. The work of federal enforcement has entered our neighborhoods, our workplaces, our schools, our churches and our medical facilities. The effects are not abstract; they are human, immediate and consequential and, as presently carried out, are reshaping our cities in ways none of us who were elected to lead our communities can ignore. We are told the actions are precise -they are not. We are told their effects are contained. They are not. Fear has not confined itself to a single household or status. Citizens withdraw alongside non-citizens. Law abiding residents learn that invisibility feels safer than participation. We have observed, first, a deep chill of uncertainty settle over many lawful, hardworking residents --citizens and noncitizens alike, and we have seen enforcement as visible, sudden and physical; it does not stop neatly at the door of those it seeks. It spreads outward, touching mixed status families, lawful permanent residents and even long-standing citizens who share a name, an accent, a color or a fear. Attendance falls at schools putting kids behind in their education; patients delay care and risk adverse outcomes and faith and worship becomes a private matter. Trust, once shaken, is slow to return. Second, there is the economic reckoning. In Minnesota, our restaurants, food-processing plants, construction sites, elder-care facilities and hospitals rely upon immigrant labor. When enforcement actions are abrupt, entire workforces can vanish overnight-not only undocumented workers, but legal employees who choose silence or absence over risk. Third, we face the paradox of public safety. Local law enforcement, sworn to protect all residents, finds its work harder when communities fear that any interaction may carry federal consequen…

In just a few short weeks, this is what we have learned: no city can thrive without the rule of law and no nation can govern without borders; but enforcement, as currently practiced, is not merely removing individuals, it is hollowing out civic life, undermining public safety and leaving local leaders to pick up the pieces. A democracy cannot prosper when enforcement is divorced from proportionality, clarity and humanity. The strength of our country has never rested solely in the rigor of its laws; but in the confidence of its people that those laws are carried out with fairness and wisdom. Minnesotans have long understood that order is preserved not by fear, but by legitimacy; that rules endure not because they are imposed but because they are believed to be fair; that when authority overreaches, as it did in our state, Minnesotans do not only shout-they reason, they document, they challenge and they persist. They insist relentlessly that power explain itself. They demand that force justify its use. They appeal not to impulse, but to principle and they persevere in seeking to right injustice. In doing so, they have kept faith with the Constitution - not as an abstraction, but as a living discipline that defines moral and legal conduct. In these trouble-filled days, the nation should know that Minnesota has not resisted legal immigration enforcement; it has resisted excess. It does not reject law; it rejects lawlessness clothed in authority. It does not deny the nation's right to govern its borders; but it insists that such governance 2. be worthy of and deferential to a free people. These distinctions matter. The future of immigration policy in America will not be shaped by those who merely cheer or condemn; but by those who demonstrate-through practice and wisdom -that security and humanity can coexist; that enforcement can be both firm and lawful; and, that the dignity of persons need not be a casualty in the implementation of policy. Whether the federal governme…

3. If enforcement continues as it has, we will not be debating immigration alone. We will be confronting the long-term damage done to the relationship between government and the governed. And that is a reckoning no republic should take lightly. In time, when this chapter in Minnesota history is read, not in headlines, but in history, I hope it may be said that when the nation faltered between fear and fairness regarding who deserves to live in our country, that Minnesota chose the harder path: not merely to oppose what was wrong but to help build what is right. That will be no small service to a troubled country.

Worth a read...
A powerful and insightful speech by Edina Mayor Jim Hovland.
Particularly ballsy considering his constituency (no offense Edina 😉)

Thanks and credit to @frederickmelo.bsky.social for sharing this on FB 🙏