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SHOULD THE U.S BLOT OUT THE SUN AND USHER IN AN AGE OF ETERNAL DARKNESS? - Gallup 2/20/26-3/5/26

NO - 41%
YES - 38%
UNSURE - 21%

06.03.2026 19:09 👍 7598 🔁 1718 💬 204 📌 114

God help me, I read the name as “A.I. Jolson.” 🤦‍♂️

06.03.2026 18:02 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Unfunded Dogs - 15/10 Foundation Thea is fully funded! Freyja is fully funded! Bowie & Freyja are fully funded! Please consider donating to one of the dogs below. Contributions So Far: Goal: Number of Donations: Funding Closed    Con...

All dogs are good dogs and some could use your help

15outof10.org/unfunded/

06.03.2026 17:36 👍 11 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
By BEN LEFEBVRE
03/05/2026 05:00 AM EST
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President Donald Trump's chief of staff, Susie Wiles, is telling his advisers to bring ideas to the Oval Office to lower gasoline prices in the wake of the U.S. attack on Iran, according to two energy industry executives familiar with the conversations.
The White House is "looking under every rock for ideas on improving energy prices, especially gasoline prices," said one of the executives, who was granted anonymity to describe internal administration discussions.

By BEN LEFEBVRE 03/05/2026 05:00 AM EST f • • • President Donald Trump's chief of staff, Susie Wiles, is telling his advisers to bring ideas to the Oval Office to lower gasoline prices in the wake of the U.S. attack on Iran, according to two energy industry executives familiar with the conversations. The White House is "looking under every rock for ideas on improving energy prices, especially gasoline prices," said one of the executives, who was granted anonymity to describe internal administration discussions.

I have an idea. Here’s my idea: We should have had this meeting last week before we started bombing Iran. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

05.03.2026 14:45 👍 2136 🔁 389 💬 103 📌 47

Part of me is curious, given thematic continuity across films, what Spielberg might do with Shakespeare's "King Lear."

05.03.2026 03:47 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

For us, though, instead of rice it was macaroni.

02.03.2026 22:01 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Open-Hearted in Minneapolis In the winter here, it’s not unusual to see a car on the side of I-35. Minneapolis is the first place I’ve ever lived that, when I described a rece...

"Here we are in Minneapolis donating food, donating games and books and art supplies to kids who can’t go outside, donating coats, donating meals, and donating whistles. We are learning how to make a functional community when it’s our own government disrupting our lives."

26.02.2026 17:31 👍 119 🔁 38 💬 0 📌 4
The remnants of 7 rolled snow balls are almost all of the remaining snow in a field. They look a little like ancient stone markers.

The remnants of 7 rolled snow balls are almost all of the remaining snow in a field. They look a little like ancient stone markers.

Snowhenge

28.02.2026 19:54 👍 13 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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Brown: The quiet crisis gurgling beneath our feet Beneath the streets of most Minnesota towns lie pipes past the end of their useful life. But many cities can’t afford to maintain this crumbling water infrastructure, columnist Aaron Brown writes.

Closer to home, a big wet water crisis threatens to bankrupt small towns and big cities alike. It will take spending and thrift alike to save the day.

28.02.2026 20:02 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Hey, im rallying some funds for my youth for some art supplies or their hobby of interest, i cant really buy things with my funding that arent employment related

Many r recently unhoused, backgrounds, no family, immigrant families

All A+ humans

Venmo is sheridan-lair

Or if you have supplies! ⬇️

27.02.2026 00:37 👍 6 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 1

Ditto.

22.02.2026 04:01 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Troop 6000

It’s once again Girl Scout cookie season so it’s time for me remind everyone to please consider buying from NYC’s Girl Scout Troop 6000, which is entirely made up of girls living in NYC homeless shelters 🙏❤️

14.02.2026 22:45 👍 1710 🔁 915 💬 19 📌 31
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Order your Faves on my Digital Cookie Site Today That's right! You can order your favorite Girl Scout Cookies from me online, all while helping my troop and I do great things in our community and beyond! Check it out.

So there's a black girl scout troop trying to raise money to to to Europe but they aren't close to their goal as of yet. Please share this and buy some cookies if you can

digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/reagan...

20.02.2026 16:38 👍 1614 🔁 1673 💬 90 📌 176
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a group of people are dancing on a stage with a sign that says senation Alt: A group of people are dancing on a stage with a sign that says “sensation.”
20.02.2026 00:44 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I’m going to try this with guests when I record interviews to move things along faster. Hello, three minute podcasts!
cc @maximumfun.org

19.02.2026 23:43 👍 31 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Take Action Now: Defend Protections for the Boundary Waters The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, one million acres of wilderness, is one of the premier destinations for canoeing in North America and, in my opinion, the best place in the United States. The Donald Trump administration and Republicans in Congress want to remove protections from it. Legislation to do so has already passed the House and will be voted on in the Senate soon. Unfortunately, they are attempting to use a legal loophole that has never been used in this way before to avoid the filibuster. This means they would need only 51 votes instead of the normal 60 required for most legislation.

The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is under immediate threat. Congress is trying to fast-track a vote to strip long-standing mining protections and push a toxic copper-sulfide mine into its watershed.

Call your senators now: 202-224-3121 and ask them to vote NO!

More info in the post.

19.02.2026 00:00 👍 11 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 0

douglas adams was our most accurate futurist

15.02.2026 22:10 👍 10964 🔁 2782 💬 110 📌 33
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Go bird-watching this weekend and support a global community science project Avian enthusiasts around the world will identify and count birds from February 13 through February 16 as part of a massive community science project

Avian enthusiasts around the world will identify and count birds from February 13 through February 16 as part of a massive community science project

15.02.2026 15:49 👍 251 🔁 53 💬 3 📌 0

Pass by this spot nearly everyday on the 87 bus route.

14.02.2026 21:51 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Valentine’s Day Gifts from Famous Fictional Men Queequeg: A cozy weekend at a BnB, followed by a cruise. Makes everyone else look bad. Romeo Montague: Gas station roses and a teddy bear. Willy Lo...

Edward Rochester: "It’s a surprise, my dove! Come up to the attic and see..."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/val...

14.02.2026 16:00 👍 36 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 3
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Economic Response Fund Grant Guidelines Small businesses in Minnesota that have experienced operational disruptions in recent weeks may now apply for emergency financial support through the Economic Response Fund.

YO! Small business owners in Saint Paul, MN - some economic relief for the disruptions caused by the federal occupation is available to businesses in Saint Paul specifically. @mischieftoy.com @blackhartstp.com @bangbrewing.bsky.social

www.minneapolisfoundation.org/stories/comm...

13.02.2026 02:01 👍 9 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0

Ahhh, my teen years.

13.02.2026 02:13 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
"Deux morts, des milliers de personnes arrêtées, deux villes ébranlées et Donald Trump défait. Ainsi s’achève l’opération anti-immigration « Metro surge », conduite par l’Etat fédéral dans les « twin cities », les villes jumelles de Minneapolis et Saint Paul, depuis début décembre. Tom Homan, le « tsar des frontières » de la Maison Blanche, a annoncé jeudi 12 février le retrait prochain des troupes de l’ICE (Immigration and customs enforcement, la police de l’immigration) et de la CBP (Customs and border protection, l’équivalent des douanes)."

"Deux morts, des milliers de personnes arrêtées, deux villes ébranlées et Donald Trump défait. Ainsi s’achève l’opération anti-immigration « Metro surge », conduite par l’Etat fédéral dans les « twin cities », les villes jumelles de Minneapolis et Saint Paul, depuis début décembre. Tom Homan, le « tsar des frontières » de la Maison Blanche, a annoncé jeudi 12 février le retrait prochain des troupes de l’ICE (Immigration and customs enforcement, la police de l’immigration) et de la CBP (Customs and border protection, l’équivalent des douanes)."

How Trump's withdrawal from Minneapolis is being covered abroad.

In Le Monde, the lead French daily, the homepage article starts with:

"Two people dead, thousands arrested, two cities shaken, and Donald Trump defeated."

www.lemonde.fr/internationa...

12.02.2026 23:09 👍 1577 🔁 490 💬 25 📌 25
A group of Buddhist monks on the "Walk For Peace" pass by the Library of Congress after a 15-week walking pilgrimage from Texas, February 11, 2026. Photo by Shawn Miller/Library of Congress.

A group of Buddhist monks on the "Walk For Peace" pass by the Library of Congress after a 15-week walking pilgrimage from Texas, February 11, 2026. Photo by Shawn Miller/Library of Congress.

A group of Buddhist monks on the "Walk For Peace" pass by the Library of Congress after a 15-week walking pilgrimage from Texas, February 11, 2026. Photo by Shawn Miller/Library of Congress.

A group of Buddhist monks on the "Walk For Peace" pass by the Library of Congress after a 15-week walking pilgrimage from Texas, February 11, 2026. Photo by Shawn Miller/Library of Congress.

A group of Buddhist monks on the "Walk For Peace" pass by the Library of Congress after a 15-week walking pilgrimage from Texas, February 11, 2026. Photo by Shawn Miller/Library of Congress.

A group of Buddhist monks on the "Walk For Peace" pass by the Library of Congress after a 15-week walking pilgrimage from Texas, February 11, 2026. Photo by Shawn Miller/Library of Congress.

A group of Buddhist monks who have walked more than 2,000 miles from Texas to Washington, D.C. since October finally arrived in the nation’s capital Tuesday. They walked right past the Library of Congress this afternoon on their way to a peace gathering at the Lincoln Memorial. ☮

12.02.2026 02:54 👍 93 🔁 13 💬 0 📌 1

My household is supporting a South Minneapolis family unable to work or leave home due to ICE. If we can raise some or all of their $1600 rent, we can avoid drawing from high-demand assistance funds and ensure there's more to go around.

Venmo @karleekarleekarlee with 🏠 in the memo to help.

11.02.2026 15:45 👍 15 🔁 13 💬 1 📌 3

Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick

11.02.2026 19:56 👍 11991 🔁 4159 💬 86 📌 190

Fly not

11.02.2026 10:28 👍 200 🔁 34 💬 3 📌 2

There is NOTHING ‘America First’ about selling out some of our most pristine waters so a Chilean mining company can come in, take our minerals, ship them to China for processing, then sell them off.

All while polluting the Boundary Waters in the process.

10.02.2026 16:33 👍 445 🔁 134 💬 21 📌 6
J.S. Bach - Cantata No.51〈Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen〉(Reinhard Goebel / Musica Antiqua Köln)
J.S. Bach - Cantata No.51〈Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen〉(Reinhard Goebel / Musica Antiqua Köln) YouTube video by protestant7 (baroque music)

Post a banger that's not in English.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=69kF...

10.02.2026 06:28 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

We believe in you, Sean!

10.02.2026 05:50 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0