Jazz Sommers

Lost my battle in South Minneapolis's Strait of Hormuz (Kowalskis parking lot)

Minneapolis WE KEEP IS SAFE t-shirts/stickers site is NOW LIVE: we-save-us.cheddarup.com The shirts honor everyone who resisted ICE; all $ after shipping/making costs go to Lucy Laney school mutual aid in N Mpls. Buy as much as you want; you have to add shirts to cart 1 at a time (sorry). Please RT!

Team A

Every photo from Minneapolis looks like this. Cops decked out with guns and full tac gear facing off against people in bathrobes, parkas, and sweatpants armed only with whistles and cell phones.

Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.

Hey @amyklobuchar.com, you do not even have to be original or bold. You can simply follow Ed here and you will be doing more for Minnesotans than you have at any other point during this siege.
It can be that simple.

Humans making art is - and always will be - incredible.

Picture of a thermometer in running tap water with a reading of 44.2 degrees Fahrenheit.

General strike tap water temperature check:

You can just...say it!

(cc: @klobuchar.senate.gov @smith.senate.gov @governorwalz.mn.gov )

Losers being losers. Pathetic.

Things I Do

One of the year’s most delightful (and underrated) rock records open.spotify.com/track/6WbGnE...

🔊 sound on, order now! see-saw.fun/see-saws-top...

More than 1,000 educators, parents and community supporters made it clear tonight: Anoka-Hennepin educators shouldn’t have to choose between affordable health care and a living wage. There is $ for both! #AHEMStrong

Ted Leo & The Pharmacists

Hey, I know time’s are tough, so it’s all there for free, but if you’re looking to spend a few dollars on #bandcampfriday, I can always use the support!

tedleo.bandcamp.com

Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨

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I would watch a Naz Reid legal procedural. At the end of each case (all wins) he crumples the legal brief (?) and tosses it in the garbage.

Northern lights from the remote locale of my south Minneapolis back yard.

How many Radiohead references can you count?

Support Groveland Emergency Food Shelf on GiveMN Groveland Food Shelf is a non-profit 501(c)(3) providing emergency groceries for those in need.

I’m raising money for Groveland Emergency Food Shelf, a South Minneapolis nonprofit that provides emergency groceries for those in need. They’re currently struggling to keep up with demand, and they’re getting their first $16k in donations matched.

I’ve got $50 on it! Can anyone match me?

We have a week, guardians of MPS students. Call/email solidarity with the MFE and tell them to Settle all 3 Contracts.

Let’s Avoid a Strike!

@jeffrosenstock.bsky.social @ekkoastral.bsky.social @sladkow.bsky.social St Paul tour kickoff on Wednesday seems like a good time to unveil your ensemble cover of No Doubt’s 1995 masterpiece Excuse Me Mr.

Extremely humbling to see the Minnesota Distance Elite team at Lake Harriet absolutely flying by laughing and having a great time while I’m a disaster barely keeping it together at 10 minute pace.

There is power — and joy — in a union 💪 Congratulations to @spfelocal28.bsky.social on your tentative agreements!

RIP monthly bill that hasn’t gone up in a decade.

Opinion | Gov. Walz, don’t opt in to school choice vouchers "The drive by the Trump administration to prioritize private education is a bigger signal of its lack of respect for public education," Caroline Siebels-Lindquist writes.

Vouchers are ineffective, unaccountable and siphon funding away from the schools more than 90% of students attend. We don't need them in Minnesota -- or anywhere. #mnleg #edmnvotes

PUP: Tiny Desk Concert Existential dread never sounded more joyful or uplifting than it does in the hands of PUP. The Canadian pop-punk group confronts world-weary discontent with deadpan humor, hard-earned wisdom and a lot...

PUP at the Tiny Desk???? Now we’re talking with gas!!!

How the Federal Education Cuts Undermine Civil Rights and Student Success—And What You can Do to Push Back and Push Forward

$65 to $79 million in federal ed funding is frozen across MN, affecting more than 220,000 students.

This is a racialized, economic, and linguistic disinvestment that strikes hardest at those already facing the steepest barriers to a just and meaningful education.

www.mneep.org/2025/07/17/h...

Seems bad