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@stone-grotto

Riding bikes in west seventh, STP. Battling a preschooler. A person of ordinary firmness.

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In other words, “can him cause his work blows” and “can him because he’s acting in bad faith for political purposes” are two very different things. I don’t really care about the former.

11.03.2026 15:48 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

That just goes to the merits. See the OP law professor (Bernick) I quoted who has published extensively about the poor merits of Wurman’s work.

I’m just saying my Alma mater should not employ someone whose scholarship is in bad faith. Your work can be wrong on the merits but made in good faith.

11.03.2026 15:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Lawyers often argue “this other document sheds light on what the words of the constitution meant at the time.” In other words he disagrees that the 14th A. actually codified birthright citizenship. Common form of legal argument. His problem is just that he’s making the argument in bad faith.

11.03.2026 15:15 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

@umnlawschool.bsky.social

Stop paying someone just so they can audition for a circuit nomination in bad faith.

Particularly someone who refused to sign a document that nearly every other law professor signed which says “uh ICE should stop violating the rights of Minnesotans.”

11.03.2026 14:51 👍 19 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 1

Does she … think her hearing where she whined to a judge about her work load (and repeatedly refused to be fully truthful) was a good look?

11.03.2026 13:57 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Wild that an old bike lane being replaced by a new bike lane led to this being the new state of city leadership.

(To be fair I don’t really believe Carter would do anything differently here. But I do think the chain of events leading to Her’s election should be highlighted as often as possible).

11.03.2026 12:32 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I am “physical therapist gave me stretches to do while seated in my chair at work” years old.

10.03.2026 21:10 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Ugh. This boy is going to be a controller thrower.

07.03.2026 23:50 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Five year old trying to work a SNES controller. 😬

07.03.2026 23:46 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

“Per Tom Homan” is not something serious people rely on when seeking credible, factual information.

The Chief Justice also believed “per Tom Homan” that courthouse enforcement had ended.

06.03.2026 00:09 👍 51 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 1

Oh my god. My kiddo’s friend who hasn’t been to school since early December was back today. They were hugging when I picked him up. 🥲🥲

03.03.2026 23:54 👍 11 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

So wild that people don’t turn the “typing” dots off on their messaging app!

03.03.2026 23:27 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Haha it’s a pillar of your life if you live on or about west seventh street in STP!

03.03.2026 15:39 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Sometimes decisions made by local units of government annoy me!

There’s a difference between that and then waging a campaign of rage at every public or open meeting held over the following year.

03.03.2026 14:23 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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I was going to adopt our bus stop in my kiddo’s name for his next birthday.

Not a fan at all.

03.03.2026 13:56 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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Minnesota senator wants cursive to make a comeback • Minnesota Reformer It makes documents poetic. It strengthens hand-eye coordination. And, hundreds of years ago, “it was a mark of an educated person.” That’s how Sen. Ann Rest, DFL-New Hope, described cursive handwritin...

Any DFLer spending time on this nonsense is failing in this moment.

Unsurprising this comes from an 83 year old.

Yes I’m ageist when it comes to elected officials. If 70 is old enough to mandate retirement for judges, then it is the same for legislators.

03.03.2026 12:07 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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U.S. Rep. Angie Craig reverses herself on key immigration legislation, Laken Riley Act • Minnesota Reformer U.S. Rep. Angie Craig, who voted for a punitive immigration bill last year called the Laken Riley Act, reversed herself Monday, writing in a Star Tribune commentary that she regrets her vote. Craig re...

Good for @minnesotareformer.com and for calling our Craig for not even attempting to address explain giving republican state AGs power to sue every democratic administration over crimes committed by parolees.

Giving R AGs—who are bad faith actors as a rule—any authority is wildly incompetent.

03.03.2026 11:50 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

After the building was no longer Excel Energy Center, but before a new sponsor was in place, the five year old took to calling it Nothing Energy Center (we walk by it nearly everyday, so it’s a staple in our house). He dislikes the new name, so that’s what he still calls it.

03.03.2026 09:20 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Drinking coffee during teams meeting and it goes down the wrong pipe, desperately trying to reach the turn off camera button before I blow the whole mouth full of coffee at the camera.

02.03.2026 21:21 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Googl’s AI overview to the question “Do I lose an hour of sleep this weekend?” on march 9, 2026;

“No, you gain an extra hour of sleep this Sunday, March 8, 2026, because Daylight Saving Time (DST) ends, and clocks "fall back" from 2:00 AM to 1:00 AM, returning to standard time; you lose an hour in the spring when clocks "spring forward.”

Googl’s AI overview to the question “Do I lose an hour of sleep this weekend?” on march 9, 2026; “No, you gain an extra hour of sleep this Sunday, March 8, 2026, because Daylight Saving Time (DST) ends, and clocks "fall back" from 2:00 AM to 1:00 AM, returning to standard time; you lose an hour in the spring when clocks "spring forward.”

Google really puts out a winning product these days.

02.03.2026 11:43 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Also this isn’t even true. Who in the Democratic Party thinks this is accurate?

02.03.2026 02:43 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

“The Democratic Party is Yoda”

(for those bot totally up on Star Wars lore, Yoda is not successful story)

02.03.2026 02:43 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

And whoopie and … djt.

02.03.2026 01:00 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

And REBA!

02.03.2026 00:57 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

So is Mel Brooks!!!!

02.03.2026 00:25 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

The Olson twins are in this movie.

02.03.2026 00:22 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

These early 90 kids movies are outrageously problematic. But still wildly entertaining for modern 5 year olds.

I think we’ll do little giants next.

02.03.2026 00:16 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

“We just moved into town. My father purchased the oil refinery. “

“That explains why you’re so refined.”

“Yeah and so oily!”

02.03.2026 00:07 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Alfalfa is like 7 or 8 and Darla is 4 tops.

02.03.2026 00:03 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Alfalfa is like four years older than all the others.

02.03.2026 00:02 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0