RT @DavidHoustonVox@twitter.com: "What ever happened to civility?"
"You labeled it 'political correctness' and decided it was something bad."
RT @mulad@twitter.com: I pray for peace and for the day Chelsea Peretti can turn off her Caps Lock key
RT @StribRoper@twitter.com: 50 years ago today, Mpls. Star: Mixed opinions about the new, $3.8 million Nicollet Mall. "It takes up a lot of room that could be used for parking"
RT @mnhs@twitter.com: 'Somalis + Minnesota' exhibit opens Saturday at Minnesota History Center http://strib.mn/2yvDqKk
A reminder (from the National Review, no less) that what's entirely legal can still be deeply immoral.
Or: don't rely on folks who profit from the swamp to "drain the swamp".
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/wilbur-ross-draining-the-swamp/
RT @dubjackharper@twitter.com: Happy Juneteenth Y’all!
P.S. Wasn’t taught about Juneteenth in school, but was taught Robert E. Lee was a sort of tragic hero.
RT @tomlowrysghost@twitter.com: Surreal picture of the Great Northern Depot's facade as it was being razed. (1978)
How many (esp on the right) misunderstand "alpha males", from the popularizer of the term:
"The alpha male has two sorts of obligations. One is to keep the peace in the group... and the second is to be the most empathic, the consoler in chief, basically" https://www.ted.com/talks/frans_de_waal_the_surprising_science_of_alpha_males
RT @mulad@twitter.com: This is a good article to dig through to understand how immigration got so messed up https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/fifty-years-1965-immigration-and-nationality-act-continues-reshape-united-states
RT @leftoblique@twitter.com: Okay, so,, unpopular opinion here:
Singular 'they' is good because it provides a grammatical way to refer to someone in the third person in English without specifying binary gender. It is strictly superior to Spivak, ze/zir, or whatever somebody made up on the spot.
A THREAD
RT @drvox@twitter.com: Welcome to another day in which the sentence "America is imprisoning asylum-seeking children in an abandoned Walmart" is true.
A good reminder that @MetroTransitMN@twitter.com officers are genuinely there to protect and serve - like the one who gave a friendly warning to a passenger who hadn't paid their fare this morning.
Somebody at @movesapp@twitter.com has an interesting definition of "day".
And today's magic words for knee-jerk local government opposition are...
RT @lathropworld@twitter.com: Forget the North Korea Summit, the other Trump shenanigans, the mess in the MN elections right now...I'm highly invested in the #mprraccoon story right now.
RT @amandaesque@twitter.com: A timely reminder: tools before strategy, heading for tragedy.
I'm just going to assume that an Attorney General is like a regular attorney, but more militant.
RT @n_yang@twitter.com What exactly does the attorney general do? @bbierschbach@twitter.com will explain the job for you right here. Maybe she'll explain the auditor's job next --> https://www.mprnews.org/story/2018/06/12/minnesota-attorney-general-race-what-does-the-ag-do
RT @StribRoper@twitter.com: 50 years ago today, Minneapolis Tribune: Criticism of the then-new Nicollet Mall, debate over Met Council structure, proposals for better transit from St. Paul to MSP airport.
"There are few industries where you can reduce the value proposition to try to extort additional payment and get away with it.... airlines can do that, and I think [ISPs] can do that."
https://radiopublic.com/marketplace-tech-with-molly-wood-WD9bl6/s1!87eaeceeaf441d54eb837ee6f3daced4d78bb5e1
RT @jimwindolf@twitter.com: Big news for Breeders fans
