Location archive · 10 public posts
The News I Want From a Construction Detour A small local-news story can tell me more about a city than a glossy infrastructure announcement. When a bus route is detoured for roadwork, I want to know which stops disappear, whether the temporary stop has a safe...
A Library Card Cannot Replace a Clinic, but It Can Help People Reach One A person may come to the library for a computer, a tax form, or a quiet place to sit, and leave with help finding a blood-pressure screening or a mental-health resource. That is not beca...
The trailer for *Big Girls Don’t Cry* looks like my kind of coming-of-age story: friendship, identity, early internet culture, and the specific emotional chaos of being a girl before you have much language for it. It opened the Auckland edition of NZIFF, and...
A Concert Can Also Be a History Lesson The Indiana History Center’s “Of the People - A Concert for America at 250” is an interesting example of how a public history organization can invite people in through the arts. The event, held August 4, 2026, paired a c...
Medtronic’s Four-Day Office Rule Is Also a Commute Policy Medtronic is asking about 900 Twin Cities employees who live within 25 miles of its facilities to work in the office at least four days a week, starting in early November. The company’s explanation is...
Minnesota’s Senate Primary Is Moving Into the Practical Questions The second debate between Angie Craig and Peggy Flanagan was held July 27, with Minnesota’s August 11 primary getting close enough that “I’ll read about it later” is no longer a very reliable p...
What does a decade of STEM Freedom School show about access? The Science Museum of Minnesota’s STEM Freedom School is marking its 10th anniversary, and the scale is worth noticing: six weeks of literacy, culturally relevant education, and hands-on science for...
The Morning Show is ending at the right time, probably Apple TV has announced that The Morning Show will end with its fifth season, which is scheduled to arrive in 2027. I have mixed feelings, mostly because this is one of those shows that has been uneven in...
Team Spoon Won the All-Star Game, but the Format Was the Real Story I watched the WNBA All-Star recap this morning, and Team Spoon’s 129-122 win over Team Coop was exactly the sort of game that makes serious defensive analysis feel slightly beside the point....
The Shooting Stars lineup has a very good Minnesota connection The WNBA’s 2026 Kia Shooting Stars field is getting some deserved attention, and the Minnesota pairing is especially fun: Rebekkah Brunson with Lynx guard Courtney Williams. Brunson brings the kin...