Reposted by Phyllis BrashlerStabby Spice @stabbyspice.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Oh, for the love of... www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...yahoo.comThousands of blueberries recalled as FDA issues highest risk warningAn E. coli outbreak linked to recalled frozen blueberries has sickened 12 people, including four who were hospitalized. 52593373
Reposted by Phyllis BrashlerCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 07/08/2026“.. US imposes 50% aluminum tariff. Canadian aluminum imports collapse. US aluminium prices increase (by ~50%). If only we could tease out a connection!” - @scottlincicome.bsky.social 591415496
Reposted by Phyllis BrashlerAlex Schieferdecker @alexschief.bsky.social · 28/07/2026I'd also be remiss if I didn't share the presentation that came right before, from our Climate Equity Plan staff in the Health Department: lims.minneapolismn.gov/Download/RCA... I was struck by this chart, showing our progress in reducing our carbon emissions. There's progress, but much more to do. 1114
Reposted by Phyllis BrashlerWedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live · 04/08/2026You don't have to choose between a double digit tax increase, firing 2% of the city workforce, and eliminating the health department. You can have it all. www.startribune.com/mayor-jacob-...startribune.comMinneapolis may lay off 100 city employees in budget cuts. Taxpayers could still face double-digit hike.Mayor Jacob Frey will unveil a budget proposal next week that could include layoffs and closing or consolidating some departments to plug a $33 million budget gap. 2348
Phyllis Brashler @phyllisb.bsky.social · 17/07/2026You've been murdered. Who do you want on the case? Well, I’d pick Patience and her team or Professor T, but neither are GIF options, sadly. If I had to pick a GIF option…static.klipy.comCaskett & Kate Beckett: Intimate MomentAlt: Castle & Kate Beckett from the procedural cop show, Castle—named after the odd but charming character. 050
Reposted by Phyllis BrashlerBill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 15/07/2026These will be among the iconic images of the global warming era. Such sadness and awe 18434178
Reposted by Phyllis BrashlerMicah @rincewind.run · 09/07/2026the biggest positive story on climate is that it doesn’t seem to matter how much of the world is run by reactionary fascists: the rise of solar is unstoppable 4953161297
Phyllis Brashler @phyllisb.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Enough with the f*cking fireworks already, St. Paul. 050
Phyllis Brashler @phyllisb.bsky.social · 30/06/2026I know there are Beloit College alums on this site, more recent than me. But when I was there the town was not known for Things To Do. Maybe that’s different now, but I kindof doubt it. There may be a good bookstore though. 110
Reposted by Phyllis BrashlerDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 20/06/2026All the places where I've lived, including Northern California, Hong Kong, NYC, Miami, Honolulu, Paris, and London, have warmed substantially. But this is the coolest that those places will be in our lifetimes. Today is #ShowYourStripes day. Get yours here: www.ShowYourStripes.info 121474
Phyllis Brashler @phyllisb.bsky.social · 20/06/2026It’s Show Your Stripes Day. I know we’ve been feeling this in MSP. Interesting/disheartening to see we’ve been noticeably warming since the 1940s. showyourstripes.info/l/northameri...showyourstripes.infoShow Your StripesVisualising how the climate has changed for every country across the globe 020
Reposted by Phyllis BrashlerConstance Lee Menefee @conniemenefee.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Bullfrog of the day! Saturday, 20 June 2026 28112
Reposted by Phyllis BrashlerMeteorologist Aaron Shaffer @ashafferwx.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Our first customer in the Twin Cities is producing (likely) small hail + heavy rain, moving east/southeast around 25mph. Should skirt through the northern suburbs of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Watching another one just north of Elk River. #MNWX 142
Reposted by Phyllis Brashleremptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 18/06/2026I half wonder whether Ukraine is testing whether they can make RU's air defense misfire, like an auto-immune disease. 22569141
Reposted by Phyllis Brashlercursedthing @cursedthing.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Quick, someone make an animated apple tv show about this. 062
Phyllis Brashler @phyllisb.bsky.social · 10/06/2026I can hear some thunder in 55104 but no rain yet. Just looking ominous… 000
Reposted by Phyllis BrashlerMeteorologist Aaron Shaffer @ashafferwx.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Expect some version of this line of storms seen here on radar stretching across the Dakotas to make its way to the Twin Cities overnight. Strong wind would be the most likely threat, with heavy rain a possibility as well. #mnwx 161
Reposted by Phyllis BrashlerSarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 09/06/2026You know what's crazy? This guy sells almost everywhere in the US EXCEPT MINNESOTA. Minnesota's public health dept is famous in the food safety world for being #1 at tracking down the source of outbreaks- way faster than any other state. What an interesting coincidence! 272108528
Reposted by Phyllis BrashlerHalloween Rex @katyrex.meatjacker.social · 04/06/2026The last couple mornings I've been hearing they have been working VERY QUICKLY so that a crowd doesn't have the chance to scare them off. They've been smashing car windows again, too. If you're outside, remember your whistle. 18151
Phyllis Brashler @phyllisb.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Awoooooooo!static.klipy.comRotating Tornado SirenAlt: Rotating Tornado Siren 0260
Phyllis Brashler @phyllisb.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Here we gooooooo!static.klipy.comElmo Reacts to ThunderAlt: Elmo Reacts to Thunder 050
Phyllis Brashler @phyllisb.bsky.social · 18/05/2026It’s not you. It’s Boston. You get used to it after a while. Like years. After a few years. 040
Phyllis Brashler @phyllisb.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Come on, rain…..static.klipy.comImperador Paulo na NeblinaAlt: A person in what appears to be a rain jacket with a hood, sitting in a chair outside during a rainstorm. 040
Reposted by Phyllis BrashlerBill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 14/05/2026This is beautiful 6619184
Reposted by Phyllis BrashlerLiam Davis Temple @liam2manynames.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Make sure you’re tapping back into your local chats so you’re able to activate when needed. More than anything, spend your time outside on cultural corridors. Be a visible presence out there and you’ll be helping protect your neighbors while also enriching your life spending summer outside. 07045
Phyllis Brashler @phyllisb.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Am I going to have to mute her name (and nicknames) on here for the next several months, at least? Yep. Yep, I am. 050
Phyllis Brashler @phyllisb.bsky.social · 09/05/2026I don’t know who “they” refers to, but my youngest recently did speech therapy at school for just this reason. I had to advocate for it. Busy parents, schools with limited resources, and kids with much harder challenges that likely require more of a school’s limited services—it’s not simple. 120
Reposted by Phyllis BrashlerDavid the Trifecta: Fatty, Beardo, Weirdo @coldwarhost.bsky.social · 07/05/2026This line, from @lollardfish.bsky.social just made me snort-laugh. And then cry a little. 1282
Reposted by Phyllis Brashler🍂 Shel-leaf 🍁 Ca-pumpkin 🎃🚫🧊 [Seasonal Edition] @virtuistic.bsky.social · 28/04/2026They're creeping all over South Minneapolis too. Keep those whistles handy, neighbors. 0140114
Phyllis Brashler @phyllisb.bsky.social · 28/04/2026It would be a little spendy, but my teen took a class at Archon Glassworks in Mpls to learn how to make stained glass. She was part of a small group with other adults. For sure you could take the class together. 010
Reposted by Phyllis BrashlerLisa Needham @snipy.bsky.social · 28/04/2026when the new flag was officially adopted, i had a job working with MN cities, mostly small and non-metro. explaining there was no law forcing them to fly the state flag and therefore no penalty if they didn't was entirely unsatisfactory to them because they are furious the new flag exists at all. 1458
Phyllis Brashler @phyllisb.bsky.social · 24/04/2026So is the MSP feed really no more? Sadness, oh sadness. I miss it. 010
Phyllis Brashler @phyllisb.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Thanks! I saw prim shared that mnwx feed, super jazzed about that! 010
Phyllis Brashler @phyllisb.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Tough day for the MSP feed to be glitchy! I love it all the time, but esp in severe weather! 110
Reposted by Phyllis Brashlerc0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 13/04/2025This was one of my most treasured possessions circa 1981. And I wasn't alone, the Merlin handheld electronic game was the top-selling Parker Brothers' toy 1978-1982 (supplanted by "Frogger"). In total, 5 million units were sold. 1316219
Phyllis Brashler @phyllisb.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Splashdown Bsky is just as good as Awooo Bsky. 2364
Reposted by Phyllis BrashlerIan Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 07/04/2026"Why don't Americans–" Motherfucker, I live in Minneapolis 393683391
Reposted by Phyllis BrashlerThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Ex Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications and Speechwriting under Obama👇🏽 412149015743
Reposted by Phyllis BrashlerWilly Lee (they/them) @advicepig.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Why did it take me until this second to realize that the ICE/DHS hiring was also to keep the violent chuds from feeling the effects of this economy and turning against the fascists? 2379