Salena @salena.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Ira Glass reading an ad for Anthropic on This American Life really threw me for a loop this morning. 060
Salena @salena.bsky.social · 25/09/2026They are not sending their best. We need to hold SD4, maybe you can help make sure our next Moorhead Senator isn’t setting the bar at…not pouring gas into a lake? ➡️ Kupec4mnsenate.comkupec4mnsenate.comHome | Kupec 4 MN SenateDFL candidate for Minnesota State Senate District 4 020
Salena @salena.bsky.social · 25/09/2026They are not sending their best. We need to hold SD4, maybe you can help make sure our next Moorhead Senator isn’t setting the bar at…not pouring gas into a lake? ➡️ Kupec4mnsenate.comkupec4mnsenate.comHome | Kupec 4 MN SenateDFL candidate for Minnesota State Senate District 4 042
Reposted by SalenaAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/09/2026A GOP state Senate candidate in Minnesota (Austin Peterson) was asked during a debate what he's done to ensure clean water in his community, and his answer was bizarre: "When we put gasoline in our boats, we're putting that gasoline in on the shore and not in the lake. So I mean, it's small things." 2391408344
Reposted by SalenaDoron Clark @doronclark.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Vote yes! Passing the MN constitutional amendment on this year’s ballot will increase funding to all public schools including about $1,000,000 per year to Minneapolis Public Schools. Don’t skip it - leaving this question blank is the same as voting no. (PS - Edison scored!) 312748
Salena @salena.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Seeking recommendations for a watch for my kid, he’s 11. - Want text/call. - I don’t want games or open internet connectivity - I realize I’ll need another line, I’m on Verizon but might switch to t- mobile Any suggestions? Open to other tips. 🙏🏻 021
Salena @salena.bsky.social · 20/09/20263y/o is very into knock knock jokes but seems to think they’re literally about greeting someone at your door. 3: Knock knock! Me: Who’s there? 3: Ghost! Me: Ghost who? 3: I’m coming into your house! Replace “ghost” with anything she can think of. 171
Salena @salena.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I decided to start getting flowers for my kitchen each week as just a nice thing to do for myself. We’re in week 2 and this morning I woke up to a moth caterpillar on a mum that was now covered in frass. TGIF. 090
Salena @salena.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The orthodontist called my son’s teeth, “interesting.” The dentist said “Huh.” The oral surgeon called them “fascinating.” What I hear:static.klipy.comParks And Rec: Jenny Slate's 'Money, Please!'Alt: Parks And Rec: Jenny Slate's 'Money, Please!' 0150
Reposted by Salenaashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 12/09/2026i am incredibly excited to share our research about how paying people’s rent through mutual aid made an impact on minnesota this year we accidentally collected more data than anyone ever has for an effort like this, and can very seriously say we prevented an eviction bubble that everyone expected 3030991151
Reposted by SalenaMPR News @mprnews.org · 08/09/2026The flood of federal immigration agents into Minnesota last winter had a lasting impact on some of the youngest Minnesotans. At childcares across the region, classmates were suddenly gone, teachers were tense and families scared.mprnews.org‘Where is our friend?’ ICE surge trauma lingers for preschool kids, teachersThe flood of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents into Minnesota last winter had a lasting impact on some of the youngest Minnesotans. Classmates disappeared, teachers were tense and families sc... 14819
Reposted by SalenaMinnesotan Kaiju @whisperingpines.bsky.social · 01/09/2026When the story of Metro Surge is told in media, don't for a moment, through the outpouring of solidarity and community building, despite the heroism, forget that it sucked ass every single day and some days it was like the sun had been blocked from the world 5801161
Salena @salena.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Gotta boost this story on the Senate race in SD58. Mark Legvold is a phenomenal candidate; a farmer, former SPPS teacher, veteran, and just about as likeable as a guy can get. Meanwhile, Bill Lieske is among the most extreme in his own party and only won by 5. www.minnpost.com/elections/20...minnpost.comA Northfield farmer hopes to add a rare rural voice to the Minnesota Senate’s DFL caucusMark Legvold faces Sen. Bill Lieske in what a Democratic fundraising arm calls one of the most consequential state-level races in the nation. 163
Reposted by SalenaJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 29/08/2026All the Massive Public Health Failures Under RFK’s HHS, Ranked talkingpointsmemo.com/the-weekende...talkingpointsmemo.comAll the Massive Public Health Failures Under RFK’s HHS, Ranked 313664
Reposted by SalenaMinnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 28/08/2026Dozens gathered at Pearl Park in in Minneapolis on Thursday to drop off food, plant trees and assemble care packages for homeless youth in memory of the children and families scarred by the deadly mass shooting at the Church of Annunciation one year ago.minnesotareformer.comCommunity gathers in Minneapolis to remember Annunciation victims a year after shooting • Minnesota ReformerDozens gathered at Pearl Park in in Minneapolis on Thursday to drop off food, plant trees and assemble care packages for homeless youth in memory of the children and families scarred by the deadly mas... 06924
Reposted by SalenaDavid Brauer @dbrauer.net · 24/08/2026It’s just malpractice if the Strib doesn’t do a real examination of what a Republican Attorney General would mean, instead of centering all of its coverage on DFL vulnerabilities. www.startribune.com/minnesota-at...startribune.comKeith Ellison wants to run on fighting Trump. Republicans want to make it about fraud.Republican Ron Schutz is betting Ellison’s vulnerabilities can flip an attorney general’s race expected to be among Minnesota’s closest this fall. 813422
Salena @salena.bsky.social · 20/08/2026My 3y/o has a new love for knock knock jokes, but she takes them very literally and it cracks me up. 3: Knock Knock! Me: Who’s there? 3: Grandma! Me: Grandma who? 3: I’m coming into your house! It’s always a different person or thing, but they’re always just coming inside. So practical. 090
Reposted by Salenataylr @taylordahlin.com · 15/08/2026minnesota attorney general keith ellison at uptown porchfest in minneapolis “how does it feel to be a minneapolitian and a minnesotan today? i love our town & moments like these are one of the reasons why. i remember this winter being around here worrying about our neighbors. but today we have joy” 015818
Salena @salena.bsky.social · 12/08/2026For weeks I’ve been worried my sense about the Senate race was wrong and was just in a bubble of Peggy popularity. Turns out that bubble is the whole state of Minnesota. 💜 4373
Salena @salena.bsky.social · 12/08/2026lmao I *completely* forgot that Scott Jensen is running for Auditor. 190
Salena @salena.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Reminder that the Secretary of State’s website updates every ten minutes on :07, so there’s no need refresh the page every thirty seconds. (This reminder is for me) 813527
Reposted by SalenaNaomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Since Royce White is currently making news outside of Minnesota because he's pretending he "identifies as a woman" and wants to be considered for the WNBA, let me just give a rundown on why he is a horrific piece of shit to all the non-locals who might not be familiar with his bullshit. 10449164
Reposted by SalenaMinnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 07/08/2026ICE arrested at least 75 people who had been granted permission to live and work in the U.S. while they awaited a U visa, which is available to victims of serious crimes and their immediate family. The youngest was six years old.minnesotareformer.comDuring Operation Metro Surge, ICE arrested dozens of immigrant crime victims • Minnesota ReformerYears ago, Rosa watched from inside the car as men robbed her husband at gunpoint, shortly after they’d arrived in Minnesota from Guatemala. The couple had a pending asylum case, but once they reporte... 611475
Salena @salena.bsky.social · 07/08/202610y: When’s the next election for a new President? Me: Two years. 10y: *huffs*…if there is one… 080
Salena @salena.bsky.social · 02/08/20268y/o: I’M BORED. 3y/o: I’M THIS MANY! *holds up three fingers* 090
Salena @salena.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Minnesota to blame for Iran’s cyberattack on Minnesota? ⬇️ What else will he blame on Minnesota? ⬇️ 340
Reposted by SalenaTom Basgen, Mr. Saint Paul @tombasgen.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Subpoena this freak’s hard drives. 08613
Reposted by SalenaMinnesota Senate DFL @senatedfl.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Elon Musk is suing to overturn Minnesota's first-in-the-nation ban on nudification technology, but we stand by our law passed almost unanimously in the Minnesota legislature. #MNLeg #Minnesota #ElonMusk 1103
Salena @salena.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Had a 7am appointment for my kid today so, to be sure we didn’t miss it, I dutifully woke up in a panic every 15 minutes all night. 1110
Salena @salena.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Weeks ago I had to take an unexpected work call and just stepped into my 3y/o’s room for it and closed the door. At least once every day since she has sternly informed me “Don’t do work in my room.” Like, okay I get it, it was ONE time! 2151
Reposted by Salena🌸ayana🌸 @ayanajsk.bsky.social · 26/07/2026August 5, the only other time stamp Angie Craig provided of her correspondence with John Hoffman besides June 14, was the day he'd made his first public statement since the attack and his families story was back in the news. You do the math. www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/vi...cbsnews.comSen. John Hoffman urging lawmakers to choose governance over grievanceDemocratic state Sen. John Hoffman spoke via video at a national legislative conference in Boston on Monday. Earlier this summer, a gunman shot him and his wife, Yvette, in what prosecutors are callin... 14413
Reposted by Salena🌸ayana🌸 @ayanajsk.bsky.social · 26/07/2026As for those texts Angie Craig provided to clear her name - they only corroborate what he said. He says she sent "a dear friend out twice. Once when [he] was in the ICU and once at [their] home." And when she would reach out to his family, it was during moments when their story had high visibility. 1419
Salena @salena.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Went to SkyZone tonight; two kids, the required socks, nachos, a pretzel, and Icees ran me $107. Terrific. 050
Salena @salena.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Me to my 3y/o: why don’t we watch a movie, I’m tired. 3y: Why you tired mama? Me: I’m just too busy. 3y: Why you too busy? Me: I just say yes to too many things. 3y: Why? Me: I… do you charge by the hour? 0110
Reposted by SalenaMinnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 23/07/2026A federal judge sentenced Vance Boelter to two life prison sentences plus 40 years for the assassination of former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, and the shooting of Sen. John Hoffman and his wife.startribune.comLive: Judge gives Vance Boelter two life sentences plus 40 years for lawmaker attacksHortman family members and the Hoffmans gathered at the hearing, where lawmakers delivered emotional remarks. 312441
Salena @salena.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Set up my morning around swimming lesson registration at 8am. Checked out before 8:01 and a class for one kid was already full. Then day camp drop off at 9, pick up at 3:30, because what are jobs? People have those? Anyway just spiraling over all the small ways that parenting feels impossible. 1181
Reposted by SalenaElle Ess @viamarsala18.bsky.social · 18/07/2026You guys. My husband was talking about the World Cup. Our son interrupted. “DIRTY SCORED A LOT OF GOALS. Dirty. The soccer player. Dirty.” We all stared at each other. Then it occurred to me. Messi. Dirty, Messy. Messi scored a lot of goalsstatic.klipy.comLol Office: Smiling Man in SuitAlt: Kevin from the office belly laughing 823308302
Salena @salena.bsky.social · 18/07/2026My three year old is learning about farms at daycare and painted “lettuce” today. Anyone else’s kid bringing home cyclospora art? 0110
Reposted by SalenaElle Ess @viamarsala18.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Believe Minnesotans when we say: filming works. Whistles work. Watch them, record them, stand by and be there for the person getting arrested 116273
Reposted by SalenaAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/07/2026Well, that was a shit show. Reminder that if you appreciate my coverage, please show support by signing up for my newsletter. If you like my socials, you'll enjoy Public Notice. Thanks.publicnotice.coSubscribe to Public NoticeSign up for independent, incisive coverage of US politics and media, right in your inbox five times a week. Click to read Public Notice, by Aaron Rupar, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousan... 681755250
Reposted by SalenaHakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 17/07/2026The president is a liar. He lies constantly & without hesitation. His lies about American elections are among his most dangerous b/c they are meant to convince a susceptible public that democratic outcomes cannot be trusted. They are antidemocratic lies in service of holding onto power. He’s a liar! 1906141
Salena @salena.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Hey uhhh, maybe I’m a little paranoid but…so this feels like a precursor to a big “no more elections” announcement 170
Salena @salena.bsky.social · 17/07/2026I do get some dark joy out of Trump constantly forgetting that HE was, in fact, the president for all of 2020. 0235
Reposted by SalenaMinnesota House DFL @mnhousedfl.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Rep. Aisha Gomez: “To look at people standing up against ICE and see ‘paid protesters’ says nothing about us and everything about you.” “That you cannot conceive of us loving our neighbors so much that we would actually do something for them.” 162269723
Salena @salena.bsky.social · 15/07/2026“Each one hopes that if he feeds the crocodile enough, the crocodile will eat him last. All of them hope that the storm will pass before their turn comes to be devoured. But I fear greatly that the storm will not pass. It will rage and it will roar ever more loudly, ever more widely.”Churchill ‘40 0113
