Catherine Partsch Conlan
@catconlan.net
Editor of a Labor newspaper. Union card, clinic escort, Nebraska roots, now Minnesota. Hockey, abortion, cake, abolition, liberation. I love it when goalies lose in OT. She/they. Radicalizing over time. Banner photo: IG @havington
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As news coverage ebbs but reports from the streets indicate Operation Metro Surge is still surging, I’m surprised there’s not some kind of official report/press conference every day, like we used to get during Covid. Just the best update they have on what happened today? I think I am being naive.
February 10, 2026 at 1:11 AM
As news coverage ebbs but reports from the streets indicate Operation Metro Surge is still surging, I’m surprised there’s not some kind of official report/press conference every day, like we used to get during Covid. Just the best update they have on what happened today? I think I am being naive.
*I'm* about to take a nap because I was up at 4 a.m. fretting about this appointment. He tries so hard.
Gabapentin, trazodone and a custom muzzle all required for one lil itty bitty oral vaccine, and he was STILL a big baby about it. Time to sleep it off
February 9, 2026 at 7:45 PM
*I'm* about to take a nap because I was up at 4 a.m. fretting about this appointment. He tries so hard.
it's a scam honestly. every day, AGAIN
February 9, 2026 at 7:44 PM
it's a scam honestly. every day, AGAIN
oh those silky heads. you must share!!
February 9, 2026 at 6:49 PM
oh those silky heads. you must share!!
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Gabapentin, trazodone and a custom muzzle all required for one lil itty bitty oral vaccine, and he was STILL a big baby about it. Time to sleep it off
February 9, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Gabapentin, trazodone and a custom muzzle all required for one lil itty bitty oral vaccine, and he was STILL a big baby about it. Time to sleep it off
I'm sorry I just think it's funny that people keep joining the Minnesota state auditor race, thinking they'll stand out from the crowd, when exactly one (1) candidate is an actual accountant
February 9, 2026 at 4:48 PM
I'm sorry I just think it's funny that people keep joining the Minnesota state auditor race, thinking they'll stand out from the crowd, when exactly one (1) candidate is an actual accountant
Gabapentin, trazodone and a custom muzzle all required for one lil itty bitty oral vaccine, and he was STILL a big baby about it. Time to sleep it off
February 9, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Gabapentin, trazodone and a custom muzzle all required for one lil itty bitty oral vaccine, and he was STILL a big baby about it. Time to sleep it off
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Axios reports @governorwalz.mn.gov won’t call an eviction moratorium because it is “legally fraught” yet the definition sure sounds like one. www.mprnews.org/story/2023/0...
![What is a peacetime emergency?
In Minnesota, a peacetime emergency is an executive order that can be called when cities and counties don't have the adequate resources to address an emergency, defined as "an act of nature, a technological failure or malfunction, a terrorist incident, an industrial accident, a hazardous materials accident or a civil disturbance [that] endangers life and property."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2yhglxsi2owchryafic2gmr3/bafkreicfdeipsblnzb3oxnfnqh45fkzjo5p2s32ar3oqtgpnc46chd2ff4@jpeg)
February 9, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Axios reports @governorwalz.mn.gov won’t call an eviction moratorium because it is “legally fraught” yet the definition sure sounds like one. www.mprnews.org/story/2023/0...
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When was the last time you saw a commercial for a microwave?
If ai is so good why did it need so many ads begging for us to use it??
February 9, 2026 at 2:05 PM
When was the last time you saw a commercial for a microwave?
That and also I don't even know that it's desperation. I think it just goes straight to white/bluewave entitlement/consumption without the desperation -- like, "this good symbol is ours in the service of our good cause."
February 9, 2026 at 2:04 PM
That and also I don't even know that it's desperation. I think it just goes straight to white/bluewave entitlement/consumption without the desperation -- like, "this good symbol is ours in the service of our good cause."
I get why folks wanted Lincoln Fox to be Liam Ramos but I feel like it goes to show how they don't fully comprehend the reality of these concentration camps. Liam was in a torture facility 10 days ago! He's not going to be the center of the biggest spectacle of the year! please have some discernment
February 9, 2026 at 1:26 PM
I get why folks wanted Lincoln Fox to be Liam Ramos but I feel like it goes to show how they don't fully comprehend the reality of these concentration camps. Liam was in a torture facility 10 days ago! He's not going to be the center of the biggest spectacle of the year! please have some discernment
charles leclerc pokemon ad lmao
February 9, 2026 at 2:01 AM
charles leclerc pokemon ad lmao
also everyone hates cris collinsworth 🫡
February 9, 2026 at 12:23 AM
also everyone hates cris collinsworth 🫡
data point: the chat on the pirate stream I'm watching has a remarkably nonexistent level of slurs and a LOT of people who are fucking sick of AI slop ads
February 9, 2026 at 12:21 AM
data point: the chat on the pirate stream I'm watching has a remarkably nonexistent level of slurs and a LOT of people who are fucking sick of AI slop ads
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welcome to super bowl 60, celebrating 250 years of american prosperity. everything is gambling now except for your job, which is AI. don’t forget to sign your baby up for trump bucks.
February 8, 2026 at 11:54 PM
welcome to super bowl 60, celebrating 250 years of american prosperity. everything is gambling now except for your job, which is AI. don’t forget to sign your baby up for trump bucks.
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the main thing I have to say about this game so far is that "Sam Darnold" sounds like it came from this list
February 8, 2026 at 11:45 PM
the main thing I have to say about this game so far is that "Sam Darnold" sounds like it came from this list
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Talking with my sports mgmt kid today; she said she was at a Super Bowl party couple yrs back where a kid downloaded a sports gambling app at the behest of his friends. He'd never gambled before; he put something down on what the first ad of Q2 would be ("Doritos") and instantly won $200. 1/
If you’re placing prop bets on South Park you need to have a conservatorship
October 1, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Talking with my sports mgmt kid today; she said she was at a Super Bowl party couple yrs back where a kid downloaded a sports gambling app at the behest of his friends. He'd never gambled before; he put something down on what the first ad of Q2 would be ("Doritos") and instantly won $200. 1/
it looked so satisfying!!
February 8, 2026 at 11:07 PM
it looked so satisfying!!
Living up north, I have wanted a tool like that ever since. And I think about the women a lot. Living through a Blockade, and then taking the great pride they did in Keeping Streets Safe. /end
February 8, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Living up north, I have wanted a tool like that ever since. And I think about the women a lot. Living through a Blockade, and then taking the great pride they did in Keeping Streets Safe. /end
And these women, who had lived through so much, would chatter the entire time, solving the world's problems among themselves, gossiping, commenting on passersby, scolding or advising them as they deserved, always taking great care to clear All The Ice. 4/
February 8, 2026 at 10:49 PM
And these women, who had lived through so much, would chatter the entire time, solving the world's problems among themselves, gossiping, commenting on passersby, scolding or advising them as they deserved, always taking great care to clear All The Ice. 4/
The scraper was too heavy to lift too far, but little lifts were all it took to shatter the ice. They'd leave the shards and then someone else would come by later in the day and shovel them all into the street, where they would either melt or get plowed or shoveled into a truck. 3/
February 8, 2026 at 10:47 PM
The scraper was too heavy to lift too far, but little lifts were all it took to shatter the ice. They'd leave the shards and then someone else would come by later in the day and shovel them all into the street, where they would either melt or get plowed or shoveled into a truck. 3/
They would come out in brigades in long coats and fur hats and heavy boots and move slowly down a block, lifting the scrapers maybe two inches every time, and dropping them on their blades, breaking ice that was sometimes five inches thick. Lift and drop, lift and drop. 2/
February 8, 2026 at 10:45 PM
They would come out in brigades in long coats and fur hats and heavy boots and move slowly down a block, lifting the scrapers maybe two inches every time, and dropping them on their blades, breaking ice that was sometimes five inches thick. Lift and drop, lift and drop. 2/
Something I think about all the time is when I was living in SPb, Russia, there were these armies of old women -- most of them Blockade survivors -- whose job was would clear ice from sidewalks with large cast iron scrapers. Basically shaped like a flooring scraper, but all one piece, and heavy. 1/
I’ve been wandering solo with an ice chopper, but have recently met up with friends with more tools. The crowbar + hammer was key to clearing the SE corner of 22nd and Lyndale a few days ago.
February 8, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Something I think about all the time is when I was living in SPb, Russia, there were these armies of old women -- most of them Blockade survivors -- whose job was would clear ice from sidewalks with large cast iron scrapers. Basically shaped like a flooring scraper, but all one piece, and heavy. 1/
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for people who use the word sportsball, today is their super bowl
February 8, 2026 at 1:33 PM
for people who use the word sportsball, today is their super bowl