David Brauer
@dbrauer.net
Former journalist, long-time Minneapolitan, curator of Uptown’s borders and chief rememberer, Halloween Blizzard of 1991. Posts too much about Minneapolis politics and knows it, but old professional habits die hard.
Despite being vaxxed (it’s a coin flip effectiveness-wise), got it this year. Has pretty much wiped out this vacation. Hit Tuesday & I’m still laid up today. Can’t think of the last time I was down for more than a couple days.
The flu is hitting people hard this year. Please follow the science. Take precautions to lower your chance of infection and reduce the spread of the virus. If you are sick, I wish you a speedy recovery. www.today.com/health/cold-...
A New, Potentially Severe Flu Variant Is Spreading in the US. Watch for These Symptoms
A mutated strain of influenza A, H3N2 subclade K, is surging worldwide, sparking concern about a severe flu season in the U.S. Here's what to symptoms to look out for.
www.today.com
December 26, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Despite being vaxxed (it’s a coin flip effectiveness-wise), got it this year. Has pretty much wiped out this vacation. Hit Tuesday & I’m still laid up today. Can’t think of the last time I was down for more than a couple days.
This shit is made up, actually
December 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
This shit is made up, actually
Find me the skeets of Vikings fans mad about losing the last-place schedule
December 26, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Find me the skeets of Vikings fans mad about losing the last-place schedule
You’re not getting out of today without me posting this: vimeo.com/97189077
SNL Funhouse - Christmastime for the Jews
This is "SNL Funhouse - Christmastime for the Jews" by Bix Pix Entertainment, Inc. on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
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December 26, 2025 at 12:52 AM
You’re not getting out of today without me posting this: vimeo.com/97189077
Reposted by David Brauer
News stories about new Minnesota laws taking effect January 1st have already been published and will continue. One law subject to misunderstanding is that online applications for absentee ballots will now call for both kinds of ID number, not either-or. Explanatory thread follows.
December 25, 2025 at 11:47 PM
News stories about new Minnesota laws taking effect January 1st have already been published and will continue. One law subject to misunderstanding is that online applications for absentee ballots will now call for both kinds of ID number, not either-or. Explanatory thread follows.
It’s fun when they suck!
Watching a couple Thunder games in the last week and ugh.
They just grab and shove on both sides.
Gilgeous Alexander is so good but shoves off all the time and flops.
Coach had a weird haircut and smug look all the time.
Stolen team.
Just not fun to watch.
They just grab and shove on both sides.
Gilgeous Alexander is so good but shoves off all the time and flops.
Coach had a weird haircut and smug look all the time.
Stolen team.
Just not fun to watch.
December 25, 2025 at 9:31 PM
It’s fun when they suck!
Reposted by David Brauer
The Christmas faces of two people out looking for ICE in Shakopee (after a verified sighting) instead of home drinking cider w/ fireball and playing games with their kids.
These bastards have no soul.
These bastards have no soul.
December 25, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The Christmas faces of two people out looking for ICE in Shakopee (after a verified sighting) instead of home drinking cider w/ fireball and playing games with their kids.
These bastards have no soul.
These bastards have no soul.
Reposted by David Brauer
To no one’s surprise, these immediately received a racial covenant.
December 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
To no one’s surprise, these immediately received a racial covenant.
“Cesar Marenco, owner of Milagro Towing, has become a regular Waymo door-closer. He recently freed a robotaxi by removing a seat belt caught in its rear door, an operation he captured with Meta smart glasses & shared on TikTok.
‘Goodbye, Waymo,‘ Marenco said in the video, which has 400,000+ views”
‘Goodbye, Waymo,‘ Marenco said in the video, which has 400,000+ views”
When robot taxis get stuck, a secret army of humans comes to the rescue
Waymo robotaxis get stranded when a passenger leaves the door open. Tow truck operators can get paid $22 to close a door and set them free again.
wapo.st
December 25, 2025 at 4:44 PM
“Cesar Marenco, owner of Milagro Towing, has become a regular Waymo door-closer. He recently freed a robotaxi by removing a seat belt caught in its rear door, an operation he captured with Meta smart glasses & shared on TikTok.
‘Goodbye, Waymo,‘ Marenco said in the video, which has 400,000+ views”
‘Goodbye, Waymo,‘ Marenco said in the video, which has 400,000+ views”
Reposted by David Brauer
Read this
I love the east Bay Area. People of different races and religions live and work together to build the American Dream. We in liberal society take this for granted but the national rise of extremism stemming from online content seeks to take this away from us.
darrellowens.substack.com/p/the-americ...
darrellowens.substack.com/p/the-americ...
The American Beauty of the East Bay
Americanism is facing its biggest challenge from extremism. The people of the Bay Area show why its worth fighting for.
darrellowens.substack.com
December 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Read this
Reposted by David Brauer
Reposted by David Brauer
The director of Minnesota’s Driver and Vehicle Services is warning U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents that they’re violating state law and could be cited if they switch out or remove license plates on their unmarked vehicles. (1) www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
Minnesota DVS warns ICE agents they’re violating state law by switching license plates
The director of Minnesota’s Driver and Vehicle Services told federal homeland security officials to stop license plate switching immediately. Gov. Tim Walz called tampering with plates “criminal activ...
www.mprnews.org
December 24, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The director of Minnesota’s Driver and Vehicle Services is warning U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents that they’re violating state law and could be cited if they switch out or remove license plates on their unmarked vehicles. (1) www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
🎶 Too many Pohlads TOO MANY POHLADS … 🎶
Will the new Pohlad running the Twins be better than the last Pohlad running the Twins? And did the family push Joe Pohlad out?
📺Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wKC...
📺Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wKC...
December 24, 2025 at 7:39 PM
🎶 Too many Pohlads TOO MANY POHLADS … 🎶
December 24, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Keep digging.
Bari Weiss just sent this Christmas Eve email to the CBS News staff about "building trust," which includes her tripling down on spiking the CECOT piece "to make sure it's comprehensive and fair."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
December 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Keep digging.
Reposted by David Brauer
Neighbors followed and honked as an ICE vehicle cruised the wrong way down one-way Minnehaha Parkway in Tangletown on the morning of Christmas Eve.
December 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Neighbors followed and honked as an ICE vehicle cruised the wrong way down one-way Minnehaha Parkway in Tangletown on the morning of Christmas Eve.
Snow boogers!
Gen-X and older Minnesota folks, here's a bit of nostalgia for your Christmas gift.
December 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Snow boogers!
ICE is planning 7 massive human warehouses holding 5,000 to 10,000 people … with a smaller facility holding up to 1,500 people in Woodbury. wapo.st/4axtwZ4
ICE documents reveal plan to hold 80,000 immigrants in warehouses
The Trump administration wants to build seven large-scale deportation hubs to speed up deportations, internal ICE documents show.
wapo.st
December 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM
ICE is planning 7 massive human warehouses holding 5,000 to 10,000 people … with a smaller facility holding up to 1,500 people in Woodbury. wapo.st/4axtwZ4
Sounds like it could be the new Saffron, which some of us remember quite fondly
This will be so great. WSK owner purchases former Young Joni location.
www.bizjournals.com/twincities/n...
www.bizjournals.com/twincities/n...
World Street Kitchen owners purchase former Young Joni location in NE Minneapolis - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal
The duo behind some well-known Lyndale Avenue dining spots has bought a high-profile Northeast Minneapolis location, where they're planning to open a full-service restaurant.
www.bizjournals.com
December 24, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Sounds like it could be the new Saffron, which some of us remember quite fondly
You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you.
Who's coming to save you?
Who's coming to save you?
December 23, 2025 at 11:57 PM
You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you.
Who's coming to save you?
Who's coming to save you?
Haven’t watched a 60 Minutes segment in years until yesterday.
December 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Haven’t watched a 60 Minutes segment in years until yesterday.
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Bone and muscle is not good weight loss, in case one was wondering
'Some patients find that medication-induced weight loss lessens rather than improves fitness, because another side effect is muscle loss. Several trials have reported that 35 to 45 percent of GLP-1 weight loss is not fat, but “lean mass” including muscle and bone.'
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/h...
Older Americans Quit Weight-Loss Drugs in Droves
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Bone and muscle is not good weight loss, in case one was wondering
I know I’m a party pooper, but seeing the helmets in “The Odyssey” look like they were machine-funished to Six Sigma tolerances makes me less enthused about seeing it. It was the 12th Century BC!
December 22, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I know I’m a party pooper, but seeing the helmets in “The Odyssey” look like they were machine-funished to Six Sigma tolerances makes me less enthused about seeing it. It was the 12th Century BC!