Citizen of Minneapolis. Die-hard progressive. Tweets on education, policing, politics and urbanism. Love dogs, horses, cats, skiing (nordic/downhill) walking in the woods and camping with family and friends.https://bsky.app/profile/lynnellmick.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/lynnellmick.bsky.social/post/3mwwgi6y52k2vWhile walking around the south side of Lake Harriet (near the elf house, around the area below Penn or Queen & Lake Harriet Parkway ) at 4:45 p.m. today (Friday), I saw a Canadian goose wildly thrashing in the water, about 50 yards offshore--it looks like fishing line is tangled around its neck. 1/02 Oct 2026 22:32 +0000at://did:plc:ttklluv4jev4eb3mvr6eibom/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwwgi6y52k2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/lynnellmick.bsky.social/post/3mwtgnkoaok2eJon Collins' reporting has been outstanding. Read this whole 🧵. [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Oct 2026 17:57 +0000at://did:plc:ttklluv4jev4eb3mvr6eibom/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwtgnkoaok2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/lynnellmick.bsky.social/post/3mwpcu3bjtc2gAs usual, the Onion nails it. Truly America's best News Source. [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Sep 2026 02:39 +0000at://did:plc:ttklluv4jev4eb3mvr6eibom/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwpcu3bjtc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/lynnellmick.bsky.social/post/3mulbriobp22xFrom John Stoehr. Just go read the first two paragraphs. He is so rightl https://www.editorialboard.com/this-is-the-best-that-whiteness-can-do/03 Sep 2026 01:18 +0000at://did:plc:ttklluv4jev4eb3mvr6eibom/app.bsky.feed.post/3mulbriobp22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/lynnellmick.bsky.social/post/3muhqzwg6j22eAgreed! And John Stoehr at @editorialboard.bsky.social explains this very directly and honestly. "There really is a consensus within the rarified circles of a political journalism in DC and NYC where they actually agree that the Democrats can’t go too far, can’t be too extreme.  1/ [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Sep 2026 15:41 +0000at://did:plc:ttklluv4jev4eb3mvr6eibom/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhqzwg6j22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/lynnellmick.bsky.social/post/3mtx64rw7dc2tRIP Dolly. One of my favorite clips is Dolly making a surprise appearance with Brandi Carlile and the Highwomen at the 2019 Newport Folks Festival. The audience went nuts. Scroll to 12:30 to listen to her sing I Will Always Love You with Brandi. She closes the 25-minute set singing 9-5.😍❤️💋 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBgOENa9ZyI26 Aug 2026 01:20 +0000at://did:plc:ttklluv4jev4eb3mvr6eibom/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtx64rw7dc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/lynnellmick.bsky.social/post/3mtbnhemtyc24Michele Tafoya plays duck duck goose.17 Aug 2026 11:56 +0000at://did:plc:ttklluv4jev4eb3mvr6eibom/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbnhemtyc24https://bsky.app/profile/lynnellmick.bsky.social/post/3mt5xlmkzc22uI grew up among white evangelicals; graduated from Wheaton College and spent my first 21 years in right-wing culture—and David Roberts is so right about this. The right’s great heroes are such small, small, stupid men—and the corporate media is always sane-washing. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Aug 2026 00:46 +0000at://did:plc:ttklluv4jev4eb3mvr6eibom/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt5xlmkzc22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/lynnellmick.bsky.social/post/3mt5mcwhi722rOur deep sorrow and shame about the Trump regime continues every week. Thank you, Nick and the crew, for continuing to be witnesses. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Aug 2026 21:24 +0000at://did:plc:ttklluv4jev4eb3mvr6eibom/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt5mcwhi722rhttps://bsky.app/profile/lynnellmick.bsky.social/post/3msw4fasqok2lAngie Craig won ONE precinct in Minneapolis Ward 13. (Precinct 13-10, Fulton neighborhood, by Lake Harriet, the fancier houses), even though she was endorsed by Frey and Palmisano. And even then Angie only won by two votes, 566 to 564!! Peggy comfortably won every other precinct. 1/ [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Aug 2026 21:51 +0000at://did:plc:ttklluv4jev4eb3mvr6eibom/app.bsky.feed.post/3msw4fasqok2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/lynnellmick.bsky.social/post/3msvfh7xbuc2lI am famously anti-Any, but would I vote for her over Lisa Demuth and any GOPers? 💯 I would vote for Klobuchar. [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Aug 2026 15:00 +0000at://did:plc:ttklluv4jev4eb3mvr6eibom/app.bsky.feed.post/3msvfh7xbuc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/lynnellmick.bsky.social/post/3mstzvdcaw22tGuys, how do we see where the votes are coming from on the Sec. of State site? Like what counties and cities are reporting at this point?12 Aug 2026 02:01 +0000at://did:plc:ttklluv4jev4eb3mvr6eibom/app.bsky.feed.post/3mstzvdcaw22thttps://bsky.app/profile/lynnellmick.bsky.social/post/3mstwauxmbc2qWhen Keith Ellison first ran for Congress & Amy Klobuchar first ran for Senate in 2006, Amy went on Minnesota Public Radio's Midday program said she had "concerns" about Ellison's "police record." She was referring to his unpaid parking tickets, but she made it sound like something far more.....1/ [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Aug 2026 00:56 +0000at://did:plc:ttklluv4jev4eb3mvr6eibom/app.bsky.feed.post/3mstwauxmbc2q