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Sign up here >> startribune.com/nuggets Send me tips via Signal: mattdelong.01https://bsky.app/profile/mattdelong.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattdelong.bsky.social/post/3mtuj7dhv5223Idk this seems like a recipe for a thriving black market, which not incidentally is where the author says the troubled young person in his lead anecdote gets their cannabis products https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/opinion/weed-marijuna-children-regulation.html?smid=url-share25 Aug 2026 00:00 +0000at://did:plc:zyddwpojhtmjojwgpuoshkuo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtuj7dhv5223https://bsky.app/profile/mattdelong.bsky.social/post/3mtu2scny6k2rAs of mid-day Monday, Jake Lang had yet to be charged and remains in custody at Hennepin County Jail following his arrest on Saturday https://www.startribune.com/as-jake-lang-remains-jailed-spider-man-gives-his-side-of-city-hall-clash/60188190024 Aug 2026 19:42 +0000at://did:plc:zyddwpojhtmjojwgpuoshkuo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtu2scny6k2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattdelong.bsky.social/post/3mttl72ijkc2fWow this Apple account security notification sent via text message from overseas looks pretty serious24 Aug 2026 15:03 +0000at://did:plc:zyddwpojhtmjojwgpuoshkuo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttl72ijkc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattdelong.bsky.social/post/3mttk55dv322qThis is incredible [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Aug 2026 14:44 +0000at://did:plc:zyddwpojhtmjojwgpuoshkuo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttk55dv322qhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattdelong.bsky.social/post/3mtscwyxyak2uThe Trump Intervention That Got the DOJ Off Live Nation’s Back https://www.wsj.com/business/media/trump-live-nation-antitrust-doj-f82b2c5524 Aug 2026 03:03 +0000at://did:plc:zyddwpojhtmjojwgpuoshkuo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtscwyxyak2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattdelong.bsky.social/post/3mtrn4vkops2sI’m about to stop at this brewery [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Aug 2026 20:32 +0000at://did:plc:zyddwpojhtmjojwgpuoshkuo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtrn4vkops2shttps://bsky.app/profile/mattdelong.bsky.social/post/3mtrkjokjq22sI’ve been in Iowa this weekend visiting family and based on some of the conversations I’ve had with nonfarmers I think it’s going to be a very interesting state to watch in November [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Aug 2026 19:46 +0000at://did:plc:zyddwpojhtmjojwgpuoshkuo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtrkjokjq22shttps://bsky.app/profile/mattdelong.bsky.social/post/3mtp7fns22s2tWent record shopping in Iowa and picked up an original pressing of Peter Gabriel’s “So” and an unopened original pressing of Robert Palmer’s fantastic debut album “Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley,” which was mostly recorded in New Orleans with Lowell George and the Meters backing him up22 Aug 2026 21:21 +0000at://did:plc:zyddwpojhtmjojwgpuoshkuo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtp7fns22s2thttps://bsky.app/profile/mattdelong.bsky.social/post/3mtmubali4k23I absolutely did not think I would get my first job out of college and honestly I was not really qualified for it but they rolled the dice on me and it paved the way for everything that came after. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Aug 2026 22:57 +0000at://did:plc:zyddwpojhtmjojwgpuoshkuo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtmubali4k23https://bsky.app/profile/mattdelong.bsky.social/post/3mtmr57eibc23Say what you will about Eric Clapton but the Layla riff goes hard af21 Aug 2026 22:01 +0000at://did:plc:zyddwpojhtmjojwgpuoshkuo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtmr57eibc23https://bsky.app/profile/mattdelong.bsky.social/post/3mtlytstczk2fI’ve been rewatching Reservation Dogs and I think maybe the funniest joke in the whole show is in the episode where the influencers host a decolonization seminar and they include the dinosaurs in the land acknowledgment21 Aug 2026 14:46 +0000at://did:plc:zyddwpojhtmjojwgpuoshkuo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtlytstczk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattdelong.bsky.social/post/3mthlrtw7bs25‘Amateur artist’ identified as suspect in $80K Minneapolis North Loop art heist https://www.startribune.com/amateur-artist-identified-as-suspect-in-80k-minneapolis-north-loop-art-heist/60188024919 Aug 2026 20:42 +0000at://did:plc:zyddwpojhtmjojwgpuoshkuo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mthlrtw7bs25https://bsky.app/profile/mattdelong.bsky.social/post/3mthle5st6225Target Corp. said Wednesday it received a nearly $1 billion tariff refund from the federal government. https://www.startribune.com/target-tariffs-refund-trump-earnings-profit-eps-sales/60188001019 Aug 2026 20:34 +0000at://did:plc:zyddwpojhtmjojwgpuoshkuo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mthle5st6225https://bsky.app/profile/mattdelong.bsky.social/post/3mthfylzwws2kGuy who ran no real campaign to speak of and lost by 11 points demands recount https://www.startribune.com/mike-lindell-says-hell-pay-for-recount-in-45000-vote-loss-in-minnesota-governor-primary/60188035119 Aug 2026 18:58 +0000at://did:plc:zyddwpojhtmjojwgpuoshkuo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mthfylzwws2khttps://bsky.app/profile/mattdelong.bsky.social/post/3mtheowpvhk2kI noticed there were no lawn seats available for the B-52s/Devo show at Mystic Lake Amphitheater next month. Seemed impossible that the lawn would have sold out already so I asked and I'm told they aren't selling the lawn for this show. That sucks!19 Aug 2026 18:35 +0000at://did:plc:zyddwpojhtmjojwgpuoshkuo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtheowpvhk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/mattdelong.bsky.social/post/3mtgx36b7ic2qPretty minor on the scale of everything but when you buy a bottle of water at a concert venue they should be required to give you the cap19 Aug 2026 14:31 +0000at://did:plc:zyddwpojhtmjojwgpuoshkuo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtgx36b7ic2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattdelong.bsky.social/post/3mtgwqrb2g22q"An officer no longer needs a plate, a name, or a crime to begin. They supply a place, a stretch of time, and a pattern of behavior, and the system is designed to hand back the people who fit." [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Aug 2026 14:25 +0000at://did:plc:zyddwpojhtmjojwgpuoshkuo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtgwqrb2g22q