July 2011
“It’s a state that had a well-earned reputation for being well governed, where,...”
– Professor Larry Jacobs in a piece in the Times on #mnshutdown
We gotta get the “ridiculous Larry Jacobs quotes” tumblr going. When it comes to sound bytes for the media, he’s like a film critic spewing generic quotes — “Action-packed!” “A Visual Tour de...
June 2011
TheRealVoice.org: STRIKE LOOMS AT VILLAGE VOICE;... →
newsweek:
Voice staffers take to Tumblr to publicize strike efforts.
realvillagevoice:
June 28, 2011: For immediate release
The current three-year contract between Village Voice Media and UAW Local 2110, representing the workers of The Village Voice, expires midnight June 30. The membership has unanimously passed a strike authorization vote.
Over the past three years, the Voice staff has...
gifparty:
XD
Follow this Tumblr Now, and Thank Me Later →
Arts Orbit: Minneapolis, get rid of these freaking... →
artsorbit:
Someone has got some explaining to do.
When I moved into my present apartment in Northeast Minneapolis, I thought I had moved somewhere real urban and tight, you know? Some place I could show my friends and not have to hide. Or like throw a dirty cover over the syrup stains on my couch.
But…
NO WAY KEEP THE TURKEYS
Twin Cities Daily Planet: The North Minneapolis... →
tcdailyplanet:
Peter Kerré, who started the North Minneapolis Post Tornado Watch Facebook page and Google site to provide gather information in one place, found some resistance from city officials and heads of nonprofits when his site emerged initially as one of the first sources of information about…
frangry:
Wilson Phillips - Hold On...
Help! I'm giving a talk about TUMBLR to my...
bigboxcar:
Can you please reblog this post and add any sweet tumblrs you recommend to follow? Be sure to recommend YOUR tumblr, yo. This will help me explain how these reblogs of reblogs look, too. Thx!
I don’t know how a tumblr talk isn’t NSFW, but good luck.
“Now many former executives who helped breathe life into the company’s...”
– a hell is breaking loose at PBR
via Gus Davidson
“Without condoning Weiner’s personal behavior, the amount of media attention this...”
– Jed Lewison, at the Great Orange Satan (via wilwheaton)
no doubt.
Kling throws a sharp elbow our way
minnpost:
In a Q-and-A, City Page’s Andy Mannix asked Bill Kling why his “$25 million per station” plan wasn’t yet funded:
CP: And if I’m remembering correctly, you wanted to have $5 million per city raised before you left?
BK: Oh, not before I left.
CP: Ok, I think that was in a MinnPost column.
BK: Consider the source. …
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We’re thinking “Consider the source” might be our new...
Watchomg it’s happening