Michael McIntee
@mmcintee.bsky.social
Co-founder of The UpTake. Producer of TV, radio, podcasts, online videos and documentaries.
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How many other charting singles have the sound of a vacuum cleaner on them?
"The Magnificent Seven"
Ring Ring 7am
Cold water in the face
Brings you back to this awful place
What do we have for entertainment?
Cops kickin' Gypsies on the pavement
Luther King & Mahatma Gandhi
Went to the park to check on the game
But they was murdered by the other team
Who went on to win 50-0
Ring Ring 7am
Cold water in the face
Brings you back to this awful place
What do we have for entertainment?
Cops kickin' Gypsies on the pavement
Luther King & Mahatma Gandhi
Went to the park to check on the game
But they was murdered by the other team
Who went on to win 50-0
This Week On The Charts 1/28/1981: The Clash’s triple LP ‘Sandinista!’ Debuts at #99 on the billboard top 200 album chart. #TheClash #RockHonorRoll
January 29, 2026 at 4:44 AM
How many other charting singles have the sound of a vacuum cleaner on them?
it takes great effort to rhyme the word Minneapolis.
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 6:30 PM
it takes great effort to rhyme the word Minneapolis.
Reposted by Michael McIntee
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Reposted by Michael McIntee
Videos verified by The New York Times show the man federal agents shot and killed in Minneapolis on Saturday was holding a phone, not a gun, before the agents took him to the ground and shot him. At least 10 shots appear to have been fired within five seconds. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
January 25, 2026 at 3:21 AM
Videos verified by The New York Times show the man federal agents shot and killed in Minneapolis on Saturday was holding a phone, not a gun, before the agents took him to the ground and shot him. At least 10 shots appear to have been fired within five seconds. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Reposted by Michael McIntee
An excellent piece.
For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
Opinion | I'm a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here's how ICE observers are helping.
Research into how violence occurs shows that disapproval from the people around you can help reduce it.
www.ms.now
January 17, 2026 at 2:45 PM
An excellent piece.
@startribune.com print deadline is now 5:30pm except for Saturday (Sunday edition) which is 4:15pm because it’s now printed in Iowa. When I was producing TV news sometimes I’d have an almost entirely new first block of stories happen between 6pm and 10pm.
Here is how the fine print “To Our Readers” note on page two of the newspaper changed from last Sunday to Monday as The Minnesota* Star Tribune silenced its Minneapolis presses and sent printing to Des Moines, Iowa.
December 31, 2025 at 10:21 PM
@startribune.com print deadline is now 5:30pm except for Saturday (Sunday edition) which is 4:15pm because it’s now printed in Iowa. When I was producing TV news sometimes I’d have an almost entirely new first block of stories happen between 6pm and 10pm.
Captain Kangaroo and Tennille- the kids show and singing group you never knew you wanted.
December 27, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Captain Kangaroo and Tennille- the kids show and singing group you never knew you wanted.
“Hit Me With Your Best Rhythm Stick Shot”- Pat Benatar and Ian Dury & The Blockheads mashup.
December 27, 2025 at 6:17 PM
“Hit Me With Your Best Rhythm Stick Shot”- Pat Benatar and Ian Dury & The Blockheads mashup.
For the second time this month we’ve solved the Wordle in two guesses for two days in a row! That’s a double double double for December! #wordle
December 21, 2025 at 2:57 PM
For the second time this month we’ve solved the Wordle in two guesses for two days in a row! That’s a double double double for December! #wordle
Is the disconnect between this NY Times description an error or irony?
Breaking News: American forces struck dozens of suspected ISIS sites in Syria, fulfilling President Trump’s vow to avenge two U.S. soldiers killed by the group.
Trump Live Updates: Kennedy Center Adds Trump’s Name to Facade
nyti.ms
December 19, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Is the disconnect between this NY Times description an error or irony?
All politics is local…
It’s all about the #LocalAngle or is that the #LocalAngler ?
December 14, 2025 at 2:50 PM
All politics is local…
It’s all about the #LocalAngle or is that the #LocalAngler ?
December 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
It’s all about the #LocalAngle or is that the #LocalAngler ?
Tincher has marks on her neck and wrist from where agents restrained her. Agents cut off her wedding ring and held her in leg shackles at Whipple Federal Building for about five hours, where she saw about seven other detainees.”
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
Federal agents arrest citizen observer watching ICE detain neighbors on her north Minneapolis block
Susan Tincher, a 55-year-old American citizen, appears to be the first observer arrested by federal immigration enforcement officers since the agency launched an immigration surge in the Twin Cities l...
www.mprnews.org
December 9, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Tincher has marks on her neck and wrist from where agents restrained her. Agents cut off her wedding ring and held her in leg shackles at Whipple Federal Building for about five hours, where she saw about seven other detainees.”
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
“Even in defeat, Democrats remain bullish that the contest portended some of Mr. Trump’s political weaknesses entering 2026. Roughly 100 Republican-held seats were less pro-Trump in 2024 than Tennessee’s Seventh, and Democrats need to flip only three seats to win a House majority next year.”
Matt Van Epps, a Republican former state official and Army veteran, won a special election for the House on Tuesday in Tennessee, holding off a surprisingly stiff Democratic challenge in a Republican district that drew a flood of national attention and money.
Read more: nyti.ms/4pKWZD0
Read more: nyti.ms/4pKWZD0
December 3, 2025 at 12:50 PM
“Even in defeat, Democrats remain bullish that the contest portended some of Mr. Trump’s political weaknesses entering 2026. Roughly 100 Republican-held seats were less pro-Trump in 2024 than Tennessee’s Seventh, and Democrats need to flip only three seats to win a House majority next year.”
Video released of break-in at Masjid Uthman in North Minneapolis on Sunday night. Video surveillance footage shows two masked individuals entering the mosque while a third waited in a vehicle circling outside.
youtu.be/dpxU-VqotRU
youtu.be/dpxU-VqotRU
Break-In at Masjid Uthman in North Minneapolis Amid Ongoing Pattern of Attacks Targeting Mosques
YouTube video by Cair Minnesota
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Video released of break-in at Masjid Uthman in North Minneapolis on Sunday night. Video surveillance footage shows two masked individuals entering the mosque while a third waited in a vehicle circling outside.
youtu.be/dpxU-VqotRU
youtu.be/dpxU-VqotRU
For your listening pleasure- a man playing a garden hose with funnel backed by the 1st John Phillips Sousa Memorial Band tonight in Edina’s Edinborough Park.
November 24, 2025 at 3:02 AM
For your listening pleasure- a man playing a garden hose with funnel backed by the 1st John Phillips Sousa Memorial Band tonight in Edina’s Edinborough Park.
Is it wrong that this made me feel a little sad for my vacuum? #SuckyHolidays
November 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Is it wrong that this made me feel a little sad for my vacuum? #SuckyHolidays
Reposted by Michael McIntee
Federal agents wearing tactical gear used chemical irritants on protesters at the Bro-Tex facility in St. Paul.
Video by reporter Louis Krauss, who is on the scene.
Video by reporter Louis Krauss, who is on the scene.
November 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Federal agents wearing tactical gear used chemical irritants on protesters at the Bro-Tex facility in St. Paul.
Video by reporter Louis Krauss, who is on the scene.
Video by reporter Louis Krauss, who is on the scene.
Minnesotans have my permission to feel smug. vividmaps.com/us-states-vs...
How U.S. States Compare to Europe on the Human Development Index - Vivid Maps
Break down the United States state by state, compare each one with major European countries on human development, and something unexpected appears. The variation between American states turns out to b...
vividmaps.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Minnesotans have my permission to feel smug. vividmaps.com/us-states-vs...
The correct Jeopardy question in the “Uses of AI” category for $500 is “How can AI be used to make criminals even more dangerous?”
Chinese state-sponsored hackers used Anthropic’s A.I. technology to conduct a largely automated cyberattack against a group of technology companies and government agencies, the company said Thursday.
Anthropic Says Chinese Hackers Used Its A.I. in Online Attack
The company claimed that A.I. did most of the hacking with limited human input and said it was a rapid escalation of the technology’s use in cybercrime.
nyti.ms
November 14, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The correct Jeopardy question in the “Uses of AI” category for $500 is “How can AI be used to make criminals even more dangerous?”
I did not stay up until midnight when my Aurora app says the KP index was at its peak. So the sequel might have been spectacular too.
It’s back! Not quite as intense and bright as last night, but we do have northern lights in the southern twin cities. The sequel is never as good as the original.
November 13, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I did not stay up until midnight when my Aurora app says the KP index was at its peak. So the sequel might have been spectacular too.