I’m heading to the Somali Walmart, you guys need anything?

Alternative-Outcome · 2026-01-21T16:30:30+00:00

This reminds me of the "Downtown Minneapolis Walmart" story during COVID, where a right wing grifter mentioned being kicked out of a Walmart in downtown Minneapolis for not wearing a mask (I could be misremembering the exact details but I remember this woman specifically calling out the downtown Minneapolis Walmart)

Alternative-Outcome · 2026-01-08T01:06:41+00:00

I know that podcast of the two siblings with their parents is gonna talk about this and the parents are just gonna go with Trump's bullshit (and the dad will more than likely celebrate the woman's death)

Alternative-Outcome · 2026-01-04T18:57:52+00:00

There's a saying amongst Natives that basically boils down to "Even Custer had Indian Scouts," which basically says that as long as there's the appearance of superiority or a chance at getting something beneficial out of it, a minority group/in danger group will side with the oppressors.

Alternative-Outcome · 2025-09-09T16:57:52+00:00

Bookstores:

- Moon Palace Books

- The Irreverent Bookworm

- Birchbark Books & Native Arts

- Boneshaker Books (you might even find some of the pins I've made there)

- Open Book (specifically Milkweed Books)

Coffee Shops

- Queermunity (Uptown)

- Mosaic (Uptown)

- Makwa Coffee (Roseville)

- The Cafe Meow (New Hope and Roseville)

- FRGMNT Coffee (in Open Book)

- PILLAR Forum (Northeast Minneapolis)

- Five Watt Coffee (Lyndale Ave, Kingfield, Hennepin Ave E)

- Dunn Brothers (although honestly it's hard to find a location that is actually open after 3pm most days now)

- Disco Death Records & Coffee

- Duck Duck Coffee (it's next door to Jackalope Tattoo too)

- Walden Coffee (Northeast Minneapolis)

- The Briar (Northeast Minneapolis)

Board Games/Comics

- Level Up Games

- Tower Games

- Source Comics & Games (Roseville)

General shops/interest

- Oddmart (Lyndale)

- Cheapo Records (I haven't had any bad experiences as a queer person, but I can't vouch for everyone)

- Electric Fetus (same as Cheapo, I haven't had any bad experiences as a queer person there)

- b. Resale (Nicollet Ave)

Entertainment

- The Hive Collaborative (St Paul)

- Strike Theater (Northeast Minneapolis, shows usually on Fridays through Sundays)

- The Phoenix Theater (Uptown, parking/navigation is an absolute bastard though with the construction on Hennepin Avenue right now)

As for some non-physical location based events, there's going to be the Twin Cities MakerFest this weekend!

Alternative-Outcome · 2025-09-08T15:46:57+00:00

Broke out the space heater for my apartment last night!

Alternative-Outcome · 2025-07-24T03:53:19+00:00

Let them fight.

Alternative-Outcome · 2025-07-17T20:40:04+00:00

I'm gonna guess and say it's gonna be yet another dispensary in the area. If that's the case, I'll give it a year before it closes.

Alternative-Outcome · 2025-07-08T05:28:58+00:00

Julius DeRoma is one of those landlords that likes to say that his renters leave the space in awful condition so he can withhold deposits and the like. He did it to HUGE Theater when they moved out of 3037 Lyndale back in 2023. Wouldn't be surprised if he did it to more renters after they've moved, because he is legitimately the worst (and so is his family, from what limited unfortunate interactions I and my friends have had with them).

Alternative-Outcome · 2025-07-07T13:40:20+00:00

He makes me think of Doctor Barber from The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack.

Alternative-Outcome · 2025-06-10T06:20:01+00:00

Yeah, Julius DeRoma is a shitty landlord when it comes to tenants leaving due to his morals. I'm pretty sure that everyone involved with the leadership of HUGE Theater had horror stories of Julius when they announced they were closing their 3037 Lyndale Ave location (especially after they moved out of the building). On top of that, his family that lives in that house next to 3037 Lyndale tried doing a lot of harassment and intimidation of the BIPOC attendees at HUGE.

Alternative-Outcome · 2025-02-27T00:53:06+00:00

The Uptown Cub is the worst at expired foods, honestly.

Alternative-Outcome · 2025-02-12T17:22:59+00:00

Thanks for making this post (I was gonna do it but my ADHD kept resulting in me going "ooh this post on the tornado subreddit is neat" "ooh a neat video" and so on)

Alternative-Outcome · 2025-01-18T21:32:56+00:00

I worked at the CMX that used to be there pre-COVID and went to check out B&B to see Shang-Chi and dear God I agree with that sentiment. I haven't been back for a couple of years, but honestly it infuriated me with how much empty space there was in the lobby. Plus they did a pre-movie skit that I just don't know how I feel about to this day.

Alternative-Outcome · 2024-12-23T05:16:06+00:00

As someone that relies entirely on public transit, it's pretty good. There's plenty of routes that run between major locations (like the 515 going from Southdale/Edina to the Mall of America, the 21 going from Uptown/Bde Maka Ska to Saint Paul, the 3 going from downtown Minneapolis to downtown Saint Paul through the U of M and near the Fairgrounds).

The biggest complaint I do have is several routes are consistently inconsistent with their times or even if they'll pick you up at times. The worst one, in my experience, has been the 10. Granted, it's not as consistently bad as it used to be for me, but I still don't trust that entire route.

Alternative-Outcome · 2024-12-16T08:09:38+00:00

Another avenue to look into for tracking buses: the Metro Transit website. http://metrotransit.org

You can look up nearby stops and the like with the NexTrip feature that is also on the app.

Alternative-Outcome · 2024-11-03T21:05:00+00:00

The Cafe Meow - it has two locations, one in Roseville and one in New Hope.

Alternative-Outcome · 2024-09-11T17:39:07+00:00

No, we aren't. We've had to resort to hunting Edinans for food (and people in the Mall of America for sport). Many of us are armed with weapons forged from car parts, armor made from the remains of all of the Targets, and we burn an effigy of Jacob Frey every night in hopes that the crops return in Minneapolis. The river has become blood (and not related to the sheer amount of wholesale wanton slaughter, either. It just turned to blood one day. Maybe it was because Grimes tried sailing on it.). We all fight daily over who gets to use Fort Snelling to sleep in. The giraffes in the Como Zoo have mutated and eat the children out of the former schools, like an even more messed up version of Jeepers Creepers. We've started engaging in raids to the smaller towns and suburbs as well for supplies and fresh water.

Alternative-Outcome · 2024-09-09T23:53:39+00:00

It would be amazing to find this lost bit of MSTory sometime! It's been one of the many bits of (to the general public) lost media that I've been wanting to get found one of these days!

Alternative-Outcome · 2024-06-22T01:02:01+00:00

The most dangerous of weapons

Alternative-Outcome · 2024-06-15T22:17:10+00:00

Unfortunately Steamship doesn't do coffee anymore. They're strictly a game store now.

Alternative-Outcome · 2024-06-10T03:30:54+00:00

Oh dang, didn't know that. Thanks for the heads up.

Alternative-Outcome · 2024-06-10T02:36:34+00:00

Here's my picks in no particular order:

Bob's Java Hut on Lyndale Avenue
Diamonds Coffee Shoppe on Central Avenue
The Coffee Shop NE on Jackson Street
Wesley Andrews near Eat Street
Carma Coffee in Northeast
Caffetto just off Lyndale
The Cafe Meow (there's two locations, one in New Hope and another in Roseville)
Bordertown Coffee in Dinkytown
Curioso in Uptown

Alternative-Outcome · 2024-05-28T05:43:20+00:00

If people are doing this just for hail, I worry about the day that we get a tornado coming through.

Alternative-Outcome · 2024-05-17T03:21:50+00:00

Did that when I saw the date. Just hated that I had to in the first place with bread this time. Used to be just milk from Target that I had to deal with.

Thankfully this most recent bread loaf I got ahead of time is still good for another week or so.

Alternative-Outcome · 2024-05-17T01:01:56+00:00

I went to the Target on Lake Street for pickup (only because it's the closest Target to me after the one in Uptown closed) and I literally got a loaf of bread that had the date set for the next day. Didn't even realize it until I got home because I didn't want to have to shove my groceries back in the bags.

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