I love this litmus test for if a company has a strong brand or not. From Seth Godin:

How people outside of PR see PR // How people in PR see PR

Minnesota is smitten #skol

Thought working in PR was stressful until I had to start signing my kids up for summer camp

Cognitive irritation stimulates creativity. s.hbr.org/48guyUV

Progressive dinner but you start in a party bus with your siblings, then pick up your parents, then your spouses, then all collective BFFs

I used to think Prince's song "Sometimes It Snows in April" was just flowery language. An absurd thing like "Eight Days a Week". Then I moved to Minnesota and now I understand it to be a simple factual statement about weather.

The cultural context collapse here is phenomenal. This was so big, Bin Laden had it saved on his hard drive when they killed him. It would scarcely get a like on Tik Tok today. I´m struggling to remember the feeling of novelty that this invoked at the time

I believe St. Paul is cool again

Hope Maya Rudolph has cleared her schedule

Also maybe give parents a heads up on content? Not super family friendly

Minnesotans all screaming our heads off right now 🙌 #anthonyedwards #Olympics

One of the many extremely appealing things about Walz is that he doesn’t appear to have had a grand plan to take over the universe. He appears to have gone into politics because he likes helping people, and risen because he’s really good at that. What a concept!

Suni Lee went crazy at the Olympics, ANT is everybody’s favorite player, Walz is the VP candidate, plus we have over 11,000 lakes—Minnesota supremacy is almost complete 😈🫡

I loved the Paris Olympics. Amazing venues/backdrops for incredible athletic feats. Great time zone for U.S. fans. Raucous crowds. France did a phenomenal job, and it really felt like the Olympics was the biggest of big deals again.

Instagram but it closes every night like a store

Standstill for 30 minutes in ramp

This week's roundup of news on food and drink in the metro includes Twin Cities Icons: Jax Cafe, NYT picks Oro by Nixta and Vinai, Axels steakhouse closing and 50th & France hosting its very first Restaurant Week event. bizjournals.com/twincities/new…

It's so disheartening to see people cancelling their LA Times and Washington Post subscriptions due to decisions made by billionaires. These cancellations hurt the reporters, editors, photographers, and designers doing the real work, not the owners.

It’s time.