I brought an out of town visitor to the Walker Art Center this week and we were disappointed to see so much AI garbage throughout the new Olalekan Jeyifous exhibit, “Hydricosmic Litanies”. There were three looping videos that were obviously AI along with many graphics that appeared to be AI generated. WTF? Nowhere in the exhibit did they let guests know that Jeyifous used AI, which feels so shady and wrong.

I talked to a Walker staffer and they said they’re not allowed to provide an official statement but agreed that AI was clearly used in many of the pieces. I was told even the “sculptures” in the exhibit were machined from AI-generated 3D models.

It’s sickening to me that the Walker has this crap (I won’t call it art) on display and misleads people into believing it was actually made by a person. I usually like the Walker’s exhibits but this is a huge step in the wrong direction.

See for yourself: https://www.walkerart.org/whats-on/olalekan-jeyifous-hydricosmic-litanies/

Edit: It’s gross how many of you are defending this person’s use of AI just because they thought of words to prompt the AI model and then collected what it spat out. That’s just lazy and totally skips over the process of creation. I guess original ideas and actual creativity are dead.

My partner and I were stopped by someone after voting this morning who claimed to be from the federal government "interviewing" voters about election security. He asked us if our polling site was following federal oversight. I told him that they are as far as I know, and we didn't tell him anything else.

They are not allowed inside polling precincts, so they will approach you from outside.

Links:

https://www.fox9.com/news/doj-observers-denied-access-hennepin-ramsey-polls-will-be-watched-state-observers

https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/federal-observers-minnesota-primary-polling-places/

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-conduct-election-monitoring-minnesota-primary-election

I hope everyone’s ok

Edit: calm down y’all I was on the bus and not driving while I was filming this damn…

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I guess Lime is just deciding to put themselves out of business.

If they are gonna pull this kinda sh*t they have to show you this map before you pay to rent a scooter!

We’ll always miss people like you. Your legacy lives on.

I still don't miss them. Turns out they're entirely unnecessary to life.

My husband and I live in Hopkins, but I work in downtown Minneapolis. We went up to a dealership in Saint Cloud earlier today to pickup a new (to us) car. I had a short conversation with the sales guy while we were waiting for the paperwork to get processed and then he asked me that question when I told him where I worked.

He didn’t ask it out of malice, he was genuinely curious. I told him that as a 5’4” woman, I feel safe in downtown Minneapolis. I’ve never had any issues or felt scared. He said that Fox News was telling folks to “keep a lookout” and “hide your purse/wallet” and to “watch for weapons”, etc.

I said that every large city has its problems. And he agreed and pointed out that the more people you gather into a small area, the more likely you are to see these issues. And I agreed. I told him that I used to live in a sort of rough part of Minneapolis (about a mile from Downtown) from late 2020 until early 2024 and I’m still alive and well.

I love my job and I love the city of Minneapolis. I miss living in Minneapolis. After I shared my experience with the sales guy, he paused for a second and said, “I guess Fox News was just trying to scare people, huh?”. And I said that’s exactly what they were trying to do.

I don't know if this is very helpful or if people care about ice anymore, but I just wanted to warn people that I saw a ice car in North Minneapolis yesterday at around 5 pm. The car was black and had tinted windows but the people had on vests that said ice?, Is this still a issue idk i was just trying to warn or help people.

Not sure if I’ve ever woken up happier to see rain and sub 70°F temps

Hard Times is still holding it down in Cedar-Riverside and is as comforting and delish as it was in my earlyyy 20’s when I was a student at Augsburg and again when I returned to live in Seward as a slightly older twenty something!! Still cash only, hot coffee is $1.50 now lol, still open to midnight (depending on when you were last in, I guess maybe now open till midnight!), and the corner booth they used to have is now closed off, other than that can’t say much has changed and it’s really really special to have a place so unchanged still around! Their pastries and coffee are some of the best in town imo - the chocolate banana bread and classic breakfast with half hash browns and cheese on the eggs remains my go to 🥰 - ps hashbrowns are ALSO the best in town imo and the full size is the size of the plate 💃💃

ETA - Oh yeah and they’re doing like old scary movie nights at 8pm on Mondays in the summer so def check that out if it’s your thing :)

What a chud. I’m going to vote for Peggy Flanagan twice as hard now. Remember y’all, Angie Craig is just a gay Republican.

I was at Lake Minnewashta Regional Park all the way out in Chanhassen and it was so much louder than if I had gone to Cedar Lake to paddle board. The insurgence of powerboats and jet skis on the lakes outside of Minneapolis makes it so that people in the vicinity can't enjoy any peace and quiet. It wasn't as bad here as it was on Lake Marion where the jetskiiers would come ashore the beach (Lakeville is not a vibe unless you're rich).

Any recommendations for quiet, peaceful lakes outside of Minneapolis to stand up paddle board and chill?