Knocking doors in the Linden Hills neighborhood of Ward 13, for @ehbinmn.bsky.social & @olsenforparks.bsky.social! It’s so rewarding to inform folks about important at-large down ballot races that greatly affect residents’ standard of living. My favorite conversation was with a retired MPS teacher!

I want you to correct my typos and I thank you for it but also fuck off and die I am doing my best.

The Minneapolis Public Seating Authority is excited to host the biggest bench-raising in Minneapolis history! Come hang out with me, Eric, and other public seating enthusiasts and let's see what else we can build together.

Just tweeted a screenshot on my campaign account revealing I had 7% battery at 9:22am. Learn more, follow along, and donate at: secure.actblue.com/donate/ehbfo...

Just dropped my first substantive budget thread as a BET candidate. Check it out and tell me what you think! Also follow the campaign and donate here: ehbforbet.com

Do I fully understand what the Board of Estimate is or does? No. But when my good friend @ehbinmn.bsky.social told me he was running for it, it made perfect sense. If you live in Minneapolis, you should vote for him! www.ehbforbet.com

When Chet Wedgely and I came together to form this partnership, we asked “how can we create a fun community environment, while also raising awareness of Eric’s stolen 2006 Chevy Suburban?” That was the inspiration for my sponsorship of the Wedge LIVE’s first annual Float Fest.

Wedge LIVE Float Fest is also sponsored by Eric's stolen 2006 Chevy Suburban. It's blue but also looks kinda green in the sunlight. Have you seen Eric's Suburban? Let him know. @ehbinmn.bsky.social

Disclaimer: Lived here 5 years and experienced almost zero property crime. Having said that… My beloved 2006 Chevy Suburban was seemingly stolen (???) from 35th & Grand in South Minneapolis. Please keep an eye out! Description in pics. P.S. Yes, I own a massive SUV but I don’t drive it very much!

"The faster you can get around, the more you need to. When you use a car, you'll whiz around from suburb to suburb, appointment to appointment...adding things to your life that don’t actually fit." Nice reflection on cars, capitalism, and modern life: streets.mn/2025/07/29/h...

Good thoughts on outsourcing public safety. Instead of asking our experts to study, design, and implement good policies, we outsource to avoid liability. But you can't really avoid responsibility because we still live with the consequences. And then we never learn how to do things.

This is a helluva metaphor.

I’d like a functional, trustworthy police force. But reality is police don’t solve crimes, won’t provide behavioral response, and won’t even save you amidst the violent emergencies they’re ostensibly geared for. Plus millions in fraudulent overtime? If you’re not for deep reform you’re a fool.

Lord forgive me for my sins, I have argued with Will Stancil on the internet

Will gets 25 likes in four minutes on this nitpicky thread about the city convention but *I’m* the one rolling with “you guys.” The nerve!

Why is it more legitimate to throw out 80%? Especially when that’s exactly what the 20% want. But more importantly who is “you guys”??? I’m not the one with tens of thousands of followers liking every post!

I’m a Stancil apologist in the sense that I think he’s smart and makes some good points. But this is the thing he does I object to most. The “Minneapolis left” isn’t saying it’s harmless to throw out votes; Fateh, Jazz, and Davis are saying that throwing out the whole convention is worse.

Will’s point rests on the unfounded assumption that a potential miscount favored one candidate over others, which conveniently supports his preferred outcome. Given that a miscount was likely random, allowing it to block endorsement is just tyranny of the 33% instead of the 60%. Why is that better?

Minneapolis went and made a whole downtown without trees and then wonders why no one wants to spend time there when their boss doesn’t make them

Not great

Thanks to everyone who liked and shared. Now get in these comments and do battle! 😆

With a political status quo as bleak as ours, we should welcome democratic socialists. www.startribune.com/us-mayor-rac...

“You can’t chastise teachers who don’t protect their students during a school shooting, just like you can’t chastise target for backing off DEI.” Is a thing that someone actually wrote into the Star Tribune today. Um, what?

I shared some thoughts on Speaker Hortman's love of trees, and the essential wisdom that it reflects.

Not great, Bob!

On #mnleg floor, Rep. Patti Anderson just said Minnesota has the most fraud of any state in the nation. But according to Dane Smith's op-ed, our relative ranking is actually unclear! [This is devastating. She is devastated right now.] www.startribune.com/minnesotas-r...

Promise?

The most beautiful thing I saw at Art-a-Whirl.

Yesterday, my column in the @minnesotareformer.com discussed funding challenges in state prisons. Today, Walz announced closure of the outdated Stillwater facility. Hopefully this will be a step towards the safer and more functional corrections system we need. minnesotareformer.com/2025/05/14/o...

This is a public service announcement.

In the latest edition of Tax & Spend, I wrote about the importance of funding Minnesota's prisons. Not a popular issue, but if we can understand the value of a functional corrections system, we can start to view public investment in a more productive light. minnesotareformer.com/2025/05/14/o...

Excessive foul reviews are a symptom of late capitalist decline.

At least taconite mines pay taxes. Data miners should do the same. www.startribune.com/opinion-if-b...

Another tragic victim of @wedge.live emergency ride’s vicious drop policy.

Oh right right, *this* part of caring about playoff basketball

May Day parade is first and foremost, a show of anti-fascist military power. With the fearsome battle train, South Minneapolis will repel any ill-intentioned invaders.

Catch my latest personal essay — “Single status at 36 not related to irreparable commitment issues” — in the paper on Sunday!

Lmao

Just looked it up: The proposed Republican Medicare cuts would eliminate 21,000 people's health care who live in Tom Emmer's district. www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...

Let this Wolves game be a lesson to us all: Your most irksome, embarrassing weak points may one day prove your only salvation.

Emergency rides with @wedge.live have a 100% drop rate in the event of mechanical failures, but we are very consoling when it happens.

Another tab will fix me

When I say "tax the rich" leads (or at least enables) a directionless, anti-tax politics, this is exactly what I mean. Amidst a fascist takeover and budget negotiation that will gut lifesaving programs, Dems are more excited to oppose small tax increases than defend the foundations of our society.

TONIGHT: I'm activating the Emergency Bike Ride System. Come ride your bike at a conversational pace and talk about tomorrow's potential for severe weather. It's also going to be above 60 degrees all night long. This is an emergency. Mueller Park, 7 pm. events.humanitix.com/wedge-live-e...

Lower Hennepin was jamming today. Lines at Maeger’s, Mosaic, and Moona Moono. Not sure this corner needs/can support quite this many $7-$9 iced beverages. Nor am I sure these Minneapolis baristas can handle the crowds. But one thing I am sure of is that Uptown is back.

People won't remember what you did or the things you said. They won't remember your face or even what you stood for. But they will remember how you edited section headers in shared google docs.

Awesome time moderating the Ward 8 City Council debate. We had a good discussion of important local issues in front of at least 100 neighbors. As the federal government rapidly devolves, local government will be more important than ever. Listen here:

Reminder this is TONIGHT at 6:30pm at the MLK community center. Join us for a fun and neighborly time!

Another reason to feel good about the DFL's new data mining tax? Bluesky still not large enough to be impacted!

Dagger