It’s cool that Spike is in town. I hope he is having a nice visit.

While your night mayor cowers in fear, your winter mayor basks in the cold. I picnic in this weather. (can I continue this bit now that I am an actual elected official?)

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We cannot start a winter like this. Not on my watch.

Back on the bus, this time with a large soup pot that I just purchased at the downtown Target.

Nice night for a skate in Minneapolis

Fucking insane that Google Maps prompts people to answer questions while driving.

I have made it my mission to ride the bus more. How long or how many rides before I am permitted to have bus/met council takes?

Thinking about starting to post more stuff like this: The John Candy documentary is very sweet, definitely worth a watch. It inspired me to watch Uncle Buck for the first time and I am enjoying that so far.

Spotted two ice fisherman on the south portion of Lake of the Isles today. I was surprised to see them out this early in the freeze but caught one of them trudging up to his car and he told me he measured it 4 - 5 inches thick. I would still recommend heavy caution.

Older guy who walks his dog past my house at least four times per day just walked by with a friend for the first time in three years. 🥹🥹🥹💗💗💗

Yeah I like waymo. Waymo public transit, bike lanes and benches!

May Day Cafe is reducing hours for a second time. They were open until 6pm before converting to co-op and now just 1:30pm (!) — not even through the lunch hours. Having trouble resisting a rant about Minneapolis business operating hours.

Dear neighbor, I want to let you know that we are witnessing increased enforcement actions by agents in South Minneapolis. There continues to be reports of residents being followed while driving, stopped and taken away. 1/

Let me slip into something more comfortable AKA take off this sweaty neck gator I have been wearing since 11am.

Am I elected official enough to tell people “I don’t drive on Sundays” and get away with it?

Temps tonight will reach the high 40s. These are the dwindling days of easily rideable weather for which the emergency ride system was designed.

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PEOPLE ARE SAYING

Cleaning up my house and now very concerned about Soren Stevenson’s election. It says here he’s going to institute policies that will raise rents and property taxes, driving out residents and small businesses. Why would he do that??

Ok, but I didn't post it.

Coming down the home stretch and I am doing everything I can to throw this election. Arguing publicly against RCV and picking aggressive fights with voters who criticize my endorsements. It might be too late but if I only had another 10 days, I think I could lose by double digits.

Real heads know RCV is an op and yes I will risk my BET election on this belief.

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?