I laughed so hard at the memories this brought back of the 2013 campaign. Well done, Racket!

Hiawatha trail question- who do I call about the unsigned detour by the Franklin station? Being forced into traffic on Cedar with no signage was an unpleasant surprise! @alexschief.bsky.social ? @bikemn.bsky.social ?

I rode this earlier this week and somehow the trail surface is MUCH worse than it was before.

Sandwich generation means playing near daily whack a mole with two to three of the most batshit scenarios you can imagine while also, like, doing laundry.

*takes off reporter hat* My good friend Jason Garcia @jasoncomix.bsky.social has been in the hospital since Sept. 2. They asked me to help set up a GoFundMe to assist in their hospitalization and after-care costs. Here it is:

I just met with the Mayor’s Administration and asked about the deployment of the Mobile Medical Unit to the Longfellow neighborhood. I will summarize what was a succinct conversation. There is no plan in the near future to bring this service to our unsheltered residents currently here. 1/

There are no words for the level of trauma our unhoused neighbors are experiencing in Minneapolis.

I came to post this letter and found @wentrogue.bsky.social beat me to it. Thanks @beukema.bsky.social!

A list of ways to donate to Sanctuary Supply Depot: linktr.ee/sanctuarysup...

The framing of this is beyond dehumaizing. Someone might be shooting at unhoused people where they are shelterimg and the blame is unentirely put on the unhoused? www.startribune.com/shooting-sou...

Grateful for DeWayne Davis's wisdom here.

Per a call to Shelter Connect, there are ZERO shelter beds available in Hennepin County for tonight.

🧵 It’s been a joy to see so many people I know sign on to this letter. And it’s still open for signatures!

I’m hoping to see @zaynabmmohamed.bsky.social and Sam Sencer-Mura on the next update. Look how many of your constituents have signed!

TLDR: Carry Narcan/Naloxone. Learn CPR. Someday it could save a life. Yesterday I helped reverse an overdose. The exact circumstances aren’t that important, but here’s what was-

Minnesota DFLers, this is a moment for cis allies to step up. Please sign onto the open letter.

Also, to make this abundantly clear: This isn't just minneapolis. This is all of Minnesota. So if you know allies in outstate who could sign on, please pass it along to them.

Transphobia has no place anywhere, especially within the party that passed the first trans refuge law in the United States. Please sign the letter linked below to let State DFL leadership know that transphobia will not be tolerated within our party! docs.google.com/forms/d/1D9m...

Minnesota DFLers, this is a moment for cis allies to step up. Please sign onto the open letter.

I want this to be spread everywhere. trans people who are rightfully upset about transphobic actions within the feminist caucus are being tone policed and told it’s against the “ethical guidelines” to rightfully call out said transphobia among other rightful issues within the caucus. Okay!

I witnessed all of this. Dex’s statement is an accurate reflection of what we all just experienced. It is unconscionable that the DFL is allowing this kind of behavior in an officially recognized caucus.

I was on this Zoom for more than 5 hours tonight. All 150+ people who were there should be signing on to support Dex’s complaint.

50 minutes late today. We pay the “early dismissal” afternoon rate for childcare, but our kiddo is consistently arriving after the “late dismissal” kids.

If you’re a voting member of the DFL Feminist Caucus and want to join my signal chat for tomorrow’s meeting, please DM me! (If I don’t know you personally I’d like a connection with someone who does know you and is willing to vouch!)

This makes such a substantive positive difference in the lives of students. Free breakfast and lunch for kids is a social good. Full stop.

Week 2! The afternoon bus was more than an hour late again. At least today the bus app appears to be working?

It's the second day of school. So far: -The morning bus that serves the kids in our group chat has not arrived either day. (Parents have driven the kids to school, these kids have all missed breakfast). -Today our afternoon bus was NINETY minutes late leaving the school.

Kiddo is a brand new bike rider! @lauragmitchell.com and others, recommendations on how/what to reach him about riding on streets with us? (We’re currently sticking to sidewalks and other paths).

Love getting an “All Clear” setting off every phone in the house, when we didn’t get the original emergency alert.

hi, cis folks! this is present day reality for UK trans folks. it’s outrageous someone should have to have taken this journey to live as themselves, participate in society, & be with who they love. hi, cis americans! this is a future trans americans see that starts with “we need to compromise.”

I stand with our Trans community in Minneapolis and everywhere. The Trump administration and right wingers are using today’s mass shooting (which they have enabled through blocking gun control) to demonize our neighbors. Time to double down our support for our trans neighbors.

I’m going to try to follow Willy’s advice for at least a few hours.

We are the only country on earth where children regularly get shot in school and people are shot in their place of worship. It *doesn’t* have to be this way. Gun violence in America is a policy choice and I’m ready to make a different one. Let’s end gun violence.

This is our neighborhood park, where my kiddo plays all the time. I stand in solidarity with @kayforparks.bsky.social Parks must be safe places in our communities, and heavily armed federal agents do not belong.

More Minneapolis political polls- this time testing which endorsements from elected officials would make a difference So good people of Bsky, would endorsements from Tim Walz, Amy Klobuchar (yes, I know she already endorsed), or Ilhan Omar make a difference - positive or negative, for your vote?

A not so short 🧵 on privilege, safety, and over-policing of our unhoused neighbors.

This postcard arrived in my mailbox at 4:30pm today, for a city open house tonight. @minneapolismn.gov , I need a little more warning!

Parenting in community is great, because if (just for example), you lock your keys in your house as you’re leaving for camp pickup, you can call your friend (that’s me!) whose kid is at the same camp.

Political observation of the evening: Peggy Flanagan simply walking to her seat at the Indigo Girls/Melissa Ethridge concert just caused a spontaneous standing ovation.

davis says the mayoral race isn’t a binary race, much as mayor frey wants it to be. tells voters not to “disempower themselves” by viewing this as a two person race or only ranking one candidate

Hey friends! @supplydepotmpls.bsky.social desperately needs backpacks! Please donate if you can! We have dropoff locations at Boneshaker Books, Arbeiter Brewing, and Duck Duck Coffee.

I put my money where my mouth is and donated to Fateh, Davis, and Hampton today.

Absolutely enraging to me that instead of fighting fascism, the centrist wing of the local DFL is using its time and energy to fight left-wing Democrats.

KNOCK DOORS PHONE BANK TALK TO YOUR NEIGHBORS DONATE DISTRIBUTE ZINES

Look what these delightful neighbors did!

Mpls Council Member does a swear at the mayor & the tone police who refused to condemn a city contractor who attacked a colleague with a homophonic slur + threatened violence are very very offended. They’ll probably vote to give the homophobe city money this week. www.startribune.com/mpls-city-co...

Happy “MPS school bus assignments are sent to parents and our group chats are discussing the absolutely amazing number of ways they are wrong” day!

It is VIOLENCE. It is gleefully destructive. It is backpacks with inhalers, it is documents you need to apply for jobs, and most importantly it is the homes your most marginalized neighbors have pulled together from almost nothing. It is often the entirety of their possessions.

Vanessa is gorgeous- inside and out. Help her out if you can!