*sad trombone*

The cranks are really riled up about Hennepin, Uptown, Lyndale and Lisa Bender right now. I feel like we went a decade back in time. So, we’re kind of “back”, huh? And just in time for Minneapolis 2050. It’s going to be a blast.

Yeah, the one thing you can look up early into buying a property because it’s easily accessible public information becomes a last second deal killer. Makes total sense.

Me trying to buy anything in 2026: “this is going to be complete garbage” OR “god this is so fucking expensive, but it’ll probably actually work and not break in 3 months”

Solving problems that don’t exist. Giving people something they don’t want or doesn’t help. How wonderful.

Who are you even talking about? Stop inventing things people have never said and holding yourself out like the only one who cares. You’re coming off like Elon. This is really pathetic to watch.

Would be nice if people with large microphones didn’t intentionally spread misinformation. This is all so weird to me, honestly.

Every time people cite construction as a reason for small businesses closing in Uptown, I think about how the Minneapolis City Council funded a $900,000 construction hardship program that Mayor Frey did not implement.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ This would have been support for small businesses in Uptown.

Woah, a dozen voters in a rural county that hasn’t voted for a Dem since 1964 still support Trump. Someone call the press … oh wait.

Ah, classic art a whirl weather. It’s always either hot or rainy.

Congrats to everyone involved for pushing the city and MPD to clear unhoused and addicted people from Uptown. You’ve moved the problem back to Blaisdell. Nothing has been solved, but you can continue to give yourselves a round of applause if it makes you feel better.

Seems like there’s a high chance this all ends up going back to RFP

I’ve said this before but in my 9 years of living a couple blocks from a police precinct, and WFH since COVID, the number of times I’ve seen an officer on foot patrolling the area is 0.

It will only get worse

In the first @gallup.com survey on the topic, 7 in 10 Americans oppose the construction of data centers in their area, including nearly half who strongly oppose it. news.gallup.com/poll/709772/...

LOL. We are COOKED.

Are the house flippers back? Someone “flipped” this home a block away from me and they have the audacity to list it for $525k.

Mayor Frey: I’m making parking meters free in Uptown Friday nights! That’ll bring business back! Me: 😳 Local business owner: Yes! Like Arbor Lakes! Me: What the hell is that? *Googles* 😳🤯🫠

Yesterday morning, I wrote about how #SCOTUS keeps *choosing* to inject itself into politics. Then, the Court did it again last night—clearing the way for Alabama to re-draw its maps *this* cycle, even though it allowed Alabama to use old, unlawful maps in 2022: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

Sooo is anyone at a local news org going to ask Mayor Frey why he contracted with a non profit that had no board or oversight that ended up committing fraud for millions?

See if you can spot the effects of the Iran war.

Has anyone studied the minimum wage to know if we went back to $5/hour, would tickets be cheaper? I can’t think of any other reason why it would be so expensive so obviously it must be the minimum wage.

Why does the CEO of First Avenue portray their business as being on the verge of collapse at all times because of having to pay those pesky workers the minimum wage, yet they keep buying all the local venues and seem to be thriving in a difficult industry?

I had to look her up. She’s one of those “advisors” and “I do strategy” type people, who convince companies to fork over hundreds of thousands of dollars to tell them what to do, but it never really works out how it was supposed to and you then have to go in an entirely new direction

They keep saying the data centers don't use much water. It does not seem to be true. If I were them I'd revisit a bit of wisdom from the dry areas of the world before taking everyone's water. "Whisky is for drinking. Water is for fighting over."

She will fight hard as hell to ensure her legacy as governor is meaningless

For a depreciating asset. People are crazy.

This will make for the quite split screen for when Florida's conservative supreme court likely ignores the state's 2010 constitutional amendments and blesses DeSantis' +4 map.

Worth noting that this *never* used to happen and now it's normal. sahanjournal.com/climate-envi...

JFC, I moved into my house 9 years ago? This can’t be true.

Oh, but this is exactly the type of thing he loves.

This has to be the funniest question AND response I've ever seen in a poll. Less than half of Republican men think they could beat Trump in a fight. What a bunch of pathetic losers.

And we also had to give these drivers so much parking space on Hennepin. They complained so much about how it was needed. But whenever I’m on Hennepin - like I was earlier today - there wasn’t a single car using the parking between 24th and 28th. Instead, drivers used the parking lane for driving.

It’s so exhausting. Almost every politician speaks in plain English. This is not the issue. It’s not how we talk it’s what we talk about and how we are perceived. The D brand is awful. You can’t change that by hiring a good copy editor.

How is it possible that the organizers of the New Uptown Art Fair haven’t created a basic map of where the event is going to take place? You’re asking people to reserve a booth space now but you don’t have a map showing where booths will be?

Are people “losing their minds” about a Costco sized or even Amazon distribution sized data center in an area zoned for light industrial? Or are they concerned about hyperscale locations that would take up 300 acres? Who knows really. It’s not like context ever mattered.

If I’m reading this correctly, it looks like there is a project request for an AAA bike path on 34th between Hiawatha and Hennepin (with a few detours on 35th). I knew this was in the works but didn’t realize it was going that far east and west! This would basically be a second greenway of sorts.

We’re totally unprepared for what I still think is coming: $10 a gallon gas. It won’t be these cutesy moves where we see it go up a few cents every day. At some point (soon), reality is going to click and it’ll be like flipping a switch.

He doesn’t have the throat game for that

This is the horrible thing I was talking about. People need to go to jail.

I got golden handcuffed today. I’ve been dreaming of this for years and it finally happened. Feeling like

Many liberals had long hoped for deescalation, because gerrymandering is bad. But watching Rs openly vow to seize on SCOTUS ruling to maximally gerrymander makes it clear those hopes are dead. The option of deescalation is always there, but it must be mutual. newrepublic.com/article/2098...

Just saw an ad for a hot tub boat. That’ll be a no for me.

and they tell us he’s one of the “good” republicans

This is actually the perfect distillation of the right wing worldview. A predatory industry treats consumers unfairly so it must be immigrants' fault.

How does a sitting governor of a small state - who has the backing of Dem senate leadership - not have the financial resources to run a campaign? Bonkers. Lmao. Whatever.

1. I wouldn't take at face value anything a candidate up for reelection says about his future plans for a higher office. 2. He's running. 3. He's going to win. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnj-...

Are we being a tad generous about having a social media following? Let’s be real here.