Michael Walker
@micwalker1.bsky.social
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Retired educator, hiking enthusiast and advocate for social justice issues.
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Since I retired, I now spend time hiking around the Midwest and beyond. You can see my content here:
youtube.com/@midwestmike...
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Midwest Mike On A Hike: Learnings from the Trail
I am a retired educator, and life-long learner, who loves hiking and sharing. I hope you learn from these videos as much as I do. I know I will make mistakes, and hopefully through them, will learn an...
https://youtube.com/@midwestmikeonahike?si=4LJ2wTPx3Y49N0_7
about 1 year ago
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Mendoza channeling his best Kirk Cousins impression!
#B1G10
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Jamie Long
5 days ago
Today, 3 MN GOP leaders were asked to reject Trump’s remarks calling our MN neighbors garbage. Not one of them did. This is not hard. Racist, xenophobic attacks on our MN community members are abhorrent. Those unable to condemn them fail the moral test.
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Unidos Live at Target Now:
www.instagram.com/unidosmn/live/
5 days ago
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Nate Pentz
5 days ago
"Whether it takes him going to a Sunday School class or familiarizing himself with our country’s foundational documents, I hope the president soon learns that God doesn’t make garbage. God only makes beautiful things. And my Somali neighbors are beautiful"
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Hoye said a test drilling for Geothermal pilot is happening, and could serve neighbors beyond. Also exploring Geothermal at the Democracy Center.
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Hoye discussed a study to learn more about the needs of cost burdened households. Got a $250,000 grant to look at education and engagement around electrification and Geothermal along with building interest and signing up folks interested in moving forward if we get federal funding.
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Centerpoint held Eco stakeholder meetings in October. How can Eco focussed initiatives help . Follow up in February.
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Centerpoint shared an update on Geothermal pilot. No location yet, but in their service area in Minnesota. Robust evaluation. Hired expert on site ID, Resources Innovation have a list of potential sites. Sites that made 1st round being evaluated now. June target to publish with PUC.
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Xcel goals 2
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Xcel Solar and Battery plan at Sherco.
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At the Clean Energy Partnership Q4 meeting, Megan Hoye demonstrating the Climate Equity Tracker on the Mpls city Website
climatetracker.minneapolismn.gov
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Climate Equity Tracker
https://climatetracker.minneapolismn.gov/
7 days ago
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick
12 days ago
This rhetoric is indistinguishable from the stuff you hear coming out of white nationalists. Completely identical language.
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I Am Antifa (erb)
17 days ago
@hiimwhitney.bsky.social
@chrissysea.bsky.social
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Will the price of an ACA tax credit extension be Epstein immunity for Trump?
25 days ago
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1) Here are my remarks regarding the franchise Fee increase proposed in Minneapolis, to support clean energy home upgrades.
#climateandequity
www.youtube.com/live/ycZXtro...
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November 13, 2025 Climate & Infrastructure Committee
YouTube video by cityofminneapolis
https://www.youtube.com/live/ycZXtroPXcI?si=U5m2533wfZeUaoHU&t=3201
26 days ago
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So far of the 50+ speakers discussing the Franchise Fee Increase, the only ones against are the Downtown Council and the utilities.
26 days ago
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Updated billing impact to residential customers.
26 days ago
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At the Climate and Infrastructure Committee meeting today. Staff showing the increase, which for residential customers would be a <$10/year increase.
26 days ago
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The Tennessee Holler
28 days ago
Welp!
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Wedge LIVE!™
about 1 month ago
🚨EARLY EXITS: all your enemies are voting in high percentages and will get their way over the next four years unless you show up to the polls and bring several friends.
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Dex Anderson
about 1 month ago
the frey boys on reddit are going hard in on "Fateh is transphobic and homophobic" today in a last ditch effort to persuade undecideds to go Frey Frey ran away from me at a literal pride parade
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Racket
about 1 month ago
“I just see a lot more hope and excitement about what we could have than I do frustration and fatalism about some of the way we are doing things.”
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Who is Eric Harris Bernstein, and Why is He Making the Minneapolis Board of Estimate and Taxation Race so Much Fun? - Racket
A creative campaign has put the spotlight on a down-ballot race.
https://racketmn.com/who-is-eric-harris-bernstein-minneapolis-board-estimate-taxation
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The Embodiment of The Paradox of Tolerance
about 1 month ago
Hey, everybody! Helpful reminder for us all:
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birdo 🏳️🌈
about 1 month ago
matt delong got absolutely dragged in this thread (that he started!), and this was somehow his last word on the subject of the extensive frey/weinhagen connections
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Aaron Rupar
about 1 month ago
Rep. Rosa DeLauro: "On the food stamp issue, the money is there! Let them not get away with saying they can't do it. Their political will isn't there to feed the people who rely on the SNAP program which is the most effective anti-hunger program in the USA."
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Wedge LIVE!™
about 1 month ago
This is so well done. But will any of the extremely confident ignorant people in local subreddit comment sections watch it?
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Happy Tight Ends Day! to all who celebrate!!
#GoPackGo
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about 1 month ago
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Daniel Abraham
about 1 month ago
If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation. Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to
runforsomething.net
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Kevin M. Kruse
about 1 month ago
Once again, the main day of Tea Party protests had about 300,000 nationwide, but saw endless coverage. The No Kings protests had about 7,000,000 nationwide, and many media outlets reacted with a yawn. No Kings was nearly 25x as big as the Tea Party but the Tea Party got 25x the attention.
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Kate Knuth
about 2 months ago
Minneapolis needs a mayor capable of developing strong working relationships with other elected officials serving the city. Especially in these uncertain times. After 8 years in office, Jacob Frey has no endorsements from the Mpls legislative delegation or county commissioners serving the city.
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Kate Knuth
about 2 months ago
We’re getting close to election day in Minneapolis, and I’ve figured out who I plan to vote for. I endorse Dr. DeWayne Davis and Sen. Omar Fateh. I also plan to rank Jazz Hampton.
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Peggy Flanagan
about 2 months ago
This moment requires all of us to stand up for our neighbors. Sorry Kristi Noem - Minnesotans support our immigrant communities. You can’t divide us. We won’t abandon one another.
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Minneapolis for the Many
about 2 months ago
While City Council is trying to finalize next year’s budget, Mayor Frey is withholding crucial public data. The City paid $650,000 for a survey on City employee compensation. But while the survey is complete, Frey won’t let the City Council see it!
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Bill Emory (he/him)
about 2 months ago
You need to read this, if you are able.
www.hennepind2.com/statements/2...
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Statement on City of Minneapolis’ persistent failure to address harms to people experiencing Domestic and Intimate Partner Violence — Hennepin County District 2
Today I write with a heavy heart because I have arrived at the conclusion that City of Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey lacks the intrinsic leadership, effective due diligence, and moral resolve to pursue...
https://www.hennepind2.com/statements/2025/10/24/statement-on-city-of-minneapolis-persistent-failure-to-address-harms-to-people-experiencing-domestic-and-intimate-partner-violence?fbclid=IwY2xjawNo3VRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHnmZaruFZo5TVr2xJYY1G7qcqXDwCkfNR914sj_ee2Hcmjhzk-DbXNzpFB-I_aem_9fMJORFVoNYd654I1Xp5Yg
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taylr
about 2 months ago
you gotta be honest and take accountability,
@startribune.bsky.social
if you recognize “haters” was bad, which you clearly did because you changed it, explain! “our original headline said haters. we regret this word choice” blah blah blah, instead they changed it without even acknowledging
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Dave Lee
about 2 months ago
WELL HOW ABOUT THAT "A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-21/millionaire-tax-that-inspired-mamdani-fuels-5-7-billion-haul-in-massachusetts
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Frank Cogliano
about 2 months ago
Graduate seminar did a deep dive on Thomas Paine’s Common Sense yesterday. At the line, “in America the law is king,” they (14 students from 6 countries) burst out laughing. I've been doing this for 35 years and this is the first time that was a laugh line.
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Dom Ervolina
about 2 months ago
I like Presidents who don't bulldoze the White House
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David Brauer
about 2 months ago
In an alternate universe, business columnists concerned about Minnesota’s slow growth would note the program responsible for reigniting Minnesota’s college enrollment growth was largely due to someone currently running for Minneapolis mayor: Omar Fateh.
www.startribune.com/ramstad-minn...
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Ron Filipkowski
about 2 months ago
This is a desecration and an abomination. First he posts an AI video of himself wearing a crown dumping shit on the heads of Americans, then he starts tearing down part of the White House for his Mar-a-Lago style ballroom.
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He did the same with the mayor being solely responsible for the oversight of the police!
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about 2 months ago
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Minneapolis for the Many
about 2 months ago
And we're still looking for accountability and transparency from a mayor who promised meaningful public safety reforms. In two weeks, we have a chance to turn the page on Jacob Frey and elect a mayor who is ready to ensure that when you dial 911, the right person shows up at the right time.
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The Truth About Jacob Frey
Reporting from the Star Tribune shows that Mayor Frey is deleting his calls and texts. The Mayor has no cell phone calls or text data from the ICE action in Minneapolis on June 3rd. He also has none…
https://buff.ly/ok2vH4D
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Katie Cashman
about 2 months ago
No Kings means For the People, By the People. 🚫👑 As we fight against the billionaire oligarchs that have bought the White House, let us not let millionaires and corporate PACs buy our local elections either. We need big money out of politics for a truly representative government.
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Great episode!
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Secrets of Minneapolis Ranked Choice Voting (w/ Todd Schuman & Josh Martin)
YouTube video by Wedge LIVE!
https://youtube.com/watch?v=ISAemehEKt0&si=HL_7buQRYqCH85pX
about 2 months ago
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Hanlon: "We ran out of funding in August, and it is a tough budget year, but we are interested in looking at what future budgets would look like. Proud of what we've accomplished, looking at next best step."
about 2 months ago
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Hanlon, we are looking at Network Geothermal anywhere in the city!
about 2 months ago
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After 2 years, here are the benefits of the Climate Legacy Initiative! Not even done with this year's numbers! $364,000,000 in savings with a $20 million investment!
about 2 months ago
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Hanlon notes that the Climate Equity Plan is 65% in motion, and they are turning attention to Network Geothermal! He is making the case to increase the Franchise Fee to generate more funds to keep the work going and allow more residents to transition their homes to get the cost savings sooner!
about 2 months ago
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