You think the people churning butter because they’re religiously opposed to electricity don’t have autism in their community?

OLIVER: “In Russia, when Putin rose to power, TV satirists were among his first targets… Putin was driven to madness by how he was mocked on a puppet show… the lesson is it’s not safe to let one show slide because there are currently others.”

If you don't live in a city, it ought to be a carefully considered decision to go into the city and bring 2-3 tons of metal with you. Not an effortless default.

“The future is already here — it’s just not evenly distributed.” Been reflecting quite a bit lately on this quote. We can look around our city, state, country, and world right now at different possible futures. Which ones do you want? What changes did they go through to get there?

So by this logic we should close every Interstate highway within Minneapolis and Saint Paul along with all streets and intersections with demonstrated histories of traffic-induced fatalities and injuries. These are also examples of dangerous public infrastructure. SHUT THEM DOWN

Evidently @mayorfrey.com and @mndot.mn.gov have decided that permanent fencing will be installed early next week. This is an attack on our active and public transit system and the citizens who rely on these connections. Curious what @metrotransitmn.bsky.social has to say about this...

There was a whole section in Exodus about this

Bike-lanes don’t cause traffic congestion. Car dependency, foolish land-use sprawl, too many (& bigger) cars driving too much taking up too much space, highly subsidized driving costs, and not enough choices in how to get around, ALL cause traffic congestion. Think about it. THAT’S common sense.

A new poll from Data for Progress found that “voters of all parties” are open to leftist policies, and that a majority of Democratic voters polled preferred democratic socialism to capitalism “when written definitions of each are read aloud to them.” Read more: www.teenvogue.com/story/gen-z-...

We're stuck in an endless loop where Mayor Frey is the indignant "not on my watch, hell no to encampments" candidate even though we've lived through his two terms of failure on that issue. www.startribune.com/shootings-cr...

new press release from hamoudi sabri, who is unable to attend today's TRO hearing. he addresses mayor frey's claim that people "want" encampments, and shares a heartbreaking story from yesterday's eviction - the ashes of a woman's daughter were disposed of in the sweep

The Mayor has failed to implement the Emergency Housing Vouchers program meant to provide housing and wraparound services for 50 individuals/ 50 families experiencing chronic unsheltered homelessness. He even proposed cutting the program entirely next year. It could have helped. 💔

“We continue to provide pathways” was quite the choice to include in a statement about literally closing a pathway

The city contributed 4.6 million dollars to this project, and now it's just fenced off ...

How much of the public space in Minneapolis will be fenced off by 2028 if Frey is reelected?

Public infrastructure has ongoing maintenance costs. Those costs are not always fixing physical things. Sometimes it's the cost of attention. We have to patrol public areas to make sure people aren't making them unusable. They are PUBLIC! Not just for drug markets! Why is this such a hard problem?

Frey fencing already erected just hours after a mass shooting here at the Lake/Greenway connector path for the I-35W/Lake St transit station. We have lost yet another critical active transport link to the inattention and inaction of the @jacob-frey.bsky.social adminstration.

“Doesn’t that just move it a block that way? Or a block that way” Police chief: …. *sweats

An open letter to Mayor Jacob Frey on the state of Minneapolis, the content of which I fully endorse. archive.is/0rmau

Gosh, what could be the difference between this area of the city and others, Chief? Yes, mention all of the physical and structural attributes of what should be a critical pedestrian link to distract from MPD's unwritten policy of ignoring certain spaces in our city. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEdX...

This connector path (Lake St/I-35W) is known to Greenway users this summer as basically an open-air drug market. Big contrast between this area and the Greenway immediately adjacent where Hennepin County Security clears daily. Attention matters, @jacob-frey.bsky.social. www.fox9.com/news/minneap...

Adding to my list of @mndot.mn.gov euphemisms for things that happen in the Crumbles. The list: - "Temporary closure" - for "sidewalk permanently fenced because we can't enforce laws against camping on sidewalks" - "Medical emergency" - for "mass shooting in the open-air drug market in our ROW"

I will always remember Kirk for what he did, vs. some mythical version of him that did not exist. In his own words, "I've never trusted Klingons, and I never will. I can never forgive them for the death of my boy." Convicted for the murder of Chancellor Gorkon, sent to Rura Penthe, THE END.

Denmark is on track to wipe out the most dangerous strains of HPV. New data shows the vaccine has all but wiped out HPV16 and HPV18. It's a powerful proof point for what widespread, equitable vaccine coverage can do. buff.ly/3do5Sfo #ShareGoodNewsToo

I am Spartacus

My state senator and future mayor Omar Fateh has signed. Would love to see a show of solidarity from the other candidates for Mayor that transphobia is unacceptable in the party and that those perpetuating it should be censured.

A study using government data finds that if all businesses became 30% employee-owned, the bottom 90% would experience significant gains in wealth, with much of the benefits going to marginalized groups. If we're serious about addressing wealth inequality, worker ownership must be at the forefront.

"It is ironic that a man who for so long advocated and incited violence and trained his followers in the use of firearms, should himself reach a violent end." -- Benjamin Epstein, National Director of the ADL, 1967, on the assassination of American Nazi Party leader George Lincoln Rockwell

"The killer has done a great disservice to the nation in the elimination of Rockwell by making a martyr of a despicable enemy of America." Samuel Samuels, the leader of the Jewish War Veterans of the USA, in 1967 on the assassination of George Lincoln Rockwell, founder of the American Nazi Party.

God its so disingenuous to pretend that all CK did was “have horrible opinions”. The man co-founded an organization that’s sole function was to fight tooth and nail to indoctrinate children at school into violent white nationalism. He wasn’t even just a pundit. He was ceo of the baby Nazi factory.

hi everyone i’m back and i have learned my lesson, im sorry for what i posted before, charlie kirk was a good democracy boy. i made my kids watch the video and made sure they cried. im giving everyone i know the choice to either cry or im emailing their boss and the fbi for their terrorism

Political violence disproportionately hurts people with less power, not people with more power. Political violence will disproportionately hurt people of color and women and LGBTQ people. It’s not fair, but that’s the way it works. Celebrating political violence means at best indifference to that.

A bunch of us really would rather not have a civil war, so, can you fighty folks just like, draw some battle lines or something and go? I promise to take the winners super seriously

Bike lanes are impractical bc you can’t use them if you’re elderly and need to go to Costco to stock up on groceries and also on the same trip go to Menards to refill your propane tank.

Bike lockers, such as this one from Fietshangar (#DCEnetwork), are becoming increasingly popular as more people turn to cycling for transport. With concerns about theft and damage from weather conditions, these secure storage options offer cyclists peace of mind. Learn more: buff.ly/GYBk2Xp

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Don't get sloppy about how you talk about government structure: The strong mayor amendment of 2021 didn't give the Minneapolis mayor full authority over MPD—because the mayor has always had full authority over MPD! 21 charter change gave him full control over all the other depts.

“Nothing is more important than stopping fascism, because fascism will stop us all.” - Fred Hampton

Earlier this evening members of the public entered the Cedar Lake encroachment zone, starting from the south beach. Our leader was an 80 year old man named Jake, who's watched too many park board meetings for his own good. He let us know how many feet of public land was available in each "backyard."

Tonight at 6: We're entering the Cedar Lake encroachment zone. It'll be the most transgressive experience you can have while just taking a walk in a park.

Hi. I live in Minnesota, where we recently fixed our flag to be recognizable at a distance -- you know, the things flags are supposed to do. I'd like to speak to Illinoisans about your flag. No disrespect intended, but -- it's a white flag. Are you ... surrendering?

"... Americans wrongly believe there would be one clear unambiguous moment where we go from “democracy” to “authoritarianism.” Instead, this is exactly how it happens — a blurring here, a norm destroyed there, a presidential diktat unchallenged." www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/america-ti...

I hope whoever is in charge of bike parking decisions at the fair is taking note of his full the bike lots have been this year. We should expand them next year! Demand is here.

Cool. Cool cool. These debris-littered lots are such a great idea, Minneapolis CPED. They don’t attract illegal dumping at all.

Do you have a harrowing yard sign story? Have you seen signs placed in the public boulevard? Was your mother forced to endure a yard sign she told a campaign she didn't want? Is a maniac/council candidate using a handwritten disclaimer? Email tips to [email protected]

The new Hennepin Ave bike lane and sidewalks are a big hit

This shit doesn’t happen in France and I’ll tell you why: the rich went too far and they cut all their heads off , when the rich get above themselves, the French just stop working and everyone remembers who actually holds the real power. Use your power. They don’t let you have unions for a reason.

If you're Gen Z and think you have it rough in the social skills department -- try being me from homeschool. But for real, go out there. Try taking your device to places like coffee shops, and strike up conversations, with the device there for retreat/comfort. I forced myself to do this for years.

We deserve a city government that works for all of us—where decisions are made based on what’s right for the people of our city, not based on who is most loyal to the mayor. We deserve better.

Elections 101: If you lose big in an endorsement contest that will not determine the election, you should remind people constantly of your loss with baseless accusations of fraud, have your power broker pals overturn the result, then announce "See, I'm not a loser. All the donors tell me so."