I am not a parent but I did this! You can too!

Social scientists need to understand how information theory applies to LLMs. They can never actually produce new information, so analyzing the output is like drawing conclusions from 4 pixels of a tiny zoomed in image. You wind up studying the quirks of the algorithm and not any ground truth

A testament to Robin's huge ground game especially talking to students. I was around for the competitive 2021 race and the field operation was impressive then, this was on another level

Thank you @tonydamiano.bsky.social for following thru and making the map I had in mind here bsky.app/profile/tony...

Skeets are torah, quote skeets are talmud

I know some folks were asking for something like this (@meshm.bsky.social iirc) So I made a quick dot density map of the first choice Minneapolis mayoral results. This allows you to see two things that choropleth maps can't show... umn.maps.arcgis.com/apps/mapview...

Not sure I agree with the causes in this thread but ties into something else I've felt: this cycle felt much less about issues or policies than 2021/23. On the doors it felt more like ppl responding to candidate vibes. I can't compare to pre-2020 but felt more like national politics in a bad way

I heard a good faith variation of this I was sympathetic to: "A Mayor Fateh would attract federal attention that could harm our residents." I had a different assessment but understood. OTOH hand wringing about electability is self fulfilling. Either you believe in the candidate or you don't

"You will receive a ... survey regarding the technologies that you use at the University of Minnesota, including your perspective on generative artificial intelligence in higher education"

The hockey barriers are up in Longfellow park in preparation for forming the ice rink, and the @ehbforbet.bsky.social @locallhuman.bsky.social bench was nowhere to be found. Hope it's still accounted for and can be put back in a rink-adjacent location for the winter

Now that that's over we need to focus on the upcoming Night Mayor election

Mpls mayoral hot takes: - Fateh always had an uphill battle to get to 50%, getting w/in 6 pts is a huge accomplishment - Racism, media coverage, state DFL BS were contributors - RCV wasn't why Frey won but people are used to thinking about 2-way races and that hurt other challengers

Fateh needed to net almost 15k more 2nd/3rd choice votes than Frey to beat him, and he got less than half that (6484 more than Frey). Frey wins with just over 50% of votes cast :-(

Thank you, Ward 9! We earned 77.37% of the vote, and we are heading back to City Hall with a mandate. Jason Chavez The Kid from East Phillips

Reasonable dataviz choices to show ranked choice results: - multicolor points showing first choice distribution - wait for the damn tabulation Unreasonable choices: - whatever this is

Soren Stevenson shows up at the unofficial south Minneapolis post election party to cheers as I turn into a pumpkin and leave

Ok when do I get my MiniVAN Wrapped

A constituent made a cake for @robin4mpls.bsky.social

Big congrats to the Omar Fateh of New York City 🙏🙏

Finding out YikYak is still a thing and it's full of pro-Fateh election posts

Posted up on campus harassing undergrads to vote for @omarfatehmn.com @robin4mpls.bsky.social Let's do this!!

biking hot dogs for omar fateh!

New awareness campaign

It's the time of year where over a thousand UMN research groups use the website I made to renew their HPC allocations for the upcoming year. Let's see if we can hit 1 petabyte of storage requests on the first weekday the form is open 📈

I donated! Can you?

I'll be there in a hot dog (not Larry Jacobs-specific) costume!

More optimistic take: In 2021 Frey was up by 21 first round and won by 11. This year, 2->3 main challengers splitting 1sts and way more comms on ranking every challenger means I think a 15pt Frey lead first round could mean his defeat

I just door knocked for Robin and @omarfatehmn.com and rewarded myself with a couple slices from Mesa. This is a huge loss for Dinkytown 💔

The three flavors of Minneapolis yard decorations in October: Spooky Political Spooky political

It's that time of year again

Halloween is the perfect example of how the time spent in or around cars are the most dangerous periods of any day for most Americans. And it is rarely acknowledged on a wide scale.

Alt text: The Minneapolis 3rd Police Precinct building, burned and surrounded with barbed wire fencing. A large "Spirit Halloween opening soon" sign hangs on the fence, and the concrete jersey barriers are spray painted with the circle-A anarchy symbol

Manifesting a post-election headline: Frey's third try denied; voters decide lies don't fly; Frey guys cry, high on their own supply

New bike day! It doesn't count as an additional bike if I found one with the same color scheme as one of my other bikes, right?

Gift link www.startribune.com/mpls-mayor-r...

On closer inspection this looks like a @dfl.org template where the white sections are filled in for any local race. The alignment is a little off so it might even be printed in 2 passes. Even more insulting than this being about mpls, they are this careless sending mailers all over the state?

On closer inspection this looks like a @dfl.org template where the white sections are filled in for any local race. The alignment is a little off so it might even be printed in 2 passes. Even more insulting than this being about mpls, they are this careless sending mailers all over the state?

i think it is remarkable that with less than a week to go before election day, omar fateh, dewayne davis, and jazz hampton still have solidarity and have resisted going negative with each other and only focused that energy on frey. there are plenty of opportunities they resisted. that's a story

What the fuck is this official MN DFL mailer showing a seemingly random selection of endorsed candidates? Only one of 3 at large parks endorsees, and Bob Fine but not Steve Brandt? Is the DFL just trolling us at this point?

Feeling like a Frey loss is within reach more than I have for most of the year, still not sure if I'd say it's the most likely outcome. Agree with others that the ranked choice messaging is breaking through and could help a challenger win

I've heard of multiple voters who were so put off by this gross flier that they decided to rank Robin first

Since I started working on this article the number of people kidnapped by ICE has *tripled* truthout.org/articles/ice...

Just got my covid and flu shots. The UMN clinic was giving away great branded pens

It's progressive PAC lit day over here. Great mayoral mailers from @mplsforthemany.com and working people's project, and a parks flier from working america

I’m letting the haters know now: stay mad. We will continue to exist and thrive in Minnesota. 😘 @aurinmpls.bsky.social @omarfatehmn.com sahanjournal.com/democracy-po...

If 1999 were released today it would be 2042

"Am I, a driver going double the speed limit not noticing giant reflectors in the street, out of touch? No, it's the traffic calming that's wrong"

The righteous heartbreak of seeing drivers plow into street infrastructure, proving its necessity

Would a *socialist* get an $8 drink at the corn maze??? Checkmate, leftists

Can't stop laughing at this