Klobuchar will absolutely throw transgender Minnesotans and immigrants to the fascist wolves. No more sanctuary state under Klob.

Evidence of my people spotted in Janesville, Wisconsin, July 10, 1903…

Bravo to Maggie Koerth @maggiek.bsky.social for this great piece, which ends with her call to have "high-status" people who are part of the in-group" i.e. white media personalities and politicians being willing to say crime is falling." Say it loud and say it proud. Well done, Maggie!

Preparing to be uprooted at any time but still trying to grow. Death and rebirth time.

Okay, @johnmaddening.bsky.social , here’s a question for you: IS BRYANT LAKE BOWL IN UPTOWN?

Important thread about St. Paul's tax base problems. This is the 5-alarm fire for our city: a lot of legacy infrastructure and expenses + a huge share of untaxable land = we simply need more people to live here. A lot more. I want people in leadership who will say that plainly. St. Paul must grow.

FINALLY taking the B Line from Selby and Victoria to Uptown to co-work at @queermunitymn.bsky.social today. This is the life!

Sometimes the best friends are the neurospicy ones who identify as misanthropes, but who—unbidden—send you multi-part videos of how to fix something broken in your house because they overheard you being upset about it. @kelseywaitsmn.bsky.social 💜💜💜

Finally, a reason to read the StarTribune! www.startribune.com/where-is-upt... (by the way, this is Uptown. More in the Alt Text:)

A matter of survival.

CALL TO ACTION: If you care about… •affordable housing •reducing climate impacts •building local power Several housing bills are going before the Minnesota Legislative Committees this week. Join @sustainstpaul.bsky.social at the Capitol THIS WEEK! Signups: www.sustainstpaul.org/news/a4achrb...

It’s important to know that a lot of productive activity is happening in person and offline, too. Not all of it can be broadcast online, but we’ve had hundreds of people showing up to our trainings, mobilizations, and more. Keep going. Tyranny is eroded by a sea of small acts. Everything matters.

calling is real. calls work. they don’t always get what you want — nothing in life does. that’s not a reason to not try, if you can.

Don't know what to do? 1/4: Pick two things you care most deeply about. Give money, time, and your body to them, through small, local, collective actions whenever possible.

1. Trans rights are human rights. 2. Fight misinformation: Gender affirming care saves lives. 3. Fight misinformation: No child is having their body parts cut off. 4. Fight misinformation: Puberty blockers are a pause that can save lives.

It’s been almost seven months since I broke my foot… And wow, does it feel good to get back on my bike. Ran four errands. Felt the wind on my face. Way less painful than walking at this stage of my long recovery. Hopefully next time I’ll remember my neck gaiter!

@batjamesquita.bsky.social followed me!!! 🚨🚨🚨🌈🥴

Call these restaurants and go and pick up take out. DoorDash and UberEats are killing these places.

The spouse is watching Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, and it reminded me of this Pink Floyd video I saw as a kid, long forgotten. With a rewatch, I can’t deny how deeply it shaped my views of capitalism. youtu.be/fn1R-5p_j5c?...

The three hardest parts of my job: 1. Convincing people to be patient with systems change—A LOT of which is unlearning white supremacy culture.

On this International Day of Persons with Disabilities, let’s recognize how safe bike infrastructure benefits everyone. Protected bike lanes make streets safer for everyone, including people with disabilities. Inclusive design means better mobility for everyone! 🌍♿🚲 www.itpworld.net/news-and-vie...

Well, Mom, you can rest a little easier tonight… The union organizing you did for decades is protected again. No need to roll over again in that grave. …But there’s plenty I’d like you to curse. I trust your judgment.

I would love it if people talked about disability access, universal design, and the citizen’s fundamental right to the city more often—not just when the Department of Transportation wants to install a speed bump.

It’s that time of year again… •Roasted a few wee pie pumpkins… •Pumpkin chocolate chip muffins with my teenager tomorrow morning… •Pumpkin pie for Thursday dinner… •Nabbed a bottle of Torani Pumpkin Pie Syrup JILL! You gotta try it! JILLLLLLLL!

Thinking about joy this morning and how crucial it is... How to cultivate it. Attuning to the sensory world… Flirtation, games, and wordplay… Dancing, walking, biking, hiking… Music that makes you want to sing and dance…

“When your opinions include depriving people of rights and freedoms and movement and opportunity, they are no longer opinions. They are threats.” —The Lone Ranter

This post from @streets.mn is amazing, an all-timer. These maps and illustrations captures my emotions so well. streets.mn/2023/09/05/1...

Bluesky tip for newbies: Bluesky has no real algorithm. Likes here do nothing but show the poster that you enjoyed their content. That kindness is always going to be appreciated by creators, but if you want to help to boost something here, you have to repost it so others see it. 🙂

resolved: people who insist that all social media sites must be places where users are constantly encountering and arguing with people over fundamental disagreement do so because their actual, real lives are echo chambers where they do not encounter any meaningful difference from day-to-day.

This morning’s memoir-writing task: Choreograph an exorcism to Mötley Crüe’s “Shout at the Devil.” Libretto portions included references to The Exorcist. Wish me luck!

At a relax-a-con, themed for marshmallows versus hotdogs. It’s pretty good.

Now, in the eye of the storm, do 4 things: 1. Rest in your people. Directly, unabashedly express love to yourself and your loved ones. Abide...

As democrats consider who to blame for their electoral defeat, I would encourage them to consider: Trans people will always exist, but Billionaires are very optional.

“A fruitful state of the beginner's mind is in the exercise of story… future story in concrete terms, in which no isms live, and in which thriving is the fiercest possibility…But you have to actually DESCRIBE it.” —Norma Wong podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...

trump will be the next reagan in the sense that in 30 years every time you notice some horrible defect in society you'll do some quick research and trace it back to trump

of course once the build the infrastructure to do mass deportations they aren't going to let it go to waste. they'll find other targets.

THIS THIS THIS

Sitting at a bar in Janesville, Wisconsin—my hometown—and listening to the jaggoffs talk about Mango Mussolini and how much bigger their paychecks “already got” as the beautiful waitress mom of 3 says she didn’t vote because no one cares about making her life better. Somehow, I find it centering.

as long as journalists and pundits act as if they are amateur political strategists & not people trying to understand and tell the truth about the world, they are going to take the implicit view that voters can never be wrong, which then demands endless explanation of their morally blameless choice

Me then…

I don't know who needs to hear this...but if you're in recovery from drugs or alcohol, don't let anxiety about Tr*mp take that away from you. Have a plan for election night and the days after. You've got this.

I’m getting an A at avoiding TikTok today. That app is going to be a hellscape today, even if I try to force the content with a #kitten search.

Interesting thread from @cpsc.gov about how their micromobility injury stats lack any connection to car drivers or safe road design, which are both outside their mandate. It's like trying to interpret a painting by staring at the back of the canvas.

I learned so much from talking with a housing developer in this pod. This episode examines the market-rate side of housing development; now taking ideas for whom we should talk to on the affordable side for Part 2!

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but it’s snowing here in St. Paul.

Saw this bullshit on an ADHD test for my daughter today: “Stays out of a group when they let her know without words that she is not welcome.” My response: “Never. This is antisocial neurotypical behavior, and I hope she lives her whole life making people say it when they want to be exclusionary.”

Pay attention here: Because the city cleans the bike path of snow after a storm, it means that the bike path is clean and rideable for the 60 of the 75 days of winter when it is not snowing.

Q for Twin Cities' folks: Do you live on a block that goes nuts for halloween? (e.g. Mac-Grove's Palace Avenue) Would you chat with me about it about why you love it (or hate it)? DM please. Thanks!