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James Umbanhowar @jumbanho.bsky.social · 53m

I'm already 1/4 of the way through a Costco candy bag.

James Umbanhowar @jumbanho.bsky.social · 55m

Why is mirroring selfie video the default setting on phones?

Jazz Hampton (Jazz for Mayor) @jazzformayor.bsky.social · 1h

Investment in North Minneapolis is more than just public safety. It’s investing in the financial growth of this part of the city.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 5h

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DHS Says Social Media Will Be Screened for ‘Antisemitism’ as It Purges Pro-Palestine Immigrants
Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem says people shouldn't try to "hide behind the First Amendment."

Border Patrol Posts Instagram Propaganda Video Featuring Antisemitic Slurs
The video was pinned to Border Patrol's Instagram Reels.
By Matt Novak
Updated October 15, 2025

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Tinman’s Telltale Heart @bcmfietser.bsky.social · 1h

People who bike commute are *not* differentially likely to be drawn from the economically privileged. Full fucking stop.
Yes, the data are a bit dated here, but I doubt this pattern has simply reversed since 2012!
www.census.gov/newsroom/blo...

Horizontal bar-graph showing walking and bicycling to work by household income: 2008-2012, based on data from the US Census run American Community Survey. Green bars show percentages walking that are highest for the lowest household income groups, and lowest for those in the highest income brackets. Similarly, orange bars show the same pattern for biking to work.

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James Umbanhowar @jumbanho.bsky.social · 4h

I think having a huge free parking lot is the freedom these people are thinking of.

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James Umbanhowar @jumbanho.bsky.social · 4h

They would have had to mediate between New York and New England adherents.

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James Umbanhowar @jumbanho.bsky.social · 5h

And the potential Bethel Seminary development would be close, too.

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Project Drawdown @projectdrawdown.bsky.social · 6h

By early next year, the biggest offshore wind farm in the United States will be up and running, providing 2.6 GW of clean, renewable energy! @canarymedia.com @fieseler.bsky.social
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/offshore-wind/dominion-virginia-offshore-wind-online-2026

America's biggest offshore wind farm will be online in six months

Dominion Energy's 2.6 GW project off Virginia's coast is progressing fast. The utility has a new, more definitive target to plug into the grid: March 2026.

www.canarymedia.com

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James Umbanhowar @jumbanho.bsky.social · 6h

I wonder about the potential for a big development on Bolstad Golf Course and its effect on Hennipeur corridor.

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James Umbanhowar @jumbanho.bsky.social · 6h

I'm 53 and still haven't visited an optometrist--I'm using readers I found on the street.

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James Umbanhowar @jumbanho.bsky.social · 8h

Ben Franklin was profoundly anti-Hamas.
Thomas Paine, anti-Marxist.

James Umbanhowar @jumbanho.bsky.social · 8h

You can just see the fear these people have for anything outside their parochial little world.

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James Umbanhowar @jumbanho.bsky.social · 8h

And fear of difference.

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James Umbanhowar @jumbanho.bsky.social · 8h

Aren't Payne and Strahan the only candidates in Ward 1?

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 9h

Did I miss any updates on the investigation into the motive of Charlie Kirk’s killer? It feels like that just disappeared as a story, which is strange considering his exaltation within GOP and making his murder into a national event. I’d think we’d be getting hearing about it frequently

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Vince Mpls @vincempls.bsky.social · 9h

Happy Ides of October

Someone asked if I was ready for the fall and
it took me a second to realize they meant autumn
and not the total collapse of society.

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Steve Quick @stevequick.bsky.social · 18h

Mural of Popeye squeezing a can of spinach. A tree behind the wall looks like spinach bursting from the can.

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James Umbanhowar @jumbanho.bsky.social · 21h

Are you responsible for the jerseys? Those are amazing

James Umbanhowar @jumbanho.bsky.social · 23h

I assumed she wanted to tear it down then rebuild it.

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James Umbanhowar @jumbanho.bsky.social · 23h

With whose money?

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James Umbanhowar @jumbanho.bsky.social · 23h

What is she referring to in ward 2? University for the E line?

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James Umbanhowar @jumbanho.bsky.social · 23h

Maybe budgeting lessons for housing, too. 🙄

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James Umbanhowar @jumbanho.bsky.social · 1d

I only just (since the caucus) started noticing all of them, and I think the problem she has is that very few media outlets bring attention to her productivity unless it is DSA coded behavior. I think on council, many of these are unanimously adopted so the right wing has cover.

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James Umbanhowar @jumbanho.bsky.social · 1d

I still have friends and neighbors who rant about how she's too young and naive and only engages in symbolic fights (Gaza votes). I try to remind them of all the ordinances that she has had passed, but can never remember all of them.

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James Umbanhowar @jumbanho.bsky.social · 1d

A non-random, non-representative, inconsistent sample, perfect for statistical inference.

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