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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 4h

if i was pearll warren, not sure i'd want my sign hung outside of a notorious gas station over north that the community took to calling "murder station"

www.startribune.com/troubled-nor...

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Mark Snyder @snyde043.bsky.social · 27m

I’m good with claiming Marcy and Como for NE but I draw the line at having to own the neighborhood where Frey lives.

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Robin for Ward 2 @robin4mpls.bsky.social · 4h

I’m grateful that last year most of my colleagues supported funding for EHVs, a data-backed Housing First Strategy. I am confident council will once again work together to ensure both these critical programs are fully funded in the 2026 budget.

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Robin for Ward 2 @robin4mpls.bsky.social · 4h

It’s cold and people living outside have nowhere to go. Like other council-led initiatives, Frey stalled out the work on this year’s funded vouchers. Whether it’s political games or mismanagement, the cost is at least 150 residents staying homeless.

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Robin for Ward 2 @robin4mpls.bsky.social · 4h

Frey has shown he isn’t capable of managing the city and its resources effectively. Choosing between struggling families in MPS and unsheltered neighbors is a false choice and a demonstration of the mayor’s poor leadership.

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Robin for Ward 2 @robin4mpls.bsky.social · 4h

To clarify, Mayor Frey’s proposed budget defunded 100 Emergency Housing Vouchers for unsheltered residents and still does not fully fund Stable Homes Stable Schools. Now, council will work to restore the vouchers and address the fiscal cliff he chose not to fix back in August.

Kyle Stokes @kystokes.bsky.social · 1d

One of Minneapolis' most successful homelessness prevention programs is not accepting new referrals, and could run out of money by next spring unless the mayor and City Council can agree on a rescue plan >> www.axios.com/local/twin-c...

Minneapolis' model anti-homelessness program faces "fiscal cliff"

Mayor Jacob Frey has a plan to prop up Stable Homes Stable Schools — but it would cancel another anti-homelessness effort.

www.axios.com

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 4h

Can't believe how often I run into the misconception that shelter animals are all broken, deficient, or ruined in some way. The overwhelming majority of shelter animals end up there because of human circumstances, NOT because they did anything wrong.

For the Love of Missy @missybbbobtail.bsky.social · 11d

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 4h

NEW: The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did.

We found more than 170 such incidents since the start of the second Trump administration. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer.

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

www.propublica.org

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 4h

I get that some people are worried about transit crime.

The right response isn't to reallocate agencies' (already stretched) budgets toward public safety. It's to help the public understand that there is nothing to fear -- and to loudly condemn those like USDOT Sec Duffy who are spreading lies.

We Need a Reality Check on Crime, Safety and Transit

Despite common assumptions, traveling by bus, subway or train is far safer than driving. How can transit agencies correct misinformation about the real risks?

www.bloomberg.com

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 4h

Counterpoint: Reasonable people dismiss concerns about subway crime because *those concerns are factually baseless.*

That's a very good reason to dismiss them!

The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 4h

Some dismiss concerns about subway crime as baseless, the result of insufficiently hardened attitudes toward life in the “big city," Charles Fain Lehman writes. But if policy makers ignore people’s fears, they'll miss a chance to make transit better:

The Other Reason Americans Don’t Use Mass Transit

People will take buses and trains only if they feel safe while riding them.

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Mark Snyder @snyde043.bsky.social · 2h

Thank you Laverne!

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 6h

having returned to the workplace and being around the general public recently has shown me that there are a vast number of people who are completely unaware of the problems with using generative AI, or even the fact that there are problems with it

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 7h

www.wsj.com/tech/persona...

Say what, now?

A family member sent me an image of a baby dressed in an elf outfit. My baby. It was adorable—and unnerving.
My cousin took a photo from our group chat and uploaded it to Meta AI. While his heart was in the right place, my mind was spinning. What could Meta do with my son’s face? The privacy policy of Meta Platforms says the company can use these images to “improve AIs and related technology.”
In the age of AI, I can’t control where my—or my son’s—face ends up. Our likenesses are no longer our own.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 5h

And if you want to know more about how to read FEC reports and why they matter at all, I made an explainer last quarter!

Check it out here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8pA...

How To Read Campaign Finance Reports (And What's In Mine) | Kat Abughazaleh For Illinois

YouTube video by Kat Abughazaleh

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 5h

Yesterday was the Q3 FEC deadline. That means we found out how much money my opponents raised and who donated to them.

So how did we do? Well…

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 6h

we know jacob frey uses one phone because he famously gave his number out left and right when he was running for mayor in 2017, telling people to contact him for anything, and he would have conversations, like with @jasoncomix.bsky.social

most of us got blocked by him after amir locke was killed

Wedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live · 22h

We all know the feeling of maxing out the text message space on our phone and having to delete them all — routinely.
www.startribune.com/mayor-jacob-...

The mayor routinely deletes “a lot” of his text messages, Peters said, saying he's allowed to delete those that are transitory. The mayor uses just one cell phone – his personal one, she said, and "that's a lot to have on a phone" if he didn't routinely delete some of them.

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ashley scarebanks 💀🕯️ @ziibiing.com · 5h

please please please read this article.

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ashley scarebanks 💀🕯️ @ziibiing.com · 5h

Generating a 5 second video is the energy equivalent of running a microwave for an HOUR

We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard.

The emissions from individual AI text, image, and video queries seem small—until you add up what the industry isn’t tracking and consider where it’s heading next.

www.technologyreview.com

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ashley scarebanks 💀🕯️ @ziibiing.com · 5h

people are justifying their AI use with “well, any tech you use uses data centers.”

it’s like drag racing a hummer and saying it’s the same as commuting in a prius.

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D.A. Bullock @bullycreative.bsky.social · 6h

hmm, what happened in Minneapolis on June 3? cuz Frey erased all his text messages and call log with the Chief of Minneapolis police. Why would he deliberately erase his text and communication with the Chief on that day?

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Bill Lindeke @blindeke.bsky.social · 5h

"The lawsuit says the band's testing found 'alarming' levels of PFAS in its natural resources, including water in two lakes — Cass Lake and Pike Bay — as well as in fish and deer." www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...

Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe sues 3M, other companies over 'forever chemicals' contamination

The lawsuit says the band's testing found "alarming" levels of PFAS in lake water, fish and deer on the Leech Lake Reservation. Tribal members depend on hunting, fishing and cultivating wild rice for ...

www.mprnews.org

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Lisa @footenotes.bsky.social · 5h

Hey Minnesota, your regular, autumnal reminder that you can track COVID in your wastewater here:

wastewater.uspatial.umn.edu/sars-cov-2/

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Bill Lindeke @blindeke.bsky.social · 6h

I wrote about whether people in the Twin Cities simply lack the culture and habit of walking to places. (I think we do.) Here are some tips from two avid pedestrians.
www.minnpost.com/cityscape/20...

Too many of us are missing the benefits of walking

Even in good weather in parts of the Twin Cities with nice sidewalks and close destinations, people aren't walking as much as they could.

www.minnpost.com

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Elliott Payne @elliottpayne.org · 5h

Recently I joined @wedge.live for a bike ride from Ward 1 to City Hall where we talked for over 50 minutes about different infastructure projects in the Ward and important issues this election. Check it out!

youtu.be/9Bqw7PBG36w?...

Biking Northeast Minneapolis to Downtown w/ Council President Elliott Payne

YouTube video by Wedge LIVE!

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Minnesota Twins (Bot) @twinsbaseball.bsky.social · 5h

The Twins are proud to take a stand against bullying and show our support for LGBTQ+ youth - today, on Spirit Day, and every day! 💜

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