Brenda Natala
@bvanoui.bsky.social
Retired Special Education administrator. Regenerating, growing stuff, grand mothering, city/country, St. Paul proud! Pro-immigrant, anti-patriarchy, étudiante.
Are going to have a DFL primary for governor in #minnesota? Seems like a good idea. Dems are nervous.
December 4, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Are going to have a DFL primary for governor in #minnesota? Seems like a good idea. Dems are nervous.
Maybe she thought no one would want a 2003 Ford Ranger yet she lives blocks from the old Ford plant, home of the Ranger. You know I lock my Ranger! Will they never learn????? It happens every year!
There is something so deeply, deeply Minnesotan about these sorts of posts (which I see every winter). If you're from almost anywhere else and wondering if you're missing something: this person did in fact leave their car running, unlocked, keys in the ignition.
December 2, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Maybe she thought no one would want a 2003 Ford Ranger yet she lives blocks from the old Ford plant, home of the Ranger. You know I lock my Ranger! Will they never learn????? It happens every year!
Great news!
NEWS: My bipartisan bill with Sen. Murkowski to support people with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders and their families, the FASD Respect Act, was just signed into law.
Grateful for the tireless leadership of former MN First Lady Susan Shepard Carlson, who helped make this happen.
Grateful for the tireless leadership of former MN First Lady Susan Shepard Carlson, who helped make this happen.
December 1, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Great news!
On #worldaidsday I am remembering the TEN family and friends I lost in the time before ARVs were widely available and stigma and fear dominated. It was a horrific time. Most were from Zambia where by 1991 90,000 people died and thousands still die each year. www.unicef.org/zambia/hivaids
HIV/AIDS
How UNICEF works with children and adolescents to halt the spread of HIV
www.unicef.org
December 1, 2025 at 7:48 PM
On #worldaidsday I am remembering the TEN family and friends I lost in the time before ARVs were widely available and stigma and fear dominated. It was a horrific time. Most were from Zambia where by 1991 90,000 people died and thousands still die each year. www.unicef.org/zambia/hivaids
I am commemorating #worldaidsday despite the villain in the WH who not only pretends painful history doesn’t exist, but actively kicks people when they are down. Gutting US AID & NIH when so much progress has been made, and a vaccine close but not yet available is cruel.
2/2 The US has done so much good over the decades. So many lives, millions of children's lives, saved. Today, people can live, & infection can be prevented. HIV knows no borders. We should commemorate World AIDS Day q year, as we have for decades. I'm going to. My memories are potent.
#WorldAIDSDay
#WorldAIDSDay
December 1, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I am commemorating #worldaidsday despite the villain in the WH who not only pretends painful history doesn’t exist, but actively kicks people when they are down. Gutting US AID & NIH when so much progress has been made, and a vaccine close but not yet available is cruel.
Imagine Snelling Ave like this
One of the many reasons change is hard when it comes to better cities is that the ability to picture your city being and working very differently than it does now, aka “having vision,” is not nearly as common as we think. And it’s sadly not a prerequisite for leadership, although it should be.
December 1, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Imagine Snelling Ave like this
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Just FYI, it’s « Somalis » not « Somalians »
November 28, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Just FYI, it’s « Somalis » not « Somalians »
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If all.the people from “third world countries” are banned from migrating to America because of a deadly shooting, what are we going to do about all the armed young white men?
November 29, 2025 at 12:40 AM
If all.the people from “third world countries” are banned from migrating to America because of a deadly shooting, what are we going to do about all the armed young white men?
If there was one thing I could change to improve quality of life along Snelling, it would be radically improved pedestrian safety.
And you take your life in your hands crossing traffic on University or Snelling and/or both
November 26, 2025 at 7:52 PM
If there was one thing I could change to improve quality of life along Snelling, it would be radically improved pedestrian safety.
My sweet nephew, age 34, has passed away - he was brought to the US as a small child - and was deported 5 years ago after serving time in ICE custody in Minnesota. He was loving, funny, brilliant. How many others who have suffered from the trauma of our immigration policy are dying too young?
November 25, 2025 at 7:08 PM
My sweet nephew, age 34, has passed away - he was brought to the US as a small child - and was deported 5 years ago after serving time in ICE custody in Minnesota. He was loving, funny, brilliant. How many others who have suffered from the trauma of our immigration policy are dying too young?
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#ResistanceRoots
Today in history, 2000: The U.N. General Assembly recognizes the first International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Nov. 25 was selected to mark the anniversary of the murders of the Mirabel sisters in the Dominican Republic in 1960. /1
Today in history, 2000: The U.N. General Assembly recognizes the first International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Nov. 25 was selected to mark the anniversary of the murders of the Mirabel sisters in the Dominican Republic in 1960. /1
November 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
#ResistanceRoots
Today in history, 2000: The U.N. General Assembly recognizes the first International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Nov. 25 was selected to mark the anniversary of the murders of the Mirabel sisters in the Dominican Republic in 1960. /1
Today in history, 2000: The U.N. General Assembly recognizes the first International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Nov. 25 was selected to mark the anniversary of the murders of the Mirabel sisters in the Dominican Republic in 1960. /1
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A declining U.S. population is exactly why immigration matters — and always has. It’s the only real pro-growth strategy our country has. The cruelty and chaos this administration is inflicting on immigrant communities cannot be overstated.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Column | In these U.S. groups, deaths now exceed births. What’s happening?
The United States is not far from the point where, each winter, deaths will regularly edge out births.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:53 AM
A declining U.S. population is exactly why immigration matters — and always has. It’s the only real pro-growth strategy our country has. The cruelty and chaos this administration is inflicting on immigrant communities cannot be overstated.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
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Jimmy Cliff in the 1972 film The Harder They Come (1972), which introduced Jamaican reggae music to an international audience
#RIPJimmyCliff
#RIPJimmyCliff
November 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Jimmy Cliff in the 1972 film The Harder They Come (1972), which introduced Jamaican reggae music to an international audience
#RIPJimmyCliff
#RIPJimmyCliff
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The Bible talks about Saint Paul but doesn't mention Minneapolis.
November 24, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The Bible talks about Saint Paul but doesn't mention Minneapolis.
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The evidence is mounting….
@thiswillhold.bsky.social
@electiontruthalliance.org
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@electiontruthalliance.org
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How Did 6 Million People Vote In Burke County, Florida—When It Doesn't Exist?
And Why Over 1.5 Million Votes for Harris Disappeared on Election Night
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
The evidence is mounting….
@thiswillhold.bsky.social
@electiontruthalliance.org
open.substack.com/pub/thiswill...
@thiswillhold.bsky.social
@electiontruthalliance.org
open.substack.com/pub/thiswill...
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Dayne is streets ahead.
Saint Clair Ave is now Dayne St. Clair Ave 🫡
Saint Clair Ave is now Dayne St. Clair Ave 🫡
November 23, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Dayne is streets ahead.
Saint Clair Ave is now Dayne St. Clair Ave 🫡
Saint Clair Ave is now Dayne St. Clair Ave 🫡
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Terumaru, a bright young lightbulb and the mascot of the Tokyu Denki electric company, trapped in a door yesterday:
November 23, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Terumaru, a bright young lightbulb and the mascot of the Tokyu Denki electric company, trapped in a door yesterday:
Just stopped at the Post Office for stamps. Who the “@&$ wants William F Buckley stamps? Notably missing - anyone interesting on a stamp.
November 21, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Just stopped at the Post Office for stamps. Who the “@&$ wants William F Buckley stamps? Notably missing - anyone interesting on a stamp.
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My extremely niche hot take is that audiologists keep selling elderly folks these open-fit insert hearing aids when they CLEARLY need earmolds. They're not working for you, guys!
November 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
My extremely niche hot take is that audiologists keep selling elderly folks these open-fit insert hearing aids when they CLEARLY need earmolds. They're not working for you, guys!
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The 26 people who signed the letter are a who’s who of Chicago TV and radio news journalists with over 500-years of broadcasting experience between them.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:27 AM
The 26 people who signed the letter are a who’s who of Chicago TV and radio news journalists with over 500-years of broadcasting experience between them.
Subscribe to read the latest from @newsjennifer.bsky.social for Lincoln Square
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Subscribe to read the latest from @newsjennifer.bsky.social for Lincoln Square
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About 30 cars of ICE and DEA agents staging st Newell park in St. Paul
November 18, 2025 at 2:34 PM
About 30 cars of ICE and DEA agents staging st Newell park in St. Paul
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This chart can, and should, get a lot of attention in the second week of #COP30 because it starkly demonstrates the inequality at the heart of the climate problem
www.ft.com/content/d0c2...
www.ft.com/content/d0c2...
November 17, 2025 at 7:31 AM
This chart can, and should, get a lot of attention in the second week of #COP30 because it starkly demonstrates the inequality at the heart of the climate problem
www.ft.com/content/d0c2...
www.ft.com/content/d0c2...
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.