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Getting Gophery @gettinggophery.bsky.social · 18h

What if they lived there since before tall buildings. Won't someone think of the 140 year olds?

Getting Gophery @gettinggophery.bsky.social · 18h

Who needs real primary sources for a real/fake history book when you can just write your own fake/real primary sources?!

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Getting Gophery @gettinggophery.bsky.social · 18h

Fine. This is weird as hell but great. The Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk: 9780593087503 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books share.google/b0SFxAnzNqCo...

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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 20h

If I’m reading Kyle right, Frey admits failing to issue 100 housing vouchers *that are funded this year because he wants to kill the program next year.* (This is not Stable Schools, but for single folks.) This is unallotment Trump-style, especially since county/MPHA are in.

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Getting Gophery @gettinggophery.bsky.social · 20h

Lisa cared most about getting credit, she wouldn't get credit individually if root problems were solved. Good for lisa: a grand opening of a specific building. Bad for Lisa: zoning reform that let's people build stuff without having to invite her to a grand opening.

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Getting Gophery @gettinggophery.bsky.social · 22h

Weird. Who was on the city council for a decade after 2012?

taylr @taylordahlin.com · 22h

you're welcome, mike erlandson. the house has been vacant since 2012, and new prolonged vacancy program was partially because of things like the c david george property in loring that i exposed and @dansuitor.bsky.social complaining about a house on his block

www.startribune.com/minneapolis-...

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daviss @chaddavis.photography · 1d

you guys.. it fits!

Metro Transit transit light rail train fits through the new tunnel in South Minneapolis.

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 1d

sorry, kids, adam duininck killed holidazzle, it costs too much money to put on! don't look at the downtown council giving we love mpls $35,000 in may 2025

taylr @taylordahlin.com · 1d

can't wait for holidazzle by the uptown association, sponsored by small business the UPS store in uptown

www.startribune.com/downtown-min...

Minneapolis Downtown Council pulls plug on Holidazzle and Aquatennial, seeks new organizer

After years of inconsistent funding, the business group is hoping others will continue or reimagine the city’s signature events as the area keeps working on its post-pandemic rebound.

www.startribune.com

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Getting Gophery @gettinggophery.bsky.social · 2d

The mayor's friends cancelled Christmas

Andy @alleysofmpls.bsky.social · 2d

Downtown is back, baby!

Minneapolis Downtown Council pulls plug on Holidazzle and Aquatennial, seeks new organizer

After years of inconsistent funding, the business group is hoping others will continue or reimagine the city’s signature events as the area keeps working on its post-pandemic rebound.

www.startribune.com

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Getting Gophery @gettinggophery.bsky.social · 2d

Accidentally was in Montreal for Canadian Thanksgiving. Had very good pizza and old fashioneds

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 2d

Thread for Minneapolis people!

Jacob Frey is, as my grandfather would say, a bum. A chronic liar, a bagman for the rich, and an enemy of any meaningful progress in the city. Please don’t rank him! Thank you.

David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 2d

I hope @dewayneforminneapolis.com doesn't mind me retelling a story he told me when we first met last winter. I kept it to myself because he wasn’t telling it publicly but he mentioned it yesterday. It’s one of the things that’s leading me to rank him first. A hope-its-ok-and-I-get-right 🧵:

Soren Stevenson @sorenwithward8.bsky.social · 3d

Yesterday, I hosted an incredible event, "Ward 8 for a New Mayor." We talked about why we need a new mayor and then @jazzformayor.bsky.social , @omarfatehmn.com , and @dewayneforminneapolis.com laid out why they should be our next mayor. I came away excited about all of them and will rank all three!

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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 2d

10/ After his refusal, Davis watch Frey slow-walk or outright not institute the committee’s reforms. Frey contests this & touts the work group, but it’s significant that Levy-Armstrong, no friend of progressives, has endorsed Davis for mayor. (Davis is a good progressive!) So, that’s the backstory!

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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 2d

9/ That’s right — Jacob Frey wanted a “black friend” to run cover for him. Davis refused; the mayor acted like Davis owed him something for appointing him to the committee, in a cynically transactional calculation that twisted Davis’s volunteer public service into political fealty.

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Getting Gophery @gettinggophery.bsky.social · 3d

Gonna get the band back together.

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Getting Gophery @gettinggophery.bsky.social · 3d

Low frequency means fewer actual busses. So many stops means the fewer people who take the bus don't have to walk much.

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Getting Gophery @gettinggophery.bsky.social · 3d

I think I would add that our bus system sacrifices frequency for # of stops, which actually discourages walking. In "real" cities, transit generates pedestrians.

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Getting Gophery @gettinggophery.bsky.social · 3d

Also the 2050 comp plan will hopefully be business zoning focused.

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Getting Gophery @gettinggophery.bsky.social · 3d

The one great tragedy of new Bryant is the lack of businesses.

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Getting Gophery @gettinggophery.bsky.social · 3d

New Hennepin is going to make an interesting natural experiment. Density is already there. Linear set of businesses is there. Modesty less parking. Much better infrastructure.

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Getting Gophery @gettinggophery.bsky.social · 3d

There's a captiva SUV which is super weird

Getting Gophery @gettinggophery.bsky.social · 3d

Montreal exists and the weather is worse there.

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Sam Bergman @violanorth.bsky.social · 3d

I have theories: Minnesotans are uncommonly scared of other people; many are terrified of parking a car and only want to do it right in front of their destination; pandemic probably merits a mention. But seriously, guys: SO many persistent problems here would be helped if everyone walked to things.

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Getting Gophery @gettinggophery.bsky.social · 3d

Burn clock but then punt

Getting Gophery @gettinggophery.bsky.social · 3d

There's $1.50 (total) parking six blocks from target center/field. And people sit in that damn ramp.

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Getting Gophery @gettinggophery.bsky.social · 3d

We also regularly park a few blocks from wherever we are going in places where there's allegedly no parking. Of course there's parking.

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