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James Umbanhowar @jumbanho.bsky.social · 1h

Are you responsible for the jerseys? Those are amazing

James Umbanhowar @jumbanho.bsky.social · 3h

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

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James Umbanhowar @jumbanho.bsky.social · 3h

With whose money?

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James Umbanhowar @jumbanho.bsky.social · 3h

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

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James Umbanhowar @jumbanho.bsky.social · 3h

Maybe budgeting lessons for housing, too. 🙄

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James Umbanhowar @jumbanho.bsky.social · 7h

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 · 7h

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 · 7h

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

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James Umbanhowar @jumbanho.bsky.social · 10h

Doesn't LWV include everyone-- Max Theroux will be there?

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James Umbanhowar @jumbanho.bsky.social · 10h

It and UNC governance were the two main push forces for us. I think the last summer we were there had 100 days with highs over 90.

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bikepedantic @bikepedantic.bsky.social · 10h

Not mentioned in the article, but a Fed research project I sponsored will be capturing before/after video on Arlington St to see if/how the zebras change driver behavior mass.streetsblog.org/2025/09/30/b...

Boston Tries Out 'Better Barriers' to Sub For Battered Bollards - Streetsblog Massachusetts

"Long-term, our goal is to move away from flexposts in most circumstances," says Boston's Chief of Streets.

mass.streetsblog.org

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James Umbanhowar @jumbanho.bsky.social · 10h

(I was going to list climate as better than Durham, but I thought that would be too hard on the opinion side of things)

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James Umbanhowar @jumbanho.bsky.social · 11h

You're going to have to invest in a Shuttlewagon.

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James Umbanhowar @jumbanho.bsky.social · 11h

5. Civic engagement: so many groups advocating good things: N4m, our streets, bikemn, tool library, etc.

6. News media! so many more sources and decent reporting, especially non-corporate media.

Enough for now, but lots about this city/area are in a better place than most of country.

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James Umbanhowar @jumbanho.bsky.social · 11h

3. Culture and entertainment: Music of all types, arts museum, presence of university/colleges that support democratic arts participation
4. Outdoor recreation: Parks better by orders of magnitude both in facilities and programs (no park sports in many cities), trails, lakes, river.

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James Umbanhowar @jumbanho.bsky.social · 11h

Notice, this does not mean any of these cannot be improved

1. Walkability: sidewalks on almost every street, dense places (parks, restaurants, (less so shopping) to walk to outside of central city
2. Longer distance transport: bike infra, transit (yes, better than most)

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James Umbanhowar @jumbanho.bsky.social · 11h

Bless you for watching.

James Umbanhowar @jumbanho.bsky.social · 11h

I moved here in 2023 from a booming southern city (Durham, NC) and will happily tell all you long term residents why it's better here (despite issue well detailed in Roper's op-ed).

Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 11h

"There haven’t been this many people living in Minneapolis in half a century. It is not dead or emptying out, despite the implications of a recent primetime documentary," writes columnist Eric Roper.

Roper: Doomsday docs aside, Minneapolis’ lush urbanity makes it a special place to call home

The city blossoms in the warmer months, even when bad headlines drown out what makes it great.

bit.ly

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James Umbanhowar @jumbanho.bsky.social · 11h

Did they mislabel Matt Damon in that photo?

James Umbanhowar @jumbanho.bsky.social · 11h

I hadn't thought about uncrustables for years, but this is the second in the past month and a half (uncrustable burgers at MN state fair was first).

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James Umbanhowar @jumbanho.bsky.social · 12h

Extreme case of "real people don't live in cities syndrome"

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James Umbanhowar @jumbanho.bsky.social · 12h

Thanks!

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James Umbanhowar @jumbanho.bsky.social · 12h

woody woodpecker says that he has no idea in a cartoon

Alt: woody woodpecker says that he has no idea in a cartoon

media.tenor.com

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Meredith Lowry @meredithlowry.bsky.social · 12h

Today in design patents:

D1097877 issued for a high-speed train.

#DesignPatents

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James Umbanhowar @jumbanho.bsky.social · 12h

Am I right that they are not testing this section of track, yet? So are they just hauling the train from the railyard to the western part of the track for testing?

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