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Stinamo @stinamo.bsky.social · 11h

Good lead! I heard they have a new “Irish store” aka concessions including dance shoes. No idea when it’s open though so I emailed them to get more intel

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Stinamo @stinamo.bsky.social · 18h

I have had a hard time finding shoes on fb…there are tons of Irish Dance buy/sell/trade groups but it seems mostly like all costumes. I will keep looking there too.

Stinamo @stinamo.bsky.social · 18h

I might email some random schools! Do you know which one? Thanks!

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Stinamo @stinamo.bsky.social · 20h

Niche ask: are there buy/sell groups for Irish dance *shoes* in the Twin Cities (or the US) that people know of? There are probably thousands of dancers in the TC alone. Got old shoes? I’ll get them resoled. The last pair I bought off a friend in Chicago 😅

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Stinamo @stinamo.bsky.social · 1d

For sure, I want one!!

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Stinamo @stinamo.bsky.social · 1d

Cool life hack: got kid birthday parties to attend? Buy some @mischieftoy.com gift cards and never stress about presents! Anyone (including tweens and teens) can find something they like there and you support a small business! 😎

Mischief toy store card and gift card, with a funky red, orange, purple octopus with a bowler hat. Mischief is located at 818 Grand Avenue, “between Victoria and Avon in Saint Paul’s Historic Steampunk District.” This envelope is headed to a kid’s birthday party today

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Stinamo @stinamo.bsky.social · 2d

I mean that too

Stinamo @stinamo.bsky.social · 2d

Yes please, I apparently need urban orthopedic urgent care and don’t want to drive in a car there when I’m hurt (I have been to Eagan twice in two years for it - that is two times too many imo)

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Stinamo @stinamo.bsky.social · 2d

😱 shhhhhh don’t give them ideas!

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Bryan @bryanformhals.com · 3d

This is good

Ian Coldwater 👻🌿 @lookitup.baby · 3d

Everybody who has ever spent time in downtown Minneapolis has needed skyway.run. Dang

Minneapolis Skyway

Navigate the Minneapolis Skyway System, find lunch spots and get directions.

skyway.run

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Stinamo @stinamo.bsky.social · 3d

Oh my! That is so wild and also kind of the dream!

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Stinamo @stinamo.bsky.social · 3d

I think people don’t generally think of it if it wasn’t lost on transit, but I see the line up of lost bikes brought to the garage and there are so so many!

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Stinamo @stinamo.bsky.social · 3d

Have you checked Metro Transit lost and found? Sometimes stolen bikes get left on buses or trains, or dumped at stations.

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h jiahong pan 潘嘉宏 ☀️ @hpan3.bsky.social · 4d

Can y’all please be on the lookout for my bike? Last seen in Elliot Park. It is a black Biria bike with red pedals and stickers of local news orgs on the bottom tube. It also has a Brooks saddle and adapters for Wolf Tooth pogies on the handlebars.

Biria bike with a sign that says “300 Campground”

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Stinamo @stinamo.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you for saying this because I didn’t know it was a whole thing. I seem to have piled up allll the autoimmune symptoms over the last week!

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 9d

If you’ve got a chronic illness and you’re struggling right now…
Be gentle with yourself.

The “October Slide” is real and can have devastating effects on your baseline.

Remember it’s ok to rest. To take breaks. To prioritize self care.

There’s no prize for playing through the pain.

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Stinamo @stinamo.bsky.social · 4d

Saint Paul edition:
- Maria Avenue
- Desnoyer Park
- Mackubin Street
- Pedro Park
- Hamline Ave (and University)

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 4d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Stinamo @stinamo.bsky.social · 5d

I hope they don’t need roadway striping?

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Molly Coleman @mollycoleman.bsky.social · 5d

Fall is truly here.

Finger pushing the “push for heat” button at the light rail platform.

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Stinamo @stinamo.bsky.social · 5d

Know what is worse than SOVs? Zero occupancy vehicles. I saw so many of these empty cars driving around San Francisco, just making traffic.

Zak Yudhishthu @zyudhishthu.bsky.social · 5d

Well, here it comes: @toreyvanoot.bsky.social reports that Waymo has hired lobbyists in Minnesota and been talking to state lawmakers, looking for legislative approval to operate in MN

www.axios.com/local/twin-c...

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Stinamo @stinamo.bsky.social · 5d

Permission granted 🫡

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Stinamo @stinamo.bsky.social · 5d

My favorite transit ad right now is “All Aboard the Gus Bus” (and I do say it out loud every time it pulls up)

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TransitCenter @transitcenter.bsky.social · 5d

Your regular reminder that robustly funding public agencies to develop in-house capacity instead of outsourcing to consultants saves money and time.

🕷TarantulaMask🎃 @octopusmask.bsky.social · 5d

Doing everything with consultants has so many drawbacks. I would love to work for a government agency that is staffed to do capital work itself for a while. Just to see how much of a difference it makes.

You know how much time I spend just getting contractors and consultants to agree to do things?

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David @archaeomather.bsky.social · 6d

Big prairie moon

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Stinamo @stinamo.bsky.social · 6d

Those are interesting issues! Urgent care is so real for our family too. I have found quirky things like getting a kid to/from a friend’s house, or picking up something from the Buy Nothing group. A lot of ppl live just a bit far from transit imo (but I don’t bike and that limits me a lot)

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