Lily Jinks
@bingbongbilbo.bsky.social
The goose is named Gilgamesh.
📍Minneapolis
📍Minneapolis
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katie cashman at her campaign party last night at bruhaven in loring park. it was nice to feel represented for 2 of the 15 years i’ve lived in ward 7
@katiecashman.bsky.social
@katiecashman.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
katie cashman at her campaign party last night at bruhaven in loring park. it was nice to feel represented for 2 of the 15 years i’ve lived in ward 7
@katiecashman.bsky.social
@katiecashman.bsky.social
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Every Star Tribune Minneapolis City Hall story would be improved by adding the sentence “The police budget is up $50 million in three years.” bsky.app/profile/wedg...
As it stands now, before amendments are finished, the police budget is set to grow by almost $14 million year over year. MPD's $230 million for 2025 would be $50 million higher than 2022.
stories.opengov.com/minneapolism...
stories.opengov.com/minneapolism...
December 12, 2024 at 3:45 AM
Every Star Tribune Minneapolis City Hall story would be improved by adding the sentence “The police budget is up $50 million in three years.” bsky.app/profile/wedg...
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i’m gonna just watch this at least once a day and i recommend everyone do the same
November 6, 2024 at 11:00 AM
i’m gonna just watch this at least once a day and i recommend everyone do the same
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Public library energy is the best energy. Like here is all the knowledge we could find, it's been meticulously organized and vetted and it will cost you nothing today, welcome to the absolute pinnacle of human civic evolution, feel free to pull up any bean bag chair you like
November 26, 2024 at 1:32 PM
Public library energy is the best energy. Like here is all the knowledge we could find, it's been meticulously organized and vetted and it will cost you nothing today, welcome to the absolute pinnacle of human civic evolution, feel free to pull up any bean bag chair you like
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An amazing group of people to be a part of! Minneapolis, these are great ways to plug in!
From LGBTQ+ advocacy to environmentalism to reproductive rights and beyond, these groups offer productive ways to fight for a better future.
Mad? Sad? Motivated? 60+ MN Orgs Working to Make the Next 4 Years (and Then Some) Suck Less. - Racket
From LGBTQ+ advocacy to environmentalism to reproductive rights and beyond, these groups offer productive ways to fight for a better future.
racketmn.com
November 21, 2024 at 4:52 AM
An amazing group of people to be a part of! Minneapolis, these are great ways to plug in!
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Never has a crime so obscene been so confessed to, so endlessly, so shamelessly, so proudly
November 18, 2024 at 10:22 PM
Never has a crime so obscene been so confessed to, so endlessly, so shamelessly, so proudly
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City budget fact check: the idea that local taxes are increasing because of bike and bus lanes is the local equivalent of very ignorant people complaining about foreign aid in the federal budget.
November 18, 2024 at 4:31 PM
City budget fact check: the idea that local taxes are increasing because of bike and bus lanes is the local equivalent of very ignorant people complaining about foreign aid in the federal budget.
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growing chorus of “throw trans people to the wolves” from high profile libs is not shocking but it is certainly nerve-wracking lol
November 17, 2024 at 2:33 PM
growing chorus of “throw trans people to the wolves” from high profile libs is not shocking but it is certainly nerve-wracking lol
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hey there are a lot of new folks on here! if you’re in twin cities media and you’d like to be added to this lil starter pack, the offer still stands—just yell at me and i’ll pop ya in! go.bsky.app/DdAVgKi
November 17, 2024 at 3:03 PM
hey there are a lot of new folks on here! if you’re in twin cities media and you’d like to be added to this lil starter pack, the offer still stands—just yell at me and i’ll pop ya in! go.bsky.app/DdAVgKi
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In the wake of the Minneapolis Labor Standards Board, the Strib highlights restaurateurs who mad at Minneapolis. But dig in, and it turns out several are mad they have to pay more than 10 bucks an hour .. and oh yeah, the Minneapolis restaurant scene still thrives www.startribune.com/minneapolis-...
![The biggest sticking point among restaurateurs interviewed was wages. The Minneapolis minimum wage of $15.57 is nearly $5 more than in neighboring suburbs that abide by the state's minimum wage of $10.85. (In St. Paul, the minimum wage is $14 for businesses with fewer than 100 employees, a category fitting many restaurants.) Minneapolis' minimum wage will rise to $15.97 on Jan. 1. As the owner of a medium-sized, full-service restaurant, Ikeda uses about 20,000 to 25,000 hours a year of front-of-the-house staffing. "So every year, another dollar an hour adds another $20-$25,000 burden on the business," he said. "That's a challenge for any restaurateur, no matter how successful they appear to be." The wage differences directly affect staffers, too, who may work multiple restaurants in more than one city. Jen Boss works primarily as a server at Heather's in south Minneapolis, where she earns $15.57 an hour, plus pooled tips. But she also takes shifts at the Heather's location that just opened in Minnetonka, where she gets $10.85, and only the tips
she brings in herself. “I love Heather [owner Heather Asbury] and I love what she does and I was willing to come out for a shift or two knowing that it's a little bit different, but it's drastic," Boss said. "I was
shocked that 10-something actually still existed."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2yhglxsi2owchryafic2gmr3/bafkreihaqzh3ybsrby43ps6eeqm2vzmqwghs2spjo3wkeapiw5ynormtgm@jpeg)
November 15, 2024 at 2:40 PM
In the wake of the Minneapolis Labor Standards Board, the Strib highlights restaurateurs who mad at Minneapolis. But dig in, and it turns out several are mad they have to pay more than 10 bucks an hour .. and oh yeah, the Minneapolis restaurant scene still thrives www.startribune.com/minneapolis-...
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If I see one more mean skeet about St. Paul from a Minneapolitan, I swear to god I will do absolutely nothing about it.
November 17, 2024 at 4:23 PM
If I see one more mean skeet about St. Paul from a Minneapolitan, I swear to god I will do absolutely nothing about it.
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tom hoch is running for mayor, pass it on
November 11, 2024 at 4:31 PM
tom hoch is running for mayor, pass it on
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y’all got more dumb Edmund Fitzgerald memes for me
November 10, 2024 at 1:12 PM
y’all got more dumb Edmund Fitzgerald memes for me
New outfit alert for Gilgamesh
November 11, 2024 at 11:38 AM
New outfit alert for Gilgamesh
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One more time: identity politics can only exist on the left.
A campaign that degenerated entire groups of people, and is fused into white Christian nationalism, is not engaged in identity politics.
A campaign that degenerated entire groups of people, and is fused into white Christian nationalism, is not engaged in identity politics.
November 9, 2024 at 8:22 PM
One more time: identity politics can only exist on the left.
A campaign that degenerated entire groups of people, and is fused into white Christian nationalism, is not engaged in identity politics.
A campaign that degenerated entire groups of people, and is fused into white Christian nationalism, is not engaged in identity politics.
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In case anyone's looking for ways to disentangle themselves from Amazon and the Bezos Family of Cursed Subsidiaries (I know I am), my friend @dannycaine.bsky.social wrote a whole book on the topic:
How to Resist Amazon and Why: The Fight for Local Economics, Data Privacy, Fair Labor, Independent Bookstores, and a People-Powered Future!
When a company's workers are literally dying on the job, when their business model relies on preying on local businesses and even their own vendors, when their...
microcosmpublishing.com
November 7, 2024 at 2:37 PM
In case anyone's looking for ways to disentangle themselves from Amazon and the Bezos Family of Cursed Subsidiaries (I know I am), my friend @dannycaine.bsky.social wrote a whole book on the topic:
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there's no compromise on trans women in sports because opposition to trans women in sports is fundamentally rooted in the idea that trans people are not real. if you crack the door open to bigotry they will bust through.
“The Democrats have to stop pandering to the far left,” [said Rep. Tom Suozzi]. “I don’t want to discriminate against anybody, but I don’t think biological boys should be playing in girls’ sports.”
He added, “Democrats aren’t saying that, and they should be.”
He added, “Democrats aren’t saying that, and they should be.”
New York Delivers Key House Wins, but Warning Bells Sound for Democrats
Although Democrats flipped at least two House seats in New York, Donald J. Trump did better than any Republican presidential candidate since the 1980s.
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2024 at 12:53 AM
there's no compromise on trans women in sports because opposition to trans women in sports is fundamentally rooted in the idea that trans people are not real. if you crack the door open to bigotry they will bust through.
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While ARPA did a lot to boost family incomes, so did the CARES Act passed under Trump. If people say, "under Trump, the government started doing a lot more to help me pay my bills; under Biden, the government stopped doing that" - they are not confused or deluded, they are describing material facts.
November 7, 2024 at 1:45 PM
While ARPA did a lot to boost family incomes, so did the CARES Act passed under Trump. If people say, "under Trump, the government started doing a lot more to help me pay my bills; under Biden, the government stopped doing that" - they are not confused or deluded, they are describing material facts.
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One aspect of the economic situation that I think has not gotten enough attention, is how much the withdrawal of pandemic income-support programs worsened people's material conditions.
November 7, 2024 at 1:13 PM
One aspect of the economic situation that I think has not gotten enough attention, is how much the withdrawal of pandemic income-support programs worsened people's material conditions.
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It’s the New York Times fucking sucking
November 7, 2024 at 1:59 AM
It’s the New York Times fucking sucking
The climate ramifications of a Trump administration will be astounding. We’re already past several major tipping points. Not only are we forfeiting the lives of millions of people in the present, but also compromising future generations.
Do people realize how many millions of people will die if RFK Jr actually runs the FDA?
· food regulations, gone
· healthcare/insurance, gone
· vaccines, gone
· medications (incl. SSRIs), gone
The synergies are lethal.
Now add to that EPA destroyed, CDC, NOAA, FEMA ...
millions dead.
· food regulations, gone
· healthcare/insurance, gone
· vaccines, gone
· medications (incl. SSRIs), gone
The synergies are lethal.
Now add to that EPA destroyed, CDC, NOAA, FEMA ...
millions dead.
November 7, 2024 at 2:36 PM
The climate ramifications of a Trump administration will be astounding. We’re already past several major tipping points. Not only are we forfeiting the lives of millions of people in the present, but also compromising future generations.
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This is the whole ballgame for me: You cannot run a functioning democracy in a media environment where voters do not know basic facts about what candidates do and believe.
Voters are living in a post-internet world and legacy institutions have not kept up.
Voters are living in a post-internet world and legacy institutions have not kept up.
November 6, 2024 at 5:03 PM
This is the whole ballgame for me: You cannot run a functioning democracy in a media environment where voters do not know basic facts about what candidates do and believe.
Voters are living in a post-internet world and legacy institutions have not kept up.
Voters are living in a post-internet world and legacy institutions have not kept up.
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If you guessed that these were NYT headlines for the story about MAGA calling in bomb threats and specifically targeting Haitians and the second story is about a woman who has replaced Melania and literally posts "the White House will smell like curry if Harris wins" you are correct
September 13, 2024 at 5:55 PM
If you guessed that these were NYT headlines for the story about MAGA calling in bomb threats and specifically targeting Haitians and the second story is about a woman who has replaced Melania and literally posts "the White House will smell like curry if Harris wins" you are correct
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Proud of each and every one of you. Keep it up. 🫡🫡🫡
September 13, 2024 at 11:16 PM
Proud of each and every one of you. Keep it up. 🫡🫡🫡