Eric Prindle
@ericprindle.bsky.social
Minneapolis dad; liker of all the good things and disliker of all the bullshit; he/him
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On the same weekend that Carol Becker was concern trolling on the lack of diversity in local politics, she was using one of her several reddit accounts to defend a claim (made by Becka Thompson) that white candidates are disadvantaged because council members of color win based on their race.
November 24, 2025 at 2:17 PM
On the same weekend that Carol Becker was concern trolling on the lack of diversity in local politics, she was using one of her several reddit accounts to defend a claim (made by Becka Thompson) that white candidates are disadvantaged because council members of color win based on their race.
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I was thinking about the squandered political career of Andrea Jenkins as she fades off into the sunset.
November 24, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I was thinking about the squandered political career of Andrea Jenkins as she fades off into the sunset.
I tried to hide, but something broke
I tried to sing, couldn't hit the notes
The words kept catching in my throat
I tried to smile, I was suffocating though
I tried to sing, couldn't hit the notes
The words kept catching in my throat
I tried to smile, I was suffocating though
November 23, 2025 at 3:51 AM
I tried to hide, but something broke
I tried to sing, couldn't hit the notes
The words kept catching in my throat
I tried to smile, I was suffocating though
I tried to sing, couldn't hit the notes
The words kept catching in my throat
I tried to smile, I was suffocating though
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
November 17, 2025 at 6:50 PM
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
We told our seven-year-old that there's a play called Waiting for Godot about two guys waiting for someone named Godot, and she was like, "And then at the end Godot shows up?," and we said we weren't going to ruin the ending for her, (1/2)
November 13, 2025 at 2:26 AM
We told our seven-year-old that there's a play called Waiting for Godot about two guys waiting for someone named Godot, and she was like, "And then at the end Godot shows up?," and we said we weren't going to ruin the ending for her, (1/2)
OK; I figured out how to make some maps. Have patience with me; I'm self-taught. (If anyone knows how to get rid of the irrelevant sections of CD5, let me know.) Anyway, here's Frey vs. Fateh, also known as Kenwood vs. Cedar-Riverside.
November 10, 2025 at 9:39 PM
OK; I figured out how to make some maps. Have patience with me; I'm self-taught. (If anyone knows how to get rid of the irrelevant sections of CD5, let me know.) Anyway, here's Frey vs. Fateh, also known as Kenwood vs. Cedar-Riverside.
As others have mentioned, we now have the Cast Vote Record for the Minneapolis mayoral election. I'm going to be doing a good bit of digging into this, but I'll start with the big question: How would DeWayne Davis or Jazz Hampton have done in a final round against Jacob Frey?
November 10, 2025 at 7:56 PM
As others have mentioned, we now have the Cast Vote Record for the Minneapolis mayoral election. I'm going to be doing a good bit of digging into this, but I'll start with the big question: How would DeWayne Davis or Jazz Hampton have done in a final round against Jacob Frey?
In case anyone is wondering how Thrive's sophisticated targeting of U of M students went, here is a complete list of precincts where Frey received a lower vote percentage than Donald Trump:
• 2-2 (portion of Marcy-Holmes)
• 2-4 (most of East Bank)
• 2-6 (Stadium Village)
• 6-3 (Cedar-Riverside)
• 2-2 (portion of Marcy-Holmes)
• 2-4 (most of East Bank)
• 2-6 (Stadium Village)
• 6-3 (Cedar-Riverside)
screenshot of text message circulating among college students where a guy who is working for a frey-supporting PAC asks someone to get people in their frat to "vote and engage in the election" to get paid $350 for 3 hours of work, and if they win, they'll get a bonus
"it'll look good on a resume."
"it'll look good on a resume."
November 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
In case anyone is wondering how Thrive's sophisticated targeting of U of M students went, here is a complete list of precincts where Frey received a lower vote percentage than Donald Trump:
• 2-2 (portion of Marcy-Holmes)
• 2-4 (most of East Bank)
• 2-6 (Stadium Village)
• 6-3 (Cedar-Riverside)
• 2-2 (portion of Marcy-Holmes)
• 2-4 (most of East Bank)
• 2-6 (Stadium Village)
• 6-3 (Cedar-Riverside)
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So many people seem to be misunderstanding how human beings vote. We’re not automatons. We’re motivated by emotion, connection, and our own goals. Assuming everyone will line up behind you because you think you have some perfect analysis is never going to be a realistic outcome.
November 9, 2025 at 5:28 PM
So many people seem to be misunderstanding how human beings vote. We’re not automatons. We’re motivated by emotion, connection, and our own goals. Assuming everyone will line up behind you because you think you have some perfect analysis is never going to be a realistic outcome.
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Hi Minnesotan Bluesky:
The DFL has a well-known transphobia problem. I'm organizing to change the party platform in 2026 to be explicitly supportive of trans people in Minnesota. This will provide a basis for expelling transphobia from our party.
Join me: abetterdfl.org.
The DFL has a well-known transphobia problem. I'm organizing to change the party platform in 2026 to be explicitly supportive of trans people in Minnesota. This will provide a basis for expelling transphobia from our party.
Join me: abetterdfl.org.
November 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Hi Minnesotan Bluesky:
The DFL has a well-known transphobia problem. I'm organizing to change the party platform in 2026 to be explicitly supportive of trans people in Minnesota. This will provide a basis for expelling transphobia from our party.
Join me: abetterdfl.org.
The DFL has a well-known transphobia problem. I'm organizing to change the party platform in 2026 to be explicitly supportive of trans people in Minnesota. This will provide a basis for expelling transphobia from our party.
Join me: abetterdfl.org.
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My post-election thoughts and an open letter to the backroom cabal who selects our candidates for mayor.
Backroom Cabal, If You're Listening... » The Wedge Times-Picayune
My thoughts on Jacob Frey’s reelection to a third term as mayor I’ve heard casual observers comment that “progressives need to put forward better candidates for mayor.” And who could disagree with…
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November 7, 2025 at 2:27 PM
My post-election thoughts and an open letter to the backroom cabal who selects our candidates for mayor.
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worth noting that jason garcia's victory in district 4 was achieved with no yard signs and only a handful of rally signs around. this shows that lawn signs are not an indicator of how an election is going to go! same with ward 10, people thought aisha chughtai was in trouble and lydia would win
renters get left out of the sign counts! in renter heavy wards like 7 and 10, signs are "land doesn't vote."
and notably, jason really had no signs at all, just some rally ones a few of us had, i had one in my window and on my bike, and @wedge.live had both too and maybe others? but no yard signs!
and notably, jason really had no signs at all, just some rally ones a few of us had, i had one in my window and on my bike, and @wedge.live had both too and maybe others? but no yard signs!
November 6, 2025 at 10:30 PM
worth noting that jason garcia's victory in district 4 was achieved with no yard signs and only a handful of rally signs around. this shows that lawn signs are not an indicator of how an election is going to go! same with ward 10, people thought aisha chughtai was in trouble and lydia would win
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CONCLUSION
There is a very, very high chance that your first choice on your park board at-large ballot will be the ONLY THING THAT COUNTS. It's really not that common for your second and third choices to matter. So think hard about your first choice! 9/9
There is a very, very high chance that your first choice on your park board at-large ballot will be the ONLY THING THAT COUNTS. It's really not that common for your second and third choices to matter. So think hard about your first choice! 9/9
November 7, 2025 at 5:00 AM
CONCLUSION
There is a very, very high chance that your first choice on your park board at-large ballot will be the ONLY THING THAT COUNTS. It's really not that common for your second and third choices to matter. So think hard about your first choice! 9/9
There is a very, very high chance that your first choice on your park board at-large ballot will be the ONLY THING THAT COUNTS. It's really not that common for your second and third choices to matter. So think hard about your first choice! 9/9
It's been two days since the election, and I'm still picking up Lydia Millard's garbage. Did she run out of Trump-donor money to pay people to pick up her garbage?
November 6, 2025 at 11:08 PM
It's been two days since the election, and I'm still picking up Lydia Millard's garbage. Did she run out of Trump-donor money to pay people to pick up her garbage?
This is nice to see after the right poured so much money into Millard. Looking at it precinct by precinct, I do see some shifts. Warsame got most of his votes in 10-7 and 10-8 (central Whittier). 10-8 in particular had barely more turnout this year, so some of Warsame's voters may have stayed home.
Bruce Dachis and Nasri Warsame combined vote share, 2023: 37.30
Lydia Millard vote share, 2025: 37.07%
Lydia Millard vote share, 2025: 37.07%
November 5, 2025 at 1:27 PM
This is nice to see after the right poured so much money into Millard. Looking at it precinct by precinct, I do see some shifts. Warsame got most of his votes in 10-7 and 10-8 (central Whittier). 10-8 in particular had barely more turnout this year, so some of Warsame's voters may have stayed home.
The kids put in a GOTV shift. Sorry if they rang your doorbell too many times. (Who am I kidding? This is Minneapolis. Your doorbell doesn't work.)
November 4, 2025 at 9:06 PM
The kids put in a GOTV shift. Sorry if they rang your doorbell too many times. (Who am I kidding? This is Minneapolis. Your doorbell doesn't work.)
I was voter #276 in Minneapolis 10-5. To revive the recent "why does nobody walk here" discourse, it's a beautiful day, and people were getting in and out of their cars to vote at a polling place at the exact center of a small precinct where nobody lives more than a half mile away.
November 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I was voter #276 in Minneapolis 10-5. To revive the recent "why does nobody walk here" discourse, it's a beautiful day, and people were getting in and out of their cars to vote at a polling place at the exact center of a small precinct where nobody lives more than a half mile away.
Curious question: Has anyone encountered Working America (AFL-CIO affiliate) in the field in Minneapolis? On their campaign finance report for the period ending Oct. 20, they reported spending over $37K, half supporting Kay Carvajal Moran and half supporting the at-large Park Board DFL slate.
November 4, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Curious question: Has anyone encountered Working America (AFL-CIO affiliate) in the field in Minneapolis? On their campaign finance report for the period ending Oct. 20, they reported spending over $37K, half supporting Kay Carvajal Moran and half supporting the at-large Park Board DFL slate.
Minneapolis parents: With Election Day being a school release day, is anyone canvassing with kiddos tomorrow? My kids are interested, and I signed up for a shift. Anyone have any experience doing this?
November 3, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Minneapolis parents: With Election Day being a school release day, is anyone canvassing with kiddos tomorrow? My kids are interested, and I signed up for a shift. Anyone have any experience doing this?
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I’m asking everyone to vote for a new Mayor by Tuesday and rank all 3 of Omar Fateh, Dewayne Davis, and Jazz Hampton in whichever order you prefer. I’ve worked at City Hall for the last 4 years and from my personal experiences I believe the City desperately needs a new mayor.
Long thread 🧵
Long thread 🧵
November 3, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I’m asking everyone to vote for a new Mayor by Tuesday and rank all 3 of Omar Fateh, Dewayne Davis, and Jazz Hampton in whichever order you prefer. I’ve worked at City Hall for the last 4 years and from my personal experiences I believe the City desperately needs a new mayor.
Long thread 🧵
Long thread 🧵
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i have been frustrated both at the conservative DFL / republican alliance in support of jacob frey this year and at the media's ignoring it, especially when we are expected to come together as DFL for statewide elections next year
taylordahlin.com/f/minneapoli...
taylordahlin.com/f/minneapoli...
Minneapolis 2025: Conversative DFL & Republican Alliance
One concerning trend throughout the 2025 Minneapolis election season has been the way the conversative DFLers have become so polarized in their opposition to DSA that they appear to be welcoming Repub...
taylordahlin.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:44 PM
i have been frustrated both at the conservative DFL / republican alliance in support of jacob frey this year and at the media's ignoring it, especially when we are expected to come together as DFL for statewide elections next year
taylordahlin.com/f/minneapoli...
taylordahlin.com/f/minneapoli...
I'm gonna go for (relative) optimism. I may be wrong. I will not be entirely surprised if I am very, very wrong. If I'm right, I will be mostly happy.
WIN PRIZES FOR ELECTION KNOWING. It’s the last day I can post on Minneapolis elections (I’m an election judge so no Tuesday posts til 9-10p.) Here’s the game: pick the winners in *every* race on the Minneapolis ballot. Tie-breaker is turnout. I wil award appropriate prizes for Top 3. Hash: #mplswin
November 3, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I'm gonna go for (relative) optimism. I may be wrong. I will not be entirely surprised if I am very, very wrong. If I'm right, I will be mostly happy.
Here's an interesting trend I noticed in the Minneapolis early voting stats: With one day left, the wards with the biggest dropoffs in early voting relative to 2021 are precisely the wards with the most competitive city council races: 2, 10, 7, and 5.
November 3, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Here's an interesting trend I noticed in the Minneapolis early voting stats: With one day left, the wards with the biggest dropoffs in early voting relative to 2021 are precisely the wards with the most competitive city council races: 2, 10, 7, and 5.
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Barf. Here's the "Team Mpls" plan to “address climate change.” No mention of getting off fossil fuels. Nothing on electrification. Nothing on renewable energy, transit or building housing near transit. Just trees and carbon capture(?). This fluff could have been written by the Koch Bros (1/2)
November 1, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Barf. Here's the "Team Mpls" plan to “address climate change.” No mention of getting off fossil fuels. Nothing on electrification. Nothing on renewable energy, transit or building housing near transit. Just trees and carbon capture(?). This fluff could have been written by the Koch Bros (1/2)
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steve minn has said that he voted for donald trump three times, and his company lupe developmment gave safer hennepin $25k for them to send mailers calling for republicans to vote for jacob frey
the media not writing about the conservative DFL / republican alliance this year is a failure!
the media not writing about the conservative DFL / republican alliance this year is a failure!
Here is who is funding Safer Hennepin, who is calling for Republicans to vote for Jacob Frey, and some history on the PAC -
taylordahlin.com/f/safer-henn...
taylordahlin.com/f/safer-henn...
Safer Hennepin PAC: Calls for Republicans to Vote for Jacob Frey
In addition to chairing the new PAC We Can Do Better Mpls, Lawrence Wright is also the treasurer for Safer Hennepin, a PAC first registered in 2019 under the name "Cannabis for Economic Growth," chair...
taylordahlin.com
November 1, 2025 at 5:36 PM
steve minn has said that he voted for donald trump three times, and his company lupe developmment gave safer hennepin $25k for them to send mailers calling for republicans to vote for jacob frey
the media not writing about the conservative DFL / republican alliance this year is a failure!
the media not writing about the conservative DFL / republican alliance this year is a failure!