Flan
@flanknits.bsky.social
she/her. South Minneapolis
Community organizer. Fiber Artist. Political news junkie. Quaker.
Time split between my day job and mutual aid @ SupplyDepotMpls.
Community organizer. Fiber Artist. Political news junkie. Quaker.
Time split between my day job and mutual aid @ SupplyDepotMpls.
Note that I saw no kids at this event. Did families get to come and get turned away for the unannounced bag policy?
Or like me, did all the parents work to make alternative arrangements for our kids because we knew this would be the opposite of family friendly?
Or like me, did all the parents work to make alternative arrangements for our kids because we knew this would be the opposite of family friendly?
Despite the "family-friendly" designation of this event, it's taking place over dinner/bedtime for elementary and younger kids, and doesn't provide childcare.
So what exactly makes it family friendly?
So what exactly makes it family friendly?
The DFL Listening Tour is the hottest event in town, and is moved to a larger venue to meet the demand.
Happy to welcome the @dfl.org to SD62 at Sabathani, on Nov. 13 at 6:30 PM. Show up to share the issues important to you with the state party.
www.mobilize.us/dfl/event/83...
Happy to welcome the @dfl.org to SD62 at Sabathani, on Nov. 13 at 6:30 PM. Show up to share the issues important to you with the state party.
www.mobilize.us/dfl/event/83...
November 14, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Note that I saw no kids at this event. Did families get to come and get turned away for the unannounced bag policy?
Or like me, did all the parents work to make alternative arrangements for our kids because we knew this would be the opposite of family friendly?
Or like me, did all the parents work to make alternative arrangements for our kids because we knew this would be the opposite of family friendly?
This was not a “listening session.”
Less than half the people who got in line to speak were able to do so.
And those that did speak got evasive answers, not active listening.
Less than half the people who got in line to speak were able to do so.
And those that did speak got evasive answers, not active listening.
We asked Richard to show up and listen and what we got was a corporate presentation about branding followed by evasive answers that absolutely did not meet the moment.
When I met Richard for the first time two months ago, I told him this party was a ticking bomb and it's already starting to blow.
When I met Richard for the first time two months ago, I told him this party was a ticking bomb and it's already starting to blow.
November 14, 2025 at 4:31 AM
This was not a “listening session.”
Less than half the people who got in line to speak were able to do so.
And those that did speak got evasive answers, not active listening.
Less than half the people who got in line to speak were able to do so.
And those that did speak got evasive answers, not active listening.
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Trans and non-binary DFL’ers are all too often there for the party in its greatest time of need. DFL leadership is all too often nowhere to found in ours.
Join us in supporting A Better DFL to help create a party that works for all us ❤️
www.abetterdfl.org
Join us in supporting A Better DFL to help create a party that works for all us ❤️
www.abetterdfl.org
November 14, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Trans and non-binary DFL’ers are all too often there for the party in its greatest time of need. DFL leadership is all too often nowhere to found in ours.
Join us in supporting A Better DFL to help create a party that works for all us ❤️
www.abetterdfl.org
Join us in supporting A Better DFL to help create a party that works for all us ❤️
www.abetterdfl.org
Due to the unannounced bag policy, if I had brought my kid, I would have been turned away.
Parents attending a meeting with kids often need to travel with stuff!
Parents attending a meeting with kids often need to travel with stuff!
Despite the "family-friendly" designation of this event, it's taking place over dinner/bedtime for elementary and younger kids, and doesn't provide childcare.
So what exactly makes it family friendly?
So what exactly makes it family friendly?
The DFL Listening Tour is the hottest event in town, and is moved to a larger venue to meet the demand.
Happy to welcome the @dfl.org to SD62 at Sabathani, on Nov. 13 at 6:30 PM. Show up to share the issues important to you with the state party.
www.mobilize.us/dfl/event/83...
Happy to welcome the @dfl.org to SD62 at Sabathani, on Nov. 13 at 6:30 PM. Show up to share the issues important to you with the state party.
www.mobilize.us/dfl/event/83...
November 14, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Due to the unannounced bag policy, if I had brought my kid, I would have been turned away.
Parents attending a meeting with kids often need to travel with stuff!
Parents attending a meeting with kids often need to travel with stuff!
I watched at least 3 people have to leave because their bags were considered “too large”
the instructions for the DFL listening session did not say backpacks were not allowed so people are being turned away with them. i got in because i have press pass
this security team hired for this event is the same one hired for omar fateh’s election night party
this security team hired for this event is the same one hired for omar fateh’s election night party
November 14, 2025 at 12:49 AM
I watched at least 3 people have to leave because their bags were considered “too large”
Despite the "family-friendly" designation of this event, it's taking place over dinner/bedtime for elementary and younger kids, and doesn't provide childcare.
So what exactly makes it family friendly?
So what exactly makes it family friendly?
The DFL Listening Tour is the hottest event in town, and is moved to a larger venue to meet the demand.
Happy to welcome the @dfl.org to SD62 at Sabathani, on Nov. 13 at 6:30 PM. Show up to share the issues important to you with the state party.
www.mobilize.us/dfl/event/83...
Happy to welcome the @dfl.org to SD62 at Sabathani, on Nov. 13 at 6:30 PM. Show up to share the issues important to you with the state party.
www.mobilize.us/dfl/event/83...
DFL Listening Tour - Minneapolis · Minnesota DFL
Join us on the DFL Listening Tour with DFL Chair, Richard Carlbom. The listening tour is a family-friendly event.
Building a lasting majority that can win and deliver for Minnesotans requires us to e...
www.mobilize.us
November 13, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Despite the "family-friendly" designation of this event, it's taking place over dinner/bedtime for elementary and younger kids, and doesn't provide childcare.
So what exactly makes it family friendly?
So what exactly makes it family friendly?
Second round of photos tonight. Taken from my heavily light polluted South Minneapolis yard.
November 12, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Second round of photos tonight. Taken from my heavily light polluted South Minneapolis yard.
Amazing northern lights in South Minneapolis
November 12, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Amazing northern lights in South Minneapolis
Called and left messages for @klobuchar.senate.gov and @smith.senate.gov asking them to hold firm on the ACA
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Called and left messages for @klobuchar.senate.gov and @smith.senate.gov asking them to hold firm on the ACA
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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.
MFE has a tentative agreement!
Solidarity forever with our educators.
Solidarity forever with our educators.
November 9, 2025 at 4:05 AM
MFE has a tentative agreement!
Solidarity forever with our educators.
Solidarity forever with our educators.
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Minnesota’s state agency that administers SNAP announces FULL benefits will be in accounts starting tomorrow.
November 8, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Minnesota’s state agency that administers SNAP announces FULL benefits will be in accounts starting tomorrow.
Look, someone rounded up even more supportive electeds!
Thanks to @engy5150.bsky.social and @jamisonwhiting.bsky.social for joining in, along with the incredible @marciaxthree.bsky.social !
Thanks to @engy5150.bsky.social and @jamisonwhiting.bsky.social for joining in, along with the incredible @marciaxthree.bsky.social !
November 8, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Look, someone rounded up even more supportive electeds!
Thanks to @engy5150.bsky.social and @jamisonwhiting.bsky.social for joining in, along with the incredible @marciaxthree.bsky.social !
Thanks to @engy5150.bsky.social and @jamisonwhiting.bsky.social for joining in, along with the incredible @marciaxthree.bsky.social !
So energized by the MFPS rally tonight to settle the contract!
Big thanks to CMs @jchavezmpls.bsky.social @robin4mpls.bsky.social @aurinmpls.bsky.social and @elliottpayne.org and CM Elect @jamisonwhiting.bsky.social for coming out to support, along with hundreds of families!
Big thanks to CMs @jchavezmpls.bsky.social @robin4mpls.bsky.social @aurinmpls.bsky.social and @elliottpayne.org and CM Elect @jamisonwhiting.bsky.social for coming out to support, along with hundreds of families!
November 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM
So energized by the MFPS rally tonight to settle the contract!
Big thanks to CMs @jchavezmpls.bsky.social @robin4mpls.bsky.social @aurinmpls.bsky.social and @elliottpayne.org and CM Elect @jamisonwhiting.bsky.social for coming out to support, along with hundreds of families!
Big thanks to CMs @jchavezmpls.bsky.social @robin4mpls.bsky.social @aurinmpls.bsky.social and @elliottpayne.org and CM Elect @jamisonwhiting.bsky.social for coming out to support, along with hundreds of families!
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TODAY - Join @mfelocal59.bsky.social educators and show district leaders MPLS students deserve smaller class sizes, better special ed staffing, and supported educators! 💙
There will be six picket locations – one for each school board district.
👉 RSVP + find your closest rally - bit.ly/MFEpicket
There will be six picket locations – one for each school board district.
👉 RSVP + find your closest rally - bit.ly/MFEpicket
November 6, 2025 at 4:24 PM
TODAY - Join @mfelocal59.bsky.social educators and show district leaders MPLS students deserve smaller class sizes, better special ed staffing, and supported educators! 💙
There will be six picket locations – one for each school board district.
👉 RSVP + find your closest rally - bit.ly/MFEpicket
There will be six picket locations – one for each school board district.
👉 RSVP + find your closest rally - bit.ly/MFEpicket
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Getting new details on this now:
As the arrest unfolded, teachers pleaded with the agents telling them the teacher had a work permit. The agents went into multiple rooms looking for teachers while children were present. One teacher hid with a child in her care while the agents stormed the facility.
As the arrest unfolded, teachers pleaded with the agents telling them the teacher had a work permit. The agents went into multiple rooms looking for teachers while children were present. One teacher hid with a child in her care while the agents stormed the facility.
Raids inside day cares had been off limits until this year, when, on his first day in office, President Donald Trump removed that protection.
The arrest reportedly took place in front of children.
19thnews.org/2025/11/chil...
The arrest reportedly took place in front of children.
19thnews.org/2025/11/chil...
‘I have papers’: Child care worker detained by ICE officers inside a Chicago day care
Raids inside day cares had been off limits until this year, when, on his first day in office, President Donald Trump removed that protection.
19thnews.org
November 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Getting new details on this now:
As the arrest unfolded, teachers pleaded with the agents telling them the teacher had a work permit. The agents went into multiple rooms looking for teachers while children were present. One teacher hid with a child in her care while the agents stormed the facility.
As the arrest unfolded, teachers pleaded with the agents telling them the teacher had a work permit. The agents went into multiple rooms looking for teachers while children were present. One teacher hid with a child in her care while the agents stormed the facility.
Reminder to be kind to the hardworking Minneapolis Elections staff this morning.
They worked all day yesterday and late into the night supporting precincts and election judges, and will be back at it first thing this morning to bring us RCV results.
They worked all day yesterday and late into the night supporting precincts and election judges, and will be back at it first thing this morning to bring us RCV results.
November 5, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Reminder to be kind to the hardworking Minneapolis Elections staff this morning.
They worked all day yesterday and late into the night supporting precincts and election judges, and will be back at it first thing this morning to bring us RCV results.
They worked all day yesterday and late into the night supporting precincts and election judges, and will be back at it first thing this morning to bring us RCV results.
Good morning to all the election judges whose alarms just went off at 4:45am.
November 4, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Good morning to all the election judges whose alarms just went off at 4:45am.
Amplifying this because I absolutely needed this visual to understand the scale.
November 4, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Amplifying this because I absolutely needed this visual to understand the scale.
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$100 buys emergency groceries to feed a family of four for a month through the food shelf — they’re about halfway to their $16K match goal, so if you donate $50 now, you’re helping a whole family survive
I’m raising money for Groveland Emergency Food Shelf, a South Minneapolis nonprofit that provides emergency groceries for those in need. They’re currently struggling to keep up with demand, and they’re getting their first $16k in donations matched.
I’ve got $50 on it! Can anyone match me?
I’ve got $50 on it! Can anyone match me?
Support Groveland Emergency Food Shelf on GiveMN
Groveland Food Shelf is a non-profit 501(c)(3) providing emergency groceries for those in need.
www.givemn.org
November 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
$100 buys emergency groceries to feed a family of four for a month through the food shelf — they’re about halfway to their $16K match goal, so if you donate $50 now, you’re helping a whole family survive
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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 🧵
I took no photos at Bare Bones last night because I was too entranced by the art, the experience of being in the enormous audience, and the emotional response to the performance
Kudos to everyone involved- truly a balm for the soul in these times.
Kudos to everyone involved- truly a balm for the soul in these times.
November 2, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I took no photos at Bare Bones last night because I was too entranced by the art, the experience of being in the enormous audience, and the emotional response to the performance
Kudos to everyone involved- truly a balm for the soul in these times.
Kudos to everyone involved- truly a balm for the soul in these times.
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The Bare Bones performance at Powderhorn Park tonight was absolutely phenomenal. I didn’t know I was still capable of being absolutely floored by art in this way—it was emotionally, visually, sonically perfect and profound.
I was bawling during the honoring of the lives lost.
I was bawling during the honoring of the lives lost.
November 2, 2025 at 3:31 AM
The Bare Bones performance at Powderhorn Park tonight was absolutely phenomenal. I didn’t know I was still capable of being absolutely floored by art in this way—it was emotionally, visually, sonically perfect and profound.
I was bawling during the honoring of the lives lost.
I was bawling during the honoring of the lives lost.
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Solidarity with the Minneapolis Federation of Educators. 📕✏️
92% of members participated in the strike vote, and 92% of voting members voted in favor of a strike.
Minneapolis educators deserve our entire support during this time.
92% of members participated in the strike vote, and 92% of voting members voted in favor of a strike.
Minneapolis educators deserve our entire support during this time.
October 28, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Solidarity with the Minneapolis Federation of Educators. 📕✏️
92% of members participated in the strike vote, and 92% of voting members voted in favor of a strike.
Minneapolis educators deserve our entire support during this time.
92% of members participated in the strike vote, and 92% of voting members voted in favor of a strike.
Minneapolis educators deserve our entire support during this time.
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What’s best for kids is what’s best for educators is what’s best for ALL of us. Support MPS by backing our educators as they advocate for:
-Reasonable class size limits & caseloads
-Expansion of SpEd & ELL resources
-Fair pay & treatment for all educators
takeactionminnesota.org/public-schoo...
-Reasonable class size limits & caseloads
-Expansion of SpEd & ELL resources
-Fair pay & treatment for all educators
takeactionminnesota.org/public-schoo...
October 27, 2025 at 11:37 PM
What’s best for kids is what’s best for educators is what’s best for ALL of us. Support MPS by backing our educators as they advocate for:
-Reasonable class size limits & caseloads
-Expansion of SpEd & ELL resources
-Fair pay & treatment for all educators
takeactionminnesota.org/public-schoo...
-Reasonable class size limits & caseloads
-Expansion of SpEd & ELL resources
-Fair pay & treatment for all educators
takeactionminnesota.org/public-schoo...