Janne K. Flisrand
@jannefrommpls.bsky.social
Abundant housing. Justice. Dismantling oppression. Mpls politics. Observations from Zürich. She/her.
Found my first observed #Zürich pedestrian design fail, where signs attempt to tell people how to walk between a tram stop and a crosswalk.
To be continued...
To be continued...
November 18, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Found my first observed #Zürich pedestrian design fail, where signs attempt to tell people how to walk between a tram stop and a crosswalk.
To be continued...
To be continued...
When the built a new central library in #Zürich, they made sure to include this tunnel into the courtyard to maintain access to the 2-block-long Chorgasse.
November 17, 2025 at 7:22 PM
When the built a new central library in #Zürich, they made sure to include this tunnel into the courtyard to maintain access to the 2-block-long Chorgasse.
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Roughly 40,000 people are killed in traffic crashes each year, with speeding contributing to nearly a third of those fatalities.
On #WDoR2025, we remember and honor those who have lost their lives and those who have been injured, and we act to implement evidence-based solutions to end this crisis.
On #WDoR2025, we remember and honor those who have lost their lives and those who have been injured, and we act to implement evidence-based solutions to end this crisis.
November 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Roughly 40,000 people are killed in traffic crashes each year, with speeding contributing to nearly a third of those fatalities.
On #WDoR2025, we remember and honor those who have lost their lives and those who have been injured, and we act to implement evidence-based solutions to end this crisis.
On #WDoR2025, we remember and honor those who have lost their lives and those who have been injured, and we act to implement evidence-based solutions to end this crisis.
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“How can anyone believe in the ethics of the DFL when someone like this can remain in multiple party leadership positions, especially one determining appropriate conduct in the party?”
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The DFL's Cyndy Martin Problem
On July 3, 2024, MN DFL CD8 chair Cyndy Martin hit and killed 19 year old Carter Haithcock, the father of a young son, as he walked along the road with her vehicle on the Iron Range near Nashwauk on h...
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November 16, 2025 at 2:55 AM
“How can anyone believe in the ethics of the DFL when someone like this can remain in multiple party leadership positions, especially one determining appropriate conduct in the party?”
taylordahlin.com/f/the-dfls-c...
taylordahlin.com/f/the-dfls-c...
The circus has come to #Zürich, I hear this one has live music, no animals, acrobatics, and a story. It set up 4 blocks from the main train station, in the heart of the city.
November 15, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The circus has come to #Zürich, I hear this one has live music, no animals, acrobatics, and a story. It set up 4 blocks from the main train station, in the heart of the city.
Fall sidewalks
November 14, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Fall sidewalks
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The worst weather for biking is cars, and unfortunately it’s not seasonal
“Now show it in the rain,” is a comment that pops up in our feed occasionally, as if the country that cycles 18 billion kilometres while experiencing 217 days of precipitation each year grinds to a halt every single time the skies open.
There's no such thing as bad weather, only bad infrastructure.
There's no such thing as bad weather, only bad infrastructure.
November 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The worst weather for biking is cars, and unfortunately it’s not seasonal
Wandering Chur, Switzerland, no matter which direction you face, almost every street you look down, there is a mountain view at the end.
November 12, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Wandering Chur, Switzerland, no matter which direction you face, almost every street you look down, there is a mountain view at the end.
Cool things about this fountain:
1. it exists
2. the metal strip tells you where the water comes from
3. the grate to the right lets you hear the burbling stream while using it
Chur, Switzerland
1. it exists
2. the metal strip tells you where the water comes from
3. the grate to the right lets you hear the burbling stream while using it
Chur, Switzerland
November 10, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Cool things about this fountain:
1. it exists
2. the metal strip tells you where the water comes from
3. the grate to the right lets you hear the burbling stream while using it
Chur, Switzerland
1. it exists
2. the metal strip tells you where the water comes from
3. the grate to the right lets you hear the burbling stream while using it
Chur, Switzerland
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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
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The center L and center R voters are needed to build the coalition to beat the far right Jacob. When all the progressive electeds and orgs get behind the furthest to the left candidate (rather than one that can pick up voters in the center) they express their sincere preference, and help Jacob win.
November 9, 2025 at 6:25 AM
The center L and center R voters are needed to build the coalition to beat the far right Jacob. When all the progressive electeds and orgs get behind the furthest to the left candidate (rather than one that can pick up voters in the center) they express their sincere preference, and help Jacob win.
Stairwell to a train station parking garage (Chur, Switzerland).
November 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Stairwell to a train station parking garage (Chur, Switzerland).
Continuing my photo series from Chur, Switzerland, taken while heading from "Energy Park" to the Rhine, with tall apartment buildings totally not ruining the view in any way.
November 7, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Continuing my photo series from Chur, Switzerland, taken while heading from "Energy Park" to the Rhine, with tall apartment buildings totally not ruining the view in any way.
I found this container mini-museum in Chur, Switzerland. With one big swinging wall/door, and a small door on the other end, it was welcoming and people flowed through easily. The artifacts illustrated travel during Roman times through that area of 🇨🇭
November 6, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I found this container mini-museum in Chur, Switzerland. With one big swinging wall/door, and a small door on the other end, it was welcoming and people flowed through easily. The artifacts illustrated travel during Roman times through that area of 🇨🇭
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Minneapolis has had two women mayors, both ousted as incumbents in intraparty challenges from men who went on to win re-election two more times.
November 5, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Minneapolis has had two women mayors, both ousted as incumbents in intraparty challenges from men who went on to win re-election two more times.
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People are out here blaming RCV for Jacob's win. And I cannot stress this enough: RCV had literally nothing to do with it. Everything about this outcome was entirely predictable. Jacob had huge structural advantages: compliant local media, off-cycle election, PAC $, patronage networks.
November 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
People are out here blaming RCV for Jacob's win. And I cannot stress this enough: RCV had literally nothing to do with it. Everything about this outcome was entirely predictable. Jacob had huge structural advantages: compliant local media, off-cycle election, PAC $, patronage networks.
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you've got to click around on this map, and the graphics here ... it's astounding. @haidee.bsky.social did such a great job with this:
Explore How Different New Yorkers Voted for Mayor
See how voters turned out for Zohran Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa in every neighborhood in the city — and by income, housing and transit preference.
www.thecity.nyc
November 5, 2025 at 4:59 AM
you've got to click around on this map, and the graphics here ... it's astounding. @haidee.bsky.social did such a great job with this:
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The French perspective: Mamdani's political position represents "a progressive left, but it is no way radical" when compared to French politics.
Municipales à New York : Zohran Mamdani incarne «une gauche progressiste mais en aucun cas radicale sur l’échelle française»
Interview d'Amy Greene, spécialiste des Etats-Unis 👇
Interview d'Amy Greene, spécialiste des Etats-Unis 👇
Municipales à New York : Zohran Mamdani incarne «une gauche progressiste mais en aucun cas radicale sur l’échelle française»
www.liberation.fr
November 4, 2025 at 7:07 PM
The French perspective: Mamdani's political position represents "a progressive left, but it is no way radical" when compared to French politics.
Walking here felt very Minneapolis. Lovely path, woodsy, river/water (let's pretend there's no mountain), but the real source of memories was deafening highway noise, unusual in my experience of Switzerland.
This Chur path is tucked between the Rhine and a highway.
This Chur path is tucked between the Rhine and a highway.
November 4, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Walking here felt very Minneapolis. Lovely path, woodsy, river/water (let's pretend there's no mountain), but the real source of memories was deafening highway noise, unusual in my experience of Switzerland.
This Chur path is tucked between the Rhine and a highway.
This Chur path is tucked between the Rhine and a highway.
Posting through my Minneapolis election day stress. Help me relax, tell me: When are you going to vote?
My favorite voters guide naomikritzer.com/2025/10/31/e...
Everything you need to vote today
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My favorite voters guide naomikritzer.com/2025/10/31/e...
Everything you need to vote today
vote.minneapolismn.gov/voters/where...
Election 2025: Sample Ballot/Index of Posts
Greetings to everyone pulling up my site on their phones from a voting booth. For your convenience I’ve put links to (hopefully) all of this year’s races. If you scroll and don’t find what you’re l…
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November 4, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Posting through my Minneapolis election day stress. Help me relax, tell me: When are you going to vote?
My favorite voters guide naomikritzer.com/2025/10/31/e...
Everything you need to vote today
vote.minneapolismn.gov/voters/where...
My favorite voters guide naomikritzer.com/2025/10/31/e...
Everything you need to vote today
vote.minneapolismn.gov/voters/where...
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Chur, Switzerland is full, full, full of benches. Brightly colored, plain weathered wood, they are plentiful.
(Chur is no outlier in 🇨🇭.)
(Chur is no outlier in 🇨🇭.)
November 3, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Chur, Switzerland is full, full, full of benches. Brightly colored, plain weathered wood, they are plentiful.
(Chur is no outlier in 🇨🇭.)
(Chur is no outlier in 🇨🇭.)
At Critical Mass and after, I rode this #Zürich Bucheggplatz roundabout on a bike 4 or 5 times.
With 350 other cyclists, I looked around and thought, "What a terrible design for cyclists!"
Riding home alone, I thought, "What a terrifying design! Aaahhh! How do I do this???"
With 350 other cyclists, I looked around and thought, "What a terrible design for cyclists!"
Riding home alone, I thought, "What a terrifying design! Aaahhh! How do I do this???"
November 3, 2025 at 7:50 PM
At Critical Mass and after, I rode this #Zürich Bucheggplatz roundabout on a bike 4 or 5 times.
With 350 other cyclists, I looked around and thought, "What a terrible design for cyclists!"
Riding home alone, I thought, "What a terrifying design! Aaahhh! How do I do this???"
With 350 other cyclists, I looked around and thought, "What a terrible design for cyclists!"
Riding home alone, I thought, "What a terrifying design! Aaahhh! How do I do this???"