Patrick McDougle
@pmcdougl.bsky.social
Minnesotan, Software Engineer, Aspiring Aviator, City Nerd. He/Him/His.
Opinions are my own and not official statements of any organization I am a member or employee of.
Opinions are my own and not official statements of any organization I am a member or employee of.
I struggle with the Waymo thing. On one hand it reduces our reliance on car ownership and parking which imo is a win for urbanism. It's also long-term a win for public health & safety. On the other hand:
- It strips jobs away from folks
- Doesn't reduce VMT
- Google shouldn't be trusted
- It strips jobs away from folks
- Doesn't reduce VMT
- Google shouldn't be trusted
November 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I struggle with the Waymo thing. On one hand it reduces our reliance on car ownership and parking which imo is a win for urbanism. It's also long-term a win for public health & safety. On the other hand:
- It strips jobs away from folks
- Doesn't reduce VMT
- Google shouldn't be trusted
- It strips jobs away from folks
- Doesn't reduce VMT
- Google shouldn't be trusted
As someone who lived in the southdale neighborhood, it's quite hostile to peds. Any improvement would be welcome.
France Avenue near Southdale in Edina was designed for cars.
But that easy access for drivers zipping in and out of the shopping district increasingly collides with the city’s hopes to build apartments in the area and make it friendlier to walkers and cyclists.
But that easy access for drivers zipping in and out of the shopping district increasingly collides with the city’s hopes to build apartments in the area and make it friendlier to walkers and cyclists.
www.startribune.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:20 PM
As someone who lived in the southdale neighborhood, it's quite hostile to peds. Any improvement would be welcome.
...so we should let them go public so the public exposure is HIGHER?!
WSJ: “.. If the AI market blows up, the blast radius would be wide, hitting not only Wall Street firms, but also pensions, mutual and exchange-traded funds and individual investors, because of how debt is often sliced and resold across the financial landscape.”
@wsj.com
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@wsj.com
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November 18, 2025 at 2:46 AM
...so we should let them go public so the public exposure is HIGHER?!
- Copilot is my Jesus
- NRCV (New Revised Claude Version)
- NRCV (New Revised Claude Version)
AI slop now making up saccharine Bible verses that do not exist
November 15, 2025 at 10:37 PM
- Copilot is my Jesus
- NRCV (New Revised Claude Version)
- NRCV (New Revised Claude Version)
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If corporations are people, they should be subject to the death penalty like the rest of us.
(Corporate death penalties should be the only death penalties, of course, but until then...)
(Corporate death penalties should be the only death penalties, of course, but until then...)
November 14, 2025 at 11:46 PM
If corporations are people, they should be subject to the death penalty like the rest of us.
(Corporate death penalties should be the only death penalties, of course, but until then...)
(Corporate death penalties should be the only death penalties, of course, but until then...)
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Oedipus Family Counseling Clinic
Sisyphus Landscaping Service
Achilles Physical Therapy
Sisyphus Landscaping Service
Achilles Physical Therapy
November 14, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Oedipus Family Counseling Clinic
Sisyphus Landscaping Service
Achilles Physical Therapy
Sisyphus Landscaping Service
Achilles Physical Therapy
Yeah, shoulda got an impeachment, PR statehood, expanded Supreme court, Epstein files out of the deal.
Americans deserved a better deal than this one.
November 10, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Yeah, shoulda got an impeachment, PR statehood, expanded Supreme court, Epstein files out of the deal.
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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.
We're already in a fight with the DFL centrists, we don't need to fracture again. Take the L, analyse and strategize for the future. No need to turn this into a three-way.
November 9, 2025 at 11:57 PM
We're already in a fight with the DFL centrists, we don't need to fracture again. Take the L, analyse and strategize for the future. No need to turn this into a three-way.
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Picard management tip: Admit ignorance and ask a question rather than blunder forward out of pride.
November 8, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Picard management tip: Admit ignorance and ask a question rather than blunder forward out of pride.
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Legions of sycophants masquerading as journalists are praising an oligarch who ducked debates for 40 years while enriching herself & her family through relentless insider trading.
Their work reminds me how Malcolm X recognized the work of the press.
shahidbuttar.substack.com/p/pelosi-fin...
Their work reminds me how Malcolm X recognized the work of the press.
shahidbuttar.substack.com/p/pelosi-fin...
Pelosi finally retires after forcing conservative politics on congressional Democrats for decades
“Journalists” are re-writing history today to serve a powerful political dynasty, cement a cult of personality, and further degrade the vestiges of democracy—and none of that is about Trump
shahidbuttar.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Legions of sycophants masquerading as journalists are praising an oligarch who ducked debates for 40 years while enriching herself & her family through relentless insider trading.
Their work reminds me how Malcolm X recognized the work of the press.
shahidbuttar.substack.com/p/pelosi-fin...
Their work reminds me how Malcolm X recognized the work of the press.
shahidbuttar.substack.com/p/pelosi-fin...
So we're still doing phrenology but without the giant tongs?
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
Should facial analysis help determine whom companies hire?
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
econ.st
November 7, 2025 at 12:24 PM
So we're still doing phrenology but without the giant tongs?
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🛠️ If your team has issues to work through:
We do an exercise at offsites called Elephants, Tigers & Paper Tigers.
- Elephants are things that the group isn’t talking about but needs to
- Tigers are things threatening the team, risks
- Paper tigers are things that seem like risks, but aren’t
We do an exercise at offsites called Elephants, Tigers & Paper Tigers.
- Elephants are things that the group isn’t talking about but needs to
- Tigers are things threatening the team, risks
- Paper tigers are things that seem like risks, but aren’t
November 6, 2025 at 1:29 PM
🛠️ If your team has issues to work through:
We do an exercise at offsites called Elephants, Tigers & Paper Tigers.
- Elephants are things that the group isn’t talking about but needs to
- Tigers are things threatening the team, risks
- Paper tigers are things that seem like risks, but aren’t
We do an exercise at offsites called Elephants, Tigers & Paper Tigers.
- Elephants are things that the group isn’t talking about but needs to
- Tigers are things threatening the team, risks
- Paper tigers are things that seem like risks, but aren’t
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Shaffer raised $248,377.66 and got 6709 votes - that's $37 per vote she spent
This is who we have representing us now, ward 7. Keep an eye on your favorite cafe or it might be replaced by a McCafe.
And make sure Shaffer hears from you often. We don't have to make her job easy.
Katie - you're still the CM in my heart! Can't wait to see what you do next. 🧡😭
And make sure Shaffer hears from you often. We don't have to make her job easy.
Katie - you're still the CM in my heart! Can't wait to see what you do next. 🧡😭
Who's funding Elizabeth Shaffer's quarter-million-dollar city council campaign? 🍟👀
Please share with the ward 7 residents in your life!
mplsmusings.com/2025/10/28/w...
Please share with the ward 7 residents in your life!
mplsmusings.com/2025/10/28/w...
November 5, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Shaffer raised $248,377.66 and got 6709 votes - that's $37 per vote she spent
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devastated at katie cashman losing. fuck
November 5, 2025 at 3:58 AM
devastated at katie cashman losing. fuck
That state DFL mailer doing its job and splitting the vote. There should be lawsuits about this.
Amber getting more total votes than Michael! That’s a surprise to me!
November 5, 2025 at 4:04 AM
That state DFL mailer doing its job and splitting the vote. There should be lawsuits about this.
Ward 13-12 result tape (warning blurry images) sorry for bad alt text, but too much data that isn't easily image to textable. Please forgive me.
November 5, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Ward 13-12 result tape (warning blurry images) sorry for bad alt text, but too much data that isn't easily image to textable. Please forgive me.
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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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Great work to whomever put up these signs around the Franklin / Hiawatha fence labyrinth.
November 3, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Great work to whomever put up these signs around the Franklin / Hiawatha fence labyrinth.
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New awareness campaign
November 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
New awareness campaign
Gotta play to #mplswin
Mayor: Fateh
Council: Payne, Wonsley, Rainville, Vetaw, Burnette, Osman, Cashman, Stevenson, Chavez, Chughtai, Whiting, Chowdhury, Palmisano
Parks: Forney, Wilson, Olsen, Engelhart, Rucker, Kedar, Garcia, Musich, Abene
BET: EHB, Brandt
Turnout: 124,500
Mayor: Fateh
Council: Payne, Wonsley, Rainville, Vetaw, Burnette, Osman, Cashman, Stevenson, Chavez, Chughtai, Whiting, Chowdhury, Palmisano
Parks: Forney, Wilson, Olsen, Engelhart, Rucker, Kedar, Garcia, Musich, Abene
BET: EHB, Brandt
Turnout: 124,500
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 4, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Gotta play to #mplswin
Mayor: Fateh
Council: Payne, Wonsley, Rainville, Vetaw, Burnette, Osman, Cashman, Stevenson, Chavez, Chughtai, Whiting, Chowdhury, Palmisano
Parks: Forney, Wilson, Olsen, Engelhart, Rucker, Kedar, Garcia, Musich, Abene
BET: EHB, Brandt
Turnout: 124,500
Mayor: Fateh
Council: Payne, Wonsley, Rainville, Vetaw, Burnette, Osman, Cashman, Stevenson, Chavez, Chughtai, Whiting, Chowdhury, Palmisano
Parks: Forney, Wilson, Olsen, Engelhart, Rucker, Kedar, Garcia, Musich, Abene
BET: EHB, Brandt
Turnout: 124,500
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a decades long campaign by the ruling class to stigmatize kindness and empathy has been depressingly successful
November 2, 2025 at 5:59 PM
a decades long campaign by the ruling class to stigmatize kindness and empathy has been depressingly successful
I'd argue nobody is a SNAP customer if SNAP is suspended. Retailers can ignore the terms if the feds can. This is not legal advice.
The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
November 4, 2025 at 2:22 AM
I'd argue nobody is a SNAP customer if SNAP is suspended. Retailers can ignore the terms if the feds can. This is not legal advice.
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“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy--they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made…”
Trump is holding a Great Gatsby/Roaring 20s-themed party at his private club in Palm Beach tonight as he tries to withhold SNAP and health care subsidies from millions of Americans. (via Kellie Meyer)
November 1, 2025 at 1:15 PM
“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy--they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made…”