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Annie loves Mpls

@anniekp.bsky.social
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(she/her)Math educator. Kids are better than adults. Math, crochet, fiber arts, politics. Minneapolis.

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Annie loves Mpls @anniekp.bsky.social · 3h
You want these sweet mittens? Register people to vote or give to down ballot candidates and I will send them to one of you so you can wear them on Election Day. Send me nothing except a screenshot of your voter registration event or of your donation. More threaded.
Four pictures of rainbow and white kittens showing both sides. One kitten is unfinished but close. Each kitten shows a middle finger on one side and says “we the people” on the other side. The rainbow in one kitten is reversed with the white in the other so they are complementary but not identical.
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Iruka @iruka-abolition.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If you or someone you know has concerns around voting... There's resources for that, including getting a ride. www.mn10kresources.org/surveillance...
mn10kresources.org
Election Defense - Land of 10K Resources
A simple guide to election defense in Minnesota.
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Annie loves Mpls @anniekp.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
THESE ARE NOT RHETORICAL QUESTIONS I WANT YOU ALL TO ANSWER ME.
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Annie loves Mpls @anniekp.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Have you registered to vote? Cool. Have you checked in on your voter registration? Do you have a plan for voting? Will you vote early? Day of? How will you get there? Who can you bring with you? Can you make it a party? Have you gotten a sample ballot and researched down ballot races?
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Annie loves Mpls @anniekp.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
An important thing we’ve been practicing for YEARS already with our 3 year old twin boys. “Can I give you a kiss?” And if they say “no” we don’t give them a damn kiss. They now ask us, too, and we practice that it’s okay to be disappointed and also FINE if we ever say no. This is about Cornell.
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Annie loves Mpls @anniekp.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We’ve already raised $130 for down ballot candidates! 🎉 Please share!
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Annie loves Mpls @anniekp.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Win these mittens! To enter you can do any of these 1. Donate any amount to any candidate named on @yallvote. Every $5 donated is an entry 2. Participate in any get out the vote or voter registration effort. Every event is 20 entries.
Mitten in rainbow yarn and white. Pattern shows a middle finger Same rainbow and white yarn. Text on the mitten reads we the people
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Alyssa Harad @alyssaharad.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I need folks who are always posting, "Why does Texas vote the way it does???" to pay attention to stuff like this.
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Sara @saralovesyou.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I’m not seeing this talked about a ton, but in regards to MN public schools there is a constitutional amendment to get people to vote yes on that will increase distribution from a very large pot of money. (It would go from 2.5% of dividends/interest to 4.5% of full market value).
CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT 1
Increasing funding to school districts
Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to increase the funding going to all school districts from the permanent school fund, which is a fund that supports school districts without raising individual income or property taxes, effective July 1, 2027?
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Annie loves Mpls @anniekp.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
When someone closed a call today and said they were going to reference words that brought us together this winter, I really thought they were going to close it with “Fuck ICE” they chose something else. Anyway. FUCK ICE.
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Annie loves Mpls @anniekp.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
There are ~500 people on a call with Minneapolis Families for Public Schools rn. We love our public schools. Please please take the time to tell the school board they should delay this vote. This plan is NOT thought out and it doesn’t solve our current problems! www.mpschools.org/about-mps/sc...
mpschools.org
School Transformation - Minneapolis Public School District
School Transformation - Minneapolis Public School District
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Nick Benson @ottergoose.net · 15/09/2026
53 detainees were loaded onto today's ICE Air flight at MSP, the most on a single plane since Metro Surge. ICE is still here in Minnesota. If a loved one may have been on the flight, full footage is here: youtube.com/watch?v=cmV1t-kL62U
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Bob Collins @mylittlebloggie.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
NPR likes to say public radio gives you stuff you can't get anywhere else. Today they gave us Steve Bannon.
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Carol D @carol-sompls.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This is how you bury bad news: call closing schools "optimizing the footprint" and bury people in 100+ pages of charts, graphs and maps that are too small to read.
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Christin With Minneapolis @christin-with-mpls.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A rushed and reckless plan to close 17 schools is the last thing our district needs right now. Our children are our everything, and they deserve a district that takes its time, engages with families, and builds a plan actually rooted in the needs of our community: not this.
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certified boogeyman @jagheadroom.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The money that was lost by the Finance Department is not going to be properly investigated. Dr. Lisa Sayles-Adams is just finishing the job that the Minneapolis Foundation, R.T. Rybak, and Sharon Sayles Belton all began. Building a system of charters to reduce union and neighborhood power.
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Annie loves Mpls @anniekp.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
No decisions have been made. But principals at schools which are proposed to close were told TODAY to have a meeting with their staff TOMORROW after these options were presented to the board TONIGHT. That sucks. It's week 2 of school. Way to kick off the school year. Hugs to all of you.
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Annie loves Mpls @anniekp.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I want an answer: MPS enrollment is poor. 53% of student age Minneapolis residents is ridiculously low. HOW does this plan address that? When schools close, families LEAVE. When people ask "where should I send my kid?" and they hear "MPS is closing schools", they look elsewhere.
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Annie loves Mpls @anniekp.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
If you are a Minneapolis resident, and especially if you are a parent of a school aged child (or like me, children who will soon be school aged) it is time to LOCK IN. The district wants to close schools. Many. They're giving us about 2 months to "engage" and "comment". Get loud about this NOW.
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Annie loves Mpls @anniekp.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The district did not build in an accountability mechanism if their assumptions about enrollment were wrong. Minneapolis, get on the horn and talk to the district about this. This plan will drive people from the district. How do they plan to account for that? What will they do?
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Annie loves Mpls @anniekp.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
yes, Greta's a good speaker, AND she is making points worth arguing with the district about How will this plan drive more people from the district? What will we do with shuttered buildings? How much will it cost? The CDD happened in 2020? How did that impact us? What are the results?
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Annie loves Mpls @anniekp.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Here's the presentation: meetings.boardbook.org/Public/Agend...
meetings.boardbook.org
Public Meeting Agenda: September 15, 2026 at 5:00 PM - Work Session Meeting - BoardBook Premier
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Annie loves Mpls @anniekp.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Is it productive? no. I am I nevertheless full of rage hearing to monotone voices proposing we close >dozen schools in Minneapolis? 2 months before decisions start being made is WILD. Truly wild. That is basically zero time for the public to take this in and offer meaningful ACTIONABLE feedback.
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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 16/09/2026
Strib sez: Under each of the 3 proposals, at least these 14 buildings would lose their existing schools or programs: Anwatin, Bethune, FAIR High School for Arts, Field, Heritage Academy, Hiawatha, Hmong International Academy, Kenny, Lake Harriet Lower, Lincoln, Longfellow, Loring, Pratt and Wenonah
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Annie loves Mpls @anniekp.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Re Minneapolis Public School Board meeting: I hear a lot of "could" promises, and no evidence of how these spreadsheet plans engage with the reality of closing schools and consolidating means. The CDD was a few years ago. We're still reeling from that. This proposal and its timelines are reckless.
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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 15/09/2026
and you may not be aware of what the minneapolis school board is presenting tonight re: school closures because there has been no opportunity for community engagement and no transparency as these decisions are being made
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Eric Moran @deveric.net · 16/09/2026
Read through tonight's MPS school board agenda here to see a list of schools they are are intending to close. meetings.boardbook.org/Public/Agend... In North: Loring Hmong International Academy Cityview Bethune Mona Moede Anwatin FAIR
meetings.boardbook.org
Public Meeting Agenda: September 15, 2026 at 5:00 PM - Work Session Meeting - BoardBook Premier
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Mark Snyder @snyde043.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Cut their proposed budget by 10% for each meeting the mayor directs them not to show up for.
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Wedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live · 15/09/2026
Chughtai says MPD was ready to present today but was directed by the mayor not to.
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Annie loves Mpls @anniekp.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I tried to go to the MPS school board meeting in person but traffic turned me back. I just turned on the livestream. What’d I miss?
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Annie loves Mpls @anniekp.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
takeactionminnesota.org/mfps-agenda/
takeactionminnesota.org
The MFPS Family Agenda – TakeAction Minnesota
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Annie loves Mpls @anniekp.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
It is baaaaafffling to me that anyone who pays their bills being an ARTIST and continues to live in the fantasy land where they believe they can be apolitical. Everything is politics. Clothes are politics. Food. Education. And yes, RELATIONSHIPS. Ask any woman. Ffs
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It's difficult to convey to people who haven't been paying attention that every single thing they are reading about the immigrant concentration camps has been happening in U.S. jails and prisons since their origin. People were being waterboarded at Auburn prison in the 1850s.
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Prison Culture » Torture & Corporal Punishment in Early 20th Century American Penitentiaries…
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
We're being told that if we sacrifice the rights of some people, then the rest of us get to keep our rights. We all know that's some BS.
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Annie loves Mpls @anniekp.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The whiplash from successfully repairing multiple organza tears in vintage dresses and then walking right back into the chaos of overly tired twin toddlers refusing to nap is a lot.
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Dan Engelhart He/Him @engy5150.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Minneapolis my bike was stolen! Purple all city nature boy- single speed, black cranks and pedals, white saddle, purple grips, wide flat bars.
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amityf @amityf.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Minneapolis--stolen bike alert!
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Annie loves Mpls @anniekp.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Thank you, kind person at the Nokomis farmers market, for commenting that at least my kids are “excited about vegetables!” while my 3 year olds were out of control trying to grab cucumbers and I frantically tried to calm the problem. I really needed that. Seriously. Thank you for being kind.
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Annie loves Mpls @anniekp.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
You do not need a new iPhone. Yours works fine. If it’s reeeeeally broken and reallly not fixable, then there is Back Market.
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Annie loves Mpls @anniekp.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
One day, it will be the right breaking news alert. Someday soon, preferably.
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hjdunagan @hjdunagan.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
60+ businesses shut down in protest in CT. This is huge.
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Annie loves Mpls @anniekp.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Weird Q at the dr. My kid was getting tubes in ears which requires anesthesia. “Are you of Venezuelan descent?” At the time, I thought there was some maternal thing but…that’s bananas, right? Just maternal? Just Venezuela? Is DHS directing Drs to track down people via healthcare?
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Annie loves Mpls @anniekp.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
What this admin is doing to the Haitian community is absolutely barbarous. These are people who deserve safety and a sense of security as much as anyone. www.npr.org/2026/08/30/n...
npr.org
Haitians in Springfield, Ohio, avoid leaving home as ICE activity intensifies
As threats of deportation loom, some Haitians in Springfield, Ohio, are hiding in their homes, too afraid to visit their churches.
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Annie loves Mpls @anniekp.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Quite seriously, what happens to a town when it becomes financially dependent upon the detention of people? Will people want to move there? Y’all see a thriving future or an imminent death of community? www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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CoreCivic offers Appleton $1.2 million per year to make up for lost tax revenue
CoreCivic, the company operating a 1,600-bed facility that will begin housing Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees this fall, is offering to pay the city of Appleton just over $1.2 million a ...
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Annie loves Mpls @anniekp.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I was just hit by the thought of how beautiful it will be when we close all of the camps. Everyone gets to go home. To find their loved ones. Be reunited. Hugs. Rebuild community. Better this time. I want it so bad. Let’s go make it happen, yeah?
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Annie loves Mpls @anniekp.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
My twins are 3. Aggressively. Please. Give me your patience. Lend me a freaking break if you have one to spare.
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Annie loves Mpls @anniekp.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Go look at the mooooon
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Stacey Burns @wentrogue.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Jennifer Nelson’s entry to this year’s Minnesota State Fair crop art
A localized version of Guernica with a loon at the center and a person holding an ICE OUT sign 

“My piece was inspired by Picasso's Guernica, a work that was his response to the Nazi's bombing of the Basque town. I thought there was a fitting parallel between these incidents about the high price paid by ordinary people when aggressive regimes try out new tactics of war, as well as a fitting juxtaposition of the darkness of living such an experience and the light we shone through it in our own resistance and care for one another. The patterns near Renee Good and Alex Pretti’s mouths are actually their last words in Morse code: ‘I’m not mad at you,’ and ‘Are you okay?’” 

Jennifer Nelson
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Annie loves Mpls @anniekp.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Camps ruin local economies. Camps destroy people. “camp construction is associated with the shuttering of local businesses and proliferation of big box stores” “The destruction of rest–through noise, light, fear, and constant surveillance-is deliberate and structural” Close the Appleton camp, MN.
John Washington’s how to close a camp book Communities are often sold detention centers as a form of rural revitalization. Politicians and corporate reps show up with PowerPoint promising stable jobs new tax revenue and economic shot in the arm. The reality is more fragile. A major 2023 report by innovation law lab found that detention does not deliver long-term economic development instead, Towns risk dependency on a single politically volatile revenue stream.The psychic misery of detention, Recht explains, doesn’t end when the walls disappear. It follows people. The destruction of sleep, the dread, the loss of basic trust in society: the architecture of the camp reconstructed inside the mind. 
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Annie loves Mpls @anniekp.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
It is unbearable that I get to tell my kid that he’s safe and that I will keep him safe and that I will always be there to pick him up from daycare and that not everyone else can do that. Fuck 🧊 forever. Keep going. End this asap.
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