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If anyone knows Iowa, it's Amy [derogatory]

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EPA is the 🐐, as it should be

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Wedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live · 29/09/2026

I wish my Kobo had a rear facing e-ink screen so that I could extend people on the bus the courtesy of seeing what I'm reading

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The current widespread displeasure with MPD for mismanaging their budget was preceded by years of false claims from mindless police boosters that cops were starved of funding. It gave political cover for shoveling piles of money into a furnace as a proxy for safety.

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Strava, I already went to the gym today, you don't need to shame me into taking a walk. Believe it or not, I don't track*everything* I do on your app.

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 28/09/2026

People should play DnD with their friends, thank you for coming to my TED talk

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mukhtar ibrahim, founder of the sahan journal, and ubah ali, a former WCCO reporter, have just launched the somali brief, an independent media outlet where somali americans can tell their own stories www.thesomalibrief.com

thesomalibrief.com

The Somali Brief

The Somali Brief is a digital-first media platform covering the stories shaping Somali American life.

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Carson Hartzog @carzharts.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Wrote a thing about a really neat business in St. Paul — Present Company — and the rise of analog hobbies. Gift link: www.startribune.com/dumb-tech-an...

startribune.com

In the age of AI, analog is having a renaissance

People are turning to simpler phones, physical media and tactile hobbies as technology becomes more powerful and pervasive.

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Cheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I wish there were a way to mute the day's Discourse(tm). Please consider that silence is an option.

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Because why would engineering students ever need to study the ways their very expertise has been used and abused in the past, the way 'oh, I'm just an engineer solving a problem' has been a necessary and foundational lie in every modern system of oppression or extermination?

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Avocadoplex (Matt) @avocadoplex.bike · 27/09/2026

For some reason instead of Mad Max, my head went here en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway...

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Highway of Death - Wikipedia

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Avocadoplex (Matt) @avocadoplex.bike · 26/09/2026

With Verlander's retirement, Max Scherzer is now the only player left in MLB who is older than me.

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Matt Damon: Ageing Transformation

Alt: Matt Damon: Ageing Transformation

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Avocadoplex (Matt) @avocadoplex.bike · 26/09/2026

"X, the everything box" is one of the most cursed things I've heard in a while, thanks @papapishu.bsky.social

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daviss @daviss.org · 26/09/2026

check out this green line loot ya'll

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Josh Martin @joshmartinmpls.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Just last night I remembered another reason why you all need to make sure you get out to vote this year. In 2024, Wisconsin beat us in voter turnout and that is *unacceptable*. We can't let that happen again. www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...

mprnews.org

Wisconsin squeaks past Minnesota for the top spot in voter turnout

The Minnesota Secretary of State confirms Wisconsin narrowly surpassed Minnesota with voter turnout in the 2024 election.

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Chicago White Sox @notwhitesox.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

"The Tamale Guy" delivered tonight's game ball in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Night!

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Avocadoplex (Matt) @avocadoplex.bike · 26/09/2026

You guys, I'm not sure if you knew this, but Saving Private Ryan is a good movie.

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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 25/09/2026

If the US seemed to be going in the right direction in 2022, it’s now going off: Cancelling wind power projects. Reducing funding for transit. Failing to implement fleet electrification plans. Allowing continued massive greenfield sprawl.

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Avocadoplex (Matt) @avocadoplex.bike · 25/09/2026

This is such a good point that I hadn't fully connected into my mental picture of why people are Like This now

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Avocadoplex (Matt) @avocadoplex.bike · 25/09/2026

Look, I think the Blackbird is cool as hell, just like anyone who's any kind of plane nerd, but my money is on NASA spending taxpayer dollars so that Jared Isaacman can check "fly a Blackbird" off his bucket list

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DGM @notredale.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Jack Lemon with a broccoli cut and iced coffee

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Molly Coleman @mollycoleman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

My statement on the developing situation regarding Mayor Her.

Allegations are not dispositive, and there is much that we do not yet know about what occurred between Mayor Her, senior members of city leadership, Chief Henry, and other members of the Saint Paul Police Department. The report prepared by outside counsel of the workplace conduct investigation into Mayor Her’s behavior has not been made public. The City Council has only seen the Mayor’s administration’s two-page summary of that report, prepared by a department she oversees. The allegations in Chief Henry’s complaint have yet to be adjudicated in legal proceedings.

There are, however, a few things that we do know. The allegations against Mayor Her that were made public this week are deeply troubling. They must be taken seriously by the public, the legal system, and the City Council. We also know that the Mayor’s administration’s own summary of the investigation says that the Mayor engaged in “offensive and inappropriate behavior,” “created an uncomfortable work environment for City employees,” and “sent inappropriate text messages” to at least two City employees. The Mayor was engaging in this behavior while our City was occupied by federal forces last winter, a moment when we desperately needed steady, focused leadership in City Hall.

Saint Paul city employees—no matter their title—should never question whether they will be treated with professionalism and respect by their supervisors and the city’s leadership. Our taxpayers should be able to trust that their money will be spent on essential services, not on lawsuits brought on by inappropriate workplace conduct. And every single person in our City should feel confident that the highest levels of City Hall are functioning effectively and relentlessly focused on making life better for Saint Paulites.

Any person accused of wrongdoing deserves to have a fair, impartial legal process determine the facts of what happened and assess the appropriate legal consequences. I respect that process, and do not intend to comment on the merits or specific claims in any current or future litigation. However, the existence of a legal process does not mean either the public or the Council is prevented from demanding better. As both a resident of this City and a member of the Saint Paul City Council, it is clear to me that we need and deserve more from our Mayor.

That starts with transparency. The full report from Resolute Law must be released. Just as urgently, the Mayor must explain how she is currently able to lead the Saint Paul Police Department as the chief executive for Saint Paul. A police force that does not have meaningful leadership from the people’s elected representative is not a tolerable or sustainable state of affairs. We need to know—now—what has and will be done to ensure that that leadership and oversight exists.

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Avocadoplex (Matt) @avocadoplex.bike · 25/09/2026

!!!! Yours in calendrical heresy, Avocadoplex

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3 of 10 is low for me on a list like this. Though Abercrombie's Devils is on my Kobo waiting for me to get to it

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Tony Zombie-ano 🎃 @tonydamiano.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Took my lunch at the right time to see some Transportation

Freight train crossing the St Paul lift bridge

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Good question! State appropriations have dropped from 39% of the University budget since 1990 down to 16% in 2025 and I have also not heard a peep about this from state leaders. www.house.mn.gov/comm/docs/ZF...

Chart showing state share of U revenue dropping from 39% in 1990 to 16% in 2025

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Well, if I had to be up at the ass-crack of dawn, at least I got to see a pretty sunrise

Sunrise looking east on 31st St at Bryant Ave

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Regulators should just shut off the water to these things when they blatantly violate the law

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 23/09/2026

This is the best argument for BET passing the higher levy, IMO. Council has proved its ability to do very deft budget surgery

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i see jacob frey is shifting goal posts. the commitment for nicollet mall was never by the end of his term, it was this year frey talks a lot of shit about downtown and a lot of it never materializes

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Eric Moran @deveric.net · 23/09/2026

This is reminding me that I saw a Tafoya yard sign in South Minneapolis today and I'm always a little shocked when I see GOP signs here

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I was told this was a good idea. Join us for the next ride, Oct 3rd, perennial cycle. @joyfulridersclub.bsky.social @perennialcycle.bsky.social

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Wedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live · 23/09/2026

Get your tickets fast, we're expecting it to sell out! If it's anything like last year, you can expect to hear Minneapolitans ragging on St Paul, and St Paulites ragging on... St Paul 😆

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Even being charitable to Frey, I can't come up with what series of events is supposed to have instigated his escalation against council (restricting staff from discussion/q&a). So I'm stuck with uncharitable: he doesn't want MPD leaders facing public discussion of overspending.

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From Hitler to Palpatine: How vanity superweapons hastened the end of fascist empires

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