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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Joyce Carol Oates you have been arrested for crimes against poptimism.

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Tom Basgen, Mr. Saint Paul @tombasgen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

More on today’s closed door from Ward 3:

Today, I voted, very reluctantly, in favor of Resolution 26-1659 to appoint the law firm Fisher Phillips as Special Counsel to represent Mayor Her in the lawsuit brought by Chief Henry against the Mayor and the City.
It is my understanding that state law creates a presumption that public employees, including the Mayor, will be indemnified and provided a legal defense in matters such as these unless there is a legal basis to deny that defense. Additionally, the City Attorney cannot represent the Mayor in this case because of the conflict of interest created by her role as both an appointee of the Mayor and a fact witness in the litigation.
Ordinarily, the determination of whether the City will indemnify and defend an employee is made by the City Attorney. However, because of this conflict, the City will retain an outside firm through action at our next council meeting to conduct an independent indemnification analysis and determine, through a quasi-judicial process, whether the Mayor is entitled to indemnification and defense by the City.
Until that determination is made, it is my understanding that the City must continue to comply with its obligations under state law.

Based on the legal advice provided to the Council, voting against this resolution could have exposed the City to additional legal risk by failing to meet those obligations. There is a process in place to determine whether the Mayor was acting within the scope of her official duties during the conduct that gave rise to this lawsuit, but that analysis will take time and could not be completed before this vote. We also have a timeline to respond to the lawsuit that we must comply with.
I am deeply disappointed by the situation we find ourselves in. As a councilmember, I have a responsibility to protect the City from legal risk, but I also have a responsibility to safeguard public resources and protect the City from unnecessary financial harm. I have serious reservations about whether this is an appropriate use of taxpayer dollars. I also have concerns about how this particular law firm was selected.
Like many residents, I am still waiting to see the full report from Resolute Law which I have formally requested. My colleagues and I were forced by legal timelines to make significant decisions without having access to all of the information we would have preferred to review. That is not how I make decisions, and it is not how the City should make decisions.

I know I am not alone in my frustration. More than 100 public comments on this resolution were overwhelmingly opposed to the City paying for the Mayor's legal defense. Our office continues to hear from constituents who are disappointed by the Mayor's alleged conduct and are asking questions that I am still unable to answer. The expectations of our community are not being met.
Trust in government depends on transparency, accountability, and confidence that public dollars are being spent in ways that reflect our shared values and priorities. Right now, many residents feel those standards are falling short.
I remain deeply frustrated by this situation. Our residents deserve better. Our city employees deserve better. And our City deserves better.
I will continue to closely oversee this developing matter and use the authority afforded to my office under the City Charter to pursue the transparency and accountability that residents expect and deserve. In the meantime, I will remain focused on serving Saint Paul and continuing the work of building the city our community deserves.

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Michaela Joffe @joffeorama.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

not sure why I made this but now you have to see it

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merr-itt came from outer space @merrittk.com · 30/09/2026

we fucked up bigtime when the internet slipped from the utopian promise of being able to connect with ANYone into the hellscape of being connected to EVERYone

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canyon.mid @canyondotmid.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Professional tip: establish rapport with your interviewer by sharing your surströmming

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets.

A crowded broadsheet with way too many fonts. It says:
Forget ChatGPT Flyers
Say it with
Broadsheets
Unlimited fonts
Stretch them
Or cram a really long sentence into one line for no good reason
No whitespace
Mix capital and lowercase
Pointing hands
(They're called manicules!)
Don't be left behind
Broadsheets are the future

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👻BOOryan BlessDEAd🎃 @bryb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This picture of the Pope at his 40th birthday party is everything to me.x

The Pope at his crazy as fuck 40th birthday party wearing a tiny sea captain hat, holding a tiny ice cream surrounded by THREE sad looking balloons. He's wearing a blue jacket and jeans with a brown belt and he's got a navy polo shirt on.

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

the ai ceos calling for a slowdown because of agi is like when your friend who's really into conspiracy theories is like "and that's why the ruling elite is beholden to epstein" but then before you can agree, they add, "because of satanic rituals"

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🚲 🥜scoops 🥜🚲 @scoopsstp.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

You must find your place in The Torment Nexus, you must believe in the vision of The Torment Nexus, if we do not subject our nation to The Torment Nexus, The Torment Nexus will torment us, or worse, China will build a cheaper Torment Nexus that does not pay us dividends

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Alex Winter @alexwinter.com · 16/09/2026

True story.

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canyon.mid @canyondotmid.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Just finished Negative Space by B.R. Yeager and man. I'm gonna feel bad for a while now, aren't I

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Anders @derzquist.net · 11/09/2026

🔄 if you are going to a sports game tonight based around civic themed apparel

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logicbutton @logicbutton.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

If he had been called Gojira in English from the start, would we have bridejiras instead? Almost unfathomable

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🚲 🥜scoops 🥜🚲 @scoopsstp.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Cornering Lisa Demuth at her booth and drilling down on why we both think it is so important to have 19 small stars to represent the fact that Minnesota is the 19th state admitted to the union AFTER the original 13 states, also my heartfelt belief that Minnesota became a different state in 1893

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caroline cash @cashbrowns.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Nancy 9/7/26 … Happy Labor Day 🛠️

8 Hours for Work, 8 Hours for Rest, 8 Hours for What We Will. Based on a screenprint by Ricardo Levins Morales after the organizing work done by Robert Owen.

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canyon.mid @canyondotmid.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

For a long time I had only heard Ed Zitron on podcasts and at some point I realized I was picturing the main character from Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective.

Main character from Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective. He has a red suit, very tall yellow hair and pointy sunglasses.

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canyon.mid @canyondotmid.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Genuine question, what is the government actually *for* anymore

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Timmy Jackpots, The $13,250 Diamond Dazzler @tbone.malware-virus.biz · 03/09/2026

I've seen some posts; some in good faith, others not, mostly on Twitter; about whether 'universal healthcare' can exist without single-payer. Here's a very long thread about it:

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ChloeCade @chloecade.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

60 years without him today... I can't believe it 💔

Pigmon from episode 8 of the original Ultraman series.
Text reads:
"September 4, 1966, Pigmon, who was popular among the girls, died."

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canyon.mid @canyondotmid.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Exciting and terrifying personal news: I am leaving my job at the end of the month to pursue a full-time voice over and performance career. Something I've dreamed of doing for years and it's finally time to make the leap.

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Dave @daswickerman.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I always wondered who took this picture.

An old canon advertisement featuring Godzilla using a printer. Godzilla is standing over a large printer with a handful of paper. There is Japanese text and the title Canon NEW BELPIA.

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Andromeda @ulveheksa.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Questionnaire by Wendell Berry

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canyon.mid @canyondotmid.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Rest in peace Wendell Berry, whose manifesto has been pinned to my wall in some form since I was in high school

"Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front" by Wendell Berry. The poem is unfortunately too long for alt text character limits.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 30/08/2026

re: everyone yelling about Google Maps - Maps just ingests the official data source for each country, which is GNIS in this case, and most other online maps will follow for American users nobody at Google is making an active decision to go in and change names in Maps directly

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John Carl Baker @johncarlbaker.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

This is a machine to ethnically cleanse the country - and anyone who pretends otherwise is kidding themselves

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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 23/08/2026

I love Minneapolis

Jake Lang, a Nazi asshole, getting his ass picturesquely whooped in downtown Minneapolis by a person dressed as Spider-Man

I cannot overstate how much this photo looks like a comic book cover

Photo credit Chris Juhn Photography

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10,000 Motivated Rats @bombsfall.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

You are also too white, black, brown, male, female, or the wrong kind of any of that, etc etc. If you havent done the reading you represent how shallow and driven by hype/fashion/emotion it is and if you have you show how insular and academic and ideological it is. Repeat for a few centuries.

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 22/08/2026

[drunk as hell trying to remember joanna newsom's name] natalie harp

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ICE OUT State Fan @therealjoro.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Budget cuts and the rising costs of graphics cards have really started to affect Minneapolis, and as a consequence city officials have turned the draw distance down

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Horrorcore Kool Moe Dee Simpson @luarvik.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

the words "Koyaanisqatsi: Free with ads" are really doing something in my head. nothing particularly good, I think. but it's happening

youtube thumbnail for Koyaanisqatsi with a "free with ads" label under it

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acieb.bsky.social @acieb.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

At least he has a promising basketball career ahead of him

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canyon.mid @canyondotmid.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Godspeed You! Black Emperor by a mile, then Carpenter Brut

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Dan Marshall @danmarstp.marshallwords.com · 08/08/2026

🧵 A few thoughts on the geography of #SaintPaul 's shifting homeless encampments. The Fish Hatchery camp that Mayor Her forcibly cleared this week was on some of the most isolated land in the city, over 2 miles from downtown StP, surrounded by RRs, river, highways, & cliffs.

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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 07/08/2026

If you are a lawyer barred in Minnesota, I will personally sponsor your admission to the District Minnesota (you need one other person as well) and teach you how to do habeas cases. It's going to be all hands on deck.

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canyon.mid @canyondotmid.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Why is Royce White ever allowed to speak anywhere

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canyon.mid @canyondotmid.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Every description here of the allegations is just doing the "so it's illegal to make plans with friends" tweet

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disc horse bot @horsedisc.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

If you say “God is in His Heaven, all is right with the World” your comphet is showing THE END

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Molly Coleman @mollycoleman.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Based on the overwhelming consensus that I’ve heard in both public feedback and private conversations from government officials, service providers, encampment residents, and public health experts, I do not believe we are prepared to responsibly close the encampments beginning tomorrow.

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St. Paul prepares to clear homeless encampment amid questions

On July 8, citing a growing number of fires, fatal overdoses and reported sexual assaults, St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her announced plans to close the city’s three largest homeless encampments on a rolling...

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Elle Ess @viamarsala18.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Who is going to find time in their week this week to donate blood? The American Red Cross declared only its second ever national blood crisis in 145 years. There’s only a day’s worth of O+!

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acieb.bsky.social @acieb.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Winter 2026: Government sanctioned thugs are kidnapping residents and murdering civilians. The Mayor of St Paul is probably in the police gym pretending a rubber chicken is her penis or something.

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👻👹 boo-rit 👹👻 @britculpsapp.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

christ if that’s not a metaphor for our times

reuters:

Sunken Nazi warships resurface as water levels drop
Scuttled German WW2 warships have reemerged from the Danube in drought-hit Europe.

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canyon.mid @canyondotmid.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

My grandfather (pictured in my avatar) grew up on a dirt farm in Montana and went on to be an IRS agent and a newspaper printer. HUGE fan of Stephen Foster and Charles M. Russell, a real Montana romantic

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