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Cathy Strobel-Ayres

@cathystr.bsky.social
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Retired. Native plant gardener. National Wildlife Foundation pollinator certified yard. Public policy nerd and advocate with particular interest in my rights as a lesbian woman. Dogs rock. Newly engaged supporter of women's pro sports.

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Cathy Strobel-Ayres @cathystr.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I think gentrification is seen very differently in low income communities of color. When the white people in power suddenly want to invest after years of ignoring and vilifying you, you know they want more of the little you have and it's not about what your needs are most of the time.
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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 01/10/2026
Please reskeet
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Cathy Strobel-Ayres @cathystr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I just saw it during the vikings game. It's bad. It didn't surprise me to see it, but it still startled me.
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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 23/09/2026
National media continues to do the work Mn media hasn’t yet demonstrated in the Senate general election
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Cathy Strobel-Ayres @cathystr.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
And not all of us were at the game.
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Cathy Strobel-Ayres @cathystr.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
And still as ignorant as ever.
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Cathy Strobel-Ayres @cathystr.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I heard a story on MPR the other day about two galleries that feature rejected state fair submissions. Maybe time for seed art galleries.
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Cathy Strobel-Ayres @cathystr.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I just emailed all of them. I'm particularly peeved about the Tretter collection Lisa Vecoli worked so hard to make this a comprehensive collection of our queer history and now that they have our materials, we can't easily access them.
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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 28/08/2026
Sucks that the Univ of Minnesota libraries are closed to the public. If the past several years have taught us anything, it’s that knowledge is necessary to fighting stupid bad fascists. So here’s a helpful doc on how to assist good U people who want knowledge freed: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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UMN Libraries Public Access
THE CONTEXT After slowly closing parts of campus off to the public over a handful of years, in January of 2026 amidst Operation Metro Surge, the University of Minnesota’s upper administration decided...
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Cathy Strobel-Ayres @cathystr.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I will always love so much about her, but what I love the most is how she used her self-described dumb blonde image to navigate the sexist world of music. She was neither but she knew it worked with the industry men. Way to go Dolly!
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Cathy Strobel-Ayres @cathystr.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I agree.
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Cathy Strobel-Ayres @cathystr.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
www.startribune.com/tolkkinen-mi... I seldom agree with Karen Tolkkinen but I appreciate her taking Tafoya to task on corporate vs family farm policy. A nice contrast to the Peggy Flanagan may be too radical for the centrist Dems article also published today.
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Tolkkinen: Michele Tafoya says she’ll fight for farmers, but which ones?
At Farmfest, she sympathized with a farmer with operations in six states. Very few Minnesota farmers are that big.
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Cathy Strobel-Ayres @cathystr.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The googly-eyed blob graffiti is in my neighborhood and it totally enhances the barrage of infrastructure objects and machines that accompany the work.
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Cathy Strobel-Ayres @cathystr.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
If you need readers, this is the nonsense you have to pump out. And they can't seem to stop finding ways to put out another "wnba has to deal with this" garbage even as the coaches, players and the league are busy planning and playing the game.
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Cathy Strobel-Ayres @cathystr.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Yep!
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Cathy Strobel-Ayres @cathystr.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Oh wow, what an experience!
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Cathy Strobel-Ayres @cathystr.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
These make me smile every time I see one.
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Cathy Strobel-Ayres @cathystr.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
WTF?
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 20/07/2026
well, I never expected to be published in a Stanford journal, but the McKnight Foundation asked me write my thesis to the philanthropic world after the MN ICE surge: when there is an emergency, just... give money to people on the ground doing the actual work. as fast as possible. radical, I know.
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Giving Can Be Simple (And During a Crisis, It Must Be) (SSIR)
When the village cannot wait, philanthropy must learn from community.
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Cathy Strobel-Ayres @cathystr.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
He was one of my favorite Strib writers back when I enjoyed the paper.
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Cathy Strobel-Ayres @cathystr.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Same here. Wearing mine to the Saints game later today.
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Cathy Strobel-Ayres @cathystr.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
What a disappointment he turned out to be.
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Cathy Strobel-Ayres @cathystr.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
This is so heartbreaking. I got to work close up with her in the legislature and saw the power of her beliefs and convictions and her refusal to take no for an answer. She was a mighty force and I'm so sad to hear this news.
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Cathy Strobel-Ayres @cathystr.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
america 250, let's go back to how it was 250 years ago. Only white men have rights.
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Cathy Strobel-Ayres @cathystr.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
They were the epitome of the commercialization of the gay community. They once pressured the Red Door Clinic, who had a regular sexual health column paid for with HIV prevention grants, to syndicate the column so they could sell it to other publications.
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Cathy Strobel-Ayres @cathystr.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Lavender was never a publication interested in advocating for our rights. They were the gay version of Minneapolis Magazine full of ads and boring features. They endorsed a straight woman over Scott Dibble when he first ran to replace Alan Spear.
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Cathy Strobel-Ayres @cathystr.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
It seems that they are so desperate to build the downtown tax base, poll numbers be damned.
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Cathy Strobel-Ayres @cathystr.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
This has changed our entire strategy for housing support. No more support for the nonprofit housing organizations we've donated to for years. We now support local neighborhood volunteers who are fundraising for individual households.
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Cathy Strobel-Ayres @cathystr.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
The whistleblower is represented by Chris Madel, the attorney, who represented the state patrol officer Moriarty charged with murder and who then filed as a Republican candidate for governor. He dropped his bid and left the party when he saw that the government was going after Renee Good's wife.
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Cathy Strobel-Ayres @cathystr.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
I like how they blame a premature release as the reason for the flop. The 15 million dollar consultants couldn't even develop a rational explanation
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Cathy Strobel-Ayres @cathystr.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
This may be the best acquisition Reeve has made. Miles is phenomenal!
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Cathy Strobel-Ayres @cathystr.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Thanks for finally commenting on this. Special thanks to AG Ellison for speaking out first. These kinds of things must be called out!
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Cathy Strobel-Ayres @cathystr.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
It is sad to see Deena Winter as one of the writers of this trash. I followed her stories in the Reformer but it seems she's been fully integrated into the Strib culture.
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Cathy Strobel-Ayres @cathystr.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
I'd add Welna's on 24th and Bloomington. Their staff have walked me through more home owner problems than I care to admit.
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Cathy Strobel-Ayres @cathystr.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
HRC has never been at the forefront of lgbt advocacy. They take safe stands that they think they can sell in Congress. It wasn't that long ago that they argued that we need to secure lgb rights first and then come back and fight for trans rights when they are a little more popular.
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Cathy Strobel-Ayres @cathystr.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Is it constituent fear or her fear? Conforming to state law can be downright frightening sometimes.
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Cathy Strobel-Ayres @cathystr.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
I hope it works. I tried some alternative companies that started up during the ride share wage issue here in Mpls but gave up on them when they didn't show up. I don't know if any of them are around any longer.
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Cathy Strobel-Ayres @cathystr.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Yikes.
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Cathy Strobel-Ayres @cathystr.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Finally, a story with some context and information.
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Cathy Strobel-Ayres @cathystr.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
I'm wearing mine and saw one other guy with one!
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Cathy Strobel-Ayres @cathystr.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
I'm boycotting the vote because there are way too many things to consider.
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Cathy Strobel-Ayres @cathystr.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
I have never heard of or seen this stuff at a funeral. I lived here my entire life.
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Cathy Strobel-Ayres @cathystr.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Somehow I can't believe that will be a successful strategy.
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Cathy Strobel-Ayres @cathystr.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
What a comeback win!
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Cathy Strobel-Ayres @cathystr.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Time for the rest of them to step up. I hope he inspires others with his kind of money to do good.
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Cathy Strobel-Ayres @cathystr.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
No but I just sent it yesterday afternoon.
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Cathy Strobel-Ayres @cathystr.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Thank you for all the work you put into this. It was a hit with my cool siblings.
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Cathy Strobel-Ayres @cathystr.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
I just sent an email to Agate yesterday on the very same topic.
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Cathy Strobel-Ayres @cathystr.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
I will wear mine in solidarity with those of us who did the hard work and as a reminder that it was us, not our government or corporate leaders, who kept us safe.
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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 13/03/2026
Minneapolis WE KEEP IS SAFE t-shirts/stickers site is NOW LIVE: we-save-us.cheddarup.com The shirts honor everyone who resisted ICE; all $ after shipping/making costs go to Lucy Laney school mutual aid in N Mpls. Buy as much as you want; you have to add shirts to cart 1 at a time (sorry). Please RT!
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