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Twin Cities, united in fruitlessly hoping their mayor resigns

Chris Daniel @chrisdaniel.net · 29/09/2026

Just noticing that 2026 has both Marco and Polo for potential tropical cyclone names (Atlantic and Eastern North Pacific, respectively). Nice, NHC 👏

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Chris Daniel @chrisdaniel.net · 28/09/2026

Take the radical step of going to get your shit yourself instead of paying a large tech corporation to exploit a person to do it

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Chris Daniel @chrisdaniel.net · 28/09/2026

Starship, the largest rocket ever flown, has made it to orbit for the first time today, on the 18th anniversary of Falcon 1 making orbit, which was roughly 6 years after the founding of SpaceX. Publicly subsidized? Largely, yes. The current state was the dream of COTS: diversify space access.

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Iruka @iruka-abolition.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The end of this thread is predictable (we never had such a policy and if we do it's being reversed, etc, etc). Whistles out, eyes up.

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Chris Daniel @chrisdaniel.net · 27/09/2026

Apparently, when you have so much of other people's money that you can just run millions of non-deterministic computer programs that break into everything on the internet "without your knowledge," you won't be held responsible under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.

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🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.

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Benn Jordan @bennjordan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It would've been easy to bash Flock in Senate today, but the reality is that this crisis would've not happened had there been any form of regulation or guard rails. So, let's demand them. And let's vote with the same ferocity we post with.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Room empties out at the UN as Netanyahu begins his speech.

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Chris Daniel @chrisdaniel.net · 24/09/2026

Volunteers still needed for Historic Hills House Tour on Sunday the 27th. Especially needed for 2pm-6pm shift. Volunteers get a free ticket to the tour, and a shirt. www.stpaulhistorichilltours.org/volunteer

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Chris Daniel @chrisdaniel.net · 20/09/2026

Save Our Street: make sanitary infrastructure privy-based again

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Bike Lane Uprising @bikelaneuprising.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

It’s time to acknowledge people do in fact bike here and it’s well past time to build the infrastructure needed to protect them.

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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Things like this happen countless times per day across the country, but if you look anywhere for the hot topics amongst the concerned locals, it's always ebikes.

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Chris Daniel @chrisdaniel.net · 15/09/2026

Cynical profit motives aside, people who are okay with EPA rules being repealed are complacent. Clean Air/Clean Water Acts have given us so much. Lots of adults today do not remember the polluted world of just a few decades ago. We take clean air and water for granted, but they are hard-won.

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John Maddening! @johnmaddening.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF THE TWIN CITIES: This is the neighborhood your uncle who you dread seeing at Thanksgiving calls a “no go zone”.

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 13/09/2026

cedarfest at the intersection of cedar and riverside. streets are for people! @ourstreetsmn.org

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Chris Daniel @chrisdaniel.net · 13/09/2026

Unbelievable how bad certain parts of the "web" have gotten. In 2026, a major "website" made by one of the largest tech companies in the world won't render at all in Firefox. Threads, made by Meta -- the most anti-web company. The web made Meta, but this is what they give back.

A post on Threads as it renders in Firefox -- just a giant, light-grey "at" symbol on a white background. Scrolling reveals more giant symbols in different colors, and some unstyled text.

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Mikel Reparaz @wikiparaz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

PAUL: What’s in the box? REVEREND MOTHER: Pain. [PAUL hesitantly puts his hand in the BOX, then FROWNS IN CONFUSION. He pulls out A BAGUETTE.] REVEREND MOHER: Hōn hōn,

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Racket @racketmn.com · 12/09/2026

Minneapolis restaurant and hospitality workers say they don’t have a seat at ‘America’s largest dinner table,’ an industry PR stunt intended to hype downtown. racketmn.com/workers-are-...

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‘Workers Are Seen as an Afterthought’: Who Was Really Served at Dinner du Nord? - Racket

Minneapolis restaurant and hospitality workers say they don’t have a seat at ‘America’s largest dinner table,’ an industry PR stunt intended to hype downtown.

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NE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · 11/09/2026

are there any sewers in kids’ bedtime stories or did Stephen King wreck that possibility forever, just asking

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Chris Daniel @chrisdaniel.net · 10/09/2026

"Wow guys check out our hero drone that located the kid in the pond so our officer could effectuate a rapid rescue!" Yeah I'm pretty sure the person standing there with their phone watching could have told responders exactly where to go, too. Come on, SPPD ... desperate for positive press?

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 09/09/2026

Chicago-area members of Congress have asked DHS's Inspector General to investigate a "severe pattern of incidents of excessive force" by ICE and CBP agents. The letter heavily cites our recent report on an increasingly violent group of agents we tracked across Chicago, Minnesota, and Virginia.

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 09/09/2026

This is who was on that Gitmo flight I tracked 12 days ago — a guy who did everything right to overcome the circumstances of his birth.

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Looks like we're using Gitmo to imprison immigrants again. This is an ICE charter airline owned by ICE's flight broker using the callsign they use for all their ICE flights. 1/2
An FR24 map showing an Air Wisconsin plane landing at Gitmo
9:14 AM • Aug 28, 2026

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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 01/09/2025

The best part of any State Fair is when somebody gets to learn that Dan Patch was a horse

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Mamdani is a charismatic guy but I promise you anyone can replicate this. 1) Unapologetically use the government to help ordinary people; and 2) Tell them about it

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 08/09/2026

#OtD 8 Sep 1946 numerous empty properties, including 148 luxury flats in the Duchess of Bedford House in Kensington, were squatted by homeless ex-servicemen and their families in London in a wave of occupations across the country stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1086...

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Chris Daniel @chrisdaniel.net · 08/09/2026

Is Dan Patch Minnesota’s Li‘l Sebastian?

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🚲 @bicycle.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

might we finally adopt the metric system

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The Onion @theonion.com · 07/09/2026

Americans Take Day Off From Looking For Work theonion.com/americans-take-day-off…

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The Internet Archive needs a lot of 18TB and larger hard drives. As quickly as this administration is erasing stuff, archivists are trying to capture it faster. As fast as crumb-bum publishers delete decades of journalists' and artists' work, IA is rushing in to grab it. @archive.org Can you help?

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Chris Daniel @chrisdaniel.net · 04/09/2026

Oh, you have good food, *and* a “reorder” button on your website that defaults to my last order? I am now a regular. Hamburgeusas el Gordo ❤️‍🔥

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Chris Daniel @chrisdaniel.net · 04/09/2026

Huh. I guess the eight months I lived in California made quite an impression!

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DeFlock Redmond @deflock-redmond.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

"Looking at this map, it's clear that the fight against #surveillance is picking up steam, but local communities have to stay vigilant. This isn't just a fight against one company, #Flock. This is a fight against mass surveillance in general." NoALPRs.com 🚫 #deflock #alpr #axon #motorola #a16z

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Chris Daniel @chrisdaniel.net · 31/08/2026

Now seems like a good time to point out that, in case you don't already know about it, there is an open mapping solution: openstreetmap.org It has all the warts you may expect from an open project. But it works, and you can help improve it!

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OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.

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John Maddening! @johnmaddening.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

So the State Fairgrounds markedly increased the size of the Como bike lot this year. It’s still not big enough.

A packed-to-the-gills Como bike lot at the Minnesota State Fair

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Chris Daniel @chrisdaniel.net · 27/08/2026

Guy gets hunted by an entire police force for picking up money off the floor Meanwhile, every police department in the country gets away with seizing thousands of dollars through “civil forfeiture“ just because they can.

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Dan Marshall @danmarstp.marshallwords.com · 27/08/2026

The result: Instead of a thriving neighborhood business corridor, Snelling Ave is a car sewer with regular destruction of civic infrastructure. No one feels safe walking along Snelling. Crossing Snelling (which I do daily) is a nightmare.

Bus shelter at Snelling and Taylor destroyed by a car.

Stop sign knocked down during state fair outside Hamline Elementary.

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Chris Daniel @chrisdaniel.net · 25/08/2026

In case you weren’t yet sure whether the feds were useless

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 25/08/2026

This girl I used to waitress with in Austin, we moved to New York together in 2003 on a literal Greyhound bus. Shared a fifth floor walk-up studio that, when it rained, had more leaks in the ceiling than we had pots and pans. We used to get drunk and smoke off the fire escape and do “sad-offs.”

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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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maureen @maureenf.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Gary is a company town named after one of the founders of U.S. Steel, forced to bear major effects of deindustrialization and white flight in the last 50 years, especially their civilian infrastructure being left to crumble far more than the steel and chemical industry along Lake Michigan.

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DeFlock Redmond @deflock-redmond.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

It's not just #Flock. #Axon is aiming for the same level of dystopian #surveillance with "Axon Vision." 😩 "AI-powered capability detects critical activity in video as it happens, alerting teams in real time" "Fight" "Fence climbing" "Graffiti" "Camera obstruction" "Vehicle collision" #rtcc #cctv

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Chris Daniel @chrisdaniel.net · 21/08/2026

Now that is a catchy acronym (CCOPS - "see cops"!) www.aclu.org/community-co... Maybe a good thing to bring to the attention of local legislative bodies during this Week of Action against ALPRs. Locally: St Paul city council will host a public hearing on mass surveillance 8/26 4:30pm

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

"The Emperor is a fan of Flock, and we must continue utilizing Flock technologies so that we can follow and surveil the rebel scum as they move from playground to playground... They are following children in parks and gymnasiums, and we need this. I need this so I can stalk my ex-girlfriend."

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Metro Transit (Official) @metrotransitmn.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

It’s a good day to get back on the train! As of this morning, Blue Line trains are again serving all stations. Thank you for your patience while we worked to Renew the Blue! 🚉

A rider waits to board a Blue Line train at Fort Snelling Station.

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Alex Schieferdecker @alexschief.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I received a recent question about the closure of the bridge over Minnehaha Creek near the Minnesota Veterans Home, and so I'm sharing for broader awareness this statement from the Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs about this and the next steps. Please share if you see this topic come up:

Minneapolis Veterans Home bridge remains closed

The Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs (MDVA) is among only a few state agencies outside of the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MNDOT) that is responsible for the safe operation of a bridge. Our main focus is the safety of our employees, Residents and their families.

Since November 2025, the historic bridge on the west side of the Minneapolis Veterans Home campus has been closed. Out of an abundance of caution, MDVA senior leadership has decided that the bridge will remain closed to all traffic – including pedestrians and bicycles – until it can be fully repaired or replaced. Because of this, we are unable to move the jersey barrier to allow people on bicycles to use the bridge deck.

The historic bridge was built in 1908 and has a complicated infrastructure that requires a unique skillset to repair. MNDOT closed the bridge in 2014 and state funding to complete repairs to the bridge was appropriated in May 2017. Repair work started in late fall 2017. During the bridge certification process, areas of the bridge were identified that required additional testing and inspection. It was reopened in January 2020.

MDVA will seek funding during the next legislative bonding session in 2028 to demolish and
replace the bridge. Once funds are secured, we anticipate the project may take a few years to complete.

MDVA leadership understands the bridge closure limits vehicle access to the Minneapolis
Veterans Home campus to one entrance on the north side via Minnehaha Avenue, through the Wabun Picnic area. We continue to work closely with the City of Minneapolis to minimize disruption to the remaining access road during the bridge closure.

If you have any questions, please contact Minneapolis Veterans Home Campus Administrator Doug.Britain@state.mn.us or Assistant Administrator Jacqueline Grimm at Jacqueline.Grimm@state.mn.us.

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Aunt Fancy @auntiefancy.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

This is cool. Minneapolis should do it too.

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 17/08/2026

Some professional news: I’m starting at The American @prospect.org on Monday, where I’ll continue my reporting on ICE flights and third-country removals.

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Chris Daniel @chrisdaniel.net · 20/08/2026

Imagery of the Bruce Vento detour around the trail closure under 7th St is up on lane.kleinbaum.us Info on closure: www.stpaul.gov/news/city-an...

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