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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 13h
Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.
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emerald @f12.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I desperately need my dog to stop trying to kill himself. Still working hard to avoid a third surgery but gosh is he making things difficult.
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conputer dipshit @davidcrespo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I’m sorry, but if you bring gypsum - or any damn mineral below 3 on the Mohs scale at all - to a job interview, you’re disqualified. It’s not hard, people.
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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Dear neighbor, I wanted to let you know that I am co-authoring the Workers Drive Minneapolis ordinance with Council Members @robin4mpls.bsky.social, Osman, and @aurinmpls.bsky.social. 1/ www.startribune.com/driverless-c...
startribune.com
Opinion | Waymo could cost thousands their jobs. We want to change that.
Thousands of drivers are facing losing work to autonomous vehicles. Our proposed ordinance would protect their jobs, Robin Wonsley, Jamal Osman, Aurin Chowdhury and Jason Chavez write.
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emerald @f12.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Tall people, your short friends don’t want to share an umbrella with you. I appreciate the offer to hold it vaguely above me but I’m drenched
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emerald @f12.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Someone check on Jacob Frey today. Rough way to learn you’re not in the main group chat.
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emerald @f12.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
You can be in the right lane on an empty road and a Minnesota driver will show up to tailgate you for 15 mins, pass at 1 mph faster, then merge back in with a 10 foot gap
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emerald @f12.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
ben schneider going undercover to document heinous child abuse at a psychiatric incarceration facility in utah is exactly the sort of thing we need from able-bodied white men with huge platforms and media skills
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emerald @f12.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
if you had no children and a lot of space in a shaded backyard with way too many acorns, what would you build?
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mollypeonies @mollypeonies.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This Strib story is grotesque. It doesn't just impose their familiar landlord/property-management frame here; it reorganizes the hierarchy of harm around it. A shooting rooted in domestic violence is transformed into a "Real Estate" story about the “dangers” facing landlords and property managers.
startribune.com
Latest shooting at a Twin Cities apartment building highlights risk property managers face
Front-line workers from management to maintenance are seeing more harassment and violence and worry about their safety.
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William Gillis 🏴 @rechelon.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Hi folks. Do you have any idea how isolating it is to be trapped behind bars? I know writing an anarchist prisoner is psychologically off-putting because what would you even say and it takes multiple steps (stamps, an envelope, etc) away from your computer. But PLEASE. I can make it easy for you:
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emerald @f12.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
shout out to everyone also having a bad tuesday
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emerald @f12.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
still thinking about this one
Photo of crop art from the MN State Fair: a vivid green leg pokes through a dark black hole in a dusty blue ceiling. text reads “the day i fell through the floor” and “may 26, 2026”. The art is made of broccoli, millet, wild rice, brown lentils, and poppy. It’s by Hannah Resendiz Olson from Minneapolis, MN. A tag below reads, “Happy 100th Birthday to my 1926 home! Renovations didn’t quite go to plan… this is my memorialization of the basement’s perspective.”
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emerald @f12.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
this afternoon, the line for crop art was a full hour long but it was so worth it ❣️ feeling a lot of gratitude for such heartfelt offerings
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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 25/08/2026
guessing the minneapolis cop andrew dubuc who was sending fist bump emojis to jake lang's crew is actually deitan dubuc, former professional canadian football player from quebec who joined police department in 2017 & is a familiar face if you spend time downtown also for his off-duty security work
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Gary, Indiana is 77% percent Black. Thousands have been without power for nearly two weeks. Many are without safe water. Yet every data center is operational & using enormous amounts of both power and water. This is what oligarchy looks like. Everyone suffers so the 1% can make even more.
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emerald @f12.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
a city squirrel having a quiet morning was unpleasantly surprised by a bald eagle diving through dense trees at lyndale and 38th, 7:45 AM
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
🚨BREAKING: Federal Court REJECTS Department of Justice lawsuit seeking to compel Minnesota to provide access to its statewide voter registration data. Another victory for my firm and our clients. DOJ is now 0-23. ELG is undefeated. www.democracydocket.com/cases/minnes...
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🚨 United States v. Simon
Learn more here.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Wow. Proponents of the ICE taser gloves are openly saying that one reason they love the gloves is that they doesn’t leave any marks or proof that they were used, making it harder for people to sue when they’re shocked excessively.
Mother Jones

"In today's society, you know, everybody's filming everything, everybody has a cell phone," Glueck said. If an officer punches someone on camera, that can go viral in an instant; even a standard taser leaves puncture wounds. But "the glove is low optic, and it looks better on camera, and it looks better to those witnesses. With a glove, there are no burn marks or scars."But local police across the country are still eagerly buying the gloves—in large part so that they can harm people and avoid being sued for it. It's been successful "from the patrolmen to the jailers," Lumpkin County Sheriff Stacy Jarrard said in a Compliant Technologies promotional video. "It's been a great tool as far as mitigating liability," according to Nelson County Jailer Justin Hall.
Bob Couey of the Floyd County Sheriff's Department sung the GLOVE's praises, too: "I highly recommend these gloves to anybody that's looking for a utility they can use that is conducive to not leading to lawsuits."
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emerald @f12.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
niche short people issue: lever door handles constantly getting stuck in your sleeves
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Spencer Sunshine @transform6789.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
this is very, very bad
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emerald @f12.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
one of the perks of being in your 30s is that no one expects you to remember what stage of med school they’re in
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emerald @f12.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
good threat modeling is important because my dog currently believes he cannot poop if there are sparrows nearby
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daviss @daviss.org · 08/08/2026
Uptown Association, who moved the Uptown Art Fair out of a Uptown as part of their mission to improve economic vitality of Uptown, is offering free shuttles from parking ramps in Uptown to the Uptown Art Fair on Lake of the Isles so you don’t have to spend any time in Uptown.
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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
My office in collaboration with Council Members @aishaforward10.com, @aurinmpls.bsky.social, and @sorenwithward8.bsky.social, are hosting a virtual community engagement session regarding our proposed Safe Outdoor Parking ordinance on Monday, August 10th from 6:30pm-8:00pm via Zoom. 1/
Minneapolis
Safe Outdoor Parking Ordinance
Council Members Jason Chavez, Aurin Chowdhury, Aisha Chughtai, and Soren Stevenson invite you to a virtual community engagement session to hear your feedback on the proposed safe outdoor parking ordinance.
Additionally, we will have a special guest from Stepping On Up, located in Duluth, MN, who will share how they operate a safe outdoor parking program. Duluth passed their own safe outdoor parking ordinance back in 2023, on which this ordinance is modeled.
Scan the QR code to register and please let us know if you need any language accommodations.
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Monday, August 10th, 2026
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6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
• Zoom Registration https://bit.ly/4c6v7EX
What is safe outdoor parking?
• Allows people to sleep in their vehicles overnight.
• Must be located in an approved off-street parking lot that is licensed by the City of Minneapolis.
• Must be managed and staffed at all times.
• Follows clear rules for safety and operations.
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emerald @f12.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
my ~250-unit apartment building refuses to enable autopay via rentcafe and it’s infuriating. we all have to log in and manually pay every month. this is the only building i’ve ever lived in that allegedly can’t figure it out. i wonder how much they make in $150 late fees every month.
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emerald @f12.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
this much-needed rain presents boundless opportunities for small talk with white folks
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emerald @f12.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
People who complain about rambling life stories in free online recipes fail to understand that recipe creation is difficult and deserves pay, and SEO-driven ad revenue is the only way to get it when people won’t buy cookbooks. Also, your jokes about said rambling life stories aren’t funny.
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emerald @f12.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
discovered that my immigrant mother has been saying “kick the bucket” in work meetings instead of “kick the can”
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Ruth Delgado @heylookitsruth.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
UPDATE: Family members have confirmed that he was taken to Delaney Hall. They are currently trying to get more information. @kim.senate.gov @booker.senate.gov @repnellie.bsky.social
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emerald @f12.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
congrats to the real winner: brazil 🇧🇷💚
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emerald @f12.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
recently learned that there are multiple beloved blue ice cream flavors in the midwest
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sirosenbaum.bsky.social @sirosenbaum.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Amazing that this man can perfectly execute both of the Great New York Expressions - Italian AND Jewish
Mamdani going “Eyyy”Mamdani going “nu?”
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emerald @f12.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
when a dog trusts you, you can gently hold their head sometimes
a brown-skinned arm and hand cupped underneath a black and white dog’s head. the dog has a white stripe between his eyes. the hand has a red leash wrapped around it.
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emerald @f12.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
one must avoid the organizer vacuum: when you’re so busy you can only go to your own events and therefore never have fun and actually lose connection with community
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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 14/07/2026
Horrible day. ICE is preparing a deportation flight to Laos so some of my former, current, and were-to-be clients are being brought to the Whipple Building and shipped off to Louisiana for final removal. Lots of calls from them, their families, and friends. So much pain visited on our community
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emerald @f12.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
16 terabytes of signal data and 40% is scheduling polls
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emerald @f12.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
today i reached a new level of anarchist: i had a meeting about a meeting about a meeting about a meeting
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 01/07/2026
Great news everyone! New Jersey finally passed a trans healthcare shield law. It becomes the final blue state left to pass such a law. This will help fight back against out of state subpoenas targeting gender-affirming care providers and patients. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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New Jersey Finally Passes Trans Care Shield Law, The Last Blue State Left To Do So
“New Jersey is drawing a clear line, requiring health care providers in this state answer only to the laws that already govern them—not to hostile actors in other states.”
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disgruntled lesbian of Minneapolis @phoenix-rights.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
The Supreme Court is not just a broken institution, it has been a vehicle for keeping this country in line with conservatism for the vast majority of the last 250 years Real change will not come until we create new systems and institutions to protect our rights 1/3
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emerald @f12.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
i really spent the whole weekend in a grief fog and now i have work tomorrow
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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
The Minneapolis Police Department misused police coaching. 70% of Internal Affairs and 38% of Office of Police Conduct Review coaching cases in the historical backlog shouldn’t have been coaching at all. 1/ www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
mprnews.org
Report: Minneapolis misused police coaching
The report was issued by Effective Law Enforcement for All, the group responsible for monitoring the policing agreement between the city of Minneapolis and the state's human rights department.
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emerald @f12.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
stop shitposting in your alt text! alt text is not a secret spot for you to riff off the main post! using accessibility features to confuse and exclude people who use them is loser behavior
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emerald @f12.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
amidst the grief and rage, there’s always quiet validation that we’re powerful and they’re terrified. the work we do matters so fucking much.
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