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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

10 October 1913 | Norwegian Jew, Samuel Nachemsohn, was born in Oslo. A salesman. In #Auschwitz from 1 December 1942. He perished in the camp on 22 January 1943. --- Online lesson about Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en

Black and white portrait of a man in a light-colored shirt, looking thoughtful.

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Janne K. Flisrand @jannefrommpls.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I wandered into the lobby of this #Zürich building to check it out during the day. It's a media company's office - transparency is on theme.

A high-ceilinged day-lit office lobby. The structural supports are all exposed, huge wooden vertical beams and tinker-toy-like ceiling beams. The floor is very shiny and reflects light from outside.

A view of an office seating area along a glass wall lit by dappled sunlight. There are enormous raw wood beams supporting the ceiling, with similar structural ceiling beams crossing the seating area. There's a white glass-sided stairway, and the floor is light polished concrete inlaid with half-river stones.

Close-up of wooden ceiling beams which are held together lincoln-log-style oval cross beams.

Close-up of the floor from outdoors. White cement binds thousands of varied-colored river rocks cut in half with the flat side facing up. A glass door shows that the floor continues throughout the interior of the lobby.

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Seckswrecks @seckswrecks.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Minneapolis just looks like this

Low angle photo of Minnehaha Creek running through Minneapolis. The banks are lined with fallen leaves and the trees flanking the creek are showing their fall colors

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Janne K. Flisrand @jannefrommpls.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

My 18-year-old nibling just spent 40 min on the phone with me to verify her voter registration & review her sample ballot. She asked about political parties, who I like and why, and what a constitutional amendment is. Next week, she's going to tell me her voting plan. Who're you helping vote?

Screen shot from the Office of the minnesota secretary of state steve simon. Text snippets include "Election and Voting" "Register to Vote" "Election Day Voting" "Other Ways to Vote" "Wha's Ball" "Find your Minnesota Vo" "If you're wondering, Am I registered to vote in Minnesota?, you can" "Name" "Date of birth Use numbers in the month/day/year format:"

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Janne K. Flisrand @jannefrommpls.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

It's be helpful to briefly define each outcome family on the website to help people interpret what they see.

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Will Thorne @wbthorne.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

This graph is a good reason to introduce my new paper: By Generation and by Design: A Review of the Empirical Rent Control Literature. This paints a (somewhat) misleading picture of rent control evidence because it groups all rent control together regardless of design feature.

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Janne K. Flisrand @jannefrommpls.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Repeating a disproven "broken windows" theory at a public meeting doesn't reassure me about the quality of Hennepin County Sheriff's department or current candidates.

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Janne K. Flisrand @jannefrommpls.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I've waited more than a decade on that! Thanks.

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Neighbors for More Neighbors (N4MN) @moreneighbors.org · 05/10/2026

We are excited to announce Team Minneapolis for this Thursday's Sibling Rivalry! First up, the Night Mayor of Minneapolis, Ian Ringgenberg! 🪓 Tickets still available: actionnetwork.org/ticketed_eve...

Sibling Rivalry, 10.08.26

Team Minneapolis

Ian Ringgenberg

The Night Mayor of Minneapolis

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Janne K. Flisrand @jannefrommpls.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I wandered past someone cleaning one of these mostly self-cleaning public toilets in #Zürich. Check out the closet of cleaning supplies integrated on the back of the WC!

An open stainless steel closet sitting in free air on a public plaza. Behind the open doors are two enormous stainless steel water tanks and two hand sanitizer bottles, some rags, a broom, and a few bottles of cleaning supplies.

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🎃ℌ𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔬𝔴 ℑ𝔞𝔫👻 @mplsnightmayor.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Get your tickets for this event on Thursday. It was a blast last year!!

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Janne K. Flisrand @jannefrommpls.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

While #Zürich fountains often have dog-friendly designs, this is one is dedicated solely to animals. It reads, "Rudolf Koller Dog Fountain on the 100th anniversary of the death of the Swiss animal painter, January 5, 2005."

A low-to-the-ground metal fountain installed as a flat panel on the outside of a building. The plaque reads, "Rudolf Koller Hundebrunnen zum 100. Todestag des Schweizertiermalers 5. Januar 2005." Translated, that means, "Rudolf Koller Dog Fountain on the 100th anniversary of the death of the Swiss animal painter, January 5, 2005."

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 05/10/2026

this is my favorite example ever of an interactive clearly, creatively illustrated concept

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Janne K. Flisrand @jannefrommpls.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I've been wondering about the purpose of these metal strips lining the main train station in #Zürich. Apparently, one bit got bent (damaged) so I now know it's possible to put a wall up around the station.

Two long strips of embossed metal, the left a bit wider than the right, extends to the horizon point in a bit of asphalt. Some legs are at the top of the photo.

A long strip of metal lines a train station, and in the foreground the strip is lifted up at least two meters on a metal frame with some mesh filling in the full area under the top bar.

Photo of a metal mesh wall panel raised from a floor-flush metal strip. Heavy metal bars make a double-arrow shaped support frame. The metal strip on the top is bent, lifted a bit too high on the right side of the panel.

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Barti Slatfass @bartislatfass.eurosky.social · 04/10/2026

So etwas sollte man als Linker auch wissen und ernst nehmen.

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Janne K. Flisrand @jannefrommpls.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

When I get a tour of a friend's home, I ask to see the boiler room.

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Janne K. Flisrand @jannefrommpls.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I love when you can get a peek at how buildings were constructed. #Zürich

Wall of a yellow block building under rehab. Ladders and equipment are leaned against the wall. The exterior is spotless. A window is missing, the very thick block wall visible through the hole.

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Janne K. Flisrand @jannefrommpls.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Diese Bibliothek ist atemberaubend. bsky.app/profile/jann...

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Janne K. Flisrand @jannefrommpls.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A new-to-me view of the historically low Limmat River in #Zürich, taken from one of countless stairways that go from walking paths down to the river's edge at nowhere in particular.

A placid river stretches out to a far-away retaining wall and long low seating area. There are several trees along the river starting to take on yellowish fall hues.

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Janne K. Flisrand @jannefrommpls.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

How often do they put them out? I've seen them only on the hottest of days, but I'm not by there regularly.

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Janne K. Flisrand @jannefrommpls.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Yet another European heat wave is waning, so here's a #Zürich plaza in the summer. It is one of the city's biggest heat islands. This summer, they mounted umbrellas in the pavers to provide some shade.

An expansive and very flat stone plaza. A few trees are in the foreground, at least a dozen temporary white umbrellas are across the plaza provide small shade islands. Low mountains, blue sky, and a few fluffy clouds set the scene.

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Janne K. Flisrand @jannefrommpls.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Out my European front door is a residential street that may be narrower than this, two-way with some parking. The buildings are 4-5 stories high, built to the sidewalk (so it feels very narrow). I hear birds singing when I open the windows. Delightful, I tell you! #Zürich

A narrow asphalt street with 4-5 story buildings built wall-to-wall on either side of the street. They are red, green, white, and yellow brick with red brick accents. There's a narrow sidewalk to the left, a wider one on the right with one electric scooter parked against a building. Cars are parked on one side.

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Janne K. Flisrand @jannefrommpls.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I prefer this #Zürich bas-relief, next door to the cool/creepy face

3D relief on the facade of a building, showing a naked boy carrying a laden grapevine almost as big as he is in each hand.

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Janne K. Flisrand @jannefrommpls.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Thanks for making this easy, Steve Simon. (I explained that your job is making it easy for her to vote, among other things, and that I think you do a very good job of it, so I'm voting for you.)

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Janne K. Flisrand @jannefrommpls.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

More whimsy in #Zürich, all the ground-floor windows had similar Space Invaders accents.

A light blue house with a white window. In the arched part of the window, a darker shade of the same blue-grey fills the arch. A pixelated white space invaders figure is painted on the darker blue section.

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Lenny @f09fa681.digitalcourage.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

Der #slowUp Zürisee dieses Jahr war grandios, da komplett durchgängig bis nach Zürich. Die ganze Strecke zwischen #Rapperswil und #Zürich war durchgängig so wie auf den Bildern befahren. Diese Menge an Personen zu befördern, wäre kapazitativ mit dem MIV […] [Original post on digitalcourage.social]

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Janne K. Flisrand @jannefrommpls.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I can't decide if the face on this #Zürich façade is cool or creepy. What do you think?

Three-dimensional woman's face in white-painted terracotta extends in a diamond-shaped contrast panel on a green-grey plaster building. Photo is taken in strong morning sunlight from one side to highlight the three-dimensionality; a distorted shadow extends off the right side of the face.

Three-dimensional woman's face in white-painted terracotta extends in a diamond-shaped contrast panel on a green-grey plaster building. Photo taken on a grey day directly from the front and the face doesn't appear very distorted.

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Michael Andersen @andersem.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Some WSJ headline writer is apparently tired of tenants winning, but the reporting is fine: Haddox’s new place didn’t require months of paperwork or administrative bottlenecks. She applied and moved within a week. “This was way easier because the market had gone down.” www.wsj.com/real-estate/...

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Portland Real Estate Is Such a Mess That All Housing Is Affordable Housing

Rarely has the Oregon city seen such a narrow price gap between market-rate and affordable units.

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Janne K. Flisrand @jannefrommpls.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

That'd be more compelling if an individual voter's voting were consistent, but people tend to vote like their neighbors. When they move from blue to red or vice versa, their vote most likely flips.

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Janne K. Flisrand @jannefrommpls.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Especially in early fall, it's just the best.

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Janne K. Flisrand @jannefrommpls.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I love how light reflects on the Limmat River at night.

A slightly blurry picture of a river reflectingcity lights in an old European city. A lit up bridge crosses the river.

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Janne K. Flisrand @jannefrommpls.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I watched the work of a crew using a concrete saw to remove a huge poured pilings that had held up the bridge they are now deconstructing. I'm not the only one who appreciates the two replacement bridges, as I had company watching with me.

A huge irregular concrete block sits atop a piling in the middle of a construction site. Two heavy metal chains are looped around it and attached to a crane above. A guy is bending over, watching the saw work through the piling below the block.

A huge irregularly shaped block hangs by two chains from a crane hook, about a foot above a piling. A work man in an orange suit watches it rising.

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Janne K. Flisrand @jannefrommpls.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I just noticed that Danger Boat production's logo looks like the Minneapolis city logo, so as a N4MN board member, I'm hoping he'll be a very friendly referee.

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Neighbors for More Neighbors (N4MN) @moreneighbors.org · 08/09/2026

Calling all Neighbors! 📣 We are excited to host Sibling Rivalry II: Here We Go Again! N4MN and Sustain Saint Paul will go head-to-head to raise organizational funds, supporting more homes. The need-to-knows: 🏡 Black Hart of Saint Paul 🏡 Thursday, October 8th, 6-8pm 🏡 Tix: $30 Reserve your place

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Sibling Rivalry Fundraiser - More Neighbors vs. Sustain Saint Paul

Join housing advocates from across the Twin Cities for an evening of drinks, catered food, conversation, light-hearted rivalry, and a high-stakes fundraising face-off to see which city can raise the…

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Michael Neureiter 📎 @michaelneureiter.eurosky.social · 23/09/2026

'Nicht mehr oder noch nicht' #FotoVorschlag 📷 #Ricoh #GRIIIx 🇨🇭 #Zürich

Schwarzweiß Hochformat. Man erkennt eine große Bahnhofshalle. Eine Rolltreppe führt von unten herauf. Die Person auf der Rolltreppe ist nicht mehr unten aber noch nicht ganz oben angekommen.

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Democrats Abroad Norway @demsabroadnorway.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Our chair @ericagibson.bsky.social shares some quick tips on voting from abroad - it’s time to send those ballots in now! Go to www.votefromabroad.org for more info!

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Janne K. Flisrand @jannefrommpls.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

You'll have to click into the photo to see how amazing this #Zürich building looks behind a disco ball in the sunshine.

A nondescript tan apartment building with two balconies. A disco ball is hanging from the upper balcony, shining brightly in the sunshine. Countless tiny pinpricks of light brighten up the tan building wall.

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Janne K. Flisrand @jannefrommpls.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Speaking of the European drought, this is the river flowing out of Lake #Zürich, the Limmat. It is feet lower than usual, visible on the white section of this wall, and kindly explained by one of my neighbors.

A blue-green river below a concrete wall. The bottom third of the wall is brightly white compared to the top part of the wall. Spray-painted in red on the white part of the wall it reads, "This wall generously provided by climate change."

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Janne K. Flisrand @jannefrommpls.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The European drought: Lake Zurich (Switzerland) has the lowest level in 75 years, the start of measurement records.

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Janne K. Flisrand @jannefrommpls.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Wandering around #Zürich this weekend, I found two more stations with info about how the city is investing in improving public spaces. One is an old street-to-square project, one is a future remove-cars-from-the-main-train-station-perimeter project.

A pink 2 meter-high sign with yellow logos on it, two sides visible, located in front of a car-free plaza in an intersection. A toddler is climbing the shallow stairs up onto the plaza.

A 2 meter high lime green square sign with salmon logos on it that reads, "Hauptbahnhof 2050." It's standing across the street from the under construction main train station.

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Janne K. Flisrand @jannefrommpls.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It took me rather longer. For non locals... let's just say it's a memory that sticks, a story that travels. One I've heard from multiple people.

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Janne K. Flisrand @jannefrommpls.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Lots to like. But the required scan code to get in or out nixes the ease of use for non-local folks.

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

"This election is about the threat of trans kids" is the worst possible messaging for Dems yet so many candidates are leaning into it. No voter will flip R->D over it. Low-info voters read this as "you're focused on bullshit that doesn't affect me" while the base reads this as "you're an asshole."

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Janne K. Flisrand @jannefrommpls.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Around Bahnhofquai? Yes - happily, the longterm plans are good. And, even that worst area is better than most sides of other stations. They tend to have one good side and 3 awful ones.

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