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Kate Knuth @kateknuth.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

May I bring into this delightful thread a pic of my brown (specifically cafe au lait since she faded from her original chocolate brown) poodle Lucy. Also, there is no way Waffles will forget you so quickly!

A close up of a very happy light brown mini poodle.

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Kate Knuth @kateknuth.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Hurray for you and an EV! An EV is the single purchase that’s given me palpable satisfaction for the longest time. I was surprised by how long i felt great about the purchase. The quick pick up is fun, no bad smell, driving past gas stations and not having to stop ever, pre-heating on cold mornings

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Kate Knuth @kateknuth.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Love to see my beloved neighborhood discussed 🥰 the areas play into the neighborhood association. Each area gets 3 board members. Areas 8 & 9 were added while I was board pres. to cover new housing near Wirth park. We wanted to be welcoming & include board representation from new neighbors.

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Kate Knuth @kateknuth.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Favorite Tri of the year about to start! YWCA women’s Tri!

Kate standing in front of racks of bike on a cloudy day

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Kate Knuth @kateknuth.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

The lake looks gorgeous! Those little pink buoys out there are where I’m going!

A lake in the morning with buoys set up for a triathlon

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Kate Knuth @kateknuth.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Training for a triathlon in MN summer has become an exercise in faith that the air will be healthy enough and the temperature not dangerous (in addition to endurance). Grateful for such improvement in air this morning and slightly lower temps so I can test out the results of months of training.

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Kate Knuth @kateknuth.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

So sorry, Aimee. The slow-rolling loss and grief of dementia is extremely painful. I am now caring for a second parent with Alzheimer’s and know this pain all too well. Hugs to you and yours. And may you find moments of joy amidst it all.

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Kate Knuth @kateknuth.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

I just looked up from my kitchen sink and looked out the window to see this friend about 10 feet away. Awestruck.

A Barred Owl sitting on a patio table. With an orange patio chair behind

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Kate Knuth @kateknuth.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

How do we determine in a reasonable policy conversation who should pay skyrocketing costs for businesses, home insurance, infrastructure, health. Increasing risk increases cost. Climate change, fundamentally, is about risk increasing. How do we make that connection so people understand?

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Kate Knuth @kateknuth.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

In the public conversation about whether we talk about climate change, I have yet to see discussion of how to make sense of higher insurance costs driven up by climate-fueled disaster. How do we explain the strain on government budgets bc infrastructure is breaking down faster?

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Kate Knuth @kateknuth.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

I met a woman in Mpls working as a clerk at a local shop. She had moved from New Orleans. Her Nola landlord had to raise rent bc insurance was so expensive. And this woman moved to Mpls driven, at least in part, to seek lower costs. How do we explain this w/o talking about climate change?

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Kate Knuth @kateknuth.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Some of the people I most admire are those who dedicate their lives to the day-to-day government work of keeping us all safe. And the career folks at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission are definitely those people. This is so concerning.

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Kate Knuth @kateknuth.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Yes! I’ve seen it in the yard a few times. So big! Here is a gorgeous picture from a couple weeks ago. I saw it twice today as well.

A picture of a Barred owl backlit by the sunrise with brown grasses in the background

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Kate Knuth @kateknuth.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Things that will always be exciting, no matter how often it happens… seeing an owl in my yard. 🦉

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Kate Knuth @kateknuth.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

The low-maintenance costs (and not having to make the appointments for maintenance like oil changes) are one of the many reasons I love driving an electric car.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 24/03/2026

I had to do the first-ever maintenance on my 2017 Bolt (which I bought used ~5 years ago). It was making a weird noise. I took it to the dealership, they hooked it up to a computer, it was a quick software fix, cost $200. That's $200 in maintenance across 5 years.

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Kate Knuth @kateknuth.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

The lengths women go to protect community and build better futures. My heart breaks for Dolores Huerta and the other women abused in the movement. And my heart swells again and again in gratitude for the many women who keep each other and our communities safe.

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Kate Knuth @kateknuth.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

““I saw him, again, as my boss, as my hero, as, you know, somebody that would do the impossible,” she said. “I never talked about it to anybody and the reason I didn’t is because I just didn’t want to hurt the movement.” -D. Huerta. 💔 www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/u...

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‘We’re Just Seen as Sex Objects’: Dolores Huerta’s Years in the U.F.W.

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Kate Knuth @kateknuth.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

This seems like an ideal dream. You get the pleasure of eating all those cookies and don’t have to deal with the stomach ache after.

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Kate Knuth @kateknuth.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Update on the first bike commute of the season. After a season of being closed, my favorite bridge over the Mississippi River is open! The Dinkytown Greenway Bridge (aka Bridge 9). Isn’t that view just gorgeous?

View of downtown Minneapolis from the number 9 bridge over the Mississippi. Backlit by a low sun, with a smattering of clouds.

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Kate Knuth @kateknuth.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

First bike/bus commute of the season on @metrotransitmn.bsky.social! I’m a bit of a fair-weather bike commuter especially with dark and ice. But new season is here! And I can’t help note it coincides with the onset of $100/barrel oil prices.

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Kate Knuth @kateknuth.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Same thing over here… a few handfuls mini eggs. So so good. They pair nicely with a bubbly water.

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Kate Knuth @kateknuth.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Same thing happened to me not being able to sleep and finding this. I’ve been extra worried about this for a few days. And here it is. And worse than I imagined

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Kate Knuth @kateknuth.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Me too! I hope we find something to work on together in the future. Even if it is just sharing virtual space to help get projects done!

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Kate Knuth @kateknuth.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

I’ve had the honor & pleasure of working with Ashley. So grateful she is bringing her skill & wisdom to this moment in this way. I’m tempted to say her magic, but that isn’t right. She is a talented person who loves her community and stepped up. It feels like magic, but we can all do it in some way.

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Kate Knuth @kateknuth.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Oh man… this hits hard. Sending strength and patience. And perhaps dark humor, if it is helpful. As a sandwich generation elder caregiver who has navigated through more than my family’s fair share of dementia (and continue to do so!)… solidarity.

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Kate Knuth @kateknuth.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

My neighborhood doesn’t get great bus service. The 9 is the only one, and it only comes every half hour. So, catching it with after just a 2-minute wait felt like a winter storm miracle. Hurray for transit!

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Kate Knuth @kateknuth.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

The twin cities snowstorm was more than i expected! So I last-minute decided to walk/train/bus home from St Paul to Mpls. And I’ve had the best @metrotransitmn.bsky.social experience. The trip advisors on the green line dealt respectfully w/ someone smoking on train. And I caught the 9 bus quickly!

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Kate Knuth @kateknuth.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

A strong, free, independent press is so important to the civic fabric that makes Minnesota who we are. Grateful for all the folks who do this essential work and proud to contribute to you all.

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Kate Knuth @kateknuth.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

As a Minneapolis resident… thank you for stretching yourself like this. Our community needs it. 🙏

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Kate Knuth @kateknuth.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Bring all the detained children home to Minnesota. And stop detaining children. It is horrifying that this is happening. The educators working so hard to hold their school communities together and sound the alarm for all of us to act are heroes. These educators are heroes who protect kids.

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 04/02/2026

Parents are afraid to send their kids to school, classrooms sit half-empty, children are being taken to detention facilities. We’ve crossed a line. I stood with education leaders to discuss the growing harm federal actions are causing to children, families, and our schools.

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Kate Knuth @kateknuth.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Some very good news. And we keep going. We need to keep going to bring more home and stop more from being taken.

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Kate Knuth @kateknuth.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

I love Mpls. My kid has a small list of safe foods including a v. specific order from our neighborhood pizza shop. Today, 5 mins after ordering, I got a call from them confirming it was right. It wasn’t! The guy making it recognized the order & that it wasn’t right. So, he checked. Dinner saved! 🥺

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Kate Knuth @kateknuth.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

The horrors are happening across the state. Not just in Minneapolis or the Twin Cities metro.

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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

There isn’t any indication that immigration activity has changed in Minneapolis. In fact, this afternoon, federal immigration agents began staging at Holy Rosary Catholic Church located in East Phillips. This activity is disgraceful and creates an unsafe environment for our neighbors. 1/

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Kate Knuth @kateknuth.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Minnesota strong. Grateful for our congresswoman. And grateful she’s okay.

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Kate Knuth @kateknuth.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Love you Chicago! My home for 4 years. Thank you for the support. 💪❤️

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Kate Knuth @kateknuth.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Thank you for making it! I have sent it to multiple friends/families who live out of state and are asking for a trusted important place to give. So many want to help. It is so helpful to have a trusted resource to just send to them.

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DSchrantz @dschrantz.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Calling the residents of Minnesota who have been shown documenting or attempting to witness ICE activities in our midst “protesting” is inaccurate. ICE is ubiquitous. We don’t go to ICE, we see it in our daily lives. Secondly, legal observing is our only recourse to defend ourselves. 👇🏻

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Kate Knuth @kateknuth.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Gathered with my neighbors to to light a candle and sing for Alex, for our neighbors in fear, for each other. Courage is not absence of fear. It is feeling fear and showing up anyway.

An orange candle in a glass jar is lit in the dark. The light of a bookstore shines in the background, with the silhouettes of people in between.

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Keith Ellison, Minnesota Attorney General @keithellison.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Join Light up the Night tonight, not a mass gathering in any one place but to get people out of their houses with candles and flashlights in every neighborhood at 7:00. Please spread the word.

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Kate Knuth @kateknuth.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

He was a nurse and a union member. 💔

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 24/01/2026

sitting here trying to think why this is so heavy on my heart. but. my grandparents survived a genocide that most people don’t know about, that many deny. we have a duty to bear witness and tell the history. we are future ancestors. we have to know the story.

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 24/01/2026

I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening. The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.

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Kate Knuth @kateknuth.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Oh no. My heart breaks for this person shot and our whole community. ICE out

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Kate Knuth @kateknuth.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Be aware of black ice this morning Twin Cities people. I saw a dozen turned around and smashed up cars on a mile stretch of freeway between downtown Minneapolis and my neighborhood. I hope everyone is okay.

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