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Got a second very sketchy mailer attacking Klob from the left. Something tells me Citizens for Public Safety Transparency LLC, whose address is a warehouse in rural MN and has no business filing in the state, are not making these arguments in good faith

Two mailers: "Amy Klobuchar: a cop's best friend" and "Senator Amy Klobuchar supported half a billion to arm Israel in 2024”

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meshm @meshm.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I was on the literal last ride of the season so save this recommendation for next year: the Minneapolis Water Taxi boat tour is a delight.

Iconic Grain Belt sign and the Hennepin bridge, taken from the water just north of the bridge

Bow of the boat with the box girder Merriam street bridge to Nicollet Island, looking south with the concrete arched Third Ave bridge just visible behind it

Cute electric Mpls water taxi boat. It has a canopy with solar panels and bench seating for 7.

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meshm @meshm.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

South Minneapolis! I'm helping out with a plant sale fundraiser for Tamales y Bicicletas tomorrow 10-2 at the Toolbox Collective! Come help me make space for more plants by buying some of mine

Plants and Pottery mutual aid fundraiser sale, October 11 10am-2pm. Yellow text on dark background, with illustrations of houseplants, tamales, and a bike wheel; and a donation QR code

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meshm @meshm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Someone drove into a hole on University Ave yesterday mndaily.com/top-story/ca...

Car nose first in roadway hole, only rear wheels visible. Construction workers look on and one is on the phone

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meshm @meshm.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

On January 14, CBP agents pulled into a UMN parking lot and blocked the intersection in front of the Humphrey School, but UMN continued to claim there was no ICE activity on campus. With today's conference in this building, let's not forget the U's dangerously muddy comms during that time

A black suburban stopped across two crosswalks at the 19th Ave S and 3rd St intersection, with the Humphrey School building in the background

Five masked agents wearing tactical gear standing in the intersection

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meshm @meshm.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

IT'S EVEN BETTER ON MOBILE

Screenshot where the word mark is way too big, it's cut off as "University o"

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meshm @meshm.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

On the first day of classes, the University of Minnesota surprise-launched a slightly different maroon-and-gold color scheme and in the process managed to fuck up the logo on umn.edu.

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meshm @meshm.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

The traffic safety cameras the city is piloting for automated enforcement look different. They have radar sensors and I do not believe they store license plate data unless they've violated traffic laws #knowYourTrafficCameras

Novoa Global-branded traffic safety camera. A semicircle cylinder-shaped enclosure is mounted on a lamp post alongside a separate infrared light

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meshm @meshm.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Flock gets all the attention, but Minneapolis PD uses a different vendor of license plate reader cameras (Insight LPR). They are usually mounted on stoplight mast arms and they are installed at 30 intersections around the city. As of late last year I added them all to deflock.me

Closeup of the Insight camera devices. The top has a metal hood overhanging the front, and the camera end has two circles (the cameras) with a larger rectangle next to them containing infrared lights

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meshm @meshm.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

You will need to compile libgenders yourself if a nonbinary isn't available for your platform.

Programming with Genders

Many different APIs have been developed that allow programmers to parse
and query the genders file. "libgenders" is a C API which can be linked
by including genders.h and linking the library libgenders. "libgendersplusplus"
is a C++ class built on top of libgenders. "Libgenders" is a Perl module
developed with Perl extensions. "Genders" is another Perl module, but offers
a more traditional Perl API than "Libgenders." Python bindings are also
available under a "Genders" class. The reader can learn more about these
libraries by reading the manpages libgenders(3), Libgenders(3) and Genders(3).
See "help(Genders)" for Python documentation.

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meshm @meshm.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

My museum colleagues found a pile of old slide carousels with educational plant photos and just got them professionally scanned. They look so damn good this might be the thing that gets me into film photography

A branch of a fruiting tree, perhaps wild apple, with rusty red leaves

A wild raspberry with small dark blue berry clusters on forking branches. The leaves are slightly out of focus behind the branch

An explosion of white flowers covers a tree branch, a bee is sticking its head into one

Wide shot of a tree with feathery foliage against a partly cloudy background

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meshm @meshm.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

One benefit of doing data work for a science museum is sometimes you happen upon a cute photo of a turtle and you can keep the lil guy up on your second monitor for encouragement

Laptop with a well-lit closeup photo of a turtle

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meshm @meshm.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

I'm at @ward2.minneapolismn.gov's panel on autonomous vehicles, with Rep. Sencer-Mura, and reps from Our Streets and labor/rideshare drivers

Robin standing in a library meeting room with six people seated at the panelist table

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meshm @meshm.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Me in the Capital Long-Range Improvement Committee meeting when we started cutting down the super over-budget list of proposed 2032 street rebuild projects

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meshm @meshm.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

That mural though, those artists did an incredible job

North mural, 3 large black faces, one holding a megaphone with water spilling out

South mural. "No one is illegal" on a banner with monarch butterflies and colorful illustrations

Mosaic in the mural, BIPOC people holding flags for AIM, BLM, and one with a Paul Wellstone quote. "Stop 55 go oaks"

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meshm @meshm.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

The day after getting a nice tour of the hi lake murals with city art staff, I bike under the overpass twice barely noticing the art. because whenever I go thru here, I am always so focused on just getting the hell out of the place with all the cars going everywhere to perceive much else

From the freight tracks looking west down the Lake street bike path in Minneapolis. The Hiawatha overpass and a despairing expanse of pavement lie ahead, with a minivan making a left turn about to drive thru the path

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meshm @meshm.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

I'm at Gustavus College for a master naturalists conference doing a workshop on the plant website prototype I've been working on for the last year

Woodsy classroom with about 20 people seated at tables looking at a projector screen

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meshm @meshm.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Our bodies are sixty three percent water, We flow, we are one. Inside our bodies we reflect the sky. Like rivers, we carry memories, Stories, healing, and better worlds. Like rivers from everywhere We converge, we dance -Poem on Samatar Crossing sculpture, Mpls

Blue steel tube bent in a large sine wave shape along a bike path, with Riverside Plaza towers in the background. A green flat metal piece is cut to fit along one crest of the wave, and this poem is laser-cut into it in handwritten lettering

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meshm @meshm.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Still such a great album. It's a shame I'm uncomfortable referring to the artist by his full name (RIP Jay)

Album cover for Blood Visions by Jay R-word

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meshm @meshm.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

I visited an analog data center yesterday (the UMN library collections storage facility)

Large warehouse with 30 foot tall bookshelf stacks, partially filled with books in cardboard trays

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meshm @meshm.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Back in the saddle for the first regular CLIC meeting of the year, getting a full day of presentations from city staff on capital project proposals. Yay infrastructure!

Large screen in a conference room showing title slide: Minneapolis Public Works Water Treatment and Distribution Services capital budget requests 2027-2032

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meshm @meshm.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Oh I would take it if it's still available! Just donated, which I'm happy to do in any case

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meshm @meshm.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

uh oh, the turkeys are training

Two wild turkeys standing outside the door of Champions Boxing Gym on 38th Street in Minneapolis

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meshm @meshm.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Instead of going to the St. Paul No Kings rally, I helped organize a block party right off the B line so people could make signs and hang with neighbors before the main event

Barricade blocking a Minneapolis side street, decorated in a MN flag motif. A giant No Kings banner hangs below the barricade, and a hand painted "local traffic only" sign is mounted above

People at a block party, standing by a fire pit, eating hot dogs, etc

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meshm @meshm.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Like if there was a bar in town that showed the Dr. Strangelove DVD menu through six straight Nine Inch Nails songs played on the jukebox I might just become an alcoholic to hang out there all the time

Dark bar interior with a TV showing the Dr Strangelove illustrated artwork and DVD menu options. The TV is surrounded by two large humanoid sculptures mounted on the wall

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meshm @meshm.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Longfellow neighborhood turkey merch

A sticker with a hand drawn color illustration of a turkey, with "whose streets?" written around it.
A small folded zine "What do you call this turkey? Specifically, the lone male turkey patrolling near Minnehaha Avenue and 38th Street. I'm sure your local turkey is cool too, but excuse us while we focus on ours" with a photo of said turkey

One of the page spreads of the zine with photos of it around the neighborhood and its supposed names: "Turkey Lurkey? Lonesome Tom? King Herod?"

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meshm @meshm.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

incognito mode youtube recommendations on city council meetings are really something

Screenshot of three Youtube videos: Minneapolis planning commission meeting, Activate All 7 Chakras - Get Rid Of All Bad Energy - Boost Positive Energy with a colorful psychedelic thumbnail image, and Minneapolis Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting

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meshm @meshm.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

I'm workshopping a river-inspired mpls flag design

A thick line cuts down the center of the flag before slanting right. Three MN flag-style 8 pointed stars fill out the space

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meshm @meshm.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

I'll be rolling up to stump party with my vintage Stump Party III koozie

Black foam beer koozie with "stump party 3" written in death metal lettering

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meshm @meshm.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Operation Metro Surge activity over time, sourced from Rapid Response data. Activity is down from peak but they're still out there in force every day

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meshm @meshm.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

View of downtown Minneapolis from the tallest building on UMN's St. Paul campus (Biological Sciences, 8 stories)

Skyline in the background with a clear blue sky and a few brown brick buildings in the foreground

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meshm @meshm.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Incredible work whoever made this

A square black sticker with white design. Script "Welcome to Minneapolis!" in the style of the popular burning 3rd precinct design from 2020, but the illustration is of the Whipple federal building on fire. As of now, the Whipple building has not actually been burned down

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meshm @meshm.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

When you're "in theater" in Minneapolis

Photo from the Barebones Puppet Theater, a 15-foot-tall illuminated bird puppet is operated by a handful of people, with other puppets nearby

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meshm @meshm.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Amazing how literally she elaborated on this email hours after it was sent

Composite image of an email from Representative Ilhan Omar sent yesterday, subject line "How Our Office is Fighting for You." Below is a photo of Rep. Omar about to throw hands at the guy who attacked her at a town hall last night

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meshm @meshm.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

ICE OUT block party was a huge success. Over 40 neighbors came through in negative double digit temps, bringing chili, hot cocoa, smores, and wood for the fire. Taking public space, building trust among neighbors, having fun while doing it...this is how we win

Sawhorse with caution tape blocking off a snowy residential street in Minneapolis. An ICE OUT poster hangs from the tape

Folding table on the snowy street with a giant stock pot on it. Signs hang from the table reading "Neighbors say ICE out" and "Here to put the ope back in hope". A stuffed gnome figurine is wearing a cardboard "Gnomes against Noem" sign

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meshm @meshm.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

The volume of reassuring emails from University administration is... not reassuring

Screenshot of four emails in 3 days from University of Minnesota administration. Subject lines: Take care of yourself; Supporting your safety; A message regarding our community; University actions to support faculty, staff and students

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meshm @meshm.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

lmao read the fucking room

Email screenshot: "New year, fresh start for your mental health" from Lyra Health

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meshm @meshm.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Finally skied around Pike Island to Bdote, been wanting to do that for years

Photo looking from the tip of Pike island east where the Mississippi River joins the Minnesota river. Snow covers the ground and the frozen Mississippi, while the Minnesota is still clear

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meshm @meshm.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

I forgot I took these pics the other day before the snow. The river froze so clear it was a mirror

The Mississippi River viewing the Lake/Marshall bridge from the southeast. The open spandrel arch design is reflected clearly in the ice.

Looking south down the river toward 46th, snow on the west bank gorge wall peeking between the bare trees. The land is reflected in the ice all the way down into the distance

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meshm @meshm.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Every month or so I get an email that looks like it's legit from PayPal (SPF/DKIM valid) but is clearly phishing to get me to call a scam support number. Unrelated to any actual charge. I forward each one to PP fraud team, no reply or fix for months. Does not inspire confidence in their security

You paid ¥1,090 JPY to marilyn gramm, from noreply@paypal.com with a verified blue checkmark in the Gmail screenshot. The top of the email says "For review or cancellation, reach PayPal Support at" and a phone number in a non-ASCII unicode font, presumably because the scammer found a way to inject HTML into legitimate PayPal emails but had to bypass some rudimentary sanitizer that strips out phone numbers. Clown shit from a huge global payments platform

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meshm @meshm.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Happy first night of Hanukkah 🔥 My gamble making a single 4lb batch of vegan gluten free latkes paid off and everyone loved them

Half sheet baking tray piled with latkes. A chanukiah with one candle lit is behind it on the table

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meshm @meshm.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

5/5 bonus: Know Your Rights yard sign in English on one side and Spanish on the other. Is anyone distributing something like this in MN?

Same as first photo but in Spanish: "Conozca sus derechos si usted se encuentra con las autoridades"

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meshm @meshm.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

4/ Signs stating that staff/employees are not authorized to consent access for ICE

Notice to all law enforcement
This is private property. No one can enter without a legal warrant. If you do not have a legal warrant we will not open the door. Employees are not authorized to consent access to this facility.

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meshm @meshm.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

3/ One that references the executive order, but expands the original "private area" intent to the whole establishment

In accordance with City of Chicago executive Order 2025-8 this establishment is a designated ICE-free zone

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meshm @meshm.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

2/ Front and back of the "private area" signs that the city made available as directed by Mayor Johnson's Protecting Chicago executive order

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meshm @meshm.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

A thread of anti-ICE signs I saw in storefronts on my recent trip to Chicago 1/

Same text as previous image, with a red background and different layout, as well as a version in spanish, "Aqui todos son bienvenidos excepto agentes de ICE"

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