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Todd Graham

@metrogram.bsky.social
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Economic demographer & govt stats. Living my best life in Mpls St Paul. Disclaimers: Views found here are my own & NOT representing my employer. Same handle on other apps.

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Todd Graham @metrogram.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I'm usually a fan of #roundabouts #trafficcircles. Really. But MY GOD just south @ Hwy55, Plymouth this wk opened the new County 73 with a figure8 roundabout - and THIS is terrible to drive around! WHAT T H ARE WE DOING HERE?? #steerright #steerleft #steerright #steerleft 🥴
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Todd Graham @metrogram.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Nowwww THAT! is how you write a Community Note 🫡
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Todd Graham @metrogram.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Nap time FTW 🏆 (Read the whole thread before you judge.)
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Todd Graham @metrogram.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
What a summer. 😉 (This pic is from the postgame fireworks that #nymets put on. We were all so coated in fireworks powder residue we had to head back to the apt & shower.)
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Todd Graham @metrogram.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
#MNstatefair is a blast. If you haven't been yet WHAT are you doing? Last weekend is now.
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Todd Graham @metrogram.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Downtown Minneapolis: This place has everything. Jousting on bicycles. Response team of Handmaidens. NFL stadium. Antifascist Spider-Man...
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Todd Graham @metrogram.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
weekend tech project! acquired 2 old, donated mobile phs. #TY #BuyNothingGroup! connected them to my wifi and Tile app; stationed them around my house & outbldgs as bluetooth listeners = Greatly improved the thoroughness of tracking my cat's whereabouts 🐈 (he never goes far)
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Todd Graham @metrogram.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Michele Tafoya might be a Belichik & New England @patriots.bsky.social fan 😵 Not sure how else you'd interpret this. #deflateballs
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Todd Graham @metrogram.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
seems like a key to the whole dynamic, Dave @volts.wtf
I know you're not allowed to say this during the current debate, but the reason the left dominates academics, art, comedy, and music is that the right has stupid, discredited ideas, they're not funny, and dull resentment does not make for good art. No grand conspiracy required.
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Todd Graham @metrogram.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
[photo of woman googling "what t f neighborhood is this?"] #aiMinneapplis #prked
photo of woman googling "what t f neighborhood is this?"
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Todd Graham @metrogram.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Really visionary stuff! Step1: tear down the massive Park &4th parking ramp, tear down LRT station, plow over The Commons... redevelop it all as crappy subdivision of suburb-style splitlevels. Step2: rent out frontyards to tailgaters?? WOOO Look at all that cash! #prked 🙄
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Todd Graham @metrogram.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
$9++ for a sixpack of imported sparkling water 🤦‍♀️... tariffs?? #thanksTrump #idiocracy
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Todd Graham @metrogram.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
The struggle is real, sister
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Todd Graham @metrogram.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
MN Election Next Tues.🗳📅 Great @dfl.org candidates this cycle! But some candidates are being challenged - there's dark $💰👺 backing the spoiler wannabes. If you wonder why? what it's about? Peggy, Ilhan and Cedrick are #antiice #antipolicebrutality #antiwarcrimes...
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Todd Graham @metrogram.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
We've reached the point of #rightwing intellectualcosplay talkinghead noise where they're claiming (w/o any shame): "Let's wreck the environment, and despoil the planet, to show the libtards who's boss." 😳 #jordanpeterson💩
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Todd Graham @metrogram.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
The next logical step in this sad story will be #Maga #Maha buying Taylor Farms 💩🥗 in bulk to #ownthelibs. Well... godspeed, #patriots
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Todd Graham @metrogram.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Major restaurant chains hit by #cyclospora (a GI parasite) identified Taylor Farms as common vector. BUT Taylor is a multimillions 🤑 Tr*mp donor. And Tr*mp FDA and CDC made testing, reporting "optional"... yada yada there's been no recall issued by @fda.gov nor Taylor. 🤷‍♀️ #mahablast
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Todd Graham @metrogram.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
[Mind blown] [Now reactivating and rewriting a bumble profile] "Hey, gorgeous 😍 Together we could clear some brush, back at my place..."
StarTribune headline: "Fed up with dating apps? Sweaty work sessions with Minneapolis Buckthorn Removal Singles Club convene conservationists and weed out soft-handed Chads."
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Todd Graham @metrogram.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
40 dollars seems like a bargain now, right? 😏
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Todd Graham @metrogram.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
True story...
Obedience is important, Billy. 
If you don't obey me, I might have to kill you. 
I might kill you anyway, but the Obedience is important to me.
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Todd Graham @metrogram.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
... Apt buildings construction reached record levels. Newly-built single family detached houses in 2010s fell to 51,000 per decade – half of SFD homebuilding production of peak 1990s. 4. Housing type choices by developers are (very) correlated with 'land absorption rate'. (3/4)
New developed acreage by land use: Residential construction is the main driver of land consumption. Chart figure shows declining trend of land acres transitioned to developed uses. 1990-97 was peak period. Rate of land developed halved in years since; rate leveled off since 2010.
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Todd Graham @metrogram.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
the craft microbrewery I regularly go to in Mpls... is full of modernday Costanzas. 🍺 How've I not noticed this before? 😳 h/t @e_cdalton
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Todd Graham @metrogram.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Just now seeing what New Yorkers are are ENTHUSIASTIC about for this weekend! World Cup match: enthusiasm at $1,345! Day at the ballpark with #mntwins : marginal, tolerable, $31
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Todd Graham @metrogram.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
I moved from Mpls to the suburbs. A 12 miles move. Yesterday the moving truck came. Me & the 3 movers were hard at it for almost 6 hours. I don't think I even sat down until dinner at 8:30pm... Here's how my week looks to fitbit. #steps
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Todd Graham @metrogram.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
BTW, still available! Pickup in #SWMpls. $200. Hit me up 📞
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Todd Graham @metrogram.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
There're so many weirdos on #FBmarketplace. I advertised a 100 yrs old vintage sideboard... a rando reaches out to scold me that "THIS IS NOT Jacobean" (It'sJacobean Revival.) 😒 Me: "Ok cool So r u interested?" Her: "No. I just wanted you to know you're wrong."
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Todd Graham @metrogram.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Just added the SOLD placard. And going out to get some moving boxes. #realMpls #lindenhills
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Todd Graham @metrogram.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Mother's Day Message from #PedoinChief 👺 We can't quote these words bc... to do so would contravene this platform's TOS/content prohibition on #ThreatsofHarm
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Todd Graham @metrogram.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
#BuyNothing post with harsh aura
Buy Nothing post: "Keep Out" sign, thin metal, 10x14. Simmer until Sunday PM.
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Todd Graham @metrogram.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
post the best picture you have ever taken of your pet
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Todd Graham @metrogram.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
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Todd Graham @metrogram.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
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Todd Graham @metrogram.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
OK hear me out... Easter cookies!
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Todd Graham @metrogram.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
LaGuardia #LGA has a system that monitors & reports TSA Security wait times. Or did have, UNTIL yesterday... Today they've DISABLED the reporting. LGA telling us to fuhgedaboutit. 😠 ... "How much earlier should I arrive?" Answer: "Significantly earlier."
Security Wait Times: Due to the federal funding lapse, Security wait times may be significantly longer than normal... For these reasons, wait time reporting has been temporarily suspended. Please allow for significantly more time and check with your airline.
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Todd Graham @metrogram.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Jeebus, U of M. That Is Bleak.
University of Minnesota: Leave A Future.
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Todd Graham @metrogram.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Goodbye party for fleeing ICE agents. 2400 gone, 600 to go. Friday, Ft Snelling South Lot, 8pm.
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Todd Graham @metrogram.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Great photo! Has real Onion: "American Voices" energy to it!
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Todd Graham @metrogram.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
#TourneyTime Moorhead wins the trophy, beats Edina, 3-1. Edina players melt down, start brawl. The FB comments: "No cake for a week" 😆😅😆
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Todd Graham @metrogram.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Just EVERYONE has nothing but contempt for corrupt, murderous poser Kristi Noem. And people are DONE holding back.
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Todd Graham @metrogram.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
[Screaming] [while smoking a cig] "ACKSHULLY, you're RENTING THE SPACE from DOWNTOWN'S SH!TTY LANDLORDS"
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Todd Graham @metrogram.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
unsightly waste of metal. photo credit: Josh Rincon (so 50/50 odds this is ai slop)
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Todd Graham @metrogram.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
almost unnoticed survey from @uscensusbureau... the BTOS is a "vibes" survey of business owners/operators. BTOS asks about econ conditions. Results are published for every state and 25 largest metros. Anyway... here's the business "vibes" trends for #MinneapolisStPaul metro.
Chart of Business Trends Indexes for Minneapolis-St Paul MSA: 6 Weeks Moving Average for time-series of Revenues, Hours Worked, and Customer Demand. Chart shows all the indexes decline at the end of 2025, and in February 2026 remain below 2023, 2024 and 2025 levels.
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Todd Graham @metrogram.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
the energy i bring to your social gathering
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Todd Graham @metrogram.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
ohferchrissake 😵
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Todd Graham @metrogram.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
I do Ok at selling stuff on FB Marketplace... but we'll see. www.facebook.com/marketplace/... #seriousinquiriesonly
Quart-sized coffee travel mug, with straw. And triangle-shape logo.
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Todd Graham @metrogram.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
This is Mpls #badbadhats
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Todd Graham @metrogram.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Tweeted abt this earlier. I was not exaggerating. #mnTwins front office is reshaping their franchise into the Spirit Halloween of Major League Ball.
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Todd Graham @metrogram.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
What will really blow your mind: by lunchtime today, it'll be 40° in #Mpls. ☀️ #meltice
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Todd Graham @metrogram.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Fun thought exercise: who would you prefer to see as #MN's next Governor? 😵 🗳 Sen. Amy #Klob? 🗳 former Sen. Al Franken 🗳 former Gov. Jesse Ventura 🗳 surprise Walz re-boot!
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Todd Graham @metrogram.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Galactic brain @kstptv.bsky.social headline tries to blame "pedestrian" for this... and, WTH, maybe implicate a LRT transit angle??? #waroncars But the reader comments are NOT HAVING IT ✋️ NOT TODAY #KSTP!
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