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Pat Thompson

@pattho.bsky.social
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Friends School plant saler, co-op fan, gardener, Transition Town member, recovering grammar curmudgeon. She/her.

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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 9h
Need this energy from the MN Democratic candidates in their own debates, please and thank you
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Pat Thompson @pattho.bsky.social · 8h
Defend Trans Kids energy.
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Pat Thompson @pattho.bsky.social · 11h
Have to keep the Lying Cat graphic handy at all times.
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Eric Lind @elindie.bsky.social · 12h
i live in Minneapolis because I like being around people of all types, from around the world; because I believe in true universal public education for all; because of transportation options beyond one car per person per trip. does anyone in power understand this?
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Pat Thompson @pattho.bsky.social · 12h
Agree that she was not highly disliked in any general way.
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Pat Thompson @pattho.bsky.social · 13h
I've called *and* emailed county and Met Council, emailed city council (who is already working on it).
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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 14h
As completely deranged and fucked up and wrong as he is, I gotta say it is stressful to have the damn president of the United States constantly attacking my state of Minnesota, sending violence, calling for violence, putting all lives at risk, killing our neighbors. Like it really takes a toll.
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Kat Rohn @rohnkat.bsky.social · 14h
"Minnesota is home to 4,552 foundations with assets of $269.0 Billion and giving of $9.1 Billion in 2023" minnesota.foundationcenter.org/dashboard/
minnesota.foundationcenter.org
Years | Minnesota Council on Foundations
Minnesota Foundation Stats
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Pat Thompson @pattho.bsky.social · 14h
Yes! And the foundations sit on their funds....
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MaryMM @marymm.bsky.social · 15h
And I'm going to state unequivocally that the @metcouncilmn.bsky.social should provide annual operating funds to @hourcar.bsky.social, and it should be far in excess of a million dollars. This was true in 2002 when we first asked them for support and it's more true today after proof of concept.
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✊🏼Indigiqueer Hummingbird @riotousmuse.bsky.social · 15h
Share this as well savecarsharemn.org
savecarsharemn.org
Keep carshare in our neighborhoods
Call and write your officials, then join the rally for carshare.
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Pat Thompson @pattho.bsky.social · 15h
John... direct contact to county and Met Council reps also, yes?
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quick13 @quick13.bsky.social · 15h
How much money did #Minneapolis spend on Dinner du Nord again?
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Pat Thompson @pattho.bsky.social · 15h
Our communities and people have spent years, untold hours, and personal, local, state and federal dollars creating the HourCar and Evie infrastructure. If this comes to pass, it's another piece of the public commons being destroyed by the Trump regime and part of its war on the climate.
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amityf @amityf.bsky.social · 17h
See, instead self driving Waymos, this is the car infrastructure we need.
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MaryMM @marymm.bsky.social · 15h
Compared to all the money we spend on interchanges, and plowing four lane stroads, and engineering new highways, this amount of money is obscenely achievable.
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Pedaling Professor @pedalingprof.bsky.social · 16h
Less than the likely cost of two lawsuit settlements against a current StP city council member.... Seriously, this is a pathetically small amount in the scheme of budgets and sadly reminiscent of Nice Ride getting shut down because the core cities don't back up policy with budget support.
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Pat Thompson @pattho.bsky.social · 16h
Are you kidding me, $625K a year...
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Pat Thompson @pattho.bsky.social · 16h
What is the amount of money... especially relative to the amount is spent to build/rebuild a single highway interchange?
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MaryMM @marymm.bsky.social · 16h
All of this car sharing success being shut down because the Twin Cities can't come up with an operating subsidy? This was once my life's work, and it was the most successful operation in the country. What are we doing? Where is the vision? Who is the hero?
startribune.com
Car-sharing service is shutting down operations in the Twin Cities
Hourcar service had been around for 21 years, but the nonprofit said it could not close a $625,000 funding gap.
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Pat Thompson @pattho.bsky.social · 16h
Yes... the FAQ with possible (quickly needed) actions is here. hourcar.org/news/sunset
hourcar.org
HOURCAR Announces Sunset — HOURCAR & Evie
After completing due diligence and consulting with legal counsel, HOURCAR’s Board of Directors have voted to sunset operations with a final service date of Thursday, October 15, 2026.
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Pat Thompson @pattho.bsky.social · 16h
HourCar (and Evie) will be sunsetting the organization and programs as of October 15 unless heroic amounts of money is raised or government intervention happens. FAQ here.
hourcar.org
HOURCAR Announces Sunset — HOURCAR & Evie
After completing due diligence and consulting with legal counsel, HOURCAR’s Board of Directors have voted to sunset operations with a final service date of Thursday, October 15, 2026.
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Pat Thompson @pattho.bsky.social · 16h
I am distraught and know I should have been paying more attention to not be caught so off guard.
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Pat Thompson @pattho.bsky.social · 17h
@violanorth.bsky.social Here's an article about the apple fries at the Minnesota State Fair, the couple that started it, the orchard the apples came from (which type of apples). (gift link)
startribune.com
The State Fair ended, but Minnesota’s apple fries obsession didn’t
The creators of Minnesota’s Original Apple Fries are still catching up after they were the fair’s breakout hit. Now they’re selling out at stadiums, too.
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Pat Thompson @pattho.bsky.social · 17h
We were out on the Prospect Park (Minneapolis) pedestrian bridge over I-94 yet again this morning. A brisk wind was blowing...
18+ people stand inside a cage-like pedestrian bridge over a highway. Long banner reads We the people vote early. Smaller signs say VOTE, No Kings, Peace, Silence is not golden, Stop the Madness, ICE Out Now. One person wears a frog suit and another waves a Minnesota state flag.
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B Beshoar @bbeshoar.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
If Tina Peters had permission from her parole officer to 1) travel out of state, and 2) meet with a convicted felon, ie. Trump, to 3) plot further election crimes, then her parole officer is guilty of sedition, too.
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 18h
Private mercenary company now monitoring and enforcing U.S. elections. Very good sign for democracy.
newrepublic.com
USPS Hires Security Service With History of Human Rights Abuse
Almost 1,000 armed security officers have been sent to at least 55 post office facilities.
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Pat Thompson @pattho.bsky.social · 18h
"highly accepted and more accurate" !
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Pat Thompson @pattho.bsky.social · 18h
People are mentioning Harry Chapin's song Cats in the Cradle in talking about the AI developer who doesn't want to read to his child... Here's a post about an earlier generation of dad who had thoughts about that song and whether music should comment on parenting.
daughternumberthree.blogspot.com
Adventures in Babysitting Memories
Third of four daughters, raised in a rural area. Finally cleaning out the filing cabinet and loading it to the cloud.
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Pat Thompson @pattho.bsky.social · 19h
I have tried three recent apple introductions and pronounce that both Triumph and Kudos are better fresh than Cosmic Crisp.
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 20h
Friendly amendment to this: data centers should bring and pay for double the amount of clean energy they need. Half for them, and half for the community.
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Pat Thompson @pattho.bsky.social · 19h
I want to live in country where the money spent entrapping teenagers is instead spent on programs supporting their lives and futures.
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✊🏼Indigiqueer Hummingbird @riotousmuse.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
So they can "monitor" one Somali kid for 2 years, nurture/exploit tendencies & fail to intervene until after they provide a means to carry out a plan... ...but white kids on 4chan or w/e being radicalized into the most obscure cesspools & writing manifestos & whatnot just... Remain a mystery?
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Pat Thompson @pattho.bsky.social · 20h
I hate to say it, but this headline made me laugh. Just once, but still.
Star Tribune lower half front page headline: UnitedHealth mistakenly declares eight doctors dead.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 08/10/2026
Trump: *says horrible thing* the media: he didn’t actually mean it Trump: no I definitely one hundred percent meant it
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Pat Thompson @pattho.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I’m writing in Jeremy Ellison… who could legally serve in the role.
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Pat Thompson @pattho.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Please save me from Spirit Halloween.
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Pat Thompson @pattho.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Didn't the Michigan guys who kidnapped Gretchen Whitmer get off on entrapment?
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Pat Thompson @pattho.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This is what I’m afraid of.
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Pat Thompson @pattho.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Rethinking I-94.
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Pat Thompson @pattho.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Very disappointed by Iric Nathanson's letter in the Strib today.
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Pat Thompson @pattho.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
yeah, Lost.
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Project True North @projtruenorth.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Lisa Demuth’s bill to ban abortion would have jailed doctors who provide abortions, threatening them with a year in prison.
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Pat Thompson @pattho.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Yes, I think so...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Why is 🇺🇸 media not reporting on this 128 day Albanian protest of Kushner and Ivanka’s insane corruption?
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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 05/10/2026
but the strib tells me she’s nice
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quick13 @quick13.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This Lance Boelter delay is unconscionable without preventing Boelter from spewing propaganda online.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026
Holy shit.
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Pat Thompson @pattho.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Yes, I spray painted a bunch white to reuse for another purpose. And a friend is currently reusing other ones for "vote early" etc signs.
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