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Jessica Shortall @jessicashortall.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

You, new here: the crop art is the quirkiest thing at the fair Me: cool cool so I guess you missed the life-sized crocheted skeleton in Creative Activities?

A full size skeleton with innards made completely out of crochet

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Dan Marshall @danmarstp.marshallwords.com · 05/09/2026

All of this without paying property taxes on state owned land with no public oversight.

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 01/09/2026

MINNESOTAN RENTERS: if you rented from a large property mgmt company between 2018-2025, you may be able to get money from a recent settlement as they were colluding to drive up rents i found the brentwood apartments in loring park on there! www.realpagerentalsettlement.com/property-loo...

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Property Lookup - In re RealPage, Inc., Rental Software Antitrust Litigation (No. II)

In re RealPage, Inc., Rental Software Antitrust Litigation (No. II)

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picabostreet.bsky.social @picabostreet.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Does anyone remember the cool paper calendar booklets 100%MN (or maybe Take Action) sent out a few years ago? V cool, w important MN legislature dates & such dates. I'm trying to find a copy somewhere for a project. (@ziibiing.com u might have worked on these?)

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Lynnell Mickelsen @lynnellmick.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Angie Craig won ONE precinct in Minneapolis Ward 13. (Precinct 13-10, Fulton neighborhood, by Lake Harriet, the fancier houses), even though she was endorsed by Frey and Palmisano. And even then Angie only won by two votes, 566 to 564!! Peggy comfortably won every other precinct. 1/

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Bill Childs @billchilds.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

In the actual city of Saint Paul, Peggy Flanagan beat Mayor Her’s preferred candidate by *40* points.

A chart of each district that is in the city of Saint Paul (Senate Districts 64-67). Flanagan won 41,416 to Craig’s 18,126 votes. That’s 70% to 30%. I did ignore the other candidates because they got like 1%. It’s possible that if you add all those in Peggy only won by, like, 38-39%. And yes, I rounded to no decimal points so that I’d avoid a bunch of “nice” jokes about Flanagan’s 69.6%.

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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I do wonder how it’s possible to govern a city when you’re this out of touch with the people you represent. In my own precinct (which is well-off and prime Her territory), Flanagan won by 50 pts. Her’s endorsement moved no one, and came across, like Craig’s campaign itself, as tremendously craven.

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Bob Pickering @bobpickering.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Angie Craig all but destroyed her political career and I doubt we will hear from her again but let's focus on Tafoya because she's a total MAGA nutjob. Oh yeah...a F**k Tom Emmer. I know he's not going anywhere but we don't make his life miserable enough.

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

The "centrist" think tank Third Way is looking to pay someone between $140,000 and $150,000 to spend their days trying to dig up dirt on DSA members. They're trying to sell this gig as "anti-extremism" work, which I find completely disgusting.

from job listing:

As the Director of Anti-Extremism, a typical day might include…

Assembling and updating a database of the DSA’s most extreme ideas and statements and a repository of voting records, affiliations, and issue positions to make available to allies and partners;
Leading public opinion research to identify and test the contrasts that move base voters away from these extreme candidates;
Overseeing the development of memos, talking points, rapid response materials, and other products that make the case against these extreme forces in American politics;
Promoting and marketing our research and materials to ensure they reach decisionmakers quickly, repeatedly, and at scale through a coordinated distribution infrastructure;
Recruiting and arming a group of young, diverse spokespeople to fight the DSA from a center-left perspective and assembling a broad coalition of organizational partners to make the case against extremism;
Running an earned media program to create a drumbeat of our message in op-eds, television appearances, podcasts, and traditional and digital media engagement.

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Elle Ess @viamarsala18.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Tomorrow’s front page because they shut down the local print shop and laid off a bunch of workers, so they couldn’t make it today’s front page with the Iowa office print deadline. But don’t worry! The old print shop staffed with union workers is going to be a data center!!!!!!

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Dave Kamper @dskamper.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Time is now to start lobbying for Erin Maye Quade to get the seat.

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Wedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live · 11/08/2026

🚨The polls are open for primary day 2026. ⚠️All the tired cliches are in effect: -This is the most important election of our lifetimes. -Make a plan to vote. -Get in line, stay in line. -Yard signs don't vote. -This election isn't about me, it's about you. -It's all gonna come down to turnout.

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Fight For A Union @fightforaunion.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

St. Paul, Mn just implemented a higher minimum wage! Most businesses will now begin to pay $16.37/hr to start. This also gives everyone else significantly more bargaining power. A rising tide lifts all ships!

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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Thomas Paine is my favorite founding father. He was famously abolitionist and one of the earliest voices to point out the hypocrisy of fighting for independence while keeping slaves. He also firmly believed that keeping any friendship which required compromising your morals made you a bad person.

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Bunch Bikes @bunchbike.com · 05/07/2026

We love that @nytwirecutter.bsky.social is covering cargo bikes for everyday transportation - but they missed a whole, very important third wheel! #cargobike #bunchfam #3wheels

family with a bunch bike in fall weather

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picabostreet.bsky.social @picabostreet.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

best paragraph I've read today "in 1490, Pope Innocent VIII issued the Butterbrief (Butter Letter), allowing the use of butter in Stollen, but only for the prince’s household. Common bakers had to pay a fee to use butter — funds which conveniently went towards building the Freiberg cathedral."

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alexis simpson is confused by display name changes @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

crazy to me that rich people have been so successful in perpetuating the lie that the poor are stealing from everyone. they don't have any money. the rich people are the ones with the money! that's who stole the money

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picabostreet.bsky.social @picabostreet.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

this is fun & has a lil bit of a mcsweeneys vibe

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picabostreet.bsky.social @picabostreet.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

there are probably better, but also probably much worse ways to deal with my anxiety by buying prepper emergency food to exchange with friends who own homes and grow food if SHTF. right? right. this post brought to you by heat waves decreasing crop yields & LLtWiD

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Elle Ess @viamarsala18.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

DAR more progressive than the DFL feminist caucus. “The matter officially came to a head on Friday at the 135th Continental Congress, where members voted 1,481-984 against defining woman as “born female,” allowing trans members of the DAR to remain.”

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/06/2026

Tom Emmer: "We need to stand up, speak up, and take our country back from these evil marxists that are moving in" (Republicans currently control the entire federal government ... )

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Vince Mpls @vincempls.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

The 2026 @wedge.live Cat Tour™ is about to launch, after the usual formalities of ground rules, uplifting speeches, and the handing over of the grand marshall's baton.

A tiny John Edwards tries to speak to an enormous crowd in Mueller Park

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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 21/06/2026

Marcia Howard of the Minneapolis Federation of Educators says trade unionists, including educators, are among those detained in Minnesota’s federal anti-ICE indictments. “I find it telling that they are going after unionists.”

inthesetimes.com

Sweeping Federal Indictments of Ice Observers Net Minnesota Unionists

“I think this is intended to make workers shy away from being vociferous in their opposition to state sponsored violence.”

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Tim R @elibtronic.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Before you get warm feelings about this story, keep in mind it was **labour and contract protections** that got these people back. Not some grand realization that Librarianship is necessary. Get unionized people. 1 / 2

chronicle.com

A Regional College Laid Off All Its Librarians in 2024. Now It Has to Hire Them Back.

Western Illinois University claimed the library was not an academic program when it essentially was, an arbitrator has ruled, and therefore failed to follow the correct process for eliminating the job...

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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 15/06/2026

You don't have to answer the door for the Feds. Do not voluntarily talk to the Feds. If they have a warrant signed by an actual judge, then they can do precisely what the warrant says. But DO NOT TALK TO THE FEDS. Do not answer the door. If you're arrested, your only words are "I want a lawyer."

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Nick Benson @ottergoose.net · 15/06/2026

In 2018, the airlines condemned family separation, and the policy was abolished that day. Delta Air Lines, who flew Liam to the Dilley camp, could condemn the current policy and it would end tomorrow, but it’s more profitable to be spineless cowards.

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Salena @salena.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

The Capitol electrolier used to only be turned on for the first day of the legislative session and on Statehood Day. One thing I remember from negotiations in 2023 was that the Speaker, Melissa Hortman, wanted a provision to light the electrolier every day the legislature was in session.

Image of the MN Capitol Dome, with the electrolier illuminated inside.

photo credit Minnesota Senate Media Services)

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 15/06/2026

may we remember speaker hortman every time a kid in Minnesota eats their free lunch. every time a trans person moves to mn for safety. when an undocumented person gets their driver’s license or a returning citizen gets to vote. when we have clean energy and electric school buses and warm homes.

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picabostreet.bsky.social @picabostreet.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

i didn't know this - learned a thing today

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Neighbors for More Neighbors (N4MN) @moreneighbors.org · 12/06/2026

📣 We are hiring a part-time contractor to assist with Communications & Fundraising efforts over the next six months! Learn more and apply at: www.moreneighbors.org/news-stories...

We are hiring

Communications & fundraising coordinator (part-time, contract)

Apply at: MoreNeighbors.org

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Fossilized Tree Sap @amberrl.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

LMAO I LOVE THIS SO MUCH FOR ANGIE

Screenshot of a tweet from Tom Emmer. There’s a picture of him hugging Angie Craig along with the text, “Always great to see my friend and fellow Minnesotan, Angie Craig, around the halls of Congress. She's one of the few Democrats who's willing to work across the aisle to get important legislation like the Laken Riley Act across the finish line!
We will miss you around here.

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picabostreet.bsky.social @picabostreet.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Specifically, the partnership with the UMN's school of public health was lost. All the 'student workers' (keeping in mind these are students getting masters and doing professional training) were laid off and it's my understanding that Health HR won't re-initiate this critical collaboration.

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picabostreet.bsky.social @picabostreet.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

And these teams were unnecessarily attacked by our governor last year. ~100 people who didn't have union protections were laid off in one day, and ~100 more people with union protections were facing layoffs.

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picabostreet.bsky.social @picabostreet.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

MN's Health and Ag departments are TOP NOTCH, and the state tried to lay them off unnecessarily last year. Our state's infectious disease dept was particularly attacked. This is bc, almost more than any other state agency, Health is funded by federal money instead of state funds.

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

so an interesting thing here is that the *very sharp* decline in recent years - which virtually every educator I know has remarked upon - seems to be *largely* a U.S. pattern rather than a European one. That to me suggests that we can't just blame the phones.

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picabostreet.bsky.social @picabostreet.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

once again jealous of people with reps who do actual office hours, and asking CM Payne to adopt StP Ward 1. Can we be MSP Ward 1?

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Dan Marshall @danmarstp.marshallwords.com · 08/06/2026

This is some meaningless bullshit right here. Political vagueposting at its finest.

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Nissa Mitchell @nissamitchell.com · 08/06/2026

I would door knock every day for a month for a politician who came out in favor of gender reassignment surgery for minors when deemed appropriate by medical professionals and the patient's guardians—which is incredibly rare and how all this worked before everyone decided trans people were scary.

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Kari Dru @karidru.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Hey you should read this if you like thrillers, believe women are people, and have Strong Feelings about some fucked up church you were raised in.

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 09/06/2026

the mood in minneapolis is still such that you can meet neighbors on the street and the conversation ends up in them talking about overthrowing the federal government, if you’re wondering how we’re doing after the ICE occupation

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winston @winston.cc · 07/06/2026

hey amy klobs is marching in grand ole days so make sure you yell at her to do better!

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