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Robert Haider

@roberthaider.bsky.social
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Area dad, policy aide, bike & transit rider, yimby, woodworker, COYG. Midwest is best. Views here are mine alone. 📍Minneapolis

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Will @willwoodworth.com · 29/09/2026
👏 for @jchavezmpls.bsky.social regarding the 'options' that Waymo offers: "Options? Let's have a 24/7 bus lane on Hennepin, build bus lanes. Let's get more bike lanes, more traffic calming. It doesn't feel fair to talk about options when those same options are being vetoed, rejected, voted down."
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Robert Haider @roberthaider.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
If the left must answer for affiliation with that streamer guy, regardless of any actual connection, I think it’s reasonable for the judgment of the mayor and some council members that ran on an actual slate with this person to be called into question.
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Tony Damiano @tonydamiano.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
St. Paul stepped up and passed a 60-day eviction notice ordinance while Minneapolis' was vetoed twice by the mayor and evictions in St. Paul are down 13% yoy while in Minneapolis Evictions are up 7% according to @homelinemn.org
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Twin Cities Gooners @twincitiesgooners.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
THE STUFF OF CHAMPIONS!!! Gritty 0-2 away win and a packed house. Lovely. COYG!!! 🔴⚪️ #arsenal #arsenalfc #afc #coyg #uta
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Robert Haider @roberthaider.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Did you know that in Canada they are allowed to build seating in public, and it appears as though people are permitted to sit there? Trump’s trade war is preventing us from importing this technology.
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Robert Haider @roberthaider.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Out of curiosity I decided to check out the Everything App, and for some reason I’m catching strays from Becka over there. (Despite the rigorous investigation I’m sure she conducted to conclude with “a high probability” that I am @Yourmother03111, I’m sad to report that I am not.)
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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 06/09/2026
biggest applause for jason chavez among all the elected officials mentioned by keith ellison. the people’s city council member
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Robert Haider @roberthaider.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I was a block south of this crash when it happened. Almost immediately after, we heard gunshots a couple blocks to our south. A bunch of people sitting on the Local’s patio just instinctively, simultaneously got up and walked in circles, not knowing what to do. It was surreal and terrifying.
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Alex @mplsalex.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Big thanks to @jchavezmpls.bsky.social for escalating this - it’s been cleared as of this morning! Thank you!
An empty dumpster!
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Robert Haider @roberthaider.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
If I were setting myself up to run to be the next mayor of a mid-sized major American city and I supported putting more data centers in that city, I'd probably reassess my position after reading this article.
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Twin Cities Gooners @twincitiesgooners.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
WE ARE SO BACK!!!! THAT IS HOW YOU START! Friday night under the lights, a 3-0 home win. A packed house. Thank you so much to the 110+ plus who showed, we’ll see you all very, very soon! 🔴⚪️ #arsenal #arsenalfc #afc #coyg #afcusa @arsenalamerica.bsky.social
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Micah @rincewind.run · 12/08/2026
that’s fucking right
Peggy Flanagan wearing a protect trans kids shirt
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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I love you Minnesota. You didn’t let the wealthy win the night. You didn’t let ICE or genocide win. Thank you for showing up for our immigrant neighbors who couldn’t vote. Let’s go Ilhan Omar and Peggy Flanagan. ❤️
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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Get out and vote before 8PM. Thank you to everyone who is out there keeping our neighbors safe.
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Robert Haider @roberthaider.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
This @mcbl.bike machine fights fascism and its collaborators (like Angie Craig) and supports candidates that support children and families (like Peggy Flanagan)!
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Soren Stevenson @sorenwithward8.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
“I am heading into my first budget session with a clear goal: invest in our communities like they have invested in our city.
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Soren Stevenson: As Frey considers painful cuts, Minneapolis is overspending on police
Residents are bracing for cuts to critical services and yet another property tax hike in the mayor’s 2027 city budget, the Ward 8 council member writes.
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Robert Haider @roberthaider.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
I know that’s right, Bill.
BILL the Motorman Says: "Here's something for Believe-it-or-notRipley'-Since 1920 we've carried over billion passengers without a single fatality. Seems to me that's some safe way to ride-convenient and economical, too
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Erin Maye Quade @erinmayequade.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Hey Minnesota won and the nudification technology ban will go into effect tomorrow at 12:00AM!
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Robert Haider @roberthaider.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Linden Hills Park sign that says “New ass art - age 35”
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Robert Haider @roberthaider.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
This guy would fit right in with nearly half the Minneapolis city council.
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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
hand brandishing a hammer
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Robert Haider @roberthaider.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
A great way of letting people know that you are not being serious is by putting “proven technology” and “ShotSpotter” in the same sentence.
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BikeMN @bikemn.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
This is your regular reminder that ALPR camera systems like FLOCK are not the same as the automated speed enforcement cameras we continue to support. FLOCK/ALPR = BAD Traffic Safety Camera Pilot = 51% less high-risk speeding (GOOD) www.startribune.com/police-searc...
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Police searched Twin Cities license plate cameras for immigration enforcement during ICE surge
Federal agencies were able to access the typically confidential data through partnerships with law enforcement around the country.
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tinybaby @tiny.baby · 18/07/2026
This is what you look like driving around in a car fyi. Get a bike
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Lior Steinberg @steinberg.nu · 17/07/2026
Fix the schools - and you'll fix the city. Meanwhile, Paris has now 300 "rue aux écoles". These are school street where walking, playing, relaxing and cycling is allowed, and driving is forbidden. Around 50% of all public nursery and elementary schools in Paris now have a school street in front.
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Robert Haider @roberthaider.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I've heard some of the mayor's allies say that Minneapolis should be known globally as a civil rights beacon à la Selma. Merits of that aside, it ain't happening as long as our mayor dismisses a genocide as merely "geopolitics" while minimizing the meaning of "collateral damage" as used in Palestine
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Robert Haider @roberthaider.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
On my commute this morning, I saw MPRB staff working outside with no PPE. Doesn’t seem great.
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MN Cargo Bike Library @mcbl.bike · 15/07/2026
Our member survey includes an optional question asking if borrowers took any photos during their free cargo bike loan that they'd like to share with us. Some of them feel like a love note to the bikes (and to the city):
MCBL Bunch cargo trike parked in front of a lake (Bde Maka Ska?) at sunset.
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Omar Fateh @omarfatehmn.com · 14/07/2026
My statement responding to the repeated racist and Islamophobic attacks by All of Minneapolis (AOM)
Text reading “FATEH
for MINNESOTA SENATE
STATEMENT: SENATOR OMAR FATEH RESPONDS TO RACIST & ISLAMOPHOBIC ATTACKS BY ALL OF MINNEAPOLIS (AOM)
MINNEAPOLIS, MN - "Today, we all saw yet another instance of a racist and xenophobic dog whistle from Karin Birkeland and the All of Minneapolis PAC - red-baiting and directly attacking my public service to the people of Minnesota as a State Senator.
The statements made in All of Minneapolis' email from this morning are absolutely disgusting. It is this exact kind of harmful rhetoric that is driving the hatred and divisiveness in our politics.
This is the latest example of a repeated pattern of discrediting and dehumanizing our elected leaders of color. Leaders like myself face countless death threats, racist comments, and violent messages daily - but this is a new low. All of Minneapolis continues to go back to their same old disgusting dirty tactics, spreading blatant lies and fear-mongering.
After the year we have been through with Operation Metro Surge, Minnesotans are sick of this politics of fear and division- point blank period.
DFL Party Leadership cannot continue to stay silent on the blatant harm and lies spread by All of Minneapolis. I am disheartened by the culture of enabling this kind of racism, xenophobia, and red-baiting by individuals in positions of power like Chair Richard Carlblom, who has yet to release any statement condemning this type of behavior. It is a complete and utter failure and sadly has been what I have come to expect from the politics of the DFL and its State Chair.
I represent the district with the most unmet needs and have fought tooth and nail every day to improve the lives of my neighbors and fellow Minnesotans. This is what the Southside is all about, and that's the leadership we deserve.
Now, more than ever, we need leaders who will not fold. We will not back down.
Solidarity, comrades."
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Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 13/07/2026
I ❤️ Minneapolis
People walk and bike over Stone Arch Bridge at sunset
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MN Cargo Bike Library @mcbl.bike · 12/07/2026
Our borrowers are the best. We love the crossover of our program being able to support both individuals and community events! 🚲 ❤️
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Robert Haider @roberthaider.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
I’ll be there with the @mcbl.bike bunch to assist if anyone has any sax or other unwieldy object hauling needs.
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 11/07/2026
Norway pay their female international players the same amount as their male players and have done since 2017.
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EHB on BET @ehbforbet.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
EHB’s first resolution! On Wednesday the BET passed my resolution recommending that the city council explore a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes (PILOT) program to encourage tax-exempt orgs like foundations and universities to contribute to a city asset fund or urban wealth fund. More on the idea:
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Liam Davis Temple @liam2manynames.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
The drone company Skydio also contracts with ICE, which for any reasonable person would be a non-starter after Operation Metro Surge. It makes no sense to risk handing over surveillance footage of Minneapolis residents to ICE after they’ve spent the year murdering & kidnapping Minneapolis residents.
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Robert Haider @roberthaider.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Once again, it’s important to remember that, of the very few elected officials in the state of Minnesota who are working to expand the number of data centers operating, nearly half of the Minneapolis city council are amongst those few. Every one of them are ostensibly DFLers.
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Brian Phillips @brianphillips.lol · 07/07/2026
I wrote about the lads
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The Worst Ending to the Best U.S. Men’s World Cup Ever
The vibes had been immaculate. Suddenly, they sucked.
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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Trans lives matter. Trans people will always be here. I’m sending a ton of love to every trans person. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️ I’m sickened to see the deliberate, coordinated, & federal assault on the lives of trans people. The SCOTUS ruled 6-3 to uphold state bans on trans athletes, but it doesn’t require them. 1/
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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Solidarity with Council Member @aishaforward10.com! Thank you for your bravery in normalizing mental health support. We love you and can't wait to keep fighting the good fight with you for years to come. ❤️
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Andrew Coleman Francis @andrewcfrancis.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Happy #PrideMonth! Enjoy a Tesla getting smashed by a light rail train with a pride flag.
Blue Tesla with a smashed front end next to a Baltimore City light rail car painted with the pride flag.
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Doron Clark @doronclark.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Happy Pride! And we can be even more proud of how Minneapolis makes policy that strengthens our values - thanks to @jchavezmpls.bsky.social’s leadership, Minneapolis is even more loudly saying that the 2SLGBTQIA+ community respected, welcomed, and needed here. Thank you CM Jason Chavez!
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Kat Rohn @rohnkat.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
The Minneapolis Pride in Policy package led by @jchavezmpls.bsky.social passed *unanimously* strengthening protections and support for 2SLGBTQIA+ residents and making the city one of only a handful of places to explicitly protect & support intersex folks! Big shoutout to @tigerrsmm.bsky.social!
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Robert Haider @roberthaider.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Every time a story like this is published, which feels almost daily at this point, I'm always taken aback by the fact that nearly half of the Minneapolis City Council is to the right of so many ostensibly conservative Greater MN localities on this issue. www.startribune.com/minnesota-co...
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Minnesota counties look to regulate the ‘wild west’ of data centers
Regulations governing data centers vary by location across Minnesota, and now some counties are considering their own policies.
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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
On Thursday, the Minneapolis City Council will vote on the Welcoming and Gender Affirming Minneapolis Ordinance 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈, authored by myself, CM @aishaforward10.com, CM @aurinmpls.bsky.social, and CP @elliottpayne.org. 1/
A WELCOMING AND GENDER
AFFIRMING MINNEAPOLIS ORDINANCE
By Council Members Chavez, Chughtai, Chowdhury, Payne

• For the first time ever, it enshrines a statement in city code affirming that 2SLGBTQIA+ people belong in Minneapolis.

• Establishes in city code that Minneapolis is a safe haven for gender-affirming and intersex healthcare.

• Prohibits city resources and city employees from interfering with anyone's ability to receive gender-affirming or intersex care.

• Prohibits the City from accepting or distributing grant funds that would require the city to limit the rights of individuals based on gender, gender expression, gender identity or sexual orientation.

• Prohibits data-sharing agreements that could be weaponized against 2SLGBTQIA+ people.

• Requires City employee health plans to provide coverage for gender-affirming care and the healthcare needs of the interse community.

• Requires all-gender ADA accessible restrooms in city-owned and leased buildings, gender-neutral signage on single-user restrooms, and prohibits denying anyone access to a restroom consistent with their gender identity in city facilities.

• Establishes a complaints and discipline process.
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Robert Haider @roberthaider.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Obligatory Costco run with the @mcbl.bike urban arrow. Getting a long tail e-cargo was a game changer. That plus a bakfiets is a whole other level.
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MPR News @mprnews.org · 18/06/2026
The council chamber was full with supporters wearing buttons reading “end the ban” as over 30 residents spoke. The overflow room was also at capacity, with others in the hallway. Dozens spoke in favor of repealing the ban and touched on issues such as public health, tourism and city history.
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Dozens speak in favor of repealing Minneapolis ban on adult bathhouses, sex venues
More than 30 people who spoke at public hearings Tuesday and Wednesday supported ordinances that would overturn a longtime ban on bathhouses and sex venues. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey also voiced su...
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Dex Anderson @dexanderson.com · 16/06/2026
anyone yelling at jason chavez for "not doing enough" is a goddamn fed
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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 16/06/2026
What's starting in Minneapolis today is going to be just like the Broadview 6 case. A desperate attempt at a show trial pursued by dumb, vicious prosecutors performing for an audience of one. An attempt to discourage and scare people from fighting back. It's not going to work.
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Robert Haider @roberthaider.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
As they were walking from behind the building, I asked them if they could find a better spot to park (like the parking lot literally five feet in front of their vehicle). They both angrily glared at me like I was the asshole in that situation. Squad 562, true public servants.
MPD squad 562 parked across both bike lanes, right next to a parking lot while someone bikes around them.
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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Minneapolis made history today as we held the first ever Drag Show and Ballroom at City Hall! Happy PRIDE! 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 I want to give a huge shoutout to the drag queens and Vogue Down Minneapolis for helping us celebrate our community and make history.
Honorary resolution being read at full council Jason and the incredible drag queens Vogue down Minneapolis!A photo of the celebration
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