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Satish Desai

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Katie Cashman @katiecashman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We are at City Hall to call out @mayorjacobfrey.bsky.social for his disgraceful steal of climate funding to fill his budget gap. That money comes from our utility bills and is funding home energy retro fits for low-income residents.. SHAME on Mayor Frey! We need City Council to fix his mistake.
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Janne K. Flisrand @jannefrommpls.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Unsure what to say in the big, empty survey text boxes? @moreneighbors has suggestions to get you started www.moreneighbors.org/news-stories...
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ACTION Alert: Tell Minneapolis why “more” matters; survey deadline is September 30th — Neighbors For More Neighbors
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Satish Desai @svdesai.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Haven't tried the knockoff yet, but the NYT is just a bit off for me, wanting to place me in North Jersey instead of SE Pennsylvania. That was true when I took it years ago, still true now
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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 28/08/2026
Hooooly fukkkkkkking sheeeeet
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Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Adapting to climate change without ending the fossil fuel industry.
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Did you know that thanks to climate change the US is expecting its worst wheat harvest in half a century? We're pushing up against physical limits, and we're pushing hard. billmckibben.substack.com/p/reality-in...
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Reality intrudes
We can’t actually keep on like this
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Satish Desai @svdesai.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
racketmn.com/nice-time-ma...
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Satish Desai @svdesai.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
A good reason to adopt this strategy is that this is clearly a calculation with Amy. If she sees trans allies winning up and down the ballot, that can help alter her calculation
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Inspirational Skeletor @skeletorinspires.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I will be okay. Not because everything is fine, but because I am surprisingly difficult to destroy. Says Skeletor who notices being hard to destroy sure doesn’t mean a bunch of asshoes don’t keep trying.
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Matt Little @littleforcongress.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
SIERRA CLUB 🤝MATT LITTLE FOR CONGRESS 🤝FRIENDS OF THE BOUNDARY WATERS ACTION NETWORK
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Katie Cashman @katiecashman.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Climate funding is < 1% of the city’s $1.6b budget. And yet, Frey wants to divert utility franchise fees to the general fund to offset his bloated property tax problem. Tell Mayor Frey: Stop sacrificing the life saving programs making our energy cleaner and more affordable. Fund our futures!
A poster that urges community to contact Mayor Frey to stop cutting the 
climate funding we organized for
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dylan @pinkponysub.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
I want 4 day work weeks, free universal healthcare, and a livable wage to meet my basic needs!!
Anne Hathaway as Penelope in her soon to be Oscar winning performance screaming I want odysseys in the odyssey 2026
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Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Scientists warned you about: ♨️ more/longer/hotter heatwaves (hot planet=hot weather) 🌀 stronger storms (warm water=hurricane food) 🌧️ downpours (warm air holds more water vapor) 🌵 droughts (warm air is thirstier) 🔥 fire weather (hotter, drier) 🌊 sea level rise (land ice melts, warm water expands)
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🌊💙💞 Ms.KerolynC 💞💙🌊 @mskerolync.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Europe is on fire. 🔥 The U.S. is on fire. 🔥 Canada is on fire. 🔥 Tornadoes are whipping through the Midwest. Tropical storms are getting stronger. But tell me again how climate change isn’t real?
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Satish Desai @svdesai.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Let's get some infographics on fish kills and other climate impacts. Let's talk to climate experts to gain a sense of what the future holds for our state if we don't take action. Let's connect it to the wildfires plaguing Spain and France right now...
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Satish Desai @svdesai.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
But when the paper of record in Minnesota ignores the big picture, it's actually kind of astonishing that the issue gets as much traction as it does. There's so much reporting that could be done here that is missing.
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Satish Desai @svdesai.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
This article is as about as close as the @startribune.com gets to putting the climate emergency in context. It's often observed that voters don't actually prioritize climate action as a top issue. www.startribune.com/thousands-of...
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Thousands of fish died during mid-July heat wave. More could die in the coming weeks.
With surface temps reaching 86 degrees on lakes and rivers, the state is asking anglers to be mindful out on the water.
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Satish Desai @svdesai.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
There are really no words to say... www.startribune.com/bwca-north-m...
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Opinion | What it’s like to watch northern Minnesota burn
Around Ely, it feels like a fire-breathing, town-eating dragon is coming for us, Jana Studelska writes.
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Satish Desai @svdesai.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
If you run out of names, you could add the names of other climate obstructionists
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Satish Desai @svdesai.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Lots of talk about naming heat waves and wildfires. I think we should name them after fossil fuel companies and execs: The Tillerson Heat Wave, The Exxon Wildfire...
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Leah Stokes @leahstokes.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
EXACTLY.
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Alice @nolas-socks.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Don't forgive the people who choked the world
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Satish Desai @svdesai.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
If you think climate change is an issue that matters only to elites, and not to the working class, I challenge you to put yourself in the shoes of anyone who has to work outside right now
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Satish Desai @svdesai.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
I was out for several brief stretches (<5 min each), with a N95 mask on, to do some outdoor errands that could not wait, and even that brief exposure made my eyes burn and gave me a mild headache.
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 15/07/2026
830 wildfires burning across Canada right now. And you know what’s going to make it worse in the future? More oil pipelines. This is why our voice and our vote matters.
A NASA map of the wildfires burning across Canada right now.
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Jonathan Vigh @skywatcher77.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Parts of Ontario and northern Michigan are experiencing a truly awful combination of extreme heat and terrible air quality due to the ongoing heatwave and wildfires in the region. While satellite imagery looks dramatic, what matters for population exposure is smoke at the surface. 1/
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Satish Desai @svdesai.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
It's also good to keep in mind that bad air quality is far more dangerous than violent crime (old article from the reformer): minnesotareformer.com/briefs/twin-... The public discourse is all about violent crime, but we keep disregarding the deadlier killer
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Twin Cities residents far more likely to die of air pollution than homicide, study finds • Minnesota Reformer
Dirty air drives conditions like heart and lung disease, contributing to hundreds of Twin Cities deaths per year.
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Satish Desai @svdesai.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
As we are facing our first big round of wildfire smoke, I wanted to dig out this old one. If you worry about public safety, you need to worry about the environment minnesotareformer.com/briefs/twin-...
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Twin Cities residents far more likely to die of air pollution than homicide, study finds • Minnesota Reformer
Dirty air drives conditions like heart and lung disease, contributing to hundreds of Twin Cities deaths per year.
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Satish Desai @svdesai.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
It's worth noting that this was published today, and it is already out of date about conditions in MN. They are now evactuating the BWCA, and the fires up north are expected to cause air quality alerts across Minnesota www.startribune.com/boundary-wat...
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Live: ‘Unhealthy’ air quality expected across Minnesota as wildfire smoke spreads
Wildfires have spread across thousands of acres in Superior National Forest, forcing the closure of the BWCAW and evacuations in some nearby areas.
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Satish Desai @svdesai.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
I wrote a thing: minnesotareformer.com/2026/07/14/t...
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This heat wave reminds us: We have no time to lose on climate • Minnesota Reformer
The faster we go, the greater the benefit, both to our wallets and to the world we inhabit.
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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 30/06/2026
Children born in the United States are citizens of the United States
Photo of a loon and it’s hatchling under the text “whether you hatched here or migrated here, your children belong here.”
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Satish Desai @svdesai.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
I am curious, as we jump into this plan: what do you see as the gaps in the 2040 plan? Or are there new ideas that weren't on the radar? Two things I would like to see are a plan for urban agriculture and networked geothermal
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Satish Desai @svdesai.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
That was my reaction too!
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
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Satish Desai @svdesai.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
It's becoming more and more apparent that the police are defunding Minneapolis. Good to see the Strib finally catching wise to this www.startribune.com/minneapolis-...
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Minneapolis police overtime is dragging down the entire city budget
The city’s rainy day fund is drying up as it spends more and collects less money.
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✊🏼Indigiqueer Hummingbird @riotousmuse.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Boosting for the morning crew Mpls
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Satish Desai @svdesai.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Yeah, i had a chat with him the other day, and came away with a good impression
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Satish Desai @svdesai.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
they have likely underestimated the effect global heating is having on critical impacts such as ice sheet collapse, sea level rise, and increasingly devastating and deadly weather extremes. It is becoming clear that climate impacts are emerging on the worse side of the range 2/
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Satish Desai @svdesai.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
thebulletin.org/2026/05/sorr... Although climate models have done a remarkably good job predicting the observed warming when fed the actual history of human carbon emissions, 1/
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Sorry, climate change is still dangerous, no matter what nonsense Trump emits
As important as it is to acknowledge progress, it is equally important to counter the disinformation that says we no longer need to worry about the climate future—whether that disinformation comes fro...
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Erik Hane @erikhane.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
When Minneapolis felt under heavy siege, people from everywhere helped and reached out and it was really heartening and made a difference. Memphis deserves that too, all the more so because there appears to be a concerted effort to keep their occupation out of the news
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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Last night, the Minnesota State Legislature passed the bonding bill, which includes funding for the City of Minneapolis Water Distribution Facility, clearing the way for the East Phillips Indoor Urban Farm project to FINALLY become a reality. 1/
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Neville Eclov @neclovian.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Obligatory May Day post
Depiction of O'Brien, Kira and Rom from Star Trek DS9 sitting at Quark's bar with the words "The boss needs you, you don't need them! Labor is entitled to all it creates."
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Satish Desai @svdesai.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
I consider the battle flag to be the variants with a rebel loon added
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Satish Desai @svdesai.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
1) More cash for MPD 2) Busses off of Nicollet
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Satish Desai @svdesai.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
This has been a point I have thought about a lot. Agree or disagree with the left majority on the council (and I'll admit to having some differences) they are the ones who are seeing problems and trying to find solutions. The centrists, as far as I can tell, have basically two ideas:
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 16/04/2026
We’re excited to join May Day Strong, labor groups, and other allies to flex our economic power in a massive day of economic disruption on May 1. There are many ways you can take action, from refusing to shop, to walking out of work, to attending a demonstration: www.mobilize.us/mayday/?utm_...
NO WORK
NO SCHOOL
NO SHOPPING
MAY DAY 2026
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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 16/04/2026
Dear Strib: Tired of Minneapolis City Hall Drama? Focus on Something Else. By, well, me. racketmn.com/dear-strib-t...
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Dear Strib: Tired of Minneapolis City Hall Drama? Focus on Something Else. - Racket
The Star Tribune's obsession with a supposedly dysfunctional Minneapolis City Council overplays minor issues, lets the mayor oft the hook, and obscures what the city has accomplished.
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Charlotte Garden @charlottegarden.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Your Sunday morning weep:
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Rep. Ted Lieu isn't backing down.
Screenshot of a tweet by Rep. Ted Lieu stating that U.S. military law prohibits war crimes, including strikes on civilian infrastructure that cause disproportionate harm. The tweet warns that service members must disobey illegal orders and could face prosecution by a future administration if they commit war crimes.
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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Several things to notice here: For the first time in over 50 years, there are humans who are isolated and completely unreachable from any other humans or anything “Earth” The frame contains everyone… all of us, all of humanity, including the four astronauts
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