w7thmeg.bsky.social @w7thmeg.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Still don’t have a food hall, businesses fleeing downtown for the suburbs every day it seems, but an industrial scale poop incinerator to process waste from the suburbs? That we can do. WINNING! 010
w7thmeg.bsky.social @w7thmeg.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Pretty sure I can draw a straight line from my childhood love of the Streets of Old Milwaukee to my current passion for dense, walkable neighborhoods, with street level interest. This place is still an immersive gem. See it before it’s gone. 030
w7thmeg.bsky.social @w7thmeg.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Of course the latest perpetrator of massive social services fraud *and* sex trafficking was the recipient of the “Outstanding Refugee” award from Mn Dept. of Health and Human Services. Of course. www.fox9.com/news/ellison...fox9.comMinnesota man honored as 'outstanding refugee' charged in Medicaid fraud caseA man who was once honored as an "outstanding refugee" by the Minnesota Department of Human Services and has a startup with funding from a Shark Tank star is now facing Medicaid fraud charges in a cas... 200
w7thmeg.bsky.social @w7thmeg.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Nice story about my district council, the West 7th/Fort Road Federation, and all the grants we’ve distributed to small businesses to make West 7th just a little less bleak in the face of decades of local govt disinvestment. 021
Reposted by @w7thmeg.bsky.socialMeredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 13/08/2026🎀 432588
w7thmeg.bsky.social @w7thmeg.bsky.social · 09/08/2026First two letters are bangers. 10/10. More of this please! www.twincities.com/2026/08/09/l...twincities.comLetters: About Mayor Kaohly Her’s ‘vision’ thing“St. Paul lost its soul when businesses slowly left over the years and downtown became empty, sending the tax burden to our homeowners,” the writer says. 010
w7thmeg.bsky.social @w7thmeg.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Every so often we have glimmers of sanity. This proposed ordinance was poorly written, redundant given administrative citations we just passed, and would have placed further downward pressure on residential development in St. Paul. Well done, Councillors. 110
w7thmeg.bsky.social @w7thmeg.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Yes. THIS is the question. St. Paul cannot shoulder the burdens of poverty, addiction, and housing costs for the entire metro/state/upper Midwest. 310
w7thmeg.bsky.social @w7thmeg.bsky.social · 04/08/2026A rare but important success story that gets to heart of why integrated approaches are needed: carp removal, nutrient reductions, alum treatments, invasive plant control, and rain gardens were all necessary ingredients. More of this, please! www.startribune.com/the-100000-p...startribune.comThe 100,000-pound carp cleanup that revived an urban lakeOnce plagued by nutrient pollution, Upper Prior Lake now offers a blueprint for restoring troubled waters. 000
w7thmeg.bsky.social @w7thmeg.bsky.social · 04/08/2026My hypothesis that this was a politically motivated hit job is looking more and more accurate. kstp.com/kstp-news/to...kstp.comICE questions, police budget, IA probe: Disputes led up to harassment complaint against St. Paul Mayor HerSources tell 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS that St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her and Police Chief Axel Henry had multiple strong disagreements before Henry filed a sexual harassment complaint against Her in April. 020
Reposted by @w7thmeg.bsky.socialHoward Sinker @howardsinker.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Post of the day. Competition closed. 0176
w7thmeg.bsky.social @w7thmeg.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Hey everybody! Follow Dex here for a recipe for losing elections. You want total ideological agreement and if anybody steps out of line, initiate a cancellation. This is a GREAT way to take back majorities and usher in broad scale social change. 600
w7thmeg.bsky.social @w7thmeg.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Looooool. The BlueSky pile on I’ve always dreamed about. 410
w7thmeg.bsky.social @w7thmeg.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Was this op-ed intended to foster empathy? Get a real job, you pathetic social leech. 130
w7thmeg.bsky.social @w7thmeg.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Really feel like I can’t take any more bad St. Paul news right now. As a west 7th resident and HUGE salted nut roll fan this hits real close. 220
w7thmeg.bsky.social @w7thmeg.bsky.social · 28/07/2026“The answer reveals a fact that’s not particularly flattering: The lieutenant governor wasn’t responsible for much of anything for the past eight years beyond being available for public appearances and taking the helm during the governor’s colonoscopy.” 000
w7thmeg.bsky.social @w7thmeg.bsky.social · 27/07/2026I sure hope they catch the car who did this and work to teach tolerance, individual liberty, and western values to the car community. 000
Reposted by @w7thmeg.bsky.socialBraden Holmes @bluecollarbrades.bsky.social · 17/07/2026I hear rumblings now and again about the twin cities introducing AV's, and I continue to be highly skeptical. Fire departments gripe about putting in roundabouts or tighter turn radii, but just wait until there are 73 Waymos deadheading on some random residential street 031
w7thmeg.bsky.social @w7thmeg.bsky.social · 14/07/2026It’s been 8+ years that we’ve been waiting for food scraps collection in St. Paul. Ramsey County has basically every other municipality covered at this point and they still can’t get it done for us. Pathetic. 010
w7thmeg.bsky.social @w7thmeg.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Absolute 10/10 commentary from C.P. Noecker at close of the public hearing on St. Paul’s new tree protection ordinance. Tom Darling’s testimony shortly after this is also a banger. Proud to have been part of this effort. It will change the paradigm in St. Paul. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYZ8...youtube.comJuly 8, 2026 - City Council MeetingYouTube video by City of Saint Paul 000
Reposted by @w7thmeg.bsky.socialPlague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 03/07/2026When you see two years separated by a dash it can mean two things: birth and death dates, or a specified period. So when you see: 1776–2026, know that this means the specified period of the semiquincentennial, but it probably also feels like it means the other thing. 15718
w7thmeg.bsky.social @w7thmeg.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Excellent piece. It all needed to be said. I was exposed to “queer theory” while completing my undergrad in women’s studies in the early 2000s. It is intellectual drivel and drove me to lifelong adherence to lesbian radical feminism. I will never apologize for this. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/o...nytimes.comOpinion | I’m Gay, Not Queer. It Matters. 000
Reposted by @w7thmeg.bsky.socialI Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 29/06/2026It’s weird to be clearly living through exactly what was warned about with global warming and still have the concept treated as a future event or hypothetical. 21492262469
Reposted by @w7thmeg.bsky.socialIain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social · 27/06/2026From 1925: a prediction that, as more people choose to drive to the countryside, cars will end up destroying the very beauty that people go to see. 10660233
Reposted by @w7thmeg.bsky.socialSustain Saint Paul @sustainstpaul.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Had a great time biking with our endorsed candidate for Ramsey County D3 Rebecca Noecker and @saintpaulbike.bsky.social yesterday, from downtown to Battle Creek Park in East Side🚴🏼♂️🚴🏾♀️🚴🏿 Rebecca is the best choice for residents on transportation - whether they bike, walk, drive, bus, or roll! 0103
Reposted by @w7thmeg.bsky.socialPlague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 26/06/2026As we discussed the heatwave, I asked the old punk if she ever worries that it’s too late, that we’ve already lost, and after a quiet moment the old punk replied that what really worries her are the people who say that it’s too late to justify their complacency. 16920
Reposted by @w7thmeg.bsky.socialPlague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Listen: when you hear it reported that this week Paris, France, has seen more days above 40°C than it had in the years from 1872 to 2019, it is vital to understand that this is not the end of the world, rather it is a sign that the world we knew has already ended. 07921
w7thmeg.bsky.social @w7thmeg.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Wow, quote of the YEAR from Angie Craig on Almanac last week: “I think people are most upset with democrats because we use a lot of rhetoric that fires them up at a campaign rally but we actually don’t accomplish anything.” Word. 000
w7thmeg.bsky.social @w7thmeg.bsky.social · 15/06/2026My god, the window situation. What…happened here…? Does going with windows scaled for a house one fifth the size of this architectural vomit really save that much money? 000
w7thmeg.bsky.social @w7thmeg.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Pretty much St. Paul neighborhood politics in a nutshell. 000
w7thmeg.bsky.social @w7thmeg.bsky.social · 01/06/2026She’s been amazing so far and I’m sorry so many people on this site don’t follow the news closely enough to see it. 100
w7thmeg.bsky.social @w7thmeg.bsky.social · 28/05/2026When communities ask for real bollards or actual protective pedestrian islands and MnDOT just provides plastic flexiposts, people die. It’s really that simple. And sad. www.twincities.com/2026/05/27/s...twincities.comPedestrian dies, bicyclist critically injured in separate crashes in St. PaulThe drivers in both cases stayed at the scene and did not show signs of impairment, police say. 131
Reposted by @w7thmeg.bsky.socialBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 16/04/2026Lest anyone accuse me of bargaining in bad faith here, let me start with this admission: I don't think AI is intelligent; nor do I think that the current (admittedly impressive) statistical techniques will lead to intelligence. 1/ 923665
w7thmeg.bsky.social @w7thmeg.bsky.social · 13/05/2026To be very clear for anybody seeing this post who doesn’t follow St. Paul politics, Bowie is the woman on the right! 001
w7thmeg.bsky.social @w7thmeg.bsky.social · 12/05/2026So much to say. One, not a single like or repost on Bluesky here. (Noted) Two, I genuinely didn’t think the fraud story could get worse, but it turns out DHS employees were giving themselves bonuses for running programs that were >90% fraudulent (like Housing Stabilization). Unreal. 000
w7thmeg.bsky.social @w7thmeg.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Livid about this. tcjewfolk.com/2026/04/30/r...tcjewfolk.comRamsey County Commission Endorsement Convention Marred By Antisemitism Claims - TC JewfolkSunday’s Ramsey County Commissioner District 5 endorsing convention was marred by claims of antisemitism as neither St. Paul City Councilmember Rebecca Noecker, who is Jewish, nor State Rep. Maria Isa... 000
Reposted by @w7thmeg.bsky.socialRyan 🦇 @pyry.lutefisk.online · 30/04/2026the alternatives to simply redoing the same highway are so much more inspiring, functional, & represent a world I want to live in. It's sad, confusing, stupid how stuck in the past MnDOT is. They're literally the dept of transpo & they have no interest in improving how they operate or see the future 2223
w7thmeg.bsky.social @w7thmeg.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Important reality to think about, especially on this platform: 000
w7thmeg.bsky.social @w7thmeg.bsky.social · 17/04/2026100%. Same goes for the judgement I get for driving a used Nissan Leaf. Not only did I want an EV, but it was literally one of the cheapest options last summer when my Prius died. 000
w7thmeg.bsky.social @w7thmeg.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Entire downtown buildings in foreclosure, restaurants closing left and right, new projects stalled for years, but at least butter is doing well. 000
Reposted by @w7thmeg.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Spoiler alert: nothing trickled down. 28396623153
Reposted by @w7thmeg.bsky.socialBill Lindeke @blindeke.bsky.social · 08/04/2026This is a great example of leadership. Ramsey County is wrong about the benefits of the CP Ford Spur. Rebecca Noecker will fight to acquire this public space for people walking and biking in West 7th, and it'll pay off in spades. 1355
w7thmeg.bsky.social @w7thmeg.bsky.social · 08/04/2026I love knowing this, while also knowing that I’m probably going to spend 4-6 hours/month of my free time for the next 6 years battling MnDOT to include basic items like street trees, pedestrian infrastructure, and bike lanes in their West 7th project. Cool, cool, cool. 010
