i am incredibly excited to share our research about how paying people’s rent through mutual aid made an impact on minnesota this year we accidentally collected more data than anyone ever has for an effort like this, and can very seriously say we prevented an eviction bubble that everyone expected

Aaron Sojourner@aaronsojourner.org · 17h ago

Program's up! 30+ teams share evidence abt impacts on health, educ, & econ + community response. Great folks @ziibiing.com @ottergoose.net @aaronrosenthal.bsky.social @chrisuggen.bsky.social @casemcnich.bsky.social @ngraetz.bsky.social @craigstetter.bsky.social docs.google.com/document/u/1...

Yes it's a scam. No, it won't happen. But could someone bother to point out how massively inflationary this would be? Or has history and economics all been forgotten?

Mother Jones@motherjones.com · 18h ago

Trump’s fantastical pledge of $5,000 to Americans reveals an increasingly frantic midterms strategy. And like his previous promises of free cash—including $5,000 checks from all that money we never saved from DOGE—it is NOT going to happen. And let’s be honest, it’s just desperate and embarrassing.

I am very excited for this! Hamiline & Thomas. This'll be the third bike shop along my 4 mile commute and I think that's absolutely awesome. www.marygoldcyclery.com

9/11 also happens to be the anniversary of augusto pinochet's 1973 coup in chile, backed by the nixon administration. thousands of left-wing politicians and activists were tortured and "disappeared" in the aftermath.

1973 Chilean coup d'état - Wikipedia

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A new BikeTag has been posted for the TwinCities game!

BikeTag #473 by Jamie

Hint: You don't have to be a square to appreciate the fashion of this old steam engine!

twincities.biketag.org

I have a plan: Every Democratic candidate should have to stand up in front of a room of trans teens and tell them if appealing to moderates is more important than healthcare for trans kids. Then the kids get to choose whether to kick the candidate in the shins. I can round up some trans teens.

#SaintPaul, current mood.

So tired of leaders whose only qualifications are incompetence and cruelty.

Wedge LIVE!™@wedge.live · 4d ago

Mayor Her says the whack a mole strategy would've worked if they'd brought more mallets.

"I think we should take a look at all of us who participated in this...." Um, no, this was your decision - you decided. An actual leader would take responsibility for their actions and own their mistakes.

Wedge LIVE!™@wedge.live · 4d ago

Mayor Her says the whack a mole strategy would've worked if they'd brought more mallets.

Every time we hear "The homeless people didn't use the resources we offered," the next questions should be "What specific resources did you offer? Were they actually meant to be helpful to people you claim to want to help? Did you offer actual shelter? Did it accommodate couples? Pets? Wet or dry?"

Wedge LIVE!™@wedge.live · 4d ago

Mayor Her says the whack a mole strategy would've worked if they'd brought more mallets.

StP's Uptown finally found!

Frederick Melo, Reporter (TwinCities.com, Pioneer Press)@frederickmelo.bsky.social · 5d ago

UNPOPULAR OPINION, APPARENTLY: Are DNR and Children’s, Youth and Family buildings on Lafayette Road in the core of downtown? No. Are they in “downtown” writ large? Yes, or at least very adjacent. Read Lindeke’s piece from 2018 and then hush your fat fool mouth capiche streets.mn/2018/10/03/s...

Lower Rice Street gets its new curbs installed tomorrow. Reconstruction has obviously been traumatic. Hopefully the much improved street design will help the neighborhood heal. #SaintPaul

My bike got picked for the banner of a FB group for vintage French bike enthusiasts and I'm insufferably pleased with myself about this.

Dearest Hortense, I write to you from the smouldering ruins of the Battle of Saint Andrew’s. Brother fights against brother…will these Trash Wars ever end?

Much construction. Many danger. Very closed. Most necessary. 35e bridge ped trail

These'll be the same asshats who fought to "save" St Andrew's church and the Hamline-Midway library. They deserve unending scorn, ridicule, & derision. And a data center. A big ugly data center.

audreyii_fic@audreyii.bsky.social · 5d ago

Real NIMBY shit here. Warrendale folks want the new rapid line moved to Front, because LOL no one cares about safety or property value on Front, right? For folks outside the area, the properties along Como are rich and white. The properties along Front are not. www.startribune.com/not-on-my-st...

A new BikeTag has been posted for the TwinCities game!

BikeTag #472 by Danmarstp

Hint: Another way to park yr bike

twincities.biketag.org

Taking in the night air.

A new BikeTag has been posted for the TwinCities game!

BikeTag #471 by Jamie

Hint: Get the tag, crop the image artfully, then get together!

twincities.biketag.org

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

Doug Mack@douglasmack.bsky.social · last wk.

looking at the list of top food vendors at the fair and most of it makes sense to me but the pickle place is WAY higher than i would have guessed

Take a break from being depressed that everything you love is being destroyed by slop for a moment and let me tell you about the beautiful symbiotic relationship between graffiti writers, train yard workers, and model train enthusiasts.

7th Street Arches on the Bruce Vento Trail in #SaintPaul. After 1 full month of closure: ✅ Zero work accomplished ✅ Zero fallen chunks of rock WTAF, @cityofsaintpaul.bsky.social ?

My latest for @streets.mn. Just an appreciation of a great bike ride.

Biking Through the Woods of Walker, Minnesota

Exploring the bike trails and towns near Walker, Minnesota, on the shores of Leech Lake.

streets.mn

Interesting article on the challenges sweeping through the bike shop landscape - "Tariffs, Direct Sales, and Big Boxes: The Local Bike Shop Fights for Its Life" www.cyclingwest.com/industry/bik...

“I have never awarded a prize to a queer sex shop. That is a surprise.” -Martin Schultz, former head of the EU

A new BikeTag has been posted for the TwinCities game!

BikeTag #470 by Danmarstp

Hint: Crossing the crosser

twincities.biketag.org

Checked again tonight, all lights are fixed. Not sure when--no one from @cityofsaintpaul.bsky.social ever followed up. But at least they're on! Thank you @mollycoleman.bsky.social for escalating this!

Dan Marshall@danmarstp.marshallwords.com · 2w ago

Oh, great. @mndot.mn.gov is passing the buck. Unfortunately, @seankershaw.bsky.social no longer leads @cityofsaintpaul.bsky.social public works and I don't know anyone else there who can get this fixed ASAP.

Replacing an empty church with 50 new apartments is such a no-brainer for the city's tax base. Nobody preventing this should be allowed to complain about property tax hikes for at least 2 years. www.twincities.com/2026/08/28/s...

St. Paul Planning Commission weighs competing zoning around The Celia

The proposed luxury apartment building at Highland Parkway and Mississippi River Boulevard would be four stories, or 50 feet.

twincities.com

Oh, great. @mndot.mn.gov is passing the buck. Unfortunately, @seankershaw.bsky.social no longer leads @cityofsaintpaul.bsky.social public works and I don't know anyone else there who can get this fixed ASAP.

Dan Marshall@danmarstp.marshallwords.com · 2w ago

Hey @mndot.mn.gov! I just rode from Pierce Butler to Como and back on the first night of the #StateFair. You have FIVE STREETLIGHTS OUT along Snelling, 3 at critical pedestrian crosswalks. This is DEADLY and you need to FIX IT NOW! Here's the first, at the top of the SB PB ramp.