Heather Silsbee
@hsilsbee.bsky.social
Editor, communicator, abolitionist, Southwest Minneapolis resident trying to make it less of a problem. Queer/bi, chronically ill, she/her
Voted! 🗳️ For @peggyflanagan.bsky.social, @ilhanmn.bsky.social, @hennepin3.bsky.social, @kobey4governor.bsky.social, @ag.state.mn.us, and @christin-with-mpls.bsky.social! I totally blanked that School Board would be on the primary ballot, so make sure your friends and family know about that race!
Watching Angie Craig + Peggy Flanagan debate on MPR right now. Interviewer has brought up AI, Social Security, Iran War so far. No mention of Craig's weekend dustup (so far?) with MN state senator.
So, this quote is from me and, after we both sensed the reporter didn't like my full answer, I literally joked with my partner that this would be the only part he'd use! 😂 The reporter was stopping folks walking down Hennepin in front of Reign Saturday. The full context of my statement: 1/5
5 Eyewitness News@kstptv.bsky.social · 2w agoAfter a shooting outside a Minneapolis nightclub last week, police are ramping up safety measures in Uptown.
Interesting: There’s now an anonymous, moderated list of companies that stop responding after you interviewed with them
Ghosted After a Job Interview? Report the Company
Ghosted after a job interview? Submit an anonymous report and see which companies candidates say stopped responding after interviews.
didtheyghostyou.com
On Madison police shooting that killed a man today, here is no-video coverage: www.wpr.org/news/man-sho...
MPD: Man shot, killed by police on Madison's east side after officer was injured with knife
A person was shot by police on Madison's near east side Wednesday.
wpr.org
Coming up this Thursday, 6:30pm, in the Kingfield neighborhood! Come learn about the Minneapolis budget with us and @ehbinmn.bsky.social RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/do-you-kno...
Do you know what your money is buying? Minneapolis public safety spending
A Teach In about the Minneapolis City Budget & Public Safety Spending, organized by WEAVE, a group of Minneapolis neighbors in Ward 11.
eventbrite.com
SWAE Mpls@swaempls.bsky.social · 3w agoJoin us Thursday, 7/23, for our next SWAE gathering, led by our sister organization WEAVE, to learn about the Minneapolis city budget and what you can do to help shape it. Featuring special guest @ehbinmn.bsky.social! RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/do-you-kno...
Vigil tonight: 7pm Central Ave & st Anthony pkwy
Mara Abolish I.C.E.@mauratwit.bsky.social · 3w agoNortheast neighbors:
It was good to see @jchavezmpls.bsky.social and @elliottpayne.org at yesterday’s Trans Refuge State rally yesterday. I’m grateful for elected officials who stand up for our trans friends and neighbors here in Minnesota – we need more like them ❤️
Reminder to check your car cabin filter. Tbh I suggest you upgrade to HEPA filter If this is our new normal for summer, you'll wanna protect yourself from harmful air quality whenever you can. It adds up I thought few weeks of smoke last year was bad but this will be worse
Join us Thursday, 7/23, for our next SWAE gathering, led by our sister organization WEAVE, to learn about the Minneapolis city budget and what you can do to help shape it. Featuring special guest @ehbinmn.bsky.social! RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/do-you-kno...
Idk if any of you needs to hear this, but Hamburguesas El Gordo (mpls) is looking for two full time cooks.
Twin Cities Pride is always my favorite event of the year. @teamilhan.bsky.social and @stonewalldfl.bsky.social keeping the tradition alive of sharing a booth and celebrating with community.
I wish there was a bot that redirected ppl to mutual aid Everytime someone types will stancil
so many of my trans friends are struggling to make ends meet - if you can afford it, help trans people
gabi ♾️ 🏳️⚧️✨@gabifrost.bsky.social · last mo.anyway pride month is almost over if you are cis and you know a trans person, give them $100
"Let the people have toilets!". Right up there with Do You Hear the People Sing, when it comes to a great rallying hymn. Drunk guy on the bus knows what's what. #busride
Happy Pride!! It’s a beautiful day here at Powderhorn Park for People’s Pride. We’re proud to be celebrating this weekend after we passed the historic Pride In Policy package at our last Council meeting which codified needed protections for our 2SLGBTQIA+ community. See you at the parade tomorrow!
I’m coming to understand that maintaining hope is radical.
Got an interview in this anthology, which pubs in late August. Stay tuned for info on a reading event at Moon Palace this fall.
Breaking ICE
A gripping, on-the-ground account of the growing movement against state violence, featuring interviews with those on the frontlines of the fight for immigrant justice. A war is being waged on ...
sevenstories.com
The reasoning here is absurd enough that it should be part of the story: "Supreme Court rules that Trump statements that Haitians 'probably have AIDS,' are 'poisoning the blood of our country,' are 'eating cats and dogs," do not constitute racial animus."
Jameel Jaffer@jameeljaffer.bsky.social · last mo.Compare Alito's description of Trump's racist statements (on the left) to Justice Kagan's anthology of Trump's racist statements (on the right). These are passages from this morning's opinions in Mullin v. Doe.
I’m thrilled that I’ve heard a lot more people using the word gaslighting correctly recently. For anyone else who needs a refresher, a short thread on what is and what isn’t gaslighting.
Blanche v. Lau is devastating for green card holders. It means that if they leave the U.S. then return, a border officer can claim they committed a crime at some point, revoke their lawful status, and confiscate their green card without meaningful evidence of wrongdoing. It's really, really bad.
Here is Sotomayor, in dissent, explaining the dire consequences of today's decision in Otro Lado. The government may now circumvent a vast range of laws protecting asylum-seekers by simply blocking their entry at the border. An insane loophole to open up. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
Today's SCOTUS decision means that the Trump administration may prematurely terminate TPS for Haiti, Syria, and any other country it wishes, without bothering to offer any legitimate justification or following the procedures required by Congress, because courts cannot review the decision.
Minneapolis has moved to end its decades-old bathhouse ban after a 9–2 council vote. It now heads to Mayor Jacob Frey for approval.
Minneapolis City Council votes to repeal ban on adult bathhouses, sex venues
Bathhouses were banned in the city in 1988 during the AIDS epidemic. The Minneapolis City Council voted on Thursday to repeal the ban. It now heads to Mayor Jacob Frey.
mprnews.org
very disappointing that elizabeth shaffer voted no on repealing the bathhouse ban in minneapolis as she is the council member representing loring park, the historic LGBTQ neighborhood of the city, as we head into pride weekend
The Somali community will come together this weekend for Somali Day celebrations, including an all-day street fair on Lake Street, after a winter in the crosshairs of Operation Metro Surge. By Sara Hussein
A guide to Somali Independence Day celebrations in Minnesota
The Somali community will come together this weekend for Somali Day celebrations, including an all-day street fair on Lake Street, after a winter in the crosshairs of Operation Metro Surge.
sahanjournal.com
