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Hi, nice to meet you. Be excellent to each other. Twin Cities, MN.

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Matt@originalmattb.com · 11h ago

Among the ruins, one wall stood alone. Within the wall, a last voice said, over and over, “Today is August 5, 2026, today is August 5, 2026, today is …”

Matt@originalmattb.com · yesterday

As a child of the 1980s, I concur. We thought we were going to be killed by the Russians/nuclear war, AIDS, or oddly enough, from not drinking enough milk. Oh, and some evil-doer was going to kidnap you if mom didn't take you to the mall to get photographed and finger printed at some weird kiosk.

Wiredferret!@wiredferret.bsky.social · yesterday

The thing that’s hard to explain about growing up in the 70s is that a) many many of us read that story. In school. b) we genuinely thought we would die in nuclear fire or winter. There was a weird part of your brain that was sure you’d never be a grown-up, or certainly Old.

Matt@originalmattb.com · yesterday

Minneapolis and St. Paul in a race over which city has the shittiest mayor. MPLS is in the lead, but StP is QUICKLY closing the gap.

Kyle Stokes@kystokes.bsky.social · yesterday

Scoop: In a private call with top officials, St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her lashed at requests to delay a homeless encampment sweep. She attributed her anger to “fuckery” being said about her in public, 3 officials told @axios.com . One state rep logged off in frustration. www.axios.com/local/twin-c...

Matt@originalmattb.com · 4d ago

Main Street in Park Rapids is always an interesting place: Art galleries, clothing boutiques, candy stores, and left-leaning independent book stores all with a splattering of jacked-up diesel pickups driven by Grunt Style wearing chuds.

Chris Steller@chrissteller.bsky.social · 6d ago

I’m happy this guy considers himself part of the Twin Cities but I think I can answer the question he says “we” should be asking: residents of Prescott, Wisconsin paid zero of their dollars to build Metro Transit’s light-rail system, and pay zero dollars to police it.

What's the real cost of the honor system? I grew up in Boston. Getting to high school required a bus, a subway train and another bus. I learned early that public transportation works best when there are clear rules, and those rules are enforced. One major difference between Boston's subway system and the Twin Cities' light rail has always struck me. In Boston, you couldn't simply walk onto a subway platform. You paid your fare first, passed through a controlled entrance and then entered the platform area. The Twin Cities chose a different approach: the honor system. You can walk onto a light-rail platform and board a train without first proving that you've paid. Instead, passengers are expected to buy a ticket and hope they aren't caught if they don't. That may have saved money when the system was built. But has it really saved money in the long run? For years, we've watched the Twin Cities struggle with fare evasion, drug use, homelessness and disorder on light rail. The response has been to increase police and security presence, at considerable public expense. So here's the question we should be asking: How much money did we save by not installing controlled entrances, and how much are we now spending on police, security and enforcement because we didn't? If we want light rail to be a safe, reliable and attractive option for commuters, families and visitors, we need to rethink how we operate it. Modern fare gates and controlled access should be seriously considered at our light-rail stations. We shouldn't keep throwing more police and security resources at a problem that may be partly rooted in the way the system itself was designed. Sometimes the cheapest way to build something isn't the cheapest way to operate it. The Twin Cities should take a hard look at whether the honor system has cost us more than it saved - and whether it's finally time to end it. RICK FRASER, Prescott, Wis.
Matt@originalmattb.com · 7d ago

Dumb whataboutism stuff like this reduces sexual assault, which men are already reluctant to report, to a triviality. Don't do this.

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Matt@originalmattb.com · 7d ago

Never in 4.5 billion years could I imagine being the wealthiest person on the planet, yet be so miserable I have to make the lives of everyone around me, and millions more, a living hell.