Looks like news crews have moved on for the most part. That isn’t abnormal because generally they are overworked. Word also spread that the city was clearing a different encampment so it’s possible they went there.
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Deleted previous video of this guy who is a HART employee trying to take down the barrier but is not the one that was being rascist. That was some other guy and I don’t know where he went/who he is.
The ArtCrank poster archive found a new home at Venture Bikes and they have a fun launch event planned for this Friday (6-10:30pm)! www.bikemn.org/events/art-c...
What looks like St. Paul fire fighters pushing their way through without saying why they’re here. There’s been at least one fire fighter in here the whole time that everyone seems cool with because he’s talking to people. The aggressive ones left pretty quickly.
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The co-founder of the 2024 National Uncommitted Movement, Abbas Alawieh, decisively won his primary to become a State Senator in Michigan. Abbas was endorsed by both Bernie Sanders and Gretchen Whitmer. Abbas Alawieh also privately met with former VP Kamala Harris last month upon her request.
Nothing Kendal says is wrong, but a lot of this is on politicians. Republicans won’t even do town halls; Amy Klobuchar won’t be caught dead campaigning in a room that might contain lefties. So moderate Dems and most Republicans limit these “bipartisan” gatherings to the safest, whitest spaces.
Kendal Killian@kedrickillian.bsky.social · 3h agoFarmfest is ridiculously over covered by the Minnesota political news media. The traditional Minnesota campaign calendar centers rural, white folks in a state that increasingly not. Rural areas less and less white, and the state is less and less rural. Yet for two days nothing else matters.
Guess I’ll be part of the Kaohly Her whisper campaign but a St. Paul knower confides maybe the police aren’t making shit up, they’re just the only department with the political cover to go public. Ask your St. Paul government friends if Her’s treatment of colleagues and underlings goes beyond SPPD.
Join me next weekend for an afternoon of food, community, and storytelling at Family Tree Clinic! You’ll hear powerful stories of queer & trans mutual aid from @jchavezmpls.bsky.social, Josina Manu Maltzman, and Dr. Kelsey Leonardsmith, then have a chance to share your own for the We Help Us archive
This part finally connected the usefulness I feel when I dabble with AI and the dread I feel when confronting it writ large
Mike Spangenberg@mikespangenberg.bsky.social · 3h agoI’m presdisposed to Doctorow’s position here, but this really resonates: “It has become impossible to tell managers mesmerised by artificial intelligence that the tools are not, in fact, helpful. So employees just play along with the fiction to keep their jobs” www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...
I've read most of the books on @tressiemcphd.bsky.social's proposed reading list and plan to read the rest. These are excellent recommendations. In fact, @gilduran.com (author of The Nerd Reich) will be a guest on Movement Memos soon.
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Half an hour old at this point but likely still helpful
Nenookaasi Ozhige@nenookaasi.bsky.social · 2h ago🚨 URGENT REQUEST: More help is needed to transport residents being evicted from Pigs Eye/Fish Hatchery. There is a large police presence. They will let you in if you state you are here to transport.
Russell Sires and John Gasceyare, Teamsters Local 509 stewards in South Carolina, described how they organized over understaffing when management began filling gaps by having lower-paid union members handle some deliveries in violation of their contract labornotes.org/2026/08/stew...
About an hour ago, St. Paul police tried to come in through this entrance on the camp’s flank, which is barricaded. Rep. Finke was able to deescalate the situation, getting city workers to agree not to move in. There’s about four cop cars just chilling here now. Second picture is the barrier.
I’m being told by a camp defender that some St. Paul cops tried to stop people distributing food here yesterday until St. Paul council member Hwajeong Kim stepped in.
"I don't know what it's like to be gay or to be trans, but I do know what it's like to be discriminated against. My job is to show up and be curious...[and] stand up when it's hard. And that's the thing I hope that folks will count on me for. " pridesource.com/article/abdu...
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MSP: A friend’s bike was stolen yesterday in Standish. AirTag disabled at Lake Hiawatha, it seems. If you see it, please reach out.
When I was a kid, people were in their front yards all the time. I don't see that much anymore. All these gorgeous porches in Minneapolis are going unused. I love that so many of my neighbors use their balconies, patios, and porches. I hear music and laughter for blocks.
your periodic reminder that abortion rights is a winning issue. In ballot measure after ballot measure, even in deep red states like SD and MS, abortion rights win.
Jessica Washington@jesswash.bsky.social · 14h agoKansas voters once against came out to support abortion rights on Tuesday night. www.politico.com/live-updates...
Shame on every person who propped her up and kept her in power. Hit and run murder with your car should absolutely be a disqualification for party leadership.
5 Eyewitness News@kstptv.bsky.social · 20h agoFormer DFL chair Cynthia Martin gets 364 days in jail for felony vehicular homicide after leaving a deadly 2024 Itasca County crash.
SPPD is keeping observers and responders from bringing in food to the encampments. People’s only homes are being torn apart. The Mayor of Saint Paul is posting NNO pics with wealthy White constituents. She is cussing on meetings with @leighfinke.bsky.social and others. Basta ya, Kaohly Her.
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑@leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 14h agothe lesson of tonight is that everyone needs to lock the fuck in for @peggyflanagan.bsky.social
okay but, this is the way we fight AI in everyday life we need to foster an atmosphere of disgust and repulsion of AI, like AI is like seeing a roach in a google review. Get up and leave the restaurant. "um, I just saw some AI stuff, I just... I dunno, it's gross haha. I'm good. thanks. Thank you"
jess m. 🌤️@jametc.bsky.social · 20h agowe need to be normies about this and be like "EEEWW... IS THAT AI? THAT'S SO GROSS.... EW IT LOOKS SO GROSS (gag noise) UM, LET'S GO SOMEWHERE ELSE. EW LOL" normalize being outwardly repulsed by it physically
Aurora police officer Matthew Neely is placed on unpaid leave after an 18th Judicial District grand jury indicts him Friday for second-degree murder in the August 2025 fatal shooting of Rajon Belt-Stubblefield following a chaotic traffic stop in Aurora, Colorado.
Aurora police officer indicted in the fatal shooting of a Black man last year
An Aurora police officer has been indicted in the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Rajon Belt-Stubblefield during an attempted traffic stop last year.
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