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bendawson.bsky.social @bendawson.bsky.social · 1d

Therapist: “What do you think is the cause of your trust issues?”
Me: “I’ve had Gopher football tickets since 19…”
Therapist: “Oh my. So let’s work on some advanced coping mechanisms.”

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Lucy Rohden @lucyrohden.bsky.social · 18d

Bad teams

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Uses Transit @usestransit.bsky.social · 19d

Change for the better is possible.

And it can happen quicker than you think.

It may not be perfect, but a world that's better than what you think is realistic today is completely possible! Even if there will be some setbacks along the way

I Hate Carmel Indiana @ihatecarmelin.bsky.social · 19d

10 years ago we were 1 year into green line operation, and still 1 year out from the A Line being built. If memory serves, the 2nd + Marquette bus improvements were underway, and we were trying out this newfangled "signal prioritization" thing on 4th + university. _wild_ changes in 10 years

Uses Transit @usestransit.bsky.social · 19d

There are significantly more bikers riding in Minneapolis than there were 10 years ago, and we just opened our first protected bikeway, once network now is complete we'll have 26 high frequency bus routes, much more than 10 years ago.

Change seems slow zoomed in, but it is happening.

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I Hate Carmel Indiana @ihatecarmelin.bsky.social · 19d

Yuuup, super similar to what CO rolled out:

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I Hate Carmel Indiana @ihatecarmelin.bsky.social · 19d

10 years ago we were 1 year into green line operation, and still 1 year out from the A Line being built. If memory serves, the 2nd + Marquette bus improvements were underway, and we were trying out this newfangled "signal prioritization" thing on 4th + university. _wild_ changes in 10 years

Uses Transit @usestransit.bsky.social · 19d

There are significantly more bikers riding in Minneapolis than there were 10 years ago, and we just opened our first protected bikeway, once network now is complete we'll have 26 high frequency bus routes, much more than 10 years ago.

Change seems slow zoomed in, but it is happening.

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I Hate Carmel Indiana @ihatecarmelin.bsky.social · 19d

I would love to see MN go the colorado route with Bustang and Outrider. I think there's a good argument to be made that once daily service through a ton of rural isolated towns is worth more than 4 daily trips to big lake, even if it's significantly less sexy

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I Hate Carmel Indiana @ihatecarmelin.bsky.social · 19d

Worth considering that a huge # of twin cities projects have been cockblocked in the urban core thru various methods. green and blue extensions both by BNSF, purple line by nimbys, riverview by.... Everything. Kind of a catch 22. Better to build urban but more roadblocks.

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robin ☕️ gentoo era @coffeeknife.bsky.social · 19d

not an engineer or transit planner. just autistic

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robin ☕️ gentoo era @coffeeknife.bsky.social · 19d

<---- gold line project superfan

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I Hate Carmel Indiana @ihatecarmelin.bsky.social · 19d

The amount of damage this map has done to HSR discourse.... good lord

Terrible Maps @terriblemapshq.bsky.social · 20d

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Dusty Evely 🎃 @dustyevely.bsky.social · 19d

Cackling at the Diggs jam at the top of the screen.

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I Hate Carmel Indiana @ihatecarmelin.bsky.social · 20d

My hypothesis is there's such strong support for collegiate women's sports in MN. The frost were able to capitalize on that by building off of UMN womens hockey. A little harder to maybe build off of UMN womens BB which has been in rough shape recently.

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Chris Vannini @chrisvannini.com · 20d

🎙 New Bunch Formation

Let Group of 5 fans enjoy wins without you immediately saying their coaches/players are leaving. It's insulting.

Plus, deep Week 4 reactions (hello, Texas Tech and Indiana), Hot Seat updates and more.

🎧📺 Listen/Watch: linktr.ee/bunchformation

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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 21d

GUESS WHAT WEEK IT IS

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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 26d

Stay with it til the very end

Lynnell Mickelsen @lynnellmick.bsky.social · 26d

My neighbor is Tony Ross, the principal cellist in MN Orchestra. He's also a great lover of dogs, sports fan and human being. So, of course, I love this hilarious thriller spoof clip. (Shout out to his wife, Beth, too!) Also, it really IS a terrific orchestra with a amazing sound. Go hear this one!

Søndergård and Ross | Coming September 26 + 27

YouTube video by Minnesota Orchestra

www.youtube.com

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I Hate Carmel Indiana @ihatecarmelin.bsky.social · 27d

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Rachael @rachaelt.bsky.social · 29d

smut queens unite

the Oregon Duck reading dragon porn on the Fox broadcast

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bort @crushbort.bsky.social · Sep 12

BLITZER: Now we’re getting reports that one of the bullet casings was engraved with a message saying that if you are reading the casing, you are gay. We must warn our viewers we’re about to show the photo and don’t know at this time whether the engraving is what makes you gay or if it just tells you

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The Onion @theonion.com · Sep 12

From ‘The Onion’ Editorial Board: It Is Journalism’s Sacred Duty To Endanger The Lives Of As Many Trans People As Possible https://theonion.com/it-is-journalism-s-sacred-duty-to-endanger-the-lives-of-1850126997/

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Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · Sep 11

The Sickos Committee Game of the Week Rankings - Week 3.

TWO MISCHIEVOUS MASCOTS WILL ROAM THE SIDELINES WELL INTO THE DARK AFTER MIDNIGHT EASTERN

ONE SPINS HIS HEAD AND THE OTHER DRINKS THROUGH HIS EYE

ONE OF THESE TEAMS WILL BE 3-0 IN A BIG TEN-ACC MATCHUP IN CALIFORNIA

IT’S MINNESOTA AT CAL

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Arif Hasan, but NFL🔨⚒️🛠️ @arif.bsky.social · Sep 11

truly wild that i free myself of luke braun and end up with this stuff anyway

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I Hate Carmel Indiana @ihatecarmelin.bsky.social · Sep 10

Downtown Minneapolis towers 🤝Water features that look like showers

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Stonewall DFL @stonewalldfl.bsky.social · Sep 10

Completely and totally unacceptable behavior from leadership of a recently chartered DFL Community Caucus. Transphobia anywhere is a threat to our community everywhere.

This is only the most recent example of transphobia being tolerated within the party. When will @dfl.org step in to stop this?

Hex Anderson @dexanderson.com · Sep 10

My statement on tonight's DFL Feminist Caucus Annual Meeting. This statement is being emailed to the Feminist Caucus Chair, Alicia Gibson, and to the State DFL Chair, Richard Carlbom.

This caucus should be ashamed of itself.

Tonight, I attended my first and last DFL Feminist Caucus meeting. As someone who did not come by my feminism through how I was raised, but rather fought my way through to live as the gender I am and to exist as a non-binary person in this world, I found the experience to be demeaning, demoralizing, and actively anti-feminist. If being a feminist in the DFL means caucusing with this group, count me out.

My pronouns are very simple and yet the caucus chairs and caucus leadership could not get them correct, despite being repeatedly reminded and corrected at every single opportunity. However, they could suddenly use the singular “they” when it came to my fellow caucus member who happened to be a trans woman, despite her repeatedly giving her pronouns as she/her.

This was just the beginning. It was clear from the start that no one leading this meeting understood Robert’s Rules, and very clearly wanted to vote for their friends and be done with it. At the very beginning, an illegal motion was made to just adopt an entire slate of leadership, despite there being challengers to those positions known to the caucus.

For me, however, the most hurtful thing was that despite repeatedly affirming that underrepresented people should run for caucus office, should be prioritized in the process, no trans or non-binary people were represented in any of the caucus leadership, much less respected in the meeting. My pronouns - they/them - were clearly seen as an inconvenience, met with eyerolls and annoyance whenever I corrected people. At one point, one of the newly elected caucus leadership claimed her pronouns are “Black Queen,” a clear mockery of the process of asking for pronouns altogether.

Does this reflect DFL values? To mock a non-binary person whose community is under direct attack from the president himself? To refuse to use a person’s proper pronouns so repeatedly and without care that I had to make a SIGN with them on it for the meeting?

It wasn’t as though my pronouns were a surprise. I sent in my statement of intent to run for Vice Chair the day before the meeting and it was sent out to all members. I identified my pronouns in that statement. And yet, they were ignored.

The DFL Feminist Caucus is anything but. I resign my membership.

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Ryan Day @ryanday.bsky.social · Sep 8

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Luke Braun @lukebraunnfl.bsky.social · Sep 8

Yeah lol

Phil Williams @philinvestigates.com · Sep 8

Are NFL players sent to Cliche School before doing TV interviews?

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