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marymoriarty.bsky.social @marymoriarty.bsky.social · 11h

Why are clearance rates important? The person is caught. High clearance rates, not long punishment, is the best deterrent to crime. And we sometimes see multiple incidents of gun violence which could have been prevented had the person been caught the first time.

Matt Keliher @mattkeliher.bsky.social · 12h

Minneapolis could, I imagine, have nice things too. If they elected leaders who choose to implement the solutions that we know already work.

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Matt Keliher @mattkeliher.bsky.social · 12h

Hey nice thanks for sharing. The people searching on this app remains an annoyance. (I tried to search for the account before sending this and failed to find it.)

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Charlie Rybak @charlierybak.bsky.social · 16h

9 homicides in St. Paul all year. Incredibly impressive.

Also, this bit about Denver really caught my eye, because...

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Matt Keliher @mattkeliher.bsky.social · 12h

Link to the story here:

St. Paul crime sees a strong drop. Ramsey County Attorney John Choi shares why | MPR News share.google/DZEaQ55U5P1l...

St. Paul solved more crimes, had drastically fewer homicides in 2025

A remarkable shift is under way in St. Paul. The city is on track for a 70 percent drop in homicides by the end of 2025. And they’re solving more than 70 percent of crimes.

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Matt Keliher @mattkeliher.bsky.social · 12h

The Hennepin County attorney isn't on here so you're getting a screenshot from over there instead.

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Matt Keliher @mattkeliher.bsky.social · 12h

Minneapolis could, I imagine, have nice things too. If they elected leaders who choose to implement the solutions that we know already work.

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Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 17h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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Matt Keliher @mattkeliher.bsky.social · 23h

You know what's cool? Because the DFL majority passed a ban on junk fees in 2024, even if Trump's crony at the FCC changes this rule, ISPs in Minnesota still can't hide their fees behind deceptive pricing. They'd have to pass a federal law that preempts our state law and that will never happen.

The Verge @theverge.com · 23h

Brendan Carr wants to let internet providers charge hidden fees again

So much for consumer protections

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Matt Keliher @mattkeliher.bsky.social · 23h

It's a little fascinating that we can imagine a world where we strip US billionaires of every cent but, at the same time, not also redirect the entire federal budget to more meaningful ends.

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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 23h

Here, take a break from the peace prize angst and rest your eyes on my latest story in @prospect.org about crypto bros' promise to turn us all into landlords by slicing properties into tiny investments. If you're old enough to remember 2008, well, idk what to tell you. Time is a flat circle.

Crypto Bros Want to Create Micro Landlords

Crypto executives are selling investors fractions of buildings in yet another scheme to reinvent an existing activity and say rules don’t apply because it’s on the blockchain.

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Matt Keliher @mattkeliher.bsky.social · 23h

This has been true for millennia, we've just forgotten what it looks like.

Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 1d

“The problem with billionaires isn’t that they’re hoarding money that would otherwise pay for a Scandinavian social utopia. It’s that their money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.”

Billionaires Are Hoarding Power, Not Money

Billionaire money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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Matt Keliher @mattkeliher.bsky.social · 1d

This sounds interesting. Thanks for sharing about it. I'm gonna have to check it out.

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Matt Keliher @mattkeliher.bsky.social · 1d

They teach you to throw it to first in that spot in tee ball

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Matt Keliher @mattkeliher.bsky.social · 1d

Cool people doin dope shit www.startribune.com/the-pines-is...

The Pines is bringing farm-to-table fine dining to the North Woods

Grand Rapids is the setting for a couple’s dream restaurant, which highlights locally grown food while raising the bar on this small-town dining scene.

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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 1d

Black stories are unfairly targeted in recent book bans. In the last six years, the book banning movement has increased significantly.

A substantial amount of the ire is directed at Black authors and works highlighting Black stories.

Book Bannings Targeting Black Authors and Perspectives Are Skyrocketing

Books by Black authors are being disproportionately banned at an alarming rate.

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Matt Keliher @mattkeliher.bsky.social · 2d

The most annoying person at the coffee shop just got more annoying.

Matt Keliher @mattkeliher.bsky.social · 2d

Hey look at that

László Krasznahorkai wins the Nobel prize in literature 2025 | Nobel prize in literature | The Guardian share.google/Ehom6Z4q1DQt...

László Krasznahorkai wins the Nobel prize in literature 2025

The author was announced as winner at a ceremony in Stockholm

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Matt Keliher @mattkeliher.bsky.social · 2d

Hey look at that

László Krasznahorkai wins the Nobel prize in literature 2025 | Nobel prize in literature | The Guardian share.google/Ehom6Z4q1DQt...

László Krasznahorkai wins the Nobel prize in literature 2025

The author was announced as winner at a ceremony in Stockholm

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Bill Lindeke @blindeke.bsky.social · 2d

Kaohly Her is makign the same mistake that previous St. Paul political candidates have done, overestimating the Summit Avenue bikelash and playing coy / being condescending around public works process. That tactic has failed every time so far, and will here too. www.twincities.com/2025/10/07/s...

St. Paul’s mayoral candidates diverge on Summit Ave. bike trail

State Rep. Kaohly Her questioned the planning around the bike trail, but said she was not ready to cancel it.

www.twincities.com

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Matt Keliher @mattkeliher.bsky.social · 2d

You know what this calls for? A big ole hell yeah

em cassel @biketrouble.bsky.social · 2d

good afternoon, look at the perfectly em-forearm-sized sandwiches they've got at shepherds table:

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a sandwich lined up to show it's the length of a lanky she/they's forearm

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Matt Keliher @mattkeliher.bsky.social · 3d

Wolves back

Matt Keliher @mattkeliher.bsky.social · 3d

Is this abundance?

Home sales: Investors make up highest share of buyers in 5 years share.google/V3EFSccKN6V1...

Investors are making up the highest share of homebuyers in 5 years

Real estate investors, both individual and institutional, bought one-third of all single-family residential properties sold in the second quarter of 2025.

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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 7d

St. Paul was inspired by the "Denver Model" and created its own "Saint Paul Model" and brought their clearance rate from 37% in 2023 to 70.5% in 2024.

In 2025, St. Paul is now trending to have a 30% reduction in shots fired and a 70% reduction in homicides.

lims.minneapolismn.gov/Download/Fil...

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Matt Keliher @mattkeliher.bsky.social · 7d

For folks in downtown looking for a grocery alternative since the Lunds closed: the Saint Paul Farmers market will open a year-round grocery and cafe in the old Black Dog space in Lowertown. www.stpaulpublishing.com/farmers-mark...

Farmers Market opening new indoor site downtown; will offer fresh food daily

For the past two months the St. Paul Farmers Market has been busy refurbishing the former Black Dog Café space at 308 Prince St. E. to turn it into a year...

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Jay Boller @jayboller.bsky.social · 8d

I watched the whole thing (huge pain tolerance for ingesting bad media), and every "solution" involves lower corporate tax rates, deregulation, and punching left. It's the same old project, nothing new here.

Who's Bankrolling 'A Precarious State,' Rick Kupchella's New Twin Cities Doomer Doc? - Racket

Plus Replacements biopic in the works, enter the STOP Slumlords Ordinance, and Barn Bluff history in today's Flyover news roundup.

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K Priest @kpriestmusic.bsky.social · 11d

in perpetual, horrified fascination by the us system of shell companies in real estate. when i saw this in the pioneer press today i had to do a little digging, even though i knew i'd get absolutely nowhere.
www.twincities.com/2025/09/29/r...

Residents urge St. Paul to demolish Midway’s vacant CVS

Among the complications: It’s unclear who exactly owns it.

www.twincities.com

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