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Alex @mplsalex.bsky.social · 1d

Add in a lack of density on our retail corridors, and there’s just not a lot to walk to. I think 38th west of Hiawatha is an example of a street that has a lot of small nodes and shops and destinations like parks, but it’s so spread out, that it’s just not appealing to walk along.

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Alex @mplsalex.bsky.social · 1d

I do think we have a weirdly divided retail landscape, where there are nodes you’d want to be at, but very little linking them. Add that we have a lot of big roads and highways separating those areas, and it’s hard to actually want to walk about.

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Alex @mplsalex.bsky.social · 1d

Look I’m doing my part ok

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Alex @mplsalex.bsky.social · 1d

Y’all really blue it with this name

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Alex @mplsalex.bsky.social · 1d

Oh god they have a website www.jetblue.com/flying-with-...

JetBlue

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Alex @mplsalex.bsky.social · 1d

This is the first time I’ve noticed Jet Blue planes have names on them. And also that they are terrible.

A blue Jet Blue plane with the name “blue are my sunshine”

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Alex @mplsalex.bsky.social · 2d

All the “limit on number purchased” signs of the new TS CDs and vinyls at Target feel weirdly desperate; like I know it’ll sell fine but there’s like a hundred of them right here, no one’s making a run on these.

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West Seattle Bike Blog @westseattlebikeblg.bsky.social · 2d

Look what they did to my boy

niki grayson @nikigrayson.com · Apr 16

they ruined the subaru outback. what the fuck (old on left, new on right)

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Alex @mplsalex.bsky.social · 2d

I dunno, feels like reaching the “hiding your neighbors from the masked secret police” stage of things in like 9 months doesn’t bode well for the next couple of years.

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 2d

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...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Alex @mplsalex.bsky.social · 2d

Every time I ride a Lime scooter I remember that those things are fun as hell.

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Alex @mplsalex.bsky.social · 2d

Also - there’s no better way to visit murals on Lake Street than on foot - or by bus! Metro Transit has generously provided FREE transit rides for Mural Day - you can B Line the whole tour route! www.surveymonkey.com/r/2025LakeSt...

Event Transit Pass Survey - Lake Street - Mural Day - October 25, 2025

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Alex @mplsalex.bsky.social · 2d

I’m very excited that Mural Day is back again this year on Lake Street! It’s a free event with guided tours and more of the fabulous new murals that have popped up all along the corridor in the past few years.

Check out the farmers market, and then check out some murals!

Visit Lake Street @visitlakestreet.com · 4d

Join us for the Lake Street Mural Day 2025✨
📅 Saturday, October 25th
🕘 9:00 am - 2:00 pm; guided mural tour at 12:00 pm
📍Midtown Farmers Market , 2225 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN

#LakeStreet #VisitLakeStreet #LakeStreetMuralDay #MNArt #MinneapolisEvents #MinnesotaEvents

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Sierra Club MN North Star Chapter @sierraclubmn.bsky.social · 17d

Sierra Club endorses Aurin Chowdhury for Minneapolis City Council Ward 12! @aurinmpls.bsky.social

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Alex @mplsalex.bsky.social · 3d

The entirety of my platform is to be kind of annoying online. Rank me second.

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Alex @mplsalex.bsky.social · 3d

Anyways obviously I think you should vote for CM Chowdhury; don’t rank anyone else except me as a write-in.

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Alex @mplsalex.bsky.social · 3d

I can’t even imagine.

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Alex @mplsalex.bsky.social · 3d

Ward 12 has probably the most accessible Councilwoman; someone who is always out in community, easy to reach in person or online, and who is always open to a conversation about how we make our city better for everyone. I can’t imagine a better rep for our community.

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Alex @mplsalex.bsky.social · 3d

Watched exactly one minute of the Ward 12 debate tonight.

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Alex @mplsalex.bsky.social · 3d

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www.longfellowwhatever.com/four-crossin...

⛔ Four traffic-slowing medians coming to previously excluded roads

Though the city already built its slate of 2025 traffic calming projects this summer, the neighborhood will soon receive four more, thanks to a new effort to add the calming measures on busier roads t...

www.longfellowwhatever.com

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Alex @mplsalex.bsky.social · 3d

I pulled up on my bike at the Moon Palace pickup window the other day, and they immediately opened the window and handed me my book - didn’t even ask name or title or anything. I may buy too many books.

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Capt. Jack Sharrow @sharrows.bsky.social · 6d

This weekend was record breaking for our mutual aid efforts! On Friday, the team got up bright and early to send home vendors. 6 vendors supported, over $500 worth of food. Saturday, we bought 100 tamales from 2 vendors! All distributed right back into the community. We keep us safe! #BikeChi

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Alex @mplsalex.bsky.social · 4d

I think it’s fun that I got sick two days before a major event I’ve been helping to plan for months. That’s just the best, love this for me.

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Alex @mplsalex.bsky.social · 4d

We could take the B Line!

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Alex @mplsalex.bsky.social · 4d

I’d be in - @jhoudek.bsky.social how about you? We could do the Blue Line from 46th into downtown and bus over.

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Alex @mplsalex.bsky.social · 4d

And I ranked him on my ballot!

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