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Mike Beckstrand @beckstrand.bsky.social · 20h

...nonplussed... wow

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Frederick Melo, Reporter (TwinCities.com, Pioneer Press) @frederickmelo.bsky.social · 1d

Took me a bit but yes, Arby’s has the meats, BK has the beef, Sydney Sweeney has the bodacious blue-eyed genes and Fred has the renderings… The future Midway Diner. The four-story TreeHouse office building that will house a French bakery. A 1-acre park lined by Bailey’s Nursery flower gardens…

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Mike Beckstrand @beckstrand.bsky.social · 21h

I wasn't expecting Jon's commitment to being non-plused throughout this episode. Amazing!

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Anders @derzquist.net · 1d

If your criticisms of Melvin Carter's mayorship are from the Left I say "fair enough! I likely agree on most/all!" However then Dullinger is the only candidate you should consider ranking (other than write-in). There are no other candidates for Saint Paul Mayor running to Carter's left.

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Frederick Melo, Reporter (TwinCities.com, Pioneer Press) @frederickmelo.bsky.social · 1d

What's the future, real and imagined, of the United Village development around Allianz Field? Plans call for a French bakery, Italian pizzeria, acre-sized flower garden, lover's/family-style ice rink, modern art, and maybe a daycare, housing and more twincities.com/2025/10/10/p... via
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Plans for St. Paul’s Allianz Field: A bakery, pizzeria, garden, ice rink

Regardless of what dreams may come, construction equipment is on the ground turning earth for three new structures.

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Mike Beckstrand @beckstrand.bsky.social · 3d

1) love these break downs!
2) I hadn't noticed both Lod and Pereyra dropping deep, super interesting
3) Lod and Bongis rotation made the in-possession shape looked more 4-3-3 to me, but these clips suggest maybe I was just seeing mid-movement rather than a change in structure (for hair splitting)

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David Houston @dmhouston.bsky.social · 4d

I, unfortunately, feel seen

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 5d

quantitative methods, qualitative methods, mixed methods

Photo of a Kansas City Chiefs press conference with Andy Reid, Travis Kelce, and Patrick Mahomes. Reid is wearing a gray suit and red tie with a lapel pin. Kelce is wearing a camp-style short-sleeved shirt with a bird print, along with a suede cap, and Mahomes is wearing a white collared shirt, a pink checkered double-breasted vest, and a pale pink tie.

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Mike Beckstrand @beckstrand.bsky.social · 5d

...Yeboah slots back in?

...many more bangers Triantis gets?

...often they have Boxall chuck it into the box?

...the Loons run the table with their new "oops, all midfield" approach?

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...much they fall apart against the picture-perfect* soccer of Seattle?

*Doyle-certified fresh

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Mike Beckstrand @beckstrand.bsky.social · 5d

a man in a suit says oh snap

ALT: a man in a suit says oh snap

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Mike Beckstrand @beckstrand.bsky.social · 5d

We've got friends in KC, so were fools to each buy "Right to Buy" tokens from FIFA Collect for pairs of tickets to a KC group stage match.

Have heard literally nothing from FIFA about when or how to use our RTB. Fun that random draws get access before idiots like me who paid into their crypto-scam

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Mike Beckstrand @beckstrand.bsky.social · 5d

Those dropped points are going to saddle the team with Seattle for round 1 most likely 😭

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Mike Beckstrand @beckstrand.bsky.social · 5d

🎓

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Mike Beckstrand @beckstrand.bsky.social · 6d

I'm trying to find another way to say, "preach" and failing...so...preach, I guess.

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Mike Beckstrand @beckstrand.bsky.social · 7d

I can count on one hand how many times he's used his right foot, too...definite opportunities to

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Mike Beckstrand @beckstrand.bsky.social · 7d

Like the potential line up, but swap Bongi and Lod perhaps in this shape?

Mike Beckstrand @beckstrand.bsky.social · 7d

The Loons' true path, the Monarchs impart:

Four defenders solid, a winning work of art.

Should five be deployed, the points will be split;

The North is warned—so be it, so commit.

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Mike Beckstrand @beckstrand.bsky.social · 9d

Thanks. I hate it.

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Mike Beckstrand @beckstrand.bsky.social · 9d

Lizzo.

Mike Beckstrand @beckstrand.bsky.social · 10d

Having an e-bike instead of an acoustic bike changed non-car utility/transit journeys from aspirational to reality for me, at the very least

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 10d

The “E-Bike Effect:” Those who bought e-bikes increased their average daily bicycle use from 2.1km (1.3 miles) to 9.2km (5.7 miles), a 340% increase. The e-bike share of all their transportation increased dramatically too; from 17% to 49%.

E-bikes support fewer car trips.

V @lloydalter.bsky.social

E-Bikers Ride Much Farther and More Frequently Than Regular Bikers

They are not 'cheating,' but are serious transportation.

www.treehugger.com

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Daniel Thompson @dr-thompson.bsky.social · 11d

Listen and decide for yourself. But I have to commend Phee for using her platform to call out abusive, manipulative, and dismissive tactics from the WNBA. (Part 2/2) #WNBASky

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JB_AU @jbau.bsky.social · 13d

This whole section really.

Finally: AI cannot do your job, but an AI salesman can 100% convince your boss to fire you and replace you with an AI that can't do your job, and when the bubble bursts, the money-hemorrhaging "foundation models" will be shut off and we'll lose the AI that can't do your job, and you will be long gone, retrained or retired or "discouraged" and out of the labor market, and no one will do your job.
AI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our society and our descendants will be digging it out for generations:

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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 13d

40-40 is a scorigami. congrats everybody

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Mike Beckstrand @beckstrand.bsky.social · 13d

Hadn't considered LAFCs "Charmin soft" schedule only watching the Dynamic Duo Goalfest highlight reels.

The rest of the West *might* have hope...but it's the hope that kills you afterall

Mike Beckstrand @beckstrand.bsky.social · 13d

Appreciated the breakdown and agreed throughout

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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 14d

Election 2025: Saint Paul City Question 1 and School District Question 1 (this would be the funding levy AND the charter amendment). Vote Yes! (Twice!)

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Election 2025: Saint Paul, City Question 1 and School District Question 1

Saint Paul has a lot less on the ballot this year than Minneapolis, because no one here cares if the mayoral and city council races aren’t in sync, so they just aren’t. We have a mayora…

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