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gretchen brown, real snoopy enjoyer

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making radio @mprnews. words a bunch of places. cancer survivor.

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gretchen brown, real snoopy enjoyer @gretchenbrown.bsky.social · Jul 23

thread!

it’s been 90 years since a groundbreaking law gave americans the right to unionize.

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Charlie Rybak @charlierybak.bsky.social · 1d

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

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

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MPR News @mprnews.org · 1d

A new mural is rising on Central Avenue in Northeast Minneapolis, transforming a mistaken paint-over into a bold tribute to coffee, migration and community.

Paint it back: Mural reborn in Minneapolis after erasure

A new mural is rising on Central Avenue in Northeast Minneapolis, transforming a mistaken paint-over into a bold tribute to coffee, migration and community.

www.mprnews.org

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gretchen brown, real snoopy enjoyer @gretchenbrown.bsky.social · 1d

bear who is going to be ok www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...

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Wes Burdine @wesburdine.bsky.social · 1d

St. Paul has had only 9 homicides in 2025. Insane.

gretchen brown, real snoopy enjoyer @gretchenbrown.bsky.social · 1d

huge st. paul w www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...

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.

www.mprnews.org

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gretchen brown, real snoopy enjoyer @gretchenbrown.bsky.social · 1d

www.axios.com/local/twin-c...

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gretchen brown, real snoopy enjoyer @gretchenbrown.bsky.social · 1d

huge st. paul w www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...

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.

www.mprnews.org

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gretchen brown, real snoopy enjoyer @gretchenbrown.bsky.social · 1d

at my alma mater it’s sister lois ❤️ www.startribune.com/best-sports-...

You think you're the best sports fan in Minnesota? You don't have a prayer of topping Sister Lois

A simple invitation to watch a volleyball match in 1986 turned Sister Lois Wedl into an advocate for generations of Saint Benedict's athletes.

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gretchen brown, real snoopy enjoyer @gretchenbrown.bsky.social · 1d

"women don't get sports" meanwhile every catholic university sports team has a nun superfan www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/s...

Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, Loyola Basketball Superfan and Team Chaplain, Dies at 106

www.nytimes.com

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gretchen brown, real snoopy enjoyer @gretchenbrown.bsky.social · 3d

quarry cub pharmacy they are angels

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MPR News @mprnews.org · 4d

Immigrant businesses aren’t just surviving in Richfield — they’re shaping the city’s economy and community. “America produces trillions of dollars through immigrants and from immigrant labor and immigrant owned businesses,” Simon Joel Trautmann Cordova said, who leads group for business owners.

Meet some of the immigrant-owned businesses bringing global flavors to Richfield

Minnesota’s immigrant-owned businesses are central to the state’s economy. In Richfield — a suburb just south of Minneapolis — entrepreneurs from around the world are shaping the city’s food and shopp...

www.mprnews.org

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gretchen brown, real snoopy enjoyer @gretchenbrown.bsky.social · 5d

everyone is soooooooooooo boring www.axios.com/2025/09/05/p...

The next big colors in home design

Paint giants predict sunbaked hues, pastels and deep, grounding colors.

www.axios.com

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gretchen brown, real snoopy enjoyer @gretchenbrown.bsky.social · 5d

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MPR News host Angela Davis diagnosed with Stage 1 breast cancer

Angela Davis is taking a leave of absence from MPR News to focus on her health.

www.mprnews.org

gretchen brown, real snoopy enjoyer @gretchenbrown.bsky.social · 5d

there's sooooo much spam on there. when my mom posted she was looking for a job she got hundreds of reposts from what seems like bots.

gretchen brown, real snoopy enjoyer @gretchenbrown.bsky.social · 7d

super scary walk to the local co-op. someone tried to talk to me about christianity

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 8d

The sunlight of your life has just found you. What a joy to live your way into the warmth of your next decade.

essencesimmone.blacksky.app @essencesimmone.blacksky.app · 8d

Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?

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gretchen brown, real snoopy enjoyer @gretchenbrown.bsky.social · 8d

going to delete my thread on that "documentary" probably but my big sticking point is not the viewpoints -- everyone is allowed to have those. it's that it was presented as journalism while essentially being an hourlong paid commercial. that is not transparency. that is not journalism.

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gretchen brown, real snoopy enjoyer @gretchenbrown.bsky.social · 8d

thank you!

gretchen brown, real snoopy enjoyer @gretchenbrown.bsky.social · 8d

rick is now comparing minneapolis with sanford, florida, where trayvon martin was murdered.

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gretchen brown, real snoopy enjoyer @gretchenbrown.bsky.social · 8d

the documentary certainly an axe to grind with elliot payne…. says he “ran as a traditional democrat but has voted with the dsa members”

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gretchen brown, real snoopy enjoyer @gretchenbrown.bsky.social · 8d

u of m student: two girls got mugged two doors down from me the other day 😃

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gretchen brown, real snoopy enjoyer @gretchenbrown.bsky.social · 8d

o’hara said mpd lost 40 percent of its officers and 50 percent of its detectives in 2020.

not mentioned: the dept is now back over 600 officers which is about 2/3 the number in 2019. www.minneapolismn.gov/news/2025/ju...

Minneapolis Police Department tops 600 sworn personnel for first time since early 2023

The department has hired 101 new officers into sworn positions already this year.

www.minneapolismn.gov

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gretchen brown, real snoopy enjoyer @gretchenbrown.bsky.social · 8d

new screen title- A CITY UNDER SIEGE

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gretchen brown, real snoopy enjoyer @gretchenbrown.bsky.social · 8d

a plymouth couple says teachers are teaching “woke kindergarten” instead of math and science

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gretchen brown, real snoopy enjoyer @gretchenbrown.bsky.social · 8d

lots of these problems are not minnesota’s alone— downtown vacancies, aging population, health care vacancies

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gretchen brown, real snoopy enjoyer @gretchenbrown.bsky.social · 8d

don’t worry everyone my mom is watching

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