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Nenookaasi Ozhige @nenookaasi.bsky.social · 9d

MIWRC is in need of clothing contributions!! We are looking for adult sized items of any gender. Items can be dropped off at MIWRC (2300 15th Ave S, Minneapolis)
between 9 AM and 4 PM Monday through Friday. Please be sure items are clean & in dignified condition. Thank you!

Clothing Drive for MIWRC
Clothing for adults all genders and sizes needed
Gently used: Shirts, long sleeves, sweaters, pants, shorts, sweatpants
New: socks, boxers/undergarments
2300 15th Ave S
Mon-Fri 9:00-4:00

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Liam Davis Temple @liam2manynames.bsky.social · 6h

Brian Strahan supporters are making the case on the I Love NE FB group (the bad one) to vote for Brian because he’s liked by republicans. When the person initially making this point tried to then distance it from saying Trump supporters like him, the Trump supporting moderator confirmed it.

Jill Davis: “Conor Hesch Sounds like you like Brian. But the fact remains, he has not lived in Ward 1 until the last month. He has not been upfront about his residency. Quite honestly, I don't find it a bonus point to have Republicans supporting your candidate.”

Anonymous member 619: “Conor Hesch Wow the Trump voters like him? He's perfect for our city council then?”

Conor Hesch: “Anonymous member 619 | doubt Trump-fans like Brian but I know some moderate republicans who do.”

Katrina Johnson Moderator: “Conor Hesch This Trump fan likes him.”

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 17h

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 3h

I feel like a broken record, but I have to keep saying it over and over again: a farmer bailout won’t do much of anything because the market is gone. There will be no incentive to plant next year.

The bailout will help payoff farmer debt to the banks. That’s all.

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Eeeric Booran @deveric.net · 7h

Move MN @moveminnesota.bsky.social has a template for sending a letter to Minneapolis City Council to tell them to Withhold Municipal Consent for the Lyndale Ave Redesign until the plan includes safe options for pedestrians, buses, bikes, and everyone!

Please share!

www.movemn.org/action/lynda...

Tell Minneapolis City Council to Withhold Municipal Consent on Lyndale Ave

We need a design that creates safe and inviting space for everyone, whether we bike, walk, roll or take the bus!

www.movemn.org

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MPR News @mprnews.org · 1h

The Minneapolis City Council passed a new ordinance that will require landlords who own properties repeatedly flagged for health and safety violations to face a public hearing before their licenses are renewed.

Negligent landlords to face tighter scrutiny in Minneapolis

The Minneapolis City Council passed a new ordinance that will require landlords who own properties repeatedly flagged for health and safety violations to face a public hearing before their licenses ar...

www.mprnews.org

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Adam Miller @ajm6792.bsky.social · 9h

Im going to assume she’s too young to know better, but no, Paul Wellstone was not a moderate

Mariam Demello is running for Minneapolis City Council in Ward 11

Podcast Episode · Wedge LIVE! · 10/09/2025 · 1h 4m

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Wedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live · 1h

Editorial Board Endorsements (so far)

MAYOR
DeWayne Davis

COUNCIL
Ward 10: Aisha Chughtai
Ward 7: Katie Cashman

PARK BOARD DISTRICT 4
Jason Garcia

PARK BOARD AT-LARGE:
Tom Olsen
Michael Wilson
(3 seats, I endorse 2)

BOARD OF ESTIMATE
Eric Harris Bernstein
Steve Brandt

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 2h

my all of mpls write up is more diligently researched than the star tribune. i still have to update it for the latest campaign finance report but i listed every donor’s ward and excluded business address donations because that’s a tactic to hide their real address. strib didn’t differentiate there

taylr @taylordahlin.com · 2h

when i broke down all the donors to all of mpls, i included their wards and noted which ones were donating under the company address, because i searched every single address to find this information out, and i then excluded the company ones from my g graph. this. is. not. hard!

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Wedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live · 2h

"Our neighborhood has become a ghost town, they said amid the lively bustle of the festival" rates among classics like:

"nobody comes here anymore, there's no place to park"

and

"why weren't we notified this was happening, the crowd moaned at the packed public meeting."

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Wedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live · 2h

Please vote in our Official Minneapolis Mayor Poll (cheating is allowed, but please don't). We'll be using the numbers to inform a podcast discussion of ranked choice voting mechanics.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Wedge LIVE! Very Official Mayoral Poll

Rank your first, second, and third choice candidates in the columns below

docs.google.com

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Christin 🦀, Ward 9 enthusiast @christin612.bsky.social · 1d

A single mom in the Duluth area is in need of community care. She is navigating challenging times & was laid off from her job. She needs funds to maintain her housing & to cover basic needs. Please consider contributing or reposting. I will update progress and share screenshots for accountability.🌻

MUTUAL AID REQUEST
A single mother is navigating some difficult times and is in need of financial support for housing, bills, and basic needs.
Goal: $2000
Cash app: $ChristinCrabtree
Venmo: @christin-crabtree
PayPal: @christincrabtree
screenshots of funds raised & transferred to the mother will be provided for transparency

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Wedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live · 3h

Becka Thompson endorsed by immigration hard-liner Martha Holton-Dimick, who lost Ward 12 in a landslide when she ran for county attorney three years ago.

2022 forum moderator: "This might be a simple question that everyone agrees on... Is there anyone up here who would not take immigration consequences into account when making prosecutorial decisions?"

It turned out that it would not be a simple question that everyone agreed on.

Martha Holton Dimick: "I don't think there should be any special consideration... The immigration issues that I've run across, not only as a judge, but as a prosecutor, they're violent crimes that they're committing... They're rapes, they're ag robberies, they're assaults."

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Nick Harper, he/him @nharper.bsky.social · 4h

THROW YOUR RING CAMERA AWAY, WHY ARE Y’ALL USING THEM

Shira Ovide @shiraovide.bsky.social · 6d

Amazon's Ring is adding facial recognition to its home doorbells and security cameras for the first time.

To identify people you know, it needs to run everyone's face in sight through facial recognition.

wapo.st/4mR2v5l

Analysis | Amazon’s Ring plans to scan everyone’s face at the door

For the first time, the company is putting facial recognition into its home security doorbells and video cameras.

wapo.st

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Aurin Chowdhury MPLS City Council Member W12 @aurinmpls.bsky.social · 4h

Today’s the big day! 🎙️

Join me at tonight’s Ward 12 City Council candidate forum, hosted by the League of Women Voters - Minneapolis @lwvmpls.bsky.social

🗓️ Tonight: Thursday, Oct. 9th
6:30 - 7:45pm, Candidate Forum
7:45 - 8:15pm, Meet & Greet

📍Minnehaha Communion Lutheran Church (4101 37th Ave S)

Ward 12 Candidate Forum & Meet and Greet, hosted by the League of Women Voters - Minneapolis

Today! Thursday, October 9th

Candidate Forum - 6:30-7:45pm
Meet & Greet - 7:45-8:15pm

Join us at Minnehaha Communion Lutheran Church: 4101 37th Avenue S., Minneapolis, MN 55406

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 5h

this is very rambling and mashed together, because i am not a writer, just someone who pays attention and has lived in loring park for 15 years, but i couldn't get over elizabeth shaffer's comments about 311 at the LWV ward 7 forum - taylordahlin.com/f/311-stop-s...

311, Stop SLUMLORDS, Landlord Money, and the Ward 7 race

At the League of Women Voters Ward 7 forum on September 15th, candidates Katie Cashman and Elizabeth Shaffer were asked about 311 and accountability:

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perennialcycle.bsky.social @perennialcycle.bsky.social · 4h

Pioneer Press is looking for a cargo bike family in St. Paul that’s interested in letting them take some pics/ videos of the fam doing cargo bike stuff. The writer reaching out recently had an Urban Arrow demo, but I don’t think he’s picky about what bike the fam is using. Let me know if interested.

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h jiahong pan 潘嘉宏 ☀️ @hpan3.bsky.social · 19h

Can y’all please be on the lookout for my bike? Last seen in Elliot Park. It is a black Biria bike with red pedals and stickers of local news orgs on the bottom tube. It also has a Brooks saddle and adapters for Wolf Tooth pogies on the handlebars.

Biria bike with a sign that says “300 Campground”

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emly in minneaparis @eeewade.bsky.social · 19h

Would you like to go to the best Halloween party in south mpls? Would you like to support @katiecashman.bsky.social’s campaign? Have I got a deal for you 🐈‍⬛🎃👻

secure.actblue.com/donate/ward7...

Halloween with Team Katie

Show your support with a contribution.

secure.actblue.com

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Heather Silsbee @hsilsbee.bsky.social · 20h

Anyone who receives or reads the Hill & Lake Press!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Please sign & circulate this community letter to the editors in response to several recent instances of demonstrating clear bias for Elizabeth Shaffer's campaign, in violation of basic tenets of journalistic ethics.

Sign on to a Community Letter to the Hill and Lake Press

Dear Hill and Lake editorial board, As neighbors who receive your community newspaper, we are disappointed by your disregard for journalistic ethics. When you become a reporter, you choose to let go ...

docs.google.com

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 20h

landlord john wall, minnetonka resident who caucuses and votes in ward 2 minneapolis and held a role on credentials committee that ousted the 80+ robin wonsley supporting delegates at the convention, found in violation of renters' rights voting law and fined

taylordahlin.com/f/landlord-j...

Landlord John Wall Found in Violation of Voter Rights Law

This morning, the Minnesota Court of Administrative Hearings found landlord John Wall of the Wall Companies in violation of Minnesota Stat. § 211B.20 on 3 occasions, assigning a penalty of $1,450, for...

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 1d

Our authoritarianism is run on clichés borrowed from the Eastern Europe of twenty years ago. Paid protestors, disloyal cities, evil Soros, vast conspiracies — it was all tiresome then and there, and now it’s pathetic.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "They're, like, insurrectionists, they're terrible people. But you really wonder why. Why are they doing it? What are they gaining? Other than they're obviously paid. They're paid a lot of money."

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Josh Martin @joshmartinmpls.bsky.social · 22h

Links:
Agenda: lims.minneapolismn.gov/MarkedAgend...

Recording: youtu.be/7kmTwcF87h8

End 🧵

Minneapolis Charter Commission Government Structure Work Group 10/8/25

Minneapolis Charter Commission Government Structure Work Group October 8, 2025 - 4:00 pmRecorded by member of the public. Not an official recording from City...

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Josh Martin @joshmartinmpls.bsky.social · 22h

The Charter Commission Government Structure Work Group met today at 4 PM. 🧵

TLDR: The work group was in agreement on limiting the positions subject to council confirmation, however, the group was split on exactly how far to go. Public Works was a main point of contention.

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Wedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live · 23h

I've ranked Frey in prior elections bc I was dubious about rounding out my ballot with a crank. Won't surprise anyone that I haven't included him this year. I've seen too much. Even if you can't "not rank Frey" I hope you examine your options and drop him as low as you feel comfortable.

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