James Umbanhowar
@jumbanho.bsky.social
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Part time ecologist. I spend more time on Mastodon @[email protected]
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violanorth.bsky.social
…it is really shocking how there is almost no culture of walking to things here compared to a lot of MSP’s peer cities. Whether people here drive, bike, or take transit, almost everyone seems to consider it a major inconvenience to have to walk more than two blocks on either end.
jumbanho.bsky.social
lots of "I'm an asshole" gear
jumbanho.bsky.social
You can see why she didn't win the Pulitzer 😭
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aaronsojourner.org
The new Trump administration is making an unprecedented effort to PREVENT science from informing policy
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sherylnyt.bsky.social
BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
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frederickmelo.bsky.social
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
@pioneerpress
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.
twincities.com
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katerosebee.bsky.social
In my own tiny 12000 person mostly federal land county, the fingerprints of the housing crisis from larger cities like Vancouver and Portland are everywhere. National forests are not built for ex: a meaningful level of trash removal, and forgeable food now needs to feed many more people full time.
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interfluidity.com
vote for the better candidate, but be grateful for vigorous primaries. “primarying” someone (an incumbent or just someone you like) is not a hostile act. it adds a sliver of choice in a system under which meaningful choice has too often been foreclosed.
rickywlmsbong.bsky.social
i obviously prefer oystah guy but this is fucking entitled baby shit. “primary everybody” means primary everybody, and i certainly don’t mind somebody who’s never run before getting poked and prodded
jumbanho.bsky.social
Security Theater Director's Cut
kjhealy.co
Here at the airport we’re all enjoying an additional forty five minutes in the security line courtesy of whoever controls the Presidency and both houses of Congress; I forget who that is again. Hunter Biden? Greta Thunberg? Antifa Girlfriend? Impossible to know, really.
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kjhealy.co
Here at the airport we’re all enjoying an additional forty five minutes in the security line courtesy of whoever controls the Presidency and both houses of Congress; I forget who that is again. Hunter Biden? Greta Thunberg? Antifa Girlfriend? Impossible to know, really.
jumbanho.bsky.social
Data Science school was the OG mess before Civic Life and Leadership, just less politically apparent.
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edeggans.bsky.social
Couple of things from Nielsen's latest ratings report: Tyler Perry's Beauty in Black has over 1 billion minutes viewed on Netflix, yet I haven't seen much press talking about it. And BBC America's Canadian sci fi series Orphan Black, which ended in 2017, is ranked 7th overall.
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viamarsala18.bsky.social
THIS ALERT IS OVER

I HAVE MORE TO REPORT BUT IT IS OVER.

I have reason to believe they are going elsewhere in MPLS but there is a car following them with bullhorns

Two unmarked SUVs, two unmarked chargers, AND TWO MPD SQUADS
viamarsala18.bsky.social
🚨 ICE IN HOLLAND NEIGHBORHOOD 🚨 26th and Howard COME NOW
jumbanho.bsky.social
Are there inflatable gophers?
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viamarsala18.bsky.social
🚨 ICE IN HOLLAND NEIGHBORHOOD 🚨 26th and Howard COME NOW
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
B of A: The top 20% of wealthholders own > 10x the amount of equities vs the next 20%.

@mikezaccardi.bsky.social
jumbanho.bsky.social
Not a very prepared candidate, just a Frey on the vibes supporter.
jumbanho.bsky.social
I guess DOGE didn't get rid of fraud and abuse by Federal workers.
nycsouthpaw.bsky.social
Horrifically creepy and emblematic of this rape-coded administration, but also a govt employee staying at the fuckin ritz on a business trip shows you how much the DC world has changed since the DOJ muffin scandal of 2011.
donmoyn.bsky.social
"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
jumbanho.bsky.social
"complicated" is doing a lot in that sentence
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chaddavis.photography
The new benches popping up on the Cedar Lake Trail are nice to see... although, I do wish they were facing the other way so you could watch the trains 😀

Minneapolis October 2025
Bench on the cedar lake trail where the metro transit green line is being constructed
jumbanho.bsky.social
Will he lose interest after he doesn't win the Nobel?