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MPR News @mprnews.org · 17m

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...

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Michael Caley @michaelcaley.bsky.social · 1h

as always it remains insane how much people are obsessed with using AI to make art

now, say you were interviewing someone who had to reply to a bunch of work emails, some of them pretty rude -- that's a use case! where the output only has to be mid, and where it's emotionally unpleasant to get thru

Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 16h

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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Nate Pentz @natepentz.bsky.social · 2h

This happens if the economy is in a deep recession.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Trump: "I think gasoline is gonna be below $2 at some point in the pretty near future."

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Wes Burdine @wesburdine.bsky.social · 3h

My friend Corey just reminded me that i have security video of him getting thumped in the nuts by @texaszeller.bsky.social ‘s son and it’s just the greatest thing

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Nate Pentz @natepentz.bsky.social · 3h

lol like a word doc moving a photo slightly and then changing it from word doc to a spread sheet

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Nate Pentz @natepentz.bsky.social · 3h

It's good for folks to learn that you can do hard things. Builds resiliency and character.

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Nate Pentz @natepentz.bsky.social · 3h

10 Years ago the shot by Maya.
6 Finals in 7 years and 4 Titles.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=djqt...

Maya Moore Beats the Buzzer to Take Game 3

YouTube video by WNBA

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 6h

It is pretty galling that the Supreme Court spent four years telling Biden "you can't do that without Congress" then allowed Trump to seize a once-unthinkable amount of power from Congress within nine months and concentrate law-making authority almost entirely in the executive branch.

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 6h

When the Supreme Court struck down Biden's policies, it was tempting to think: "At least these limits on executive authority will bind Trump if he comes back into office." But no—the court's skepticism of executive power vanished on Jan. 20, 2025. This dynamic is obvious to anyone paying attention!

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Eric L. Robinson @uticaeric.bsky.social · 4h

Begging military spouses to pay attention to partisan politics, evaluate their family’s articulable interests, and vote accordingly.

Yes, I know they’ll still mostly vote R because culture is everything, but some will abandon magical thinking.

Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 4h

“As a Republican, I’m very disappointed in my party and I’m very disappointed in you,” a Virginia woman named Samantha fumed at Johnson, who was taking calls from the public.

“Because you do have the power to call the House back. You did that -- or you refused to do that just for a show.”

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Nate Pentz @natepentz.bsky.social · 4h

Everyone needs to experience writing a paper at Perkins over night with a coffee and chicken tender melt on 3 hrs of sleep and getting a B.

Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 18h

I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.

wrote 20 pages on Faulkner's The Bear four hours before final papers were due on trucker pills and coffee and cigarettes and got an A, fuck you.
You people couldn't hang with real slackers.
finn
wokeupchic • 4d
It's fuck Al till your homework due in 25 minutes

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Downtown Brandi Frown 😾 @itsthebrandi.bsky.social · 6h

Minnesota and the pacific NW have a lot in common behavior-wise but sometimes Twin Cities spends the summer at our cousins' in Chicago and Milwaukee and it becomes very clear.

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Patrick Stephenson @patiomensch.bsky.social · 19h

I found a new place that can fit all my bikes. I hope to stay here about 30 years at least.

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Nate Pentz @natepentz.bsky.social · 8h

What does that mean for the wolves

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Nate Pentz @natepentz.bsky.social · 8h

The dangerous cities fear mongering has been going on for decades. I remember my family making sure the doors were locked while driving in Chicago in the 90s. People claiming if you wore the wrong hat color you could be at risk of getting shot while just stopping at a gas station.

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Alex Hanna-ween @alexhanna.bsky.social · 16h

As an instructor, I'd rather see your fever dream, No Doze-fueled 4AM essays written at an IHOP rather than anything generated by an LLM.

Hope this helps

Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 18h

I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.

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Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 18h

Rizz for billionaires is very very very niche. She's like the Elizabeth Holmes of Kirsten Sinemas.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18h

have said this before but i am very skeptical about weiss’s vaunted charisma

Raw Story @rawstory.com · 1d

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report.

CBS News' new boss once auditioned for 'The View' — and 'wasn't invited back': report

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report. Variety reported on Tuesday that Weiss auditioned for "The View" when host Me...

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Nate Pentz @natepentz.bsky.social · 16h

So happy for you guys!!

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Nate Pentz @natepentz.bsky.social · 16h

Oh man a classic

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Nate Pentz @natepentz.bsky.social · 16h

It's like the Maya shot vs the Fever in 15.

Andrew Hammond @ahamm.bsky.social · 18h

A photo like this is going to inspire an entire generation of girls to hoop even more.

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Nate Pentz @natepentz.bsky.social · 17h

Really love Bailey teaching folks how a Union works. Teaching the kids. ✊#wnba

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Nate Pentz @natepentz.bsky.social · 17h

I do like that @blindeke.bsky.social thinks the park I live on is very weird.

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Nate Pentz @natepentz.bsky.social · 17h

Reporting from worn torn North Minneapolis.

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Nate Pentz @natepentz.bsky.social · 18h

Really didn't like the possession by Phx before A'Ja's winner. Kah and Bonner were cooking, Coach Dad didn't call a timeout and AT drive was wild and not a good look.

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