Matt Edens
@scruffycities.bsky.social
Downtown dweller. True crime writer. Transplanted Tennessean.
The dog's pure joy really makes this.
I wish the internet was more about people 3D printing whistling mortar bombs for their very happy dogs to chase than arseholes secretly filming unsuspecting people for grifting and humiliation but I guess that ship has sailed
January 31, 2026 at 5:43 AM
The dog's pure joy really makes this.
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Holy shit. So this just happened at Minneapolis's legendary First Avenue club. That's Tom Morello introducing Springsteen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jHe...
Bruce Springsteen - Streets of Minneapolis - First Ave 260130
YouTube video by Nate Reiter
www.youtube.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Holy shit. So this just happened at Minneapolis's legendary First Avenue club. That's Tom Morello introducing Springsteen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jHe...
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I feel very strongly that now is the time for NIMBY’s to shine. Every regulatory and procedural lever should be tested. Slow them down.
NEW: ICE has spent at least $172 million this month on warehouses that it plans to convert into immigration jails
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
W/ @sooophie.bsky.social
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W/ @sooophie.bsky.social
US Spends Millions on Warehouses in Historic Expansion of ICE Detention
Plans for ‘mega centers’ and jails in nearly two dozen communities have sparked protests over suitability, proximity to homes and schools.
www.bloomberg.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:04 AM
I feel very strongly that now is the time for NIMBY’s to shine. Every regulatory and procedural lever should be tested. Slow them down.
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More than a year in this has mostly gone as I feared, and in some ways has been worse. But there have been two contrasting surprises:
-- The speed and breadth of institutional capitulation
-- The courage, ferocity, and resolution of regular people
Our strength isn't our institutions. It's us.
-- The speed and breadth of institutional capitulation
-- The courage, ferocity, and resolution of regular people
Our strength isn't our institutions. It's us.
January 29, 2026 at 3:09 PM
More than a year in this has mostly gone as I feared, and in some ways has been worse. But there have been two contrasting surprises:
-- The speed and breadth of institutional capitulation
-- The courage, ferocity, and resolution of regular people
Our strength isn't our institutions. It's us.
-- The speed and breadth of institutional capitulation
-- The courage, ferocity, and resolution of regular people
Our strength isn't our institutions. It's us.
"Slopagandist" is a good word.
The violent occupation of Minneapolis started with a vlog. I've wanted to find a framework to describe Nick Shirley & others like him: "Influencer" is too quaint. "Journalist" is obviously wrong.
I landed on "slopagandist."
Gift link (open in a web browser) www.theverge.com/news/869824/...
I landed on "slopagandist."
Gift link (open in a web browser) www.theverge.com/news/869824/...
What is Nick Shirley?
Slop doesn’t need to be AI-generated
www.theverge.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:59 PM
"Slopagandist" is a good word.
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We’re just not a free country.
Any American watching this play out between regime forces and journalists overseas would recognize it for what it is.
Any American watching this play out between regime forces and journalists overseas would recognize it for what it is.
January 29, 2026 at 5:49 AM
We’re just not a free country.
Any American watching this play out between regime forces and journalists overseas would recognize it for what it is.
Any American watching this play out between regime forces and journalists overseas would recognize it for what it is.
"Because walkable urban places occupy only about 1.2% of the land in major U.S. metropolitan areas, they command a staggering price premium...this isn't just a matter of luxury; it is a direct result of artificial scarcity."
New research shows 1 in 5 car owners want to live car-free, and a majority are open to it. The issue isn’t demand... it’s policy. Outdated zoning rules make walkable neighborhoods scarce, expensive, and often illegal to build across most communities.
www.remainplaces.com/post/the-gre...
www.remainplaces.com/post/the-gre...
The Great Unbuckling: American’s Growing Hunger for Life Without a Car
For decades, the "American Dream" has been synonymous with a two-car garage and a wide suburban driveway. But a new study from Arizona State University reveals a massive shift in what we actually want...
www.remainplaces.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:00 PM
"Because walkable urban places occupy only about 1.2% of the land in major U.S. metropolitan areas, they command a staggering price premium...this isn't just a matter of luxury; it is a direct result of artificial scarcity."
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we’ve got a ways to go until 2030 so this could change but it’s pretty much an across the board disaster if it doesn’t
building more housing isn’t just good policy, it’s existential politics
building more housing isn’t just good policy, it’s existential politics
#NEW: 2030 Apportionment Forecast based on 2025 Census Bureau Population Estimates (January 27, 2026).
Forecast prepared by Dr. Jonathan Cervas (CMIST) at Carnegie Mellon University
Forecast prepared by Dr. Jonathan Cervas (CMIST) at Carnegie Mellon University
January 27, 2026 at 4:59 PM
we’ve got a ways to go until 2030 so this could change but it’s pretty much an across the board disaster if it doesn’t
building more housing isn’t just good policy, it’s existential politics
building more housing isn’t just good policy, it’s existential politics
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Trump is nothing if not ready to sacrifice anyone and anything in order to save his own ass and the single most important thing that could happen right now is someone convincing him that the biggest driver of his unpopularity is not just Bovino and Noem but Stephen Miller personally
Feels like Trump is pretty much unconditionally surrendering as support collapses
January 27, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Trump is nothing if not ready to sacrifice anyone and anything in order to save his own ass and the single most important thing that could happen right now is someone convincing him that the biggest driver of his unpopularity is not just Bovino and Noem but Stephen Miller personally
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brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
January 27, 2026 at 12:22 AM
brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
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They are wounded and flailing. Press the advantage.
January 27, 2026 at 12:08 AM
They are wounded and flailing. Press the advantage.
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The same people who cannot control a city of 400,000 are manifestly incapable of cancelling a midterm or ending the peaceful transition of power. Keep reminding yourself that you are a lot stronger than they are.
![01/26/2026 15:27:26[TWT]
Priscilla Alvarez
@priscialva
BREAKING: Top Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino and some of his
agents are expected to leave Minneapolis and return to their respective
sectors, sources tell me, @KristenhCNN + @kaitlancollins.
Sent via Twitter Web App. View original tweet.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pnx2fjuannbdpy3337ggthpp/bafkreiglia3lsgoularsdrttknes76e3otad6xpnyp2eia2nmg5ckrc7cq@jpeg)
January 26, 2026 at 8:39 PM
The same people who cannot control a city of 400,000 are manifestly incapable of cancelling a midterm or ending the peaceful transition of power. Keep reminding yourself that you are a lot stronger than they are.
Second Amendment/double standard.
A thread of MAGA protesting with guns and not getting murdered for it...
Arizona, November 2020
Arizona, November 2020
January 25, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Second Amendment/double standard.
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“You cannot bring a firearm, loaded, with multiple magazines to any sort of protest that you want. It's that simple.” — FBI Dir. Kash Patel
January 25, 2026 at 4:54 PM
“You cannot bring a firearm, loaded, with multiple magazines to any sort of protest that you want. It's that simple.” — FBI Dir. Kash Patel
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This is Alex Pretti.
January 25, 2026 at 2:24 AM
This is Alex Pretti.
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He's in the White House, JD
Vance: If we're trying to find a sex offender, tell us where the guy lives.
January 22, 2026 at 8:51 PM
He's in the White House, JD
"in 1994, when Rebecca “Becky” McCutcheon Griffin, herself a painter, bought it for $175,000... in 2012, she sold it to Hoxie for $450,000...Hoxie in 2022 sold it to the current owners...for $850,000, or what Griffin described as “megabucks.”
Uh...
www.fredericknewspost.com/news/arts_an...
Uh...
www.fredericknewspost.com/news/arts_an...
Frederick arts community concerned about loss of historic studio space
Dozens of painters, sculptors, ceramists and other artists gathered for breakfast at the Blue Elephant, downtown Frederick’s largest artist studio space, earlier this month, a weekly tradition.
www.fredericknewspost.com
January 22, 2026 at 8:02 PM
"in 1994, when Rebecca “Becky” McCutcheon Griffin, herself a painter, bought it for $175,000... in 2012, she sold it to Hoxie for $450,000...Hoxie in 2022 sold it to the current owners...for $850,000, or what Griffin described as “megabucks.”
Uh...
www.fredericknewspost.com/news/arts_an...
Uh...
www.fredericknewspost.com/news/arts_an...
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wow just woke up from a nap, i guess everyone else on Air Force One realized we aren't going to the right place
January 21, 2026 at 5:11 AM
wow just woke up from a nap, i guess everyone else on Air Force One realized we aren't going to the right place
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If I'm being honest, the collapse of the post-Cold War international order and the violent occupation of an American city are making it difficult for me to concentrate on housing policy.
January 20, 2026 at 6:15 PM
If I'm being honest, the collapse of the post-Cold War international order and the violent occupation of an American city are making it difficult for me to concentrate on housing policy.
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i feel like the viral bus thread resonates because at every step of the way you're like "ok surely this will be resolved shortly, any second now," which seems like what all the passengers are also thinking. then the fact that the situation doesn't resolve and the bus just keeps going is an Allegory
January 20, 2026 at 5:02 PM
i feel like the viral bus thread resonates because at every step of the way you're like "ok surely this will be resolved shortly, any second now," which seems like what all the passengers are also thinking. then the fact that the situation doesn't resolve and the bus just keeps going is an Allegory
<Michelle Obama has entered the chat>
Brooke Rollins: "I do believe that once we provide some really good healthy options and we get kids used to eating real food again, we're gonna see a complete sea change in the health of this nation"
January 20, 2026 at 4:06 PM
<Michelle Obama has entered the chat>
Need to get back to Cincinnati sometime.
This photo of Cincinnati's Over-The-Rhine neighborhood goes incredibly hard.
January 20, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Need to get back to Cincinnati sometime.
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The GOP has basically become a right wing entertainment/media operation focused on churning out non-stop propaganda, with a vestigial unit with nondescript offices hidden offsite that formulates and tries to pass legislation. It’s a political party in the same way WWF is a sports league.
January 20, 2026 at 2:55 PM
The GOP has basically become a right wing entertainment/media operation focused on churning out non-stop propaganda, with a vestigial unit with nondescript offices hidden offsite that formulates and tries to pass legislation. It’s a political party in the same way WWF is a sports league.