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📣 Support 13 new homes in the Linden Hills neighborhood!
Minneapolis has a housing shortage, and we need your help to make sure every neighborhood welcomes new neighbors. Please let City Council know you support more homes by taking action by Monday, December 1!
actionnetwork.org/letters/acti...
Minneapolis has a housing shortage, and we need your help to make sure every neighborhood welcomes new neighbors. Please let City Council know you support more homes by taking action by Monday, December 1!
actionnetwork.org/letters/acti...
November 24, 2025 at 11:11 PM
📣 Support 13 new homes in the Linden Hills neighborhood!
Minneapolis has a housing shortage, and we need your help to make sure every neighborhood welcomes new neighbors. Please let City Council know you support more homes by taking action by Monday, December 1!
actionnetwork.org/letters/acti...
Minneapolis has a housing shortage, and we need your help to make sure every neighborhood welcomes new neighbors. Please let City Council know you support more homes by taking action by Monday, December 1!
actionnetwork.org/letters/acti...
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CPSC Warns Consumers to Immediately Stop Using Batteries for E-Bikes from Rad Power Bikes Due to Fire Hazard; Risk of Serious Injury or Death www.cpsc.gov/Warnings/202...
November 24, 2025 at 7:03 PM
CPSC Warns Consumers to Immediately Stop Using Batteries for E-Bikes from Rad Power Bikes Due to Fire Hazard; Risk of Serious Injury or Death www.cpsc.gov/Warnings/202...
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Climate change may seem like a distant, future issue, but it's an:
- affordability
- housing
- homelessness
issue, TODAY.
The more we push off climate mitigation and resilience actions, the more expensive in $, health, & quality of life it will be for all.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
- affordability
- housing
- homelessness
issue, TODAY.
The more we push off climate mitigation and resilience actions, the more expensive in $, health, & quality of life it will be for all.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Rising Home Insurance Premiums Are Eating Into Home Values in Disaster-Prone Areas
Changes in the insurance market have started to affect home prices in the most disaster-prone areas, new research finds, pushing some homeowners’ finances to the breaking point.
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Climate change may seem like a distant, future issue, but it's an:
- affordability
- housing
- homelessness
issue, TODAY.
The more we push off climate mitigation and resilience actions, the more expensive in $, health, & quality of life it will be for all.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
- affordability
- housing
- homelessness
issue, TODAY.
The more we push off climate mitigation and resilience actions, the more expensive in $, health, & quality of life it will be for all.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Great piece on how density restrictions in zoning are essentially BS.
November 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Great piece on how density restrictions in zoning are essentially BS.
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November 22, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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And remember, the main thing the profit motive gets you is…
November 20, 2025 at 8:26 PM
And remember, the main thing the profit motive gets you is…
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(Source: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...)
Private equity takeover of hospitals led to rise in Medicare emergency patient deaths, says study
Study found seven more deaths per 10,000 patients in private equity hospitals’ versus non-private equity hospitals
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:27 PM
(Source: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...)
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so at tonight's single stair and code talk, @stephenjacobsmith.com brought the good stuff. people were floored.
'architects don't design buildings, codes do'
'architects don't design buildings, codes do'
November 20, 2025 at 4:47 AM
so at tonight's single stair and code talk, @stephenjacobsmith.com brought the good stuff. people were floored.
'architects don't design buildings, codes do'
'architects don't design buildings, codes do'
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authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:35 AM
authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now
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Twin cities folks can connect with @mspwhistles.bsky.social if you want to be a menace to the kidnappers.
“Short bursts indicate an ICE sighting. Long whistles indicate agents making arrests. If you hear the whistle and you’re undocumented, said [Whitney Hu, a community activist and organizer with South Brooklyn Mutual Aid], ‘you hide. And if you’re somebody who’s not, you go to the street.’”
As ICE Street Raids Ramp Up, New Yorkers Stock Up On Whistles
Taking a cue from Chicago, community groups have distributed thousands of whistles in recent weeks — a grassroots system people in other cities have adopted to help neighbors sound the alarm.
www.thecity.nyc
November 17, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Twin cities folks can connect with @mspwhistles.bsky.social if you want to be a menace to the kidnappers.
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I do not want to “Do my own research.” I want to pay trained accredited experts to do the research, trained accredited experts to report on findings, and trained accredited experts to make policy based on them.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
November 15, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I do not want to “Do my own research.” I want to pay trained accredited experts to do the research, trained accredited experts to report on findings, and trained accredited experts to make policy based on them.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
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The Midwest yearns for more train
The Chicago-hub Amtrak service is outperforming many other U.S. regions in ridership growth. will.illinois.edu/21stshow/sto...
The state of rail travel across Illinois | Illinois Public Media
There's a lot of passenger rail projects underway across Illinois with some pushing full-steam ahead and some in railway limbo.
The 21st Show is Illinois' statewide weekday public radio talk show...
will.illinois.edu
November 15, 2025 at 4:39 AM
The Midwest yearns for more train
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I moved to Minnesota in June 2023 during a day when the air smelled like a campfire. When I’ve asked longtime Minnesotans about the increasingly severe smoke during our summers, they all say it was never a problem until a few years ago. And wow, this graph has got the receipts.
November 14, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I moved to Minnesota in June 2023 during a day when the air smelled like a campfire. When I’ve asked longtime Minnesotans about the increasingly severe smoke during our summers, they all say it was never a problem until a few years ago. And wow, this graph has got the receipts.
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We should build a lot more of the safest types of homes.
Modern Multifamily Buildings Provide the Most Fire Protection
A large body of research has demonstrated that apartment buildings and other types of multifamily housing can provide many benefits to a community, especially when built in high-demand areas where…
www.pew.org
November 13, 2025 at 8:01 PM
We should build a lot more of the safest types of homes.
Basic human needs are basic human rights.
Public transportation.
Public homes, means we need to legalize building more homes.
A Universal Basic Income for the costs of living like food, shelter, communication (your phone bill), etc.
Universal Healthcare, now.
We can live in a better world.
Public transportation.
Public homes, means we need to legalize building more homes.
A Universal Basic Income for the costs of living like food, shelter, communication (your phone bill), etc.
Universal Healthcare, now.
We can live in a better world.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Basic human needs are basic human rights.
Public transportation.
Public homes, means we need to legalize building more homes.
A Universal Basic Income for the costs of living like food, shelter, communication (your phone bill), etc.
Universal Healthcare, now.
We can live in a better world.
Public transportation.
Public homes, means we need to legalize building more homes.
A Universal Basic Income for the costs of living like food, shelter, communication (your phone bill), etc.
Universal Healthcare, now.
We can live in a better world.
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Sex ed should be mandatory and all students regardless of gender should study periods, childbirth, PCOS, and endometriosis.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Sex ed should be mandatory and all students regardless of gender should study periods, childbirth, PCOS, and endometriosis.
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MINNEAPOLIS GO GO NOW! #northernlights #photos
November 12, 2025 at 2:40 AM
MINNEAPOLIS GO GO NOW! #northernlights #photos
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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MY FELLOW AMERICANS: Watch how modular in-street recycling/trash collection works. Common across Europe, it is a great solution for urban areas.
November 8, 2025 at 8:19 PM
MY FELLOW AMERICANS: Watch how modular in-street recycling/trash collection works. Common across Europe, it is a great solution for urban areas.
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And we wonder why there are municipal governance problems
"HOA that thinks it's a city" actually describes a lot of urban America very well.
Also y’all actually like each other. SF is an HOA that thinks it’s a city
November 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
And we wonder why there are municipal governance problems
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Join us for DRAG BINGO at Roxy's Cabaret on Tuesday, November 11th!
🚪 Doors at 6 PM
🎱 Bingo starts at 7 PM
👑 Hosted by queens who serve LOOKS and NUMBERS
🏆 Prizes, raffle, and supporting your favorite org
What's not to love?
See you there! actionnetwork.org/events/novem...
🚪 Doors at 6 PM
🎱 Bingo starts at 7 PM
👑 Hosted by queens who serve LOOKS and NUMBERS
🏆 Prizes, raffle, and supporting your favorite org
What's not to love?
See you there! actionnetwork.org/events/novem...
November 8, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Join us for DRAG BINGO at Roxy's Cabaret on Tuesday, November 11th!
🚪 Doors at 6 PM
🎱 Bingo starts at 7 PM
👑 Hosted by queens who serve LOOKS and NUMBERS
🏆 Prizes, raffle, and supporting your favorite org
What's not to love?
See you there! actionnetwork.org/events/novem...
🚪 Doors at 6 PM
🎱 Bingo starts at 7 PM
👑 Hosted by queens who serve LOOKS and NUMBERS
🏆 Prizes, raffle, and supporting your favorite org
What's not to love?
See you there! actionnetwork.org/events/novem...
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Bringing this map over from the bad place
November 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Bringing this map over from the bad place
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Planners should listen to maps like this more than testimony at public meetings. The red areas are actually crying out for more homes.
November 7, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Planners should listen to maps like this more than testimony at public meetings. The red areas are actually crying out for more homes.
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Every single corner and every place two different materials meet is another potential leak
One way to reduce condo defect liability: stop forcing architects to design buildings that leak. HCD’s “objective design standards” guide *encourages* making building envelopes more complex, heightening leak and therefore defect lawsuit risk cao-94612.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/documents/Ap...
November 7, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Every single corner and every place two different materials meet is another potential leak