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Flan @flanknits.bsky.social · 1d

Unasked for advice- I had to rebuild my reading habit at one point, and I set a phone alarm to put down my phone and read for 15-20 minutes every day.

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Flan @flanknits.bsky.social · 1d

Grateful for the leadership from Elliott Payne and Doran Clark tonight.

Elliott Payne @elliottpayne.org · 1d

Tonight a resident posted a picture of racist and Islamaphobic language written on Johnson street that called for @omarfatehmn.com to be deported and wished death upon the Somali community. @doronclark.bsky.social and I showed up right away to get this racist garbage off of our streets

Elliott and doron cleaning up the shared use path on johnson

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Flan @flanknits.bsky.social · 2d

Yup. When he left home and came “west” to Michigan he changed the spelling. It’s consistent in census and land records, including documents he signed. And his children used the “new” spelling for their whole lives.

My suspicion is he wanted a clean break from his family of origin.

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Flan @flanknits.bsky.social · 2d

The internet has been such an amazing gift to genealogists!

(Although there’s also a distant relative of mine who likes to write screeds to me about how my 3x great-grandfather spelled his own name wrong and that using his spelling is diluting all this relative’s lifetime of work…)

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Flan @flanknits.bsky.social · 2d

See: FDR is a distant cousin, that made that branch easier to chase down. But wow does it give insights into privilege.

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Flan @flanknits.bsky.social · 2d

I love genealogy because I’m a dork about history, and it gives me a very specific tiny window into history.

But the best thing about being related to famous people is that there are more historical records/other people have done the work!

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Flan @flanknits.bsky.social · 2d

Threw out my back so I can’t be there tonight - excited to read the book!

taylr @taylordahlin.com · 2d

alec karakatsanis at moon palace books for a talk about his book “copaganda” with hennepin county attorney mary moriarty hosted by molly priesmeyer

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Flan @flanknits.bsky.social · 2d

This whole 🧵

Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 2d

@unraveledpress.com & other press have been threatened, shot with less-lethals and arrested while reporting on federal immigration activities in Chicagoland and on the resulting protests at Broadview.

I'm now at a hearing asking the federal court to rein ICE & co in. I'll let you know how it goes.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2d

Well, yeah, we're suing ICE.

This wasn't really a hard decision. As little faith as we have in institutions, we recognize the value of drawing visible lines in the sand. We drew ours personally a while ago, but better late than never.

May every protester be freed and may this occupation end.

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Flan @flanknits.bsky.social · 2d

I am “tweaked my back while reaching for my purse” years old.

Converted my bike commute to driving today and am spending some time babying my back.

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Flan @flanknits.bsky.social · 2d

Yup. This is the second version without the required information!

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Flan @flanknits.bsky.social · 3d

Yes. Highly recommend trekking poles for the descent on those steps, especially if they're damp!

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Flan @flanknits.bsky.social · 3d

We only made that mistake once….now we always go the other way!

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Flan @flanknits.bsky.social · 3d

The last climb is brutal.

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Mara @mauratwit.bsky.social · 5d

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Flan @flanknits.bsky.social · 5d

What in the fever dream?

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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 6d

People win elections, govern in coalitions. The ooga-booga about “outsized” is the kind of anti-democracy crap authoritarians traffic in. And of course Carol will lend her conspiratorial mindset to any passing circus.

Precarious State @precariousstate.bsky.social · 6d

Tonight, #APrecariousState reveals Minnesota’s turning point—and how a small bloc of DSA-endorsed members gained outsized influence on #Minneapolis City Council.

7 p.m. CT on ABC MN + precariousstate.com
Live Q&A follows on the website.

#APrecariousState #Minnesota #TwinCities #Documentary

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Flan @flanknits.bsky.social · 6d

This was a recent favorite of mine

Citizen alert screen shot.

Headline: Construction Workers Making Rude Gestures at Drivers

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Flan @flanknits.bsky.social · 6d

Adding to my “best of citizen alerts”

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Flan @flanknits.bsky.social · 6d

New law last legislative session!

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Flan @flanknits.bsky.social · 6d

The best that can be said about it is that he stayed on his message....

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Flan @flanknits.bsky.social · 6d

Ever since the video of Rümeysa Öztürk being detained, I've been thinking about how women are taught to be terrified of a kidnapping or SA by a stranger on the street - whole self defense empires were built on that.

And now it's (apparently) government agents and we aren't supposed to resist.

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Wes Burdine @wesburdine.bsky.social · 6d

That’s not good

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This morning HSI raided a construction site in the North End and took every single worker. I am in direct communication with neighbors, Representative Hollins, the Chief of Police, and COPAL who is a leader in the Immigrant Defense Network. I know that SPPD and Ram Co Sheriffs were NOT present.
Neighbors demanded the agents to identify themselves and they did not, leaving neighbors feeling confused who was present or if it was SPPD. I want to be very clear, Saint Paul Police officers will always identify themselves when asked. This is our policy. They will also be easily identified.

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Flan @flanknits.bsky.social · 6d

Given my misadventures with the Hiawatha LRT detours earlier in the week, I chose to take the 22 downtown today, and was reminded of the good conversations you can have on the bus!
#WeekWithoutDriving

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Flan @flanknits.bsky.social · 6d

That npr interview? It was really uninspiring.

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Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 6d

Ugh. Mayor Frey trying to get bonus points by recording a video (about gun violence) on bike.

Feels very performative, given his actual track record on active transportation, including CLOSING the Stevens/Greenway bike/ped ramp due to gun violence.

Don’t trust Frey.

Jacob Frey was here sign on one of two layers of fencing closing the Stevens/Greenway bike/ped ramp

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