Recalling when a water main break in downtown had us emergency shutting everything down. Great idea folks. Same break also killed our aircon as well. Oh and the countless fiber cuts from the neverending digging. Good times.
I’m already exhausted. It’s all so dumb.There are, at most, a couple buildings that might be good candidates for a data center conversion. There are no imminent plans. A moratorium isn’t bad or good - it just gives time to figure out what we want. The council member is being ridiculous.
Opinion | Data centers in downtown Minneapolis show promise, not peril
If we adopt a moratorium in Minneapolis we will send the message that the city is closed for business, Ward 7 Council Member Elizabeth Shaffer writes.
www.startribune.com
May 20, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Recalling when a water main break in downtown had us emergency shutting everything down. Great idea folks. Same break also killed our aircon as well. Oh and the countless fiber cuts from the neverending digging. Good times.
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Hi all. Today I am starting barn raisers for our last 3 rents that are unfunded.
First up is MPS family K who needs $2200 for May rent still.
Can anyone chip in or share? 🌻
First up is MPS family K who needs $2200 for May rent still.
Can anyone chip in or share? 🌻
You can sign up to be connected to a rent need directly via the Adopt A Rent program
OR
you can barnraise with me by chipping in here on Bluesky. We completed or funded in full FOUR rents this way last night.
V: colocha_rachel
$: ColochaRachel
Dm for Zelle
www.standwithminnesota.com/adoptarent
OR
you can barnraise with me by chipping in here on Bluesky. We completed or funded in full FOUR rents this way last night.
V: colocha_rachel
$: ColochaRachel
Dm for Zelle
www.standwithminnesota.com/adoptarent
May 19, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Hi all. Today I am starting barn raisers for our last 3 rents that are unfunded.
First up is MPS family K who needs $2200 for May rent still.
Can anyone chip in or share? 🌻
First up is MPS family K who needs $2200 for May rent still.
Can anyone chip in or share? 🌻
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Love always
Minneapolis, MN
5/17/26
Minneapolis, MN
5/17/26
May 17, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Love always
Minneapolis, MN
5/17/26
Minneapolis, MN
5/17/26
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please please please boost katy’s post with a quote skeet???
also send what you can, literally anything helps. if 20 ppl put in $5 we get to a $100!!!
this family has been through way too much and these kids need their mom who is trying so hard to keep it together.
also send what you can, literally anything helps. if 20 ppl put in $5 we get to a $100!!!
this family has been through way too much and these kids need their mom who is trying so hard to keep it together.
She needs $1700 to keep her place, and if we can't come up with that by Monday anything she gets will go towards staying in a hotel until she can find a shelter space. Her kids are 1 and 3, they deserve to be with their mom. Please help-
$layannajean
paypal kkeezer21
$layannajean
paypal kkeezer21
Goal is $1700
May 17, 2026 at 9:25 PM
please please please boost katy’s post with a quote skeet???
also send what you can, literally anything helps. if 20 ppl put in $5 we get to a $100!!!
this family has been through way too much and these kids need their mom who is trying so hard to keep it together.
also send what you can, literally anything helps. if 20 ppl put in $5 we get to a $100!!!
this family has been through way too much and these kids need their mom who is trying so hard to keep it together.
😢 ☔️
10 years and still hurts
10 years and still hurts
April 21, 2026 at 12:36 PM
😢 ☔️
10 years and still hurts
10 years and still hurts
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ALPRs and Minneapolis’ Growing Discriminatory Surveillance Dragnet
Automatic License Plate Readers, an extremely invasive form of public surveillance, have been around for decades, but lately they have been becoming more prevalent.
New investigative piece contributed by @lcamanderson.bsky.social.
Automatic License Plate Readers, an extremely invasive form of public surveillance, have been around for decades, but lately they have been becoming more prevalent.
New investigative piece contributed by @lcamanderson.bsky.social.
ALPRs and Minneapolis’ Growing Discriminatory Surveillance Dragnet - UNICORN RIOT
Automatic License Plate Readers (ALPRs), an extremely invasive form of public surveillance, have been around for decades, but lately they have been becoming more prevalent.
unicornriot.ninja
April 18, 2026 at 6:24 PM
ALPRs and Minneapolis’ Growing Discriminatory Surveillance Dragnet
Automatic License Plate Readers, an extremely invasive form of public surveillance, have been around for decades, but lately they have been becoming more prevalent.
New investigative piece contributed by @lcamanderson.bsky.social.
Automatic License Plate Readers, an extremely invasive form of public surveillance, have been around for decades, but lately they have been becoming more prevalent.
New investigative piece contributed by @lcamanderson.bsky.social.
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My auction item is at $350. You have ~21 hours to increase it further. Here is a picture of me and @atarifan2600.bsky.social at Valleyfair! on a rainy day that made every photo look like basicallyeveryone else had been raptured. (Plausible scenario.)
event.auctria.com/4fd8dd50-f46...
event.auctria.com/4fd8dd50-f46...
April 10, 2026 at 12:59 AM
My auction item is at $350. You have ~21 hours to increase it further. Here is a picture of me and @atarifan2600.bsky.social at Valleyfair! on a rainy day that made every photo look like basicallyeveryone else had been raptured. (Plausible scenario.)
event.auctria.com/4fd8dd50-f46...
event.auctria.com/4fd8dd50-f46...
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Happy Confederate Surrender Day from Minnesota where we still have your goddamn flag and we’re not giving it up.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28th_Vi...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28th_Vi...
April 9, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Happy Confederate Surrender Day from Minnesota where we still have your goddamn flag and we’re not giving it up.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28th_Vi...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28th_Vi...
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i am a woman of action
This campaign needs you now
Permanently ban Pete Hegseth from the Minnesota State Fair
c.org
April 8, 2026 at 4:36 AM
i am a woman of action
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I’m raising rent relief funds for a beloved Minneapolis family in need!
I wholeheartedly vouch for these George Floyd Square neighbors, who owe back rent for a total need of $3000. Can you help?
V: @Ian-Coldwater
CA: $iancoldwater
PP: @coldwater
Please share and give if you can! Thank you! 💛
I wholeheartedly vouch for these George Floyd Square neighbors, who owe back rent for a total need of $3000. Can you help?
V: @Ian-Coldwater
CA: $iancoldwater
PP: @coldwater
Please share and give if you can! Thank you! 💛
i think one of the roadblocks people feel like they’re running into when deciding to donate to mutual aid funds is figuring out what’s trustworthy. i find it helps to outsource that vetting - i trust ian completely, and ian knows & trusts their community in minneapolis.
April 8, 2026 at 5:43 PM
I’m raising rent relief funds for a beloved Minneapolis family in need!
I wholeheartedly vouch for these George Floyd Square neighbors, who owe back rent for a total need of $3000. Can you help?
V: @Ian-Coldwater
CA: $iancoldwater
PP: @coldwater
Please share and give if you can! Thank you! 💛
I wholeheartedly vouch for these George Floyd Square neighbors, who owe back rent for a total need of $3000. Can you help?
V: @Ian-Coldwater
CA: $iancoldwater
PP: @coldwater
Please share and give if you can! Thank you! 💛
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Get outside. Get to know your neighbors. Bring your gifts. Meet each others’ needs.
No Kings is impressive. It’s not enough.
Why Minneapolis activism is a stronger model than the No Kings protests.
www.ms.now/opinion/no-k...
Why Minneapolis activism is a stronger model than the No Kings protests.
www.ms.now/opinion/no-k...
Opinion | No Kings is impressive. It’s not enough.
Why Minneapolis activism is a stronger model than No Kings protests.
www.ms.now
March 29, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Get outside. Get to know your neighbors. Bring your gifts. Meet each others’ needs.
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35 more people with $50 would pay this rent! 🌻
Today I am barn raising for an $1800 March rent need for a family in Central neighborhood.
Can you chip in or share?
🌻🌻🌻
Can you chip in or share?
🌻🌻🌻
You can sign up to be connected to a rent need directly via the Adopt A Rent program
OR
you can barnraise with me by chipping in here on Bluesky. We completed or funded in full FOUR rents this way last night.
V: colocha_rachel
$: ColochaRachel
Dm for Zelle
www.standwithminnesota.com/adoptarent
OR
you can barnraise with me by chipping in here on Bluesky. We completed or funded in full FOUR rents this way last night.
V: colocha_rachel
$: ColochaRachel
Dm for Zelle
www.standwithminnesota.com/adoptarent
March 23, 2026 at 6:53 PM
35 more people with $50 would pay this rent! 🌻
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Ok now that I've primed the tank, I have a 3rd, bigger need. I have $400/2100 paid toward a rent that is due tomorrow.
Anyone wanna chip in or share this to help pay someone's rent?
V: colocha_rachel
$: ColochaRachel
(paypal and zelle via DM)
Anyone wanna chip in or share this to help pay someone's rent?
V: colocha_rachel
$: ColochaRachel
(paypal and zelle via DM)
Original $230 was met but now I"m looking for $250 to complete a second rent need tonight.
Can you chip in to help cover $250 that would help someone pay their rent in full? 🌻
V: colocha_rachel
$: ColochaRachel
Can you chip in to help cover $250 that would help someone pay their rent in full? 🌻
V: colocha_rachel
$: ColochaRachel
I have $230 left to pay on a rent need referred to us by CM Jason Chavez. Can anyone else help me cover this last $230? 🌻
V: colocha_rachel
$: ColochaRachel
(zelle and PayPal by DM)
V: colocha_rachel
$: ColochaRachel
(zelle and PayPal by DM)
March 5, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Ok now that I've primed the tank, I have a 3rd, bigger need. I have $400/2100 paid toward a rent that is due tomorrow.
Anyone wanna chip in or share this to help pay someone's rent?
V: colocha_rachel
$: ColochaRachel
(paypal and zelle via DM)
Anyone wanna chip in or share this to help pay someone's rent?
V: colocha_rachel
$: ColochaRachel
(paypal and zelle via DM)
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swung by to hear and support testifiers; it is both incredible what Minneapolis residents have been doing to support their neighbors and we are at a point where the city needs to do something formal--pause evictions.
The Pause Evictions, Save Lives ordinance is now being considered at the Minneapolis City Council, watch live!
www.minneapolismn.gov/government/c...
www.minneapolismn.gov/government/c...
City Council TV
Watch City Council, council committees and other local meetings online or on local cable TV.
www.minneapolismn.gov
March 3, 2026 at 5:39 PM
swung by to hear and support testifiers; it is both incredible what Minneapolis residents have been doing to support their neighbors and we are at a point where the city needs to do something formal--pause evictions.
If you’re in the audience and on camera for the minneapolis city council meeting hearing on eviction moratorium, your facial expressions and reactions are giving me life. 💛
March 3, 2026 at 6:43 PM
If you’re in the audience and on camera for the minneapolis city council meeting hearing on eviction moratorium, your facial expressions and reactions are giving me life. 💛
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SCOOP: An internal DHS document obtained by 404 Media shows for the first time CBP used location data sourced from the online advertising industry to track phone locations.
This surveillance can happen through all sorts of apps, such as video games, news apps, weather trackers, and dating apps.
This surveillance can happen through all sorts of apps, such as video games, news apps, weather trackers, and dating apps.
CBP Tapped Into the Online Advertising Ecosystem To Track Peoples’ Movements
An internal DHS document obtained by 404 Media shows for the first time CBP used location data sourced from the online advertising industry to track phone locations. ICE has bought access to similar t...
www.404media.co
March 3, 2026 at 2:16 PM
SCOOP: An internal DHS document obtained by 404 Media shows for the first time CBP used location data sourced from the online advertising industry to track phone locations.
This surveillance can happen through all sorts of apps, such as video games, news apps, weather trackers, and dating apps.
This surveillance can happen through all sorts of apps, such as video games, news apps, weather trackers, and dating apps.
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Please do this. For our neighbors and for everyone working on rent funds’ sanity
Can't make it tomorrow morning? Send an email now: bit.ly/pauseevictions
March 3, 2026 at 2:29 AM
Please do this. For our neighbors and for everyone working on rent funds’ sanity
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Sometimes I think America lost its footing on the path of righteousness when people stopped saying "up your nose with a rubber hose".
March 2, 2026 at 2:09 AM
Sometimes I think America lost its footing on the path of righteousness when people stopped saying "up your nose with a rubber hose".
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I fucking love my country of Minneapolis
March 2, 2026 at 2:15 AM
I fucking love my country of Minneapolis
If you have the ability to send donations via zelle and are thinking of donating, hit ashley up.
We are absolutely desperate for people that can send money through Zelle. We have like 6 March needs to close and they are all Zelle.
March 1, 2026 at 6:20 PM
If you have the ability to send donations via zelle and are thinking of donating, hit ashley up.
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We did that!!!
I went through and added up the total paid rents through our adopt-a-rent program, and it is 329 families for $463,217. All peer-to-peer, no fundraising. Just neighbors helping each other out.
If you want to adopt a family, and can afford to give $500 or more, signal me at asiniiwiikwe.72
If you want to adopt a family, and can afford to give $500 or more, signal me at asiniiwiikwe.72
March 1, 2026 at 5:35 PM
We did that!!!
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I went through and added up the total paid rents through our adopt-a-rent program, and it is 329 families for $463,217. All peer-to-peer, no fundraising. Just neighbors helping each other out.
If you want to adopt a family, and can afford to give $500 or more, signal me at asiniiwiikwe.72
If you want to adopt a family, and can afford to give $500 or more, signal me at asiniiwiikwe.72
March 1, 2026 at 5:33 PM
I went through and added up the total paid rents through our adopt-a-rent program, and it is 329 families for $463,217. All peer-to-peer, no fundraising. Just neighbors helping each other out.
If you want to adopt a family, and can afford to give $500 or more, signal me at asiniiwiikwe.72
If you want to adopt a family, and can afford to give $500 or more, signal me at asiniiwiikwe.72
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Happy last day of the month!
Stand with Minnesota has a lot of rent needs and not enough donors. Can you help adopt a rent?
Extra points if you have Zelle, because we have a lot of Zelle needs and are at our limits.
If you can help: www.standwithminnesota.com/adoptarent
Stand with Minnesota has a lot of rent needs and not enough donors. Can you help adopt a rent?
Extra points if you have Zelle, because we have a lot of Zelle needs and are at our limits.
If you can help: www.standwithminnesota.com/adoptarent
Adopt A Rent — Stand With Minnesota
Adopt the rent of a family impacted by the ICE occupation in Minneapolis
www.standwithminnesota.com
February 28, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Happy last day of the month!
Stand with Minnesota has a lot of rent needs and not enough donors. Can you help adopt a rent?
Extra points if you have Zelle, because we have a lot of Zelle needs and are at our limits.
If you can help: www.standwithminnesota.com/adoptarent
Stand with Minnesota has a lot of rent needs and not enough donors. Can you help adopt a rent?
Extra points if you have Zelle, because we have a lot of Zelle needs and are at our limits.
If you can help: www.standwithminnesota.com/adoptarent
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Huh.
Neat.
Wonder if there are any particular needs in Minnesota right now.
🤷
Neat.
Wonder if there are any particular needs in Minnesota right now.
🤷
State finance officials projected Friday that Minnesota will have a $3.7 billion surplus over the next 16 months, an improvement over the last outlook.
Minnesota’s economic outlook improves with $3.7 billion near-term surplus, though uncertainty looms
Lawmakers got an update on what’s on the horizon for Minnesota’s budget and economy. The forecast is complicated by in-limbo tariffs and impacts of surged federal immigration action.
www.mprnews.org
February 27, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Huh.
Neat.
Wonder if there are any particular needs in Minnesota right now.
🤷
Neat.
Wonder if there are any particular needs in Minnesota right now.
🤷
never bring a gun to a snowball fight
February 24, 2026 at 4:05 PM
never bring a gun to a snowball fight