Kirsten
Kirsten
@therealbartacus.bsky.social
📍mpls, state park enthusiast, Gemini, Golden Gopher, chaotic good, trout hero 🌈
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The Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office has stopped classifying deputies as “undercover” to shield their body camera footage from the public, following a campaign by public defenders for more than a year and rebukes from at least three judges. minnesotareformer.com/2026/10/02/h...
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There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...
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Some good news: Hennepin County Library's current hours will continue through 2027. Advocacy works!
If you are a Hennepin County library user, please use this form to enter your comments on the proposed budget impact on our libraries; hours will cut, the collection budget remains flat, and dozens of FTE positions will be kept vacant. (call your commissioner, too!) www.hclib.org/about/news/2...
Guy who works at the laundromat and does a call and response of blessings on everyone and says the Lord works through us all when people help unhoused folks out with $$ for washing has clearly not noticed I read gay smut while I wait but he’s delighted I always tell him I already know he’s blessed 🤷♀️
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“Sysco’s proposed acquisition of Restaurant Depot is not some dull antitrust story buried in the business pages. It is a direct threat to the economic survival of independent restaurants across America,” writes @andrewzimmern.bsky.social.
Minnesota!! Don’t forget to register to vote!! It took me less than 30 seconds to update after moving and is equally quick to register. MN does same day registration at the polls but if you’re trying to save time cannot recommend enough www.sos.mn.gov/elections-vo...
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Job loss, nudification technology, data centers, the end times — a recent southwest metro forum on AI underscored the low-boil anxiety of Minnesotans about this unsettling technological change, and the many policy questions emerging from it.
I went to Frattalones in uptown and it was nice but not quite what I needed
S Minneapolis: what’s your go to hardware store? I’m specifically looking for the one where you’re pretty sure everyone who works/hangs out there has a special interest and knows everything there is to know about obscure shit
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Let's all call Tom Emmer's office (202-225-2331 or 763-241-6848) to ask where he buys his groceries as we'd all like to find that ground beef he says costs $2 a pound. www.minnpost.com/fact-briefs/...
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You probably recognize the first three names as mayoral best friends. But you may not know Catherine Shreves. She was co-chair of Charter for Change in 2021, the PAC funded entirely by the chamber of commerce and devoted to changing our government structure so Frey could be a strong mayor.
city of minneapolis has created 2 interview panels in the search for its next police chief on the community panel: - former city council president andrea jenkins - downtown council president & CEO adam duininck - chair of CCPO latonya reeves - co-chair of plymouth church workgroup catherine shreves
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"Another one bites the dust Another one bites the dust And another one gone, and another one gone Another one bites the dust, yeah Hey, I'm gonna get you too Another one bites the dust" #DataCenter #FuckOffDataCenters