Aaron Tinklenberg
@atinklenberg.bsky.social
Public schools, comms, Minneapolis, MNUFC, probably a little golf & poker, too
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Let me get this right… a sufficient number Senate Democrats appear to be willing to reopen government to alleviate air travel for upper & upper-middle income people at the expense of access to healthcare for lower income people. Yes?
November 9, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Let me get this right… a sufficient number Senate Democrats appear to be willing to reopen government to alleviate air travel for upper & upper-middle income people at the expense of access to healthcare for lower income people. Yes?
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Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
November 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
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Shutting down the government is a big deal. People have been hurt in big ways as a result of the decision. To have that suffering be for nothing—to re-open the government without actually having protected people’s health insurance and economic well-being—is unconscionable.
November 9, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Shutting down the government is a big deal. People have been hurt in big ways as a result of the decision. To have that suffering be for nothing—to re-open the government without actually having protected people’s health insurance and economic well-being—is unconscionable.
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When people take trips by bicycle, they improve their physical and mental health, avoid emitting tailpipe or tire particle pollution, and save money that can instead be spent in the local economy.
Safe and comfortable bikeway connections make these benefits available to more people across our city.
Safe and comfortable bikeway connections make these benefits available to more people across our city.
November 2, 2025 at 8:12 PM
When people take trips by bicycle, they improve their physical and mental health, avoid emitting tailpipe or tire particle pollution, and save money that can instead be spent in the local economy.
Safe and comfortable bikeway connections make these benefits available to more people across our city.
Safe and comfortable bikeway connections make these benefits available to more people across our city.
Fantastic news. Sadly, I already got tickets.
Note: Cal Williams and Kyndra de St. Aubin will call Game 3 of #MNUFC-#Sounders series on Apple TV on Saturday.
Context: It’s the first #Loons match for the pair since they called nearly every game for the club from 2017-22. They did a Chicago Fire home game earlier this year.
Context: It’s the first #Loons match for the pair since they called nearly every game for the club from 2017-22. They did a Chicago Fire home game earlier this year.
November 8, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Fantastic news. Sadly, I already got tickets.
Voter 392 in W11 P12 at Wenonah Elem at 1 pm. No idea how that compares to previous years, but every booth was in use, so I'd guess it'll be a good turnout.
November 4, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Voter 392 in W11 P12 at Wenonah Elem at 1 pm. No idea how that compares to previous years, but every booth was in use, so I'd guess it'll be a good turnout.
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Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
November 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
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The Fietsersbond’s legacy is visible on every Dutch street, but its true achievement lies in something deeper: as a global model for persistent and profoundly effective citizen advocacy, proving when people organise for safer, fairer streets, they can quite literally change the course of a country.🔚
November 2, 2025 at 9:54 AM
The Fietsersbond’s legacy is visible on every Dutch street, but its true achievement lies in something deeper: as a global model for persistent and profoundly effective citizen advocacy, proving when people organise for safer, fairer streets, they can quite literally change the course of a country.🔚
The biggest beneficiaries of government support programs are the corporations that profit by paying workers less than a living wage.
Gutting testimonials from Walmart and Amazon workers about what the loss of SNAP benefits will mean for them
October 31, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The biggest beneficiaries of government support programs are the corporations that profit by paying workers less than a living wage.
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This is leadership, as many people have already said; but also another moment where people will wonder why anyone else in a position of power hasn't spoken up. It should not have to be just Sarah Gorden's job.
from sarah gorden:
October 31, 2025 at 1:47 AM
This is leadership, as many people have already said; but also another moment where people will wonder why anyone else in a position of power hasn't spoken up. It should not have to be just Sarah Gorden's job.
How wrong does something have to be before people will stop using it? Or are people happy to be wrong as long as they can be mad about whatever they believe is the truth?
Over on the other site, I've had to not only look out for human misinformation but also what Grok is up to. This one is funny; not only is its summary of Minnesota's post-election review statute factually wrong, it manages it to cite an entirely bogus section number for that statute.
October 30, 2025 at 1:21 PM
How wrong does something have to be before people will stop using it? Or are people happy to be wrong as long as they can be mad about whatever they believe is the truth?
Good grief. Instead of using taxpayer money to make sure people have food to eat, we're using it to make sure they don't, and then arrest and jail them for trying, too. Spend 10x as much to get a 10x worse result.
California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
www.foxla.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Good grief. Instead of using taxpayer money to make sure people have food to eat, we're using it to make sure they don't, and then arrest and jail them for trying, too. Spend 10x as much to get a 10x worse result.
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I'm pro-union because I think workers should organize to balance the power that business owners have in various negotiations. It's true that unions have been weakened, but it's not because of multiculturalism. I would argue, it's because people seek to exploit divisions for their material interests.
October 30, 2025 at 8:07 AM
I'm pro-union because I think workers should organize to balance the power that business owners have in various negotiations. It's true that unions have been weakened, but it's not because of multiculturalism. I would argue, it's because people seek to exploit divisions for their material interests.
Monsters. Every one of the agents involved should go to prison.
"According to his running club, the man, who is a U.S. citizen, was returning from a team run when agents pulled him out of his vehicle, tackled him to the ground and kneeled on top of him, allegedly breaking six ribs and causing internal bleeding"
US citizen, 67, ‘has six ribs broken’ by Border Patrol agents, his running club says
The incident unfolded Saturday in Chicago’s Old Irving Park neighborhood, where residents say federal agents disrupted a children’s Halloween parade
www.independent.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Monsters. Every one of the agents involved should go to prison.
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“Kids make mistakes. Kids get distracted. It's our responsibility when designing cities to think, what is that child's experience and how do I ensure what I'm doing will have a positive impact. as opposed to putting the burden on their caregiver to ensure they're safe.”
biketalk.org/2025/10/2541...
biketalk.org/2025/10/2541...
October 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM
“Kids make mistakes. Kids get distracted. It's our responsibility when designing cities to think, what is that child's experience and how do I ensure what I'm doing will have a positive impact. as opposed to putting the burden on their caregiver to ensure they're safe.”
biketalk.org/2025/10/2541...
biketalk.org/2025/10/2541...
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Mamdani is already getting the criminals out of NYC!
October 21, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Mamdani is already getting the criminals out of NYC!
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If you don’t understand that the central challenge faced by traditional media is bad-faith attacks from political opportunists, you should not be running a traditional media outlet.
October 19, 2025 at 6:05 PM
If you don’t understand that the central challenge faced by traditional media is bad-faith attacks from political opportunists, you should not be running a traditional media outlet.
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I'm seeing some scientists, including medical researchers, say that this view is too paranoid.
I, in all my disciplinary and institutional capacities, do not think this is paranoid at all.
I, in all my disciplinary and institutional capacities, do not think this is paranoid at all.
seems that RFK is clearing the path for his CDC to do tuskegee syphillis experiments as a matter of course. in other news, RFK is a genuine monster who relishes in the pain and suffering of those he feels he has control or dominion over
RFK is undoing human subjects protections so he can conduct placebo trials of vaccines. That means infecting people knowingly. I wonder who will “volunteer” for these trials? If history is any guide, a lot of incarcerated and other powerless people.
October 19, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I'm seeing some scientists, including medical researchers, say that this view is too paranoid.
I, in all my disciplinary and institutional capacities, do not think this is paranoid at all.
I, in all my disciplinary and institutional capacities, do not think this is paranoid at all.
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MLK's Letter from Birmingham Jail was essentially written to Elizabeth Shaffer.
"Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection."
"Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection."
Shaffer on standing up to Trump: if there's a "Martin Luther Jr kind of non violent protest that begins I will be on the front lines."
October 17, 2025 at 7:49 PM
MLK's Letter from Birmingham Jail was essentially written to Elizabeth Shaffer.
"Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection."
"Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection."
Our full day in Bergen featured a gorgeous hike up to an down from Fløyen. What ana amazing place!
October 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Our full day in Bergen featured a gorgeous hike up to an down from Fløyen. What ana amazing place!
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Great reporting from @erininthemorning.com. If anything mattered anymore, this kind of analysis, and the overzealous misuse of the data would be humiliating.
Fact Check: No, There Is Not A New Survey Showing Trans Identity Is Decreasing
The claim, which originates from far-right professor Eric Kaufmann, appears to have made a glaring error: the survey actually shows more people have come out, not fewer.
www.erininthemorning.com
October 15, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Great reporting from @erininthemorning.com. If anything mattered anymore, this kind of analysis, and the overzealous misuse of the data would be humiliating.
Day 2 in Oslo was also wonderful. Explored Hovedøya island and the National Museum. I forgot to take a pic of my favorite Edvard Munch piece, unfortunately, but I have to say that several of his paintings were much more powerful and heartbreaking than I expected.
October 15, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Day 2 in Oslo was also wonderful. Explored Hovedøya island and the National Museum. I forgot to take a pic of my favorite Edvard Munch piece, unfortunately, but I have to say that several of his paintings were much more powerful and heartbreaking than I expected.
So far, so good for our first day in Oslo.
October 13, 2025 at 1:43 PM
So far, so good for our first day in Oslo.
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7/ Caught in a lie, Frey never apologized. Instead, we got his famously weasely “Language became more casual, including my own.” BTW this is the 1st election voters can hold Frey accountable for lying & Locke dying, but the incident is almost memory-holed in coverage. www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
Minneapolis Mayor Frey Admits To Being Misleading On 'No-Knock' Policy Changes
"Language became more casual, including my own, which did not reflect the necessary precision or nuance. And I own that," Mayor Jacob Frey said.
www.cbsnews.com
October 12, 2025 at 7:44 PM
7/ Caught in a lie, Frey never apologized. Instead, we got his famously weasely “Language became more casual, including my own.” BTW this is the 1st election voters can hold Frey accountable for lying & Locke dying, but the incident is almost memory-holed in coverage. www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...