Janne K. Flisrand
@jannefrommpls.bsky.social
Abundant housing. Justice. Dismantling oppression. Mpls politics. Observations from Zürich. She/her.
Cool things about this fountain:
1. it exists
2. the metal strip tells you where the water comes from
3. the grate to the right lets you hear the burbling stream while using it
Chur, Switzerland
1. it exists
2. the metal strip tells you where the water comes from
3. the grate to the right lets you hear the burbling stream while using it
Chur, Switzerland
November 10, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Cool things about this fountain:
1. it exists
2. the metal strip tells you where the water comes from
3. the grate to the right lets you hear the burbling stream while using it
Chur, Switzerland
1. it exists
2. the metal strip tells you where the water comes from
3. the grate to the right lets you hear the burbling stream while using it
Chur, Switzerland
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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
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The center L and center R voters are needed to build the coalition to beat the far right Jacob. When all the progressive electeds and orgs get behind the furthest to the left candidate (rather than one that can pick up voters in the center) they express their sincere preference, and help Jacob win.
November 9, 2025 at 6:25 AM
The center L and center R voters are needed to build the coalition to beat the far right Jacob. When all the progressive electeds and orgs get behind the furthest to the left candidate (rather than one that can pick up voters in the center) they express their sincere preference, and help Jacob win.
Stairwell to a train station parking garage (Chur, Switzerland).
November 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Stairwell to a train station parking garage (Chur, Switzerland).
Continuing my photo series from Chur, Switzerland, taken while heading from "Energy Park" to the Rhine, with tall apartment buildings totally not ruining the view in any way.
November 7, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Continuing my photo series from Chur, Switzerland, taken while heading from "Energy Park" to the Rhine, with tall apartment buildings totally not ruining the view in any way.
I found this container mini-museum in Chur, Switzerland. With one big swinging wall/door, and a small door on the other end, it was welcoming and people flowed through easily. The artifacts illustrated travel during Roman times through that area of 🇨🇭
November 6, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I found this container mini-museum in Chur, Switzerland. With one big swinging wall/door, and a small door on the other end, it was welcoming and people flowed through easily. The artifacts illustrated travel during Roman times through that area of 🇨🇭
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Minneapolis has had two women mayors, both ousted as incumbents in intraparty challenges from men who went on to win re-election two more times.
November 5, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Minneapolis has had two women mayors, both ousted as incumbents in intraparty challenges from men who went on to win re-election two more times.
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People are out here blaming RCV for Jacob's win. And I cannot stress this enough: RCV had literally nothing to do with it. Everything about this outcome was entirely predictable. Jacob had huge structural advantages: compliant local media, off-cycle election, PAC $, patronage networks.
November 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
People are out here blaming RCV for Jacob's win. And I cannot stress this enough: RCV had literally nothing to do with it. Everything about this outcome was entirely predictable. Jacob had huge structural advantages: compliant local media, off-cycle election, PAC $, patronage networks.
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you've got to click around on this map, and the graphics here ... it's astounding. @haidee.bsky.social did such a great job with this:
Explore How Different New Yorkers Voted for Mayor
See how voters turned out for Zohran Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa in every neighborhood in the city — and by income, housing and transit preference.
www.thecity.nyc
November 5, 2025 at 4:59 AM
you've got to click around on this map, and the graphics here ... it's astounding. @haidee.bsky.social did such a great job with this:
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The French perspective: Mamdani's political position represents "a progressive left, but it is no way radical" when compared to French politics.
Municipales à New York : Zohran Mamdani incarne «une gauche progressiste mais en aucun cas radicale sur l’échelle française»
Interview d'Amy Greene, spécialiste des Etats-Unis 👇
Interview d'Amy Greene, spécialiste des Etats-Unis 👇
Municipales à New York : Zohran Mamdani incarne «une gauche progressiste mais en aucun cas radicale sur l’échelle française»
www.liberation.fr
November 4, 2025 at 7:07 PM
The French perspective: Mamdani's political position represents "a progressive left, but it is no way radical" when compared to French politics.
Walking here felt very Minneapolis. Lovely path, woodsy, river/water (let's pretend there's no mountain), but the real source of memories was deafening highway noise, unusual in my experience of Switzerland.
This Chur path is tucked between the Rhine and a highway.
This Chur path is tucked between the Rhine and a highway.
November 4, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Walking here felt very Minneapolis. Lovely path, woodsy, river/water (let's pretend there's no mountain), but the real source of memories was deafening highway noise, unusual in my experience of Switzerland.
This Chur path is tucked between the Rhine and a highway.
This Chur path is tucked between the Rhine and a highway.
Posting through my Minneapolis election day stress. Help me relax, tell me: When are you going to vote?
My favorite voters guide naomikritzer.com/2025/10/31/e...
Everything you need to vote today
vote.minneapolismn.gov/voters/where...
My favorite voters guide naomikritzer.com/2025/10/31/e...
Everything you need to vote today
vote.minneapolismn.gov/voters/where...
Election 2025: Sample Ballot/Index of Posts
Greetings to everyone pulling up my site on their phones from a voting booth. For your convenience I’ve put links to (hopefully) all of this year’s races. If you scroll and don’t find what you’re l…
naomikritzer.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Posting through my Minneapolis election day stress. Help me relax, tell me: When are you going to vote?
My favorite voters guide naomikritzer.com/2025/10/31/e...
Everything you need to vote today
vote.minneapolismn.gov/voters/where...
My favorite voters guide naomikritzer.com/2025/10/31/e...
Everything you need to vote today
vote.minneapolismn.gov/voters/where...
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Chur, Switzerland is full, full, full of benches. Brightly colored, plain weathered wood, they are plentiful.
(Chur is no outlier in 🇨🇭.)
(Chur is no outlier in 🇨🇭.)
November 3, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Chur, Switzerland is full, full, full of benches. Brightly colored, plain weathered wood, they are plentiful.
(Chur is no outlier in 🇨🇭.)
(Chur is no outlier in 🇨🇭.)
At Critical Mass and after, I rode this #Zürich Bucheggplatz roundabout on a bike 4 or 5 times.
With 350 other cyclists, I looked around and thought, "What a terrible design for cyclists!"
Riding home alone, I thought, "What a terrifying design! Aaahhh! How do I do this???"
With 350 other cyclists, I looked around and thought, "What a terrible design for cyclists!"
Riding home alone, I thought, "What a terrifying design! Aaahhh! How do I do this???"
November 3, 2025 at 7:50 PM
At Critical Mass and after, I rode this #Zürich Bucheggplatz roundabout on a bike 4 or 5 times.
With 350 other cyclists, I looked around and thought, "What a terrible design for cyclists!"
Riding home alone, I thought, "What a terrifying design! Aaahhh! How do I do this???"
With 350 other cyclists, I looked around and thought, "What a terrible design for cyclists!"
Riding home alone, I thought, "What a terrifying design! Aaahhh! How do I do this???"
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Check out the most beautiful bus station ever. Also conveniently located above the train station.
Chur, Switzerland
Chur, Switzerland
November 1, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Check out the most beautiful bus station ever. Also conveniently located above the train station.
Chur, Switzerland
Chur, Switzerland
Check out the most beautiful bus station ever. Also conveniently located above the train station.
Chur, Switzerland
Chur, Switzerland
November 1, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Check out the most beautiful bus station ever. Also conveniently located above the train station.
Chur, Switzerland
Chur, Switzerland
The bike pitch in #Zürich is that biking is faster - if you know the city well I'm sure it is. I have yet to find it so.
Usually I'm stumped by wayfinding, today I was blocked by construction. I'm sure the alternative was near, but it wasn't visible to me.
It took me 50% longer than the tram.
Usually I'm stumped by wayfinding, today I was blocked by construction. I'm sure the alternative was near, but it wasn't visible to me.
It took me 50% longer than the tram.
October 31, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The bike pitch in #Zürich is that biking is faster - if you know the city well I'm sure it is. I have yet to find it so.
Usually I'm stumped by wayfinding, today I was blocked by construction. I'm sure the alternative was near, but it wasn't visible to me.
It took me 50% longer than the tram.
Usually I'm stumped by wayfinding, today I was blocked by construction. I'm sure the alternative was near, but it wasn't visible to me.
It took me 50% longer than the tram.
My historian SprachTandem partner gave me a tour of his #Zürich neighborhood, Binz, which is build in an old clay pit. Check out the terraces that were the edge of the pit before it was mined out, subtly visible history.
October 30, 2025 at 8:21 PM
My historian SprachTandem partner gave me a tour of his #Zürich neighborhood, Binz, which is build in an old clay pit. Check out the terraces that were the edge of the pit before it was mined out, subtly visible history.
A natural, grown gateway in a Mulhouse park.
October 29, 2025 at 10:27 PM
A natural, grown gateway in a Mulhouse park.
Time for a beautiful door. Found in Basel, Switzerland.
October 28, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Time for a beautiful door. Found in Basel, Switzerland.
A magnificent tree, with chairs and tables for scale. #Strasbourg
October 26, 2025 at 8:52 PM
A magnificent tree, with chairs and tables for scale. #Strasbourg
Multifamily buildings along the Rhine-Rhone Canal, just outside central Strasbourg.
October 22, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Multifamily buildings along the Rhine-Rhone Canal, just outside central Strasbourg.
Skinny or odd-shaped buildings like this one from Mulhouse, France always leave me wanting a storyteller who knows local history.
October 21, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Skinny or odd-shaped buildings like this one from Mulhouse, France always leave me wanting a storyteller who knows local history.