Sarah
@mutantpudding.bsky.social
Im Sarah from Minnesota. Consumer of books, television, and potatoes. Lover of crafts, puzzles, and nature.
Here mostly for local happenings and sharing random thoughts and tidbits from my life.
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Here mostly for local happenings and sharing random thoughts and tidbits from my life.
They/them or she/they
🐕🌲🥦😷🏞🚴♀️🎨🧶🧩📚🏳️🌈
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After ICE did this in Illinois, the Secretary of State revoked the plates, sent a cease and desist to ICE, threatened to suspend rental car licenses for allowing ICE to swap plates and set up a tip hotline to report plate tampering.
MN deserves the same action.
www.ilsos.gov/news/2025/de...
MN deserves the same action.
www.ilsos.gov/news/2025/de...
December 16, 2025 at 10:13 PM
After ICE did this in Illinois, the Secretary of State revoked the plates, sent a cease and desist to ICE, threatened to suspend rental car licenses for allowing ICE to swap plates and set up a tip hotline to report plate tampering.
MN deserves the same action.
www.ilsos.gov/news/2025/de...
MN deserves the same action.
www.ilsos.gov/news/2025/de...
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COULD YOU FUCKING NOT??
December 12, 2025 at 2:59 PM
COULD YOU FUCKING NOT??
Good riddance!
i'm told cyndy martin has resigned from ALL of her DFL positions - CD8, CBRC, code of conduct, itasca county DFL, feminist caucus - as of today
she pleaded not guilty to vehicular homicide last month
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she pleaded not guilty to vehicular homicide last month
taylordahlin.com/f/cyndy-mart...
Cyndy Martin Reportedly Resigns From All DFL Positions
Cyndy Martin, the chair of CD8 DFL, has reportedly resigned from all of her DFL party positions as of Friday, December 12. The news broke after another CD8 party official walked into a labor lunch in ...
taylordahlin.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Good riddance!
Personally I've found the best method is shovel and then use a push broom to remove all the snow especially if any had been walked on and stuck to the pavement. Then there's no need for salt or grit.
The city needs to follow its own advice though. I've seen literal piles of salt out there.
The city needs to follow its own advice though. I've seen literal piles of salt out there.
Physical removal of snow is your best defense for keeping sidewalks ice-free. Use salt sparingly — more salt does not make it work better or faster. In extreme cold, use sand for traction since salt only works when pavement is warmer than 15°F. More tips: https://bit.ly/450rmgD
December 12, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Personally I've found the best method is shovel and then use a push broom to remove all the snow especially if any had been walked on and stuck to the pavement. Then there's no need for salt or grit.
The city needs to follow its own advice though. I've seen literal piles of salt out there.
The city needs to follow its own advice though. I've seen literal piles of salt out there.
They are probably going to consider the name ABOLISH ICE too political to be considered but I'm submitting it anyway.
Sound the alarms: it’s snowplow-naming season!
Have a pun that sparkles? A masterpiece? A name that’ll make Minnesota proud? Submit your ideas online by Dec. 19 at noon: mndot.gov/nameasnowplow
Have a pun that sparkles? A masterpiece? A name that’ll make Minnesota proud? Submit your ideas online by Dec. 19 at noon: mndot.gov/nameasnowplow
December 11, 2025 at 3:37 AM
They are probably going to consider the name ABOLISH ICE too political to be considered but I'm submitting it anyway.
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MPLS in a nutshell
December 11, 2025 at 3:29 AM
MPLS in a nutshell
I shoveled a ton of snow in the last 2 days and for some reason I am really feeling it in my thigh muscles. 😓🦵❄
December 11, 2025 at 2:19 AM
I shoveled a ton of snow in the last 2 days and for some reason I am really feeling it in my thigh muscles. 😓🦵❄
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Minneapolis winter biking: Isadora Duncan Edition
GOT MY SCARF CAUGHT IN MY CHAIN
December 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Minneapolis winter biking: Isadora Duncan Edition
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If this isn’t the year we get Abolish ICE…
Sound the alarms: it’s snowplow-naming season!
Have a pun that sparkles? A masterpiece? A name that’ll make Minnesota proud? Submit your ideas online by Dec. 19 at noon: mndot.gov/nameasnowplow
Have a pun that sparkles? A masterpiece? A name that’ll make Minnesota proud? Submit your ideas online by Dec. 19 at noon: mndot.gov/nameasnowplow
December 9, 2025 at 4:34 PM
If this isn’t the year we get Abolish ICE…
Saw some swans out on Bde Maka Ska!
December 9, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Saw some swans out on Bde Maka Ska!
The nearly 200 dollars spent on rubber bands is my favorite. How does that even happen?
the post-general campaign finance report was due yesterday, so here are my favorite expenditures of this city election season
taylordahlin.com/f/best-campa...
taylordahlin.com/f/best-campa...
Best Campaign Expenditures of the 2025 Minneapolis City Elections
Dan Orban's Vehicle Advertisement by JP Bullfrog: $450.00
taylordahlin.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The nearly 200 dollars spent on rubber bands is my favorite. How does that even happen?
I'm a little overdressed but I'm very comfortable in here.
December 1, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I'm a little overdressed but I'm very comfortable in here.
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noon means it's time to report every single commercial property and rental larger than a duplex who have not cleared snow from their sidewalks yet! deadline is UP!
November 30, 2025 at 6:12 PM
noon means it's time to report every single commercial property and rental larger than a duplex who have not cleared snow from their sidewalks yet! deadline is UP!
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Your Black Friday reminder that Amazon...
-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump
-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump
November 28, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Your Black Friday reminder that Amazon...
-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump
-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump
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Mulligan has been drinking out of the people water all afternoon and we just found out
November 27, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Mulligan has been drinking out of the people water all afternoon and we just found out
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Pushing back on the idea that the point is to feel smug.
It's to feel pride in the active stewardship of your neighborhood.
Minnesotans may have toxic traits. Some may even act smugly about doing this, which I don't condone.
But these kinda things are good acts of preparedness & community care. 💛
It's to feel pride in the active stewardship of your neighborhood.
Minnesotans may have toxic traits. Some may even act smugly about doing this, which I don't condone.
But these kinda things are good acts of preparedness & community care. 💛
If you wanna be a good neighbor and get extra Minnesota Nice points*, it is a fantastic time to check the storm drains on your street to make sure they’re not clogged with leaves before The backed-up water freezes.
*Points not redeemable for anything, but the important thing is you can feel smug.
*Points not redeemable for anything, but the important thing is you can feel smug.
November 25, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Pushing back on the idea that the point is to feel smug.
It's to feel pride in the active stewardship of your neighborhood.
Minnesotans may have toxic traits. Some may even act smugly about doing this, which I don't condone.
But these kinda things are good acts of preparedness & community care. 💛
It's to feel pride in the active stewardship of your neighborhood.
Minnesotans may have toxic traits. Some may even act smugly about doing this, which I don't condone.
But these kinda things are good acts of preparedness & community care. 💛
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this is the best Bluesky replies party I've ever thrown since I asked about everyone's childhood nonhuman animation crushes and learned what freaks you all were for Tim Curry as toxic waste
yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
November 25, 2025 at 2:42 AM
this is the best Bluesky replies party I've ever thrown since I asked about everyone's childhood nonhuman animation crushes and learned what freaks you all were for Tim Curry as toxic waste
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We warned you that self-driving cars would just create self-driving traffic jams, and here they are.
The car industry has no solution to the shortage of space in cities. Public transit, cycling, and walking are all part of the answer, but cars are not.
The car industry has no solution to the shortage of space in cities. Public transit, cycling, and walking are all part of the answer, but cars are not.
Waymo privatized another public street:
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
November 25, 2025 at 1:07 AM
We warned you that self-driving cars would just create self-driving traffic jams, and here they are.
The car industry has no solution to the shortage of space in cities. Public transit, cycling, and walking are all part of the answer, but cars are not.
The car industry has no solution to the shortage of space in cities. Public transit, cycling, and walking are all part of the answer, but cars are not.
"You don't have to accept this future"
Yesterday my partner and I counted all the ads along Chicago's Brown Line for "Friend," a company selling an AI chatbot pendant, and tallied how many of those ads were defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
November 23, 2025 at 11:58 PM
"You don't have to accept this future"
I know its the PMS talking but goddammit people are all so annoying and confusing right now.
November 23, 2025 at 11:50 PM
I know its the PMS talking but goddammit people are all so annoying and confusing right now.
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Urgent MSP #Caturday 🧵: these two handsome boys need a loving home as circumstances sadly force their person to part with them.
Bones & Basil are a bonded pair and need to stay together. Both are vaxxed, neutered, and very sociable. 1/
Bones & Basil are a bonded pair and need to stay together. Both are vaxxed, neutered, and very sociable. 1/
November 22, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Urgent MSP #Caturday 🧵: these two handsome boys need a loving home as circumstances sadly force their person to part with them.
Bones & Basil are a bonded pair and need to stay together. Both are vaxxed, neutered, and very sociable. 1/
Bones & Basil are a bonded pair and need to stay together. Both are vaxxed, neutered, and very sociable. 1/
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so do I have it right that Waymo is basically using the Air Bud justification to put their cars onto Minneapolis streets
November 21, 2025 at 1:18 PM
so do I have it right that Waymo is basically using the Air Bud justification to put their cars onto Minneapolis streets
Driverless cars might be "safer" but there's not enough accountability or regulation.
I do not consent to being a test subject in their experiments.
I do not consent to being a test subject in their experiments.
November 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Driverless cars might be "safer" but there's not enough accountability or regulation.
I do not consent to being a test subject in their experiments.
I do not consent to being a test subject in their experiments.
Oh hell no...
Waymo, the driverless ride-hailing company, is bringing its fleet of autonomous electric vehicles to Minneapolis.
Ridesharing without a driver? It's coming to Minneapolis
Testing will begin Thursday morning. No date has been set to start offering rides to passengers.
bit.ly
November 20, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Oh hell no...
Thats not to say talking to people can't be productive, but I know damn well when I make a comment if I'm starting an argument and I need to NOT do that
November 20, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Thats not to say talking to people can't be productive, but I know damn well when I make a comment if I'm starting an argument and I need to NOT do that