Alan Crenshaw
alancrenshaw.bsky.social
Alan Crenshaw
@alancrenshaw.bsky.social
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4 Days to Election Day: A reminder that Ward 10 candidate Lydia Millard will pretend to be whoever you need her to be.
Here she is in April saying that bike, pedestrian, and transit improvements "penalize the majority of people who drive" to "cater to a small minority." Pure transportation resentment politics. Farthest thing from a bike advocate.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEGj...
October 31, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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i think if you ride public transit enough you learn that most weird behavior is not dangerous, and conversely i think driving a car teaches you that everyone is trying to kill you at all times
October 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Don't let Hennepin County Public Works get away with pranking the Wedge and Whittier. Send them a sternly worded letter.

District 3 Commissioner:
marion.greene@hennepin.us

Project contact:
josh.potter@hennepin.us
August 15, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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“If Hanneman is one of the best officers to become a training officer, why is my son Amir Locke not here?” said Karen Wells, Amir Locke’s mother. “They show they don’t care. They show that this is our culture.” www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...
Minneapolis officer who fatally shot Amir Locke heads MPD’s new use-of-force training
Police chief Brian O’Hara said Sgt. Mark Hanneman, who’s been with MPD for nearly a decade,  is an “outstanding” trainer committed to bringing positive change to MPD. But Locke’s family and other comm...
www.mprnews.org
July 15, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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Yesterday at Henry M. Jackson Federal Building in Seattle barriers were built with scooters and bikes in front of the buildings garage exit.
This comes as it was announced today that ICE will be deploying tactical teams to 5 cities in the US to assist in “mass deportations”
June 11, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Love to hate airbnb
The Spanish government ordered Airbnb to remove nearly 66,000 listings from its platform, widening a crackdown on tourist rentals as it seeks to alleviate a housing crisis that has become among the worst in Europe.
Spain Orders Airbnb to Take Down 66,000 Rental Listings
www.nytimes.com
May 21, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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also, it is now confirmed that jim rubin of mint properties is helping lead we love minneapolis. thanks to dana swindler, the CEO of martin patrick 3, who sent an email to city employees along with howard paster of paster properties advertising WLM and including this training PDF
May 9, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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The Minneapolis PAC wars have intensified so much in 2025 that Taylor Dahlin has unleashed her long-dormant dot com.
taylordahlin.com/f/who-is-beh...
Who is Behind We Love Minneapolis? Who Funds We Love Minneapolis?
Who is Behind We Love Minneapolis?
taylordahlin.com
May 10, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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Mild Spoiler: it's a testament to the quality of writing in Andor that one of the best and easily the most relatable scene in all of Star Wars is a fascist collapsing onto his bed in a panic attack because his mom won't stop being mean to him
May 1, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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lydia millard has a homesteaded house in northeast minneapolis while she is running in ward 10. last month, an eviction was filed on her ward 10 address, and in the paperwork she said it reflected bad on her city council run to have this filed, then she withdrew the petition
April 15, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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New Microsoft study finds that using generative AI at work makes employees' critical thinking skills "atrophied and unprepared"

www.404media.co/microsoft-st...
Microsoft Study Finds AI Makes Human Cognition “Atrophied and Unprepared”
Researchers find that the more people use AI at their job, the less critical thinking they use.
www.404media.co
February 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM