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Dena Coffman
@denacoffman.bsky.social
climate adaptation & GIS at UMN Climate Adaptation Partnership 🌎 👩🏻‍💻

📍 Minneapolis
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Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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the Strib (finally) published my correction of some funky Frey housing math that was featured in Deena’s profile of him pre-election. better late than never, i suppose
November 15, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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There's a lot of counting to be done. But one thing is very clear, Minneapolis wants a Park Board that takes climate SERIOUSLY! That refuses to cut youth programming! And stands by our labor allies!!!
a man holding a banana says " pretty pretty pretty pretty pretty good "
ALT: a man holding a banana says " pretty pretty pretty pretty pretty good "
media.tenor.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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Ward 12 may well decide the mayoral election this year, and there are a ton of folks who are still making up their minds about who to vote for.

We NEED folks to show up in Ward 12!!! We can make your schedule work for you :)

www.mobilize.us/omarfatehfor...
November 2, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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so @matteowong.bsky.social & I wrote on data centers: arguably the most important buildings in the world & are, in a way, holding the economy hostage. Byzantine financial instruments, private equity, depreciating tech, hype, $trillion valuations. it’s all there. an ai crash prob starts here.
Here’s How the AI Crash Happens
The U.S. is becoming an Nvidia-state.
www.theatlantic.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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88% of Canadians support Air Canada flight attendants, new poll confirms

cupe.ca/88-canadians...
88% of Canadians support Air Canada flight attendants, new poll confirms
New polling conducted by Abacus Data confirms that nearly 9 in 10 Canadians support Air Canada flight attendants’ fight for fair pay – and they want the federal government to back off and let them neg...
cupe.ca
August 17, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Al Jazeera Media Network condemns the targeted assassination of its correspondents Anas Al Sharif and Mohammeel Qraiqea, along with photographers Ibrahim Al Thaher, and Mohamed Nofal, by Israeli forces.

#JournalismIsNotACrime
August 11, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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Looking for a way to do something? read the EPA reversal of the endangerment finding, and then file a public comment explaining why it is false, wrong, misguided. Your comment can be scientific, legal, or just about what the American people want..
Reversal: www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/...
Regulations.gov
www.regulations.gov
August 1, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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And beyond Becka Thompson's racism, I can fact check her dumb punditry: Aisha Chughtai didn't pretend to be anything but who she is. Didn't claim to be the moderate and wasn't perceived that way. She worked hard, won the most votes. Becka doesn't know what that looks like.
July 31, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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She smiled for a photo with Netanyahu less than two weeks ago
July 24, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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The mass starvation & killing of Palestinians in Gaza at the hands of the Israeli gov’t is a chillul hashem, a desecration of God.

Jewish leaders who criticized Zohran Mamdani for three words he doesn’t use should raise their voices loudly here as well.
forward.com/opinion/7575...
Gaza is starving. Where are the American Jewish leaders?
A fear of being labelled antisemitic still deters American Jews and Jewish institutions from taking a position that is morally correct.
forward.com
July 24, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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ranked choice voting question from aurin chowdhury, asks each candidate say what they admire in each other and why the other 2 should be on our ballots too, starting with dewayne davis on jazz hampton and omar fateh @dewayneforminneapolis.com
July 18, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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Longfellow/Seward -
Be on the lookout for Wilbur
July 18, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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Funding for SNAP-Ed, the educational piece of the nationwide federal food assistance program, was completely eliminated in the massive Trump administration spending bill recently signed into law. One local leader says it will cause serious harm to Minnesota families.
Trump cuts gut family nutrition education program in Minnesota, slash 60 jobs
Funding for SNAP-Ed, the educational piece of the nationwide federal food assistance program, was completely eliminated in the massive Trump administration spending bill recently signed into law. One ...
www.mprnews.org
July 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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if anyone finds this useful, I added party affiliation, state, and phone number - give em hell
July 11, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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After 104 days of being unjustly detained for his advocacy for Palestinian rights, Mahmoud Khalil is finally home with his wife and newborn son.
June 21, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Temperature bars over time for Minneapolis....

#Minneapolis
June 22, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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The thing about the Khalil case is that it's very very good that he's free now but you can't have it take three months between "the government kidnaps you off the street for no basis reason whatsoever" and "a judge makes them let you go." You just can't.
June 21, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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The footage confirms what we knew all along: The Trump administration lied about Mahmoud Khalil's arrest.

His detention is illegal and unjustified. It's time for him to come home.
May 21, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Minnesota State Sen. Alice Mann (DFL-Edina) calls out the slashing of MinnesotaCare in the state budget:

"There is no fiscal responsibility when you do this. When we take away people's health care, they end up in the emergency department. It costs more money for everyone in the community."
May 15, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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The way the Senate got steamrolled today—you’d think we were in the minority.

Heartbreaking day for immigrants, communities of color, and our base.
This is beyond fucked up.
May 15, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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To my newborn son: I am absent not out of apathy, but conviction | Mahmoud Khalil
To my newborn son: I am absent not out of apathy, but conviction | Mahmoud Khalil
Deen, the grief I feel being apart from you is one drop in a sea of sorrow Palestinian families have drowned in for generations
www.theguardian.com
May 11, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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Happy Mother's Day! The US has no federally mandated parental leave, which means we're the only nation among 40 of the world's richest countries that doesn't mandate paid leave for new mothers. Our nation runs on the backs of working class mothers and we owe them a colossal debt.
May 11, 2025 at 12:07 PM