Henry Parker
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This is such a good point by Lisa.
November 18, 2025 at 1:15 AM
This is such a good point by Lisa.
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(As someone born and raised in MN and now living in SF) I'm very surprised by the cynicism surrounding Waymo. The technology is amazing - as a pedestrian/rider/driver I feel far safer around them than with rideshare drivers, or California drivers in general. They'll definitely be manned at first.
November 17, 2025 at 2:30 AM
(As someone born and raised in MN and now living in SF) I'm very surprised by the cynicism surrounding Waymo. The technology is amazing - as a pedestrian/rider/driver I feel far safer around them than with rideshare drivers, or California drivers in general. They'll definitely be manned at first.
I actually think this is exciting! AVs are safer than human drivers in climates without much snow. I hope with sufficient testing that they can be safe in snowy places like Minnesota as well.
Someone on the Minneapolis subreddit caught Waymos being delivered. We need the City Council need to ban the use of driverless cars. The technology isn't there. Our city cannot be a testing ground for 1.5 ton autonomous projectiles.
November 17, 2025 at 12:50 AM
I actually think this is exciting! AVs are safer than human drivers in climates without much snow. I hope with sufficient testing that they can be safe in snowy places like Minnesota as well.
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Mayor-Elect Kaohly Her understands the issue - the BEST way to get property taxes under control and solve our fiscal challenges is to grow our tax base, build more housing, and make it easier to get a permit.🏘️
Thank you @kaohlyforstp.bsky.social, we look forward to supporting you in these efforts!
Thank you @kaohlyforstp.bsky.social, we look forward to supporting you in these efforts!
November 13, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Mayor-Elect Kaohly Her understands the issue - the BEST way to get property taxes under control and solve our fiscal challenges is to grow our tax base, build more housing, and make it easier to get a permit.🏘️
Thank you @kaohlyforstp.bsky.social, we look forward to supporting you in these efforts!
Thank you @kaohlyforstp.bsky.social, we look forward to supporting you in these efforts!
"Fateh told the DFL convention that his campaign “isn’t about baby steps.”
Well, if you want to win, sometimes that’s what it takes."
Well, if you want to win, sometimes that’s what it takes."
November 8, 2025 at 3:08 PM
"Fateh told the DFL convention that his campaign “isn’t about baby steps.”
Well, if you want to win, sometimes that’s what it takes."
Well, if you want to win, sometimes that’s what it takes."
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Do not obey in advance.
September 26, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Do not obey in advance.
4th graders in Mississippi are more proficient at reading than those in Minnesota despite the fact that we are twice as rich, spend 45% more per student, and are 57% more college educated.
September 26, 2025 at 2:14 AM
4th graders in Mississippi are more proficient at reading than those in Minnesota despite the fact that we are twice as rich, spend 45% more per student, and are 57% more college educated.
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We are thrilled to announce the speaker lineup for THIS THURSDAY's "Saint Paul VS Minneapolis" Sibling Rivalry Fundraiser. 💥
Saint Paul has a deep bench of champions prepared to defend our honor as the true First City of Minnesota.⚔️
Check them out! Tickets available for $25
Saint Paul has a deep bench of champions prepared to defend our honor as the true First City of Minnesota.⚔️
Check them out! Tickets available for $25
September 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
We are thrilled to announce the speaker lineup for THIS THURSDAY's "Saint Paul VS Minneapolis" Sibling Rivalry Fundraiser. 💥
Saint Paul has a deep bench of champions prepared to defend our honor as the true First City of Minnesota.⚔️
Check them out! Tickets available for $25
Saint Paul has a deep bench of champions prepared to defend our honor as the true First City of Minnesota.⚔️
Check them out! Tickets available for $25
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Blaming the minority party for American Fascism is so hip and cool.
September 21, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Blaming the minority party for American Fascism is so hip and cool.
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Heracles was a union man and that’s canon.
it’s neat that we have a holiday to commemorate the labours of Heracles.
it’s pretty hard to choose a favorite from the twelve, but I was always impressed by his slaying of the nemean lion with his bare hands.
Heracles was so strong! wow!
it’s pretty hard to choose a favorite from the twelve, but I was always impressed by his slaying of the nemean lion with his bare hands.
Heracles was so strong! wow!
September 1, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Heracles was a union man and that’s canon.
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Sustain Saint Paul is joining the Vote Yes for a Fairer Saint Paul campaign to create a better functioning and more equitable city.⚖️🏙️
Administrative Citations will give us the tools we need to hold accountable absentee landlords, shady bosses, and other bad actors. 🧵
Administrative Citations will give us the tools we need to hold accountable absentee landlords, shady bosses, and other bad actors. 🧵
🧵 🙌 Proud to join unions & other community orgs to launch the Vote Yes for a Fairer St. Paul campaign!
🗳️ This November, St. Paul voters have the opportunity to pass Administrative Citations — so corporate landlords & greedy bosses can’t keep breaking the law without consequences. (1/3)
🗳️ This November, St. Paul voters have the opportunity to pass Administrative Citations — so corporate landlords & greedy bosses can’t keep breaking the law without consequences. (1/3)
August 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Sustain Saint Paul is joining the Vote Yes for a Fairer Saint Paul campaign to create a better functioning and more equitable city.⚖️🏙️
Administrative Citations will give us the tools we need to hold accountable absentee landlords, shady bosses, and other bad actors. 🧵
Administrative Citations will give us the tools we need to hold accountable absentee landlords, shady bosses, and other bad actors. 🧵
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Yeah. It’s happening here.
This is a real photograph of Washington, DC this week, where the United States president has ordered military occupation in peacetime, and ordered the display of colossal portraits of himself.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
August 28, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Yeah. It’s happening here.
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I got married this week. It was beautiful. Thanks to the Sadiba Hasan for putting queer joy front and center for all to see.
Love forever, liberation now.
Love forever, liberation now.
‘A Partner in Crime’ and, Now, in Love
www.nytimes.com
August 26, 2025 at 2:01 AM
I got married this week. It was beautiful. Thanks to the Sadiba Hasan for putting queer joy front and center for all to see.
Love forever, liberation now.
Love forever, liberation now.
This is a great thread and maybe the only person I've seen who has concerns about the CBRC overturning the Minneapolis DFL's endorsement while also engaging honestly with their findings. Max's point about the reasons for the remedies not being properly explained is well taken.
The most importance sentence in the draft findings regarding the Minnesota DFL convention is the one stating that it was not necessary to show that the outcome would have been different, had DeWayne Davis appeared on the second ballot. That's important for two reasons — so buckle up for a thread.
August 22, 2025 at 4:38 PM
This is a great thread and maybe the only person I've seen who has concerns about the CBRC overturning the Minneapolis DFL's endorsement while also engaging honestly with their findings. Max's point about the reasons for the remedies not being properly explained is well taken.
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In November 2024, I made a list of things I thought the fascism theory of Trumpism predicted could happen.
August 22, 2025 at 11:34 AM
In November 2024, I made a list of things I thought the fascism theory of Trumpism predicted could happen.
This should be a five-alarm fire for Metro Transit
“The falloff was largely driven by a drop in light-rail ridership, down about 15% from last year.” www.startribune.com/metro-transi...
Twin Cities transit ridership still struggling post-pandemic, lags behind most major cities
Ridership fell during the pandemic, and it’s still roughly half of what it once was in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. It’s bouncing back faster elsewhere.
www.startribune.com
August 22, 2025 at 1:28 AM
This should be a five-alarm fire for Metro Transit
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A PRIORI, (1) The Minneapolis DFL endorsing process rarely endorses anyone who isn't such a front-runner that they'd win with or without the endorsement. (2) It's detrimental to the party unity needed in statewide elections. (3) It's difficult and expensive to do right. BUT THIS YEAR, a mixed bag.
August 16, 2025 at 12:59 AM
A PRIORI, (1) The Minneapolis DFL endorsing process rarely endorses anyone who isn't such a front-runner that they'd win with or without the endorsement. (2) It's detrimental to the party unity needed in statewide elections. (3) It's difficult and expensive to do right. BUT THIS YEAR, a mixed bag.
I really appreciate all the work that Luke and Sustain St. Paul put into electing Molly Coleman.
52% of the vote! Congrats, #stpaul Ward 4 Councilmember-elect @mollycoleman.bsky.social!
August 13, 2025 at 3:36 AM
I really appreciate all the work that Luke and Sustain St. Paul put into electing Molly Coleman.
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We need a city council and mayor who will upzone all our new LRT stations (and others). And, importantly, help lobby the state to change its shoreland rules, which are extremely stupid and incompatible with urban life.
All the stations need much more density. 5:1's are so 2015
August 11, 2025 at 9:57 PM
We need a city council and mayor who will upzone all our new LRT stations (and others). And, importantly, help lobby the state to change its shoreland rules, which are extremely stupid and incompatible with urban life.
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Today, the St. Paul City Council passed a resolution celebrating 50 years of District Councils. These organizations build community, connect neighbors, organize voters, and celebrate participation in Saint Paul's past, present, and future. It was also Everett's first city council meeting.
August 6, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Today, the St. Paul City Council passed a resolution celebrating 50 years of District Councils. These organizations build community, connect neighbors, organize voters, and celebrate participation in Saint Paul's past, present, and future. It was also Everett's first city council meeting.
This is the only issue that matters in St Paul
I'm almost completely a single issue voter to whoever can sustainably increase revenue in Saint Paul as quick as possible
August 5, 2025 at 12:50 AM
This is the only issue that matters in St Paul
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This is the correct take. There's a special tragedy to St Paul's downward spiral that the DSA left, the ossified Save Our Summit right, and even the city's planners don't understand or are simply unwilling to face. A 🧵
Bottom line is there is a need in St. Paul to work with private developers/capital as unsavory as that may be, as the tax base is currently not there. This cannot be magicked away or ignored.
August 4, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This is the correct take. There's a special tragedy to St Paul's downward spiral that the DSA left, the ossified Save Our Summit right, and even the city's planners don't understand or are simply unwilling to face. A 🧵
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As we head into the final days of this campaign, I’m incredibly proud of the support we’ve been able to build. (🧵)
August 4, 2025 at 12:39 PM
As we head into the final days of this campaign, I’m incredibly proud of the support we’ve been able to build. (🧵)
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SHORT VERSION: If you haven’t heard, there is a special election on August 12th for the Ward 4 City Council seat in Saint Paul. I’m backing @mollycoleman.bsky.social as my first choice and it’s not particularly close. Please vote!
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Vote Before Election Day | Ramsey County
Information on voting early by absentee ballot.
www.ramseycounty.us
July 27, 2025 at 9:34 PM
SHORT VERSION: If you haven’t heard, there is a special election on August 12th for the Ward 4 City Council seat in Saint Paul. I’m backing @mollycoleman.bsky.social as my first choice and it’s not particularly close. Please vote!
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The Park Board and the BET shouldn't exist.
This is an important point to think about with park board. It has skewed far more conservative than the rest of the city’s voting record
The Park Board is so important & in recent years has been dominated by a more conservative faction. Chances of that ending aren’t high, especially with the progressive favorite in District 4 dropping out. Hopefully I’ll find the energy to activate folks toward more balance over next 5 months.
May 14, 2025 at 3:31 AM
The Park Board and the BET shouldn't exist.