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To walk in an American city is to bear the collective sins of an entire culture, to be seen, simultaneously, as both pariah and saint.
// pedestrian in the wind
// pedestrian in the wind
Update: just looked at @supplydepotmpls.bsky.social's donation list and I see that they don't actually accept secondhand socks, which is really a pity given how critical + expensive good socks are and how often like-new $ock$ show up in thrift stores.
Last fall/winter, I did pretty regular trips to the thrift store bins for socks for the Supply Depot. As someone who walks a lot + hates cold feet, I consider myself a connoisseur and there were tons I found that I would have happily worn myself (I thrift my own socks as needed, and mend mine).
It's very cold, especially overnight! If you find yourself with any extra fall or winter clothes or blankets, please consider bringing them to any of our drop-off locations! ❤️
November 16, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Update: just looked at @supplydepotmpls.bsky.social's donation list and I see that they don't actually accept secondhand socks, which is really a pity given how critical + expensive good socks are and how often like-new $ock$ show up in thrift stores.
Beyond all the practical and structural issues and elements of caretaking labor, there is massive invisibilization of caring for those whose care in unpredictable, chronic, and/or ends in death.
November 16, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Beyond all the practical and structural issues and elements of caretaking labor, there is massive invisibilization of caring for those whose care in unpredictable, chronic, and/or ends in death.
Last fall/winter, I did pretty regular trips to the thrift store bins for socks for the Supply Depot. As someone who walks a lot + hates cold feet, I consider myself a connoisseur and there were tons I found that I would have happily worn myself (I thrift my own socks as needed, and mend mine).
It's very cold, especially overnight! If you find yourself with any extra fall or winter clothes or blankets, please consider bringing them to any of our drop-off locations! ❤️
And this temp drop won't stop: the low tomorrow night is supposed to be 37°... the low was 71° just last week.
If you are in the Twin Cities & have extra blankets and cold weather clothing, consider donating to @supplydepotmpls.bsky.social - our unhoused neighbors could probably use warm things!
If you are in the Twin Cities & have extra blankets and cold weather clothing, consider donating to @supplydepotmpls.bsky.social - our unhoused neighbors could probably use warm things!
November 14, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Last fall/winter, I did pretty regular trips to the thrift store bins for socks for the Supply Depot. As someone who walks a lot + hates cold feet, I consider myself a connoisseur and there were tons I found that I would have happily worn myself (I thrift my own socks as needed, and mend mine).
Not to brag, but fully in the throes of ending my two decade boycott of Hennepin County libraries. The books and people and place are still home, but the HCL borg seems to be a bit less forgiving of my righteous anger over the suburban takeover of my city library system.
October 3, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Not to brag, but fully in the throes of ending my two decade boycott of Hennepin County libraries. The books and people and place are still home, but the HCL borg seems to be a bit less forgiving of my righteous anger over the suburban takeover of my city library system.
Heading into year five of making ferments. I've finished up a jar of sauerkraut and am starting the jars of my own hot pink ferment, which has proven to be popular with other humans too (purple cabbage, carrot, onion, radish, turmeric, ginger, garlic, sometimes cucumber or watermelon rind).
September 20, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Heading into year five of making ferments. I've finished up a jar of sauerkraut and am starting the jars of my own hot pink ferment, which has proven to be popular with other humans too (purple cabbage, carrot, onion, radish, turmeric, ginger, garlic, sometimes cucumber or watermelon rind).
Considering the relationship between concepts of permaculture and the Prayer of Archbishop Oscar Romero (assassinated in 1980 after calling on soldiers to “stop carrying out the government's repression and violations of basic human rights”). (The poem was written by another priest after his death.)
September 12, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Considering the relationship between concepts of permaculture and the Prayer of Archbishop Oscar Romero (assassinated in 1980 after calling on soldiers to “stop carrying out the government's repression and violations of basic human rights”). (The poem was written by another priest after his death.)
Very confused by this whole thing (same as with the very secret PW vehicle parade) and embarrassed for them. I assume this is strategic to make it seem like the whole anti-transit/Nicollet Mall debacle has some basis, but their facade isn't facading (facadding?).
mayor frey walks in front of a bus stop on nicollet mall closed for dinner du nord, in front of the tables set up in the street, the downtown council’s latest stunt to “activate” nicollet mall and remove transit and thus poor transit users for more events like this
September 11, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Very confused by this whole thing (same as with the very secret PW vehicle parade) and embarrassed for them. I assume this is strategic to make it seem like the whole anti-transit/Nicollet Mall debacle has some basis, but their facade isn't facading (facadding?).
Listening to the Sense Making in a Changing World podcast and daaaamn does it resonate with the culture I was raised with (but struggle to articulate/find) and the way of being that I practiced while caring for and walking with my father for so many years.
www.buzzsprout.com/978904?
www.buzzsprout.com/978904?
Podcast Episode
www.buzzsprout.com
September 11, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Listening to the Sense Making in a Changing World podcast and daaaamn does it resonate with the culture I was raised with (but struggle to articulate/find) and the way of being that I practiced while caring for and walking with my father for so many years.
www.buzzsprout.com/978904?
www.buzzsprout.com/978904?
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it seems minor, but the headline for stuff like this should be "fact check: most mass shootings are carried out by cisgender people"
you don't repeat the other side's argument, even when it is to negate it
you don't repeat the other side's argument, even when it is to negate it
Transgender individuals represent less than 1 percent of perpetrators in all mass shootings over the past decade, and about 2 percent involved in school shootings specifically, according to The Gun Violence Archive (GVA).
Fact Check: Most mass school shootings are not carried out by transgender people
The mass shooting at a Georgia school on Wednesday sparked a narrative on social media that all mass shootings at schools in the U.S. in recent years have been carried out by transgender people, which is false.
www.reuters.com
September 11, 2025 at 6:17 PM
it seems minor, but the headline for stuff like this should be "fact check: most mass shootings are carried out by cisgender people"
you don't repeat the other side's argument, even when it is to negate it
you don't repeat the other side's argument, even when it is to negate it
Looking for recommendations from folks about how to find a (poetry-)writing group to join either IRL local to Mpls or online.
My preference would be fairly committed to the practice + some process to make sure we're a good fit (application? idk) but not in an exclusionary/pretentious way.
My preference would be fairly committed to the practice + some process to make sure we're a good fit (application? idk) but not in an exclusionary/pretentious way.
September 11, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Looking for recommendations from folks about how to find a (poetry-)writing group to join either IRL local to Mpls or online.
My preference would be fairly committed to the practice + some process to make sure we're a good fit (application? idk) but not in an exclusionary/pretentious way.
My preference would be fairly committed to the practice + some process to make sure we're a good fit (application? idk) but not in an exclusionary/pretentious way.
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Today, 4-6 pm. Express your concerns and confusion!
WEDNESDAY: Tell Hennepin County what you think of their latest plan for a redesigned Lyndale Ave. I'm gonna tell them how confused I am that anyone could think a shared use path mixing bikes and pedestrians would ever work there.
beheardhennepin.org/lyndale-avenue
beheardhennepin.org/lyndale-avenue
September 10, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Today, 4-6 pm. Express your concerns and confusion!
Was surprised to see my settings were set to autoplay, given that I hate video generally and am proactive in seeking out ways to make it all stop always (I want text only, maybe images!). Not sure if it got reset or if I somehow missed turning it off, but either way, double-check things friends.
Reminder that these settings exist. I always keep autoplay of video and GIFs turned off on socials to protect myself from seeing things I don't want to see.
(Elsewhere in settings you can mute keywords. And on individual posts you can "Hide This Post For Me" and hide replies and so on.)
(Elsewhere in settings you can mute keywords. And on individual posts you can "Hide This Post For Me" and hide replies and so on.)
September 10, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Was surprised to see my settings were set to autoplay, given that I hate video generally and am proactive in seeking out ways to make it all stop always (I want text only, maybe images!). Not sure if it got reset or if I somehow missed turning it off, but either way, double-check things friends.
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Cobblestone sidewalk in Sweden with tracks for wheelchairs, strollers, people in heels, etc.
September 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Cobblestone sidewalk in Sweden with tracks for wheelchairs, strollers, people in heels, etc.
Or we could do actual pavers and install them well. We could have the aesthetics + the driver-calming impacts without placing them where they impede people walking or using wheelchairs or biking.
Think we just have to admit to ourselves that the brick road on Main Street SE has outlived its kitschy charm and time to move on to actual pavement.
September 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Or we could do actual pavers and install them well. We could have the aesthetics + the driver-calming impacts without placing them where they impede people walking or using wheelchairs or biking.
I think the preference really stems from a puritanical desire to hide away the messier/decay aspects of life, including infrastructure. The move away from home-repair of the car and the move of the car to the front of the house as status symbol (suburban development) are in line with my theory.
Midwestern urbanists sometimes argue that more land for car storage (rear alleys and garages) is better than front yard parking like this because one curb cut for an alley is safer than many curb cuts. This one puzzles because in my experience alleys have worse sightlines and cars come out faster
September 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I think the preference really stems from a puritanical desire to hide away the messier/decay aspects of life, including infrastructure. The move away from home-repair of the car and the move of the car to the front of the house as status symbol (suburban development) are in line with my theory.
Mpls friends! A friend of a friend is missing. If you see a silver 2006 Camry, with JMV license plate, please lmk!
August 30, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Mpls friends! A friend of a friend is missing. If you see a silver 2006 Camry, with JMV license plate, please lmk!
No post-work appts available at Sociable Cider Works for blood donation. How do Mpls folks who donate regularly generally do so, especially those who're O- (or even O+)?
I'm not eligible and don't even know my type, but v willing to bribe or pressure friends + family who're more universal types.
I'm not eligible and don't even know my type, but v willing to bribe or pressure friends + family who're more universal types.
August 27, 2025 at 6:14 PM
No post-work appts available at Sociable Cider Works for blood donation. How do Mpls folks who donate regularly generally do so, especially those who're O- (or even O+)?
I'm not eligible and don't even know my type, but v willing to bribe or pressure friends + family who're more universal types.
I'm not eligible and don't even know my type, but v willing to bribe or pressure friends + family who're more universal types.
Learned via a podcast on staining fabric of walking as a measurement of time for dyeing. How amazing (and retrospectively intuitive) is that?!?!
If you don't have clocks, how do you communicate smaller units of time in recipes? What's something that is ubiquitous and fairly consistent? WALKING <3
If you don't have clocks, how do you communicate smaller units of time in recipes? What's something that is ubiquitous and fairly consistent? WALKING <3
August 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Learned via a podcast on staining fabric of walking as a measurement of time for dyeing. How amazing (and retrospectively intuitive) is that?!?!
If you don't have clocks, how do you communicate smaller units of time in recipes? What's something that is ubiquitous and fairly consistent? WALKING <3
If you don't have clocks, how do you communicate smaller units of time in recipes? What's something that is ubiquitous and fairly consistent? WALKING <3
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A lot of people are asking what MPD is doing while there are hundreds of cars getting their windows smashed in.
I have an answer... they are tied up tackling the crime on the empty streets of Uptown:
I have an answer... they are tied up tackling the crime on the empty streets of Uptown:
August 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
A lot of people are asking what MPD is doing while there are hundreds of cars getting their windows smashed in.
I have an answer... they are tied up tackling the crime on the empty streets of Uptown:
I have an answer... they are tied up tackling the crime on the empty streets of Uptown:
I served on our neighborhood board for a few years with Mike. I was appalled at how he ran a board election--we had one more person running than there were open seats, and Mike threw his weight around, trying to avoid having to have an actual balloted vote at our annual meeting that night.
The Frey PAC "All of Mpls" is asserting with no evidence there was "cheating" at the DFL convention. Delegates from across the political spectrum agree, including... big time Frey guy Mike Erlandson.
August 1, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I served on our neighborhood board for a few years with Mike. I was appalled at how he ran a board election--we had one more person running than there were open seats, and Mike threw his weight around, trying to avoid having to have an actual balloted vote at our annual meeting that night.
My dream walk/transit app would include:
> shortcuts across frozen lakes, when safe
> easy-to-adjust walking pace depending on who you're with
> options for more peopled/less deserted routes
> locations of benches, restrooms, water fountains
> if transit stops have benches/wind/sun/rain shelter
> shortcuts across frozen lakes, when safe
> easy-to-adjust walking pace depending on who you're with
> options for more peopled/less deserted routes
> locations of benches, restrooms, water fountains
> if transit stops have benches/wind/sun/rain shelter
July 29, 2025 at 8:28 PM
My dream walk/transit app would include:
> shortcuts across frozen lakes, when safe
> easy-to-adjust walking pace depending on who you're with
> options for more peopled/less deserted routes
> locations of benches, restrooms, water fountains
> if transit stops have benches/wind/sun/rain shelter
> shortcuts across frozen lakes, when safe
> easy-to-adjust walking pace depending on who you're with
> options for more peopled/less deserted routes
> locations of benches, restrooms, water fountains
> if transit stops have benches/wind/sun/rain shelter
Anybody have a favorite platform for hosting shared calendars that you want to be at least link-sharable and possibly easy for multiple people to add to? No need for any sort of scheduling capabilities, purely just showing deadlines + events gathered from multiple sources.
July 29, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Anybody have a favorite platform for hosting shared calendars that you want to be at least link-sharable and possibly easy for multiple people to add to? No need for any sort of scheduling capabilities, purely just showing deadlines + events gathered from multiple sources.
You know what's very delicious?
The hazelnuts you toasted yourself yesterday that you shelled by hand last week that you harvested yourself two years ago.
The hazelnuts you toasted yourself yesterday that you shelled by hand last week that you harvested yourself two years ago.
July 29, 2025 at 8:17 PM
You know what's very delicious?
The hazelnuts you toasted yourself yesterday that you shelled by hand last week that you harvested yourself two years ago.
The hazelnuts you toasted yourself yesterday that you shelled by hand last week that you harvested yourself two years ago.
Trying out the transit app per many recommendations and it's working better than google maps (not intending to damn with faint praise) but I really want walk options, especially privileged over transfers!
July 29, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Trying out the transit app per many recommendations and it's working better than google maps (not intending to damn with faint praise) but I really want walk options, especially privileged over transfers!
Realization: I’m totally on board with the notion of adjusting aspects of myself or how I present* up to say 10-80% to accommodate others, but I expect the same effort reciprocated.
July 23, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Realization: I’m totally on board with the notion of adjusting aspects of myself or how I present* up to say 10-80% to accommodate others, but I expect the same effort reciprocated.