la flaneuse 😷
@laflaneuse.bsky.social
MSP from KCMO. She/her/they. Cities, transportation, books, WNBA (go Lynx!), still masking bc Covid never went away and it’s not a cold. @lalaflaneuse on IG
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the funny thing is, all of our allegedly Strong Mayors are actually Weak Mayors when it comes to controlling their cops
WATCH St. Paul police, aiding ICE, restrain a man and spray him full in the face. They are not and have never been on our side.
Credit: @reportermark.bsky.social
Credit: @reportermark.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 6:23 PM
the funny thing is, all of our allegedly Strong Mayors are actually Weak Mayors when it comes to controlling their cops
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A Tennessee legislator has ordered all Tennessee public libraries to shut down for two weeks to review their childrens collections and ensure they do not contain any books with LGBTQ characters or themes.
The Harper's letter crew is going to be *furious* about this.
The Harper's letter crew is going to be *furious* about this.
Tennessee public libraries close for Trump-inspired book purge
One hundred and eighty-one public libraries in Tennessee are reviewing their children’s collections after Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) ordered them to remove books with LGBTQ themes or...
popular.info
November 25, 2025 at 6:21 PM
A Tennessee legislator has ordered all Tennessee public libraries to shut down for two weeks to review their childrens collections and ensure they do not contain any books with LGBTQ characters or themes.
The Harper's letter crew is going to be *furious* about this.
The Harper's letter crew is going to be *furious* about this.
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If you are on site, MIRAC is urging observers not to impede execution of a warrant, which is a crime, and to follow MIRAC member leadership on site.
November 25, 2025 at 5:46 PM
If you are on site, MIRAC is urging observers not to impede execution of a warrant, which is a crime, and to follow MIRAC member leadership on site.
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More Monarca training in St Paul on Saturday 11/29.
Learn your rights as a legal observer. Join the rapid response network.
Also 12/15 in Uptown.
monarcamn.org/training
Learn your rights as a legal observer. Join the rapid response network.
Also 12/15 in Uptown.
monarcamn.org/training
Training — Monarca
monarcamn.org
November 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM
More Monarca training in St Paul on Saturday 11/29.
Learn your rights as a legal observer. Join the rapid response network.
Also 12/15 in Uptown.
monarcamn.org/training
Learn your rights as a legal observer. Join the rapid response network.
Also 12/15 in Uptown.
monarcamn.org/training
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Reminder:
The use of tear gas as a method of warfare is prohibited under the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention
The use of tear gas as a method of warfare is prohibited under the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention
Reminder of all the side effects of tear gas & it's just being deployed in residential neighborhoods for a gaggle or three of people who don't want their neighbors kidnapped.
November 25, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Reminder:
The use of tear gas as a method of warfare is prohibited under the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention
The use of tear gas as a method of warfare is prohibited under the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention
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SPPD supporting ICE raid on the East Side of St Paul today.
@mayorcarter.bsky.social, this is NOT what we want.
@mayorcarter.bsky.social, this is NOT what we want.
November 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
SPPD supporting ICE raid on the East Side of St Paul today.
@mayorcarter.bsky.social, this is NOT what we want.
@mayorcarter.bsky.social, this is NOT what we want.
I'd also like to see mandatory re-testing every five years when drivers renew their license. There were no bike lanes or green pedestrian crossings or multimodal roads when I got my license.
"The goal is not to punish drivers, but to make roads less forgiving of distraction by aligning human psychology with physical design... policymakers must embrace the same logic — insist on streets & communities that demand cognitive engagement behind the wheel." www.startribune.com/mn-car-accid...
November 25, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Talking about perfect timing: Aventon launched an e-bike trade-in program last Friday. They are offering riders a $200 bonus when trading-in an e-bike, *including Rad Power Bikes*, toward a new Aventon. It appears that the trade-in credit might be able to be stacked with Black Friday deals as well
November 24, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Talking about perfect timing: Aventon launched an e-bike trade-in program last Friday. They are offering riders a $200 bonus when trading-in an e-bike, *including Rad Power Bikes*, toward a new Aventon. It appears that the trade-in credit might be able to be stacked with Black Friday deals as well
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‼️ WEBINAR December 10!
👟👩🏾🦽🚸 How can we redesign existing streets for safety?
Join Designing Safe Streets: The Latest to hear from Jeremy Chrzan from Toole Design Group on current best practices and evolving trends in street design.
Join us ➡️ buff.ly/vCNtXab
👟👩🏾🦽🚸 How can we redesign existing streets for safety?
Join Designing Safe Streets: The Latest to hear from Jeremy Chrzan from Toole Design Group on current best practices and evolving trends in street design.
Join us ➡️ buff.ly/vCNtXab
November 24, 2025 at 6:15 PM
‼️ WEBINAR December 10!
👟👩🏾🦽🚸 How can we redesign existing streets for safety?
Join Designing Safe Streets: The Latest to hear from Jeremy Chrzan from Toole Design Group on current best practices and evolving trends in street design.
Join us ➡️ buff.ly/vCNtXab
👟👩🏾🦽🚸 How can we redesign existing streets for safety?
Join Designing Safe Streets: The Latest to hear from Jeremy Chrzan from Toole Design Group on current best practices and evolving trends in street design.
Join us ➡️ buff.ly/vCNtXab
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Long #COVID takes $1 trillion global economic toll each year, analysis suggests
Study looks at COVID’s impact on national economies, healthcare systems, labor markets, and quality of life.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
Study looks at COVID’s impact on national economies, healthcare systems, labor markets, and quality of life.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
November 24, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Long #COVID takes $1 trillion global economic toll each year, analysis suggests
Study looks at COVID’s impact on national economies, healthcare systems, labor markets, and quality of life.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
Study looks at COVID’s impact on national economies, healthcare systems, labor markets, and quality of life.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
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🔎 We used the results to make an interactive web map that allows people to look up how the property wealth in their own metro area (or any other) is fragmented across different local municipalities. This tool visualizes tax base fragmentation across the US—check it out: www.taxbasefragmentation.net
Tax Base Fragmentation | Discover Fiscal Insights — Explore Now
Explore data on tax base fragmentation and fiscal capacity across municipalities with interactive maps and analysis tools.
www.taxbasefragmentation.net
November 24, 2025 at 4:34 PM
🔎 We used the results to make an interactive web map that allows people to look up how the property wealth in their own metro area (or any other) is fragmented across different local municipalities. This tool visualizes tax base fragmentation across the US—check it out: www.taxbasefragmentation.net
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CPSC Warns Consumers to Immediately Stop Using Batteries for E-Bikes from Rad Power Bikes Due to Fire Hazard; Risk of Serious Injury or Death www.cpsc.gov/Warnings/202...
November 24, 2025 at 7:03 PM
CPSC Warns Consumers to Immediately Stop Using Batteries for E-Bikes from Rad Power Bikes Due to Fire Hazard; Risk of Serious Injury or Death www.cpsc.gov/Warnings/202...
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I used to handle interlibrary loans for a public library. ILL is a magnificent expression of the idea that readers deserve books, and books deserve readers. It’s libraries everywhere pooling their resources for the benefit of everyone.
Killing IMLS could have killed ILL.
This is great news. 📚
Killing IMLS could have killed ILL.
This is great news. 📚
Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries IMLS
librarytechnology.org/pr/31973
librarytechnology.org/pr/31973
Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries
Press Release: Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries. The U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island struck down the Trump Adm...
librarytechnology.org
November 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I used to handle interlibrary loans for a public library. ILL is a magnificent expression of the idea that readers deserve books, and books deserve readers. It’s libraries everywhere pooling their resources for the benefit of everyone.
Killing IMLS could have killed ILL.
This is great news. 📚
Killing IMLS could have killed ILL.
This is great news. 📚
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It's not just "consumer smart" it reduces environmental waste, key materials are often mined in slave conditions. The whole tenor of the article is wrong - why is the economy so dependent on us engaging in mass waste?
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/h... "please, buy new phone. the economy is dying" is an incredible gaslight
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing economy
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever before, and while it may be consumer smart, it comes at a cost to work productivity and the U.S. economy.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:17 AM
It's not just "consumer smart" it reduces environmental waste, key materials are often mined in slave conditions. The whole tenor of the article is wrong - why is the economy so dependent on us engaging in mass waste?
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Alice is the gold standard of what Twitter was when it was great - how you could just find these brilliant, remarkable people with the kind of voices that rarely get platformed or taken seriously, and hear about their lives in their own words without intruding on them or demanding emotional labor
Watching disabled people around the world mourn Alice is a reminder of the good aspect of the internet. 30 years ago, few people outside of SF would ever have known Alice existed. I never would have met her. The internet connected us all. Let’s honor Alice’s memory by using that power and community.
My social media is wall-to-wall love for the incomparable Alice Wong, and I need more words. What captures sadness and/also affection for a community that knows what's been lost?
November 16, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Alice is the gold standard of what Twitter was when it was great - how you could just find these brilliant, remarkable people with the kind of voices that rarely get platformed or taken seriously, and hear about their lives in their own words without intruding on them or demanding emotional labor
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Watching disabled people around the world mourn Alice is a reminder of the good aspect of the internet. 30 years ago, few people outside of SF would ever have known Alice existed. I never would have met her. The internet connected us all. Let’s honor Alice’s memory by using that power and community.
My social media is wall-to-wall love for the incomparable Alice Wong, and I need more words. What captures sadness and/also affection for a community that knows what's been lost?
Alice could not eat food for years.
And yet at Christmas she would bake cookies and mail them to me—such was her desire to provide care for the people she loved.
And yet at Christmas she would bake cookies and mail them to me—such was her desire to provide care for the people she loved.
November 16, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Watching disabled people around the world mourn Alice is a reminder of the good aspect of the internet. 30 years ago, few people outside of SF would ever have known Alice existed. I never would have met her. The internet connected us all. Let’s honor Alice’s memory by using that power and community.
Make an iPhone mini again and I might eventually consider it. Phones are too big dammit
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/h... "please, buy new phone. the economy is dying" is an incredible gaslight
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing economy
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever before, and while it may be consumer smart, it comes at a cost to work productivity and the U.S. economy.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Make an iPhone mini again and I might eventually consider it. Phones are too big dammit
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Boosting these know your rights resources in Minnesota tonight —you can reach out to have them ordered for free
Mpls
Mpls
November 22, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Boosting these know your rights resources in Minnesota tonight —you can reach out to have them ordered for free
Mpls
Mpls
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Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
November 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
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They gave out about 2,000 whistles today. It was incredible but it costs money.
Please support this work! You can Venmo them @mspwhistles
Please support this work! You can Venmo them @mspwhistles
More than 200 neighbors attended the Phillips community training today!
It was inspiring to see so many people come together, committed to keeping their neighbors safe.
Community members left empowered to organize their building, block, and community.
It was inspiring to see so many people come together, committed to keeping their neighbors safe.
Community members left empowered to organize their building, block, and community.
November 24, 2025 at 1:03 AM
They gave out about 2,000 whistles today. It was incredible but it costs money.
Please support this work! You can Venmo them @mspwhistles
Please support this work! You can Venmo them @mspwhistles
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I just went on a bike ride verifying and entering locations of MPD and Hennepin County Sheriff ALPR cameras so DeFlock should be pretty accurate for Minneapolis now deflock.me/map#map=13/4...
November 23, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I just went on a bike ride verifying and entering locations of MPD and Hennepin County Sheriff ALPR cameras so DeFlock should be pretty accurate for Minneapolis now deflock.me/map#map=13/4...
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“we need to be nicer to men” bro they didn’t let women have their own credit cards til 50 years ago
November 23, 2025 at 10:39 PM
“we need to be nicer to men” bro they didn’t let women have their own credit cards til 50 years ago
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Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
One of the bragging rights that the US ed system had in the 20th century is that we didn't have education tracks. Essentially, any kid could go to a CC or state school & major in whatever they wanted to (obviously an oversimplification). I fear this aspect of the American dream is dying.
November 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
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From June!
[27 Jun 2025] @DrTedros at WHO media briefing:
“We cannot talk about COVID-19 in the past tense. Although the crisis has passed, the virus remains.
It continues to evolve, it continues to kill, and millions of people continue to live with post COVID-19 condition or long COVID.”
“We cannot talk about COVID-19 in the past tense. Although the crisis has passed, the virus remains.
It continues to evolve, it continues to kill, and millions of people continue to live with post COVID-19 condition or long COVID.”
November 23, 2025 at 11:01 AM
From June!