Shaun
@shauninmpls.bsky.social
"the important drinking hasn't started yet." Minneapolis devotion/rage, managing editor for hire and all things word-adjacent, musician and music lover, libertine papist. Trying not to panic. she/her
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welcome to bluesky. if the word "mapquest" means anything to you and/or you used it as a verb, you're in the right place
November 11, 2025 at 1:11 AM
welcome to bluesky. if the word "mapquest" means anything to you and/or you used it as a verb, you're in the right place
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
You absolutely must enter middle-age with good friends nearby. I had a shit week & this weekend 2 friends fed me and let me be exhausted and weird but not alone.
Maybe extended family serves this function for some people--I wouldn't know. Everyone else, I know people are unbearable but we need them
Maybe extended family serves this function for some people--I wouldn't know. Everyone else, I know people are unbearable but we need them
November 9, 2025 at 9:26 PM
You absolutely must enter middle-age with good friends nearby. I had a shit week & this weekend 2 friends fed me and let me be exhausted and weird but not alone.
Maybe extended family serves this function for some people--I wouldn't know. Everyone else, I know people are unbearable but we need them
Maybe extended family serves this function for some people--I wouldn't know. Everyone else, I know people are unbearable but we need them
This new library card thing motivated me to get over myself and return these books that were so overdue they were no longer in the system, after snapping a few pics of relatable quotes. #BookSky📚
November 8, 2025 at 8:42 PM
This new library card thing motivated me to get over myself and return these books that were so overdue they were no longer in the system, after snapping a few pics of relatable quotes. #BookSky📚
Friday night, movie night
#letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched
(actually this is out of order and should include Notorious/Hitchcock but whatever)
#letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched
(actually this is out of order and should include Notorious/Hitchcock but whatever)
November 8, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Friday night, movie night
#letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched
(actually this is out of order and should include Notorious/Hitchcock but whatever)
#letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched
(actually this is out of order and should include Notorious/Hitchcock but whatever)
Post you from a different era (1995)
November 7, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Post you from a different era (1995)
Deep sigh
I think people ignore how many Mamdani style candidates that have ran across the country and were very popular, but the establishment Democrats organized themselves to crush them. I could be wrong, but I think most progressive initiatives and politicians get blocked by Democrats nationwide.
November 7, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Deep sigh
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I once had a boss tell me to ask another woman to wear makeup and "take care of herself" more
... who asked a contractor if she packed her bikini for a work trip
... who asked if I'd have to miss work because I was having a miscarriage
But sure it's women ruining work
... who asked a contractor if she packed her bikini for a work trip
... who asked if I'd have to miss work because I was having a miscarriage
But sure it's women ruining work
November 6, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I once had a boss tell me to ask another woman to wear makeup and "take care of herself" more
... who asked a contractor if she packed her bikini for a work trip
... who asked if I'd have to miss work because I was having a miscarriage
But sure it's women ruining work
... who asked a contractor if she packed her bikini for a work trip
... who asked if I'd have to miss work because I was having a miscarriage
But sure it's women ruining work
Bad, Minneapolis, bad! Go sit in the corner and think about what you've done.
jacob frey won
November 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Bad, Minneapolis, bad! Go sit in the corner and think about what you've done.
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@aoc.bsky.social says of Mamdani victory: "A lot of people...are willing to talk about party unity when it serves them, but not party unity when it serves everybody."
"We have a future to fight for, and we're either going to do that together or you're going to be left behind."
"We have a future to fight for, and we're either going to do that together or you're going to be left behind."
November 5, 2025 at 4:37 AM
@aoc.bsky.social says of Mamdani victory: "A lot of people...are willing to talk about party unity when it serves them, but not party unity when it serves everybody."
"We have a future to fight for, and we're either going to do that together or you're going to be left behind."
"We have a future to fight for, and we're either going to do that together or you're going to be left behind."
Going to go to bed focusing on good results for lots of other places in the country. Minneapolis, I luvs ya, but why TF is this so hard?
November 5, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Going to go to bed focusing on good results for lots of other places in the country. Minneapolis, I luvs ya, but why TF is this so hard?
Hell yeah Ward 10!!
Minneapolis Council member Aisha Chughtai wins re-election with 59% of the vote in Ward 10 with all precincts reporting. She beat challenger Lydia Millard, 6,358 votes to 4,011.
Live: Top city leaders fight to hold on to their jobs in contentious local races
In the Twin Cities, two incumbent mayors are battling challengers in races dominated by debates over public safety, housing and downtown revitalization.
bit.ly
November 5, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Hell yeah Ward 10!!
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honest to god for months I thought Jacob Frey was a guy on Game of Thrones or something for how much people hated him on Twitter.
November 5, 2025 at 3:05 AM
honest to god for months I thought Jacob Frey was a guy on Game of Thrones or something for how much people hated him on Twitter.
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As many have pointed out, Mamdani didn't stand apart from our trans brothers and sisters. He didn't play the "Gee, gosh, it sure is complicated," milquetoast moderate card. And he crushed.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
November 5, 2025 at 2:52 AM
As many have pointed out, Mamdani didn't stand apart from our trans brothers and sisters. He didn't play the "Gee, gosh, it sure is complicated," milquetoast moderate card. And he crushed.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
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I sincerely hope Democrats pay attention to tonight’s results across the country. They won’t learn anything but still. Maybe. People are excited by change and original campaigns and bold ideas and candidates under the age of 50!
November 5, 2025 at 3:02 AM
I sincerely hope Democrats pay attention to tonight’s results across the country. They won’t learn anything but still. Maybe. People are excited by change and original campaigns and bold ideas and candidates under the age of 50!
I'm not getting my hopes too high for local results, so I really need NYC to pull through.
November 4, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I'm not getting my hopes too high for local results, so I really need NYC to pull through.
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I'm just staring at this quote in disbelief:
"A Mamdani victory is a serious political problem for those in the party who believe, as we do, that our primary focus must be on flipping red and purple seats blue"
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/m...
"A Mamdani victory is a serious political problem for those in the party who believe, as we do, that our primary focus must be on flipping red and purple seats blue"
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/m...
As Mamdani nears victory, Democrats worry about national fallout
The progressive candidate is on the cusp of a historic mayoral win. And that's adding to unease among Democrats looking for a way back to national power.
www.msnbc.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I'm just staring at this quote in disbelief:
"A Mamdani victory is a serious political problem for those in the party who believe, as we do, that our primary focus must be on flipping red and purple seats blue"
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/m...
"A Mamdani victory is a serious political problem for those in the party who believe, as we do, that our primary focus must be on flipping red and purple seats blue"
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/m...
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What happens when you distill 2025 into a single social media post?
This.
This is what you get.
This.
This is what you get.
November 4, 2025 at 8:05 PM
What happens when you distill 2025 into a single social media post?
This.
This is what you get.
This.
This is what you get.
Ward 10 report:
At 1:30 I was 596th voter in my precinct. And Lydia Millard people are out In Force at Lake and Lyndale on every corner, waving signs, trying to hand people flyers. I saw a guy with 2 Millard signs attached to him cruising on his scooter like a one-man parade.
At 1:30 I was 596th voter in my precinct. And Lydia Millard people are out In Force at Lake and Lyndale on every corner, waving signs, trying to hand people flyers. I saw a guy with 2 Millard signs attached to him cruising on his scooter like a one-man parade.
November 4, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Ward 10 report:
At 1:30 I was 596th voter in my precinct. And Lydia Millard people are out In Force at Lake and Lyndale on every corner, waving signs, trying to hand people flyers. I saw a guy with 2 Millard signs attached to him cruising on his scooter like a one-man parade.
At 1:30 I was 596th voter in my precinct. And Lydia Millard people are out In Force at Lake and Lyndale on every corner, waving signs, trying to hand people flyers. I saw a guy with 2 Millard signs attached to him cruising on his scooter like a one-man parade.
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Textual language, as experienced through both reading and writing, is one of our species' near-magical achievements, so of course now every tech-dipshit landlord wants to build machines and reproduction economies that dissolve it like acid.
November 3, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Textual language, as experienced through both reading and writing, is one of our species' near-magical achievements, so of course now every tech-dipshit landlord wants to build machines and reproduction economies that dissolve it like acid.