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You can still be in community with people you aren’t friends with, you don’t even have to like them. You can still communicate in a healthy way, shovel the snow, check in.
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never deleting this app.
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Suburban white moms are literally the most insufferable demographic. They are miserable. Whole personality is graphic tees, coffee, wine, & being racist.
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They didn’t have a positive impact on your life. You had attachment issues and were scared to lose them, so it seemed like they were more valuable than they were. You don’t need them. There are many ppl who will treat you better. Happy new year!
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Please stop quote tweeting this about how your mom/you aren’t like this. 53% of white women voted for trump. If you are missing the point here spare us your ignorance.
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Wow. People really came on here to “not all suburban moms” 😭😭
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@kill4maddy A rooster is a male chicken, a hen is a female chicken. Both chickens.
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I haven’t seen enough coverage of the Eden Prairie HS bball coach who used a racial slur in front of his team, lost his job, got reinstated this week. In response- North HS student athletes just unanimously decided not to play in the scheduled game tomorrow. Proud of those kids.
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“Let my building burn. Justice needs to be served”
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In 2018 Minnesota was ranked the most charitable state in the country. Minnesota has had a 60% increase in poverty in the last two decades. Philanthropy cannot replace structural change.
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Shit so heavy in Minneapolis. It has been such a traumatic relentless year+
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I helped someone in Minnesota fill out disability paperwork recently and my mind is blown over this question: do you get along with authority figures? Examples- landlords, police officers
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My 20s taught me how terrible most of us are at conflict resolution & how people often prefer to avoid difficult conversations/work > repair. It’s a critical skill to build to sustain relationships.
@OMGBASEDROSS
WOLVES BACK!
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still baffled when people throw away friendships over things that couldve been squashed... idk man, real weirdos
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With the frequency of journalists specifying “this isn’t a third world country” while showing us devastation from a government that fails us, perhaps we should start interrogating the exceptionalism.
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This is not a third world country. This is Houston, Texas. I spotted a line of people filing up buckets of water from a spicket at Haden Park. Why? Millions either have no water or are under a Boil Water Advisory.
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I had a gun to my head a year ago when someone stole my car, my neighbor saw and called the police. I never got my car back or heard from anyone in the MPD again to follow up on anything. the crime already happened, they do not care.
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Staffing shortages may mean Minneapolis Police "might soon be in a situation where we’re just not going to investigate property crimes anymore," MPD Chief @_BrianOHara told @Harpers — and he acknowledged the Northside would suffer most from that ⤵️⤵️
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Wear a shirt to his house every time. Tell him you are cold. Collect all of his hoodies, one by one.
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“Prisons do not disappear social problems, they disappear human beings. Homelessness, unemployment, drug addiction, mental illness, and illiteracy are only a few of the problems that disappear from view when the humans contending with them are relegated to cages.” - Angela Davis
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I hate how much I like Elizabeth Warren lmao
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@bnmartinez3 @Joe_Schmucc I’m sorry you and your child had to be exposed to that 😞
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I’m married & financially secure & if I got pregnant today I would have an abortion. Without a doubt. Because I don’t want more kids. That’s it.
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@kill4maddy I appreciate the confidence 😂😄
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Do ppl think vaccinations stop babies from getting common colds and illnesses or like lol. We are talking about polio here Erica
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My twins are 8 months now. Never been vaccinated and have never been sick.
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First of all Minnesota, babe. Trick question. Police officers and landlords are not my authorities.
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Those people don’t actually want to solve the “crime problem” because they don’t want to do the necessary hard work of addressing material conditions. They just don’t want to see it. They want it to stay over there.
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Apparently some of these school board candidates want SROs (cops) back inside minneapolis public schools, after students fought so hard to feel safe and get them removed.
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No but of course this question is infuriating. This is why I can’t practice social work via direct service. Put me in the policy room we need to burn everything and start over.
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So often I think about how we deserve so much better. All of us. And the elders. And the children. We were never meant to live like this. We are supposed to take care of each other.
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@MaGeezuz @BougieLa That’s his niece. Already did my research 😂
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Yesterday I was walking w my daughter and I hear “Ms. B!” and see one of my former students pull up in a new luxury car. I knew right away it was a steamer so I was really disappointed because he recently got out and was working hard to stay on track.
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one of my former students facetimed me this morning bc the police raided his house looking for someone. Little sister was crying traumatized, whole house was tore up, drawers dumped out. And they are all going to school now. Please be gentle with these kids.
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I’m an avocado. You will be ready for me when I am ready for you. And the opportunity will pass QUICKLY. Remain vigilant.
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I wanna go to Red Dragon and get a wondrous punch for old times sake
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These kids go to the same HS that my teen is going to now. Adults sit around and navel gaze talking about how “unsafe” minneapolis is, but don’t consider how unsafe the conditions creating this behavior is.
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There is almost zero talk of upstream interventions for youth here. Suspend, expel, jail. And people in uptown DT and SW have the gall to complain about how crime is spilling into their communities.
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Aldi over north is closing and I just found out Walgreens on w Broadway is closing too. I’ve seen discourse blaming crime and a lack of police. Really disheartening to see people defending million $ corporations over community.
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Sometimes I piece together that some of my followers don’t like each other & are tweeting about each other and I’m just like
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These articles are so anxiety inducing. We are really watching the earth burn in slow motion and doing nothing 🥲
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Lake Superior is warming ahead of schedule this year.
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Unsurprising. I’ve known that man since he was a child. He was definitely posting me on his IG stories calling me a communist witch last year, in response to me supporting the women he assaulted.
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Aaron Rupar
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TIL former NBA player Royce White is a conspiracy-mongering Trumper and he's running for Congress against Ilhan Omar
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@AsiaAtItAgain As a white mom of Black/biracial children I agree that I often see it play out like this. These moms are putting their children in a dangerous situation by allowing them to believe they won’t be viewed as Black & preparing them for that reality.
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I reject a scarcity mindset. Love is abundant.
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@pinkprimadonnaa @IcyanaK it was respectability politics to separate herself, it was corny, she didn’t need to conflate her goals with their lives at all.
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Why did I wait until I was 30 to enjoy weed? It’s amazing. I’m eating better, sleeping better. Not being hungover. There’s no going back now.
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we had to recreate this today but wow at Khi 🥹 u know I love her bc a dfl convention is the last place I wanted to be on my only Saturday off lol
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I just found out Sammy passed away. This is so sad. He was really about community. We need to make sure the Ave Eatery stays open and support.
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Me: how can we create cooperative living so I can be in community w my ppl and we can all help each other w child rearing & household stuff & grow our own food?! Also me: I want to live alone and I hate people.
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Also thinking about the Black students and staff at EP who have no say in the coach being reinstated. Just apologies and sweeping it under the rug, business as usual.
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My nana has been married for 63 years today. I asked her if she ever thought about getting divorced. She said “every day” lmaooooo
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Why do women always have to go on this decades long journey of “learning how to love our bodies”. Imagine not having to undo all that self loathing. That’s what I want for my daughter.
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@victoria89p & still white, so.
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Someone once told me to end the relationship while there is still love there and I think that is great advice.
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@tam_k12 @MaLvsMagic @FLACKO4444 Women tend to go to court and win over the pettiest things? There are statistics to debunk this. Loud and wrong, The internalized misogyny WHEW.
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I’m sick of y’all acting like there are certain cases when abortion is better than others. It doesn’t matter. If someone wants an abortion for WHATEVER reason they should be able to access it, the end.
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Moderates are republicans. I said what I said.
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@suchnerve Centrism is the lazy way of defending the status quo.
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Ableism exists in sooo many ways many of us never consider.
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@MommaKenken It depends on the farm. Most farms have hens and roosters because they want the eggs to be fertilized so the chickens can reproduce. But hens lay eggs without roosters, they just won’t ever hatch.
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My friendships are so fulfilling that I have basically lost my desire to date like why am I gonna spend time w a random person when I could make cacio e Pepe & ribeyes & watch euphoria w my favorite humans?
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Whenever hetero men talk about the dating scene being trash I have to laugh. The ratio of amazing women to data-able men is honestly 250:1. I’ve studied it extensively. Science.
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I see clearly all the ways that he was failed by the adults in his life and this city. And when politicians start talking about crime and car theft it hits different because it’s personal to me.
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She’s trash for wearing a swimsuit. Aren’t y’all exhausted w clinging so tightly to misogyny yet my god.
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This thread just made me sad af. the lengths women convince themselves they need to go to, to receive love.
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@ki_thatgirl Yes it still has a high efficacy rate just not as high
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I’ve also had my house broken into multiple times in my life and nothing ever came of it. This feels like gaslighting- MPD pretending to prioritize returning stolen belongings or remediating anything lol
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It takes a lot of time to adjust and recover to major transitions like death, housing/job insecurity, divorce. Like, years. Esp during pandemic isolation. Ongoing support networks are so necessary, sometimes the hardest parts come much later.
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as MPD staffing has decreased over the last few years, so has crime. It’s almost as if police do not keep us safer 😃
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Moving through conflict with the right people feels safe and rewarding even when it’s hard.
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“What about people who have had multiple abortions? Don’t you think that’s irresponsible?” I DONT THINK ANYTHING about it! It’s not my business or yours! Truly why do you care???
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MPD is not unique in having hundreds of items in evidence gathering dust. Rape test kits backed up for years. This is obvious propaganda for the people who think downtown Minneapolis is dangerous.
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If you want cops in schools you’re a cop. You don’t want safe schools you want power and control.
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I’ve had so many responses like this and WOW you guys are obtuse.
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EP conducted an investigation and the white families/staff concluded that the coach is not racist and his use of the slur was acceptable. Now they are hoping everyone will forget and subscribe to white authority.
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@IROLLHERBLUNTS This convo has been had a million times on here. Ppl wanna say it’s not that deep, but her comment was rooted in classism & internalized misogyny. From Whole Foods to lulu lemon, she’s reinforcing wack patriarchal hierarchies.
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Ilhan is everywhere I look and I LOVE it!! @IlhanMN
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I am overwhelmed by the amount of violence these kids experience daily from every direction. Adults are not doing enough.
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@lizmaebrooks It means we are mentally ill and they need to run us our check asap $$
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It was personal before I was teaching. Kids I knew in my neighborhood blocks from my house crashed and died during a high speed chase a couple years ago. It happened again last winter.
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I found out this morning that he was arrested last night. He was on probation and has a lengthy mandatory minimum sentence to serve now. He was so close to graduating HS. I’m just so sad.
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Please find your ppl. It’s the only thing that sustains me. The people around me are grieving with me, outraged with me. Even when we don’t speak, knowing that they share the heaviness and the vision for liberation means everything to me.
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Romantic relationships are not the cure for loneliness and it’s concerning how many people are seemingly trying to fill voids through dating. I get we are socialized to do this but.
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Just got car jacked at gun point and I’m really mad not only at my car being gone but I really loved my Nike cross body bag and it was the one time I had cash on me smh
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I think the reason you can know someone for years & they can do something to make you feel like you really don’t know them- is because they don’t know themselves.
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I first met @IlhanMN ~2011. I worked by her side as a co-worker & volunteer on campaigns from municipal to the marriage amendment. I’ve gotten parenting advice from her & learned how to be a better organizer from her. Proud to have her as my friend, mentor, and congresswoman.
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@ziibiing
ashley fairbanks
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I first met @IlhanMN back in 2013 when we were Policy Aides for the Minneapolis City Council. From the moment I met her it was clear she was a powerhouse. People tried so hard to knock her down for speaking up back then, but it only increased her strength.
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all the suburban whites reading the news on FB and commenting “I’m glad I don’t live in Minneapolis!”. We are too. 😊
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If white staff/families don’t support this decision, they are only sympathetic privately and I haven’t seen any statements or efforts to name what is happening in that institution. It’s a microcosm of what happens everywhere and it’s shameful.
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I know everyone says their city is small but DAMN Minneapolis is small. real housewives of Minneapolis 😭😭 hate that for us
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Don’t feel shame if you feel stuck or slow in your recovery from traumatic events. Your nervous system needs sustained safety to begin processing. We need to push back against the get over it and move on rhetoric, it isn’t sustainable.
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I am the most single I’ve ever been. I love it here. My friendships overflow with romance. I learned how to love myself and my solitude even more this last year. This gratitude and contentment is unfuckwithable.
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Being queer has expanded connection for me in such a beautiful way. I love doing romantic things in my non-sexual friendships/relationships. Compartmentalizing the ways we receive and give love is a disservice to ourselves.
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My friendships are important to me. Thats why most of them have lasted years, decades. I prioritize conflict resolution. One time I went to therapy with a friend to talk something out, it was cool. Ppl who discard friendships flippantly are not for me.
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also third world is a useless political indicator from the Cold War. Developed nations doesn’t work either bc the US fares worse in so many measures of development (maternal health, nutrition, etc) than the countries we are referencing in the Global South.
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It’s concerning that building community isn’t more of a priority for people, it would resolve so much of the burden and suffering we experience as individuals.
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Self timer fail but... Let's go Gophs!! #GoGophers #SkiUMah
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I was working Friday when I heard someone get shot and killed a block from my house during a funeral. And then we just need to keep working. No one even processes anything bc we don’t have time & space.
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white ppl being defensive when confronted w even the slightest critique….. when we could literally just apologize and do better. Doubling down in defensiveness is never the way to go.
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Wild like 5 of my girlfriends are going through breakups right now after long term serious relationships/marriages and they are all rapidly glowing up now that they are single. Message 😳
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We (white people) will only confront white supremacy as a means to maintain systems via empty accountability when confronted. No one is taking risks by exposing the truth, bc that could result in losing access to power/$.
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@ariellynnwarr_ @tonisoleil It’s literally just a medical procedure, destigmatizing it via humor is actually a good thing.
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Not even the slightest understanding of what racism is and everyone else has to be subjected to you being loud and wrong. Relieve us of your commentary.
@Tinapoo123
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This is literally racist too lmaoooo
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Things devolved quickly. When you’re a kid and surrounded by an environment that makes staying sober and out the way feel impossible.
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If anyone else wants to drop their kids off I live a few blocks away from the Davis center and we are making art projects for the next few hours.
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