the coastal elite long for st. paul, minnesota

PRODUCTIVITY HACK: Clear today's to-do list by simply moving several items to tomorrow's to-do list.

Did you attend a state fair this summer? Geographers discuss how the Minnesota State Fair is proof that #walkable, #mixed-use urban spaces with plenty of public amenities are successful — and quite popular.

Loved this story on the lessons the the State Fair could teach us about making our city great: mix up all kinds of different uses in a neighborhood to activate the street, offer public spaces to rest, and get pedestrians away from cars! https://t.co/ThMzterNtW

First day attendance at the Minnesota State Fair was 106,327. That's down from last year (121,478), way higher than 2021 (61,983). The record was set in 2019 (133,326), a year that holds six records as well as the record for most-attended year overall.

As a person who is pretty familiar with receiving veto letters from Mayor Frey, let me remind you: In his ~6 years as Mayor, Jacob Frey has vetoed 9 Council actions. Of these, all were authored by Councilmembers who represent Southsiders. 7 were authored by people of color.

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Xcel Energy, which raked in $1.7 billion in profits last year, just scrapped a $9 million project that was part of its commitment to better serve Minneapolis' communities of color after George Floyd's murder

Excited to present research on boneless wings & the construction of maturity/masculinity next week at the @ASFS_org conference @BU_Tweets / @GastronomyatBU! I letterpress-printed a limited run of this poster. Let me know if you want one! $30! #FoodStudies23 #KnowingFood2023

@BajaOntario Graphic design is my passion.

These dresses certainly aren't the first Native cultural items to be auctioned off — nor will they be the last, sadly. So here's what you should do if you come across one: Help get it back to where it belongs! It's not that difficult, especially in MN. https://t.co/rc6RniusU7

A cool article explaining the story of one of my weirder Twitter posts.

What does it take to prove ownership over a sacred object? After generations of Native cultural erasure, what should repatriation look like? ft. cameos from @ziibiing, @BarackObama, & the one federal investigator whose full-time job is tracking Native objects in online auctions

When Arlene's storage unit was robbed in 2015, she thought she'd never see her ceremonial jingle dresses again. In February, they showed up in an online auction — and, almost $900 later, she got them back. But the story gets a little more complicated... https://t.co/rc6RniusU7

Update: @PioneerPress did not carry Dilbert, so no need to drop, per the paper's editor. "I would have dumped him for this, though," he added in an email.

“One customer, who on Thursday evening was in the process of combining Powerade, Fanta and Hi-C — all Coca-Cola products — declined to share his thoughts.” https://t.co/Q8OtfvS5A5

Breaking: my @NYTimes investigation w/ @Fahrenthold reveals The Natl Restaurant Association’s lucrative scheme: $$ fees unwitting workers pay for ‘food safety certification’ are funneled to cover the costs of the groups’ Goliath battle against higher wages https://t.co/IJAariUlLT

Fuck it: A hot dog in a bun is still a type of sandwich, cheesecake is pie, pop tarts are calzones

think i'm going to start posting more of the venn diagrams i make