Julia Silvis
@juliasilvis
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Minneapolitan who loves cities and making them better places for walking, biking running, and living!
Minneapolis, MN
Joined January 2009
If this bums you out, might I recommend...down-ballot elections! A lot of climate policy (transit, housing, water use, parks/open space) gets decided at city/county level. Mayor, city council, city attorney, county supervisors, sheriff, DA. Your vote matters there. Show up!
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If I ran a newspaper, I'd be running organized daily tests of the postal system. Every day, send a set number of letters to a set number of locations — across town, three towns over, your state capital, big coastal cities, rural areas. Track how long each one takes to get there.
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I am feeling a deep appreciation for @mplsclerk and staff. They have adapted, taken on jobs that didn't exist before, and made it possible to have a functioning, accessible city government over the last several months. Thank you.
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Someone way smarter than I am is updating this map with donation sites as often as they can which is AMAZING bc I forgot I had a job https://t.co/E3pouZvSb0
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*Activists and Legislators:* Here’s a thread of MEANINGFUL legislation that has been proposed and, in some cases, passed in cities and states to address police violence. Consider passing legislation like this in your community, too. (1/x)
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Gov Walz asking people to go home but..... What if those "people" aren't from Mpls? What if those "people" are actually anarchists or white nationalists agitating, burning, looting to sow further division between our community and country?!?
Addressing fires and looting, Gov. Tim Walz calls situation "fluid," "dynamic" and also extremely dangerous. He says law enforcement is responding as best they can. #GeorgeFloyd
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Minnesotans will be waking up to a reality that our Twin Cities are a possible flash point for an armed conflict on a scale that's just unimaginable. This is a terrifying and horrifying prospect. It feels like a civic nuclear meltdown is underway in our community.
@GovTimWalz just compared the level of @MNNationalGuard deployment tomorrow to a wartime response overseas.. and says calling in US military “likely prudent.”
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Restore order. Move Swiftly and Transparently. Keep ALL people safe. Partner with community. Honor our people. #Justice @GovTimWalz @MayorFrey
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It does not advance #justice to tell 1 part of the narrative and withhold the rest - particularly when the narrative you tell paints Black people as urban terrorists, & we know others are committing crimes. Our people are working hard to keep the peace when no one else can/ has.
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Less than 10% of Minneapolis officers live there. How can we transform policing with numbers like this? On our path to justice for #GeorgeFloyd, we must repeal the state statute that preempts communities from enacting residency requirements for law enforcement. Now. #mnleg
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We are quite literally doing a worse job of containing the virus than any other country on earth.
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We owe a profound debt of gratitude to all our health professionals and everybody who’ll be on the front lines of this pandemic for a long while. They’re giving everything. May we all model our own behavior on their selflessness and sacrifice as we help each other through this.
My spouse is a physician in the emergency dept, and is actively treating #coronavirus patients. We just made the difficult decision for him to isolate & move into our garage apartment for the foreseeable future as he continues to treat patients. (1/5)
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It is difficult to see pictures of all the people at bars and restaurants, socializing, making play dates, and ignoring social distancing recommendations when I know my husband and many other healthcare workers are risking their lives to treat more sick patients. (4/5)
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Retweet if the lockstep 53-47 vote to conduct a coverup instead of a trial made you gag as it did me.
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The thing about kids is they grow up. And they have their own brains (even if you’re not properly using yours).
Unvaccinated teens are fact-checking their parents — and trying to get shots on their own. “I looked into it; it was clear there was way more evidence in defense of vaccines,” said one 18-year-old, whose mother resisted.
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Klobuchar's answer to bad boss question: “Yes, I can be tough. And, yes, I can push people. I know that. And I have high expectations for myself. I have high expectations for the people that work for me. But I have high expectations for this country. And that’s what we need."
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Is Minnesota Nice necessary to be president? Klobuchar's rep as tough boss getting plenty of play -When did this become criteria for presidency? Johnson, Nixon, Clinton + more were brutal bosses -What happened to worries that candidates weren't tough? -Can we get to issues?
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Only in Mn can you ski into a Presidential announcement @amyklobuchar is expected extremely soon at Boom Island to announce Presidential bid
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