Packed up my rolly-walker and went over to the rally at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul today. No camera on me bc I didn't know what kind of protest it was going to be, but it was packed! Easily 10k!
If I did have a sign it would've said, "It's So Bad Even The Spoonies Are Marching"
Edit: over 25K according to AP/MPR!
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/04/05/hands-off-protest-trump-musk
Heading back from dropping folks off at the Hands Off protest at the St. Paul Capitol. Mighty big turn out. Give 'em Hell everybody!
#MNastodon #StPaul
#HandsOff #HandsOff2025 #USpol #protest
Sharing to @resistancerallies,
@teslatakedown, h/t @ai6yr
Pics from today’s HandsOff protest in St. Paul!
#HandsOff #Resist #SaveDemocracy #TeslaTakeDown #Protest #USPolitics #StPaul #MN #Minnesota
Pretty darn good turnout for #TeslaTakedown today in Golden Vally, MN: I counted at least 350, and somebody else said 380.
That’s up from ~210 last week, and 100+ the week before.
See you there next Saturday? 11am until 12-something!
#HDR #DronePhotography of #lake #ice breaking up in #StPaul #Minnesota I took today. #Spring is coming. The #weather was super warm.
Disturbing story out of St. Paul. A major downtown building at a crossroads of the skyway system has kicked out all its tenants.
“We are very concerned by not just what’s happening with the business, but the way that they're doing it. You can’t treat people like that,” [St. Paul mayor Melvin] Carter said on MPR News’ Morning Edition. …
"[Jeweler Paul] Hartquist said it would have been impossible for him to move in 48 hours and has started to carefully pack up items and take them home. His business has been in Alliance Bank Center for almost 36 years."
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/03/13/st-paul-officials-express-concern-about-madison-equities-treatment-of-alliance-bank-center
@ottergoose Thank you for attending and for sharing the great picture!
Promoting to @resistancerallies
Getting our PTO up to speed:
- 501(c)3 status approved
- domain purchased
- email set up
- donation letter, flyers, and online form in progress
The West Side is going to get the kind of white people support that the other Saint Paul schools get!
Uffda. Minnesota capital city's only downtown grocery is closing.
Fred Melo writes in the PiPress:
"Tres Lund, chief executive officer of the Edina-based supermarket chain, said the grocery, which opened at 115 East 10th St. in 2014, had been profitable in its first seven or eight years, but struggled during the pandemic when downtown employers shifted to remote work."
https://www.twincities.com/2025/03/07/downtown-st-paul-lunds-and-byerlys-closes-permanently-on-march-26/
I'm excited to share some big news. After 9 years as a software developer in industry, working for Epic, I am returning to academia. Starting this fall, I'll be teaching data science and computer science at #Macalester College, working with @inthehands !
Very excited to be teaching again, and to be returning to the Twin Cities.
Cathedral St. Peter and St. Paul, Kiev, Russia,(i.e., Ukraine) between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900. Views of architecture and other sites primarily in Poland, Russia, and the Ukraine
#CathedralStPeter #StPaul #Russia,(ie #Ukraine #Poland #Russia #EasternOrthodox #photography #historicalPhotos
a friend at work is asking about #TwinCities-based podcasts. The Slow Ride and Sightseeing Japan immediately come to mind. Any others? #minnesota #minneapolis #stpaul #MSP
SAFETY BULLETIN #Minnesota
I am hearing reports the house republicans are attempting to stage a coup by electing a speaker and passing laws without a quorum.
Grassroots organizers are delaying them by disrupting the legislative session
So, next couple of days we’ll be sub 0 degrees F here in Saint Paul.
At least it can’t snow.
