So I've been thinking about what's wrong with this @AsteadWesley article about police politics in Minneapolis. nytimes.com/2020/09/26/us/… He says it's about an idealistic city council running into the "legislative process" and "public opposition." The real story is of a progressive city council super-majority, trying to do the right and popular thing, and unelected appointees of appointees blocking democracy.

Golf lost $1.3M in 2019, $1.2M in 2018, $2M in 2017, and $2M in 2016. Maybe golf will pull its weight this year! minneapolisparks.org/about_us/budge…

https://twitter.com/StarTribune/status/1301988332528971776

"The point of public golf courses isn't to make a profit"

obviously! the point is to take money from the people who rent boats and bikes and eat at restaurant/concessions and give that money to an older, whiter, richer crowd

I worry that closing the racial gap in homeownership, without fixing segregation and property tax assessment first, would be ineffective or counterproductive as a way to build Black wealth Links to sources: brookings.edu/research/deval…

I recall some dopey 22-year-old named like Tanner or Carter with like 10k following his "NEOLIB3RAL" account spastically gushing about how Ben Carson was a YIMBY. Wonder what he's up to now. Hopefully not in any position that requires critical thinking or judgment Haha

Happy to hear in today's Mpls Housing Advisory Committee meeting about the work starting to legalize single room occupancy housing. I volunteered to meet with city staff to give input. lims.minneapolismn.gov/File/2020-00703 Single room occupancy (or rooming houses, or residential hotels) is a vital form of housing that can let people who would otherwise be sleeping outside have more privacy, security, and dignity (and would just be a good fit for others, too).

Everyone's feelings are valid, but I think there's a widespread anxiety about culturally catastrophic capital rushing into poor neighborhoods when the much more likely future is just payday loans, vape shops, and vacancy as far as you can see. I'm worried about that, too I'm trying to process "the area, which survived the construction of Interstate 94 and the Green Line"

maybe 46% complete

I do think we need to talk and write in plain language that's easy for normies to understand.

At this point I know what it means, but "centering the voices of [x]" is a phrasing that will always give me a micro-headache Ideas for alternatives:
Addressing the concerns of X
Prioritizing the interests of X
Listening to X
Sharing power with X

If you don't mean any of those more-specific and easier-to-understand phrases, maybe you don't mean... anything?

New population estimates from @MetCouncilNews! metrocouncil.org/Data-and-Maps/…

I'm gonna become a trillionaire by making an algorithm that blocks accounts with anime avatars

Then I will use my money to tear up urban freeways, abolish the Senate, and buy SNES games for the public domain More cynically, I could become a trillionaire by hawking Tactical disposable face masks in camo, punisher skull, grayscale US flag, and other cryptofascist patterns. Maybe a Calvin peeing on China

"The basic problem is that we don't have enough housing... We're under-zoned for multifamily housing." Picks on Montgomery County, MD. Yolanda Cole from @UrbanLandInst at #NPC20atHome Art Rodgers, planner for DC, is talking about great engaging the community around the status quo and history of housing and zoning in the city. Got to a consensus in all parts of the city that the distribution of low-income housing was unfair

It's been ten years since they cut out my cancer! Let's reminisce:
😫😷👨‍⚕️🏥🔪❤️🏋️‍♂️ Since then, I took a cross-country road trip to come home,

St. Paul HPC asking whether they can regulate the typeface on a sign across from Union Depot City staff explaining that the content of a sign is protected by the First Amendment.

Doubt that Impact is gonna kill anyone

Enjoyed the people-only Nokomis Parkway and went on my longest run since high school! Thanks @MplsParkBoard If I'm disciplined and up my long run 10% each week, I'll get up to a half marathon by the end of June

Greater Minnesota streetcar photos from reflections.mndigital.org This is fun

Pick 3 Not everyone is ready for this level of dad content, and that's okay

Recipes I've enjoyed during the pandemic:
Bread tasteofhome.com/recipes/basic-… Banana bread
fortheloveofcooking.net/2017/01/ultima…

Jim Hagedorn is going to get a lot of southern Minnesotans killed

https://twitter.com/scttdvd/status/1243606767663120385

Martin County, with the most confirmed cases per capita in the state, has zero ICU beds kare11.com/article/news/h…

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Curve flattening, changing testing criteria, or something else. You be the judge To be clear "something else" definitely includes statistical error. The dipshits who got the virus in Tipsy McStagger's Racist Beer Tent on 3/14 are infectious and still asymptomatic

https://twitter.com/whstancil/status/1238953595455725568

Guy complains about how Houston's new buildings are oriented toward cars, not people, but doesn't mention the city's obscene parking requirements. texasobserver.org/gentrification… Here's a new 6-plex full of 2brs with no (0) off-street parking in Minneapolis. This would need ten (10) parking spaces in Houston, so stuff like this never ever gets built. Don't publish architects writing about development if they don't know the land use/built form regulations.

Ooh! The Met Council dropped their regional route performance analysis: metrocouncil.org/Transportation… So, I made some maps of where the low-subsidy and high-subsidy buses go.