Welp. We voted yesterday in Minneapolis. And woke up to disappointment today. I’m trying not to grieve too much and to look at the positive outcomes. Over 43% of our city said YES to a new vision of public safety. Unfortunately, it wasn’t enough but this movement isn’t going away. My top pick for Mayor, Sheila Nezhad, released a hopeful statement. And, for the first time in history, a majority of Minneapolis City Council members will be people of color. The campaigns needed more funding and more “liberal” career politicians to get behind them and help with organizing.
A list of five things reflective of my mood, which is all over the place:
- I’m A Twenty Year Truck Driver, I Will Tell You Why America’s Shipping Crisis Will Not End by Ryan Johnson
- Photographer exhibits at shopping centre where he was falsely accused
- Why Indigenous Place Names Matter: Our origin stories, histories, languages, and cultures are tied to our homelands
- Related to the previous item. “Red Cliff gets Wisconsin’s first dual-language road sign. It features the tribal seal and the tribe’s name in Ojibwe, Gaa-Miskwaabikaang, as well as the English name, Red Cliff.” More of this, please.
- I’m a fan of both Sparks and Weird Al and found this cover of This Town Ain’t Big Enough for Both of Us most pleasing.
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