Performative Competency

It gave us the great Disco Elysium Vance video:

Progressives did a good job defending some (potentially) hard council races and did great at picking up park board seats.

Obviously lots of sadness around the Mayoral, but overall “Not as good as we hoped, not as bad as we feared” seems to be the prevailing interpretation.

Park Board much further left, but still with a contingent of cranks

City Council slightly more moderate (no longer a veto-proof progressive majority), but still largely progressive.

Mayor obviously stays as-is.

I have a lot of personal stake in some losses (Ward 5/7), but on the balance,

Thank you Ward 12, re-elected to minneapolis city council graphic with photo of Aurin.

We won every precinct with a total of 62.05% of the vote!

Thank you Ward 12, I look forward to representing and serving you for the next 4 years.

A progressive vision for supporting everyday people and working families is what I will work to deliver with you. 🤍

TL;DR: race is still anyone’s game, but it’s an uphill battle for non-Frey contenders after this first-round ballot drop.

I think the *majority* of Hampton/Davis votes will go to Fateh, but there’s a very strong (and not very online) contingent of “preferably not Frey, but definitely not Fateh” voters in our city. I wouldn’t be shocked if a significant percentage of Hampton voters in particular ranked Frey 2nd or 3rd.

Given that Wilson was pushed hard as the second-choice All of MPLS candidate, it’s likely going to Warren. But Ward 5 can be chaotic so I’m not calling it until it’s called, ya know

🚨EARLY EXITS: all your enemies are voting in high percentages and will get their way over the next four years unless you show up to the polls and bring several friends.

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Minneapolis and Saint Paul, go to the polls prepared tomorrow! All these races matter. Here’s @naomikritzer.bsky.social indexed election election guide. naomikritzer.com

Can’t believe the amount of illicit things I’ve found in my kids Halloween candy. Razor blades, fentanyl, mixed-use multi-family housing in an exclusively single family zone

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Aurin for Ward 12, Arya Cafè, Asian Duck Cafe Food & Supply Drive, November 1st - 30th Drop off: Arya Cafè, 4603 Minnehaha Avenue Most Needed Food Items: Cooking Oil |  Flour | Sugar  | Rice  |  Beans Canned Meat (Chicken, Tuna, Salmon) Food that travels well |  Can Openers Personal Care Essentials: Toothbrushes (single pack)  |  Toothpaste Soap  |  Menstrual Care (Tampons & Pads) Toilet Paper  |  Laundry Detergent

Team Aurin is joining forces with our neighbors, Arya Cafè & Asian Duck Cafe, to run a food drive and Community Collection Hub for the Minnehaha Food Shelf.

From Nov. 1st – 30th, you can drop off essentials for our neighbors at (Arya Cafè, 4603 Minnehaha Ave) daily from 7am–9pm!

Uncle 3: Lead his church’s choir for 20 years. Cheated on his wife with a section lead the whole time.

Uncle 4: Investigated for murder by the FBI (no connection found)

Uncle 5: Lived a full life of miscellaneous get-rich-quick schemes around Puerto Rico

Uncle 1: Former bigwig in a Chicago suburb public school district. Trained by an NC-style whole-hog BBQ pit master.

Uncle 2: Pro jeweler. Lost his wife to cancer, remarried, divorced, moved down South

"Oxford commas are a sign you write with ai" I will find such a unique way to rip out your spine that they'll make a movie about it

I always feel a little odd going there cuz I’d rather support a local spot over a chain, but they do admittedly do a *really* good job. I dunno if it’s just this particular franchise (never been to another location) or what, but it’s always been super solid.

Who is Funding All of Mpls in 2025? (Updated Oct 2025) All of Mpls was founded in 2021 by Richard Forschler, a former lobbyist who represented corporate and capital interests such as the Minneapolis Downtown Council (who donated $35,000 to We Love Mpls in...

finally updated my all of mpls blog with the september 2025 finance report to include every donor this year. a lot more big contributions than the june report! i'll highlight some notable ones in a thread here - taylordahlin.com/f/who-is-fun...

Evergreen feeling for me, tbh

For the Sickos

elizabeth shaffer pledging support to the C suite

I hope @dewayneforminneapolis.com doesn't mind me retelling a story he told me when we first met last winter. I kept it to myself because he wasn’t telling it publicly but he mentioned it yesterday. It’s one of the things that’s leading me to rank him first. A hope-its-ok-and-I-get-right 🧵:

they covered jesus with a purple cloth for the forum to make it non secular because it’s in a church but it’s really just giving abu ghraib and i think it’s deeply unsettling

It’s Carol; she’s pushing that rhetorical spin really hard and trying to get all the moderates to pick it up (and apparently succeeding)

I know Crash Test Dummies don’t always get tons of love from music nerds, but my dad had all their albums growing up and I have so much nostalgic affection for them. Somehow I never knew about this cover, so this was very cool to hear.

I was just talking about how I’ve never seen The Terminator either. Any of the series.

Won’t compromise: car tires, meat (trustworthy sources only with the gutted inspection services), LEGO (no knock-offs)

Will compromise: shoes and socks (even “good” ones wear out quick for me)

Glad your reaction was the same as mine

Update: Sex House is a LOT. So much more… everything… than I ever imagined. And also a perfect example of what happens when @theonion.com is firing on all cylinders. I’m amazed I never caught it when I debuted, because I was following the Onion super closely in 2012.

Bad Pedophile was great too

Did you also just get out of Sex House?

@dunktankdoug.bsky.social and I are here at @trylon.org and we have no idea what to expect but I’m so excited to learn THE TRUTH