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Mike Beckstrand

@beckstrand.bsky.social

Research Methodologist @ UMN, CLA. Saint Paulite, YIMBY urbanist, ebiker, dad. MNUFC fan & MLS sicko. COYL. he/him.

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Indoors? Few and far between? With players going under heaters every other minute?

13.11.2025 05:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That's 4 hours of timezone madness. If MNUFC has to both give up great weather for shit weather *and* still be lumped with the Pacific time zone...just yikes.

12.11.2025 20:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Trading May & June for a fully home November and March is brutal

12.11.2025 20:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Seems fair as we can trust the league office to screw MNUFC over as much as possible

12.11.2025 20:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Opinion | Democrats Sure Taught Trump a Lesson

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...

12.11.2025 18:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Opinion | Democrats Sure Taught Trump a Lesson

Once again, Jamelle Bouie is "the exception the proves the rule" that the NYT has capitulated.

Honest reporting doesn't save for the Opinion section: "this isnโ€™t an ordinary moment. The president is openly lawless...This extraordinary reality calls for something different."

Gift link in reply.

12.11.2025 18:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"Will we sober up at some point after Son puts a hat trick up against us in the Conference Finals? Sure, but hey man, the darkness comes for us all and Iโ€™m gonna ride this rocket into the sun!"

Grateful for the rocket fuel this past Saturday. Truly Champagne (of Beers) stuff.

#COYL

12.11.2025 04:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Spoiler alert: they'll offer nothing to non-southern teams.

11.11.2025 03:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Screenshot of the text: What it means for Minnesota: They're the first team in the new playoff format to advance from Round One without winning a game in regulation time. They were beaten 7-5 on aggregate, lost the xG battle 7.21 to 2.89, and never led. Not for a single second.

Screenshot of the text: What it means for Minnesota: They're the first team in the new playoff format to advance from Round One without winning a game in regulation time. They were beaten 7-5 on aggregate, lost the xG battle 7.21 to 2.89, and never led. Not for a single second.

MNUFC did this last year, too, against RSL.

It's like our specialty.

10.11.2025 17:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Admin, who did y'all piss off at the league office?

3 Monday nights?!

10.11.2025 05:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The AI told me it was I Froze

09.11.2025 05:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

How do you podcast running around in circles high diving?

09.11.2025 01:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a man in a blue suit is laughing with his mouth wide open Alt: a man in a blue suit is laughing with his mouth wide open. luthen rael from the star wars series andor

The never ending fight of the Loons against all odds brought me joy.

And against Seattle, to boot!

#MNUFC #COYL #MLSCupPlayoffs

09.11.2025 00:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hell is real is great and all, but have you Set Pieced yourself, past he "beautiful soccer" of your nemesis, down a man after spotting them two goals in the cold?

#MNUFC

09.11.2025 00:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Have I said "Pretty Please Pay Dayne" yet?

09.11.2025 00:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Nailed it. No notes.

09.11.2025 00:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a man on a snl show says " la 's hottest club the dmv this place has everything " Alt: Stefan says " la 's hottest club the dmv this place has everything "

This match had everything! Nightmare beginning, red card, Sounders flopping like salmon, set pieces, more fucking set pieces, goalkeeper sub, Gene and Duggan (??) making pens, post and crossbar knocking balls in and out, goalkeeper scoring, shit talking by both sides, Loons sending Sea home! #MNUFC

08.11.2025 23:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Member when Seattle was up 2-0 in the 10th and up a man for most of the game, but still has to go to penalties.

I will.

#MNUFC

08.11.2025 23:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is hilarious #MNUFC

08.11.2025 22:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The stadium has no idea what happened

08.11.2025 21:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

For what, precisely? Dribbling?

08.11.2025 21:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Veni. Frixi. Veci.

08.11.2025 19:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Ramsay via Greder today: โ€œI think it has been probably tougher than he anticipated and tougher than we anticipated. โ€ฆ The minutes that he has had on the pitch so far havenโ€™t โ€ฆ been all that convincing in terms of showing that ability to cope at the moment with the physical demands of MLS.โ€ ๐Ÿ˜•

08.11.2025 02:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Inside of me there are two wolves.

Or: somehow my job of late is doing both of these things.

07.11.2025 02:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This new package slaps.

07.11.2025 01:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My tag of @fairvotemn.bsky.social failed yesterday, apparently.

fairvotemn.org

06.11.2025 13:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Sankey flow diagram showing the reallocated votes in the St Paul mayoral race with majority of other choices for Chen, Hilborn and Dullinger going to Kaohly Her instead of Melvin Carter, leading to her victory

Sankey flow diagram showing the reallocated votes in the St Paul mayoral race with majority of other choices for Chen, Hilborn and Dullinger going to Kaohly Her instead of Melvin Carter, leading to her victory

I forgot to link to the data visualizations this allowed Ramsey County and Saint Paul to share: www.rcvis.com/v/saint-paul...

Minneapolis also showed Sankey flows here: vote.minneapolismn.gov/results-data...

06.11.2025 13:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
06.11.2025 02:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

(it's also going to be tricky with the layers/raincoats necessary given the forecast)

05.11.2025 22:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

RCV is excellent even when I don't like the outcome.

05.11.2025 22:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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