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Colleen

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Walking around Minneapolis mostly


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The Minneapolis Parks employees have earned all that they are asking for.

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Even my TV antenna is giving up on this shit

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So many lovely neighbors introducing their cats on the tour #catsofthewedge

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There are more people on this walking cat tour than there were in my hometown. #catsofthewedge

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Documenting the cat tour #catsofthewedge

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Spotted this cat enjoying his patch of sunlight on the Wedge Cat Tour. #catsofthewedge

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Another rainy rose from Lake Harriet Rose Garden

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Rainy day at Lake Harriet Rose Garden

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Worst thing that happened to me was a guy idled in the street to block the Greenway and yell about stop signs. He was angry. I was annoyed. I don't think he knew about the new Idaho stop law. That was truly no big deal.

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Creepy

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There’s bluffing, like, I don’t really have the inside straight, and bluffing like I’m not actually going to kill you, but I want you to think I might … ? I’m glad you’re fine.

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The worst that ever happened to me was one stopped in the middle of an intersection to lecture me about stop signs. I was very annoyed. Enraged, really. Not fearing for my life, though.

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Oh, that’s terrible. I’m so sorry that happened to you.

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It’s scary AF when drivers don’t yield to bikes, so I vastly prefer protected lanes. But mostly, they do.

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This feels so true. But what surprised me when I started bike commuting was that the majority of drivers are fine sharing the road. There’s such hostility on Facebook, Twitter and Nextdoor toward cyclists, I expected to feel like a NPC in GTA, but, mostly, drivers yield when they’re supposed to.

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Biking is pleasant. Driving isn't.

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I ALWAYS see other bicyclists in the bike lanes. It’s beautiful.

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So true! It’s 30 minutes steady pedaling vs. 25 minutes in stop and go traffic.

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I’ve started biking to work from Mpls to St. Paul when the weather’s nice, which I absolutely would not do without protected bike lanes. I’m sure there are tons of others like me, I’m not some sort of pioneer here. The bike lanes are getting cars off the roads too, I think.

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I agree. Volumes feel lower, the redesigned streets feel safer to drive on (although, yes, slower at times) with stupidity restricted. It’s nicer for residents of the city getting from place to place rather than someone trying to get through or in and out, maybe?

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Oh, that is not how one plays duck duck gray duck.

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Geese are vicious, territorial, and bite people. What kind of tough love bullshit is it to put them in a children’s game? MN: where we love our children.

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Goo Goo Dolls are Replacements mixed with generic boy band. So, yeah, “Grunge” for marketing purposes only.

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For me, it's metallic, and in the sinuses. Thank you for creating this community.

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I loved that novel. If it’s any consolation, I didn’t think it was all that hopeful, just a realistic smidgen of hope. It was beautiful and heartbreaking.

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When the vacuum cleaner runs, it smells like dust and burning rubber.

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"Sun dog" doesn't sound very Midwestern to me. I mean, I know they're not solely Midwestern, but also if they were, I'm pretty sure they'd be called something else.

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Sun dog! Damn, it's cold.

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And they are so intrusive

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Red squirrels are native! Theo With set out to replace them with greys. m.startribune.com/gray-red-squ...

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Closing out 2023 taking pictures of my rabbit climbing on my spouse.

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This design kind of reminds me of a bird barfing up its dinner for its baby. It’s way better than a design that kind of reminds me of genocide, though.

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I loved this story so much after all those post-apocalyptic “Guess we’ll all do cannibalism” tropes.

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Wait, those are bots? I thought a bunch of good looking young people were sincerely interested in helping me expand my influence.

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Oh, me too. When I actually was 16, I think I mostly listened to an old Violent Femmes cassette that someone's brother brought back from college. It was a music desert in western Wisconsin.

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Rain Dogs!

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Well, the smart money's on Harlow and the moon is in the street

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South Uptown: We had a third as many as last year. The best was some teenager dressed as a vintage black + white clown who just stood on the porch smiling, holding an open garbage bag. I'm going to make sure he's gone before I go to bed.

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Human flesh or mushrooms?

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Muskrat enters the frame

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Bde Maka Ska like a post card tonight

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Love Murderbot. I thought the android was one of the most realistic depictions of trauma I've ever read.

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We live near Bryant Square Park, a short walk away. It's a beautiful city for parks

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Lake of the Isles tonight

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In Prescott, Wisconsin today, looking for leaves and finding an eagle made of silverware

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The Bde Maka Ska pavilion may be open, or I may have crashed a private event. They were serving food and also still surrounded by a chain link fence.

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Bde Maka Ska tonight

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Marvelous name. From this moment forward, I'm going to call everyone Shaggy Inkcap. Thanks for the ID!

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Minneapolis naturalists, what is this freaky mushroom?

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