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[grace aerts @graceaerts]

@LopetteMarxiste BIG yikes…

[Tom Olsen @OlsenForParks]

We passed the Hiawatha plan! Thank you to those who spent the last several years working to make this a reality. In the end you made this an easy vote for me.

Now we must look to the next several years to fullfil the plan's promise to restore Hiawatha for the benefit of all!

[Reggie @YaBoyReggie]

Northern lights in Crosslake, MN last night

[just E @redhotdisabled]

the easiest way to be an ‘ally’ to the disabled community right now is to wear a mask—even when you’re the only one in the room doing it.

if it feels awkward, imagine how awkward it is to care more about what other people think than actual lives 🤷

[Chris Dier @chrisdier]

Some of my students are shocked when they learn that The Star-Spangled Banner, the US national anthem, has racist origins, so here’s a quick history:

[Hiawatha for All @hiawatha4all]

Wild rice growing in Lake Nokomis in 1915. Theodore Wirth considered it "unsightly and unsanitary" and the Minneapolis Sunday Tribune called it a "weedy slough". Much like Hiawatha, Nokomis was extensively dredged and the existing ecosystem wiped out.

[ashley fairbanks @ziibiing]

Props to Elena Dahlager for sneaking this one past the Crop Art judges. They never give ribbons to political pieces!

[Guido @heyyguido]

Trans people are not a threat to my safety as a woman. You know who is a threat to my safety as a woman? Republicans.

[miela fetaw / ሜላ ፍታዉ @mielafetaw]

Look at the art. Look at this black girl magic. Look at her joy! Look at that smile and that face. What a beauty. What a baby. Ma’Khia Bryant was just 16 years old.

[Marques Brownlee @MKBHD]

Great now do the whole system

[Minnesota Reformer @MNReformer]

BREAKING: Jury finds Derek Chauvin guilty of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter
https://t.co/NyMhHISD0v

[Cori Bush @CoriBush]

Our hope is that this verdict will be a small step towards accountability. But that’s just about accountability, not justice.

For us, justice would be George Floyd alive today.

[AJ+ @ajplus]

Today is #420day.

Black and white people use marijuana at similar rates, but:
▪️ Black people almost 4X more likely to be arrested
▪️ POC = 94% arrests in NYC in 2020
▪️ Convictions cut access to jobs, housing
▪️ Disparities persist in states after legalization (@ACLU)

[Angie Thomas @angiecthomas]

To the Black kids waiting and watching:

You matter.

You are loved.

You have worth.

You have value.

Don’t let ANYTHING tell you otherwise.

[Henry 🇺🇸 @shmenry]

Yet hundreds of Americans die every year because we don’t have affordable health care

[Gabrielle Labeaux @GabsOnClarkSt]

if you sign up for a career that is inherently dangerous and you can’t distinguish between a taser and a gun in distress, then you need a different career and shouldn’t have been an officer in the first place

[freeborn Black woman first of her name @TheWayWithAnoa]

Nope. We heard this tired excuse when Oscar Grant was killed over 10 yrs ago. If you are mistaking a gun for a taser maybe you shouldn't be allowed to use either. Isn't that part of the training?

[grantpa @grantpa_7]

If killing Daunte Wright was truly an accident, why are they showing up to meet the community like this instead of on their knees asking for forgiveness?

[Isak Douah @Isakdouah]

"What can I do to directly help right now" if you live in MN help me boost this 💕✊🏽