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moeinminn.bsky.social
Parent, nature nerd, queer, cottage baker, hobby collector, tragically bad gamer. Always learning. Former political research+ops, currently in public health/nonprofit (opinions my own). Posting about nature, music, books, sports, crafts, local stuff.
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2025 reading, book 4: Rifqa by Mohammed El-Kurd Available at www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1744-r... or I will gift my copy! I keep returning to Park Benches with Teeth: www.slowdownshow.org/episode/2022... "Not one of them has bent, gathered our prayers, and weaved them into a home or a hoodie."

submitted 12 hours ago • 0 comments

8yo asked for McDonalds, but I am not about that life so I spent an hour and a half making him a 'big mac' and fries from scratch instead, the only differences being I used 1) a rye bun and 2) sliced Swiss and cheddar instead of the processed cheez. He hated it, because of course he did 😄 mom L

submitted 14 hours ago • 4 comments

Brothers of Rondo, a documentary about four men who grew up in the neighborhood, is available to watch online (no membership required) www.mnhs.org/blackhistory...

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Sent Angie Craig a letter about reinstating funds for legal representation for unaccompanied children in immigration court. Got a form letter about supporting law enforcement and border control, then pivoting to talk about fentanyl. How is she representing me any different than a Republican would?

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

www.nalc.org/news/nalc-up...

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from @acaciajustice.bsky.social: The Trump admin has frozen legal services for unaccompanied children. This leaves 26,000 children - some too young to read or write - without access to their lawyers 📝 Contact your Reps to restore access to this life-saving program for children ➡️ tinyurl.com/SaveUCP

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Public comment is now open for passport gender marker changes. You can go here to go to each of the three proposed passport rules, and submit comment. My suggestion: be unique, argue for trans-inclusive policies, against the constitutionality of the changes, etc. www.reddit.com/r/Passports/...

submitted 3 days ago • 134 comments

Another sad update. They have high quality programming and the tree work slated to happen along the river is so important. None of these park staff were getting rich, they're vastly underpaid for the amount of difficult work they do and the impact they have. parkconnection.org/blog/2025/2/...

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

I'd love to read a deep dive on some places that don't get as much attention from writers, like the East African places in Rochester or the Ethiopian places in Minneapolis. And aside from restaurants, the stories of people who own the smaller halal markets and the farms that do the eid slaughter

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

Today's prescription: watch a dog do that thing where they stretch their legs out, spread their toes wide and then sigh as they relax while they're napping

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

Remember when you were a kid and a book was so engaging you eschewed all other responsibilities, hid under the covers with a flashlight to read into the night, and felt like its world had become a part of your own? This book brought that feeling back for me. bookshop.org/p/books/wate...

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

FREE Candlelit trails tonight at the Natl Wildlife Refuge visitors center until 8pm! There's cocoa, videos in the auditorium, crafts, science activities and lots more. Come support a gem of the USFWS and have some winter fun for all ages!

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments