City Council looked like it would pass decriminalization of drug paraphernalia by a veto proof 9-4 vote in committee. Then an assistant city attorney said that it might hinder the prosection of drug dealers. Vetaw and Palmisano changed their votes in response.
There was no Epic Showdown with Doug. He sort of recognized me but not really. I reminded him who I was and he just rolled with it. Since he was fine, literally zero reason to be antagonistic. We actually talked a good bit over the two days b/c there was a ton of standing around.
Why was I invited to Beast Studios?
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Annual meetings meaning the special meeting around this time the neighborhood associations all have.
the old WHAT
This is a very bad reason to keep a law on the books.
POWER GRAB NEWS: I have confirmed that Mayor Frey's administration has decided they will no longer bring new street layouts to the city council for approval. The street reconstruction process has always required council approval of new layouts, even after the strong mayor change in 2021.
It's hilarious how seriously they're taking this veto. As if every mayoral appointment now only requires 5 out of 13 votes. That's the argument. Yes, have the city attorney research this.
to me the pitt is a love letter to new york city – a town it lovingly accepts, warts and all. in a sense, new york is almost the show's main character
It's a Nancy comic strip by Ernie Bushmiller. In it, Nancy is labeled "Lynx fans," Sluggo is labeled "free agency news," the girl Sluggo is with is labeled "The Lynx losing all of their players." Panel 1: Nancy is crying and looks at Sluggo and the girl. Girl: "Sluggo - say something soft and sweet to me." Sluggo: "Your cheeks is like roses an' yer teeth is like poils." Panel 2: Noted as "Later." Nancy is waiting around a corner: "Here he comes now." Panel 3: Nancy goes up to Sluggo. "Oh, Sluggo - please say something soft and sweet to ME." Panel 4: Sluggo walks away from a surprised Nancy, and marked by enormous lettering simply offers "TAPIOCA."
Really enjoying the WNBA free agency period as a fan of the Minnesota Lynx.
This detail from the Strib story is true but irrelevant. You can’t double negative veto a denial into an approval.
If the veto holds, Barnette is neither denied nor approved. It’s *Frey* who needs to find another vote to actually approve Barnette.
I have a strong moral objection to anyone visiting the website that produces this garbage, but I really enjoyed coming across this awful AI generated political cartoon portraying Sheriff Witt as a white man with no legs and no eyes carrying big bags of cash.
I’m WELL aware
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it's always a vibe when news comes thru that we are not all going to die
Today's top city council moment: Aisha Chughtai cheering on Mayor Frey for his quasi-decriminalization of hallucinogens via executive order. This was her way of saying that Elizabeth Shaffer should go bother Frey for being the real drug decriminalizer.
Soren Stevenson said he texted a prosecutor friend in Oregon during the meeting. The friend told him that criminalizing drugs but decriminalizing paraphernalia was the right balance, to allow the criminal justice system to distinguish between dealers and addicts.
big shout outs to the drifters' "three levels trilogy," where they are above you in "up on the roof," on ground level with "on broadway," and beneath you with "under the boardwalk." you cannot escape the drifters
Sad news about what the city of Minneapolis is telling sidewalk inspectors is a compliant winter sidewalk: "If sand or salt was placed down, an attempt was made and sidewalk is considered compliant."
Sprinkling salt on an otherwise untouched sidewalk: "an attempt was made"
congrats to Raye on an album title that's worth of being the subtitle for the Ted Lasso season 2 original soundtrack
congrats to Raye for concocting the worst album title of the decade. competition is and will be steep but i think this is unlikely to be topped, especially by high-selling albums that are generally critically well-received
sometimes i think about when conner4real said that lisa in the mona lisa looked "like uncooked bread." devastating
share away! very curious
One time the Aldi cashier put all the food on top of my Aldi bag instead of inside it (closing the opening), so before putting it all inside the bag myself I had to remove it all from atop the bag. I didn’t say anything but I was extremely shaken by this, was in disbelief.
Oh, you like Peter Gabriel? Name four of his albums.
The Tomatometer is stupid, but I’ll take critics over an online fanscore driven by aggrieved fans anyday.
You don’t need to be a Nintendo freak to sense when all a move has to offer is in-jokes and fanservice. The Mario movie was fine, I guess, but you don’t need to be a gamer to sense that its bones aren’t particularly strong, that it’s not special, that it’s just a safe, middle-of-the-road flick.
After the last Mario movie came out, I got pelted with YouTube videos about its 59% Tomatometer and 95% audience score and how they show that critics don’t understand the niche desires of video game fans. That shit is STUPID.
