Eric Prindle

@ericprindle.bsky.social

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Minneapolis dad; liker of all the good things and disliker of all the bullshit; he/him

Google Maps screenshot of an intersection where a one-story commercial building with a brick facade sits amidst other light industrial facilities, with the text "Pillsbury Avenue" displaying along one street
A 3D CGI version of Homer Simpson, drooling, with the caption, "Mmm … unprocessed fish sticks"
A window display of decorative cutout hearts with various sayings, centered on three hearts reading "Chinga la migra"; other sayings include "Love Uptown," "ICE Out," "Drink Coffee Make Art," and "No Justice No Peace"
Cover image of Westmark by Lloyd Alexander
Miss Piggy eating cake, as they famously do in Edina
Pope Leo in white papal garb, eyes closed, holding a mic and seemingly digging deep, surrounded by figures dressed in black
Cover image from the album "Not a Pretty Girl" by Ani DiFranco, featuring the album title in purple and what appears to be a faceless painting of the artist on a primarily gray and black canvas, both on top of a yellow and green background that resembles grass at the edge of a pond or stream
Cover image from the album "Post" by Björk, featuring the artist in a white jacket with a postal ribbon around her neck, looking directly at the viewer, a circular pink swirl behind her head and various other primarily pink, orange and blue objects in the background
An obviously LLM-generated image of human simulacra, holding signs with slogans such as "Demkcracy Choice Voting Now!" and "Vote Local Make Change. Elections," against a generic urban-looking backdrop
A purple get-out-the-vote flyer with an image of Lydia Millard in an "Uptown Vibes" sweatshirt holding the handlebars of a bike, with the text, "Feel the Joy! November 4th, Today, Get Out the Vote, #gotv4lydia"
A seven-year-old and five-year-old who clearly dressed themselves, the latter making a fierce face, posing on a city sidewalk with an Aisha Chughtai for Ward 10 sign
A Minneapolis Mounted Police trailer with horses inside, parked in a field with officers nearby, interacting with community members.
Screenshot of a spreadsheet detailing the following donors to Jacob Frey's mayoral campaign, with dates, dollar amounts and reported addresses: Ron Zamansky, 7/24/2025, $300, 80 S 8th St Ste 3901 Stuart Goldenberg, 5/28/2025, $1000, 800 Lasalle Ave Rebecca Pohlad, 5/13/2025, $1000, 250 Nicollet Mall Mark Globus, 5/8/2025, $1000, 80 S 8th St Ste 900 Robert Pohlad, 4/30/2025, $1000, 250 Nicollet Mall Ste 600 Josh Krsnak, 1/28/2025, $1000, 800 Lasalle Ave Ste 1250 Steven Silton, 1/27/2025, $1000, 33 S 6th St Ste 3800 Charlie Pohlad, 1/13/2025, $500, 250 Nicollet Mall Ste 600 Robert Lux, 6/19/2024, $250, 800 Nicollet Mall
Screenshot of a Google search on the string "ethrophic burnett," where Google suggests, "Did you mean: ethropic burnett" (a misspelling)
The line of dialogue, "Work was hard, so we quit," superimposed on a still from the Simpsons episode, "Bart Carny," featuring Marge glowering at Lisa and Bart, who are sprawled lazily on the couch
A Minneapolis traffic control vehicle, with its lights flashing, situated behind a delivery truck that is parked in a clearly labeled "Bike lane: No stopping any time" area
A Sysco delivery truck parked in the bus/turn lane, pointed toward incoming traffic, right in front of the bus stop at Lyndale Avenue and Lake Street in Minneapolis
A lawn in Minneapolis displaying lawn signs for Lydia Millard for Ward 10 City Council and Omar Fateh for Mayor
Abstain Maybe (a screenshot of one of Elizabeth Shaffer's responses to the Neighbors for More Neighbors questionnaire referenced above in this thread)
An excerpt from Lydia Millard's LinkedIn profile indicating that she holds, or held at the time she last updated her profile, simultaneous full-time positions as Executive Director of the Stevens Square Community Organization and as a Senior Business Partner at Target
A map of Uptown Minneapolis generated by The Minnesota Star Tribune's feature, "This is my Uptown"
Google map of the area of Minneapolis between Uptown and Lyn-Lake with commercial districts shaded in yellow, clearly indicating a gap at W. Lake St. and Dupont Ave. S.
A warehouse with a sign that reads, "King Solutions"
The cover of Ani DiFranco's album Not a Pretty Girl
The cover of Sleater-Kinney's album Call the Doctor
My results from the Minnesota Star Tribune feature, "This is my Uptown," with the borders defined as (starting from the northeast corner) Dupont Ave S, W 32nd St, Holmes Ave, W 31st St, Bde Maka Ska and the Lake of the Isles Lagoon & Canal, The Mall Park, the alley between Irving Ave S and Humboldt Ave S, W 26th St, Humboldt Ave S, 25th 1/2 St W, Fremont Ave S, Emerson Ave S, and W 26th St
A mawkish quotation — "A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently, allows you to grow" — attributed to William Shakespeare, who definitely didn't write that shit
Bart Simpson reading an essay aloud in class, captioned, "In conclusion, Libya is a land of contrasts."
A still image of Bluey encountering a pelican on the beach from the Bluey episode, "The Beach"
A screenshot of a Duolingo lesson with the character Junior saying, "Ninguno de nosotros tiene dinero ahora" (translated as "None of us has money now"), followed by the prompt "Awesome! Continue"
The Creation of Adam (cropped), by Michelangelo
A street map with the neighborhood label "South Uptown" and the tag "Potheads walking cats"
A single Peep candy
District 2: Becka Thompson seems the most progressive.
An image of the following Duolingo exercise: In a word bubble emanating from the character "Junior": "Jefe, tengo un problema. Laura es demasiado perezosa. Ella nunca quiere trabajar y yo siempre tengo que trabajar más." ¿Cuál es el problema? Prompt to select from three choices: • Laura siempre trabaja más. • Laura trabaja mucho. • Laura no es responsable.
Presidential candidate, convicted felon, and fascist dipshit Donald Trump failing to properly shake off excess grease from a basket of fries in a still from a campaign promotional short filmed at my childhood McDonald's
A Minneapolis Police Department vehicle labeled 8320 parked illegally in a lane clearly labeled "Bus Only," despite the presence of several unoccupied parking spots about 100 feet away, in front of the Lake & 5th Avenue westbound bus stop in Minneapolis, with a bus approaching, attempting to use the bus lane and bus stop for their intended purposes
A still image from the conclusion of The Simpsons, Season 9, Episode 12, "Bart Carny," subtitled with the accompanying dialogue: "We were beaten by the best, boy."
Rear-view mirror reflection of a Sysco delivery truck parked in and blocking the recently designated center turn lane on Lake St. between Pleasant Ave. and Grand Ave. in Minneapolis
View from a northbound motor vehicle stopped at the intersection of Lagoon Ave. and E. Bde Maka Ska Dr. in Minneapolis, where there is a solid green light and a sign indicating "Left on Green [left arrow symbol] Only"
1980s Lego minifigures of a medieval forest outlaw, a modern doctor, and a space renegade of some sort