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David "Fran" Safranski

@franada6

Amateur photographer in Minneapolis, MN. All photos are my own, no AI. Camera equipment: Minolta 35mm film, Nikon D3300, and Google Pixel Pro Passion for transportation and Urban Planning. He/him www.safranskiphotography.com/

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Toughest congressperson in America rears back for a punch, and refuses to cut short townhall, after asshole sprays her with something.

28.01.2026 02:12 πŸ‘ 6724 πŸ” 1426 πŸ’¬ 204 πŸ“Œ 542

They are executing unarmed people in the streets for trying to protect their neighbors with the full support of the federal government.

24.01.2026 15:44 πŸ‘ 3922 πŸ” 1236 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 25

ICE executed someone in the street outside the donut shop but it has not slowed down their active raids on homes and businesses in neighborhoods all around the cities so please be vigilant.

24.01.2026 15:58 πŸ‘ 827 πŸ” 241 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 7

ICE reportedly shot someone at Portland and 33/34. Mspt saying bullets, could be less lethal 20+ agents on site, MPD and ambulances responding. Helicopters overhead

07.01.2026 15:49 πŸ‘ 2154 πŸ” 900 πŸ’¬ 49 πŸ“Œ 134
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Northern Lights spotted in Powderhorn Park, Minneapolis MN

#northernlights #rednorthernlights #photography #googlepixelphotography

12.11.2025 03:17 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

🚨 New guide alert!

You: Planner who wants to make streets safer/more comfortable for everyone *now*

Your quest: Getting thru design/planning/engineering/$$/construction/chatting w ppl about all of the above, which can take years

Your new BFF: Quick-builds to trial-run projects ppl end up loving

05.11.2025 22:04 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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So much egg on the faces of people who wanted to rebuild Hennepin Ave exactly as it was before. So that, after paying the price of a two year reconstruction, it would have reopened just as shitty and dangerous as ever. You should support local candidates who are brave enough to fix our streets.

17.10.2025 21:42 πŸ‘ 340 πŸ” 48 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 8

Our advocacy succeeded in getting a closed intersection added to the safety improvement plan at 33rd and Park where 2 homes have been hit by cars. We pushed for more safety measures but the county was very resistant. The city has been easier to work with on the 35th and 36th project luckily.

16.10.2025 21:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It doesn't negate it but it would humanize it. I didn't write the flyer but this was my first time being this engaged in advocating for safer streets with neighbors. I don't know all the good tactics or the best way to get things done, however I'm willing to learn and start somewhere.

16.10.2025 19:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I offered to take this offline so I could better understand your POV as I am reading your words with my own biases. There was a lot of neighbors working on this project this last year with varying motives, but we came together in person to discuss common goals and what we could do to address it.

16.10.2025 18:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I would love to connect in person to discuss this more. There was a lot of advocacy work conducted in Fall 2024 that led to these public engagements event being held in spring of this year. We connected with over 200 neighbors by door knocking along the Park and Portland corridor.

16.10.2025 18:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

You commented that Slow the Roll, who are all neighbors who live along Park and Portland Ave btw, "engaged in alarmist, unproductive, and disingenuous rhetoric about the redesigns and the County's work" so I showed you we did the work to get data to back up the claims.

16.10.2025 17:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Nine days after we conducted the Crash Analysis, a home was hit by a car traveling at high speeds literally across the street from where we conducted the Analysis .

Here is a follow up article written by Strong Towns staff
www.strongtowns.org/journal/2025...

16.10.2025 17:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Crash Overview Location DescriptionThis crash took place on the 3300 block of Park Avenue in Minneapolis’ Powderhorn Park neighborhood. Park Avenue is a two-lane, one-way corridor originally designed to serve as ...

We (Slow the Roll, Laura, and others) worked with Strong Towns to conduct a Crash Analysis session on a house that was hot by a speeding car in August of 2024. We collected a lot of vehicle speed data and drew some conclusions in a report we shared with

actionlab.strongtowns.org/hc/en-us/art...

16.10.2025 17:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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My dog, Max, had emergency Bloat Surgery last Sunday. While insurance covered a good chunk of the bill, I'm still trying to figure out the rest. If you're able to help out in anyway, Max and I would really appreciate it. We made a GoFundMe here gofund.me/8bccffcc6

#dogsofbluesky #gofundme

12.10.2025 23:32 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Hi @npr.org! We worked late tonight putting together this handy pocket guide!

It doesn't address road design issues, but if we're going to educate road users, we should include drivers.

It's the size of a folded business card. Print it, fold it, put it in your wallet!

26.09.2025 05:21 πŸ‘ 2700 πŸ” 1126 πŸ’¬ 38 πŸ“Œ 42

If only these homes weren't looking at their phones, maybe they wouldn't have been hit.

26.09.2025 15:36 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I believe it! This house used to have a tree in the front yard, but that isn't there anymore so the homeowner added the barriers to protect their house. They have a young kid and they refuse to let them play in the front yard. Google street view showing the change from 2019 to 2022

26.09.2025 13:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This house must have been looking at its phone too. Crash on the corner of 33rd and Park Ave in Minneapolis, MN

26.09.2025 12:24 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Maybe we need to start putting jersey barriers in front of everyone's homes. 1 of 2 crashes that occurred at the same corner on Portland and 36th in Minneapolis, MM in August.

26.09.2025 12:21 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Landlord (at a street reconstruction open house): β€œMy apartment building has 12 units so I need at least 12 spots, but our off street lot only has 8. You can’t remove the on street parking from this block for a bike lane.”

Mpls staff: β€œMpls doesn’t have parking minimums.”

1/2

23.09.2025 23:50 πŸ‘ 118 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 2

My coworker says thank you! They are going to check that out

23.09.2025 20:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

My coworker tried to take the bus from DT Minneapolis to the transfer station at Venn Brewery this morning. The first scheduled bus never arrived and the second scheduled bus was late so he ended in Ubering so he wouldn't be more late to work than he already was.

23.09.2025 20:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

2020 was a long year, what was he even referencing?

09.09.2025 23:49 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Wednesday, September 10
4 - 6 p.m.
SpringHouse Ministry Center

610 West 28th Street

Wednesday, September 10 4 - 6 p.m. SpringHouse Ministry Center 610 West 28th Street

WEDNESDAY: Tell Hennepin County what you think of their latest plan for a redesigned Lyndale Ave. I'm gonna tell them how confused I am that anyone could think a shared use path mixing bikes and pedestrians would ever work there.
beheardhennepin.org/lyndale-avenue

09.09.2025 13:38 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 5
A sign and fence that have been run over by a car

A sign and fence that have been run over by a car

Vehicular violence
46th street
Minneapolis, MN
9/9/25

09.09.2025 16:31 πŸ‘ 47 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 5

It has a Veo watermark in the bottom right of the video. 100% AI

19.08.2025 03:33 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Powderhorn Park Art Fair Day 2! Better air quality than yesterday thankfully.

#ppna #powderhornpark #powderhornparkartfair

03.08.2025 15:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Great morning for the Powderhorn Park Art Fair 2025! Come stop by and say hi if you're in the area.

#ppna #amateurphotographer #powderhornpark #artfair #mplsartfair

02.08.2025 15:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We are hosting a viewing party at Hosmer Library. Reach out to me if you are interested in attending!

29.07.2025 14:51 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0