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   Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 13-Feb-2025 10:56:55 JST Paul Cantrell

   So hey, there’s something you can do to help people who are between a rock and a hard place right now in the US, something fun and potentially delicious:

   Go visit local businesses whose usual customers are staying home out of fear of ICE goons.

   ❝Businesses up and down Lake Street in Minneapolis say they’ve felt a chill, with traffic down as much as 60% in some cases.

   Chairs sitting empty on a usually busy Friday at a Latina-owned beauty salon. Produce wilting at Mexican supermarkets because customers are afraid to shop for groceries. Foot traffic disappearing at taco stands and Somali bakeries. Employees afraid to come to work.❞

   For your community, for your country: go eat some tasty tacos!

   https://sahanjournal.com/business-work/minneapolis-lake-street-businesses-immigration-chill/

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 13-Feb-2025 11:54:36 JST Paul Cantrell

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     A thought:

     That article mentions folks afraid to go shopping because of fear of anti-immigrant raids. Could we get something going in MSP to have those of us whose whiteness means ICE won’t target us do some shopping for our neighbors?

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     NNN (nnn@urbanists.social)'s status on Friday, 14-Feb-2025 02:11:15 JST NNN

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     @inthehands
     I like to say "if you can't find l it on Lake Street

     you probably don't need it!

     #Minneapolis is a City of Lakes, but one great Lake (street) runs through it.

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     NNN (nnn@urbanists.social)'s status on Friday, 14-Feb-2025 13:29:16 JST NNN

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     @inthehands
     Oops, no bus today. I dallied until it was -16C/3F and it was actually beautiful biking.

     The taco, gordito and quesadilla from Gorditos El Gordo were all good! Just east of I35W on Lake Street #Minneapolis. Best part was the green chilli sauce and the guac.

     Down-side was that their website (grubhub ewww) was missing vegetarian items so I ordered in person

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     NNN (nnn@urbanists.social)'s status on Friday, 14-Feb-2025 13:29:17 JST NNN

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     @inthehands
     Hey, I'll be on that bus in 8 hours. (probably not going to bike 10 miles at -11F... BTDT, did not enjoy). Maybe after work I'll stop and get something!

     Paul Cantrell repeated this.
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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 14-Feb-2025 13:41:03 JST Paul Cantrell

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     Spouse and I tried out Taqueria y birrieria las cuatro milpas (yes, that whole thing is the name!) and had a great time. The tacos are a style I haven’t had before: lightly fried to make them crispy but not hard-shelled. You can dip them in the birrieria, which is a sort of consommé-like broth, but honestly I liked them best undipped with the crispiness intact. Bad place to go if you’re vegan or don’t like watching half a dozen televised rodeos simultaneously. Good place if you are carnivorous and like Mexican food.

     Reply with your Lake Street reports and I’ll boost.