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angela (she/her) @amoridesabike.bsky.social · 5h

kid friendly + ped friendly = good for everyone!

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Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 18h

If you don’t frequently see families with kids traveling to destinations by bike, your bike network isn’t safe enough (&/or your zoning forces sprawl & car dependency).

3 people who appear to be two parents and a child wait for a light on their bikes. They’re riding on Bryant - a sidewalk level protected bikeway

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Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 17d

If you live/work/play/travel near 35th/36th St and want to make sure the upcoming reconstruction meets community needs, please join my friend @chrisvaughan.bsky.social on Monday!

RSVP via the link in his post and please reshare to help spread the word.

chrisvaughan.bsky.social @chrisvaughan.bsky.social · Sep 13

Community meeting about 35th/36th Streets at Powderhorn Recreation Center, 9/29, 6-7:30 pm! Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/14vO...

Crashes & near misses are a way of life. It doesn't have to be that way.

Let's organize to push the city to adopt a safe, sustainable, pro bike+walk redesign!

Community Meeting about 35th and 36th Streets / Reunión comunitaria sobre las calles 35 y 36

Interested in helping organize the community for a sustainable, human centered reconstruction of 35th and 36th Streets? Sign up here to attend: Powderhorn Recreation Center, 3400 15th Ave. S., Lakesid...

docs.google.com

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angela (she/her) @amoridesabike.bsky.social · 20d

on it!

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angela (she/her) @amoridesabike.bsky.social · 25d

come check us out at open streets!!!!!

Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 25d

The @mplscargobikelibrary.com @bunchbike.com will be at Open Streets for a while tomorrow (at the beginning of the event).

Keep your eyes out and see if you can spot it!

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 27d

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel

Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.

www.yahoo.com

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angela (she/her) @amoridesabike.bsky.social · Sep 10

feel like taking your biking and education skills to the next level? wanna dive deeper into bike (imma sneak some ped stuff in too) practices, law, and learning? im leading my first LCI seminar at @bikemn.bsky.social in October and i'd love for you to join! www.eventbrite.com/e/lci-semina...

LCI Seminar 2025 - Hosted by BikeMN

BikeMN's 2025 League Certified Instructor Course. Visit bikeleague.org for more info on LCI training.

www.eventbrite.com

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · Sep 3

The federal government under Trump is the exact terrorist state that conservatives always say they fear.

But they love it. They always have. They have just always feared that their opponents would do to them what they want to do to the groups they hate.

Violet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social · Sep 3

NEW: More details on Trump's Chicago immigration blitz.

-230 agents arrive from LA this weekend w/ 140 unmarked vehicles

-30 already arrived and are practicing crowd control with shields/flashbangs

-agents will leave base daily by 5 a.m.

-new no-fly zone at NSGL to keep away news choppers/drones

Flash-bang grenades and early morning raids: How Trump is planning to target Chicago

Hundreds of federal agents are being sent to a suburban naval base from Los Angeles, where an immigration blitz this summer spurred protests that pushed Trump to call in the National Guard. Trump has ...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Regina Burstein 🚲 🚈 🌳 @mplsfietser.bike · Sep 9

The Bryant Ave transformation has been revolutionary! If we can build bike infrastructure like this all over Minneapolis, tens of thousands more people will feel comfortable biking around our city.

Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · Sep 9

I ❤️ Bryant Ave S

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Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · Sep 9

Real talk: We now have more bikes than we do storage, money for repairs or volunteers to manage check in/out.

What a good problem to have!

But if you want to see us use our full fleet (& expand it) consider making a donation or becoming a volunteer.

mplscargobikelibrary.com/donate/

🚲 ❤️

A new MCBL bike (Benno Remi Demi) is parked outside La Casa Market

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angela (she/her) @amoridesabike.bsky.social · Sep 8

have you signed up for the twin cities bike tour yet????? the twin cities most fun and sweet bike ride!

BikeMN @bikemn.bsky.social · Sep 4

Our Loons Loop on September 13th is officially sold out!

But don't worry, we still have a few spots remaining the following day for the Twin Cities Bike Tour! Bikemn.org/tcbt

LL will feature these adorable temporary tattoos. TCBT will have awesome spoke cards for the first several hundred riders!

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angela (she/her) @amoridesabike.bsky.social · Sep 7

“The school drop-off ritual is a powerful curriculum, teaching kids that they are packages to be delivered and picked up, and that they require constant adult supervision” 😩😩😩

Nietifa Van Suiker @lukewanderer.bsky.social · Sep 7

Mr. Boenau (@urbanismspeakeasy.com) nails it here -

"Line up, inch forward, unload. It looks like logistics management because it is logistics management. We have turned the beginning of a school day into a miniature supply-chain operation."

www.urbanismspeakeasy.com/p/the-dehuma...

The dehumanizing school car line

America’s morning ritual is treating kids like packages instead of people

www.urbanismspeakeasy.com

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angela (she/her) @amoridesabike.bsky.social · Sep 6

the aventon’s name is juicy fruit btw ⚡️⚡️⚡️

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angela (she/her) @amoridesabike.bsky.social · Sep 6

all them

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BikeMN @bikemn.bsky.social · Sep 3

Our Summer/Fall edition of Shift is landing in mailboxes! Learn about our nation leading educational program: Walk Bike Fun! Hear about our legislative wins at the Capitol. And catch a sneak peak of the Second Annual Twin Cities Bike Tour!

Link to the digital edition below ⤵️

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Jesse Mortenson @jk9.bsky.social · Aug 28

NEW EPISODE: we've seen Mayor Frey go from "end homelessness" to crushing encampments and endorsing a position expanding incarceration for folks experiencing serious mental illness. It's 2025 and a Trump executive order takes the same position. How did we get here? millcityhall.com/episodes/202...

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Bill Lindeke @blindeke.bsky.social · Aug 30

“The suspect said ‘he was distracted by a text message on his cellphone,’ according to the affidavit. ‘He stated that he opened his texting application, and when he looked to read the message, he heard a bump.’” www.startribune.com/state-patrol...

State Patrol: Driver who hit mother, kids in Twin Cities intersection and fled is police chaplain

One of the children, age 2, remains in critical condition, a hospital spokeswoman said.

www.startribune.com

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angela (she/her) @amoridesabike.bsky.social · Aug 30

thank you to everyone who came to see Someone Always Pays at the MN Fringe this summer. you made it possible for us to pass along all the ticket sale proceeds to Tubman - an organization helping people heal from relationship violence. i am grateful <3

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angela (she/her) @amoridesabike.bsky.social · Aug 30

come work with me!!!!!!!!!

BikeMN @bikemn.bsky.social · Aug 25

Hey! We're hiring! If you're passionate about conveying the Good Word of walking/biking/rolling in Minnesota, this may be the perfect role for you!

More info⤵️

We're Hiring - Join the Team! - Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota

BikeMN is thrilled to an announce the Communications Associate. A brief description for the position is provided below. Read or Download the full job announcement at the bottom of this […]

www.bikemn.org

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angela (she/her) @amoridesabike.bsky.social · Aug 8

come see the show the pioneer press said "could be worse" lololol

tomorrow and sunday, i hope you can make it!

angela (she/her) @amoridesabike.bsky.social · Aug 8

it drives me BANANAS. this lil scrap of road and we cant even have that?!? and no one seems to know the law - the ONLY vehicles allowed to park are school busses doing drop off/pick up. see sub 7 sec 4: www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cit...

Sec. 169.18 MN Statutes

www.revisor.mn.gov

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angela (she/her) @amoridesabike.bsky.social · Aug 7

thank you for coming Ryan!!

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Ryan Ricard @firewally.bsky.social · Aug 6

Saw @amoridesabike.bsky.social ’s darkly funny and strikingly honest show Someone Always Pays yesterday, definitely recommend catching it on Friday or Sunday minnesotafringe.org/shows/2025/s...

Someone Always Pays

minnesotafringe.org

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BikeMN @bikemn.bsky.social · Aug 7

Studies show long term healthy behaviors are established early. That's why our youth education is focused on k-8. That's why you should sign your whole family up for the Tour. That's why it's so great that 100% of proceeds go to supporting statewide bike education and advocacy!

✨ bikemn.org/tcbt ✨

photo of smiling family wearing bike helmets at a bike event

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mplscargobikelibrary.com @mplscargobikelibrary.com · Aug 6

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Dylan @dyllectable.bsky.social · Aug 5

Rode an e-trike (rented from @mplscargobikelibrary.com) to Mayorpalooza last night. I don't know how to ride a bike, so this was my first ride EVER. I loved it! Can't wait to try it again!

Grateful to live in such a bikeable city and to the bike library for helping me discover the joys of cycling.

Me beside the Minnehaha Creek trail at dusk, smiling for the camera, wearing a gray bike helmet, and standing next to an electric tricycle.

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