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American Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 5h

People crave public spaces where they're prioritized over the existence of cars.

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Streets.mn @streets.mn · 5h

"On October 4 2025, Move Minnesota’s Livable Lyndale campaign hosted a “Stroll & Roll” rally to showcase what the experience will be like if Lyndale is reconstructed with a shared use path, as the current county design calls for. Here is a collection of testimonials from people in attendance."

How Mixing Bikes And Pedestrians On Lyndale Feels

YouTube video by StreetsMN

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Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 12h

Does your local coffee shop look like this?

If not, it’s probably because:
1) zoning created large distances between housing & shops.
2) the streets between housing & shops are unsafe for biking.
3) there isn’t any/enough secure bike parking

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5 bikes including 3 cargo bikes are parked outside Wildflyer Coffee

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Brit @britvulcan.net · 1d

OTOH it does mean we are winning the overall messaging battle.

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Hex Anderson @dexanderson.com · 1d

Oh so the day that Frey erased his texts and calls with his police chief was the day of the ICE raid on Lake? Oh.

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Anne @annieoranne.bsky.social · 1d

😑 what a coincidence

Hex Anderson @dexanderson.com · 1d

Oh so the day that Frey erased his texts and calls with his police chief was the day of the ICE raid on Lake? Oh.

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 2d

If you are not reading the Rachel Peng books, you are missing out!

K.B. Spangler @kbspangler.com · 2d

Announcing INSIDE THREAT, the sixth Rachel Peng book, in which our heroine reinvents disaster tourism from the ground up.

www.patreon.com/posts/inside...

#book #books #scifi #sff #BookSky

The cover for INSIDE THREAT, the next Rachel Peng book, as a small figure climbs a lush green staircase into the light.

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Brit @britvulcan.net · 3d

I’ve had them check in while the second person is in the room and before the medical stuff has started or check in after appointment starts and before person is in the room. But not often a check in before procedure AND before they are present.

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Regina Burstein 🚲 🚈 🌳 @mplsfietser.bike · 7d

For downtown Minneapolis to succeed, this is what we need. Small cafes everywhere *at street level*, safe traffic-calmed streets, activities for kids, and much more greenery (not just grass).

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 7d

Been strolling around central Madrid this evening, two observations:

1. The outdoor-cafe game here is so on point. They are everywhere! Tucked in every nook & cranny. Everyone is outside, *with one another*.
2. People live here, there are schools here, & so there are families with kids everywhere.

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Brit @britvulcan.net · 7d

Maybe the extension here is bc the campaign color is pink?

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Alex Schieferdecker @alexschief.bsky.social · 7d

Where in Minneapolis do you typically encounter a bike parking crunch? Where should we be immediately adding more?

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Brit @britvulcan.net · 8d

Abuse is about testing and exerting power. Telling a group of people that they can do anything and they won't get in trouble is going to attract abusers.

Driftless Thinking @mndriftless.bsky.social · 8d

Modern policing is rotten right down to the foundations.

Ex-Minnesota State Patrol trooper pleads guilty to federal child pornography charge

The trooper is seen wearing his uniform in the videos he created, charges said.

www.startribune.com

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Ian @woolie.meowmeow.city · 9d

A frustrating thing about living in the American Empire is that because we are so big and powerful we've already solved many of the hardest problems in the past, but because we are so parochial and myopic we've already forgotten the solutions.

City Nolan @ndhapple.bsky.social · 9d

Here are the Subway/Metro Station design guidelines that were compiled by UMTA/USDOT in the 1970s in an attempt to prevent WMATA-style cost overruns again.

It got shelved when everyone at UMTA got laid off and we forgot it. But it's prescient about cost drivers -- rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/11352

DOT ROSA P

ROSA P serves as an archival repository of USDOT-published products including scientific findings, journal articles, guidelines, recommendations, or other information authored or co-authored by USDOT ...

rosap.ntl.bts.gov

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Mpls Rank 3 For Change @mplsrank3forchange.bsky.social · 9d

Additionally, we put some Twin Cities-specific Know Your Rights / ICE Watch information into a single-page handy resource. We adapted resources from @meganpiont.bsky.social and MN Women's Press & Unidos MN into a foldable one-sheet resource, plus some wallet-sized cards that you can print out.

**Know Your Rights / ICE Watch - Google Drive

drive.google.com

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Rep. Katie Jones @repkatiejones.bsky.social · 9d

Gun violence is not a partisan issue; it's about keeping our communities and our children safe. Share your story and tell legislators how gun violence has impacted you and your community. www.surveymonkey.com/r/M7256Y2

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Stephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 10d

I can't stop thinking about this. We're pursuing zero fire risk in multifam, while tolerating much more in single-fam. People respond by building and living in single-fam, where they're exposed to not only one of the highest fire death risks in the developed world, but also TONS more car crash risk

Emily Hamilton @ebwhamilton.bsky.social · 10d

Love this new report on buildings' relative fire safety from @alexhrwtz.bsky.social and Pew colleagues.

www.pew.org/en/research-...

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Brit @britvulcan.net · 12d

What if, instead of institutional slavery, we just... let homes touch and built them that way in more places to save money while paying workers a living wage to build homes.

🎃 Cat-O-Lantern Partsch Conlan 🎃 @catconlan.net · 12d

Incarcerated people are also your community. Tolkkinen out here arguing for Omelas.

The benefit to local communities is undeniable. Using inmate labor, they can build up the supply of sorely needed housing for area families. A few years ago, Alexandria gained two duplexes and a small house for people who are homeless or facing eviction. Single-family, three-bedroom homes sell to nurses or teachers for $100,000 below market rate and stay affordable forever because they’re in a land trust that restricts resale price.
Paying inmates a higher wage could jeopardize the affordability of those homes.

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secondlina // Lord of Crows @secondlina.com · 15d

Oh my gosh.... feathers! [1/2]

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Flan @flanknits.bsky.social · 16d

If you own property in Minneapolis, you might be delinquent on your water bill and not even know it!

spooky smcgee @smcgee.bsky.social · 16d

Friendly reminder that Minneapolis changed its billing system for water payments and did a terrible job telling people, so your automatic payments might not be going through.

From the Minneapolis community on Reddit

Explore this post and more from the Minneapolis community

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 16d

Holy SHIT they've identified an actual biomarker!!!

Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 16d

Scientists Finally Reveal Biological Basis of Long COVID Brain Fog.

Patients with brain fog may have disrupted AMPA receptor (AMPAR) expression—key molecules for memory and learning. Imaging of Long COVID patients showed elevated AMPAR density tied to more severe cognitive impairment.

Scientists Finally Reveal Biological Basis of Long COVID Brain Fog

Researchers employed a specialized brain imaging technique to identify a potential biomarker and therapeutic target for Long COVID. More than four years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, scien...

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Brit @britvulcan.net · 16d

Happy Wednesday to everyone in Tornado country.

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 17d

“Modern apartments have a fire death rate … six times lower than older apartments… (or) single-family homes…”

Aka why new single stair flats would be among the safest buildings in your city.

www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-bu...

Why Building Modern Apartments Can Solve the Housing Shortage and Improve Fire Safety

State and local policymakers across the country are exploring ways to expand housing options as communities face a persistent shortage that has driven costs to record highs. One way to close the gap i...

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Brit @britvulcan.net · 16d

100% my emotional reaction. Like, there's always this believable hope of "maybe this time!". Eventually i stopped trying to kick the proverbial football.

a man drawing a graph with the words it 's crashing hard below it

ALT: a man drawing a graph with the words it 's crashing hard below it

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Brit @britvulcan.net · 16d

The only author i've stopped reading bc the hope for the better is always so carefully crafted that I never quite see the crash into further despair for our characters.

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