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Evan Roberts

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Social, demographic, & economic history @UMNews HMED & Population Studies. Coffee, photos, Dylan, urban & transit fan, road & trail runner. Constructive, loving critic of where I live (Minneapolis) and where I'm from (Wellington) @evanrobertsnz most places .. more

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Evan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social · 7h

Don't let @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social see!

Evan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social · 11h

I've seen an NHANES truck parked on the street in S.E DC on several visits which has made me wonder ... do they not have off-street parking for it?

Evan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social · 11h

I have a week to change every verb in my lecture about NHANES to past tense.
www.statnews.com/2025/10/14/c...

CDC team running top survey on health and nutrition is laid off

NHANES has collected data on eating patterns, diabetes, and other common diseases for decades. The CDC team that runs it has been fired.

www.statnews.com

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Evan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social · 11h

Worth running. Great city, great course.

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 12h

Ugh... This study has existed for decades, providing valuable health data for all sorts of topics and publications. This is just more awful news. 🛟😷 Sociology medsky

CDC team running top survey on health and nutrition is laid off

NHANES has collected data on eating patterns, diabetes, and other common diseases for decades. The CDC team that runs it has been fired.

www.statnews.com

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KARE 11 @kare11.bsky.social · 12h

A beloved Minneapolis landmark is now up for sale.

Local legend 'Tulip House' listed for sale in Minneapolis

A beloved Minneapolis landmark is now up for sale.

www.kare11.com

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social · 13h

Guy whose concern about the No Kings rally is that there’s a lot of evidence constitutional monarchies do a better job than republics of avoiding personalistic politics.

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Evan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social · 14h

Let's try that again!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Redrawing Democracy: Quantifying House District Continuity and Change, 1789–2024 | Studies in American Political Development | Cambridge Core

Redrawing Democracy: Quantifying House District Continuity and Change, 1789–2024 - Volume 39 Issue 2

www.cambridge.org

Evan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social · 14h

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Redrawing Democracy: Quantifying House District Continuity and Change, 1789–2024 | Studies in American Political Development | Cambridge Core

Redrawing Democracy: Quantifying House District Continuity and Change, 1789–2024 - Volume 39 Issue 2

www.cambridge.org

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Evan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social · 17h

Fantastic article about ~235 years of Congressional re-districting, that is quantitatively clever and clear, and tells a good historical story. I have a forthcoming survey chapter on quantitative history noting relative lack of energy in quantitative political history. Good to see it lives!

www.cambridge.org

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Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · 17h

New study from Melbourne finds reducing residential speed limits from 50km/h to 30 km/h on local roads would protect cyclists from danger, make riding less stressful and get more people cycling while not causing traffic delays for cars.

Switching 50km/h speed limits to 30km/h would protect cyclists while barely affecting commutes, research finds

One expert says a cyclist hit by a car travelling 50km/h has about a one-in-ten chance of surviving, while at 30km/h it was a nine-in-ten chance

www.theguardian.com

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Evan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social · 21h

Although I was confused about this when I first began encountering it, I find it charming that a little state-specific acronym survives in this era of social and broadcast homogenization of language.

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daviss @chaddavis.photography · 22h

you guys.. it fits!

Metro Transit transit light rail train fits through the new tunnel in South Minneapolis.

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 1d

My favorite academic genre is "paper I would’ve written if I’d had the time"

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Evan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social · 1d

That, and the greater fall in downtown work in the Twin Cities (US generally) than other parts of the world. Ridership per service hour has, I understand, held up a lot better which shows it's partly a function of service levels. I think the original poster did a piece on our local streets blog

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Evan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social · 1d

Go and see them before they're gone

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Brian Mitchell @brianmitchl.com · 1d

Today was the final day of the Midtown Greenway being open with the old Nicollet Ave Bridge in place. The path is going to be removed and replaced with a new one at 1st Ave next year after the new Nicollet Ave bridge is almost complete. Demolition starts tomorrow.

Nicollet Ave greenway access ramp with a Road Closed sign and fencing, and a spray pained "remove ramp" marked on the ground.

Looking East, the Nicollet Ave Bridge spans over the Midtown Greenway. The access ramp towers to the left.

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Evan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social · 1d

Would be easier in metric

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Heather Randell @heatherrandell.bsky.social · 1d

Economists! We’re hiring an assistant professor who focuses on domestic labor or public economics. The Humphrey School is wonderful and Minneapolis is the best city ever in my humble opinion.

More details here:
hr.myu.umn.edu/psc/hrprd/EM...

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

Job Description
Assistant Professor
About the Job
The Humphrey School of Public Affairs seeks applications for a full-time, tenure track faculty position at the assistant professor or advanced assistant professor level in social policy with a field of specialization in the domestic (U.S.) applied policy areas of labor or public economics. The faculty member will join a vibrant community of interdisciplinary scholars at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs, and support graduate students pursuing the Master of Public Policy (M.P.P.) and other master's-level professional degree programs, and the Ph.D. in Public Affairs program.
Successful candidates must demonstrate the potential to develop an innovative and socially impactful research portfolio that addresses contemporary questions related to social policy.

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Ian Gaida @trainsfan.bsky.social · 1d

Christ, just heard the number that Metro Transit's gonna have to pay to demolish the Northstar stations.

TWENTY
MILLION

and that DOESN'T include the money owed to the FTA. Fiscal responsibility my ass!

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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 1d

This Mariners team lacks many qualities of traditional Mariner teams. Things like ennui, hauntedness, self-loathing, gnawing doubt, obliviousness. They have none of those yet they are finding ways to win.

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Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 1d

A couple of parking signs for anyone who wants to print them out for this coming Saturday.

Parking Signs

If you want to print out a poster for October 18th, here are two; fully-guaranteed countrywide but maybe especially suitable for in and around New York. No King Anytime sign ...

kieranhealy.org

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Evan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social · 1d

Was that the post EHA conference?

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 1d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Evan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social · 1d

The style of US political reporting is downstream of the lack of meaningful legislative debate and parliamentary accountability mechanisms like Question Time.

Evan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social · 2d

A 4:27 mile is merely very, very good*, a 4:27 beer mile is wild (and worth watching)
* sure, it's nothing in international competition, but in population terms it's probably top 5%.

Corey Bellemore Sets New 4:27 Beer Mile World Record at the 2025 Beer Mile World Classic

YouTube video by Beer Mile Media

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Evan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social · 2d

Bizarre and terrible governance to have a two month lame duck period for a local office. If only there was a body that was meant to think about these things for our city 😒 (there is, we are getting what we pay for, which is not much)

Josh Martin @joshmartinmpls.bsky.social · 4d

Application period is open now for Park Board, District 2, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Becka Thompson.

Application deadline is October 24, and the board will fill the vacancy at the November 5 meeting. Term ends January 2.

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Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board opens applications for District 2 Commissioner vacancy

Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) commissioners are accepting applications for a vacant commissioner position following District 2 Commissioner Becka Thompson’s resignation effective 11:59 pm on Oct. 3, 2025.

“Commissioner Thompson was an intelligent, creative and passionate Park Board Commissioner who cares deeply about Minneapolis and its world-class park system,” said MPRB President Cathy Abene. “I appreciate the time we served on the Board together and thank her for her service to the city.”

Applications to fill the vacant District 2 Commissioner position that serves North Minneapolis are due at 12 pm on Friday, Oct. 24, 2025. Applicants must live in District 2.

Dates and Deadlines

Any eligible resident of District 2 is invited to apply for the Commissioner position by completing and submitting an online or print application by 12 pm...

Evan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social · 2d

It's Corridor 6, but heaven forfend you put a cafe on the ground floor opposite the park!

Evan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social · 2d

But the same kind of hesitancy about allowing nearly contiguous commercial to expand is everywhere. Here's 38th and Columbus, and a stranded commercial use on Park. You can build up to 4 stories here, but no commercial uses allowed by right!

Evan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social · 2d

In fairness, I suspect that the existing uses here are valuable enough that conversion to commercial is probably not going to be attractive, even if allowed.

Two apartment buildings and a townhouse complex