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Daniel Suitor @dansuitor.bsky.social · 3h

One thing I wish we would do far, far more in our ped/bike/transit writing and advocacy is acknowledge the time tax those modes of transport often incur, and what it means for people to absorb that tax. When we don't, I think it makes us a bit dishonest and weakens our advocacy!

Seth @sethbose9.bsky.social · 14h

Yes and no, what matters is what congress hears, and how committed people are to a movement correlates with how much congress hears about it, phone calls emails mail etc. Also correlates with how impactful the protests are.

Seth @sethbose9.bsky.social · 14h

I mean maybe, they might have more total numbers, but the people who participate spend less total hours protesting/being part of the movement I'm guessing. More people generally equals less committed people.

Seth @sethbose9.bsky.social · 17h

Somebody's lawyers got to MPLS for the Many lol.

Seth @sethbose9.bsky.social · 1d

mndaily.com/295742/top-s...
"Third-year Bella Arco said she has seen a spike in violence recently on campus, and had her class move online due to a faculty member receiving threats. "
Still think this is absolutely crazy. Professors having to hold classes online due to threats is deeply wrong.

UMN community expresses concerns about threats to faculty and students

University of Minnesota community members say they have felt concern surrounding threats received by faculty and student groups on campus. Third-year Bella Arco said she has seen a spike in...

Seth @sethbose9.bsky.social · 1d

There is one simple trick to fix all your problems: don't think.

Seth @sethbose9.bsky.social · 1d

Those irresponsible college students, can't even pay for food right!

Kelly is ranking Fateh, Davis, and Hampton @kellyrogers.bsky.social · 1d

Shelley Madore just said a food bank and budgeting lessons is her approach to the food desert around the U 😭😭😭😭

Seth @sethbose9.bsky.social · 1d

First time on the B line and wouldn't you know it, it's pretty nice. Should make all our bus lines like this.

Seth @sethbose9.bsky.social · 1d

Who would've thought

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Sam Bergman @violanorth.bsky.social · 4d

Having lived through 25 years of Minneapolis arguments over transit, cats, and bikes, I have to say as (now) a visitor that as imperfect as the solutions have been, there are a lot of ways to get around this city now. BUT, and this is a big one…

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 4d

It’s pronounced cyclist.

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Ian Gaida @trainsfan.bsky.social · 8d

I still think we should give the bus drivers garage clickers they can use to change the lights

taylr @taylordahlin.com · 8d

need a minneapolis mayoral candidate to ride the slow nicollet mall buses and talk about how we can improve their speed in ways the city hasn't tried yet. need a minneapolis mayoral candidate to ride transit in general and talk to transit riders!

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 8d

I'm on the slowest bus line in the city with the slowest buses in the nation to talk to New Yorkers about what it would mean for their lives if we made them fast and free.

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Minneapolis for the Many @mplsforthemany.com · 8d

After eight years as mayor of the largest city in the state, Jacob Frey has exactly 0 endorsements from state legislators.

Mayor Frey’s inability to work with people at the state and county is holding Minneapolis back and Minneapolis residents are paying the price.

Title text: 'Jacob Frey has 0 endorsements from state legislators" over subtitle "Meanwhile Minneapolis is lagging behind other cities in per capita stated funding. We deserve a mayor who can partner with the state to advance progress in Minneapolis." above a bar graph that shows Minneapolis at $191, St. Cloud at $230, St. Paul at $265, Brainerd at $364 and Duluth at $406."

Seth @sethbose9.bsky.social · 9d

Gonna watch this, but it is needed for someone to actually press candidates for answers. Too many times candidates just say "I'm having those conversations with people about this" in order to avoid answering the question.

Seth @sethbose9.bsky.social · 10d

I'm guessing it's to play up to the condo owners on the greenway, who are close enough to know/recognize intersection but far enough to where they don't really go there. They think of it as the crime spot and want Elizabeth Shaffer to fix it.

Seth @sethbose9.bsky.social · 10d

I guess this is maybe the right play for her campaign. This intersection is definitely the area where most "things" happen in the neighborhood and there is never the brightest bunch hanging outside High 5. Not a crime to hang out there, but definitely where her constituency think crime is.

Seth @sethbose9.bsky.social · 11d

E Bikes are the only shot for the suburbs to become financially sustainable. If they can drastically reduce car usage from ebikes they will cut down on road costs and maybe be able to exist without subsidies.

David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 12d

"Over half of the e-cargo bike mileage ridden during trials substituted for car use."

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Seth @sethbose9.bsky.social · 12d

Truthfully, why didn't we turn every road in Minneapolis into a highway and every block into a parking lot? Then you could drive 60 miles per hour to where you are going and you would never have to look for parking, it would be the block of your destination. We could have one big world of asphalt.

Nate Pentz @natepentz.bsky.social · 12d

Threads has some bizarre takes flying around

Unpopular opinion. I wish 335 had been built. It would have helped the bottle neck at Lowry tunnel

Seth @sethbose9.bsky.social · 12d

But what will the poor oil companies do, think of the shareholders!

Seth @sethbose9.bsky.social · 14d

I should look into that! Hennepin?

Seth @sethbose9.bsky.social · 14d

Star Trib kicked me off of my free subscription that came with my school. I still have access to some articles but in a far worse format (ProQuest). Highly annoying when news publications make students pay to access their content.

Seth @sethbose9.bsky.social · 16d

The biggest trick with discussing communism, capitalism, and socialism is that people's definitions of each term are wildly different person to person that it often makes it pointless to use those 3 words when discussing the economy as they don't have a stable meaning.

Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 16d

“Does someone have an ownership stake in the means of production” just doesn’t turn out, in actual practice, to be a distinction that explains much about the real world. It was a very clever idea and people persist in trying to make it work, but when it got tested by reality, it flopped.

Seth @sethbose9.bsky.social · 16d

Fascinating how people think any elected position can be "apolitical". There is no such thing as apolitical just as there is no such thing as not having an ideology. If you say you're non-ideological, that just means you don't want to admit the ideology that you believe in.

Heather Silsbee @hsilsbee.bsky.social · 17d

New "apolitical" park board slate just dropped (into my email from a mysterious mailing list I definitely didn't opt-in to). 🙃

Subject line: The Park Board Candidates We Must Elect

Vote to Elect a Mission-focused and Apolitical Park Board
The strength and sustainability of our park system depend on it.

Dear Minneapolis resident,

We are Minneapolis residents reaching out to share both our profound concerns about the upcoming election of Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board commissioners and the names of candidates we recommend.

Our elected Park Board plays an essential role in ensuring a healthy city and equitable quality of life in our neighborhoods. As the principal steward of parks and recreation in Minneapolis, the Park Board is responsible for a robust tree canopy, clean lakes and rivers, and healthy ecosystems throughout our city,

while providing parkland access and recreation opportunities for people of all ages.

We recommend the following candidates to ensure an independent, apolitical and effective Park Board wisely focused on its mission. Read about their campaigns by clicking their names in this list:
Park Districts

District 1: Dan Miller

District 2: Charles Rucker (unopposed)

District 3: Kedar Deshpande (unopposed)

District 4: Jeanette Collby

District 5: Steffanie Musich

District 6: Cathy Abene

At Large

Mary McKelvey

Meg Forney

Matt Dowgwillo

Much is at stake in this election. We can elect commissioners who will form an effective and apolitical Park Board focused on its stated mission.

Or we can choose candidates who will sideline the Park Board mission while using their offices to advance their own ideological, political, or personal agendas – at great cost to Park Board independence and integrity, and to the natural resources that are the basis of everything the Park Board provides.

Seth @sethbose9.bsky.social · 18d

Something something George Orwell something something

Seth @sethbose9.bsky.social · 18d

Yet I don't understand how people can't see through Jacob Frey's "I will be the mayor to stop the crime", when he is literally the mayor now with all of the crime occuring. Boggles my mind how people see shooting and go, Frey will fix this, as if he hasn't been head of police for the last 7 years.