MaryMM
@marymm.bsky.social
E-bike preacher, urban freeway fighter, transit-walking-cities-nature lover, nonprofit gold medalist, carshare founder, author, freethinker-in-chief.
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MaryMM
@marymm.bsky.social
· Jun 3
Highway Air Pollution and Your Health: Six Things You Need To Know
Labor Day weekend is a prime time for vacations, which means many people will be traveling by car in the coming days. While everyone loves a good road trip, pollution near highways can have serious he
www.lung.org
The EPA and American Lung Assn. don't agree: are vehicle emissions worse near highways or near slower streets? And since there's so much disagreement, why would we summarily reject a highway-to-boulevard conversion without critical studies and modeling? (Blog post from 2017, updated 2023.)
I miss Nicollet Mall, don't you? (June, 2019)
November 29, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I miss Nicollet Mall, don't you? (June, 2019)
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America, It's Not You, It's...
November 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
America, It's Not You, It's...
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Just asked a conductor his thoughts on ending Northstar and he’s against it. Says it will cost more to decommission* it than it would to run it for the next 15 years.
*demolish stations, remove signals and switches etc
*demolish stations, remove signals and switches etc
I am not kidding when I say I want trains so I can joyride them to get breakfast in small towns I would never drive to
November 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Just asked a conductor his thoughts on ending Northstar and he’s against it. Says it will cost more to decommission* it than it would to run it for the next 15 years.
*demolish stations, remove signals and switches etc
*demolish stations, remove signals and switches etc
My English ancestors have decidedly recreated the broken conditions of their homeland in the 17th century.
The crisis isn’t refugees. It’s not that one person committed one tragic crime and killed one other person. The crisis isn’t that America’s 250-year old history of hosting immigrants turned out to be a mistake.
The crisis is that STEPHEN MILLER, a hateful little maggot, controls the government.
The crisis is that STEPHEN MILLER, a hateful little maggot, controls the government.
November 28, 2025 at 2:43 PM
My English ancestors have decidedly recreated the broken conditions of their homeland in the 17th century.
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This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
November 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
Those awful animal experiments at Macalester aren't winning any friends or donors. This ad from today's Strib.
November 27, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Those awful animal experiments at Macalester aren't winning any friends or donors. This ad from today's Strib.
The things we destroy so that we can drive fast--I'm not giving thanks for this. Life at the speed of cars is unbearable.
Don't know details on the 1890s Swinford Townhomes, but they were saved in 1980 so there's gotta be cool Heritage Preservation reports at city hall. Before I-394 destroyed the neighborhood, Hawthorne Park and the Hastings Hotel were across the Street. Oh and ofcourse there was a streetcar line.
November 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The things we destroy so that we can drive fast--I'm not giving thanks for this. Life at the speed of cars is unbearable.
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Whatever one thought of it in the moment it's clear that a wide swath of Saint Paul residents have given SPPD a lot of good faith assumptions during an era when policing is under greater scrutiny. And I think today is gonna mark a major shift in that sentiment for a significant chunk of citizens.
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Whatever one thought of it in the moment it's clear that a wide swath of Saint Paul residents have given SPPD a lot of good faith assumptions during an era when policing is under greater scrutiny. And I think today is gonna mark a major shift in that sentiment for a significant chunk of citizens.
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I think Pecan Pie is one of those things that is divisive now because it’s just a blob of sugar with nuts on it but to someone 150 years ago who ate shoes it was probably like having 12 orgasms at once
November 25, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I think Pecan Pie is one of those things that is divisive now because it’s just a blob of sugar with nuts on it but to someone 150 years ago who ate shoes it was probably like having 12 orgasms at once
Your mission at Thanksgiving: tell everyone that e-bikes and vast protected bike networks are what they need under the tree. If your friends and family want a future then we've all got to exit our cars. Tie a 🎀 around a well funded transit system for backup.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Your mission at Thanksgiving: tell everyone that e-bikes and vast protected bike networks are what they need under the tree. If your friends and family want a future then we've all got to exit our cars. Tie a 🎀 around a well funded transit system for backup.
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What time do you get in?
Officially moving to Chicago tomorrow. I assume JB Pritzker will be waiting for me at the airport
November 25, 2025 at 1:13 PM
What time do you get in?
As you know because SOS tells you: Summit Avenue is perfectly safe for people outside cars and trucks.
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St. Paul: Woman critically injured after driver strikes her and husband in crosswalk
A 75-year-old woman was hospitalized.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:13 PM
As you know because SOS tells you: Summit Avenue is perfectly safe for people outside cars and trucks.
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If you wondered like me if Rep Davids had a speeding ticket the answer is duh. 83 in a 65 but the copper locked it in at 81.
November 25, 2025 at 3:15 AM
If you wondered like me if Rep Davids had a speeding ticket the answer is duh. 83 in a 65 but the copper locked it in at 81.
We've got a special election in 64a to replace Rep. Kaohly Her, who will be Saint Paul's next mayor. So far none of the candidates courting my vote gives a rip about making I-94 a community asset. Just no interest in anything other than car transportation. No change from the woeful status quo. Sad.
November 25, 2025 at 2:32 AM
We've got a special election in 64a to replace Rep. Kaohly Her, who will be Saint Paul's next mayor. So far none of the candidates courting my vote gives a rip about making I-94 a community asset. Just no interest in anything other than car transportation. No change from the woeful status quo. Sad.
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"Fences aren’t architecture, and they’re meant to displace and keep people out, rather than a broader planning and design and artistic opportunity of revitalization, placemaking, and the type of economic and social infrastructure that truly promotes healing in our community" -Sam Olbekson
Frustrations rise along fenced-in Franklin Avenue corridor in Mpls.
Fencing installed by state officials in Minneapolis’ Franklin Avenue corridor to deter homeless encampments is still in place years later. It’s forcing pedestrians to make dangerous choices and hinder...
sahanjournal.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM
"Fences aren’t architecture, and they’re meant to displace and keep people out, rather than a broader planning and design and artistic opportunity of revitalization, placemaking, and the type of economic and social infrastructure that truly promotes healing in our community" -Sam Olbekson
❄️❤️MINNESOTANS ❄️
It's cold weather eve, time to charge your e-bike batteries indoors (not frozen).
See your manual or favorite bike shop for important cold weather tips.
It's cold weather eve, time to charge your e-bike batteries indoors (not frozen).
See your manual or favorite bike shop for important cold weather tips.
November 24, 2025 at 1:23 PM
❄️❤️MINNESOTANS ❄️
It's cold weather eve, time to charge your e-bike batteries indoors (not frozen).
See your manual or favorite bike shop for important cold weather tips.
It's cold weather eve, time to charge your e-bike batteries indoors (not frozen).
See your manual or favorite bike shop for important cold weather tips.
I still think gender is a stupid construct. It's so limiting and arbitrary and seems to lock people into culturally-derived personality and behavior boxes. Can we just drop it?
November 23, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I still think gender is a stupid construct. It's so limiting and arbitrary and seems to lock people into culturally-derived personality and behavior boxes. Can we just drop it?
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Minnesota, we are now up to 5 detention centers.
Freeborn Co
Sherburne Co
Kandiyohi Co
Crow Wing co
NW Regional in Crookston
We started the year at 3.
They’re eyeing a huge private prison out west in Appleton.
Freeborn Co
Sherburne Co
Kandiyohi Co
Crow Wing co
NW Regional in Crookston
We started the year at 3.
They’re eyeing a huge private prison out west in Appleton.
November 23, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Minnesota, we are now up to 5 detention centers.
Freeborn Co
Sherburne Co
Kandiyohi Co
Crow Wing co
NW Regional in Crookston
We started the year at 3.
They’re eyeing a huge private prison out west in Appleton.
Freeborn Co
Sherburne Co
Kandiyohi Co
Crow Wing co
NW Regional in Crookston
We started the year at 3.
They’re eyeing a huge private prison out west in Appleton.
Happy holidays. Please install secure bike parking in front of your shops. I'm going to spend money and I ride a cargo bike to do it. www.stpaul.gov/departments/...
Bike Parking
www.stpaul.gov
November 22, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Happy holidays. Please install secure bike parking in front of your shops. I'm going to spend money and I ride a cargo bike to do it. www.stpaul.gov/departments/...
Driverless cars (e.g. Waymo) are no doubt safer than human-driven cars. But we need fewer cars overall. We need *reduced household expenses *lower emissions and fewer microplastics *less car dependence *better, more comfortable transit *excellent bike and walking infrastructure.
November 21, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Driverless cars (e.g. Waymo) are no doubt safer than human-driven cars. But we need fewer cars overall. We need *reduced household expenses *lower emissions and fewer microplastics *less car dependence *better, more comfortable transit *excellent bike and walking infrastructure.
Want a future? Then wildly expand bicycle investments. Easy.
Compare and contrast the Government language.
£3,750 EV grant on a £35k car: ‘helping families’.
Cycle to Work: ‘subsidising leisure’.
And yet cycling delivers TEN TIMES the impact of electric cars for reaching net zero. It’s almost like narrative, not data, is driving policy.
£3,750 EV grant on a £35k car: ‘helping families’.
Cycle to Work: ‘subsidising leisure’.
And yet cycling delivers TEN TIMES the impact of electric cars for reaching net zero. It’s almost like narrative, not data, is driving policy.
November 21, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Want a future? Then wildly expand bicycle investments. Easy.
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"Native Americans make up just 2% of Minnesota's adult population, but they represent 30% of the homeless population." minnesotareformer.com/2025/11/20/h...
Homelessness is not a part of Native heritage • Minnesota Reformer
These findings do not exist in a vacuum. They are the result of complex intergenerational and epigenetic trauma.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
"Native Americans make up just 2% of Minnesota's adult population, but they represent 30% of the homeless population." minnesotareformer.com/2025/11/20/h...
I suspect this would have little impact today because we're inured to hyper-violence and horror. Thanks to entertainment leaders for filling big and small screens with emotion-numbing garbage. Some call them police procedurals, legal thrillers or murder mysteries, I probably call them torture porn.
Tonight in 1983, more than 100 million Americans saw multiple thermonuclear weapons destroy Kansas City, Missouri, in “The Day After” on ABC. A.C. Nielsen Company reported that 62 percent of television sets that night were tuned to the film. I watched in my packed college dorm lounge. How about you?
November 20, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I suspect this would have little impact today because we're inured to hyper-violence and horror. Thanks to entertainment leaders for filling big and small screens with emotion-numbing garbage. Some call them police procedurals, legal thrillers or murder mysteries, I probably call them torture porn.
I didn't predict this in my book exactly, but the normalizing of supernaturalism and denying of empiricism by religious groups and "health-focused" moms and dads can lead to tremendously harmful public outcomes. Minnesota children are now at risk from measles as vaccination rates drop precipitously.
November 20, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I didn't predict this in my book exactly, but the normalizing of supernaturalism and denying of empiricism by religious groups and "health-focused" moms and dads can lead to tremendously harmful public outcomes. Minnesota children are now at risk from measles as vaccination rates drop precipitously.
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Uhh, just fyi the last time this theory was popular, life expectancy was like 40 years old. Get vaxxed, kids.
It's not a good time to be a scientist or healthcare professional.
www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/...
www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/...
RFK Jr.’s Miasma Theory of Health Is Spreading
The NIH is picking up Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s argument that a healthy immune system can keep even pandemic germs at bay.
www.theatlantic.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Uhh, just fyi the last time this theory was popular, life expectancy was like 40 years old. Get vaxxed, kids.