Chelsea DeArmond
@seadear.bsky.social
Unidos Saint Paul researcher. St. Paul 350 founder. East Sider. Dandelion fan. Repair shop owner. Bike-pilled.
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It's that time of year when Americans set up quaint, walkable Christmas villages in their living rooms, dreaming of living in such a cozy place.
Meanwhile, they'll show up to city council meetings to fiercely oppose any plan that would actually build that kind of car-lite community in real life.
Meanwhile, they'll show up to city council meetings to fiercely oppose any plan that would actually build that kind of car-lite community in real life.
November 23, 2025 at 3:13 AM
It's that time of year when Americans set up quaint, walkable Christmas villages in their living rooms, dreaming of living in such a cozy place.
Meanwhile, they'll show up to city council meetings to fiercely oppose any plan that would actually build that kind of car-lite community in real life.
Meanwhile, they'll show up to city council meetings to fiercely oppose any plan that would actually build that kind of car-lite community in real life.
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Biking on narrow cobbled streets toward the main library in downtown Utrecht, past people walking, other bikes and cargo bikes, it's easy to imagine the city of centuries ago, and the city that will be, a century from now.
Bikes make sense.
Bikes make sense.
November 22, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Biking on narrow cobbled streets toward the main library in downtown Utrecht, past people walking, other bikes and cargo bikes, it's easy to imagine the city of centuries ago, and the city that will be, a century from now.
Bikes make sense.
Bikes make sense.
One of my favorite follows on this site
just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
What Tom Holland’s historic lip-sync showcase taught us about stormwater management
Grab your umbrella and your tights.
neorsd.medium.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM
One of my favorite follows on this site
"Italian fries" from Papillon's Pizza next to Shopko in Wausau. Cheese bread in Wisconsin is extra cheesy.
November 19, 2025 at 1:15 AM
"Italian fries" from Papillon's Pizza next to Shopko in Wausau. Cheese bread in Wisconsin is extra cheesy.
First time seeing the northern lights—right outside my front door!
November 12, 2025 at 4:54 AM
First time seeing the northern lights—right outside my front door!
Swans are back on Lake Phalen
October 27, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Swans are back on Lake Phalen
There's a surprising number of people wearing kilts at the march.
October 18, 2025 at 7:43 PM
There's a surprising number of people wearing kilts at the march.
Change is in the air
October 4, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Change is in the air
Mulberry leaves are so interesting
October 4, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Mulberry leaves are so interesting
Just noticed all the street lights are working around Lake Phalen!
September 4, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Just noticed all the street lights are working around Lake Phalen!
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Solar energy and electric vehicle incentives took it on the chin in the Big, Beautiful Bill but geothermal remains a bright spot for cities and climate advocates. It’s catching on with these St. Paul churches, residences and Xcel’s new service center at The Heights www.twincities.com/2025/08/10/g...
Geothermal heating, cooling projects survive federal cuts, others in doubt
Geothermal projects are still moving forward at the Como Zoo, The Heights, Hamline-Midway Library and the Wakan Tipi Center.
www.twincities.com
August 10, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Solar energy and electric vehicle incentives took it on the chin in the Big, Beautiful Bill but geothermal remains a bright spot for cities and climate advocates. It’s catching on with these St. Paul churches, residences and Xcel’s new service center at The Heights www.twincities.com/2025/08/10/g...
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Everyone should listen/read! Local action on forming parallel municipal renewable utility is inspiring, creative, and very grounded in economic and business realities. Also, Missy is awesome. Thanks to her whole team and the City of Ann Arbor for tackling this.
Today on Volts: last year, the residents of Ann Arbor, MI, voted to create a "sustainable energy utility" that operates alongside the investor-owned utility & supplements it with clean energy. This is, AFAIK, the first arrangement of this kind in the world. I talk with its architect & champion.
Ann Arbor's experiment with a new kind of utility
Missy Stults explains Ann Arbor's novel plan to build a second, clean-energy utility alongside its incumbent.
www.volts.wtf
July 23, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Everyone should listen/read! Local action on forming parallel municipal renewable utility is inspiring, creative, and very grounded in economic and business realities. Also, Missy is awesome. Thanks to her whole team and the City of Ann Arbor for tackling this.
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3/7
Pressure Local Officials to Block Cooperation
Cities can:
*Prohibit local police from assisting unmarked federal agents.
*Deny federal agents access to local jails...surveillance infrastructure...or street-level intel.
*Pass ordinances that restrict or penalize non-transparent policing.
Pressure Local Officials to Block Cooperation
Cities can:
*Prohibit local police from assisting unmarked federal agents.
*Deny federal agents access to local jails...surveillance infrastructure...or street-level intel.
*Pass ordinances that restrict or penalize non-transparent policing.
June 28, 2025 at 8:05 AM
3/7
Pressure Local Officials to Block Cooperation
Cities can:
*Prohibit local police from assisting unmarked federal agents.
*Deny federal agents access to local jails...surveillance infrastructure...or street-level intel.
*Pass ordinances that restrict or penalize non-transparent policing.
Pressure Local Officials to Block Cooperation
Cities can:
*Prohibit local police from assisting unmarked federal agents.
*Deny federal agents access to local jails...surveillance infrastructure...or street-level intel.
*Pass ordinances that restrict or penalize non-transparent policing.
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Climate mitigation and adaptation measures are not costs. They are investments.
The true costs occur when mitigation fails and adaptation is too slow so we suffer from continually worsening extreme weather events like heatwaves and floods.
Invest now to reduce costs in future.
The true costs occur when mitigation fails and adaptation is too slow so we suffer from continually worsening extreme weather events like heatwaves and floods.
Invest now to reduce costs in future.
June 29, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Climate mitigation and adaptation measures are not costs. They are investments.
The true costs occur when mitigation fails and adaptation is too slow so we suffer from continually worsening extreme weather events like heatwaves and floods.
Invest now to reduce costs in future.
The true costs occur when mitigation fails and adaptation is too slow so we suffer from continually worsening extreme weather events like heatwaves and floods.
Invest now to reduce costs in future.
What fictional character could help us out of this mess?
June 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
What fictional character could help us out of this mess?
Rare thread that sheds light on a huge threat—and also points to a surprising solution
I left Ireland and moved to New York in 1997. Decades on, what the US has become has broken my immigrant heart.
It also baffled me, until I began to piece together Gen X memories of apartheid South Africa.
It also baffled me, until I began to piece together Gen X memories of apartheid South Africa.
June 24, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Rare thread that sheds light on a huge threat—and also points to a surprising solution
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From our friends at @rockymtninst.bsky.social. A good example of schools supporting community on multiple levels. Including: "Solar4Us @ Henderson-Hopkins also offered job training and local hiring opportunities..." Support the win-wins! 🔌💡
rmi.org/how-one-scho...
rmi.org/how-one-scho...
How One School Became a Power Plant for Its Community - RMI
A Baltimore community will see discounted electricity bills thanks to new solar panels on a local school and Inflation Reduction Act incentives.
rmi.org
May 29, 2025 at 1:05 PM
From our friends at @rockymtninst.bsky.social. A good example of schools supporting community on multiple levels. Including: "Solar4Us @ Henderson-Hopkins also offered job training and local hiring opportunities..." Support the win-wins! 🔌💡
rmi.org/how-one-scho...
rmi.org/how-one-scho...
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If Rochester can do it, your city can too.
May 25, 2025 at 12:44 PM
If Rochester can do it, your city can too.
I sometimes joined my childhood friend Craig in the ginseng fields of rural central Wisconsin he captures so well in these pages.
With exquisite brushwork depicting the laborious lives of farmers, Craig Thompson’s “Ginseng Roots” is what it should be: a medicinal herb you steep in.
A Mystical, Obsessive Encounter With the Ginseng Root
Craig Thompson’s rhizomatic new graphic novel about the root’s farming industry exposes the paradoxes of Trump’s America.
hyperallergic.com
May 15, 2025 at 5:19 AM
I sometimes joined my childhood friend Craig in the ginseng fields of rural central Wisconsin he captures so well in these pages.
Great time to bike Phalen Blvd and enjoy the dandelion bloom before the first mow of the season
May 6, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Great time to bike Phalen Blvd and enjoy the dandelion bloom before the first mow of the season
Nice night for a fire
April 27, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Nice night for a fire
Saw a mink playing on the bank of Keller Creek today.
April 20, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Saw a mink playing on the bank of Keller Creek today.