Tinman contre la caste
@bcmfietser.bsky.social
PhD, poorly socialized sociologist, Saint Paul bikescum, Planning Commissioner, Board of Zoning Appeals, Met Council TAB (non-motorized rep).
Vélo Vivant, transportation equity, sustainable living, some science policy. he/him
Vélo Vivant, transportation equity, sustainable living, some science policy. he/him
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Erik Alarcon, whose uncle and cousin were detained in Tuesday's operation, says the family had planned to gather for Thanksgiving next week. Now, they’re trying to figure out where their relatives were taken and whether they can contact them.
'We’re very in the dark': Families say they can’t reach loved ones detained in St. Paul ICE operation
Families and advocates say they’re trying to reach their loved ones who were detained at a St. Paul manufacturer during a federal law enforcement operation on Tuesday.
www.mprnews.org
November 19, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Erik Alarcon, whose uncle and cousin were detained in Tuesday's operation, says the family had planned to gather for Thanksgiving next week. Now, they’re trying to figure out where their relatives were taken and whether they can contact them.
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Tariffs are a drag but also a tiny part of the economy. Things like dissembling science and higher education will manifest in depressed long-run growth not in a current unemployment spike.
November 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Tariffs are a drag but also a tiny part of the economy. Things like dissembling science and higher education will manifest in depressed long-run growth not in a current unemployment spike.
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Here's one way of thinking about it: Do you think that Trump or his lieutenants would balk at killing political opponents? Do you think any of them would have moral or ideological objections?
November 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Here's one way of thinking about it: Do you think that Trump or his lieutenants would balk at killing political opponents? Do you think any of them would have moral or ideological objections?
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Threats against lawmakers are not speech; they are coercion designed to freeze the functioning of government. If Congress can’t advise the military without fear of execution, then checks and balances are dead. The House and Senate must formally censure this attack. Call your representative now.
November 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Threats against lawmakers are not speech; they are coercion designed to freeze the functioning of government. If Congress can’t advise the military without fear of execution, then checks and balances are dead. The House and Senate must formally censure this attack. Call your representative now.
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Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield, the Stone Roses and Primal Scream bassist, dies aged 63
Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield, the Stone Roses and Primal Scream bassist, dies aged 63
Ian Brown and Tim Burgess were among those to pay tribute to Mani, whose death was announced by his brother and nephew
Gary “Mani” Mounfield, best known as a founding member and bassist of the Stone Roses, has died aged 63. The cause of death has not been shared.
His brother Greg Mounfield posted the news on Facebook: “It is with the heaviest of hearts that I have to announce the sad passing of my brother.” His nephew also shared the news. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield, the Stone Roses and Primal Scream bassist, dies aged 63
Walking and biking are “traditional transportation” and infrastructure that supports and promotes traditional modes of transportation is traditional infrastructure.
The highest-ranking transportation congressman is saying that biking & walking paths aren't "traditional infrastructure" and don't deserve funding in the next federal transportation bill. Broke down why that's historically inaccurate, morally wrong, and *possible to defeat* — if we organize.
House T&I Chair Vows ‘No Money for Bikes or Walking’ in Fed Transportation Bill — Streetsblog USA
The outlook for active transportation won't be good if advocates don't stand up.
usa.streetsblog.org
November 20, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Walking and biking are “traditional transportation” and infrastructure that supports and promotes traditional modes of transportation is traditional infrastructure.
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Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
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At some point, Musk realized manipulating public perception was more lucrative than delivering affordable EVs, and when that made him the richest man alive he pulled tens of billions out and dumped it into new, more powerful propaganda tools: Twitter and XAI.
This is just what he does...
This is just what he does...
Elon Musk's Grokipedia cites a neo-Nazi website 42 times, researchers say www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-mu...
Elon Musk’s Grokipedia cites Stormfront — a neo-Nazi forum — dozens of times, study finds
An analysis by researchers at Cornell University is the first comprehensive look at Grokipedia since Musk launched his project last month.
www.nbcnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
At some point, Musk realized manipulating public perception was more lucrative than delivering affordable EVs, and when that made him the richest man alive he pulled tens of billions out and dumped it into new, more powerful propaganda tools: Twitter and XAI.
This is just what he does...
This is just what he does...
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Sorting through my memories of everything that happened on Tuesday, and reflecting on how some of the first phone calls I got and first people I saw onsite were union leaders in Saint Paul. I don’t know that unions ever get the credit they deserve for showing up for ALL workers, all the time.
November 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Sorting through my memories of everything that happened on Tuesday, and reflecting on how some of the first phone calls I got and first people I saw onsite were union leaders in Saint Paul. I don’t know that unions ever get the credit they deserve for showing up for ALL workers, all the time.
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Any President who calls for the opposition party to be hanged should be immediately impeached and removed from office.
November 20, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Any President who calls for the opposition party to be hanged should be immediately impeached and removed from office.
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Not mentioned in the story, but consistent with its findings:
Duffy has sat on USDOT's plan to address car bloat. A 2024 proposal would've required carmakers to adjust their front end designs to reduce the risk of deadly "head-hood" collisions.
Info: www.fastcompany.com/91195993/car...
Duffy has sat on USDOT's plan to address car bloat. A 2024 proposal would've required carmakers to adjust their front end designs to reduce the risk of deadly "head-hood" collisions.
Info: www.fastcompany.com/91195993/car...
NEW: Sean Duffy frequently calls safety his “top priority” as transportation secretary. But I spent months wading through regulatory notices and found something far different: that USDOT has been delaying, weakening and killing dozens of safety rules, many opposed by the transportation industry.🧵
November 20, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Not mentioned in the story, but consistent with its findings:
Duffy has sat on USDOT's plan to address car bloat. A 2024 proposal would've required carmakers to adjust their front end designs to reduce the risk of deadly "head-hood" collisions.
Info: www.fastcompany.com/91195993/car...
Duffy has sat on USDOT's plan to address car bloat. A 2024 proposal would've required carmakers to adjust their front end designs to reduce the risk of deadly "head-hood" collisions.
Info: www.fastcompany.com/91195993/car...
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The US is losing blue-collar jobs for the first time since the pandemic—year-on-year job losses have hit 59k as manufacturing industries lose jobs at a rapid pace while growth in construction & transportation has nearly zeroed out
November 20, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The US is losing blue-collar jobs for the first time since the pandemic—year-on-year job losses have hit 59k as manufacturing industries lose jobs at a rapid pace while growth in construction & transportation has nearly zeroed out
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Even if you can’t donate, you should read the story of one of the people kidnapped from their workplace in St Paul on Tuesday.
This is why we should try to stop every kidnapping. No criminal record. Just racism. They’re breaking up families.
www.gofundme.com/f/fn4bw-help...
This is why we should try to stop every kidnapping. No criminal record. Just racism. They’re breaking up families.
www.gofundme.com/f/fn4bw-help...
Donate to Help Reunite Carlos with His Family, organized by Karla Alarcon
My name is Karla Alarcon Hernandez, and today I am asking for support with the heavi… Karla Alarcon needs your support for Help Reunite Carlos with His Family
www.gofundme.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Even if you can’t donate, you should read the story of one of the people kidnapped from their workplace in St Paul on Tuesday.
This is why we should try to stop every kidnapping. No criminal record. Just racism. They’re breaking up families.
www.gofundme.com/f/fn4bw-help...
This is why we should try to stop every kidnapping. No criminal record. Just racism. They’re breaking up families.
www.gofundme.com/f/fn4bw-help...
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It’s been almost 48 hours and we still don’t know with certainty how many people were detained on Tuesday, the grounds (if any) on which they’re being held, or what will happen next for these members of our community—all of whom have families and friends and people who love them.
This isn’t normal.
This isn’t normal.
November 20, 2025 at 1:05 PM
It’s been almost 48 hours and we still don’t know with certainty how many people were detained on Tuesday, the grounds (if any) on which they’re being held, or what will happen next for these members of our community—all of whom have families and friends and people who love them.
This isn’t normal.
This isn’t normal.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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How awful. This is outright health disinformation, lying to the American people. Not only is there massive evidence showing no link between vaccines & autism, there’s not even a plausible mechanism based on what we’ve learned about the genetics of autism, some environmental exposures in pregnancy
HEADS UP: CDC website now officially asserts that vaccines may cause autism.“Studies supporting a link have been ignored by health authorities.” Also says the “vaccines do not cause autism” header remains b/c of an agreement with Cassidy.
November 20, 2025 at 3:18 AM
How awful. This is outright health disinformation, lying to the American people. Not only is there massive evidence showing no link between vaccines & autism, there’s not even a plausible mechanism based on what we’ve learned about the genetics of autism, some environmental exposures in pregnancy
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Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
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The family of one of the workers taken by ICE from Bro-Tex yesterday has set up a Go Fund Me.
www.gofundme.com/f/fn4bw-help...?
www.gofundme.com/f/fn4bw-help...?
Donate to Help Reunite Carlos with His Family, organized by Karla Alarcon
My name is Karla Alarcon Hernandez, and today I am asking for support with the heavi… Karla Alarcon needs your support for Help Reunite Carlos with His Family
www.gofundme.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:02 AM
The family of one of the workers taken by ICE from Bro-Tex yesterday has set up a Go Fund Me.
www.gofundme.com/f/fn4bw-help...?
www.gofundme.com/f/fn4bw-help...?
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In a new phase 3 trial, people randomly assigned to receive a flu shot made with modified mRNA were 34.5% less likely to be diagnosed with an influenza-like illness than people given a standard flu shot made with inactivated virus.
We need to stop the anti-science attacks against mRNA vaccines!
We need to stop the anti-science attacks against mRNA vaccines!
November 20, 2025 at 1:03 AM
In a new phase 3 trial, people randomly assigned to receive a flu shot made with modified mRNA were 34.5% less likely to be diagnosed with an influenza-like illness than people given a standard flu shot made with inactivated virus.
We need to stop the anti-science attacks against mRNA vaccines!
We need to stop the anti-science attacks against mRNA vaccines!
Hey @metrotransitmn.bsky.social , looks like your police could use some training about not parking their SUVS on sidewalks and fully blocking the Capital City Bikeway. This was taken about 5:15pm this evening. I saw no officers in the vehicles but two standing on the LRT station across the street.
November 19, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Hey @metrotransitmn.bsky.social , looks like your police could use some training about not parking their SUVS on sidewalks and fully blocking the Capital City Bikeway. This was taken about 5:15pm this evening. I saw no officers in the vehicles but two standing on the LRT station across the street.
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Active commuting with children is often cited by parents as quality time spent interacting with their child and the environment, rather than time spent isolated in separate metal boxes.
November 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Active commuting with children is often cited by parents as quality time spent interacting with their child and the environment, rather than time spent isolated in separate metal boxes.
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“There were early concerns that fare-free travel would heap extra burdens on bus drivers, drawing homeless people or anything-goes behavior. Yet several drivers said that not having to ask passengers for payment or transfers has led to less friction with riders.”
Gift link re: Iowa City free buses!
Gift link re: Iowa City free buses!
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:22 PM
“There were early concerns that fare-free travel would heap extra burdens on bus drivers, drawing homeless people or anything-goes behavior. Yet several drivers said that not having to ask passengers for payment or transfers has led to less friction with riders.”
Gift link re: Iowa City free buses!
Gift link re: Iowa City free buses!
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ICE should be abolished for the simple fact that being undocumented is a civil matter, not a criminal one. And if someone does break the law criminally, that's what we have regular police for. We don't need Patriot Act level gestapo on our streets, we never have.
And Greg Bovino, who works for
🧵
And Greg Bovino, who works for
🧵
November 19, 2025 at 2:55 AM
ICE should be abolished for the simple fact that being undocumented is a civil matter, not a criminal one. And if someone does break the law criminally, that's what we have regular police for. We don't need Patriot Act level gestapo on our streets, we never have.
And Greg Bovino, who works for
🧵
And Greg Bovino, who works for
🧵
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Cycling after dark is part of everyday life here, but it still raises real concerns. This week I look at what helps people feel safe on those night-time rides – from lighting to travelling together.
New post and video.
New post and video.
Cycling safely after dark
We have entered the darker months again, and that inevitably makes cycling a little more precarious. Safety after sunset has two sides: being visible to others and feeling socially safe. As cyclists we cannot lock ourselves in, as one might in a car, so the environment matters all the more. Being visible is straightforward. A working front and rear light, together with the legally required reflectors, is usually enough.
bicycledutch.wordpress.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Cycling after dark is part of everyday life here, but it still raises real concerns. This week I look at what helps people feel safe on those night-time rides – from lighting to travelling together.
New post and video.
New post and video.