A melancholic song of love and leaving, woven masterfully by @scottbergermn.bsky.social. racketmn.com/stillwater-i...

Helsinki has opened a remarkable new bridge for trams, cycling and walking! The new Kruunuvuorensilta cuts the cycling distance to the city centre in half, while cars still need to take the long route. I cycled across the bridge just 3 weeks after the opening. My latest blog post and video:

no I don’t want the sparkly little icon to bot-splain to me how to write an e-mail, leave me tf alone

I think I've mentioned this before but about 6x as many people on the iron range work in tourism than do mining (12k vs 2k IIRC)

ICYMI: “A lot of us are trapped in 1-Hour Cities right now. The alternative — having a lot more things close by, and a lot more time in our day — isn’t the conspiracy. It’s the cure.” Read all about the #1HourCityCinsoiracy in @usa.streetsblog.org. #UrbanTruth usa.streetsblog.org/2026/04/27/u...

With Hennepin and Lyndale discourse going on, it seems like a good time to remind everyone that Aveage Daily Traffic on Lyndale has dropped 40% since the early 2000s. If business owners really want more business, more of the same isn't going to do that.

Populism sells simple answers. Experts talk about complexity, risks & nuance, populists shout slogans. “Build the wall.” “Bring back greatness.” A slogan is shorter than analysis ... more effective for masses tired of thinking, or who never wanted to think in the first place.

Another thing Maura Healey could do? End the existing 287(g) agreement that the Massachusetts Department of Correction has with ICE. This is something the Governor could do today. And she hasn't. She has only called for banning *future* agreements while defending the existing 287(g) agreement.

"Compound events—such as concurrent hot–wet and drought–heat extremes—are among the most consequential climate hazards on Earth and are projected to become more severe under warming." Authors find that “...compound extremes will occur more frequently than Earth system models project.”

FYI

This film ends with a warning about global warming and sea level rise. But in the 1950s, they didn’t know why it was happening, which must’ve been really scary. We now know it’s due to our burning of fossil fuels. The fact that we don’t stop it is very stupid.

Cypress Grove PsycheDillic Soft fresh California 🐐🧀 with bloom rind and added dill and dill pollen. The rind was minimal. The dill is noticeable, pleasant, not like a pickle. The cheese lacked any goaty tanginess, was creamier than most chevre. Made a nice spread.

I for one have been terrified by how fast emissions have been falling and how rapidly we have been taking climate action; it is high time we pare it back a bit

Travis McGee on Enshittifcation

Good thread. Gerald L.K. Smith, who appears below, was broadcast to troops on the Armed Forces network postwar--despite earned reputation pre-war as fascist--w/ help of International Christian Leadership, comprised mostly of mainstream GOP pols.

According to the internet, using protected bikeways to take your family to the farmers market makes you a “bike bro.” The radical agenda continues: buying vegetables and plants without needing to park a car.

This city has too many bike lanes.

Or, Build Our Damn Electrical Grid, America Act...

Blaming bike lanes and bus lanes for business decline in areas that also survived online retail, COVID, killings by police, protests, a crime surge, major road construction, ICE raids, and inflation isn't analysis. It's a scapegoat by someone wanting attention. Treat it accordingly.

"People who say negative things about the Nazi Party in power are traitors to the country"

"Heat pumps just shift gas burning to the power station." Wrong. Even if 100% of electricity came from gas, a heat pump at SCOP 3.8 uses 51% less gas than a boiler. At a terrible SCOP 2.5, still 25% less. David MacKay made this point in 2008. The maths hasn't changed.

From 2017. True then, true today, true tomorrow.

Credit where it's due: this is the article where @volts.wtf gave the world the slogan "Electrify Everything." Pretty sure it predates use of the phrase by Saul Griffith or anyone else. Before that, people wrote about "beneficial electrification." One of the most successful bits of framing I know! 🔌💡

Another cool vehicle that is cheap to fuel and doesn't need costly repairs: an e-bike

#OnThisDay May 15 1906: Twin Cities Rapid Transit announces the start of Express Boat service on Lake Minnetonka. The 6 fast "streetcar boats," unique in the world, acted as a specialized extension of the 523-mile long electric trolley network until 1926.

FYI you’re not being polite by waving someone through a stop sign when it’s your right of way. Being polite is moving your ass according to the rules and not confusing people.

Riding bikes is 10X more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities. And that’s just the climate emissions. Doesn’t include the massive public & personal cost difference, the air & noise pollution difference, the massive space difference, etc, etc…Via @theconversation.bsky.social

Osterholm on hantavirus: We’re missing ‘main point of this outbreak’ "Respiratory person-to-person transmission is not new with the Andes hantavirus," CIDRAP Director Michael Osterholm points out www.cidrap.umn.edu/m... Photo: Chris Cooper / University of MN

“It’s all about who is swapping air, and we are not talking about that. Investigators need to think about who swapped air with whom.”

It turns out that fining people for speeding makes them less likely to speed.

If you think these flags look alike, you're just chomping at the bit to get racistly mad about something

I’m a broken record, but it’s facially insane that the SCOTUS’s position is that the interest of a political party—an entity with no special constitutional protection—in gerrymandering is more important than black people’s right to vote, which we have several constitutional amendments addressing

Followed by The Autumn of Finding Out, The Winter of Finding Out, ...

Just like it was/is in MN...

Cool to see 19 new wind turbines generate as much electricity as 400 (!) old turbines in CA's Altamont Pass. The U.S. could more than double its onshore wind capacity with no new land via repowering, per a Stanford study: www.quittingcarbonmedia.com/a-repowered-... via @justingerdes.bsky.social

C'mon, @ninamoini.bsky.social / @mprnews.org - can you push back at least A LITTLE on the half-truths this guy is vomiting forth?!

AYFKM?!?!

Hey @nacto.bsky.social attendees - there's a great opportunity to connect with a small local active transportation advocacy group (westmet.org) tonight - bike on out to Steel Toe Brewing and chat with us starting at 6pm. Or, join the group ride rolling at 530pm! Easily accessible by bike trails!

Listening to ep 191 of Talking Headways (@usa.streetsblog.org / @theoverheadwire.com) and wondering if anyone has gone in-depth comparing how cities/countries protect themselves from the sea (thinking of The Netherlands vs New Orleans vs Venice vs Manila, etc).

100% unadulterated junk. Too lazy to do it right...

The gutter isn't counted towards the width of car lanes so why is it counted for bike lanes?

It’s weird to me that we count the gutter as part of bike infrastructure width.

Hey @biketalk.bsky.social - could Mr. Pocrass opine on possible outcomes of the following hypothetical - an underage (let's say, 14yo) rider on unmodified e-moto at 27 or 28 mph (w/in legal speed limit for e-BIKES). Could they be "pulled over" / charged? Could their parent(s) be charged?

If it fits, I sits. S 13th St at Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis MN on Wednesday 5/13/2026 7:47 am. Not reported to Mpls311 or @bikelaneuprising.bsky.social bc no license plate info captured.

ICE is a lawless thug army.

I published a thing. The folks at @minnesotareformer.com are doing us a service so keep them in mind and support them if you can. minnesotareformer.com/2026/05/13/s...