In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes. The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last. The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes. Why? It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.

Yup. #ButCyclists

Kudos to Downtown Improvement District for not blocking the Hennepin Avenue bikeway when emptying trash cans!

Folks have been telling me they’ve noticed I’ve gotten “a lot more political” on social media this year. Of course I have. The circumstances have gotten nightmarishly worse, and the consequences of inaction and staying silent infinitely more obvious. Everyone needs to get “a lot more political.”

This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months" China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.

Who do I know that lives in Minnetonka Ward 2?

#ButCyclists Broken pieces of light pole on the ground after being struck by a car. A piece of (presumably, the offending) car lies nearby. Fortunately, the caution sign advising that there is a pedestrian crossing here remains undamaged. A bicyclist's autumn-lengthened shadow is in foreground.

It is wild, if not surprising I guess, that whether people could fly somewhere at Thanksgiving seemed to have more political effect than whether people could *eat* at Thanksgiving.

Hey look! Good news. In an early, small, trial, a new gene-editing drug reduced cholesterol and triglycerides in high-risk heart-disease patients. Early. Small. But still. www.npr.org/2025/11/08/n...

🏳️‍🌈 Old news: Kim Davis was jailed for contempt of court when she refused to issue a marriage license to a gay couple and then lost her reelection for county clerk in 2018. New news:

Finally, some good news. The bigots can go kick rocks. #lgbt #win #SCOTUS #christiannationalism

Imagine a parallel-universe US with a ~$20 trillion public wealth fund, built from the profits that O&G owners/executives/major shareholders took in our universe. Imagine how much better US health care, education, infrastructure, childcare, retirement support, etc. could be. Breaks the brain a bit.

You may not be able to hold your elected government leaders accountable for anything whatsoever, but you can get extremely expensive groceries by bike. Inspiring words in 2025 feels impossible.

Arizona has paused development of hundreds of thousands of homes on the far Phoenix fringes due to insufficient groundwater supplies, @highcountrynews.org finds: www.hcn.org/issues/57-10...

They're trying to sneak a nationwide abortion ban into the bill and many Dems are actually considering caving. They've held the line for 40 days... it's pointless if they cave now. Call your elected representatives!

This piece is as good as people say it is. Read it to appreciate that writing isn't just about content, but style. AI can't do this.

Had to grab a couple things for dinner (sopa de lima - yum!) from the grocery store yesterday but it was cold (36F) so I took the truck...

Recognizing bicycle parking as a critical component of any infrastructure network, The Hague’s Amare concert hall has opened 1,000 guarded and sheltered spaces—intended not just for ticket holders visiting the largest cultural building in the Netherlands, but anyone visiting the city’s busy centre.🧵

When you switch from fossil to clean you only use like 30-40% of the energy to do the same stuff, bc most energy from fossil fuels is lost as waste heat What's I'm trying to say is that all climate action is degrowth WELCOME TO DEGROWTH EVERYONE

So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!

The truly maddening thing is that, unlike when I was a young man in science and the materials and engineering just weren’t there yet, the future is *right there.* The problem is *solved*. What’s holding us back is not just greed, but this bizarre nostalgia, an obsession with petro- masculinity.

"Zohran Mamdani will be the first mayor of New York City in decades not to own a car" Will be exciting to see if he can implement his vision to pedestrianize areas in the congestion pricing zone and dedicate entire streets as combo busways + active transportation

Downtown Brooklyn is the real life version of that meme of a million people crammed into the sidewalks and a single driver lounging in a car

Some of the many reason why the #BikeBus is so amazing & impactful. #Bicycle #Bike #PhysicalActivity

This is (one of SOOO many reasons) why I live here. #WeAllDoBetter #FuckYouGOP

Adding cans of soda to my data visualization portfolio.

So it's either 400+ lbs per person, or .4 lbs per person? Ludicrously lying or irrelevant? Perfect synopsis of this administration.

Instead of focusing solely on Medicare covering obesity drugs, maybe the administration should look at getting people out of motor vehicles more often.

The right's arguments against the clean energy transition make no sense in this context. China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels. www.economist.com/leaders/2025...

“People don’t want energy; they want hot showers and cold beer.” This is what Amory Lovins once said and so true. Most primary energy we use is wasted in converting heat to work. We don’t have to replace all primary energy - we only need to deliver the energy services more efficiently.

The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."

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Our politicians did more to regulate Prince and Twisted Sister songs than glacier melting chatbots that promote suicide

That’s two in the first 20 day

While US venture capitalists were buying monkey jpegs, and DOGE coins, and figuring out how to get Black women fired, and tweeting about white birthrates, and trying to mandate which bathroom trans kids should use, China was making progress on climate change and taking the lead in a real industry.

Today on Volts: sustainable transportation policy is under comprehensive attack by the federal government, but states can soften the blow. Specifically, governors have a little-understood authority to transfer existing federal funds to EV charging, bike lanes, & transit. But time is running out!

Nice #dataviz!

SNAP has existed for 60 years. Benefits have gone out every single month over those six decades, including during government shutdowns. Until now. Make no mistake: The money is available to fund SNAP during this shutdown. Trump is making a choice to withhold it. Don’t forget this.

The most successful cities will be the ones that give people safe, affordable, efficient, enjoyable freedom of choice in transportation.

Couldn't help but think of @lauragmitchell.com 's " If it fits, it sits" when I saw this on Blaisdell this afternoon. Obstruction logged in @bikelaneuprising.bsky.social !

Good morning, @catharinerichert.bsky.social! re: #GreenBurial - would LOVE to have a spot where my remains (or cremains) could nourish an apple tree!

*checks price data* Wholesale turkey 🦃 prices 40%🔺y/y Retail beef roast 🥩 prices 18%🔺

Congratulations to our friends @thewaroncars.bsky.social @brooklynspoke.bsky.social @sgoodyear.bsky.social @naparstek.bsky.social on the publication of "Life After Cars". And thanks for including a few words of wisdom from the two of us!

Different domain, but can't help but see the parallel to road safety. "Misuse" shifts onus to people driving and away from road engineers and car companies.

After a judge ordered Donald Trump to make SNAP payments, the wannabe king declared he will defy a court order and won't help people afford groceries. Trump's message to 42 million Americans: eat dirt.

So, - Robin Hutcheson? Mpls PW Director 2016-2021, now Met Council Chair?

It’s a cult.

So. Much. This.