There Are No Safe Streets under Fascist Occupation: https://streets.mn/2026/01/23/there-are-no-safe-streets-under-fascist-occupation/ ICE surveillance and "occupation" are hollowing out Twin Cities' cultural corridors.

It was awe-inspiring to see so many people out in the cold (-10ºF) fighting against ICE and fascism at the #ICEProtest in #Minneapolis today. Alex Kormann from The Minnesota Star Tribune got a photo that included me and some friends.

I'm on the 4 bus heading downtown and this is the most packed I've ever seen a bus in Minneapolis, ever. Everyone is bundled up ready to stand outside in -14°F weather.

Wow, it's sunny and already 11ºF warmer than when I woke up, it's only -10ºF right now! #mnwx

Wrote down some thoughts I had while staring at a Dodge Durango full of Border Patrol dudes. www.minnpost.com/cityscape/20...

Left: Mueller Park, Wedge Live Cat Tour Right: Mueller Park, Operation Metro Surge 📸 @brianmitchl.com and @wedge.live

Wrote about a train 🥲 www.startribune.com/minnesotas-n...

Yesterday, I picked up an 8-gal keg and transported it via the bus! Our last bus driver was quite supportive of us 😆 Happy New Year!

I dove into the details about why Green Line Extension testing is going to take over a year, and the answers may surprise you! www.minnpost.com/cityscape/20...

🚨 An emergency bike ride has been declared. We depart Mueller Park tonight at 7:30 pm.

The lights are fixed!!! The Midtown Greenway is now lit up from the river all the way to Uptown!

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Check out my latest post about the Nicollet Avenue bridge over the Midtown Greenway! It’s a small addendum to my pair of historical deep dive pieces from this past spring.

I visited the Upper Harbor Terminal late this afternoon now that a new path is completed. The site offers some incredible views, new access to the river, and I think is going to be a popular spot! www.mwmo.org/projects/upper-h...

Oh snap, thank you to Arts Midwest for covering our DJ rides! We have so much planned for 2026, I'm pumped to watch it all unfold. Thanks to all the DJs we had out this year! 2026 is going to be AMAZING!! www.instagram.com/reel/DQ-ASmd... @perennialcycle.bsky.social @joyfulridersclub.bsky.social

Sounds like we may be able to do this all over again tonight?? From last night at the W 21st Street train station in Minneapolis.

The Midtown Greenway has never looked so good with the northern lights and recently repairs lights.

More northern lights photos from Minneapolis (Lyndale neighborhood)!

Woah, great northern lights tonight!

Asphalt was laid out today at the West Lake Street Station at the junction of the Midtown Greenway and Kenilworth Trail! The concrete curbs are partially covered, but there's a bike roundabout in there!

Join the Streets.mn board! We’re a good org for trying out board work for the first time too. Join us on Saturday Nov. 15 for a chance to learn more and hang out at Midtown Global Market from 11 AM - 2 PM.

I found a bunch of cool photos from the Hennepin County Library (Whittier Alliance Records collection) of the old Sheffield Elevator Company grain elevator. It stood between Harriet and Garfield Avenues along the 29th Street railroad (Midtown Greenway), now occupied by the Soo Line Garden.

Looooong lines to vote in Minneapolis precincts 10-1 and 10-2, probably about a 15 minute wait right now.

What a timely historical photo given the bridge demolition this week!

Here's another Nicollet Ave bridge over the Midtown Greenway demolition update. I caught the crew ending their day just after 6 PM this evening.

Nice, the Flux Apartments building on Girard Ave and the Greenway is draining their pool directly into the pedestrian path.

The Nicollet Ave bridge over the Midtown Greenway is just rubble at this point. They work fast! Photos from around 1 PM today.

I missed it from this summer, but it looks like in addition to a new Nicollet Ave bridge, the city approved new bridges at Pillsbury and 10th Aves for 2026, and Grand and 18th Aves in 2027. Lots of greenway closures coming up (but new safe bridges too) 😩

More from today's initial light rail vehicle roll down the Southwest LRT route. Construction began in 2018 and Metro Transit says passengers will ride in 2027. Over the Kenilworth Channel, leaving W Lake St Station, arriving at W 21st St Station, exiting the Kenilworth tunnel.

Demolition of the Nicollet Ave bridge over the Midtown Greenway began today.

Midtown Greenway closure between 5th and Bryant has begun on schedule today, for Nicollet Ave bridge demolition. Please be careful on the detour, especially cycling westbound. (If you can use the stairs at Stevens, it's only closed between Bryant and Stevens!)

Very first light rail vehicle through West 21st Street Station in Minneapolis!

Today was the final day of the Midtown Greenway being open with the old Nicollet Ave Bridge in place. The path is going to be removed and replaced with a new one at 1st Ave next year after the new Nicollet Ave bridge is almost complete. Demolition starts tomorrow.

Mark your calendars! Tuesday, October 21st, 5:30-7pm – Happy Hour at Venn Brewing Saturday, October 25th, 9:30am-noon – Walking Tour and Social Hour at FRGMT Coffee in St. Anthony Main

I saw Tron: Ares this evening, it was really fun, a bit different, and took the universe to a new place. I picked up on a ton of references (helped by the fact that I watched the other movies this past weekend), but thought they explained the past for new viewers too. 8/10!

The Nicollet Ave Bridge over the Midtown Greenway is really on its last days now.

With postings that the Greenway is closed starting October 14, it seems that the Nicollet Ave bridge over the Midtown Greenway is on its last week of life. Major progress in removal of the surrounding dirt.

I'm heading to Chicago on the Borealis today. The Empire Builder was running late so I got to see both trains at Saint Paul Union Depot at the same time! The Borealis departed first.

I’m super grateful to folks like @mplsalex.bsky.social for advocating and taking action to push our city to do better.

Yes, you too can bike with friends to drop off hazardous waste (sixth annual [but my first]) to the South Hennepin Recycling and Problem Waste Drop-Off Center. Next door to Nine Mile Brewing!

Had to ride past these three solar lights after the rain to see how they were doing. If the city gave me a grant of like a grand I bet I could do the whole stretch from W River to Minnehaha.

Terrific @blindeke.bsky.social article on Lyndale Ave. He does a great job listing the many issues with the design put forward by the county and asks the fundamental question: "What the hell happened here?"

That big bump on the west side of the Wave Bridge that connects Bryant Ave S to the Lorning Greenway was removed and fixed! The bushes are cut back too. Don't worry, the framed painting of a pheasant is still there.

Cool cool cool, my apartment property management announced there will be a new company taking over and that rent must be paid with checks (personal or cachier's) or a money order. I've never owned a checkbook.

I wrote about the shared-use path proposed for Lyndale Ave S. Come to the open house on Wednesday!

DJ Ride tonight at 7 PM! I'll be mixing for the second half of the ride 🤘🏻

Come see/hear me DJ (for the first time in public 😅)!

Shoutout to Hennepin Ave S construction moving the MetroTransit route 6 bus to Lyndale Ave S. I might make it to my coworking space without being late to a meeting now!

I crashed on my bike yesterday. I'm okay, but have some abrasions I'll be caring for over the next couple weeks. With September starting and cooler temperatures coming in as well, this really feels like a shift into a new season. I'll take things slow this week!

See you soon at Float Fest!