They’re describing it as a “shock and awe” campaign, which is why it’s essential to show them there’s huge opposition NOW. Call / email your reps to let them know you oppose censorship bills like KOSA and the SCREEN. Read up and get involved in the @fightforthefuture.org Week of Action.

If you extract lots of tar files, the "-a" flag is your friend for automatically picking the correct decompression type. I'm not sure how long the feature has existed for GNU tar -- I've only been aware of it for a few years now

She has the moral clarity that a lot of elected Dems could use: what is happening today is evil. You don’t need to analyze it much more closely than that

I’m now suddenly wondering why we don’t have more arcaded streets to help ease the burden of snow removal along commercial/retail corridors

Three weeks of 9am Tuesday raids now...

And it's expensive at $2.22 per watt. In PJM, the installed price of solar in 2024 was about $1.75 per watt.

Checking in on the hype cycle: developers are building a 4.4 GIGAWATT gas plant in Pennsylvania with no data center client identified. This is a nuclear-scale gas plant, and will exceed the next largest gas plant in the US by 1 GW www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/n...

Hegseth told soldiers under his command in Iraq to ignore legal advice about when they were permitted to kill enemy combatants under their rules of engagement. The anecdote is contained in a book Hegseth wrote last year in which he sharply disparaged the Geneva and Hague Conventions.

The Transit Museum’s model train set is like, “this is what happens when you leave the city”

got inspired

Happy Halloween (Orthodox)

The NFTA announced today that Buffalo Metro Rail will start serving the restored DL&W terminal on Dec. 8th, the system's first new station since 1986(!) (cc: @railmag.bsky.social) youtu.be/IqXRk1VoIG0?...

Transportation Committee Co-Chair Rep. Koznick hosts a public listening session Tuesday at 10:15 a.m.

This evening, a resident was kidnapped by agents with face coverings. They disguised themselves in masks and as Uber drivers. They even left kids abandoned inside a car in the freezing cold. 1/

Congress is attempting to fast track KOSA and more than a dozen bills that would restrict internet access, censor speech and increase surveillance under the guise of protecting children. Committee hearings begin tomorrow.

Kenilworth Trail and Train (1990s) Source: Hennepin County Library. Looking south from the Burnham Road Bridge

A lot of people, even climate skeptical people, depend on NREL data for basic planning studies. It is a clearinghouse for basic research and for clean well formatted nuts and bolts study input assumptions about renewable generation that already exists or is baked into people's plans

A great NREL report is the Interconnection Seam Study, which looked at building a national macro-grid. A huge cost savings that would enable 73% carbon-free power. The moonshot we need. www.nrel.gov/analysis/seams

Download all those good reports now

Minneapolis skylines at night from the 50th floor of the IDS Center.

NEW: Last week an arbitrator ruled that Politico management violated key AI terms in its union contract. The decision is a landmark win for the Politico union, which is one of the first to legally challenge the rollout of AI technology in its newsroom. www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/poli...

Looks like we'll be getting below-zero (°F) temperatures Wednesday night/Thursday morning #mnwx

Tell Metro Transit: www.surveymonkey.com/r/76Q3G9B

“public space and mobility disaster zone” is right

It’s great to see New Ulm expand its housing options, but with MN short over 100k homes, we cannot afford to wait for other cities to do the same. It’s time for a regional approach: #YestoHomes legislation. www.startribune.com/faced-with-a...

Window washers in Minneapolis. I admire their bravery.

Lol, Zillow tried to rate the climate risks facing individual properties. The real estate industry *hated* it, precisely because it worked -- it made selling risky properties more difficult. So they rebelled & Zillow caved. Don't look up!

Saint Paul declared a snow emergency. Here’s the info: www.stpaul.gov/departments/...

When they say the GOP is the party of Lincoln

It is *lunacy* for the ostensibly liberal opposition party to say we shouldn't limit any individual's wealth and power after watching a cadre of fascist billionaires systematically destroy this country. That's probably the single most important thing we *must* do!

Apparently two Milwaukee road skytop lounges were put onto a carfloat as part of a restaurant concept someone did. It (predictably) went out of business, the boat being scrapped, and the cars chopped in half. The bodies are are at a museum in Minnesota.

we got about a jar of giardiniera worth of snow in Chicago

new video is out now! it's my birthday so you have to watch it and also agree with everything thanks www.youtube.com/@Acerola_t

noon means it's time to report every single commercial property and rental larger than a duplex who have not cleared snow from their sidewalks yet! deadline is UP!

Why is the landscaping crew still at my apartment 5 hours after first waking me up with their noisy equipment

A few weeks ago, PATH announced a series of service expansions that will finally reverse this trend. Though paired with a rather steep fare increase, these changes will finally put weekend PATH service levels above where they were 25 years ago. Huge congrats to all the advicates who made this happen

Minneapolis has declared a snow emergency. Parking rules will begin at 9 p.m. tonight, Nov. 30. https://www.minneapolismn.gov/getting-around/snow/snow-emergencies/snow-parking-rules/

just spitballing here: a good slogan for dems in 2026 or 2028 might be BAN SCAMS

Imagine if they just subsidized newspapers and magazines the way they’re subsidizing this slop

I often wonder if this influenced the growth of boxy SUVs

Since @averyredbox.bsky.social currently has the other Visitel unit back in the MidWest that I bought during the show and I have mine out tonight we tried testing a picture call over VoIP and it worked!

The package room at my apartment is a disaster area. I'm dreading what it'll be like in a couple weeks

The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time." Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...

One of the wackiest things about Waymo is that their base car is a friggin' Jaguar i-Pace, which costs $73,000 before they even tack on the driving sensors and automation

"This? Oh nothing, just in case of gremlins"

today instead of buying barely discounted crap, get a paid subscription to an independent media outlet! a little $ goes a long way towards supporting a free press. 🗞️ drop links to your own or your faves in the replies so ppl can easily sign up (bonus if you add a couple words about why it’s good!):

"The truth, then, is that BNSF now has a lot of extra capacity that did not exist when Northstar was implemented. Therefore, there is no reason why multiple round trips to St. Cloud couldn’t be renegotiated with the railroad at this time." www.startribune.com/northstar-co...

Official data is in this week, and US solar continues to grow rapidly, with generation up 30% compared to last year!