From 1925: a prediction that, as more people choose to drive to the countryside, cars will end up destroying the very beauty that people go to see.

Had a great time biking with our endorsed candidate for Ramsey County D3 Rebecca Noecker and @saintpaulbike.bsky.social yesterday, from downtown to Battle Creek Park in East Side🚴🏼‍♂️🚴🏾‍♀️🚴🏿 Rebecca is the best choice for residents on transportation - whether they bike, walk, drive, bus, or roll!

As we discussed the heatwave, I asked the old punk if she ever worries that it’s too late, that we’ve already lost, and after a quiet moment the old punk replied that what really worries her are the people who say that it’s too late to justify their complacency.

Listen: when you hear it reported that this week Paris, France, has seen more days above 40°C than it had in the years from 1872 to 2019, it is vital to understand that this is not the end of the world, rather it is a sign that the world we knew has already ended.

Wow, quote of the YEAR from Angie Craig on Almanac last week: “I think people are most upset with democrats because we use a lot of rhetoric that fires them up at a campaign rally but we actually don’t accomplish anything.” Word.

My god, the window situation. What…happened here…? Does going with windows scaled for a house one fifth the size of this architectural vomit really save that much money?

100% this.

Pretty much St. Paul neighborhood politics in a nutshell.

She’s been amazing so far and I’m sorry so many people on this site don’t follow the news closely enough to see it.

When communities ask for real bollards or actual protective pedestrian islands and MnDOT just provides plastic flexiposts, people die. It’s really that simple. And sad. www.twincities.com/2026/05/27/s...

Lest anyone accuse me of bargaining in bad faith here, let me start with this admission: I don't think AI is intelligent; nor do I think that the current (admittedly impressive) statistical techniques will lead to intelligence. 1/

To be very clear for anybody seeing this post who doesn’t follow St. Paul politics, Bowie is the woman on the right!

Truth bomb right here. ⬇️⬇️⬇️

So much to say. One, not a single like or repost on Bluesky here. (Noted) Two, I genuinely didn’t think the fraud story could get worse, but it turns out DHS employees were giving themselves bonuses for running programs that were >90% fraudulent (like Housing Stabilization). Unreal.

Livid about this. tcjewfolk.com/2026/04/30/r...

the alternatives to simply redoing the same highway are so much more inspiring, functional, & represent a world I want to live in. It's sad, confusing, stupid how stuck in the past MnDOT is. They're literally the dept of transpo & they have no interest in improving how they operate or see the future

UNREAL. 😍😍😍

Important reality to think about, especially on this platform:

100%. Same goes for the judgement I get for driving a used Nissan Leaf. Not only did I want an EV, but it was literally one of the cheapest options last summer when my Prius died.

Entire downtown buildings in foreclosure, restaurants closing left and right, new projects stalled for years, but at least butter is doing well.

Spoiler alert: nothing trickled down.

This is a great example of leadership. Ramsey County is wrong about the benefits of the CP Ford Spur. Rebecca Noecker will fight to acquire this public space for people walking and biking in West 7th, and it'll pay off in spades.

Word.

I love knowing this, while also knowing that I’m probably going to spend 4-6 hours/month of my free time for the next 6 years battling MnDOT to include basic items like street trees, pedestrian infrastructure, and bike lanes in their West 7th project. Cool, cool, cool.

I’ve definitely butted heads with Sean on a few things, but overall enjoy working with him. And he’s a St. Paul guy. The new lady lives in…Shakopee? We’re going to entrust the care of our streets to someone living in the exurbs? I don’t like it.

Same.

Oof. Tough week for Melvin Carter! Bummer to see so much money and staff time wasted on a project that went nowhere. I’m so glad we have a new mayor focused on core city functions and economic development.

An absolute must watch, people! I was there in person and much of the analysis presented felt like a gut punch. The current state of the city is very sobering. But we have to understand the problem to start fixing it, I guess.

Thinking of all the critical funding requests that were rejected in this era of “austerity” while people who were voted out could walk away with massive bonuses. Thanks, Melvin. www.startribune.com/st-paul-melv...

Pisses me off that a bunch of greedy speculators “flipped” the property (while actually doing literally nothing to improve it) making a cool million or so each time, and now the community-centered land trust had to pay basically double the cost just to acquire the land.

Yeah, the weather was super nice today! ….if you’re into apocalyptic climate collapse of all life systems on which we depend.

I am so, so sick of women getting killed by males who have already been arrested multiple times. Some individuals just have no decency or respect for life. A civil society cannot exist when such individuals are allowed free with no consequences.

Great. If you read the fine print (meaning the full article), he also has two recent DWI convictions and was abusive to his girlfriend. I can almost guarantee you he murders a woman within the next five years. #femicide

So only 6 out of 500 of Minnesota’s autism service “providers” applied to for a license under the new (completely reasonable and should have been mandatory 5 years ago) requirements. That seems kind of sus, no?

Finally snagged a copy of this and now I’m ready to get super depressed.

Editor pounding the desk: Bleaker. Bleaker!

This is heartbreaking and infuriating. And even more appalling, nobody and I mean NOBODY on the left is talking about this. Vulnerable people we supposedly care about are being put onto the streets becuase of this mass theft. Democrats must start talking about this. youtu.be/eqzgF4q8tMk?...

As a conservation biologist and winter sports enthusiast, please do not come at me with: “Isn’t this weather great!” No, it isn’t great; it is beyond bleak. It’s barely mid-February and the outdoor skating rinks are closing. Don’t even get me started on the ecological ramifications of this.

Stuff like this is why I stay on Twitter. Sorry.

Correction: A Hmong child bride who killed her **rapist** years ago dreads her next ICE check-in. www.twincities.com/2026/02/08/s...

Well I’m glad they’ll be able to be reused! Reduce, reuse, recycle, ya’ll.

worth noting that the second rich people stopped being afraid of mobs tearing them limb from limb, they stopped building libraries and opera houses and stuff and started ripping the copper wiring out of the walls of society instead

I totally get that marches and rallies and vigils have their place, but today after coming back from the ice shanties we drove past at least three of these sorts of events before we got to the Mexican street food place on Lyndale for lunch. We were the only three customers at 1:30PM.

Jesus, that is terrifying.

Comments off, I see. It seems we’ve reached a new low in the debate. So because the folks who wanted to save the trees had a meeting at their local church (a year ago?) that has now been revealed to have an ICE staff as a pastor, this means that SOS is somehow ICE aligned. Do I have that right?

Holy shit, they took Georgia Fort.

The killing of Alex Pretti and the grotesque lying was an overreach by the administration. They've paid a price and had to pull back a bit. But it's when there's some disarray that the democratic opposition needs to intensify the offensive, and turn a marginal tactical success into a major victory.

“What good are sports if they prompt us to feign normalcy?” Just wanna go on record here and say I’ve been asking this question since at least 2015.