one thing that’s dying out in the next generation or so is knowing roads. my parents will ask me shit like “how’d you get there? 178? 232?” buddy i went where the computer told me.

Pages and pages of map quest screens, poorly fit to page. And the third page was smudged AF from having to change the cartridges mid job

I want our next Dem president to bring back the WPA and just build infrastructure all across this country again. Build green energy, trains, housing, etc. We can have nice things (and nice bathrooms), but we have to invest in ourselves!

jeremy winter says claims today that traffic medians will hurt local businesses are not true, cites a study that they do not equate to loss of business. same with loss of parking, red cow and lowry had massive parking lots but still went out of business

50-60 trees impacted by lyndale ave s reconstruction, brought down from originally around 90. new design will have more green space, supports existing sidewalk cafes and adding more, suggesting the possibility of a business district

public works director tim sexton is the mayor of minneapolis now

in 2022 lyndale was subject of pilot program for 4 to 3 conversion which they call a success with positive feedback from the community. it reduced speeds on the street which improved safety for all. crashes dropped by over half, 57% reduction. “very impressive.”

Someone has reworked my Wikipedia in preparation from my book publication. For example, they changed by bio to say "political operative" (I haven't worked in politics in over 8 years). FYI if you're a Wikipedia editor with an interest in fighting petty fascists... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gil_Duran

Konichiwa inshallah

Screaming "WHO FUNDS YOU" at a man with a bin on his head, in a cool, non-rattled manner

I think @govandybeshear.bsky.social should just appoint a Dem to fill McConnell’s seat. It would force proof of life, and the state law that stripped him of that power should be challenged in court. I’m sure Thune would refuse to seat the appointee, but I think it’s a fight worth having. BE BOLD!

This story keeps getting more evil.

A city that has leading ped intervals and 2 way bikeways should NOT allow right turn on red for drivers. RTOR decreases the safety benefits of the ped interval and 2 way bikeways bc IME drivers *cannot* be trusted to look for bikes & peds when they’re checking for car traffic to turn.

I think Binface can beat Susan Collins

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My biggest fear lately is that if I describe myself as anti-consumption, people might get confused and think that I'm opposed to tuberculosis.

Fuckin RIP Bonnie

RIP Bonnie Tyler

Transit stations should drop you/pick up directly outside major destinations like this. It's insanely stupid to make transit users march across a sea of asphalt or wait out in one. Especially strip malls with a grocery store.

I think people have a hard time intuitively understanding that this method of inquiry is far more effective than debating fascists. They're all bad faith crazy talkers. You gotta uno reverse that shit.

This ignores all our cis brothers and sisters who want to kill him too

Imagine what kinda society you could build if all corporate fines were the total value of the company.

a political movement? doing digital organizing? communicating with each other? scandalous.

[laughs in Stephen King]

Good to see it set out in detail like this rather than vague promises about "BRT".

If anyone is wondering whether @mcbl.bike is still endorsed by the opossum community in south Minneapolis, the answer is: yes. This friendo, who I have named Ossum O’Possum, met me at the door to our garage tonight as I came back from mplsqueerbook.club.

being in the DSA is fun because you get to spend most of your time helping people with social anxiety canvass for democratic school board candidates and then go online to see people with blue wave emojis in their bios compare you to pol pot

“A simple data-entry error, magnified and broadcast nationwide by a growing surveillance network operated through an opaque partnership between a private company and public agencies, led police to identify me as a car thief and set up a sting to take me down.”

26th and Harriet getting what the far left cuckoo bananas child lobby calls a "safe route to school" project. But real pragmatic types know it as the war on cars. They say walking peaked in the 80s. Cars are the future. www.minneapolismn.gov/government/p...

Clearly the voters can't be trusted!

Whenever I buy drugs, I do it in a closed air market like Jesus intended

We teach our kids not to give up, so we won't either. 💪 The fight is far from over and every little bit will make a difference to the world our kids will inherit. There are many ways to get involved in the climate movement, and we can help you find an action that works for you. 🌱 #climate #kids

DAWG WE'RE DOING STATE-RUN GAS PRICES AT PRICE CONTROLLED RATES DESPITE INCREASING SHORTAGES TO PACIFY THE PEOPLE AND THEY'RE SCREAMING ABOUT HOW THEIR OPPONENTS WANT COMMUNISM I AM GOING TO LOSE MY ENTIRE GODDAMN MIND

Americans have really weird ideas about safety and infrastructure needs for peds and cyclists. Bikes, peds, cars, trains, all in the same space without traffic lights or stop signs

How a real reporter asks a question.

[Shutting the car door behind me] “They didn’t have oysters in this gas station either” [Family of otters in the back seat pointing angrily at the next exit sign]

FUN FACT: Karl Marx was born in 1818.

There’s a scene in the dystopian sci-fi movie Minority Report where Tom Cruise’s character is riding in an autonomous vehicle that gets remotely commandeered by the police to bring him into custody. The audience is supposed to see this as flagrant disregard for privacy and due process.

Facebook’s own researchers found that “64% of all extremist group joins are due to our recommendation tools”, an internal report in 2016 found. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

A developer made a browser extension called "Knockoff" that shows what a wasteland Amazon truly is by filtering out brands like "GODONLIF" "EHEYCIGA," ROTTOGOON," and sponsored products. Useful and illustrative even if you don't use Amazon www.404media.co/knockoff-bro...

And 50 years later, things are... not going great

4/ I’m not a big one for bipartisanship=best because often big change needed. But it’s important if I’m gonna criticize pols not in my faction to also thank them. City would be better if there was more thoughtful out-of-faction votes (not just compromise for compromise sake) so happy to encourage.

I just saw the words “My Mom had a zine…” and never felt older.

There’s no scientific basis to many of the public health concerns some critics have with solar development, an expert told ProPublica. “People try to come up with a rationale to justify their dislike of things they dislike for other reasons.” (Published April)

Why does Gael Duval peddle Chat Control rhetoric for his and Murena /e/OS paymasters? Well...