I visited some of the defendants while they were being held in a North Texas jail, to hear their stories and experiences in incarceration over the last year. if you're wondering who these defendants are, my story will be up in the morning.

This all seems like a logical outgrowth of what I remember life in the American evangelical Christian church to be from about 20 years ago (when I left)

When the Cuyahoga River burned on June 22, 1969, it wasn’t the first time. So what made it the last time? Carl, Betty, and George. neorsd.medium.com/sparking-cha...

let me in your vacant and/or condemned buildings!

Someone has been projecting images all over D.C. “It’s swampier than ever.” The Kennedy Center one is pretty hilarious. 😂😂😂

We must organize techworkerscoalition.org

CW: Trash politics This week, someone took a portable AC unit we were throwing away because it didn’t work. Great! I figured they took it for scrap value. This morning, it is back??? Only in Saint Paul

Unlike so many other acquisitions, this one will only get more rewarding as you continue to use it

🚫🧊✈️ DALLAS SAYS NO ICE 🖕

We call this a groundswell. Good work everyone

a Sportsball has occurred

The marker revolution. Whenevir you are temptid to create a holidaye carde, invitacioun, etc wyth Gen AI: do not. Ynstead, use a trusty bolde marker on playne papir. Make it as simple as possible. Stick! figures! Everyone will knowe you made it. Everyone will knowe it ys yours. We win wyth markers.

Google seems to have turned the “let bikes take interesting shortcuts” knob a little too far

ICE flights. Monday, June 8, 2026. At least 66 flights on 27 planes, at least 15 removal flights. After one of the slowest days in months yesterday, these MFers are back at it.

Incumbent now for world cup referees to show FIFA what unity actually means, and refuse to officiate until Artan joins them. Enough of this racist bullshit already.

Felt a chill like a car drove over my grave when I found out the block I used to live on could have been razed for freeway construction. source: archives.hclib.org/repositories... (Line Diagram Map of the City of Minneapolis, 1959)

"The citizen group that was central to [I-35E freeway opposition in Saint Paul] was Residents in Protest 35E, or RIP 35E" Let's do cool names like this again! web.archive.org/web/20070809...

Who doesn’t wish for the opportunity to personally express their disapproval to a genocidal maniac?

Columbia Heights, MN city council just voted to CANCEL THEIR FLOCK CONTRACT!!! 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

Reminder that there will be a memorial for CDOT Complete Street Planner Riley O'Neil this evening in Bridgeport. bsky.app/profile/bike... There will be a group ride to Bridgeport leaving from Daley Plaza, 50 W. Washington St. at 6 PM. bsky.app/profile/acan...

Just a casual reminder that eliminating the ability of Jewish people to participate in sport and clubs was indeed a step towards the Final Solution. Genocide always starts with this kind of thing so that you'll have momentum to go along with the horrors to come. People are being conditioned.

New rule: you’re only allowed to park shared bikes in front of houses whose occupants need them most

Midtown Greenway and Lyndale Ave Minneapolis, MN 6/7/26

"But cities like Staunton and Charlottesville have cancelled their Flock contracts altogether after recognizing the risks. Richmond should follow their lead. It is time to turn the cameras off for good. It is never too late to do the right thing."

Today I walked Grand Ave from Dale to Snelling, during Grand Old Day. The festival's character actually shifted with the built form of the street -- in the east end with less car-oriented design, things seemed much more vibrant. Toward the west end: calmer and shadier, more religious solicitations.

Can we please return to precedented times? I wish to be bored again by the news.

Northeast Ohio Regional Liminal Spaces District

This was much better last year, with a clear access point for people biking. Not sure why we're going backwards, or why we have to relitigate this every single year. @jkupin4d19.bsky.social

MnDOT needs to hear from you about the 24th St pedestrian/bike bridge closure. Send them your comments: www.dot.state.mn.us/information/... (image shows how to fill the bottom of the form)

Good story here too if you haven’t seen: sahanjournal.com/public-safet... I work for the City & will keep asking questions in my role (& I’ll admit decisions are higher than me & MnDOT is key as I mentioned). Admittedly complex, but closing these crossings has real impacts as you noted

It's bad again in Chicago. Same with Minneapolis. These pigs want revenge for getting their asses handed to them by two winter cities full of courageous neighbors. Let's show em we know how to kick ass all summer long, too. I never go anywhere without a whistle these days. Do you have one?

Yes! Failing to pay attention to the edge cases hurts everyone

Scenes from 24th St and 26th St at Hiawatha from this morning (photos from a friend) - 24th St bridge totally closed - Incorrect signs at 26th directing people to detour via 24th MnDOT needs to pay any attention at all to people outside cars, please.

"Every map is the same map" The concentration of pedestrian connection closures across highways align perfectly with where the poorest people live. Who could have predicted this?! go.minneapolismn.gov/minneapolis-... is just greenwashing until the poorest people can safely get to non-car options.

Imagine you are at 24th and Cedar in Minneapolis, and you want to take the light rail (~1200 ft or 1/5 mi away). You have to get past Hiawatha/MN-55, so what are your options, without walking into car traffic? Take the red or orange path. (orange questionable due to construction at 26th/Hiawatha)

Jacob Frey: professional pusher of problems to other locations and times

It finally happened. MnDOT have closed the 24th St pedestrian/bike bridge across Hiawatha. Now you have to go all the way to 28th St on the south, or (lol) 5th on the north to get across Hiawatha in the Franklin/Cedar area, if you want to cross Hiawatha and stay legal. Ridiculous.

Something big is coming. You can almost see the shape of it through the trees

I don't know what everyone's complaining about. Just go to settings > features > worms, then change the "worms pouring out of my phone" toggle from "yes" to "maybe later"

“The moment you honor the man who committed the injustice, you have told us exactly where you stand. Minnesota is watching. And we will remember in November.” Read this article for free here: open.substack.com/pub/jazzhamp...

a school bus driving southbound on snelling jumped the median at Hewitt, plowed through the Hamline Universite sign, and came to a stop halfway into an academic building. holy shit. northbound snelling is bumper to bumper emergency vehicles.

Decades ago, I supported mandatory helmet laws for people riding bikes. Then I was convinced by evidence and the bigger picture that such laws are actually counter-productive in many ways. This NZ article explains some. I support helmets, but not mandatory helmet laws. Build safe infrastructure.

No place to park

NEW: A group of activists have built an awesome new tool to help immigration attorneys and the general public know when an ICE flight is headed to their area. gillianbrockell.com/habeas-fligh...

This is Saint Paul.

Among the other atrocities at Delaney Hall last night, state police in riot gear attacked and arrested an elderly man playing a cello through the tear gas and mounted police assault. Well done, Mikie Sherrill. He was so dangerous.

ICE flights. Friday, May 29, 2026. At least 88 flights on 30 planes, the most I've recorded. At least nine removal stops.

GOD. DAMN. This Louisiana man fucking COOKED like I’ve seen very few people cook before.