This workshop led by my colleague @tangythai.bsky.social should be awesome -- register below!

This @ourstreetsmn.org new Policy Specialist job opening is 🔥! Bring Back Sixth, anti-displacement, highway removal--among lots of other good things. Spread the word to qualified folks you may know! www.ourstreetsmn.org/about/policy...

2 days till the Ride for Rent! Spread the word!! Register: bit.ly/3PO9VLC Ride & Fundraise: www.gofundme.com/create/fundr... Fundraiser Toolkit: docs.google.com/document/d/1... Donate: www.gofundme.com/f/ride-for-r...

This Saturday, register for the Ride to Rent! Next Saturday, get riding! www.eventbrite.com/e/ride-for-r...

One week till the Ride for Rent! Register: bit.ly/3PO9VLC Ride & Fundraise: www.gofundme.com/create/fundr... Fundraiser Toolkit: docs.google.com/document/d/1... Donate: www.gofundme.com/f/ride-for-r...

Do you love to ride bikes in the spring in Minnesota? Here’s a chance for a group ride to benefit rent funds!

Super to have @bikemn.bsky.social boosting the Ride for Rent! Mark your calendars, strap on your helmet: April 11, meet 10:30am @ MLK Park, roll out at 11:00 www.bikemn.org/events/ride-...

Mark your calendars! 11 days till the Ride for Rent!

The Ride for Rent is on! Rent assistance fundraiser for Neighbors Helping Neighbors. April 11. Meet @ MLK Park, 10:30 am, roll out @ 11. 14-mile slow roll ending at Arbeiter Brewing w/ fun stops too. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/ride-for-r... Give here: www.gofundme.com/f/ride-for-r...

What's the score at halftime?? Just check out this @streets.mn piece -- a must-read for transportation advocates and citizens alike. streets.mn/2026/03/25/2...

We are looking for an artist/designer/illustrator to design the poster and t-shirts for Open Streets Minneapolis this year. More about the opportunity: www.ourstreetsmn.org/2026/03/13/a...

I had the blessing to attend an @kenyonreview.bsky.social adult residential Writers Workshop a few years ago. But for those who can't make it in person explore their online offerings!

“The idea is of the spectacle: Invent photography to sterilize our battles — to preserve artifice in silver gelatin and fixities of light.” —Sasha Burshteyn kenyonreview.org/piece/light-...

When I read @victoriachang.bsky.social's "Dear Memory" it send my mind on fire. An amazing book by an amazing writer & teacher!

If you build it, they will come. When I taught in Boston & lived in mid-Cambridge in the late 2000's/early 2010's, I relied on an at-that-time-impressive network of striped bike lanes. Awesome to see the leveled-up protected network yielding ridership gains! mass.streetsblog.org/2026/03/10/c...

Start by examining the costs, revenues, and opportunity costs of parking spaces vs. urban infill ... and you might just end up at highway/off-ramp removal as a solution! @streets.mn streets.mn/2026/03/09/n...

Minnesota lawmaker Katie Jones rode in a cargo e-bike to the hospital for her baby's birth. Her husband, Peter Schmitt, pedaled the two miles there. On the return journey, their son Hans – all 8 pounds and 1 ounce of him – was bundled up and handled it just fine, Jones said.

There are important lessons for all cities and all transit systems here: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

On top of the critical health, equity, livability, environmental reasons, in a state & region with current & probably future budget challenges here's the economic case for highway removal. Minneapolis coming in at $14b development potential... www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Among the bright spots of a rough winter has been the ascent of the Gophers women's bball team...with a legit shot at hosting NCAA tourney rounds 1&2 at home, this bracket is going to be close at hand the next 5 days bigten.org/wbb/article/...

Amid language like "drawdown" and "bring to an end," it's imperative to continue to keep the facts front and center about the ongoing ICE presence & the massive impacts it continues to have on neighbors' lives, livelihoods, health, education, safety, & much more. www.startribune.com/close-to-650...

This beautiful @streets.mn piece by @eriknoonan.bsky.social is a witness, a document, and a call to action. Our streets can and must be human-centered third spaces. streets.mn/2026/03/03/s...

Nice to see this @wedge.live pod from @ourstreetsmn.org ED @yeswaydrjose.bsky.social top of my feed when I woke up this morning! And I can't wait to get out to an Open Streets... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

That is the question. From @victoriachang.bsky.social's book, The Trees Witness Everything: bit.ly/treeswitness #poem #booksky #writing

video from iceout.org earlier today at the whipple outside minneapolis shows a hennepin county sheriff’s deputy shoving the head of a protestor who was already tackled into the ground we need someone to challenge dawanna witt for sheriff. this brutality happening under her watch is unacceptable

Time to press pause (well past time, actually ...) better94.org/Take-Action/

The Met Council Transportation Advisory Board is seeking applicants to fill a vacant 26-27 term for Transit Mode Representative. I served for two years & enjoyed the experience. The seat has gone vacant 3 months. Spread the word & DM me if you'd like to know more! metrocouncil.org/Council-Meet...

Great piece on roundabouts from @keawilson.bsky.social & how to make them more widely implemented. Relatedly, at smaller intersections there's also tons of opportunities to create low-speed, all-yield semi-shared space through quick-build traffic circles. usa.streetsblog.org/2026/02/26/i...

In Minneapolis, the needs are widespread. A fundraiser for the school a friend teaches at in North Mpls. Spread the word! www.gofundme.com/f/Help-Olson...

My kids' school is just one of countless schools where kids are still staying home, trapped inside & in fear & their families at risk of eviction. But you can help by chipping in to our fundraiser: www.gofundme.com/f/support-mi... www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

This interview with James Ciano -- so important & so powerful www.poetryfoundation.org/podcasts/ser...

Forthcoming April 7: CLOUDWATCHER by MICHAEL BAZZETT, winner of the 2025 Stern Prize from The American Poetry Review! In today's #coverfeature, BAZZETT tells us about the uncanny resemblance—and rightness—between his speaker, self, and cover figure:

Streets of an Occupied City: https://streets.mn/2026/02/20/streets-of-an-occupied-city/ As Minneapolis and St. Paul community members resist the occupation of federal immigration enforcement agents, streets and buildings have become one place where that resistance becomes public.

March is right around the corner, and with it March rent. So many of our neighbors need help to be able to stay in their homes and keep food on the table right now. Here are some amazing mutual aid efforts being organized by Ward 8 neighbors. Please contribute and share as you are able.

I just mapped the Metro Transit route from the public library where I'm working to a doctor's appointment at HCMC, and Google Maps suggested a flight to Ho Chi Minh City at the cost of $1192 and 21 hours of time. Guess it's time to start using the Transit App. Or travel more widely!

#23 IN THE NATION!! I've had so much fun cheering for the @goldengophersports.bsky.social women's bball team the last 3 years & this ranking reflects their serious rise & balanced attack. 2 more home games. Dollar-for-dollar it's the best bball in the Cities.

Palette Poetry's Rising Poet Prize open for submissions. Looks like a really cool opportunity. I guess by applying I can nurture the notions that I'm both a "poet" and "rising"?? palettepoetry.submittable.com/submit/34820...

Apps open for the Walking College! WC helped take my nascent interest in sustainable transpo & transform it into more sustained advocacy, beginning with lots of fun projects w/ @lauragmitchell.com around the Lyndale school/neighborhood! americawalks.org/programs/wal...

This Sunday!! 4pm central time! The emergency isn't over, our neighbors still need rent and we can still help ❤️ Donate and register here: emergencypoems.substack.com/p/emergency-...

Always great to see such widespread benefits from reallocating road space to more sustainable uses. Fewer crashes, traffic volume decrease, increase in bicycling. Safer & better for everybody. Repaving, esp on overbuilt roads = opportunities to do better! mass.streetsblog.org/2026/02/10/t...

I was lucky enough to be in community with writers during a @loftliterarycenter.bsky.social class two weekends ago--a reminder of how important it is to seek moments of healing, connection & beauty amid the trauma of occupation & the duties of resistance.

Shocking video of Witt‘s sheriffs acting exactly like ICE. These are not Feds, this is local law enforcement. www.startribune.com/ice-hennepin...

Please continue to observe, patrol, and support our immigrant neighbors. We still need the help of our neighbors. We cannot let our guards down as this is far from over. Jason Chavez 4/

They've dressed it up differently, but it's same thing, day after day

This is what they consider “de-escalating." They don’t know the resiliency of Ward 9 neighbors though. We aren’t stopping until the whole dam system is abolished.

We’ll be meeting at Uncommon Grounds, near the intersection of the B and E lines, from 2 – 4 PM on Saturday, February 14, 2026. Simply join us for conversation and community, with whatever time and energy you want. streets.mn/2026/01/30/e...

Last night I put together an email to friends/family for a fundraiser to support some families' rents, expecting it would take days to raise. 3 min after pressing send, 20% was raised. By this morning 80%.