Matt Beckman
@daphsci.bsky.social
Bikes, sweat, sandwiches, dogs, guitar, gardening, science, Daphnia.
This is great news. Minneapolis desperately needs a new bike map. Spread the word and share with any creative folks you know.
Alex Schieferdecker@alexschief.bsky.social · 41m agoMeet Minneapolis is looking to commission a local artist or designer to create an illustrated cycling map of Minneapolis! I'm hoping to see some unique visual languages and cartographic ideas come out of this. More details: minneapolis-2021.s3.amazonaws.com/images/Cycli...
Doctors say that you should eat a balanced diet that includes whole grains and fresh fruits and vegetables. A guy who snorts cocaine off toilet seat seats and doesn’t wipe his ass says you should subsist entirely on sauerkraut and steak. For a busy eaters it can be hard to know who to trust.
SHOUT OUT to Mike Luckovich: one of the all-time great political cartoonists. 🏆 With corporate media doing such a poor job in these most perilous of times, his work is more vital than ever! THANK YOU @mluckovich.bsky.social!!! 🙏
Brown University has a widget that tracks the cost of the Iran war to American consumers (as contrasted to whatever the Pentagon is spending). Per-household cost now exceeds $600. iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu
oh cool so you created 5 million new jobs for those people right?
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayRollins: "For those who love work and celebrate work and want people to work and not be on food stamps, it's a pretty big win when we've moved 5 million people off food stamps, y'all."
The owner of a coffee shop in Madison, MN, where I spent part of my childhood, is worried about outside protestors "not respecting our neighbors" in Appleton where the ICE Concentration Camp is being opened this fall. Totally disconnected and deranged. www.facebook.com/MercantileCo...
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Yesterday while biking on W. River Pkwy, nearing the Stone Arch Bridge parking lot a large truck nearly hit me as I crossed in the "crosswalk" with the right of way. The woman driving this large black GMC truck with Texas plates said she didn't see me. She couldn't--truck too high. MPRB is asleep!
More cops have been arrested for using flock cameras to stalk women than there are transgender athletes in youth sports.
So the DEMS didn't pay the writer of the 2024 autopsy and then the guy didn't deliver on time and the report didn't have good documentation. Why would any leader of an organization not pay the researcher/writer of such an important document? Martin needs to go. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...
Author of Democrats’ 2024 Autopsy Says Party Left Out Key Chapter (Gift Article)
A dispute over the chapter between the author and the Democratic National Committee has added to the party’s turmoil as it tries to look forward, not backward.
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It makes no sense for the police to be allowed to do this. But if we’re going to do it, let’s let another dept have a turn. I propose public works gets as much money as they can spend in the interest of safety - walk/bike/traffic calming infrastructure.
Eric@ericandredion.bsky.social · 21h agono other city department can just spend what they want and tell the city after the fact that the money is spent and gone
This truck was just parked on the Hennepin bikeway ramp to Bryant. Minneapolis is too hesitant to put solid barriers (like concrete bollards) to cars where it is obvious we need them, and it’s leading to an infestation of drivers violating spaces where they inconvenience and harm everyone else.
A civilian medical plane went down after an experimental US military GPS jamming test reportedly disrupted its radar. Every person aboard lost their life. www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...
BREAKING NEWS! The Senate has paused the OMB rule that would put Trump appointees in charge of federal spending. Next step - Contact your MoC and tell them to permanently REVOKE THE RULE: zurl.co/1SXEN Article: zurl.co/23mF8
Senate finalizes funding patch that would block Trump’s grant overhaul
Language is included to delay the president’s move to put political appointees in charge of grant approval.
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#Minneapolis #Minnesota Automobile violence not being acknowledged even by liberal politicians who are just ignoring this. We need to hold them accountable!
Miles Grant@milesgrant.bsky.social · 5d agoCops have stopped enforcing road safety laws nationwide & no electeds are *acknowledging* it, never mind trying to solve it
You could grow a spine and do your damn jobs.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayCornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"
We should not be building these in the Mississippi River Gorge (or in close proximity): 1) Dog parks with water access 2) Data centers that'll use lots of water 3) Concert venues Why is this even controversial? Are we that divorced from the importance of this river?
Maddow asked #JamesTalarico about attacks on #trans people and those who think that to win, Dems must "moderate" on trans rights. Talarico answered, "I don't believe we win by selling people out." #Texas
Shenanigans around tile drainage and wetland easements on the SD/MN border: bluestemprairie.substack.com/p/call-for-i...
Call for input on wetlands regulations should catch South Dakotans’ attention
Brad Johnson's commentary deserves Northeast South Dakotan's full attention
bluestemprairie.substack.com
I'm a full Professor of Immunology and fully vaccinated. I didn't get vaccinated out of obedience, but after decades of studying the immune system and evaluating all evidence. Calling that "lack of critical thinking" is not an argument. It's ideology masked as pretend intellect.
We shouldn't do public financing of stadiums but if we must then the cities/states putting up money deserve an equity stake in the team. Fair is fair
burn it all down@russbengtson.bsky.social · 3d agothe big problem with sports franchise valuations skyrocketing and continuing to do so is that the only people who can afford to be team owners anymore are the worst fuckin people on earth. unfortunately this also applies to every other company in every other industry.
If I was this stupid and incompetent, I would be out of a job... just saying.
Minnesota’s Superior National Forest received a $10 million grant in 2024 to cover wildfire prevention efforts, then DOGE delayed funding. now, parts of that area are burning. I spoke with a former wildland firefighter who says the cuts made the fire worse. youtu.be/0cbI9_CNZmM?...
Fmr. fire ranger: DOGE DELAYED a $10 million wildfire grant. It ‘would’ve really helped us’
YouTube video by MS NOW
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RFK told Dana Bash that Lyme disease “almost certainly” came from gain of function research. Which is utterly false. www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...
Lyme Disease Did Not Come From a Secret Military Lab, Contrary to FDA Chief's Claim
Bacterium that causes it circulated long before the lab opened, decades of evidence show
medpagetoday.com
Trump knows exactly who is responsible for this attack, and knows that other states were hit too. This is what modern warfare looks like, and it further illustrates there’s no plan to win a war with Iran. www.cnn.com/2026/07/31/p...
Sweeping cyberattack on water systems in multiple states has US officials on edge | CNN Politics
Hackers have targeted water systems in several US states in a coordinated cyberattack that has caused some utilities to issue boil-water notices and switch to manual mode, taking their systems offline...
cnn.com
Both Trump AND Iran have attacked Minnesota in the last six months now... Seems perverse
Lindsay Beyerstein@beyerstein.bsky.social · 5d agoI can't stress enough what a crisis this is. Trump's own intelligence agencies concluded that Iran attacked Minnesota's critical infrastructure and Trump is saying that it's Minnesota's own fault and denying it was Iran. The federal government won't defend blue states in a literal war.
