This is an example of the privatization of social problems & the burden of individualism. This is neoliberalism, creating serious problems & strapping responsibility for fixing them on individuals. This is what I wrote my new book, Personal Responsibility, Inc. about.

ICE is the modern day Gestapo.@yourfavecussy.bsky.social · 19h ago

Unbelievable that they are still pushing these citizen orientated narratives while they allow data centers to be built in our city and in our state. What kind of upside down world are we living in?

I’m using my executive authority to ban nonferrous mining in the Boundary Waters.    As far as my administration is concerned, the fight for the future of the Boundary Waters is over. The verdict is in. The decision is made. We will protect this place.

Remember friends, we want speed cameras. We don’t want ALPRs. I’m tired of being almost killed by people running red lights.

NPR@npr.org · 4d ago

Millions of drivers across the country are encountering speed cameras for the first time, or will soon. Some don't like it, but advocates say there's clear evidence that cameras make roads safer. n.pr/4gwT62D

“This is for my granddaughter,” Scott said with a smile. “She’s only 15 months old, but I know she’s going to be a stellar athlete one day.” 🙄🤮

Robert Moffitt@justplainbob.bsky.social · yesterday

As I have said before, those people are always offering solutions to problems we don't have. www.minnpost.com/elections/20...

New from 404 Media: we solved which AI company is buying massive shipments of rare books, scanning and destroying them to train AI. We put an Apple AirTag in a rare book, followed it. It ended up at an Amazon facility. Its logo is a dinosaur ripping through a book www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...

We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility

We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.

404media.co

This is a consistent finding every few years. And it’s not a surprise. Almost ANYTHING will be more efficient and cost-effective than our current “system” 🤷🏻‍♂️

Jen Taub@jentaub.bsky.social · 2d ago

“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.” ysph.yale.edu/news-article...

He didn’t change. They did.

wild this article doesn’t even mention that james o’keefe did this stunt with cam higby, a well known right wing troll aka the guy who infiltrated a ton of rapid response signal chats in minnesota months ago and leaked from them! feels like the local media is completely missing this angle!

MPR News@mprnews.org · 4d ago

A new video from conservative provocateur James O’Keefe shows him and members of his team posing as Muslim Minnesotans and questioning Minneapolis election workers about the state’s vouching system. State and local officials are reviewing the encounters.

Would be great traffic calming to randomly shut off people's vehicles in traffic no matter what they're driving. Keep people on their toes.

Erik Ostrom@erikostrom.bsky.social · 4d ago

Tripped the no-go on 11th over the freeway Just for a few seconds, in the bike lane Still didn’t like it

My colleagues published an op-ed in response to the Mayor's proposed 2.5% levy. www.minnpost.com/community-vo...

A message to the city of Minneapolis: Consolidation would hurt our parks

The quality of our Minneapolis parks would erode under consolidation and be an ineffective use of taxpayer dollars.

minnpost.com

Just like the car dealership owners wanted

Larry Higgs@commutinglarry.bsky.social · 6d ago

Unintended consequence of NJ's new e-bike law. Bike shop business is drying up as customers balk at the new law requirements www.nj.com/news/2026/08...

I wrote a whole article based on Zach's post from back in July. Here you go! www.minnpost.com/cityscape/20...

A ‘kissing canopy’ is getting harder to find on Twin Cities streets

In many areas, our trees are too small and streets are too big, making it harder to find a branching crown 'kissing canopy' overhead.

minnpost.com

Pedaling Professor@pedalingprof.bsky.social · last mo.

A gorgeous kissing canopy like this means that even on a hot sunny day, blocks like this offer a cooler, shady route to travel, especially helpful when moving under your own power & not in a rolling living room. Now we just need to legalize narrower streets that make this even easier to accomplish!

I'm not the first person to say this, but the bike industry in the U.S. is really missing a huge opportunity by not aggressively defending and promoting e-bikes. I think this is largely the result of it being an industry built on recreational cycling and not transit riding.

Notice something different? METRO station displays on bus rapid transit lines now show predicted departure times and the locations of approaching buses. The “Show My Bus” feature launched systemwide this week after a successful State Fair pilot last year.

Paved Paradise is a great book! Someone should interview the author and publish that in a podcast form on @streets.mn and release it early September.

Benjamin Fry@bluejekyll.bsky.social · last wk.

“Drive till you qualify for a mortgage, and then spend the rest of your life driving for work.” — Paved Paradise God damned that hits hard.

www.twincities.com/2026/08/11/s...

St. Paul Nut Roll bike ride to celebrate candy bar ahead of Pearson closure

The looming closure of the Pearson’s Candy factory on West Seventh Street won’t stop the fifth annual St. Paul Nut Roll bike ride, which celebrates the company’s iconic red-wrappered treat.

twincities.com

Nice reflection on Amtrak and the sad state of US infrastructure politics. open.substack.com/pub/damagema...

Foaming for Breakdown

YouTubers documenting their Amtrak journeys unwittingly offer a sad window into American decline. But they’re also keeping the hope alive that the US might see the infrastructural renewal it needs.

open.substack.com

Remember how they tracked down like, 90 yo random former nazis who were grandpas in Chicago? These dudes should know we can do that again.

Aaron Fritschner@fritschner.bsky.social · last wk.

Video of an ICE agent pulling a gun on a wife and mother, who is a US citizen born and raised in the area, near Bailey's Crossroads in Northern Virginia yesterday. Chillingly, they claimed she “almost ran them over” until she told them she had video proving that was a lie.

Your voice and your vote matter. Make a plan to vote or return your ballot by 8 PM today when polls close. You can find your polling location here: MNVotes.org

"During the arrest, police say the officer's unoccupied squad car hit the man. We know that sounds confusing. We're looking for more information."

“I am heading into my first budget session with a clear goal: invest in our communities like they have invested in our city.

Soren Stevenson: As Frey considers painful cuts, Minneapolis is overspending on police

Residents are bracing for cuts to critical services and yet another property tax hike in the mayor’s 2027 city budget, the Ward 8 council member writes.

startribune.com

Gold Line is going to be such a good line in 2027! Big year for Twin Cities transit with Green Line Rich people extension opening too.

Gold Line rapid transit bus will soon reach downtown Minneapolis

And Minneapolis gets money to study ways to improve traffic flow at three Camden neighborhood railroad crossings.

startribune.com

Thank you, NBC, for noting this is in fact an American city. Too many people here pretend it isn't.

NBC News@nbcnews.com · last wk.

A major humanitarian crisis is unfolding in a San Juan, Puerto Rico. Hundreds of thousands of people in and around the American city are facing rolling water shutoffs brought on by an historic drought. NBC News’ George Solis reports from a well that locals are using to get their water.

Drivers break the law more often than people on bikes. And due to basic physics (size, weight, speed) drivers pose a far more deadly threat when they do so.

Cyclists Break Far Fewer Road Rules Than Motorists, Finds New Video Study

Busting the myth of the "scofflaw cyclist" Danish Road Directorate studies reveal that while 66% of motorists routinely break road traffic laws only 5% of cyclists do so. Law breaking by cyclists is h...

forbes.com

There's a joke going around South Dakota right now from this; Q: where's the horse's back side? A: It's right there, holding the reins!

CNN@cnn.com · last wk.

A life-size bronze statue of former head of Homeland Security and ex-South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem was unveiled in Pierre as part of the state's Trail of Governors, with her official portrait also revealed at the ceremony.

Elizabeth Shaffer endorsing candidates simply because they have "A" names is an incredibly shallow standard. Shame on her. Elections are serious stuff.

I start work on my dissertation proposal in 2 weeks and will be incorporating this idea into said work.

Coraline Jortay 喬海霖@qiaoj.bsky.social · last wk.

Got a new google scholar notification, so I go check and find this very cool poem by Wang Jibing 王计兵, the recent Lu Xun prize winner, prefacing a PhD thesis on women migrant workers and the gig economy PhD students in all disciplines: more poems in theses please, we love to see them! ✨💫

This is an awful idea! I understand we’re facing major county cost pressures due to HR1, but cutting from our popular and heavily utilized library system to save 0.4% on the tax levy is bad strategy. Weakens a popular service and doesn’t nearly plug the hole. www.startribune.com/hennepin-cou...

Hennepin County libraries to limit hours and staffing

Rising health costs and uncertain federal funding pushed Hennepin County libraries to propose limiting services.

startribune.com

@thunderbird.net how much longer before tb.pro goes general availability?

Thundermail Email Hosting — Thunderbird Pro

Thundermail offers you email hosting with the same values as Thunderbird. Enjoy privacy, security, and freedom from client to inbox.

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WIRED@wired.com · last wk.

New AI toolbars and prompts are showing up in Google Docs and Gmail. If you don’t want Gemini’s help in writing documents and emails, here’s how to turn that stuff off. www.wired.com/story/how-to...

Uptown Association, who moved the Uptown Art Fair out of a Uptown as part of their mission to improve economic vitality of Uptown, is offering free shuttles from parking ramps in Uptown to the Uptown Art Fair on Lake of the Isles so you don’t have to spend any time in Uptown.