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Chris Daniel @chrisdaniel.net · 7h

Most likely, this was laid out in the contract that allowed the use of the right of way to begin with

Chris Daniel @chrisdaniel.net · 10h

REMINDER: Midtown Greenway closure between 5th and Bryant starts TOMORROW Oct 14

(assuming this is actually still on track)

If following the detour: mind oblivious car drivers who won't be watching for westbound bicycles on 28th!

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Chris Daniel @chrisdaniel.net · 1d

Ah. Well, I think it does. I haven’t proven it. I think FAA would be unhappy if phone manufacturers weren’t giving their customers the ability to actually turn off the radios. But FAA regs just say passengers have to turn off the cell phone.

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Chris Daniel @chrisdaniel.net · 1d

It does on iPhone. “Turning on Airplane Mode turns off all radios except for Bluetooth” support.apple.com/en-us/108785

There should be similar documentation out there for other phones

Use Airplane Mode on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Apple Watch, and Apple Vision Pro - Apple Support

You can use Airplane Mode to turn off the wireless features on your device while you're flying in an airplane.

support.apple.com

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 2d

Cars. Ruin. Everything.

‘Car Brain’ Is Making the US Unhealthy and Dangerous. EVs Won’t Fix It.

A trio of new books argue that we need to confront the full range of costs that car-based living has imposed on our cities, our health and our society.

www.bloomberg.com

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Jef Poskanzer @jef.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 3d

#carryshitoltmpics

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Chris Daniel @chrisdaniel.net · 2d

Tales from Carland www.youtube.com/watch?v=va7r...

Why Atlanta Traffic FEELS WORSE than Los Angeles

YouTube video by Road Guy Rob

www.youtube.com

Chris Daniel @chrisdaniel.net · 3d

“Who is a worker?”

I’m glad you asked!

Do you decide what to do with the profits/surplus at your main occupation?

- No? Worker.

- Yes, and your colleagues all get a say too? Worker.

- Yes, and you decide for others who don’t get a say? You are officially The Man.

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Wedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live · 3d

We are linking up the new Hennepin Ave bike lane directly with the Bryant Ave bridge over Lyndale. No turning on to Franklin required.

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Dan Engelhart He/Him @engy5150.bsky.social · 3d

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Chris Daniel @chrisdaniel.net · 4d

Well, I’m unhappy with the unscientific linkage, but whatever stops nonconsensual genital mutilation I guess

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Wedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live · 4d

Please vote in our Official Minneapolis Mayor Poll (cheating is allowed, but please don't). We'll be using the numbers to inform a podcast discussion of ranked choice voting mechanics.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Wedge LIVE! Very Official Mayoral Poll

Rank your first, second, and third choice candidates in the columns below

docs.google.com

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Chris Daniel @chrisdaniel.net · 4d

I am BEGGING you to stop using urgent and dire language when texting me, campaign people!

Chris Daniel @chrisdaniel.net · 4d

Phillips Clean Sweep happening this Saturday. Come out to help us pick up litter! Get rid of your extra trash by just putting it out! www.unitedphillips.org/clean-sweep

CLEAN SWEEP | United Phillips

www.unitedphillips.org

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h jiahong pan 潘嘉宏 ☀️ @hpan3.bsky.social · 5d

Can y’all please be on the lookout for my bike? Last seen in Elliot Park. It is a black Biria bike with red pedals and stickers of local news orgs on the bottom tube. It also has a Brooks saddle and adapters for Wolf Tooth pogies on the handlebars.

Biria bike with a sign that says “300 Campground”

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 5d

OK. It's going to be coming out soon because of the relentless investigations of Pam Bondi and Kash Patel, so I might as well admit it before the news breaks:

I am the General Counsel of Antifa.

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Chris Daniel @chrisdaniel.net · 5d

I do think that's a particularly painful spot. If anyone wants to sit at that corner with a train horn to alert drivers of westbound cycling traffic, I can supply equipment (camp chair, train horn, hi-vis, hearing protection) and take a shift or two.

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Chris Daniel @chrisdaniel.net · 5d

Where do you think is the worst conflict point?

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Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 5d

Be *extra* careful if traveling westbound on the detour.

Drivers are not looking for westbound traffic on 28th and I know of at least one crash (last night, car/scooters) already since the detour went in.

Wedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live · 5d

Upcoming closure of a section of the Midtown Greenway between Bryant and 5th Ave from Oct 14 to 27. Detour is 28th Street.

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Chris Daniel @chrisdaniel.net · 5d

This is a repeat issue with any detour from the Greenway, and one I have called out before to the city. It is just not acceptable to detour 2-way cycle traffic to a street with 1-way car traffic. Drivers are terrible at this

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Chris Daniel @chrisdaniel.net · 5d

Please enjoy this classic movie clip from Spartacus www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKCm...

I'm Spartacus - Spartacus (8/10) Movie CLIP (1960) HD

YouTube video by Movieclips

www.youtube.com

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James F. Love IV @jamesfloveiv.bsky.social · 6d

Attention Attorneys:

Federal Trans inmate transferred to men’s prison. Denied medical care. Denied phone privileges.

Needs help.

youtu.be/4bYm4VIEAkM

A Kara Update and a Request for Advice

YouTube video by DeviantOllam

youtu.be

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robin ☕️ gentoo era @coffeeknife.bsky.social · 8d

minneapolis - my ebike has been stolen out of a secured room in my apartment building's basement. White Lectric XP3 with project 529 shield FCPPSTN on the top of the frame. please keep an eye out for me

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quick13 @quick13.bsky.social · 7d

White #MinnesotaNice in a nutshell right here. It is revolting and makes me want to vomit. Contact your state rep and tell them to amend the State Constitution right now. EVERYONE deserves a fair wage. There are no exceptions for #Slavery. #Minnesota

🎃 Cat-O-Lantern Partsch Conlan 🎃 @catconlan.net · 8d

Devaluing labor doesn’t solve crime either. In fact, it’s a main if indirect cause.

It’s a rate that prisoner advocates say is tantamount to slavery, which, they say, is actually permitted in Article 1, Section 2 of the Minnesota Constitution. That section states that slavery or involuntary servitude are banned except as punishment for a crime.
To put it more bluntly: Minnesota’s Constitution specifically allows slavery or forced labor when it comes to inmates, a relic of the days when offenders would be sentenced to hard labor, before we as a society came to understand that the complexity of crime wouldn’t be solved by forcing inmates to bust apart rock with a sledgehammer.

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Chris Daniel @chrisdaniel.net · 8d

Uncle Sam is now unmistakably the crazy uncle that no one can stand. For a while there, everyone just assumed we were just quirky, but it turns out we’re literally insane, and a danger to ourselves and others. The faster we get professional help, the happier everyone will be.

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