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Lone Gray Wolf @lonegraywolf2000.bsky.social · 6h

I need to find a decent spot in Minneapolis with bagel and lox. My search continues.

Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 7h

Ok there were two right answers:

S-Tier guaranteed NYC electoral win: Plain or everything bagel with lox, cream cheese, onions, and capers.

Runner up but also accepted: Bacon, egg, and cheese on an everything or plain bagel. (must list bacon, egg, and cheese in the correct order)

D. J. Hicks @danhicks.bsky.social · 8h

So what was the right answer?

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Racket @racketmn.com · 7h

Happy banned books week!

How One MN School District Killed Its Right-Wing Book Ban - Racket

St. Francis School Board members recently restricted certain books to appease conservative ideologues. But the Trump-voting exurban community isn’t as monolithic as the book banners thought.

racketmn.com

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Lone Gray Wolf @lonegraywolf2000.bsky.social · 8h

I saw a few of his vids. Not fully sure I understand half of his takes. Gameplay sometimes distracts me more.

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Regina Burstein 🚲 🚈 🌳 @mplsfietser.bike · 10h

For downtown Minneapolis to succeed, this is what we need. Small cafes everywhere *at street level*, safe traffic-calmed streets, activities for kids, and much more greenery (not just grass).

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 11h

Been strolling around central Madrid this evening, two observations:

1. The outdoor-cafe game here is so on point. They are everywhere! Tucked in every nook & cranny. Everyone is outside, *with one another*.
2. People live here, there are schools here, & so there are families with kids everywhere.

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Wedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live · 10h

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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Regina Burstein 🚲 🚈 🌳 @mplsfietser.bike · 9h

Minneapolis keep the park bathrooms open past Labor Day challenge.

cailin @cailin.gay · 15h

I’ve been in Madison, Wisconsin for 20 minutes and it has already jumped towards the top of my favorite city power rankings because I’m biking and had to pee and went to a park with a bathroom and the doors were unlocked. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa I am inside the walls of your house

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Regina Burstein 🚲 🚈 🌳 @mplsfietser.bike · 9h

They're showing us who they care about.
Vote for @katiecashman.bsky.social, who has been working to improve things for ALL of her constituents.

taylr @taylordahlin.com · 16h

all of mpls are apparently targeting ward 7 homeowners only with a negative mailer on katie cashman. can’t find any renters who got it yet, just homeowners in the lakes area

everyone knows elizabeth shaffer is running to serve the well off and comfortable of ward 7 only

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American Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 9h

This billboard misses the point entirely.

We should be designing cities where adding 15,000 new neighbors doesn't automatically mean adding 15,000 more cars. The goal is to build places so good that people are freed from the necessity of driving.

Stage is set for a vote on a tense zoning fight that involves the North Side's Broadway

As charges of NIMBY-style narrow-mindedness fly about, Edgewater's alderperson is pressing for zoning changes she says can promote neighborhood vitality.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Wedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live · 9h

More yard sign news: ex Ward 10 council member Lisa McDonald (who once told me "go fuck yourself", unprompted!) is displaying a Lydia Millard sign in Ward 13 — alongside Frey and Palmisano.

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Lone Gray Wolf @lonegraywolf2000.bsky.social · 9h

Stopping for dinner at a local diner before an evening bike event. The main concern I have deals with the e-bike battery. I forgot to charge it! I should have enough to get home after, but I will really have to avoid big hills and golf courses if I can help it. This will be an interesting challenge.

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Omar Fateh @omarfatehmn.com · 15h

Natasha is the first Vice President of the Minneapolis Federation of Educators. She knows Omar has a proven track record of solving complex problems and delivering results for the people. Learn why she’s ranking Omar 1st on her ballot this November 4.

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Katie Cashman @katiecashman.bsky.social · 15h

The skyway system is an incredible asset in MPLS and we have to work together to find creative ways to keep the skyways open later! I’m excited about this new digital map and am working on incentivizes for skyway access, events, signage, and targeted approaches to bottlenecks.

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American Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 15h

Be the change you want to see.

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American Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 15h

A reminder to all cities that infrastructure type is a choice.

EmmanuelSPV @emmanuelspv.bsky.social · 15h

Before (2012) / After (2025) Rue le Vau, Paris 20. The change here is so radical that perceiving the photos as aligned is difficult (see the orange building and the trees on the left). In 2024, this section was converted into a school street with a bike lane running through the greenery.

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Katie Cashman @katiecashman.bsky.social · 14h

I wanted to share this message from my friend and colleague @katiejonesmpls.bsky.social. I’m proud to be the only candidate in this race endorsed by the state legislators that represent us. They know I’m a collaborative problem solver that delivers for Ward 7.

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 14h

katie first heard about katie through kate 😆

Katie Cashman @katiecashman.bsky.social · 14h

I wanted to share this message from my friend and colleague @katiejonesmpls.bsky.social. I’m proud to be the only candidate in this race endorsed by the state legislators that represent us. They know I’m a collaborative problem solver that delivers for Ward 7.

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Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 14h

If you build it (a network of protected bike infra safe for all ages and abilities) they will come.

I’ve been amazed at how may @mplscargobikelibrary.com members and volunteers find our program before or immediately after moving here. So great to see.

🚲 ❤️

sjo83.bsky.social @sjo83.bsky.social · 14h

We moved here 7 weeks ago, and our 9year old refuses to take a car anywhere. Fully converted by week 2 to going everywhere by bike. We love this city.

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Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · 1d

I've been wondering why Dominion Voting Systems suddenly reached settlements with Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and One America News.

Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.

www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 17h

Breaking: Trump has officially lost the Nobel Peace Prize.

Instead, the Nobel committee is awarding the leader of the opposition in Venezuela for supporting “democracy over dictatorship.”

Trump Loses Nobel Peace Prize He Shamelessly Campaigned For

The Norwegian Nobel Committee on Friday said the recognition would instead go to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado.

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Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 16h

To the bicyclist who we saw hit by a driver near the Blaisdell YMCA this morning: I'm glad you're ok physically, and hope you can work through the psychological trauma that comes from being hit by a driver.

To Minneapolis drivers: STOP HITTING PEOPLE.

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 16h

bryn mawr neighbors with a letter in support of re-electing katie cashman in their paper the bugle titled “Keep the Momentum Going,” stating that “Councilmember Cashman's top priority has been community safety” and listing her accomplishments in office

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 16h

all of mpls are apparently targeting ward 7 homeowners only with a negative mailer on katie cashman. can’t find any renters who got it yet, just homeowners in the lakes area

everyone knows elizabeth shaffer is running to serve the well off and comfortable of ward 7 only

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American Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 1d

The standard for advocacy has to be higher than just saying "streets are dangerous".

We need to be the ones who can explain why a design like this is safe and then demand it. That's the real work that gets good projects built and I'd like to see more safe streets advocates learn more about design.

American Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 1d

How to design safer intersections:

1. Near-sided signals. Placed before the bike/ped crossing, they prevent drivers from creeping into the path.

2. Pavement differentiation. High-contrast, colored crossings (like this red asphalt) clearly establish priority and command driver attention.

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 19h

The South Carolina GOP is pushing for one of the nation’s strictest abortion bans. If passed, the bill would:
✅Make abortion a felony equivalent to homicide
✅Narrow the legal definition of contraceptives
✅Criminalize sharing information about abortion
https://bit.ly/47ipe5t

New Attack on Free Speech: South Carolina GOP Wants to Criminalize Sharing Abortion Info