Adam Smith
@adamnsmith.bsky.social
Minneapolitan; transit rider and worker; CPFC and MNUFC supporter; habitable climate enthusiast.
Opinions are mine but I’m good at sharing.
Opinions are mine but I’m good at sharing.
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One way to support the community at this uncertain time is to continue to support the businesses and nonprofits that are integral to the fabric of our community and neighborhoods.
Show up to support the 100+ Somali and East African-owned small businesses!
Show up to support the 100+ Somali and East African-owned small businesses!
December 12, 2025 at 10:24 PM
One way to support the community at this uncertain time is to continue to support the businesses and nonprofits that are integral to the fabric of our community and neighborhoods.
Show up to support the 100+ Somali and East African-owned small businesses!
Show up to support the 100+ Somali and East African-owned small businesses!
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This. This was the formative event of my generation & our entire politics in 🇺🇸. The structural break after which we were no longer a full democracy, when 5 Wizards In Robes decided they were a super-legislature & counting all the actual votes didn’t matter. The rest has been 25 years of commentary.
25 years ago today, SCOTUS elected George W Bush president of the United States by blocking completion of a voting canvass in Florida. A subsequent canvass by the Associated Press showed that Bush's rival, Al Gore, had won the race in Florida—and thus the contest for the presidency—by 700 votes.
December 12, 2025 at 7:50 AM
This. This was the formative event of my generation & our entire politics in 🇺🇸. The structural break after which we were no longer a full democracy, when 5 Wizards In Robes decided they were a super-legislature & counting all the actual votes didn’t matter. The rest has been 25 years of commentary.
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Metro Transit E Line bus rolls down Hennepin Avenue past the Hennepin/25th Street bus station during heavy snowfall.
Minneapolis, December 2025
Minneapolis, December 2025
December 11, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Metro Transit E Line bus rolls down Hennepin Avenue past the Hennepin/25th Street bus station during heavy snowfall.
Minneapolis, December 2025
Minneapolis, December 2025
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The agents handcuffed the man, took him across 4th Street and pushed him onto his knees in the snow. One put him in a choke hold.
“I have my ID!” he shouted repeatedly, as heard on video. The agents do not respond.
“I have my ID!” he shouted repeatedly, as heard on video. The agents do not respond.
ICE agents tackle, arrest American citizen in Minneapolis
Federal immigration agents tackled and arrested a Somali American man in Minneapolis on Tuesday and detained him for about two hours for no apparent reason other than his ethnicity.
www.mprnews.org
December 11, 2025 at 1:09 AM
The agents handcuffed the man, took him across 4th Street and pushed him onto his knees in the snow. One put him in a choke hold.
“I have my ID!” he shouted repeatedly, as heard on video. The agents do not respond.
“I have my ID!” he shouted repeatedly, as heard on video. The agents do not respond.
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New language would forbid Minneapolis from entering into any agreements with federal immigration enforcement agencies. More than a half dozen law enforcement agencies in Minnesota have formal agreements with DHS to partner with ICE, and the measure would block the city from taking similar actions.
Minneapolis council committee moves to strengthen separation ordinance
A Minneapolis council committee advanced tougher separation ordinance language Tuesday, limiting local enforcement of federal immigration law. A vote of the full Minneapolis City Council is expected T...
www.mprnews.org
December 10, 2025 at 1:56 AM
New language would forbid Minneapolis from entering into any agreements with federal immigration enforcement agencies. More than a half dozen law enforcement agencies in Minnesota have formal agreements with DHS to partner with ICE, and the measure would block the city from taking similar actions.
Thank you to everyone out operating and maintaining our @metrotransitmn.bsky.social transit system—my commute home was quick, safe, and stress-free in spite of the snow.
December 9, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Thank you to everyone out operating and maintaining our @metrotransitmn.bsky.social transit system—my commute home was quick, safe, and stress-free in spite of the snow.
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MARC GUEHI SCORES THE WINNER AND SENDS CRYSTAL PALACE INTO 4TH PLACE. 💥
December 7, 2025 at 6:28 PM
MARC GUEHI SCORES THE WINNER AND SENDS CRYSTAL PALACE INTO 4TH PLACE. 💥
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How it started vs How it’s going
Welcome E Line!
Welcome E Line!
December 6, 2025 at 10:04 PM
How it started vs How it’s going
Welcome E Line!
Welcome E Line!
Spoonbridge and Cherry and E Line
December 6, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Spoonbridge and Cherry and E Line
Beautiful day for a ribbon cutting—happy E Line!
December 6, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Beautiful day for a ribbon cutting—happy E Line!
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attn E Line enjoyers, you should also pick up a Hennepin County Library passport to visit 5! different libraries on the route @hclib.bsky.social
December 6, 2025 at 8:54 PM
attn E Line enjoyers, you should also pick up a Hennepin County Library passport to visit 5! different libraries on the route @hclib.bsky.social
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Happy E Line launch day!
Stop by and say hi at the Public Works tent in Dinkytown!
Stop by and say hi at the Public Works tent in Dinkytown!
December 6, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Happy E Line launch day!
Stop by and say hi at the Public Works tent in Dinkytown!
Stop by and say hi at the Public Works tent in Dinkytown!
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senators tina smith and amy klobuchar are now assembling their paper models of the e line
@smith.senate.gov @metrotransitmn.bsky.social @amyklobuchar.com
@smith.senate.gov @metrotransitmn.bsky.social @amyklobuchar.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:34 PM
senators tina smith and amy klobuchar are now assembling their paper models of the e line
@smith.senate.gov @metrotransitmn.bsky.social @amyklobuchar.com
@smith.senate.gov @metrotransitmn.bsky.social @amyklobuchar.com
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E Line Opening Day! LETS GO!!!!!!!!!
December 6, 2025 at 1:42 PM
E Line Opening Day! LETS GO!!!!!!!!!
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And we’re off! The first-ever METRO E Line trips departed a little before 4:30 a.m. this morning! No fares are required to ride the E Line today until 10 p.m. thanks to our sponsor, @minneapoliscollege.bsky.social. Check the schedule and plan your trip here: www.metrotransit.org/route/eline
December 6, 2025 at 12:51 PM
And we’re off! The first-ever METRO E Line trips departed a little before 4:30 a.m. this morning! No fares are required to ride the E Line today until 10 p.m. thanks to our sponsor, @minneapoliscollege.bsky.social. Check the schedule and plan your trip here: www.metrotransit.org/route/eline
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Welcome to the world, METRO E Line, and thanks to those who came out for our first trips!
December 6, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Welcome to the world, METRO E Line, and thanks to those who came out for our first trips!
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The Twin Cities' newest bus rapid transit line launches this weekend, with the E Line running between Southdale Center in Edina and the University of Minnesota.
It's the third BRT line Metro Transit has launched this year.
It's the third BRT line Metro Transit has launched this year.
So long, Metro Transit Route 6; Hello, E Line, Metro Transit's new rapid bus line
The E Line will be the agency’s third such line to open this year.
bit.ly
December 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The Twin Cities' newest bus rapid transit line launches this weekend, with the E Line running between Southdale Center in Edina and the University of Minnesota.
It's the third BRT line Metro Transit has launched this year.
It's the third BRT line Metro Transit has launched this year.
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They did it again! NYC subway Thanksgiving 2025, via @scootercaster.com!
November 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
They did it again! NYC subway Thanksgiving 2025, via @scootercaster.com!
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Rising costs inundate fixed fares.
In a P.R. sheet for passengers, Twin City Lines makes a plea.
In a P.R. sheet for passengers, Twin City Lines makes a plea.
November 25, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Rising costs inundate fixed fares.
In a P.R. sheet for passengers, Twin City Lines makes a plea.
In a P.R. sheet for passengers, Twin City Lines makes a plea.
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Waymo privatized another public street:
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
November 24, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Waymo privatized another public street:
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
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Dayne is streets ahead.
Saint Clair Ave is now Dayne St. Clair Ave 🫡
Saint Clair Ave is now Dayne St. Clair Ave 🫡
November 23, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Dayne is streets ahead.
Saint Clair Ave is now Dayne St. Clair Ave 🫡
Saint Clair Ave is now Dayne St. Clair Ave 🫡
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Have you heard about the LED of heating and cooling? In St Paul, MN they installed one of the first large-scale aquifer thermal power systems in the US. Very proud of the work we did at the State's green bank to get this project financed. insideclimatenews.org/news/1511202... @mckennapr.bsky.social
Decades After the U.S. Government Conducted Research Beneath This City, a Promising Clean Energy Technology Returns to Its Roots - Inside Climate News
Researchers drilling under a college campus in the 1980s paved the way for an ambitious new project in the Twin Cities.
insideclimatenews.org
November 19, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Have you heard about the LED of heating and cooling? In St Paul, MN they installed one of the first large-scale aquifer thermal power systems in the US. Very proud of the work we did at the State's green bank to get this project financed. insideclimatenews.org/news/1511202... @mckennapr.bsky.social
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Looks to be a raid at this Bro tex building
November 18, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Looks to be a raid at this Bro tex building
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I moved to Minnesota in June 2023 during a day when the air smelled like a campfire. When I’ve asked longtime Minnesotans about the increasingly severe smoke during our summers, they all say it was never a problem until a few years ago. And wow, this graph has got the receipts.
November 14, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I moved to Minnesota in June 2023 during a day when the air smelled like a campfire. When I’ve asked longtime Minnesotans about the increasingly severe smoke during our summers, they all say it was never a problem until a few years ago. And wow, this graph has got the receipts.
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One of the most subtly insane aspects of the unrelenting car dependency we’ve deliberately built across North America is the incredible reluctance we have to remove the driving privilege, even from those who clearly are a danger to themselves & others, because “people have to drive.” #CarDependency
November 14, 2025 at 3:47 AM
One of the most subtly insane aspects of the unrelenting car dependency we’ve deliberately built across North America is the incredible reluctance we have to remove the driving privilege, even from those who clearly are a danger to themselves & others, because “people have to drive.” #CarDependency