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Nobody should call these "erroneous" arrests. It's not happening by accident. Flooding cities with poorly trained ICE thugs to harass and racially profile is the entire point.
December 10, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Nobody should call these "erroneous" arrests. It's not happening by accident. Flooding cities with poorly trained ICE thugs to harass and racially profile is the entire point.
submitting my FOIA for my big hit piece on which Met Council members use the regional sewer system that they oversee
December 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
submitting my FOIA for my big hit piece on which Met Council members use the regional sewer system that they oversee
an afternoon snow reveals like nothing else which transportation is “resilient” and which is a hidden burden
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 10, 2025 at 12:30 AM
an afternoon snow reveals like nothing else which transportation is “resilient” and which is a hidden burden
every snow is a gift
December 10, 2025 at 12:24 AM
every snow is a gift
new pedestrian volume sampling method just dropped
someone from the town came by to fix the sidewalk the water company had torn up, they poured the cement, smoothed it, moved on to the next one and within like three minutes someone had full on walked through it
December 9, 2025 at 3:52 AM
new pedestrian volume sampling method just dropped
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Just watched a small murder of crows demonstrate how to alert their community when a predator is in their midst.
Five or six of them are following a hawk around the neighborhood, cawing whenever it moves.
Makes you think.
Five or six of them are following a hawk around the neighborhood, cawing whenever it moves.
Makes you think.
December 6, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Just watched a small murder of crows demonstrate how to alert their community when a predator is in their midst.
Five or six of them are following a hawk around the neighborhood, cawing whenever it moves.
Makes you think.
Five or six of them are following a hawk around the neighborhood, cawing whenever it moves.
Makes you think.
interesting read on waymo. tldr: robot cars are known to be dangerous during the regular course of their duties, but fixing it might slow drivers down so it won’t be done www.changinglanesnewsletter.com/p/the-death-...
The Death of KitKat
Why urban AVs struggle with the last two feet
www.changinglanesnewsletter.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:46 PM
interesting read on waymo. tldr: robot cars are known to be dangerous during the regular course of their duties, but fixing it might slow drivers down so it won’t be done www.changinglanesnewsletter.com/p/the-death-...
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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.
kids getting older, Blake tuition is not getting cheaper
I want everyone to flip out over this proposal to give the mayor a $46,000 raise. I completely agree that our elected officials should be well paid. But people tear their hair out over council pay, so we need to bring that same energy to this one.
lims.minneapolismn.gov/Download/RCA...
lims.minneapolismn.gov/Download/RCA...
December 5, 2025 at 12:37 AM
kids getting older, Blake tuition is not getting cheaper
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ICE heads to Minnesota as the triple dip polar vortex starts
December 4, 2025 at 12:47 PM
ICE heads to Minnesota as the triple dip polar vortex starts
i have been asserting that if the robot cars are truly safe (follow the letter of driving law) people will hate riding in them
It is too early to claim that AVs will certainly lead to safety improvements. Maybe they will! But I’ve noticed Waymos driving more aggressively when I’m in one. This story suggests that may be fairly widespread. It’s clear that laws are not strictly followed all the time. Gift link.
Waymo’s Self-Driving Cars Are Suddenly Behaving Like New York Cabbies
Autonomous vehicles are adopting humanlike qualities, making illegal U-turns and flooring it the second the light goes green.
www.wsj.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:40 PM
i have been asserting that if the robot cars are truly safe (follow the letter of driving law) people will hate riding in them
bringing a tweet over because i remember feeling this so strongly, when @ilhanmn.bsky.social became my MN Leg rep and Ellison was US Rep. we have the antidote to Trump
December 3, 2025 at 4:54 AM
bringing a tweet over because i remember feeling this so strongly, when @ilhanmn.bsky.social became my MN Leg rep and Ellison was US Rep. we have the antidote to Trump
Reposted by Eric Lind
If one feels so strongly that AVs are necessary because driving by people is too unsafe, they should take that idea further and support reducing the need to drive in all or most circumstances. We don’t need AVs to make safety improvements, and we shouldn’t get stuck on tech fixes. Gift link
Opinion | Don’t Fear Self-Driving Cars. They Save Lives.
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:48 PM
If one feels so strongly that AVs are necessary because driving by people is too unsafe, they should take that idea further and support reducing the need to drive in all or most circumstances. We don’t need AVs to make safety improvements, and we shouldn’t get stuck on tech fixes. Gift link
MAGA/DOGE obsessed with word games to a degree no PC Wokester ever was. incredibly dumb
December 2, 2025 at 1:13 AM
MAGA/DOGE obsessed with word games to a degree no PC Wokester ever was. incredibly dumb
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Official news release.
NREL is now NLOR (does not roll off the tongue).
www.nrel.gov/news/detail/...
NREL is now NLOR (does not roll off the tongue).
www.nrel.gov/news/detail/...
December 1, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Official news release.
NREL is now NLOR (does not roll off the tongue).
www.nrel.gov/news/detail/...
NREL is now NLOR (does not roll off the tongue).
www.nrel.gov/news/detail/...
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Thank your bus driver and your snowplow driver.
November 30, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Thank your bus driver and your snowplow driver.
we are approaching as many posts lamenting closure as there are average daily riders www.startribune.com/northstar-co...
Opinion | Don’t kill the Northstar Line — reconfigure it
A little bit of creativity, and some strategic thinking, could give the Northstar Line — the 16-year-old commuter rail service run by Metro Transit but set to end in January — a whole new lease on lif...
www.startribune.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:21 PM
we are approaching as many posts lamenting closure as there are average daily riders www.startribune.com/northstar-co...
Minnesota mentioned! 😬
November 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Minnesota mentioned! 😬
“underpinning everything are the unrelenting physics of the climate crisis, for which there can be no veto”
Trump, war, attention deficit: five threats to climate progress that dogged Cop30
Did the talks succeed or fail? The verdict must take account of the geopolitical minefield in which they took place
Jonathan Watts in Belém
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Did the talks succeed or fail? The verdict must take account of the geopolitical minefield in which they took place
Jonathan Watts in Belém
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Trump, war, absent media: five threats to climate progress that dogged Cop30
Did the talks succeed or fail? The verdict must take account of the geopolitical minefield they took place in
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
“underpinning everything are the unrelenting physics of the climate crisis, for which there can be no veto”
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Trump, war, attention deficit: five threats to climate progress that dogged Cop30
Did the talks succeed or fail? The verdict must take account of the geopolitical minefield in which they took place
Jonathan Watts in Belém
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Did the talks succeed or fail? The verdict must take account of the geopolitical minefield in which they took place
Jonathan Watts in Belém
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Trump, war, absent media: five threats to climate progress that dogged Cop30
Did the talks succeed or fail? The verdict must take account of the geopolitical minefield they took place in
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Trump, war, attention deficit: five threats to climate progress that dogged Cop30
Did the talks succeed or fail? The verdict must take account of the geopolitical minefield in which they took place
Jonathan Watts in Belém
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Did the talks succeed or fail? The verdict must take account of the geopolitical minefield in which they took place
Jonathan Watts in Belém
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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A climate deal without explicit language calling for a fossil fuel phaseout is like a ceasefire without explicit language calling for a suspension of hostilities.
#COP30
#COP30
November 22, 2025 at 2:54 PM
A climate deal without explicit language calling for a fossil fuel phaseout is like a ceasefire without explicit language calling for a suspension of hostilities.
#COP30
#COP30
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folks they're locking em in
November 22, 2025 at 4:32 PM
folks they're locking em in
Reposted by Eric Lind
More than 25% of downtown is parking, so City Council is proposing a commercial parking tax to help internalize the associated externalities—things like poor walkability and antisocial behavior.
They vote next week. Please send them a quick note here urging their support!
They vote next week. Please send them a quick note here urging their support!
Support a modest tax on commercial parking tax
As reported in RANGE, Spokane City Council is considering a commercial parking tax at its meeting on Monday, November 17. Structured as a 6-12% fee to park at a commercial lot, the measure would help ...
actionnetwork.org
November 21, 2025 at 12:40 AM
More than 25% of downtown is parking, so City Council is proposing a commercial parking tax to help internalize the associated externalities—things like poor walkability and antisocial behavior.
They vote next week. Please send them a quick note here urging their support!
They vote next week. Please send them a quick note here urging their support!