Joshua Houdek
@jhoudek.bsky.social
Bicycling. Walking. Transit. Electrification. Climate.
Clean transportation & housing for all. @sierraclubmn.bsky.social
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Clean transportation & housing for all. @sierraclubmn.bsky.social
Minneapolis, Minnesota
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“All good cons [or bad cons with easy marks] eventually crumble, and we’re starting to see the earliest signs that the MAGA movement – one of the greatest [dumbest] and most destructive cons in American history – may be poised to fall.
It’s coming, I tell you. And it’s going to be spectacular.”
It’s coming, I tell you. And it’s going to be spectacular.”
Trump is horrendously unpopular. Even MAGA is catching on. | Opinion
All good cons eventually crumble, and we're starting to see the earliest signs that the MAGA movement may be poised to fall.
www.usatoday.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:48 AM
“All good cons [or bad cons with easy marks] eventually crumble, and we’re starting to see the earliest signs that the MAGA movement – one of the greatest [dumbest] and most destructive cons in American history – may be poised to fall.
It’s coming, I tell you. And it’s going to be spectacular.”
It’s coming, I tell you. And it’s going to be spectacular.”
Santa’s sleigh is a bike.
December 7, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Santa’s sleigh is a bike.
New addition to my keychain. 🚨🧊😡
December 5, 2025 at 3:26 PM
New addition to my keychain. 🚨🧊😡
Trump & GOP’s SS have landed in MSP.
The New York Times reported Tuesday morning that Immigration and Customs Enforcement is launching an “intensive immigration enforcement operation primarily targeting hundreds of undocumented Somali immigrants in the Minneapolis-St. Paul region."
Report: ICE headed to Twin Cities targeting Somali immigrants • Minnesota Reformer
The New York Times reported Tuesday morning that Immigration and Customs Enforcement is launching an “intensive immigration enforcement operation primarily targeting hundreds of undocumented Somali im...
minnesotareformer.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Trump & GOP’s SS have landed in MSP.
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The "Save Our Street" anti-safety Summit Avenue people are just plain wrong, and their selfishness has consequences.
December 4, 2025 at 3:50 AM
The "Save Our Street" anti-safety Summit Avenue people are just plain wrong, and their selfishness has consequences.
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we should reject waymo on the basis of supporting labor in minnesota, where uber and lyft drivers fought to score a statewide minimum wage! and don't forget that lyft contributed $10,000 to all of mpls this year to reelect mayor frey and get a city council allied with him. they are making moves
This, 1,000x this. I've been harping about Waymo being anti-worker and yet another way to funnel money upwards to the elite/oligarchs, and people react like I'm nuts. (It's also why I never use self-checkouts.)
and this is why waymo is a labor issue, not a tech issue! it's going to be taking money out of the pockets of rideshare drivers and putting it solely in the hands of big tech
November 21, 2025 at 6:12 PM
we should reject waymo on the basis of supporting labor in minnesota, where uber and lyft drivers fought to score a statewide minimum wage! and don't forget that lyft contributed $10,000 to all of mpls this year to reelect mayor frey and get a city council allied with him. they are making moves
December 4, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Chris Meyer uses a revenue argument as a reason to approve new development. He tells the city council they're about to have some really difficult budget decisions. Think of your most important priorities. Then consider the revenue that comes from a new apartment building in Linden Hills.
December 3, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Walking one block from the Mpls Franklin Ave LRT Station to the Mpls Franklin Station LRT Station renovation open house. 🚷🚊
Sound off here:
www.surveymonkey.com/r/76Q3G9B
Sound off here:
www.surveymonkey.com/r/76Q3G9B
December 3, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Walking one block from the Mpls Franklin Ave LRT Station to the Mpls Franklin Station LRT Station renovation open house. 🚷🚊
Sound off here:
www.surveymonkey.com/r/76Q3G9B
Sound off here:
www.surveymonkey.com/r/76Q3G9B
Have thoughts about the Franklin Ave Station? Tell Metro Transit: www.surveymonkey.com/r/76Q3G9B
Telling that the indigenous non-profit has now also fenced off their property in the public space and mobility disaster zone that is the Franklin Ave light rail station. It's their private property so the ethics of this are a little clearer than the trickier situation on the street below
December 1, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Have thoughts about the Franklin Ave Station? Tell Metro Transit: www.surveymonkey.com/r/76Q3G9B
Induced Demand.
If you build it they will come.
Just like highway expansion.
If you build it they will come.
Just like highway expansion.
Bad video quality, good traffic.
Under 40°F and dark, but Bryant is still hoppin’ w/ bike commuters!
We love to see it.
🚲 ❤️
Under 40°F and dark, but Bryant is still hoppin’ w/ bike commuters!
We love to see it.
🚲 ❤️
November 21, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Induced Demand.
If you build it they will come.
Just like highway expansion.
If you build it they will come.
Just like highway expansion.
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Making downtown "kid friendly" starts with reducing traffic speeds down below 20 miles per hour. www.minnpost.com/community-vo...
Let's make downtown Minneapolis more kid-friendly - MinnPost
The city's 2035 Plan outlines a smart and ambitious strategy for downtown, except when it comes to kids. Here's how to do better.
www.minnpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Making downtown "kid friendly" starts with reducing traffic speeds down below 20 miles per hour. www.minnpost.com/community-vo...
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"A lack of public seating disproportionately impacts older adults and people with disabilities, who may need more frequent rest as they navigate the city," Elizabeth Abramson writes.
Opinion | A vibrant downtown needs places for people to sit
A lack of public seating disproportionately impacts older adults and people with disabilities, who may need more frequent rest as they navigate the city, Elizabeth Abramson writes.
bit.ly
November 19, 2025 at 8:45 PM
"A lack of public seating disproportionately impacts older adults and people with disabilities, who may need more frequent rest as they navigate the city," Elizabeth Abramson writes.
Another eye opening, jaw dropping, mask grabbing episode.
Can we at least save our kids?
Pennies on the dollar for cleaner, safer air in schools, our homes.
Can we at least save our kids?
Pennies on the dollar for cleaner, safer air in schools, our homes.
Today on Volts: for years, I've wanted to do a podcast on indoor air quality, and I finally found the perfect guest! Dr. Lagoudas & I discuss indoor air pollutants, the policies and technologies that can control them, and the growing need to frame indoor air quality as a basic human right.
What's the deal with indoor air quality?
From CO2 monitors to better building codes, Dr. Georgia Lagoudas outlines how to clean up the spaces where we spend 90% of our lives.
www.volts.wtf
November 19, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Another eye opening, jaw dropping, mask grabbing episode.
Can we at least save our kids?
Pennies on the dollar for cleaner, safer air in schools, our homes.
Can we at least save our kids?
Pennies on the dollar for cleaner, safer air in schools, our homes.
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We welcomed @mollycoleman.bsky.social to the Transportation Advisory Board today! It’s been great serving on this regional board with so many amazing community leaders. Today we’re voting on how hundreds of millions of regional transportation spending will be allocated for the next 5 years 🚌🚲
November 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
We welcomed @mollycoleman.bsky.social to the Transportation Advisory Board today! It’s been great serving on this regional board with so many amazing community leaders. Today we’re voting on how hundreds of millions of regional transportation spending will be allocated for the next 5 years 🚌🚲
Big Rail. Monopolistic. Virtually unchecked power governed by antiquated, century old laws.
The world keeps reminding me of one of the best news days, for me, a person obsessed with both legal justice and trains. And I had been working at a firm that represented injured rail workers or their survivors. Sometimes the bad guys get caught.
Judge finds BNSF railroad guilty of misconduct | Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen
ble-t.org
November 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Big Rail. Monopolistic. Virtually unchecked power governed by antiquated, century old laws.
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Congrats Mpls! The city's achievement is not just about cycling, it's about creating a more inclusive, accessible, affordable, &safer city.
District 61a is lucky to be home to recent upgrades incl. on Hennepin Ave in Downtown & Uptown & on Dunwoody Ave! Great progress & still more room to improve.
District 61a is lucky to be home to recent upgrades incl. on Hennepin Ave in Downtown & Uptown & on Dunwoody Ave! Great progress & still more room to improve.
Excited for Minneapolis to be recognized among the world's best cycling cities in the 2025 Copenhagenize Index!
We placed 44th overall and Bryant Ave S was specifically profiled as a global success story. Looking forward to moving up in future years!
content.govdelivery.com/accounts/MPL...
We placed 44th overall and Bryant Ave S was specifically profiled as a global success story. Looking forward to moving up in future years!
content.govdelivery.com/accounts/MPL...
November 19, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Congrats Mpls! The city's achievement is not just about cycling, it's about creating a more inclusive, accessible, affordable, &safer city.
District 61a is lucky to be home to recent upgrades incl. on Hennepin Ave in Downtown & Uptown & on Dunwoody Ave! Great progress & still more room to improve.
District 61a is lucky to be home to recent upgrades incl. on Hennepin Ave in Downtown & Uptown & on Dunwoody Ave! Great progress & still more room to improve.
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Time to get the snow-tires on your vehicles folks.
November 19, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Time to get the snow-tires on your vehicles folks.
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Taking the whole lane ✔️
Distracted (singing) ✔️
No helmets ✔️
No lights ✔️
No reflective vests ✔️
Riding in a pack ✔️
The textbook radical anti-car cyclists our culture despises.
Distracted (singing) ✔️
No helmets ✔️
No lights ✔️
No reflective vests ✔️
Riding in a pack ✔️
The textbook radical anti-car cyclists our culture despises.
November 19, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Taking the whole lane ✔️
Distracted (singing) ✔️
No helmets ✔️
No lights ✔️
No reflective vests ✔️
Riding in a pack ✔️
The textbook radical anti-car cyclists our culture despises.
Distracted (singing) ✔️
No helmets ✔️
No lights ✔️
No reflective vests ✔️
Riding in a pack ✔️
The textbook radical anti-car cyclists our culture despises.
November 18, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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BREAKING: After the Park Board prevented the beavers from successfully felling a tree last year, then again this year, they (the beavers) have started Phase III. May the wind be at your back, little fellas.
November 17, 2025 at 9:44 PM
BREAKING: After the Park Board prevented the beavers from successfully felling a tree last year, then again this year, they (the beavers) have started Phase III. May the wind be at your back, little fellas.
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I rarely do births for #OnThisDay, but this one is special:
Nov 13, 1833: "Father of Minneapolis Parks" Charles M. Loring is born. In the 1880s he begins acquiring the city's lakes and shorelines, and along with Horace Cleveland creates the finest public urban park system in the United States.
Nov 13, 1833: "Father of Minneapolis Parks" Charles M. Loring is born. In the 1880s he begins acquiring the city's lakes and shorelines, and along with Horace Cleveland creates the finest public urban park system in the United States.
November 13, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I rarely do births for #OnThisDay, but this one is special:
Nov 13, 1833: "Father of Minneapolis Parks" Charles M. Loring is born. In the 1880s he begins acquiring the city's lakes and shorelines, and along with Horace Cleveland creates the finest public urban park system in the United States.
Nov 13, 1833: "Father of Minneapolis Parks" Charles M. Loring is born. In the 1880s he begins acquiring the city's lakes and shorelines, and along with Horace Cleveland creates the finest public urban park system in the United States.
Obligatory northern lights pic.
Little Beach, Lake Nokomis, Minneapolis
Little Beach, Lake Nokomis, Minneapolis
November 12, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Obligatory northern lights pic.
Little Beach, Lake Nokomis, Minneapolis
Little Beach, Lake Nokomis, Minneapolis
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I can flick through my feed as fast as I can, and everything is pinks and blues and greens.
Joyscrolling is a hell of a phenomenon.
Joyscrolling is a hell of a phenomenon.
November 12, 2025 at 4:05 AM
I can flick through my feed as fast as I can, and everything is pinks and blues and greens.
Joyscrolling is a hell of a phenomenon.
Joyscrolling is a hell of a phenomenon.