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Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 21m

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Moth @walkingminnesota.com · 29m

A little frost can’t stop these bikers on walk, bike, roll day at Minneapolis Public Schools

Way to go, kiddos

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Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 50m

@perennialcycle.bsky.social added more demo bikes for sale!

That R&M Carrie is soooo cool. 😍

www.perennialcycle.com/bikes-trikes...

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Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 55m

Not surprised by the Becka -Trump connection, but shocked you have two neighbors *on your block* that had Trump signs!

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Alex @mplsalex.bsky.social · 59m

The second one has one now too.

Alex @mplsalex.bsky.social · 11d

One of the two houses on my block that put up Trump signs in 2024 now has a Becka sign up.

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Matthew Beckman @daphsci.bsky.social · 3h

First Frost, Longfellow Park, Minneapolis.

Frost on the grass on the soccer field at Longfellow Park

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4h

#WarRavagedPortland

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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 3h

Jamelle Bouie, welcome to Life After Cars.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 4h

would you like to live multi-modally?

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Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 3h

Final reminder: Join us tonight for our annual fundraiser to support @ourstreetsmn.org ‘s important work!

6-8pm at Dual Citizen

Tickets: www.ourstreetsmn.org/event/nightm...

See you there! 🎃

Nightmare on Our Streets: Annual Fundraiser - Our Streets

Streets can be scary for walking, biking, rolling, and busing. You can help change that. The board of Our Streets is hosting our annual fundraiser. Join us at Dual Citizen...

www.ourstreetsmn.org

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Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 3h

This is how some folks sound when talking about Lyndale Ave in Minneapolis.

West Seattle Bike Blog @westseattlebikeblg.bsky.social · 12h

lol just now seeing this

Flyer reading:

California Ave is for CARS ONLY!

The best thing for our community is maximizing CAR STORAGE and CARS DRIVING on California! Join us in supporting cars over people!

The Farmer’s Market is already the WORST time of the week:
★ families strolling
★ kids playing
★ local businesses benefitting from all the foot traffic
DESPICABLE and frankly UN-AMERICAN!

And now there’s talk of extending that safe, quiet environment of community and human connection for the whole weekend! Who wants that? WE DON’T!

The ONLY thing our neighborhood’s most popular commercial corridor needs is TWO LANES of car storage and FOUR LANES of car traffic. There’s simply no room for anything else.

Together, we’ll keep California for CARS NOT PEOPLE!
Join us @ CarsOnlyCalifornia.com

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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 13h

Definite “'It's one banana, Michael. What could it cost, $10?‘“ moment from Ward 10’s Lydia Millard. Renters need protection now, not when your pigs fly.

Hex Anderson @dexanderson.com · 13h

"the best rent control is a thirty year mortgage" is a hell of a thing to say in a ward that's majority renter.

if i could buy a house, i wouldn't need rent stabilization, LYDIA.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 4h

would you like to live multi-modally?

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Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 11h

Doing things you care about with people who also care about those things is really nice.

10/10 do recommend.

Go find your thing(s) and your people.

And get tickets to join us for the @ourstreetsmn.org Board fundraiser! (One thing I’m doing with people who care about the same things I do.)

Nightmare on Our Streets: Annual Fundraiser - Our Streets

Streets can be scary for walking, biking, rolling, and busing. You can help change that. The board of Our Streets is hosting our annual fundraiser. Join us at Dual Citizen...

www.ourstreetsmn.org

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la flaneuse 😷 @laflaneuse.bsky.social · 12h

My best tip in life is if you can, move as close as possible to a grocery store you like that you can then walk to. Makes so many other aspects better too!

Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 19h

Walkable cities are perfect for busy people/families.

I had a 45 min break between work calls & wanted to fit in a quick walk.

My wife pointed out we still needed a grocery item for dinner.

I walked 10 mins to the co op and took the long way home.

And I got to pet a cute dog on the walk home!

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Elle Ess @viamarsala18.bsky.social · 14h

Two reasons I love living here: these people cleaning this up represent me.

Elliott Payne @elliottpayne.org · 14h

Tonight a resident posted a picture of racist and Islamaphobic language written on Johnson street that called for @omarfatehmn.com to be deported and wished death upon the Somali community. @doronclark.bsky.social and I showed up right away to get this racist garbage off of our streets

Elliott and doron cleaning up the shared use path on johnson

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Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 14h

Yes. 😆

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Ethan Kleinbaum @eikleinbaum.bsky.social · 15h

Business idea: cargo bike Uber. You need a ride somewhere - book a ride in a cargo bike. Bike shows up, you hop on and get a ride to your destination.

Fare is free, but you are required to both listen to your driver talk about their bike and ask about their accessories for the duration of the ride.

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Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 15h

I don’t work downtown and have never said I do.

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Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 16h

What?

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Silmaria 🏳️‍⚧️ @silmaria.bsky.social · 19h

My brother died of an overdose over 15 years ago. While this wouldn't have helped in his situation, this will save the lives of others. I'm proud of whatever steps we as a city can take to help prevent the pain that my family went through.

Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 21h

Dear neighbor,

I’m excited to share that the City of Minneapolis has installed a new NARCAN® vending machine in Ward 9. You can find this new vending machine in Phillips at Fire Station 5 (2700 Bloomington Ave South). 1/

Jason taking a phone at fire station 5 and the new NARCAN vending machine

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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 21h

Dear neighbor,

I’m excited to share that the City of Minneapolis has installed a new NARCAN® vending machine in Ward 9. You can find this new vending machine in Phillips at Fire Station 5 (2700 Bloomington Ave South). 1/

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Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 18h

Yay jacket twins!

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Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 18h

Also: This was me leaving for my 10am haircut this AM. I arrived right on time bc it’s literally across the street.

Genuinely don’t know how I’d fit in my FT job, consulting job, kids, volunteering, friends, fun, if I lived in a place that required me to waste so much of my time driving.

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Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 19h

Visitors wearing buffalo plaid means it’s extra fall.

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Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 19h

Walkable cities are perfect for busy people/families.

I had a 45 min break between work calls & wanted to fit in a quick walk.

My wife pointed out we still needed a grocery item for dinner.

I walked 10 mins to the co op and took the long way home.

And I got to pet a cute dog on the walk home!

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