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ScaryMM

@marymm.bsky.social

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E-bike preacher, urban freeway fighter, transit-walking-cities-nature lover, nonprofit gold medalist, carshare founder, author. Freethinker-in-chief. MSP.

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ScaryMM @marymm.bsky.social · Jun 3

The EPA and American Lung Assn. don't agree: are vehicle emissions worse near highways or near slower streets? And since there's so much disagreement, why would we summarily reject a highway-to-boulevard conversion without critical studies and modeling? (Blog post from 2017, updated 2023.)

Highway Air Pollution and Your Health: Six Things You Need To Know

Labor Day weekend is a prime time for vacations, which means many people will be traveling by car in the coming days. While everyone loves a good road trip, pollution near highways can have serious he

www.lung.org

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Austin Wu @austwu.bsky.social · 12h

"This post was fact checked by real Saint Paul patriots: True"

Pig's Eye Parrant is in the background.

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Nietifa Van Suiker @lukewanderer.bsky.social · 3h

They walk among us!

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ScaryMM @marymm.bsky.social · 2d

Or maybe they're super luxury condos that reflect that cost in purchase price. IDK but wow I love them.

ScaryMM @marymm.bsky.social · 3d

100% sure that Watt Cycleworks carries Velotric electric trikes. Close to Minnehaha Park and the VA.

carrieswww.wattcycleworks.com

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Maggie K @maggiekpaints.bsky.social · 3d

I went through financial filings on a bunch of the 2020 fail candidates and it was so horrifying. Like endless cash spent on media outside the voting area and not on on the ground door knocking volunteer support which is the gold standard for actual vote getting.

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ScaryMM @marymm.bsky.social · 3d

Terraces...or balconies? Balconies I guess.

ScaryMM @marymm.bsky.social · 3d

What a dreamy mid-sized residence in Denver. So many buildings like this in leafy neighborhoods...love the large terraces. Definitely a good reason to tear out sfhs or surface parking or both.

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ScaryMM @marymm.bsky.social · 6d

And finally, I'm referring to pedal assist bikes, not mopeds or electric motorcycles.

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ScaryMM @marymm.bsky.social · 6d

I will say that snobbiness toward e-bikes runs hard here. Instead of understanding that e-bikes are car replacements with a side of exercise, fitness cyclists get stuck thinking they're being left in the dust by lazy losers. And some folks do use e-bikes just for fun. Where's the harm in that?

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ScaryMM @marymm.bsky.social · 6d

Minnesota is testing e-bike incentives. Its first round was badly managed but the second round improved. Both rounds were woefully underfunded. Because e-bikes are so affordable and useful relative to e-cars, we should push hard to subsidize statewide e-bike adoption. Give me any reason why not.

Allen Cowgill @allencowgill.bsky.social · 6d

Denver’s e-bike rebate program is a massive success story with 10,000+ new e-bikes riding around Denver and over 1,000,000 ebike trips that replaced car trips. That’s 1,400+ tons of greenhouse gas emissions saved every year!
bit.ly/4gSY2gT

E-Bike Rebates

Learn how to qualify for a rebate for an electric bike (e-bike) from a participating bike shop. A limited number of e-bike rebate vouchers are available every other month. Plus, learn how to use your ...

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Austin Wu @austwu.bsky.social · 6d

broke: second american civil war

woke: american warlord era* (internationally recognised but powerless central government, country internally fractured by feuding local governors, wacky gun culture)

*the chinese warlord era being coterminous with the century of humiliation

Major Chinese warlord coalitions in 1925. The blue area was controlled by the Kuomintang, which later formed the Nationalist government in Guangzhou.

This study argues that growing social violence and the state’s inability to respond to it
led Chinese men and women seek to obtain their own weapons. This demand was fueled by the
gun’s powerful symbolism in public culture and social life, and by beliefs that guns were a
source of social status and self-empowerment. Civilian ownership of guns contributed to
persistent social violence, and also transformed power structures in local society and accelerated
local militarization, impacting the balance between state and society. Both late Qing and
Republican governments’ regulation and control over armed civilians was a dynamic and
contingent process, hovering between two practices: the state’s resolute maintenance of its
monopoly on the uses of guns, and its reliance on armed civilians in local defense. This study
argues that the state’s dilemma over whether to control private guns or rely on them prevented
the formation of an effective and consistent gun policy. In contrast, the Chinese Communist
Party (CCP) adopted a different policy towards private gun ownership, by making the
mobilization of an armed populace part of its massline policy. The CCP’s private gun policy
played an important role in strengthening the CCP’s presence and authority in wartime China.

https://surface.syr.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1763&context=etd

The Beiyang government[note 2] was the internationally recognized government of the Republic of China between 1912 and 1928, based in Beijing. It was dominated by the generals of the Beiyang Army, giving it its name.

Beiyang general Yuan Shikai gave Sun Yat-sen the military support he needed to establish the Republic of China in 1912. Through his control of the army, Yuan was quickly able to dominate the new Republic as its president.[5] Although the government and the state were nominally under civilian control through the Republic's constitution, Yuan and his generals were effectively in charge of it. After Yuan's death in 1916, the army split into various warlord factions competing for power, leading to a period of civil war called the Warlord Era. Nevertheless, the government maintained its legitimacy among the great powers, receiving diplomatic recognition, foreign loans, and access to tax and customs revenue.

Member of a northern Warlord Army displays his Mauser C96 pistol and Dadao sword, ~1920s

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Bill Childs @billchilds.bsky.social · 6d

This is still puttering along

Bill Childs @billchilds.bsky.social · Oct 2

This is pretty great: someone put a cheap phone up on a pole in the Mission and it just sits and Shazams everything it hears.

walzr.com/bop-spotter

Bop Spotter

walzr.com

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BikeMN @bikemn.bsky.social · 7d

Consider using resources like the AARP Walk/Roll Audit toolkit to provide info to community leaders.

We're at a 40yr high for pedestrian deaths. Preventable deaths. We have the tools and resources to change that and make Minnesota a beacon of mobility equity for the rest of the country.

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BikeMN @bikemn.bsky.social · 7d

As we shift into Autumn, take extra care while driving - opt for other modes whenever possible, and consider using this time of year to discuss with neighbors how your street can be made safer for everyone to get around on - including little ghosts, goblins, and superheroes.

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ScaryMM @marymm.bsky.social · 7d

It's a parade!

ScaryMM @marymm.bsky.social · 7d

(well, also those new sros around St. Thomas are really f****** ugly-- I mean really, really ugly so I don't blame people for being horrified by them.)

ScaryMM @marymm.bsky.social · 7d

It's just nuts. Somewhere down the line somebody grafted a steering wheel to their arms and tires to their legs and they can't move without an engine.

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ScaryMM @marymm.bsky.social · 7d

#Rethinking94

ScaryMM @marymm.bsky.social · 7d

Could the nimby crisis be blamed entirely on homeowners' fears about losing "their" front yard parking spots to new apartment dwelling drivers? Based on the hysterical comments about student single room occupancy development in Saint Paul, I believe so. Car dependence is a scourge.

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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 7d

"too"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

MADELEINE DEAN: The president is unhinged. He's unwell

JOHNSON: A lot of folks on your side are too

D: Oh my god, please. That performance in front of the generals?

J: I didn't see it

D: It's so dangerous! Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing. You have a POTUS who's unwell.

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ScaryMM @marymm.bsky.social · 7d

Ok this is brilliant. Nearly every transportation planning decision prioritizes the car, but cars aren't available or desired by everyone and that's gotta change. Bravo @nrdc.org

Who Doesn’t Have a Car?

A new NRDC map shows car-free living and the factors affecting car usage in United States.

www.nrdc.org

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ScaryMM @marymm.bsky.social · 7d

And was that a Longfellow boom?

ScaryMM @marymm.bsky.social · 7d

I mean, of course the suburbs are going to fight for more road $$$ at the expense of the cities they force to host them on highways. Shelley Madore isn't cut out for Minneapolis.

The Dependent Clause @dependentclause.bsky.social · 7d

Outstanding www.shelleymadore.com

The Real Shelley Madore

www.shelleymadore.com

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Lake Links Association @lakelinks.bsky.social · 7d

If you live in the White Bear Lake area (or anywhere for that matter) – this is a huge chance to advocate for safe passage for bicyclists and walkers! Deadline 10/8. Please pass along to others!!! www.lakelinks.net/post/act-fas...

Act fast! Highway 96 study questionnaire closes October 8

By Mike Brooks, Lake Links ChairWashington and Ramsey counties held the second of three open houses on September 24 to get public input on existing conditions and needs for the 10-plus-mile segment of...

www.lakelinks.net

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Twin Cities Bike Parking Review @tcbikeparking.bsky.social · 7d

Free bike racks for Saint Paul businesses: www.stpaul.gov/departments/...
50% Reimbursed bike racks for Minneapolis businesses: www.minneapolismn.gov/getting-arou...
Plus more great info in each link.

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