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Adam Smith @adamnsmith.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I’m not sure I’ve ever been on a bus with 6 other active @transit.app users. A whole group of sad MNUFC fans making sure that the location of this 94 is well-established.

Screenshot from the transit app showing 7 users tracking this Route 94 bus

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Adam Smith @adamnsmith.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

It looks like a new bakery is planning to open at Nicollet & 46th Street. 👀 The new dark green paint job convinced me to do some sleuthing on the City’s permitting website…

Screenshot of permit website describing scope, including “Remodel existing bakery for new bakery tenant. No change of occupancy… Tenant: Evergreen”

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Adam Smith @adamnsmith.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Muir Woods is a special place—so great to share it with my 6-year-old today.

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Adam Smith @adamnsmith.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

I spent my Father’s Day capital on the opportunity to nerd out at the Cable Car Museum (followed by a ride on one, because I’m not a total monster).

Photo of the powerhouse floor at the Canle Car Museum, showing four sets of sheaves driving the remaining operational cable car lines in San Francisco

An historic cable car on display at the Cable Car Museum. It reads: “Central Ave. Market St. & the Ferries,” “Suttrr Street Railway Co.” and has the number 54.

The sheave room beneath the powerhouse floor, where cables enter and exit the powerhouse via tunnels

An operational cable car on the Powell & Mason St. line. The car is adorned with flower garlands on its sides and roof.

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Adam Smith @adamnsmith.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Today’s explorations of San Francisco—the Presidio, Golden Gate Park, and Ocean Beach (including my first visit to the transformed Great Highway as a space for people)

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Adam Smith @adamnsmith.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Good morning from the Presidio

Photo from a porch of a red brick building in the Presidio. A white railing and column are visible on the porch, with palm and eucalyptus trees in the background. An American flag hangs from the building.

Red brick buildings in the Presidio with part of the Golden Gate Bridge peeking through

Purple wildflowers with the San Francisco Bay in the background. A number of sailboats can be seen on the bay.

Photo of the Golden Gate Bridge with paths, landscaping, and picnic tables in the foreground

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Adam Smith @adamnsmith.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Solidly in Wile E. Coyote country now

Rock formations in Ruby Canyon, Colorado, as viewed from the California Zephyr

Greenery near the Colorado River with orange-red rock formations in Ruby Canyon

Photo of a mesa surrounded by golden-colored grass

A photo of a mesa illuminated red by the setting sun, somewhere near Green River, Utah

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Adam Smith @adamnsmith.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Day 2 on the California Zephyr through Nebraska and Colorado

Sunrise over western Nebraska with a winding stream, grasslands, and scattered trees

Union Station in Denver with its “Travel by Train” sign. Two RTD light rail trains are visible from the platform

Pine trees with snow-capped Rocky Mountain peaks in the background

6-year-old looks out the window as the the California Zephyr winds along Colorado River canyons

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Adam Smith @adamnsmith.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Westbound on the @amtrak.com California Zephyr (Day 1)

Photo of red brick industrial warehouse and storage buildings in Ottumwa, Iowa, framed by a window on the California Zephyr.

Rolling hills and trees with a Mile Marker reading 314. A curtain is visible from the edge of the train window.

Photo of railroad tracks and a hay field at dusk with an orange sky, somewhere in central Iowa

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Adam Smith @adamnsmith.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Sometimes you get home and there are mysteriously 17 jars of marmalade that have been sent to your house.

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Adam Smith @adamnsmith.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Getting some culture(s) at the Madison Farmers Market

People shopping for cheese at a cheese stand

A ziploc bag of fresh cheese curds with a sticker reading “Make Date: May 29, 2026, 2 P.M.”

People walking around Farmers Market tents on Capitol Square in Madison, WI

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Adam Smith @adamnsmith.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

A successful afternoon volunteering (and shopping) at the Barton Elementary School plant sale and an easy trip home via Bryant Avenue

A Tern GSD cargo bike with multiple trays of native perennials, herbs, and marigolds in the storm box on the front rack

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Adam Smith @adamnsmith.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

The Southside Battletrain at the May Day Parade

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Adam Smith @adamnsmith.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Brass Solidarity kicking off the May Day Parade in Minneapolis!

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Adam Smith @adamnsmith.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

And the convoy of bikes on the ride there was just as joyful

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Adam Smith @adamnsmith.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

The flotilla of ducks at the annual Minnehaha Creek Duck Race in Minneapolis!

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Adam Smith @adamnsmith.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

The Allianz Field debut of James Rodriguez #MNUFC

James stands over the ball to take a free kick

Anthony Markanich dribbles toward goal after receiving a James pass

James walks toward corner flag to take corner kick

James kisses ball while preparing to take corner

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Adam Smith @adamnsmith.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Update, following a 6-0 loss (this was not staged):

A now-headless snowman with its facial features on the ground, making a frown

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Adam Smith @adamnsmith.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

I braved the storm to visit Sun Street for their penultimate Sunday. One of those neighborhood businesses we saw when house hunting a decade ago and thought “wouldn’t it be great to be within walking distance?” And it has been—we’ll miss it.

Mostly empty counter and tables at Sun Street Breads

Sign reading “Sun Street is closing!!!
Last day: March 22nd (Sunday)
Thanks for 15 Fantastic Years

The exterior of Sun Street Breads surrounded by snow-covered streets

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Adam Smith @adamnsmith.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Yup… it’s slippery out here

Vehicle tracks in the snow and a damaged pedestrian signal with a license plate and piece of a fender

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Adam Smith @adamnsmith.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

A great night at the @minnesotaorchestra.org, especially with the Orange Line steps away to take us home

View of snowy 35W through the front window of an Orange Line bus

Inside of Orchestra Hall at intermission

An Orange Line bus approaching in the snow

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Adam Smith @adamnsmith.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Season-opening tifo at Allianz Field #MNUFC

Tifo showing the rebel loon and text reading “We have friends everywhere”

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Adam Smith @adamnsmith.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Okay it’s possible I’m exposing my child to too much soccer at the expense of other activities

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Adam Smith @adamnsmith.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

A couple of blurry ones from the window of the Borealis (somewhere in SE Wisconsin)

Photo of a bright pink and orange sunset behind a snowy field and transmission line, taken from the window of a train

Blurry photo of a bright pink and orange sunset behind a snowy field, farm buildings, and a transmission line, taken from the window of a train

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Adam Smith @adamnsmith.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Felt good to laugh tonight. Thanks James (and Craig).

Photo of the iconic Chicago Theater marquee with text reading “James Acaster Live on Stage”

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Adam Smith @adamnsmith.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

The joy of the Lake Harriet Art Shanties—this year more than ever.

3 butterflies with messages reading “Migration is Natural,” “Protect Immigrants Abolish Ice!,” and “¡Chinga La Migra!”

The yellow submarine art shanty “Sub Bdé Umán”

Person riding a bike with an ice skate instead of a front wheel

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Adam Smith @adamnsmith.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Amazing numbers of cyclists out for the Alex Pretti Memorial Ride in Minneapolis 🚲💙

Thousands(?) of cyclists gathering at Washburn Fair Oaks Park

Thousands(?) of cyclists along Nicollet Avenue, approaching the Alex Pretti Memorial

A rose left in the fence at the Minneapolis VA Hospital, overlooking the Mississippi River

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Adam Smith @adamnsmith.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

It’s important to retain some semblance of normalcy (like biking down Nicollet with a mini-camper in -20 wind chills)

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Adam Smith @adamnsmith.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

A nice afternoon to ride the Borealis back from Wisconsin.

A photo of snow falling on houses in front of a bluff in Camp Douglas WI

A photo of snow falling with a view across the Mississippi River between La Crosse and Winona

A photo of the Winona, MN Amtrak station with people walking from the train and waiting with luggage

A photo of the Mississippi River in Red Wing.

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Adam Smith @adamnsmith.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Thanks to @perennialcycle.bsky.social for getting us back in business with studded tires just in time for the last pickup of 2025!

A Tern GSD with a backpack on the front rack while kids play on a snow pile in the background

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Adam Smith @adamnsmith.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

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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Adam Smith @adamnsmith.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Spoonbridge and Cherry and E Line

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Adam Smith @adamnsmith.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Beautiful day for a ribbon cutting—happy E Line!

Metropolitan Council Chair Robin Hutcheson and Transportation Committee Chair Deb Barber high five after cutting the ribbon for the METRO E Line BRT project. They are flanked by Senators Klobuchar and Smith, Hennepin County Commissioner Irene Fernando, State Senator Scott Dibble, former State Representative Frank Hornstein, and other dignitaries.

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Adam Smith @adamnsmith.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

First tap as a Go-To card-carrying 6-year-old. On our way to celebrate 1 million rides on the B Line!

6-year-old wearing a B Line hat and tapping a “Ride with Pride” go-to card at a fare card validator at 35W & 46th Street station

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Adam Smith @adamnsmith.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

This year’s contribution to the field. First time with a home-grown pumpkin.

A glowing pumpkin with a numeral 6 inscribed in it

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Adam Smith @adamnsmith.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Same here. Xcel is onsite at 46th & Blaisdell, though I’m not sure if that’s the source of the problem

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Adam Smith @adamnsmith.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

First time bike camping with the 5-year-old at Carver Park Reserve! He rode about half way in both directions (and spent the rest of the trip lounging in the back of the Tern).

Woman biking over a former railroad bridge on a Tern GSD with a 5-year-old riding in the clubhouse

5-year-old riding on a trail through a forest with green-yellow leaves

5-year old riding a bike over a bridge along Lake Minnetonka

5-year-old riding bike under a tree with bright orange and red leaves

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