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Brian Mitchell @brianmitchl.com · 29/09/2026

A Saint Paul boy never travels without his Nut Rolls. @scoopsstp.bsky.social

James jokingly hiding behind his hand while Pearson’s Salted Nut Rolls stick out of his backpack on a train platform in Brussels, Belgium.

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Brian Mitchell @brianmitchl.com · 24/09/2026

Yes, this!! Luke’s series is great, I recommend reading them all!

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Streets.mn @streets.mn · 23/09/2026

The Aunties of Active Mobility: Jo Anne, Jan, and Amy: streets.mn/2026/09/23/the-aunties-o… This is the final piece in an ongoing series about femme/trans/women (FTW) folks working on and practicing active transportation and helping all of us feel and...

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Vince Mpls @vincempls.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

#OnThisDay Sept 23 1955: 15 months after Twin Cities Rapid Transit streetcars last ran, city crews begin pulling up the tracks for scrap, starting on 11th St at Hennepin Ave in downtown Minneapolis. Heavy Belgian blocks that once held the ight of way in place were also removed.

black and white news photo of a crew standing by with picks and shovels as a crane pulls rails up from the street. Piles of asphalt and blocks trail off into the distance. Hennepin County Library Digital Collections.

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Peter Mason @devomase.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Minneapolis Nerd Nite - 1st Anniversary! Tonight!! 6:00p!!! Eat Street Crossing (29th and Nicollet)!!!! ~10 five-minute presentations!!!!! Free tres leches cake and free brownies for attendeess!!!!!!

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Captain Holt's Hot Damn Dance in Brooklyn 99

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Brian Mitchell @brianmitchl.com · 17/09/2026

It was thrilling, in a way, to bike home from Saint Paul to Uptown tonight without rain gear and cross Sabo Bridge in a thunderstorm. Once I got home, I bent my feet and saw water coming out the tops of my shoes 😁

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Wedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live · 15/09/2026

city will fix 2 notorious Uptown bike lane problems between now and 2028: -connect the missing link on Lake between Humboldt & Hennepin Ave. -convert to a 2 way bike lane on Hennepin between Lake & 31st; create curbside parking for food delivery drivers who always park in the existing lanes.

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Patrick Stephenson @patiomensch.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

“The hellscape that is Minneapolis Uptown.” 🎥 Catherine Smeagal cc: @deveric.net @perennialcycle.bsky.social @joyfulridersclub.bsky.social @danak.bsky.social

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Wedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live · 11/09/2026

This is a big deal for the Wedge LIVE emergency bike ride community. We've rattled over this bomb-cratered road so many times over the years. www.reddit.com/r/CyclingMSP...

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Eric Moran @deveric.net · 03/09/2026

OUR NEXT DJ RIDE IS GONNA BE A BIG ONE! DJs Jack Trash (SIM Shows) & Matriarch (fka @danak.bsky.social, Gateway) Plus GREENWAY GLOW! FREE!! 7pm, perennial cycle, 9/12. You're def not gonna want to miss this. @perennialcycle.bsky.social @joyfulridersclub.bsky.social @patiomensch.bsky.social

Flyer for Saturday DJ Ride

7pm meetup, 730 rollout, perennial cycle, 9/12/26.

DJs, Jack Trash & Matriarch

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Streets.mn @streets.mn · 03/09/2026

Let’s Talk About Electing Transportation Champions — September 17 at Arbeiter Brewing: streets.mn/2026/09/03/lets-talk-abo… Join us on September 17th for a panel discussion and q&a on getting transportation and land use...

Legislative Look Ahead. A conversation hosted by Our Streets and Streets.mn

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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 30/08/2026

We tried all 3 of the new Oreo flavors so you don’t have to. Chicken and Waffles: savory, oddly delicious. “Like if a Chicken in a Bizkit cracker and a golden Oreo had a baby” Deep Fried: it’s fine. Everyone agreed it was kind of boring Banana Pudding: One of the worst things I’ve ever eaten

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Fossilized Tree Sap @amberrl.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Crop Art(emis) II: Seeds of Tranquility Based on Craters of Time, taken by the crew during the Lunar Flyby on April 6, 2026. Black lentils and 90,000 pieces of quinoa stacked in eight layers on canvas board. Third place in Crop Art Class 1 (Natural Colors).

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Nate B @warpedhorizon.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Before it was one of the finest pieces of bike infrastructure in the nation the Midtown Greenway was the Milwaukee Road's Twenty-Ninth Street Railroad Depression. John Hill captured this sequence showing a train running through it in 1985. rrpicturearchives.net/pictures/115...

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Brian Mitchell @brianmitchl.com · 23/08/2026

I even saw my first other Kyoot Rolly Polly in the wild on the Lowertown DJ Ride! It’s a fun bike to zip around with 😁

Brian holding his light purple Kyoot RollyPolly bike with a green Kyoot RollyPolly leading against a fence in front of it

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🚲 🥜scoops 🥜🚲 @scoopsstp.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Thank you to everyone who came out today and made the Saint Paul Nut Roll V a success. The Nut Roll is Dead, Long Live the Nut Roll

Like 250 people in front of the Pearson's factory, in bicycle garb

A pastor in a cycling cap and a stole that says Eat Nut Rolls

A cyclist, at the shrine to the Nut Roll factory, signing a funeral guest book with his Nut Roll wishes. At the base of the table is a cloth collage depicting the Saint Paul Nut Roll bike ride, wreathed in flowers. On the table, icon candles for the Saints of the Saint Paul Nut Roll

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Brian Mitchell @brianmitchl.com · 19/08/2026

Upcoming Midtown Greenway closure: Tuesday August 25 to Thursday August 27 between Bryant Ave and 5th Ave. This is to install the precast girders on the new Pillsbury Ave bridge. The detour is on 28th St.

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Araceli “Jules” Casasola @acolibri.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

When my partner helped set up for it, she said “I can’t believe I get paid to do this”

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Brian Mitchell @brianmitchl.com · 15/08/2026

You do what you must when you look this good

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keeping it riehl @keepingitriehl.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Bryant Ave bike gang reunited, even if we didn’t see @wedge.live to take the photo

Selfie of three smiling people on a crowded street during an outdoor community event, with parked cars and a large gathering of people in the background. On the left, a person wearing sunglasses and a navy blue "Bryant" cycling cap holds the camera. In the center, a man with a beard wears a blue "DISSENT IS PATRIOTIC" t-shirt and a matching blue "Bryant" cap while holding a canned drink. On the right, a person wearing heart-shaped sunglasses, a vibrant multicolored patterned shirt, and a dark "Bryant" cap stands next to a bicycle.

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Brian Mitchell @brianmitchl.com · 15/08/2026

My favorite thing about Uptown Porchfest today is the guy wearing a Malört shirt (and it wasn't even me!).

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madi mcvan @madisonmcvan.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

pearson's in st. paul is closing and laying off all its workers

The State Rapid Response Team (SRRT) received a Federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, 29 U.S.C. § 2101 et seq. ("WARN") email from St. Paul Candy Company, d/b/a Pearson’s Candy Company (“Company”) informing us of the permanent closure and layoff of approximately 80 employees from their facility located at:

2140 7th St. W, St. Paul, MN 55116

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Brian Mitchell @brianmitchl.com · 30/07/2026

Heads up, the Midtown Greenway will be closed from Aug 3-7 for 10th Ave for bridge work and for CenterPoint Energy utility work (around 13th and 14th Aves). These were scheduled together to minimize closures. The detour is on 28th St from Park Ave S to 18th Ave S. #MidtownGreenway

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Brian Mitchell @brianmitchl.com · 20/07/2026

We need more 24 hour stores. I have a smoke alarm beeping due to low battery and realized I'm out of 9V batteries 😩

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Brian Mitchell @brianmitchl.com · 20/07/2026

I saw a train on the greenway tonight! I'm declaring that if you bike past a train on the greenway, you'll have good luck for the week.

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Tom Olsen @olsenforparks.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Remember that this smoke is climate change visualized. If we want a smoke free future we have to combat it in every arena: transportation, infrastructure, housing, waste management, energy use, etc. It also means, combating doomerism, we can take action for a better future! No battle is too small!

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Araceli “Jules” Casasola @acolibri.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Lyndale Avenue Reconstruction design passes City Council (8-4) with amendments from @sorenwithward8.bsky.social and @aurinmpls.bsky.social 🎉

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Avocadoplex (Matt) @avocadoplex.bike · 16/07/2026

Hell yeah! Almost seven years after Theodore Ferrara was killed by a driver on Lyndale, and we started advocating for serious change, we got there. It's not a perfect design (there are a lot of things I'd do differently), but it's light-years better than the 2019 status quo.

Image of protesters holding signs and blocking Lyndale in October of 2019

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Brian Mitchell @brianmitchl.com · 16/07/2026

The Lyndale Ave reconstruction was approved 8-4 at the Minneapolis City Council meeting this morning! We've been working on this #LivableLyndale effort for over three years and believe this new street design will be a great improvement to the area. I hope that Mayor Frey will approve too.

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Brian Mitchell @brianmitchl.com · 15/07/2026

Watch us truly feel the conditions of Lyndale Ave as we ride over broken asphalt. The street needs to be reconstructed, and I hope city council will approve the layout tomorrow.

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Brian Mitchell @brianmitchl.com · 11/07/2026

Tonight was such a good evening for biking, peak summer night riding.

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Wedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live · 09/07/2026

The new masculinity focuses on: -Strength as service -Emotional capacity -Co-creative partnership -Purpose over ego -A Lyndale Ave for the year 2100 Please feel our joy.

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Wedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live · 09/07/2026

STREET RECONSTRUCTIONS NEED MORE WHIMSY

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MPR News @mprnews.org · 02/07/2026

The stretch of the Mississippi River that runs through the Twin Cities is part of the only gorge on the entire river. Some environmental groups say removing locks and dams in the region would help restore the river's ecological health and create new recreational opportunities. But questions remain.

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What would removing Twin Cities locks and dams mean for the Mississippi River?

Some environmental groups think removing the locks and dams would help restore the ecological health of the river and create new recreational opportunities, but many questions remain. Several studies ...

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Joyful Riders Club @joyfulridersclub.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

We usually promote via a few social posts but the efforts of these climbers to spread the word on the next DJ ride is much appreciated.

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Wedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live · 27/06/2026

Yes. A bike emergency has been declared. We ride tomorrow, June 28. Departing Mueller Park at 7:30 pm.

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Brian Mitchell @brianmitchl.com · 22/06/2026

Perpetual callout to how nice the Sabo Bridge is. Minnesota's first cable stay bridge and a great place to see a sunset (or sunrise)!

Looking towards downtown Minneapolis at sunset from the eastern approach of the Sabo Bridge

Looking towards the mast of the Sabo Bridge with the cables splaying around the camera

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daviss @daviss.org · 18/06/2026

A Metro Transit bus stops at the Minneapolis West Lake Street Station in June 2026. Soon we’ll see buses and trains moving over and under each other just as the trains enter/exit the tunnel.

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Brian Mitchell @brianmitchl.com · 18/06/2026

I got to the Pillsbury Ave bridge demolition a little earlier this evening. The piers look cool with the rebar fanning out of the tops. I think the piers will remain in place and get capped over (like the 10th Ave bridge replacement)?

Looking east to the norther set of piers with 3-5 feet of rebar coming up from the broken concrete bases, several feet over the base of the rubble pile from the bridge deck below.

The north abutment and piers stand with a pile of concrete from the demolished bridge deck lying between them. An excavator is parked on the rubble to the south.

The south abutment and piers stand amidst concrete rubble, two excavators, and a crane.

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Brian Mitchell @brianmitchl.com · 17/06/2026

Bridge down! The Pillsbury Ave S bridge over the Midtown Greenway started demolition today.

Looking west from Blaisdell Ave into the Midtown Greenway trench at night. Dumpsters, a lone pier, and rubble from the Pillsbury Ave bridge deck are lying across the bike trail.

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Brian Mitchell @brianmitchl.com · 10/06/2026

This is the second heavy rain and hailstorm I've had to take shelter under a tree for in the last few years. I found a better tree this time!#mnwx

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Karla Hovde @karlahovde.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

I love Minneapolis!

Three bluesky users all post "Awooo" at the same time in my timeline to mark the monthly tornado siren test in Minneapolis.

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Brian Mitchell @brianmitchl.com · 02/06/2026

“You are like the billionaires you probably hate” 🤣 so many one liners here at the Vibrant Lyndale meeting.

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Brian Mitchell @brianmitchl.com · 02/06/2026

I just saw @willwoodworth.com give the best facepalm here at the Vibrant Lyndale meeting. That really describes the vibe here.

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Brian Mitchell @brianmitchl.com · 02/06/2026

I haven’t heard anyone heckle “bring back the streetcar” yet tonight at the Vibrant Lyndale meeting.

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Brian Mitchell @brianmitchl.com · 02/06/2026

I just locked eyes with @bylert.bsky.social who gave me the best eye roll ever at the Vibrant Lyndale meeting. 🤣

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