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Joshua Houdek

@jhoudek.bsky.social
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Bicycling. Walking. Transit. Electrification. Climate. Clean transportation & housing for all. @sierraclubmn.bsky.social Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Joshua Houdek @jhoudek.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Renee Good’s last words
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All Aboard Minnesota @allaboardmn.org · 29/09/2026
Tomorrow is the last day to buy discounted tickets! Amtrak's Winter Sale offers 25% off Borealis and Hiawatha tickets for travel from October 14th through December 17th. Book your tickets now! allaboardmn.org #passengerrail #AAMN #borealis #amtrak
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Katherine Garcia @katherinejulia.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Fuel prices are skyrocketing, stretching the budgets of families and businesses alike. The GOP's proposal? Attacking state clean transportation safeguards to deliver a massive handout to their fossil fuel donors. Take action today and urge your Senators to vote NO. ✍️ sc.org/Protect-Clean-Air
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Demand Congress Reject Attacks on Long-Standing Clean Air Protections
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Sierra Club MN North Star Chapter @sierraclubmn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Celebrate Week Without Driving and learn about the mode that asks for very little. act.sierraclub.org/events/detai...
Dog in cargo bike
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Sierra Club MN North Star Chapter @sierraclubmn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
As we celebrate the Green Line Extension today, let us not loose sight of the real prize.
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Joshua Houdek @jhoudek.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
@metrotransitmn.bsky.social’s Renew the Blue was needed and well executed, except for this. Please fix before the snow falls and it gets a lot worse. Reported to 311.
Severely cracked multiuse sidewalk/bikeway next to METRO Blue Line tracks and Hiawatha Ave.
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Joshua Houdek @jhoudek.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The mayor got his start serving on CLIC. I know. I was on CLIC at the time. It was a while ago. This is mayoral overreach. Of an (albeit influential) advisory committee FFS.
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Tom Olsen @olsenforparks.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
My argument is simple; our parks are worth it. In the last few years our park levy has been consistently under what we need to fully function. This led to rec center cuts. We are facing cuts again, while the city has been far less fiscally prudent. Gift link: www.startribune.com/mpls-green-s...
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Park Board president: Minneapolis parks are among the best in the nation. Fund them accordingly.
The Minneapolis Board of Estimate and Taxation must vote to fully fund the park board’s levy request of 5.86%, which is far below what the city is asking for itself, Park and Recreation Board presiden...
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Joshua Houdek @jhoudek.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
North Minneapolis to Brooklyn Park deserve transit too: 50% of households don’t have access to a car 60% of potential riders are people of color 37% are low-income Care about equity? Fill the Blue Line Extension funding gap @governorwalz.mn.gov @metcouncilmn.bsky.social @hennepin.bsky.social
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Joshua Houdek @jhoudek.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
North Minneapolis to Brooklyn Park deserve transit too: 50% of households don’t have access to a car 60% of potential riders are people of color 37% are low-income Care about equity? Fill the Blue Line Extension funding gap @governorwalz.mn.gov @metcouncilmn.bsky.social @hennepin.bsky.social
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Alex @mplsalex.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Take the bus once a week to work; bike/walk to something that’s not too far away; it doesn’t have to be all or nothing! Small changes at scale have a big impact!
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Sierra Club MN North Star Chapter @sierraclubmn.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This is along several of our @sierraclub.org staff and volunteers’ bike commute. Safer streets for all. Love to see it.
Sierra Club MN volunteers and staff at a full, indoor bike rack
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Sierra Club MN North Star Chapter @sierraclubmn.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
@governorwalz.mn.gov: Break the impasse between Met Council & Hennepin County. Fund the Blue Line Extension. Build equity, transportation options, climate solutions. It's about the People, not the Train, North Minneapolis to Brooklyn Park🚆 www.startribune.com/mn-infrastru...
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Opinion | We’ve come too far to let the Blue Line extension fall apart now
Hennepin County and the Met Council need to stop pointing fingers and find a way to close this $224 million funding gap, the authors write.
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Katherine Garcia @katherinejulia.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Take Action: Urge Congress to reject attacks on clean air safeguards. Repealing these protections would increase transportation pollution and cause real harm to our health. Tell Congress NOT to give yet another handout to Big Oil. Message your Representative today act.sierraclub.org/actions/nati...
Promotional graphic for an action alert to send a message to Congress urging Representatives to reject attacks on long standing clean air protections.
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Families for Safe Streets @familiesforsafestreets.org · 08/09/2026
Your regular reminder that crashes ≠ accidents. We owe it to the victims of traffic violence to acknowledge that their injuries and deaths are the result of a transportation system that tolerates dozens of serious crashes each day.
Three news headlines describe deadly or serious traffic crashes using the word "accident" in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; Plano, Texas; and Mobile, Alabama. Behind them, a gray Families for Safe Streets pattern repeatedly shows the word “CRASH,” with “ACCIDENT” crossed out, emphasizing that preventable crashes are not accidents.
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Families for Safe Streets @familiesforsafestreets.org · 08/09/2026
"A truly safe street should not be measured by what happens after a collision. It should be measured by its ability to prevent the collision from happening." Mic-drop in recent Al Día News op-ed 🫳🎤
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The Problem Isn’t Just the Accident: It’s the Streets
Philadelphia is discovering that reducing traffic violence requires something more complex than asking people to be better drivers
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Sierra Club MN North Star Chapter @sierraclubmn.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
@governorwalz.mn.gov: Break the impasse. Build equity, transportation options, climate solutions. Build the Blue Line Extension: North Minneapolis to Brooklyn Park🚆 www.startribune.com/blue-line-lr...
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Funding feud could derail Blue Line light-rail extension as key decision nears
Hennepin County is keeping the project alive but says it needs the Met Council to chip in to cover construction costs.
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Alex Schieferdecker @alexschief.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Ultra-busy schedule of upcoming streets events in Minneapolis: - Sept 12: Open Streets West Broadway - Sept 13: Open Streets Cedarfest - Sept 19: Upper Harbor Park Ribbon Cutting - Sept 26: Open Streets Nicollet - Sept 30: Transit-to-Work Day - Oct 11: Open Streets Hennepin Mark your calendars!
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Mark Snyder @snyde043.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
She announced her candidacy TEN MONTHS ago. Why doesn’t she have any plans?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/09/2026
how i be getting around in my car now that Apple Maps and Google Maps are dead to me
pic of printed out paper Mapquest directions mounted to rearview mirror
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Joshua Houdek @jhoudek.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Another way the governor could lead? Build the Blue Line Extension 🚊 www.startribune.com/governor-twi...
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Roper: Minnesota’s next governor should make the Twin Cities work better
The governor is technically the boss of the Twin Cities area, which has plenty of problems that need coordinated solutions.
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Joshua Houdek @jhoudek.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Riding the train is not like it used to be. Vibe is 👍 Tell your friends.
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Coalition for Clean Transportation @cleantranspo.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Transportation pollution contributes to 1000s of premature deaths each year. Instead of blocking states from protecting lives and public health, Congress should defend clean air protections. www.sierraclub.org/broad-coalit...
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Broad Coalition of 98 Organizations Urges Congress to Reject Attacks on Long-Standing Clean Air Protections
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Joshua Houdek @jhoudek.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
OMG I love her even more now and I didn’t even think this was possible. 🚴‍♀️🎤 Rest in peace Dolly. 💐
vintage photo shows legendary country music icon Dolly Parton posing playfully on a bicycle during the 1970s.
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Joshua Houdek @jhoudek.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Rest in peace, Dolly. We will always love you.
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Bill Lindeke @blindeke.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
One thing about speed cameras: they're mainly a tax on people who DON'T live in your city (and also they boost safety *mostly for residents* by changing those people's behavior). Kind of a win-win-win for local government.
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Joshua Houdek @jhoudek.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
No nukes. Real renewable energy now, please. (Cheap, non-radioactive solar + wind).
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Alex @mplsalex.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
It’s so weird to go to a different country and spend two weeks walking and taking transit everywhere and having a great time, and then just come back here where we don’t believe that kind of thing is possible or desirable even.
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Joshua Houdek @jhoudek.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Join the Resistance
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daviss @daviss.org · 18/08/2026
about time
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Joshua Houdek @jhoudek.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Thank you @governorwalz.mn.gov for setting expectations for Gov @amyklobuchar.com
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Joshua Houdek @jhoudek.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
#Parkways4People!! And Pickeleball
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Wes Burdine @wesburdine.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
As most folks have pointed out: Throughout the occupation and the aftermath, the sheer size of the resistance and its demographic depth was completely underrated/ignored. Almost as many people voted in hennepin/ramsay as the # of people who voted in the Republican primary
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Decision Desk HQ @decisiondeskhq.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Decision Desk HQ projects Peggy Flanagan wins the MN US Senate Democratic Primary #DecisionMade: 11:20 PM EDT
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Joshua Houdek @jhoudek.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
You have a half hour to still be like me. Vote Peggy! 🗳️
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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
If you live in a city you shouldn't have to own a car.
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daviss @daviss.org · 12/08/2026
Minnesota GOP ballot is full of election deniers, violent insurrectionists, racists, nba basketball players who never scored a single point, anti-vaxxers and Michele Tafoya who every few years posts the same letter she claims a flight attendant handed her. What a group.
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Joshua Houdek @jhoudek.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Gestapo minnesotareformer.com/2026/08/10/r...
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Rep. Ilhan Omar raises questions about undercover ICE agent at town hall • Minnesota Reformer
An undercover Homeland Security Investigations agent parked outside a community center while Rep. Ilhan Omar held a town hall on Aug. 6, the Democratic Congresswoman wrote in a letter to Department of...
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Joshua Houdek @jhoudek.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
🗳️Happy Primary Day🗳️ pollfinder.sos.mn.gov
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Joshua Houdek @jhoudek.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Supersonic action. 20 seconds. Sign this👇 act.sierraclub.org/actions/Nati...
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Demand Regulators Keep The Ban On Supersonic Flights Over the U.S
The Trump administration has directed the FAA to repeal the 53-year ban on supersonic flight over the U.S. The FAA should keep the ban in place because supersonic flight will result in harmful environ...
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Dear MAGA, Stop comparing the public execution of George Floyd to your little January 6 cosplay riot. One was a man slowly murdered on camera by a cop who is now in prison. The other was a bunch of you LARPing as revolutionaries while Trump sat on his ass watching it on TV.
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Joshua Houdek @jhoudek.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
“some people will make money by running fancy computers in an expensive warehouse, the rest of downtown Minneapolis will be paying the price”
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Matt Little @littleforcongress.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
SIERRA CLUB 🤝MATT LITTLE FOR CONGRESS 🤝FRIENDS OF THE BOUNDARY WATERS ACTION NETWORK
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Joshua Houdek @jhoudek.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The way we plan, fund, build transit in this region, state, and nation is nothing short of institutional racism.
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Sierra Club MN North Star Chapter @sierraclubmn.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
It’s not about the train, 🚊 It’s about the people. ✊🏽🌎 Build the @bluelineext.bsky.social!
Advocates rally outside Metro Transit HQ in Minneapolis Coalition leader signed by 13 statewide organizations calling on leaders to build the Blue Line Extension
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Sierra Club MN North Star Chapter @sierraclubmn.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
“After all the work we’ve done, all the years of work… It would be crazy to have the Met Council drop the ball and not do its part to keep the project moving forward.” ~ @sierraclub.org Policy Director @peterwagenius.bsky.social
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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 05/08/2026
I think it's good and cool, actually, that Anders Folk is running to be the guy in charge of prosecuting ICE agents while taking money from the lawyer defending ICE agents.
A screenshot of Anders Folk's campaign finance report showing a donation from Christopher Madel of Madel P.A.
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Joshua Houdek @jhoudek.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
My Council Member @aurinmpls.bsky.social is bravely speaking with @angeladavismpr.bsky.social right now on MPR about the mental health challenges of serving public office and I am in awe. 🎙️
Selfie of me and Aurin
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Sierra Club MN North Star Chapter @sierraclubmn.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
People Not Polluters. "inspection found that operators had removed some of its pollution control equipment, in violation of its permit" www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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Controversial St. Paul iron foundry announces shutdown
Northern Iron in St. Paul’s Payne-Phalen neighborhood is shutting down, after years of pressure from regulators and neighbors.
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Joshua Houdek @jhoudek.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
💯 this
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