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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The Connected Ramsey Communities Bicycle Network map that was updated last year and included in the Countywide Pedestrian & Bicycle Plan shows a connection at Prior. But there is a lake and 2 big buildings in the way, not to mention the Transitway bridge.

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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Go away for two weeks and come back to this beauty on 8th St SE…. What a nice surprise!

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 06/07/2026

On this day in 2016, 32-year-old Philando Castile was shot and killed by a police officer during a traffic stop for a broken taillight in Falcon Heights, Minnesota.

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Jul. 6, 2016 | Philando Castile Killed by Police in Minnesota

Learn more about our history of racial injustice

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/07/2026

On Tuesday, I'm recording a podcast on Land Value Taxes with a think tank expert & a Spokane city council person (Spokane is considering an LVT). I've been reading up on the subject & getting extremely LVT-pilled. Got questions?

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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Oops. Just reread and saw you are looking for aerials. I can give you addresses if you need any

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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Since this is in federal court, the jury pool would consist of residents of the entire District of Minnesota, so the entire state.

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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Nice new sign in the n’hood this morning but man with wrong info about the law like this is it any wonder how few cars stop for pedestrians at intersections without crosswalks (including this one!)

Sign posted in middle of street stating, “State law - Stop for pedestrians within crosswalk.”

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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Arch. historian Kristin Anderson giving talk on this area tmrw: "This was heart of original SAP n'hood, w stores, homes, park, 2 churches, + 2 RR stations. Find out about original appearance and many transformations over decades." SAP Luth. Church, 2323 Como, 7pm. Also YouTube: bit.ly/Sap-history

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St. Anthony Park Lutheran Church

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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Perhaps it’s a problem relating to the challenge of clearing the separated bike trail right next to the street, but come ride the 3 on Washington Ave and you won’t be impressed by the snow removal.

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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

They may not be 3 feet high, but snow banks make it more difficult to get on and off the bus a lot of the time. For some, they make it impossible.

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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Looks like the smaller one was north of the tracks. Wonder how it was accessed given the high embankment.

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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

I hadn’t heard that the Transit App now includes Jefferson Lines and many transit agencies outside the Twin Cities metro area.

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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Two years after Congress passed the National Plan to End Parkinson’s and 17 months after it became law, we still haven’t seen a public PD plan. @amyklobuchar.com @smith.senate.gov @mccollum.house.gov Where is the PD Plan? #whereisthePDplan

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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

How do you navigate the crazy intersection on e. side of the Franklin Ave. bridge after crossing from west in separated bike lane? How are you supposed to head "straight" (north) on 27th? Many of the cars in the near lane are turning right on River Pkwy or Franklin, making it hard to get left.

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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

About 400 lining the street through Algoma, WI, this morning… summer like weather made it even more festive

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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Excellent new sign posted outside the Hampden Park co-op… can anyone explain the color coding of the different parts of the neighborhood?

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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Still seems quite car dependent. On a recent walk through all of the activity was in the parking areas in the rear of these units, which is consistent with this photo. They even put the balconies in the parking lot sides of these buildings.

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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Falcon Heights is hosting an open house on the future of the U's golf course on Sept. 16. www.falconheights.org/Home/Compone...

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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

I don't remember it being this constant in other years

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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

And massive - over 500,000 square feet of space.

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Pat Thompson @pattho.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Wendi Ward, proprietor of Saint Paul's wonderful Practical Goods shop, died suddenly of a pulmonary embolism. So much I didn't know about her and how she came to open the store. (Gift link) 😪

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Obituary: Wendi Ward, Practical Goods owner, believed in recycling, community

“She looked at all the stuff that she had that was cool – glassware and wool and silk and wood and metal things – and said, ‘You know, I should open a shop,’” her brother recounted.

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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

They faced possible closure when nat. gas spiked in 06, which led to a major study of possible alt. sources of thermal energy that could have also led to a district energy system for the West Midway, including bio fuels, RDF and others. The study was shelved once gas prices dropped.

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Eric @ecaughlaw.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Nice turn out of the Minnesota bar for the National Law Day of Action in support of the rule of law. Thanks to the MSBA, HCBA, and RCBA for organizing and to retired Justice Chutich for leading us in retaking the attorney’s oath.

A group of MN lawyers standing in front of the Hennepin County Government Center for the National Law Day of Action in support of the rule of law.

A group of MN lawyers standing in front of the Hennepin County Government Center for the National Law Day of Action in support of the rule of law before they retake the attorney’s oath administered by retired Justice Chutich.

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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Join this lunchtime gathering on Thursday at the Government Center in support of the rule of law mnbars.org?pg=events&ev...

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National Law Day of Action: A Nationwide Stand for the Rule of Law

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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

"A few days later, likely because they didn’t want to appear to be silencing ... pro-Palestinian expertise too overtly, the administration removed all university website statements supportive of Ukraine following Russia’s invasion.... All of them had been up for years without objections."

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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Is that the same Global X airline charter that the NCAA hired for March Madness this year?

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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

For everyone dying to know whether state law allows Minneapolis to have the planning commission decide variances along with other approvals rather than sending them to the board of adjustment, the Court of Appeals has said yes. www.mncourts.gov/mncourtsgov/...

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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

It’s the end of the road for the 2040 Plan challengers, at least in the district court. Case dismissed with prejudice this afternoon.

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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Any Minnesota house-knowers out there know what this little door on the back of a 1920s house was for? Milk deliveries?

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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Use a heatpump in MN? Xcel's proposing changes to the elec. space heating rate for Oct-May. Rate would rise from 8.6 to 9.2 cents/kWh for 25/26, but they are proposing to drop the rate by 20%, to 6.5 cents, in the time-of-use rate they've also floated. Numbers are in the filings, not the notices.

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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Great story, Jason — thanks for posting it.

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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

That’s not what the study says about plant milks: “Despite not being the front runner, processed plant-based foods such as … plant milks still resulted in substantial benefits when replacing meat and dairy, but the emissions reductions … were a fifth to a third less than … unprocessed legumes“

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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Billy Bragg, First Avenue Oct. 2024

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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

Anyone know anyone providing this service in Minnesota or the upper Midwest?

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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 20/11/2023

Today in the 2040 litigation, the City made clear it still wants a ruling on its motion to stay the injunction against the 2040 plan until its latest appeal is decided. Statute requires a decision on that motion by 1/8/24.

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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 25/05/2023

A proposed order filed yesterday by the City in the 2040 lawsuit succinctly states its arguments against the injunction sought by the plaintiff—chiefly, there’s no evidence the 2040 plan will be more impactful than a full build out under the 2030 plan.

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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 25/04/2023

Architecture historian Kristin Anderson will be leading a series of 6 tours of St Anthony Park this summer, including one focusing on the neighborhood’s historic manufacturing district.

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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 03/03/2023

The Audubon Chapter of Minneapolis just filed a motion to dismiss with prejudice its lawsuit against the City of Minneapolis over the 2040 plan. The filing provides no explanation.

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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 17/02/2023

Helpful rundown of the latest batch of proposed zoning reforms in Saint Paul, which would also allow 2 ADUs per lot. (Minneapolis is still at one.)

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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 14/02/2023

Good to see that the former Penny’s Coffee space at 100 Washington is being taken over by Cafe Ceres starting Monday.

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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 01/11/2022

Great episode about an important topic. Another good short haul destination is Elm Creek Park Reserve, which allows bike camping at the small, quiet equestrian campground on the northern edge of the park. Nice ride via the MRT out of downtown Mpls along the river.

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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 20/10/2022

Now that Minnesota has eliminated virtually all in-person hearings in civil cases other than trials, that’s a lot of lawyers and parties no longer driving to court, often at a significant distance. That has to be a measurable VMT reduction.

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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 18/10/2022

Excellent wayfinder at east end of Como Trail, but “Minneapolis 1.2 miles” tells users nothing (unless they are really looking for the city boundary) and is misleading. Better destination to the west to identify? SE Como bus. district? Van Cleve Park?

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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 16/06/2022

Pretty wild to think about the ways the "full build-out" theory could be applied... some ordinances amending the definition of a "family" have allowed more people per dwelling, citywide ... ADU ordinances could in theory double the number of single family dwellings in a city ...

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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 12/06/2022

Disassembling our old workbench today and found this poster carefully scotch-taped between layers of plywood. 8 ways!

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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 10/05/2022

Writing re ADUs for seniors, @cfarrellecon notes, "The pressure to lower barriers to ADU construction and ownership will only intensify, thanks to the potent combination of too little affordable housing and the swelling demographics of an aging population."

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