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Author: Wonderful Without Religion, Women Changing Science, and more. Cargo biker. Fully unexpected.

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MaryMM @marymm.bsky.social · 24m
Bah, another bike-on-bike collision on Mississippi River Boulevard in Saint Paul. Bike #1 was a young woman on a road bike in full racing kit; #2 was a middle aged woman (38? 42?) on a pleasure bike. That shared path is a disaster. Time to close MRB to cars and give walkers a safe place to walk.
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MaryMM @marymm.bsky.social · 28m
Yah so all the car-based rideshare platforms depend too much on giant vehicles (jaguars! any car at all!) that rove around looking for their next pickup. It's a bad use of fuel and public infrastructure (streets) compared to transit, or even carsharing.
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MaryMM @marymm.bsky.social · 12h
They're American Nazis. They prefer the white race and wish to eliminate everyone else from their communities. They are your neighbors, your bosses, your teachers. I guess we had to get to this point to broadly admit they're everywhere.
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MaryMM @marymm.bsky.social · 13h
@mndot.mn.gov @metrotransitmn.bsky.social @metcouncilmn.bsky.social When MnDOT expands I94 and designates an HOV lane I should hope it will be reserved for transit only. Except none of the remaining alternatives show this. Stupid, expensive, inequitable E-ZPass is in our future.
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Keynote Speaker at the Annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in March, folks.
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MaryMM @marymm.bsky.social · 14h
Watching the effort to legislate protection for rideshare drivers now that Waymo has arrived. What do we propose to protect the jobs about to be made obsolete by AI? It's right around the corner and will be devastating by comparison.
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MN Cargo Bike Library @mcbl.bike · 23h
Cool baby... or coolest baby?
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MaryMM @marymm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Our eminently capable Council member Molly Coleman could be spending her time working to improve Saint Paul. Instead she gets to analyze our new mayor's multiple levels of unexpected and not-useful behavior. How long will this waste of public resources last?
mprnews.org
'Very troubling': St. Paul City Council member Molly Coleman on full report of Mayor Her probe
St. Paul City Council member Molly Coleman was among those who called for the release of the full report from the investigation into sexual harassment allegations against Mayor Kaohly Her by Police Ch...
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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 01/10/2026
Please reskeet
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 01/10/2026
The 73-page report was released at 10 a.m. Thursday. Its findings mirror those described in a city summary released last month, but delve into far greater detail, including Her's side of the story.
bit.ly
St. Paul releases full report of investigation into Mayor Kaohly Her
Controversy over the mayor’s behavior, spurred by complaints from the St. Paul Police Department and Chief Axel Henry, has been swirling for months.
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MaryMM @marymm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It's possible and 100% desirable to remove Interstate 94 within the MSP city limits! It will require healthy behavior change. It will transform our ability to build homes and economic centers. It will create jobs and green places where people live. C'mon--the world is burning, let's get rid of it.
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MaryMM @marymm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We can reasonably assume these commuters are the folks @mndot.mn.gov prioritizes when they decide to expand I94 in Saint Paul and Minneapolis. That might ease congestion for a year or two before it gets worse overall and forever. Wouldn't it be great instead to spend those millions on transit?
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MaryMM @marymm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Drivers are in an uproar because they have to sit in their own traffic for a few minutes on I-94 between Woodbury and their jobs in Minneapolis. On Reddit they say it's because Target is back to the office and the U is in session. Humbly: what did these people expect?
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Mara 👻 aBOOlish I.C.E. @mauratwit.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
“Bringing this facility online, adding 1,600 beds is really taking Minnesota’s current detention capacity and multiplying it by a factor of seven or eight” ‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️ Dfl silence on this is deeply disturbing.
sahanjournal.com
As hiring begins for Appleton ICE facility, CoreCivic offers to pay city and county more than $1.5M a year for lost tax dollars
CoreCivic has offered the Appleton and Swift County more than $1.5M million per year to cover tax revenue they would lose following the sale of the shuttered Prairie Correctional Facility.
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Swan Webb @swanwebb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Buchenwald, Minnesota youtu.be/TkdVDLWo3EY?...
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From the archives: Edward R. Murrow's account of Buchenwald on April 15, 1945
YouTube video by CBS News
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MaryMM @marymm.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
One of the nicest parts of a lovely trip was catching up with @jannefrommpls.bsky.social, whom I can confirm is now an Alpine caliber hiker. We walked, we ate, we talked and analyzed and we swam every very hot day in a very salty sea.
Three people smiling in the dark on a city street in Riomaggiore, Italy.
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MaryMM @marymm.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"She had bought raw goat milk from a farm recommended to her in a Facebook group run by her chiropractor." Facebook is not a peer-reviewed medical journal. Chiropractors are not scientists. Neither are astrologers, nor yoga practitioners. Do not endanger yourself or your loved ones, please!
propublica.org
A Girl Nearly Died After Drinking Raw Milk. The State Did Little to Punish the Unlicensed Farmer Who Sold It.
California is teeming with black-market dairies, propped up by consumer demand fueled by misinformation. With evidence against one raw goat milk farm, regulators could have sought punitive action. But...
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MaryMM @marymm.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Reporting from France and Italy (lucky! I know!): in many cities if you are merely *thinking* about crossing a street--esp. near an official painted crosswalk--drivers will halt from full speed. It's glorious. Americans who resist this kind of awareness, accountability and action are bad drivers.
A barely visible painted pedestrian crossing between a sidewalk and a seaside restaurant. A red car has approached the crossing and stopped for the people who are crossing on foot.
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
When the “censorship industrial complex” myth was just getting started, in Fall 2022, I got a public records request from the AG’s office of Missouri looking for all my emails related to my team’s election rumor research. The Missouri AG at that time? Eric Schmitt. What a tool.
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MaryMM @marymm.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
13 years ago @hourcar.bsky.social was already 7 years old. We didn't have much money for marketing but we had plenty of smarts and a great team.
The HOURCAR street team preparing to march in the University of MN homecoming parade in 2013.
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MaryMM @marymm.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Overheard just now: "The only stupider mayor than ours is yours." I cannot disagree.
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MaryMM @marymm.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Vive la France
A fawn pug in a red harness sitting in a cafe in front of a glass of beer.
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MaryMM @marymm.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
What would I give to resurrect the train directly from Minneapolis to Winnipeg, then across the magnificent Canadian West, connecting to possibly the most magical mountain region in the world? I would personally apologize on behalf of America to every Canadian person I encountered en route.
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MaryMM @marymm.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Sorry this is weeks old (I'm behind) but no matter: it's a great read. Why it made me think of special business districts (downtown councils) and their friendly paramilitary "ambassadors" I'll never know. It's time to force corporations to behave.
nytimes.com
Opinion | What It Took to Dismantle the Most Powerful Company in the World (Gift Article)
A playbook to curb the growing power of Big Tech.
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MaryMM @marymm.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Everyone should wear thong swimwear or no one should wear thong swimwear. Those are the rules. All behinds look the same; there's no reason to establish gendered fashion norms here. Goodbye.
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Matthew Eadie @mattheweadie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
BREAKING: Evanston police confirm a U.S. citizen was briefly detained by federal agents Sunday morning near Howard and Dodge before being released The man was taken to the hospital for injuries to his head, neck and teeth after agents drove off
evanstonnow.com
Federal agents detained U.S. citizen Sunday morning - Evanston Now
Police chief says officers responded to a man with injuries to head, neck and teeth on Howard and made contact with agents involved.
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Angela Collier @acollierastro.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I wish the people actually cared about the safety of children playing sports because I don't think children can consent to playing tackle football and it should be illegal to have it in public schools.
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MaryMM @marymm.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I'm reminded of that time some tony residents called the mayor to their living rooms to prevent the city from building sidewalks on Woodlawn Avenue, saving trees. What if the city had instead put Woodlawn on a road diet, dropped the speed limit to 15 and built sidewalks into the new space?
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Regina Burstein @mplsfietser.bike · 20/09/2026
It's actually kind of hilarious how bad the mayor and downtown council are at activating downtown with their silly little sanitized corporate events.
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Alissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
One of my absolute favorite facts in today's newsletter: the last time we hosted the Olympics, transit ridership was way, way higher: 1.6 million daily boardings. And that's all buses, no new trains (yet — we were between rail systems). Current Metro ridership is about 1 million daily boardings
n an effort to reduce overcrowding at rush hours, RTD has begun deploying additional buses on heavily traveled ser- vice lines. A total of 35 buses are being phased into service, bringing to 235 the number of additional buses RTD has deployed systemwide over the past 20 months to handle increasing ridership since the implementation of the
reduced fare program in July 1982. "The additional buses are being added on the most heavi-
ly used routes," said RTD Board President Nick Patsaouras. "And although the added equipment will not eliminate all in- cidences of overcrowding, it will enable us to provide a better
ride for thousands of patrons."
The additional buses serve routes alona Vermont and Western Aves., Sunset, Santa Monica and Beverly Blvds. and
other busy thoroughfares. RTD ridership has soared in the past 23 months with the im- plementation of the 50-cent base fare program. Ridership in July 1982 averaged 1.1 million daily boardings. Today, RD's 2,600-bus fleet is logging new all-time ridership records, with average daily ridership approaching 1.6 million daily
boardings. The additional service was made possible when the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission (LACTC) voted March 28 to subsidize additional RTD service hours. LACTC administers the local Proposition A half-cent sales tax program,
which subsidizes RTD fares.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A macho culture of performative selfishness might start on the roads, through racing, rolling coal, ever bigger SUVs ... But it doesn't end there. If we want to live in a decent country which values human life, we need to change this culture. My column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
Driving that’s too fast, too dangerous and utterly lawless: why do we tolerate this petro-masculinity? | George Monbiot
In towns and in the countryside, I see 4x4s and pick up trucks driven without care or consicence. It’s a Magafication of transport, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 15/09/2026
minnesota: we’re the first in the nation to early vote, let’s show the rest of the country that this is another way we show up and stop the onslaught of violence against our neighbors. let’s get these fascists out of power. join people this friday, 10AM at the hennepin county government center.
THEY TAKE OUR NEIGHBORS, WE TAKE THEIR POWER.
Rally+Vote 10AM
Friday the 18th
Hennepin County
Government Center
I
Voted
Minnesota is the first state to early vote. Let's show up in record numbers make the fascists afraid.
We protect our neighbors.
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MaryMM @marymm.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Ageism is real, it's even celebrated when directed at older people. Take special care when talking about mandatory retirement age, or discussing "term limits" when you mean age restrictions. If we want to establish "fitness" for jobs, that's another giant can-o-worms, but age isn't a legit metric.
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MaryMM @marymm.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I'll have more to say later, but for now let's appreciate the staff uniforms on Italy's 155 mph Frecciarossa.
Train staff member on a crowded platform in a jaunty blue uniform and red beret.Sleek red Frecciarossa high speed train in the station.
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Andy Boenau @handle.invalid · 13/09/2026
Corporate media outlets have found a new click-bait genre: the terrifying e-bike. Social media warriors and neighborhood busybodies are all in a tizzy. usa.streetsblog.org/2026/09/11/i... @usa.streetsblog.org
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I Care About E-Bike Safety 0.02 Percent of The Time — Streetsblog USA
Click-bait media outlets would have you think we should drop everything and do something about the scary threat of battery-powered bicycles and battery-powered motorcycles. But are either the biggest ...
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Araceli “Jules” Casasola @acolibri.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
If people saw last night's graphic that showed $28 for MPRB, $8 for MPHA, and $223 for MPD out of every $1000 in the city budget, they'd understand the rage expressed last night. We are putting a fraction of city dollars towards actually addressing crime and practically setting the rest on fire.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Will we FINALLY stop the #WarOnWalking and build better cities for EVERYONE? #UrbanTruth
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MaryMM @marymm.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Can we stop naming generations now?
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Bill Lindeke @blindeke.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
"The 105-page small area plan is intended as a framework for guiding future decisions & investments... the focus has been on local priorities, cultural identity & how to restore, repair & uplift a neighborhood with a history of displacement." www.myvillager.com/news/general...
myvillager.com
Small area plan for reconnected Rondo gets Sept. 11 public hearing
An ambitious plan for reconnecting Saint Paul’s historic Rondo neighborhood north and south of I-94 and guiding its future development will be the subject of a public hearing before the
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Dan Marshall @danmarstp.marshallwords.com · 09/09/2026
So tired of leaders whose only qualifications are incompetence and cruelty.
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Kit Hairytongue 🇨🇦 @canadacares.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The world’s 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric cars.
theconversation.com
The world’s 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric cars
Electric vehicles get all the press – but it’s the smaller unsung two wheelers cutting oil demand the most.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
“Local stores next to the protected bike-lane have seen a 49% increase in sales, compared to an average of 3% for Manhattan as a whole.” (Among MANY other public benefits.) Want To Make More Money? Build A Business On A Bike Lane. #CityMakingMath via @fastcompany.com #BikeLanesMeanBusiness
fastcompany.com
Want To Make Money? Build A Business On A Bike Lane
Research from New York City notes that newly installed protected bike lanes do more than keep bikers safe--they raise the income of the stores they are in front of.
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Pat Thompson @pattho.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Three more colorful foliage plants that last all season so you don’t have to rely on flowers for color. And they can become houseplants too. Polka dot plant (Hypoestes) Confetti Pink, White and Rose. #FlowerReport
Low plants with small dark green leaves heavily spotted or dominated by light pink. Miniature ceramic houses in the background.Low plants with small dark green leaves heavily spotted or dominated by white. Miniature ceramic house in the background.Low plants with small dark green leaves heavily spotted or dominated by bright pink. A rock made into a house with a wooden door is in the background.
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MaryMM @marymm.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Don't make @mateosfo.bsky.social calculate *your* state's actual cost of car dependence. Demand it from your state department of transportation and your city's department of public works. Take the total and divide it all the adults in your state. Then cry.
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Matthew Lewis -- living in the era of cults and consequences @mateosfo.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Adult, mature, altruistic: "We must rebuild our cities in anticipation of the future potential for autonomous cars, which solve all of our problems." Childish, selfish, unrealistic: "We must make minor safety adjustments to streets to accommodate popularity of e-bikes & electric micro mobility."
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MaryMM @marymm.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Régard! In France they offer built-in passenger capacity in their shared electric cargo fleet. Oh-là-là.
Two blue and black Pony bikeshare bicycles in Nice, France. Both have huge front baskets, and one has a built-in passenger seat with hand holds.
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MaryMM @marymm.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
How can we possibly direct so much money into highways in cities when sidewalks, bikes and transit are so much cheaper and more comfortable? Ahem #RethinkingI94
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MaryMM @marymm.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I am legit creeped out by people using AI for social media profiles and selfies. Suddenly all my friends look 30 years younger. And for all the lucky folks on glp1s, also 30 lbs lighter. Holding on to my wrinkly fatness as long as possible 😁
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"Horrifying Monster" Ella Tailor 🎃🎃 $275/$700 @garaktailor.com · 30/08/2026
i keep seeing this and cackling. These are Biking cities. Like damn and woah.
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