Reposted by dale cooper✊🏼Indigiqueer Hummingbird @riotousmuse.bsky.social · 7hFAST Actions to take QUICKLY re: this valuable climate & equity resource that we needed to be expanding, not losing. Contact your elected officials. See more below. 12418
Reposted by dale cooperBΔRBΔRΔ @marteani.bsky.social · 7hThis gap is less than it cost the mayor to put a bounce house in the warehouse district for a summer. This is 1/33 the cost of MPS's surprise overtime. They renovated Target Center in part by making us, the citizens, pay $74 million via a sales tax. WE. HAVE. MONEY. We can spend it in better places 46739
Reposted by dale cooperAnna Wagner Schliep @annawagnerschliep.bsky.social · 7hWhen I got the email I assumed it was a much larger funding gap. This couldn't be closed?? It's not insignificant, but it's also not that huge. More will be wasted on Mayor Her's lawsuits than this. 1277
Reposted by dale cooperpt @ptbw.at · 8hevie/hourcar is an invaluable public resource and should continue to exist and be publicly funded. $625k is so little compared to other local expenditures and msp electeds should be ashamed for letting it die 2217
Reposted by dale cooperMinnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 8hHourcar service has been around for 21 years, but the nonprofit said it could not close a $625,000 funding gap.bit.lyCar-sharing service is shutting down operations in the Twin CitiesHourcar service had been around for 21 years, but the nonprofit said it could not close a $625,000 funding gap. 4219
Reposted by dale cooperNorm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 14hWhy do bash “A-I” dads for not being there for their kids but we never question if the child has bad vibes? Or if they’re just unpleasant to be around? 1778553
Reposted by dale coopertaylr @taylordahlin.com · 07/10/2026i do not get the blue line opposition. what are you saving, the ruins of an old car dealership? why the hell does this even still exist on a major corridor? this is terrible land use and residents of north minneapolis deserve better 910712
Reposted by dale cooperSheridan @sheridanlair.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Minneapolis resident here, why on earth would i take a Waymo?? Also, dont forget jacob frey vetoed 24/7 bus lanes, MPLS rideshare minimum wage for uber & lyft, & now has vetoed driverless ride-share ordinance He is anti-democratic, anti-worker, anti-safety & anti-climate 26413
Reposted by dale cooperAlex Schieferdecker @alexschief.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Neighborhood traffic circle being born at 27th St W and Bryant Ave S! 5594
Reposted by dale coopertaylr @taylordahlin.com · 07/10/2026now that’s a fucking MAYOR. king shit 523243
Reposted by dale cooperRaider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 06/10/2026As Minnesotans prepare for an uptick in Ice activity, the people united took to the streets of Minneapolis to let them know they are not welcome here. 372200666
Reposted by dale cooperKaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Simply caring about victims can change everything. 204113982264
Reposted by dale cooperLucy @lucyxiv.boontavista.com · 04/10/2026I think these two have explored each others bodies 5785
Reposted by dale cooperNissa Mitchell @nissamitchell.com · 04/10/2026If you believe that trans women are automatically better at sports than cis women, you are either a misogynist who believes men are inherently superior to women, brainwashed by bigoted or misogynistic fear mongering, or a bit of both. So please, for the love of god, just shut the fuck up already. 3827
Reposted by dale cooperSaeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I’ve had enough. It’s time we abolished leaf blowers. 4357655
Reposted by dale cooperWill @willwoodworth.com · 29/09/2026👏 for @jchavezmpls.bsky.social regarding the 'options' that Waymo offers: "Options? Let's have a 24/7 bus lane on Hennepin, build bus lanes. Let's get more bike lanes, more traffic calming. It doesn't feel fair to talk about options when those same options are being vetoed, rejected, voted down." 0266
Reposted by dale cooperRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The jackals are out, as they usually are for a woman who speaks up in a way that challenges patriarchy. (And a lot of why victims don't come forward or withdraw--as a Weinstein victim did--is because the misogynist public and legal system launch their own punitive assaults.) 6744152
Reposted by dale cooperKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026A truly heinous man has doxxed the Cornell victim on X and the comments are predictably vile. Based on countless interviews I’ve done with survivors, the trauma they are subjected to for coming forward is oftentimes even worse than the initial trauma they experienced. There is no real justice system 12671801375
Reposted by dale cooperMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026the horrific cornell gang rape case has me thinking about emma sulkowicz who alleged she was raped as a student at columbia in 2014 and never got any justice. it has me thinking about the physical and mental weight young women are forced to carry while their safety is subsumed by male potential. 363730791
Reposted by dale cooperCity of Minneapolis @minneapolismn.gov · 28/09/2026Calling downtown commuters! We’re celebrating Transit to Work Day this Wednesday, Sept. 30 from 7-9 a.m. Enjoy free coffee and donuts, weigh in on local transit, and grab a selfie with Metro Transit’s mascot, Skip Traffic. See you near the giant wind turbine blade at Nicollet Mall & S 5th St. 22611
Reposted by dale cooper50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 28/09/202650501 is joining the call to Delete DoorDash until they stand up for Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez, their delivery driver who was shot in the back by ICE on 9/20 in Austin. Delete DoorDash & join the Free DC pledge today! ❌ #DeleteDoorDash 9300124
Reposted by dale cooperChristopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 28/09/2026“When our government laid siege to the city of Minneapolis with wanton violence and the killing of those who had spoken up in resistance, we were outraged.” “We could not believe that the mask had become the new symbol of American justice.” — Cardinal Robert McElroy 214949
Reposted by dale cooperJorts (and Jean) @jortsthecat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026If you adopted a feral cat to the inside and he keeps meowing maybe he just really wants to smoke real cigarettes. You don’t know what he was up to before 633294409
Reposted by dale cooperJason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Dear neighbor, I wanted to let you know that I am co-authoring the Workers Drive Minneapolis ordinance with Council Members @robin4mpls.bsky.social, Osman, and @aurinmpls.bsky.social. 1/ www.startribune.com/driverless-c...startribune.comOpinion | Waymo could cost thousands their jobs. We want to change that.Thousands of drivers are facing losing work to autonomous vehicles. Our proposed ordinance would protect their jobs, Robin Wonsley, Jamal Osman, Aurin Chowdhury and Jason Chavez write. 58621
Reposted by dale cooperMedic Kim @medickimw.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The biggest perpetrators of Medicare fraud and just fraud in general are insurance companies. Every last thing that’s wrong with healthcare comes back to them and private equity. We won’t get anywhere until both are abolished from healthcare. 2265
Reposted by dale cooperJason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026it’s forbidden content but i have watched this video of the AI songs a man made for his mistress after murdering his wife being played in court maybe 20 times today. It is one of the most compelling things i have ever seen 1632213412
Reposted by dale cooperGwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets. 204190515437
Reposted by dale cooperWedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live · 23/09/2026Council Member Aisha Chughtai says, in terms of safety, autonomous vehicles do not solve what is fundamentally a street infrastructure problem. 29016
Reposted by dale cooperOB Cycler @obcycler.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Gas is too cheap as long as people still: - insist on flooring it and then slamming on the brakes between every intersection - drive single occupancy monster trucks in perfect weather for trips less than 2 miles - block crosswalks and bike lanes in idling vehicles 78817
Reposted by dale cooperXero now with 100% more 🎃 @artificer-ind.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Still patiently waiting to be "left behind" by AI rather than it chasing me across every damn space like a slasher in a low budget flick. 2119983386
Reposted by dale cooperJed Kolko @jedkolko.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The 2025 American Community Survey should have come out today. But it has been delayed because of unusual political encroachment at Census. ACS drives business and policy decisions, especially in local communities, and is the primary input to Census’s immigration estimates. 118381
Reposted by dale cooperBill Lindeke @blindeke.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Maybe it's just me, but it's hard to get worked up about what well-intentioned lack of fraud prevention like this when the President and his administration are openly, brazenly bragging about far more massive levels of fraud and corruption nearly every day. www.startribune.com/mn-gov-tim-w...startribune.comInside the Walz administration’s fraud response: Missed warnings and a late reckoningA trove of newly public records and interviews with people in and around the administration provide the clearest picture yet of how Gov. Tim Walz and his team failed to see the threat posed by fraud i... 1118435
Reposted by dale cooperCats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 14/09/2026It's Adopt a Less Adoptable Pet week! We only adopt cats that are "less adoptable" due to FIV and I've known countless amazing cats at the shelter that were overlooked for too long due to age, medical issues, or behavioral challenges. Please consider the "less adoptables" if you can! 411012289
Reposted by dale cooperWedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live · 11/09/2026Taylor is too generous. We know the Frey admin doesn't care about bus speed because they chose to have a $60+ million BRT project (E Line) get stuck in traffic against the recommendation of their own staff and Metro Transit. 2679
Reposted by dale cooperStacey Burns @wentrogue.bsky.social · 09/09/2026A letter to the NIMBYs in today’s paper: “Sometimes one has to ask oneself: Was my voice not heard, or did I just not get my way?” 44711
Reposted by dale cooperNight of the Living Red Durkin @daedsider.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Periodic reminder that your "concerns" about trans people are being beamed directly into your head by a small cadre of incredibly rich psychopaths. 3945601520
Reposted by dale cooperMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 08/09/2026If only the media had as much interest in the world's richest person, the primary funder of the Republican Party, who spoke at Trump's Inauguration and gave a Sieg Heil, once again declaring his belief "white solidarity is the only way to survive" as they do some Twitch streamer. 322673671
Reposted by dale cooperVince Mpls @vincempls.bsky.social · 08/09/2026The activist NIMBY's who've resurrected "Warrendale" for their nefarious purposes are clearly unaware there was once major transit station right in their midst. Very much like the Save Our Summit folks who ignore their own history to make ridiculous points. bsky.app/profile/audr... 3253
Reposted by dale cooperJason @jrock08.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Today a preeminent climate scientist said that building a bike lane in Berkeley California is bad because not everyone can bike to get groceries. The US climate movement has a cars blindspot, and it's why we aren't making progress the way other countries are. 2784392
Reposted by dale cooperWarren Wells, AICP @warrenjwells.bsky.social · 06/09/2026It is truly crazy-making how many public health and climate researchers *do not seem to understand* the impact that cars have on the field they study. 1354768
Reposted by dale cooperAvocadoplex (Matt) @avocadoplex.bike · 04/09/2026I will stay mad about this. Frey and MAK ratfucked the E line for no good reason 4777
Reposted by dale cooperWedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live · 04/09/2026Mayor saw a $60 million transit investment and decided it would be better if the bus lane was parking most of the day, which makes it real hard to clear out for the few hours it's allowed to be a real bus lane. 2776
Reposted by dale cooperDaniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 03/09/2026we love to see my enemies falter, don't we folks 2643
Reposted by dale cooperFietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 03/09/2026The cognitive dissonance of car culture is exhausting. People foam at the mouth when you propose funding walkability, bikes, and high quality public transit. They aggressively fight against the exact non-car mobility options that would actually solve the traffic they endlessly complain about. 16980197
Reposted by dale cooperDaniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 03/09/2026I have long told my clients facing displacement that evictions are a form of violence. An eviction is never the first bad thing to happen to someone, and is often the tipping point that kicks off full-blown crisis and a rapid downward spiral. The shootings today were a tragedy beget by tragedy. 2044695
Reposted by dale cooperDavid Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Robotaxis create serious problems in big, dense cities, but they’d be a godsend in small towns and rural areas—huge swaths of America that the AV industry is ignoring. My latest, in Bloomberg (gift link) 🧵bloomberg.comRobotaxis Aren’t Going Where They Are Needed MostWaymo, Zoox and Tesla are clamoring to bring autonomous ride-hailing to cities like New York and Boston. But it’s small towns and rural areas that could see the biggest upside from AVs. 1610530
Reposted by dale cooperProf. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Astounding that somebody could write "Are We Engineering Physical Activity Out Of Daily Life?" and not be talking about decades of making cars the easiest way to get around cities 943183
