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We did a fair amount of tactical urbanism in Omaha…to varying degrees of success. Always fun though, and it got some people thinking differently which was the main goal.

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Sarah J. @sjinstp.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

My brilliant husband was invited to NYC 15 years ago to talk about his 9/11 flip book & critical media study. He documented how often the media replayed/retraumatized its audience for days on end. He traded his flip books for essays from those impacted by the horrific events that day 25 years ago. ❤️‍🩹

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Does replacing parking with bike-lanes hurt restaurant business? Of course not, as this new peer-reviewed STUDY of 15 years of Montreal data showed. ACTUALLY, downtown experienced significant restaurant growth after bike lanes were installed. @momentummag.bsky.social momentummag.com/do-bike-lane...

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

They are arresting U.S. Air Force Officers for free speech and U.S. Olympians for curiosity—but not rich men for raping children with Jeffrey Epstein.

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Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 09/06/2026

Heads up South Minneapolis: Sounds like it might be best to avoid 28th/Nicollet right now. Some kind of active shooter situation going on. Metro Transit route 2 is detoured.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.” “Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath Some costs are savings.

Screenshot of Grist article title with the same info as in post. Image of Copenhagen bike-lanes filled with people on bikes.

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Sarah J. @sjinstp.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

I think we should all be calling our reps inquiring about the amendment they’re working on to prevent a situation like this from ever happening again.

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Sarah J. @sjinstp.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Thanks to @startribune.com for the fun porch story, featuring our Front Porch Fridays event. The final Friday of each month, from 6-8pm we hang out on our porch with drinks and try to get to know more neighbors. It’s been such an easy delightful way to build community. Try it in your area!

Screenshot of the Start Tribune article with a photo of a group of neighbors chatting on a front porch.

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Sarah J. @sjinstp.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Thanks for sharing the story! It’s nice to be in a community that’s so supportive of this idea.

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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Attending the dedication of a new on-street bike parking corral. Real civic pride stuff. Also eating a free donut.

People talking about the new bike parking corral.

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Sarah J. @sjinstp.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Or attempt at cutting. Haha! Thanks for being there and documenting it Patrick!

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Sarah J. @sjinstp.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

A ribbon was cut! Thanks to all who showed up today. This bike corral is one of three, part of a one year, year-round pilot project in St. Paul on Grand Ave. They are at Kowalski’s Market, Dunn Bros Coffee (pictured here) and Shish (installation in the works). Use them and share your feedback!

A green Mac-Grove branded bike corral, full of bikes, is on the street for a ribbon cutting. Someone in a yellow cycling jacket is looking in a pannier and others are gathered on the sidewalk talking about bikes and eating donuts!

A selfie taken by a woman in sunglasses and a black cap, mouth open from screaming “yay” about the bike corral and people in the background during a ribbon cutting celebration.

A full bike corral and a bunch of people is in the background and in the foreground a woman in blue pants and a black tshirt has two thumbs up. It’s a beautiful sunny day with blue skies dotted with white clouds.

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Sarah J. @sjinstp.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Me too! The city’s new Commercial Corridor grant is renewed and I’d love to help other neighborhoods earmark some of it for bike parking installation, maintenance, and expansion. We’ll talk about it tonight a bit at the ribbon cutting.

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Sarah J. @sjinstp.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

See you today at 5pm by Dunn Bros to celebrate the launch of St. Paul’s three new year-round, on-street bike corrals! It’s a pilot project so please use them and share your feedback with us! The new locations are at Dunn Bros, Kowalski’s, and Shish, all in Mac-Grove on the glorious Grand Ave!

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Sarah J. @sjinstp.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

It would probably be super cool yet try to destroy me. Like OBC perhaps. Haha!

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Sarah J. @sjinstp.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Gotta say I’m pretty proud that this all came together in less than a year, from pilot pitch to install. Thanks to all who helped out!!! Quite a different experience here in St. Paul compared to Omaha! (Quite happy we live here now.)

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Sarah J. @sjinstp.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Ok I love you but this is notttt happening.

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Sarah J. @sjinstp.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Part of what I saw as an issue with the old policy is that it put too much on a single business rather than the community, since the corrals are a public asset and community project. Now, the community council is the permit holder and go-to for issues to make it less of a burden.

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Sarah J. @sjinstp.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Snow removal and maintenance (along with initial costs of the corral and installation) are funded by a new city Commercial Corridors grant, via the Mac-Grove Community Council and a partnership with Work Now which employs unsheltered folks! Pretty excited that the city entertained my pilot concept!

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Sarah J. @sjinstp.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

gofund.me/3169705ce I’ve been using my Venmo but here’s another way to help Minnesotans in need. We are desperately trying to cover March (past due) rent for several more families. As soon as one is covered, another request comes in. Help?! Share and/or donate. And repeat.

gofund.me

Donate to Help Minnesotans Survive!, organized by Sarah Johnson

Minnesotans really need your help! From covering rent, to groceries, to rides, the list of nee… Sarah Johnson needs your support for Help Minnesotans Survive!

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Sarah J. @sjinstp.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Looking forward to the post-billionaire era.

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Sarah J. @sjinstp.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

I think the question is what do those three have to hide?

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Democracy is when voters choose their leaders. Autocracy is when leaders choose their voters.

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Sarah J. @sjinstp.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

My therapist isn’t white. I’m currently waiting for her at her office, wondering if she’s running a few minutes late due to another client, or has been kidnapped by the feds. It’s really so so hard to know how to live these days in MN. Did I make her leave her house? Should I have asked for remote?

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Sarah J. @sjinstp.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Give your mail carrier a whistle. I just did and it was a neat convo. We’re all doing what we can to form a safety shield from the brutality. Form a crowd. Stay loud.

A white 3D printed whistle with red plastic symbols instructing how to alert your neighbors you need help. Blow 3 times if you see anything wrong and blow constantly if you need help!

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Sarah J. @sjinstp.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Found out yesterday that the pilot project I pitched for year-round, on-street bike corrals in St Paul has been 100% approved with a ribbon cutting in May to kick off Bike Month! (I’m so busy on the ground helping neighbors that I hardly had time to read the good email I got yea!)

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.

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Sarah J. @sjinstp.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Just tried a new cathartic thing: called a rep who was telling us to calm down and asked her aide to pass along this message: “AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! We’re being occupied and slaughtered ahhhhhh!!!!! Thanks.” (Tell your spouse before yelling or they may be scared. Sorry @scottbl8ke.bsky.social )

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 08/01/2026

We cannot be more clear. Leave us the fuck alone.

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Sarah J. @sjinstp.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Glad to see a ton of sharing and funding here for the victim of state slaughter.

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Sarah J. @sjinstp.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

What are you doing to impeach noem and the whole slew of dangerous thugs murdering people in our communities? Actions toward the removal of this regime are all that we need from you. Don’t tell us to stay calm as our country is disintegrating before our eyes.

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Sarah J. @sjinstp.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

This!!!!!! Remove the cancer before it’s too late.

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Molly Coleman @mollycoleman.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

ICE is out in large numbers in Saint Paul and Minneapolis today following the recent surge in federal agents being deployed to the Twin Cities. Please be careful, support your neighbors, and contact the MONARCA hotline (612.441.2881) with any verified ICE sightings.

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Sarah J. @sjinstp.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Dems remaining quiet are complicit. Blood on your hands.

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Sarah J. @sjinstp.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

“Unredacted” by @scottbl8ke.bsky.social is better than what they released.

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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 07/10/2025

Electric bicycles, and shared electric bicycles in particular, are a revolutionary transportation technology. Forward-looking cities should be building out the infrastructure necessary to make cycling safe and convenient for everyone who wants to do it.

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Sarah J. @sjinstp.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Here’s another locked up to the gas meter deal at Thomas Liquors. (Ok, I’ll stop!)

A guy who just purchased some beer is unlocking his bike from the gas meter outside a liquor store. Forced to lock to not a rack.

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Sarah J. @sjinstp.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

And another today downtown at a Commercial Corridor grant meeting. (Part of the grant $ is going to bike parking!)

A bicycle and a scooter are locked to some random fencing downtown St. Paul, since there are no bike racks.

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Sarah J. @sjinstp.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

How do we all become conscientious objectors to paying federal taxes that they will just use against us?! I have zero interest in supporting this dangerous chaos. Paying to support a Dept of War that is literally being aimed at civilians here?! No thanks.

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