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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 01/10/2026
#Recall: Gazelle USA Recalls Urban Arrow Cargo Electric Bikes; The front bolt in the seat post clamping mechanism can break, causing the seat to become loose, posing a fall hazard. Get repair. www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2027...
Recalled electric bikes.
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chance @take-a-chance.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I think everyone on this 4B northbound is wearing Lynx gear
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets.
A crowded broadsheet with way too many fonts. It says:
Forget ChatGPT Flyers
Say it with 
Broadsheets
Unlimited fonts
Stretch them
Or cram a really long sentence into one line for no good reason
No whitespace
Mix capital and lowercase
Pointing hands
(They're called manicules!)
Don't be left behind
Broadsheets are the future
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MN Cargo Bike Library @mcbl.bike · 26/09/2026
Tomorrow (Saturday)!
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Alex Schieferdecker @alexschief.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I saw an interesting LinkedIn post (forgive me) from a local developer about MN's economy. The bulk of the post is below, but specifically I want to point out the highlighted portion. Read it carefully and you'll see what the author presents as a paradox is in fact the same question repeated.
A screenshot of a LinkedIn post about a business event that reads in part:

Wemimo Abbey built his billion-dollar company Esusu using his experience in Minnesota. He got turned away by dozens of banks for not having a credit score, and built Esusu on the idea that rent payments should count on your credit score. Carla Vernón shared not only how she built an AI stylist (and rocked it) but created The Honest Company's second headquarters in MN due to the talent, systems, and deep history with consumer products concentrated in the Twin Cities. 

But then John Phelan gave us the numbers underneath: 63% of Minnesotans say their income is falling behind the cost of living. We're the fourth most expensive housing market among ten comparable Midwest metros. The top income tax rate kicks in lower than anywhere but Oregon.

Then this morning, Twin Cities Business reported on DEED’s most recent jobs report showing Minnesota outpacing the US average for job growth and creation over the year AND YET our labor force participation and unemployment remained higher than the average. 

So here's the paradox: Are Abbey and Vernon and the DEED stories happening because Minnesota's fundamentals on talent and quality of life are strong enough that they overwhelm the higher cost structure and the tax picture? Or are they happening despite those things, and we're basically hoping that will hold in perpetuity?

Because if it's the first one, we can probably relax a little. If it's the second, then the time to get creative on the full stack —affordability, housing, talent, and taxes — is before the next guy with a billion-dollar idea looks at Minnesota and decides the costs have finally outrun the advantages. One thing was true—the CEOs from Fairview, Ecolab, HealthPartners and more still believe this is the place to be—and that we can have both a competitive business landscape and be an amazing place for families.
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MinnPost @minnpost.com · 24/09/2026
"Even by the lax standards of the United States, where automobile companies go for decades with minimum government guardrails, the automated vehicle industry has been a brazen example of the dangers of libertarian capitalism," writes Bill Lindeke in this week's Cityscape column.
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What should Minneapolis do about Waymo?
A human in the driver’s seat of a driverless taxi won’t solve some of the bigger headaches brought on by Waymo’s arrival.
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Bikepedantic @pedantic.bike · 21/09/2026
This is why contextual design is critical for bicycling. Facilities only work for all ages and abilitywhen they account for what surrounds them. highways.dot.gov/sites/fhwa.d...
A chart with volume on the vert, speed on the horizontal, showing unprotected bikelanes being appropriate up to about 6-7k cars per day going less than 30mph
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 20/09/2026
Amtrak didn’t tell us about this exposure, so heads up: if you took an Amtrak train last week through Chicago or anywhere on the Southwest Chief, Coast Starlight, or California Zephyr routes like we did, you may have been exposed to measles! Please let the train people in your life know about this
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Mike Hicks @mulad.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Since early voting has started today, a reminder that you can look up your Minnesota ballot ahead of time via the Secretary of State's website myballotmn.sos.mn.gov
myballotmn.sos.mn.gov
Minnesota Voting Information Portal
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Wedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live · 15/09/2026
city will fix 2 notorious Uptown bike lane problems between now and 2028: -connect the missing link on Lake between Humboldt & Hennepin Ave. -convert to a 2 way bike lane on Hennepin between Lake & 31st; create curbside parking for food delivery drivers who always park in the existing lanes.
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Dan Engelhart He/Him @engy5150.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Minneapolis my bike was stolen! Purple all city nature boy- single speed, black cranks and pedals, white saddle, purple grips, wide flat bars.
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Alex Schieferdecker @alexschief.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Great thread here of Minneapolis bike infrastructure photos and observations. We don't have everything solved yet, but there's a lot that's happening and getting better!
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Bill Lindeke @blindeke.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Some fascinating details in here about how signal priority works for Twin Cities' buses (but I still have many many many questions/complaints about light rail signal priority on the Green Line). streets.mn/2026/09/08/t...
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The Quarterly Transit Report–August 2026
This quarter’s report includes two major bus line makeovers, plus an introduction to traffic signal priority for buses and trains.
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Katie Tightpussy, Editor-In-Chief @katie.bzky.team · 09/09/2026
if you were thinking about getting an ebike to reduce your number of car trips to save on gas, the best time was earlier this year but the second best time is now!!!!
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eff. @fabjx.bsky.social · 30/04/2024
David Schmitt, Nothing Is Under Control, 2023.
"Nothing Is Under Control" title above a black tentacled figure with "absolutely nothing" written in the center of its body.
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Racket @racketmn.com · 28/08/2026
Let's gooooooo:
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The Best, Worst, and Most Middling New Foods of the 2026 Minnesota State Fair - Racket
The return of our peerless, pitiless Scarf!, Shrug, Skip system.
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Moth @walkingminnesota.com · 23/08/2026
🚨INCONVENIENCE ALERT🚨 The midtown greenway will be closed from 5th to Bryant on Aug 25-27 (Tuesday-Thursday this week)
A sign on the midtown greenway announcing the upcoming closure
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MN Cargo Bike Library @mcbl.bike · 21/08/2026
We’re at the MN State Fair! If you visit (Aug 27-Sept 7), stop by the Eco Experience building and look for our @bunchbike.com ! The Civilized Cycles Semi-Trike is also on display in this building and worth a visit.
The Minnesota Cargo Bike Library Bunch bike is parked outside of the Eco experience building at the Minnesota State fair
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Jackson O'Lantern-Brien @sprobeforebros.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
As the current inhabitants of the building that once held the Westgate Theater, I think that the Wedge Linden Hills Co-op should start selling the Criterion disc of Harold and Maude, as they played the film there for two years and caused a protest
a black and white photo showing the Westgate Theater marquee which reads "Harold and Maude Starting Third Year Tonite".  In front of the entrance is a group of people holding picket signs reading "Our plea to westgate your neighbors want variety" and "two years too much" and "some variety please" and "harold and maude need a change of scene" and "why must the show go on"
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Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 11/08/2026
Minneapolis bike friends: heads up if you’re riding on the 3400-3500 blocks of Blaisdell, Michels is doing Centerpoint work & NOT handling it well. I rode through today & the bikeway had zero signage indicating it was closed, but construction vehicles were both parked in & driving through it. 1/3
Black pickup truck with a construction worker sitting in drivers seat is parked in 2 way bikeway
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Bill Lindeke @blindeke.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
I wrote about why the Star Tribune North Loop data center is dumb. www.minnpost.com/cityscape/20...
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A data center is an odd fit for the increasingly valuable North Loop in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Star Tribune’s plan to sell its North Loop printing facility to a data center developer is bad news for Minneapolis.
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Michael Druker 🇨🇦 @mdruker.app · 07/08/2026
The only thing that should be thrown under the bus is a dedicated bus lane
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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Olivia Miles goes between the legs on a drop pass to Kayla McBride for 3
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Moth @walkingminnesota.com · 30/07/2026
One more time, for the last time For the nut roll, forever! 🥜🚲
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Brian Mitchell @brianmitchl.com · 30/07/2026
Heads up, the Midtown Greenway will be closed from Aug 3-7 for 10th Ave for bridge work and for CenterPoint Energy utility work (around 13th and 14th Aves). These were scheduled together to minimize closures. The detour is on 28th St from Park Ave S to 18th Ave S. #MidtownGreenway
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Bikepedantic @pedantic.bike · 29/07/2026
Urban Arrow freightmonster with Rohloff hub in Steven’s Point, WI for $6800. Everyone forward to your local DPW please. www.facebook.com/share/1K3s2L...
An urban arrow with two front car tires and a giant open cargo flat area
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Wedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live · 29/07/2026
Public works has reduced the driving space so much that you almost can't do anything but drive the speed limit past this elementary school. This is outrageous. It's like they have no concern for the people who left home 5 minutes late to drive their kids to school two towns over.
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Door @doornanabread.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Missing Bike in North MPLS! If you see it, reach out so we can reunite it with its owner!! This bike was a primary mode of transportation so its safe return is super important 🥺 cmon Minneapolis bike people, I need you
A silver e-bike (Cross-current X) with a teal basketserial number: LB112020081211serial number: LB112020081211
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 24/07/2026
If you see a purple Velotric Breeze with a matching purple basket, a rainbow bell and chain, and black mirrors on the handlebars, it’s mine
my purple Velotric Breeze before it got accessories on it
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ibuprofen enthusiast @premiumfrye.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Somebody ran around Longfellow and painted up all these temporary traffic signs and it rocks
Photo of a residential street with several construction signs. The back of the signs are all spray paint with cartoon faces that sort of look like the cookie monster in various colorsPhoto of a residential street with several construction signs. The back of the signs are all spray paint with cartoon faces that sort of look like the cookie monster in various colors
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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 22/07/2026
i need my morale boosted. make the mayors of minneapolis and st paul compete in feats of strength
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Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 16/07/2026
Sunday night vs. tonight. Climate change is scary and we should do something about it.
People bike and walk on the stone arch bridge at sunset. The sky is clear.
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
This is a fantastic article and I'm glad to see this issue getting wider coverage. I am also glad the article focuses on how these giant vehicles are marketed as a way to assert your dominance over other road users.
As Ms. McAlister was crossing the street, a Ram 1500 TRX — a pickup marketed for its off-road capabilities and fierce-looking design — was turning left.

Ms. McAlister was not quite five feet tall. The pickup’s hood was at least four feet high. It hit her, throwing her to the pavement.What used to be utilitarian vehicles for construction workers are now marketed to the American masses, with messages tailored to specific audiences.

One common pitch centers on machismo. Automakers trumpet how some of their trucks have an “aggressive appearance” or a “piercing glare.”
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Vale @vale.rocks · 19/06/2026
There are only two file formats: disguised zips and renamed text files. JSON? Text. EPUB? Zip. CSV? Text. EXE? Zip. SVG? Text. DOCX? Zip. ICS? Text. APK? Zip.
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Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 15/06/2026
Minneapolis bike friends: Heads up on yet another Greenway detour this week…
Screenshot of a FB post from midtown Greenway, coalition showing an orange detour, sign, and the following text:

GREENWAY
• COALITION:
Midtown Greenway Coalition
Jun 4 •
Detour Alert: The Greenway will be detoured 6/15-6/18 for the Pillsbury Ave Bridge project/bridge demolition. The detour will run from Bryant Ave to 5th Ave on 28th St.
https://www.minneapolismn.gov/government/projects/ pillsbury-bridge-midtown-greenway/
OVE
DETOUR
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Warren Wells, AICP @warrenjwells.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
No one has ever died because they did not have a curbside parking spot. But countless people on bicycles have been killed because we value parking more than a protected bike lane.
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Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 04/06/2026
If you're looking for an affordable bike, this is a good sale to check out! thriftyminnesota.com/the-umn-reus...
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The UMN ReUse Warehouse Bike Sale Event
Are you in need of two wheels, perhaps something to enjoy summer?  Check out the upcoming UMN ReUse Warehouse Bike Sale Event.
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Bill Lindeke @blindeke.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Don't tell anyone, but I'd bet good money that Nice Ride is coming back pretty soon. www.minnpost.com/cityscape/20...
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Minneapolis could soon see the rebirth of its bicycling ride share program
Nice Ride vanished from the city's streets in 2023, but it could soon be back with a boost from e-bikes at Great Plains Institute.
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Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 29/05/2026
If you’re looking for a new rain jacket, I highly suggest @cleverhood.bsky.social . The jackets are awesome (Anoraks are 50% off right now!) & the company is so generous. They donated to support the @mcbl.bike rain jacket library AND sent gear to Mpls for patrolling during Operation Metro Surge.
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Warehouse Sale
We have changed our '26 colors ever-so-slightly so we are clearing the last of our '25 stock before our new gear arrives.
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Chris Daniel @chrisdaniel.net · 28/05/2026
Abolish mass surveillance
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Brian Phillips @brianphillips.lol · 28/05/2026
And we are live! Massive thanks to everyone who contributed to this. Reading your posts made me so much madder than I ever knew was possible
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The 40 Most Rage-Inducing Problems in Tech
The bugs, broken apps, and nightmare customer-service bots we can't escape, presented as a blessed and sacred addendum to Pope Leo XIV’s new encyclical on AI
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Russell the Love Muscle 💪 @rpg-volley.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
‘That’s Not How It GOES 😤: Harrowing Tales of Someone Else Loaded the Dishwasher’
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Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 26/05/2026
Summer in Minneapolis:
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Metro Transit (Official) @metrotransitmn.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Left something behind on transit? Our new smart lockers near Target Field make it easier to get lost items back — 24/7. Fill out our Lost & Found form or call 612-373-3333. If we have your item, we’ll send a passkey for locker pickup within 7 days.
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madi mcvan @madisonmcvan.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
minnesota gov. tim walz has signed a bill banning prediction markes (kalshi, polymarket). first state-level ban of its kind. (sports betting via traditional/mobile sports books is still illegal here too)
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Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 17/05/2026
We had our first adult siblings on the MN Cargo Bike Library @bunchbike.com at this test ride. 😁
Selfie of two adult siblings ride a bunch bike together - the sister drives the bike and the l brother rides in the box. They’re both smiling really big.
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MN Cargo Bike Library @mcbl.bike · 17/05/2026
Thank you to everyone who joined our cargo bike test ride event yesterday! There were so many smiles, giggles, and “I need to get one of these” comments. 🚲 ❤️
Several people stand around front loader cargo bikes with a sign that says “test a cargo bike today!”3 college students share a Bunch bike with 2 friends in the box and one riding itA volunteer helps someone learn about a Bunch bike A group of volunteers pose with the MCBL cargo bikes. Someone is photo bombing on a skateboard
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Ben W @mntwins020733.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
The Lynx season is 3 games old.. They play Sunday at 6.. For those who will say there no more Basketball until October.. Lynx play defense And they have Minnesota Miles 🥽🥽 #Lynx
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