derek.
@kub.bsky.social
🏙️ East Bank Mpls 🏗️ urbanist 🚲 outdoor enjoyer 🌱 live music attender 🎸 he/him
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Amazing how patient drivers get for drive thrus, but can’t afford 10 seconds for pedestrians to get across a crosswalk. #Priorities
November 16, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Amazing how patient drivers get for drive thrus, but can’t afford 10 seconds for pedestrians to get across a crosswalk. #Priorities
Thought exercise:
You can choose any venue in the twin cities to see your favorite artist. The show will be sold out. Which venue do you pick?
(There’s a right answer, several acceptable answers, and many wrong answers)
You can choose any venue in the twin cities to see your favorite artist. The show will be sold out. Which venue do you pick?
(There’s a right answer, several acceptable answers, and many wrong answers)
November 16, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Thought exercise:
You can choose any venue in the twin cities to see your favorite artist. The show will be sold out. Which venue do you pick?
(There’s a right answer, several acceptable answers, and many wrong answers)
You can choose any venue in the twin cities to see your favorite artist. The show will be sold out. Which venue do you pick?
(There’s a right answer, several acceptable answers, and many wrong answers)
this is where I post from if you even care
November 16, 2025 at 1:10 AM
this is where I post from if you even care
i’m hoping that Big Squished Penny™ is rounding up as many as they can so they can preload pennies in the machines
(sure they could just use some sorta copper blank, but then you wouldn’t get to see abe’s stretched head on the back)
(sure they could just use some sorta copper blank, but then you wouldn’t get to see abe’s stretched head on the back)
November 14, 2025 at 6:05 AM
i’m hoping that Big Squished Penny™ is rounding up as many as they can so they can preload pennies in the machines
(sure they could just use some sorta copper blank, but then you wouldn’t get to see abe’s stretched head on the back)
(sure they could just use some sorta copper blank, but then you wouldn’t get to see abe’s stretched head on the back)
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Has the bouldering community in the twin cities grown too large?
This is at the end of the private drive passing between the Mill and Main buildings. They must have been going pretty fast to hop it up onto the boulder.
November 14, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Has the bouldering community in the twin cities grown too large?
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Counterintuitive: the DFL is run by people who have no idea what it's like to live in an urban area.
Turned away from the MN DFL event due to a bag policy that didn’t appear anywhere in the invitation.
The suggestion was to put my bag in my car. I took the bus
I’m curious how many people were turned away due to other bags (bike bags, groceries, diaper bags) and didn’t have storage options
The suggestion was to put my bag in my car. I took the bus
I’m curious how many people were turned away due to other bags (bike bags, groceries, diaper bags) and didn’t have storage options
November 14, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Counterintuitive: the DFL is run by people who have no idea what it's like to live in an urban area.
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Wow. Can't say much else. The overhead corona was unbelievable. The most intense reds and greens. ❤️💚😍💃 She'll be dancing until sunrise.
I visited Franconia Sculpture Park over summer and it has been on my aurora photo bucket list ever since. That's where I went last night.
Schafer, Minnesota.
I visited Franconia Sculpture Park over summer and it has been on my aurora photo bucket list ever since. That's where I went last night.
Schafer, Minnesota.
November 12, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Wow. Can't say much else. The overhead corona was unbelievable. The most intense reds and greens. ❤️💚😍💃 She'll be dancing until sunrise.
I visited Franconia Sculpture Park over summer and it has been on my aurora photo bucket list ever since. That's where I went last night.
Schafer, Minnesota.
I visited Franconia Sculpture Park over summer and it has been on my aurora photo bucket list ever since. That's where I went last night.
Schafer, Minnesota.
ps, my +1 to The Faint at First Ave is currently going unused tonight, hmu if anyone wants it
as always, no obligation to hang or anything, you’re welcome to if you’d like, i’ll be meeting my sister there, but feel free to do whatever you want!
(also have 2 free tickets to Rocket this Saturday)
as always, no obligation to hang or anything, you’re welcome to if you’d like, i’ll be meeting my sister there, but feel free to do whatever you want!
(also have 2 free tickets to Rocket this Saturday)
November 11, 2025 at 8:44 PM
ps, my +1 to The Faint at First Ave is currently going unused tonight, hmu if anyone wants it
as always, no obligation to hang or anything, you’re welcome to if you’d like, i’ll be meeting my sister there, but feel free to do whatever you want!
(also have 2 free tickets to Rocket this Saturday)
as always, no obligation to hang or anything, you’re welcome to if you’d like, i’ll be meeting my sister there, but feel free to do whatever you want!
(also have 2 free tickets to Rocket this Saturday)
Upcoming project i just learned of and was surprised i hadn’t heard about:
280 will be closed in ‘26 for repaving and bridge repairs, but then in ‘28, the left turn onto broadway will be permanently closed
www.dot.state.mn.us/metro/projec...
280 will be closed in ‘26 for repaving and bridge repairs, but then in ‘28, the left turn onto broadway will be permanently closed
www.dot.state.mn.us/metro/projec...
November 11, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Upcoming project i just learned of and was surprised i hadn’t heard about:
280 will be closed in ‘26 for repaving and bridge repairs, but then in ‘28, the left turn onto broadway will be permanently closed
www.dot.state.mn.us/metro/projec...
280 will be closed in ‘26 for repaving and bridge repairs, but then in ‘28, the left turn onto broadway will be permanently closed
www.dot.state.mn.us/metro/projec...
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Sisyphus Brewing @twincitiestoiletpaperreviews.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Sisyphus Brewing @twincitiestoiletpaperreviews.com
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Not all blackout license plates but somehow always a car with blackout plates
November 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Not all blackout license plates but somehow always a car with blackout plates
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Water is wet. www.startribune.com/speeding-dow...
Speeding down 30% in Minneapolis where cameras were installed
The city will begin ticketing drivers starting Friday after giving out warnings during the first month speed cameras were active.
www.startribune.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Water is wet. www.startribune.com/speeding-dow...
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I eyeballed it. Okay, turns out it's nearly *half* of Senators got fewer votes than Mamdani.
November 5, 2025 at 6:16 AM
I eyeballed it. Okay, turns out it's nearly *half* of Senators got fewer votes than Mamdani.
the more i stare at this, the more i become convinced it’s a diorama
App State is currently doing a drone show but it’s just the Pepsi logo
November 7, 2025 at 5:20 AM
the more i stare at this, the more i become convinced it’s a diorama
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Does anyone know if or what MPS is planning to do with the free breakfasts and lunches if MFT strikes next week?
With SNAP frozen, it’s going to be a double-hit for so many families if the free school meals disappear.
Will every MPS have the meals available? Anyone know?
With SNAP frozen, it’s going to be a double-hit for so many families if the free school meals disappear.
Will every MPS have the meals available? Anyone know?
November 6, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Does anyone know if or what MPS is planning to do with the free breakfasts and lunches if MFT strikes next week?
With SNAP frozen, it’s going to be a double-hit for so many families if the free school meals disappear.
Will every MPS have the meals available? Anyone know?
With SNAP frozen, it’s going to be a double-hit for so many families if the free school meals disappear.
Will every MPS have the meals available? Anyone know?
I'd like to announce my candidacy for Ward 3 of the Night Council
As someone with a delayed sleep phase, who attends 60+ concerts a year, & spends most other nights biking around downtown and SE for fun, I think I'm well qualified and ready to step into the roll day one
As someone with a delayed sleep phase, who attends 60+ concerts a year, & spends most other nights biking around downtown and SE for fun, I think I'm well qualified and ready to step into the roll day one
Now that that's over we need to focus on the upcoming Night Mayor election
November 6, 2025 at 1:17 AM
I'd like to announce my candidacy for Ward 3 of the Night Council
As someone with a delayed sleep phase, who attends 60+ concerts a year, & spends most other nights biking around downtown and SE for fun, I think I'm well qualified and ready to step into the roll day one
As someone with a delayed sleep phase, who attends 60+ concerts a year, & spends most other nights biking around downtown and SE for fun, I think I'm well qualified and ready to step into the roll day one
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This is a great point. Also look, the kangaroos think we’re pathetic. I hate that for us!
If I were running in next year's midterms, I'd be saying: Aussies are getting free electricity, and we're getting huge price spikes.
Because they built solar, and Trump is blocking it.
open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
Because they built solar, and Trump is blocking it.
open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
Free Electricity. Like, at no cost. For everyone. Now.
Let's talk about affordability, abundance, and Australia--and why thanks to Trump we can't have nice things
open.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:44 PM
This is a great point. Also look, the kangaroos think we’re pathetic. I hate that for us!
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Somebody call Bill McGuire and get this done.
November 5, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Somebody call Bill McGuire and get this done.
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One of the all time greats. I have a Jason Garcia poster in my childhood bedroom.
November 5, 2025 at 10:32 PM
One of the all time greats. I have a Jason Garcia poster in my childhood bedroom.
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if you're ever Photoshopping your own face into the smoke of the Twin Towers, Adobe should have a pop-up that says "are you sure that whatever it is you're doing is a good idea"
November 5, 2025 at 6:45 PM
if you're ever Photoshopping your own face into the smoke of the Twin Towers, Adobe should have a pop-up that says "are you sure that whatever it is you're doing is a good idea"
Every Map Is The Same Map™
November 5, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Every Map Is The Same Map™
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Does money win elections? Not in Ward 10. Chughtai won at a cost of $9.75 per vote.
Meanwhile Millard spent just over $42 per vote to lose heartily. (That’s looking like more per vote than Cuomo, who’s probably under $40!)
Meanwhile Millard spent just over $42 per vote to lose heartily. (That’s looking like more per vote than Cuomo, who’s probably under $40!)
November 5, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Does money win elections? Not in Ward 10. Chughtai won at a cost of $9.75 per vote.
Meanwhile Millard spent just over $42 per vote to lose heartily. (That’s looking like more per vote than Cuomo, who’s probably under $40!)
Meanwhile Millard spent just over $42 per vote to lose heartily. (That’s looking like more per vote than Cuomo, who’s probably under $40!)
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If it won more than 2/3 of the vote, is it really "controversial"?
The new right-to-repair law will allow renters to initiate small fixes without involving city inspectors, and with an assurance that landlords pay.
Landslide victory for controversial Duluth rental repair law
The new right-to-repair law will allow renters to initiate small fixes without involving city inspectors, and with an assurance that landlords pay.
bit.ly
November 5, 2025 at 5:11 AM
If it won more than 2/3 of the vote, is it really "controversial"?
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On the bright side: JASON GARCIA IS GONNA WIN DISTRICT 4 PARK BOARD.
November 5, 2025 at 3:51 AM
On the bright side: JASON GARCIA IS GONNA WIN DISTRICT 4 PARK BOARD.