Hilary Reeves
@amproad.bsky.social
Minneapolis/St Paul. Work with people who work in transit, bike/walk, cities, development. Former publishing person. Reader. Need regular time outdoors.
Really appreciate this long bio piece about Minnesota’s Melissa Hortman.
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Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life
Melissa Hortman died in a shocking act of political violence. This is her story
www.rollingstone.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Really appreciate this long bio piece about Minnesota’s Melissa Hortman.
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Cool piece from @404media.co
“Dark matter is also the basis of a vast cosmic web of gaseous threads that links galaxy clusters across billions of light years.”
+ more about challenge of detecting dark matter
www.404media.co/a-lone-astro...
“Dark matter is also the basis of a vast cosmic web of gaseous threads that links galaxy clusters across billions of light years.”
+ more about challenge of detecting dark matter
www.404media.co/a-lone-astro...
A Lone Astronomer Has Reported a Dark Matter ‘Annihilation’ Breakthrough
“It was like playing the lottery,” said astronomer Tomonori Totani, adding that he hopes other scientists will verify the possible detection of a new dark matter signature.
www.404media.co
November 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Cool piece from @404media.co
“Dark matter is also the basis of a vast cosmic web of gaseous threads that links galaxy clusters across billions of light years.”
+ more about challenge of detecting dark matter
www.404media.co/a-lone-astro...
“Dark matter is also the basis of a vast cosmic web of gaseous threads that links galaxy clusters across billions of light years.”
+ more about challenge of detecting dark matter
www.404media.co/a-lone-astro...
Immediate cuts avoided but transit funding challenges continue.
2 thoughts
1 - why is it so hard to sell the econ dev importance of transit, given contribution of PGH and Philly to state economy?
2 - why won’t PA leg let regions tax themselves for transit?
www.publicsource.org/pittsburgh-r...
2 thoughts
1 - why is it so hard to sell the econ dev importance of transit, given contribution of PGH and Philly to state economy?
2 - why won’t PA leg let regions tax themselves for transit?
www.publicsource.org/pittsburgh-r...
Routes spared, but upgrades nixed in Pittsburgh Regional Transit funding fix
Pittsburgh transit riders won’t see route cuts or fare hikes as the agency diverts money for infrastructure improvements into operations.
www.publicsource.org
September 27, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Immediate cuts avoided but transit funding challenges continue.
2 thoughts
1 - why is it so hard to sell the econ dev importance of transit, given contribution of PGH and Philly to state economy?
2 - why won’t PA leg let regions tax themselves for transit?
www.publicsource.org/pittsburgh-r...
2 thoughts
1 - why is it so hard to sell the econ dev importance of transit, given contribution of PGH and Philly to state economy?
2 - why won’t PA leg let regions tax themselves for transit?
www.publicsource.org/pittsburgh-r...
“podcast interviews offer a level of flexibility that makes them enticing … conversations can be long and free-flowing…That allows for nuance and context”
- Poynter Report Nsltr
@poynterinstitute.bsky.social
Makes me think of convos about cities on Talking Headways podcast
@theoverheadwire.com
- Poynter Report Nsltr
@poynterinstitute.bsky.social
Makes me think of convos about cities on Talking Headways podcast
@theoverheadwire.com
not.me
August 15, 2025 at 2:02 PM
“podcast interviews offer a level of flexibility that makes them enticing … conversations can be long and free-flowing…That allows for nuance and context”
- Poynter Report Nsltr
@poynterinstitute.bsky.social
Makes me think of convos about cities on Talking Headways podcast
@theoverheadwire.com
- Poynter Report Nsltr
@poynterinstitute.bsky.social
Makes me think of convos about cities on Talking Headways podcast
@theoverheadwire.com
Useful overview of politics in PA around #transit funding. SEPTA @septaphilly.bsky.social and PRT riders are facing massive cuts if the legislature doesn’t act.
Get it done, PA!
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Get it done, PA!
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Holding SEPTA Funding Hostage
Republicans who want money to fix and build new roads throughout PA — even in areas with no traffic woes — are holding up SEPTA funding
thephiladelphiacitizen.org
August 8, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Useful overview of politics in PA around #transit funding. SEPTA @septaphilly.bsky.social and PRT riders are facing massive cuts if the legislature doesn’t act.
Get it done, PA!
thephiladelphiacitizen.org/pa-leaders-p...
Get it done, PA!
thephiladelphiacitizen.org/pa-leaders-p...
ATTN elected officials in OR, PA & elsewhere dithering over transit funding: 30% of population doesn’t drive
#FundTransitNow
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#FundTransitNow
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Zivarts: How 'Week Without Driving' Is Having An Impact — Streetsblog USA
Needing to drive in a car-dependent society is not some sort of moral failure. A one-week teach-in can help elected officials see that.
usa.streetsblog.org
August 7, 2025 at 12:28 PM
ATTN elected officials in OR, PA & elsewhere dithering over transit funding: 30% of population doesn’t drive
#FundTransitNow
usa.streetsblog.org/2025/08/05/z...
#FundTransitNow
usa.streetsblog.org/2025/08/05/z...
Good stats & arguments
“Children, along with seniors and people with disabilities, represent the one-third of people in Nova Scotia who don’t or can’t drive.
You are proposing to discriminate against one third of the population for the sake of shaving a few minutes off travel time for drivers.”
“Children, along with seniors and people with disabilities, represent the one-third of people in Nova Scotia who don’t or can’t drive.
You are proposing to discriminate against one third of the population for the sake of shaving a few minutes off travel time for drivers.”
Took me a while to finish up another letter to the Premier but here's a link to my last and latest ones. Includes links to evidence if anyone needs ideas or inspiration: docs.google.com/document/d/1... #SafeStreetsNS
August 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Good stats & arguments
“Children, along with seniors and people with disabilities, represent the one-third of people in Nova Scotia who don’t or can’t drive.
You are proposing to discriminate against one third of the population for the sake of shaving a few minutes off travel time for drivers.”
“Children, along with seniors and people with disabilities, represent the one-third of people in Nova Scotia who don’t or can’t drive.
You are proposing to discriminate against one third of the population for the sake of shaving a few minutes off travel time for drivers.”
Over the weekend caught up with some recent episodes of the Talking Headways podcast from @theoverheadwire.com
Karel Martins about understanding trip behavior
David Prytherch about getting better streets
Adie Tomer about the way transpo $ flows - and doesn’t
Always eye-opening & thoughtful
Karel Martins about understanding trip behavior
David Prytherch about getting better streets
Adie Tomer about the way transpo $ flows - and doesn’t
Always eye-opening & thoughtful
August 4, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Over the weekend caught up with some recent episodes of the Talking Headways podcast from @theoverheadwire.com
Karel Martins about understanding trip behavior
David Prytherch about getting better streets
Adie Tomer about the way transpo $ flows - and doesn’t
Always eye-opening & thoughtful
Karel Martins about understanding trip behavior
David Prytherch about getting better streets
Adie Tomer about the way transpo $ flows - and doesn’t
Always eye-opening & thoughtful
Nice piece.
“Swimming with other people helps me understand what I can do, both socially and physically. My personal record doesn’t exist in a vacuum; it’s always influenced by those around me.”
Gift link
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“Swimming with other people helps me understand what I can do, both socially and physically. My personal record doesn’t exist in a vacuum; it’s always influenced by those around me.”
Gift link
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Opinion | The Joy of Swimming With Strangers
www.nytimes.com
June 22, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Nice piece.
“Swimming with other people helps me understand what I can do, both socially and physically. My personal record doesn’t exist in a vacuum; it’s always influenced by those around me.”
Gift link
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/o...
“Swimming with other people helps me understand what I can do, both socially and physically. My personal record doesn’t exist in a vacuum; it’s always influenced by those around me.”
Gift link
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/o...
This is just shocking & devastating. She was such an amazing person and leader.
Violence is WAY out of hand, as are guns. Insane.
RIP Melissa Hortman. Thank you so much for your service. Deepest sympathies to your family and loved ones and to #MN
www.startribune.com/melissa-hort...
Violence is WAY out of hand, as are guns. Insane.
RIP Melissa Hortman. Thank you so much for your service. Deepest sympathies to your family and loved ones and to #MN
www.startribune.com/melissa-hort...
Melissa Hortman, top Democrat in Minnesota House, shot and killed
Gov. Tim Walz confirmed Saturday morning that Hortman and her husband Mark had both been killed in what he called targeted political violence.
www.startribune.com
June 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
This is just shocking & devastating. She was such an amazing person and leader.
Violence is WAY out of hand, as are guns. Insane.
RIP Melissa Hortman. Thank you so much for your service. Deepest sympathies to your family and loved ones and to #MN
www.startribune.com/melissa-hort...
Violence is WAY out of hand, as are guns. Insane.
RIP Melissa Hortman. Thank you so much for your service. Deepest sympathies to your family and loved ones and to #MN
www.startribune.com/melissa-hort...
Reposted by Hilary Reeves
The news isn’t being clear about this but to people hearing about these Minnesota shootings: Melissa Hortman is the Dem leader in the Minnesota House and was Speaker of the House 2019-2025. She’s probably the most influential state-level Democrat barring the governor.
June 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
The news isn’t being clear about this but to people hearing about these Minnesota shootings: Melissa Hortman is the Dem leader in the Minnesota House and was Speaker of the House 2019-2025. She’s probably the most influential state-level Democrat barring the governor.
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Geography matters. Interesting analysis of the symbolic implications of the route for Trump’s parade
Some thoughts about the military parade in my hometown of Washington DC today -- specifically, the route. Military parades in DC are quite rare. But when they happen, they have always begun, symbolically and geographically, at the Capitol and moved outward. 1/
June 14, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Geography matters. Interesting analysis of the symbolic implications of the route for Trump’s parade
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The Alberta Government is framing their abdication of public health measures as fiscal responsibility.
It is far cheaper to give someone a vaccine than to keep them on a ventilator.
Denying vaccines is one of the most most financially reckless things a government can do.
It is far cheaper to give someone a vaccine than to keep them on a ventilator.
Denying vaccines is one of the most most financially reckless things a government can do.
June 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The Alberta Government is framing their abdication of public health measures as fiscal responsibility.
It is far cheaper to give someone a vaccine than to keep them on a ventilator.
Denying vaccines is one of the most most financially reckless things a government can do.
It is far cheaper to give someone a vaccine than to keep them on a ventilator.
Denying vaccines is one of the most most financially reckless things a government can do.
Good piece here about tariffs & your local restaurant, in this case, Pittsburgh
#BuyLocal
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#BuyLocal
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Tariffs threaten Pittsburgh’s wine and dining culture with higher prices, fewer options
Local wine purveyors worry Trump’s tariffs will squeeze out small business, leaving only chains and those big enough to absorb rising expenses.
www.publicsource.org
June 14, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Good piece here about tariffs & your local restaurant, in this case, Pittsburgh
#BuyLocal
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#BuyLocal
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SEPTA's planned cuts could add 70,000 hours a day to the Philly’s morning rush. Here's how much longer it will take to get to major employment centers 👇
SEPTA’s planned cuts could add 70,000 hours to the region’s morning commute
See how much longer it will take to get to get to work if the transit agency’s severe service cuts actually happen.
www.inquirer.com
May 28, 2025 at 12:15 PM
SEPTA's planned cuts could add 70,000 hours a day to the Philly’s morning rush. Here's how much longer it will take to get to major employment centers 👇
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I would like to live in a world where it's not seen as strangers, other worldly, or crazy to walk, bike and take public transit places. Normalize not needing a car to live life.
Huge kudos to @awalkerinla.bsky.social for all she’s done to champion and normalize transit use in LA!
We’re working towards a world where nobody’s mind will be blown if you tell them you took transit to get where you were going.
We’re working towards a world where nobody’s mind will be blown if you tell them you took transit to get where you were going.
May 22, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I would like to live in a world where it's not seen as strangers, other worldly, or crazy to walk, bike and take public transit places. Normalize not needing a car to live life.
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A person wouldn't get to have this experience if they were going by car, just saying.
#TransitBiography #SubwayBiography
#TransitBiography #SubwayBiography
I've seen many things on the New York City subway but this morning I sat across from someone reading a dense biography of Millard Fillmore and I just have many questions.
May 22, 2025 at 2:10 PM
A person wouldn't get to have this experience if they were going by car, just saying.
#TransitBiography #SubwayBiography
#TransitBiography #SubwayBiography
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This is a HUGE scandal.
Elon Musk, JD Vance, and Trump are lying about Social Security fraud.
Internal documents show DOGE found "no significant fraud"—but did slow retirement claim processing by 25%.
Nothing efficient about making it harder for people to get their benefits.
Elon Musk, JD Vance, and Trump are lying about Social Security fraud.
Internal documents show DOGE found "no significant fraud"—but did slow retirement claim processing by 25%.
Nothing efficient about making it harder for people to get their benefits.
DOGE went looking for phone fraud at SSA — and found almost none
Since SSA installed new anti-fraud checks on claims made over the phone, only two claims out of over 110,000 were found to likely be fraudulent, according to internal documents obtained by Nextgov/FCW...
www.nextgov.com
May 15, 2025 at 8:13 PM
This is a HUGE scandal.
Elon Musk, JD Vance, and Trump are lying about Social Security fraud.
Internal documents show DOGE found "no significant fraud"—but did slow retirement claim processing by 25%.
Nothing efficient about making it harder for people to get their benefits.
Elon Musk, JD Vance, and Trump are lying about Social Security fraud.
Internal documents show DOGE found "no significant fraud"—but did slow retirement claim processing by 25%.
Nothing efficient about making it harder for people to get their benefits.
Ah, the payoff. Or one of them, to the oligarch.
SpaceX gets a $5.9B contract.
All the renewable energy & energy efficiency R&D done by the Department of Energy is only $3.5B. Wind, solar, geothermal, electric vehicles, fuel cell vehicles, biofuels, weatherization, buildings, efficiency, state programs, manufacturing, everything. Total: $3.5B 🔌💡
All the renewable energy & energy efficiency R&D done by the Department of Energy is only $3.5B. Wind, solar, geothermal, electric vehicles, fuel cell vehicles, biofuels, weatherization, buildings, efficiency, state programs, manufacturing, everything. Total: $3.5B 🔌💡
April 6, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Ah, the payoff. Or one of them, to the oligarch.
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Good early crowd here at the Washington Monument.
April 5, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Good early crowd here at the Washington Monument.
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I’m interested in this because it’s bikes, but this is also just a really good ground-level view of the cascading impact of these tariffs.
www.bicycleretailer.com/industry-new...
www.bicycleretailer.com/industry-new...
Bike maker takes steps to avert an unexpected million-dollar tariff charge
If Tern’s shipments don’t arrive from Vietnam before Wednesday, or get diverted, the cargo bike brand will be on the hook for about $1 million — cash — in tariff fees. Until this week, the company had...
www.bicycleretailer.com
April 5, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I’m interested in this because it’s bikes, but this is also just a really good ground-level view of the cascading impact of these tariffs.
www.bicycleretailer.com/industry-new...
www.bicycleretailer.com/industry-new...
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Statistics:
• America’s road traffic safety record is a disaster.
The US Secretary of Transportation:
• Keeping driving everybody. Rail transit is the safety disaster.
• America’s road traffic safety record is a disaster.
The US Secretary of Transportation:
• Keeping driving everybody. Rail transit is the safety disaster.
April 5, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Statistics:
• America’s road traffic safety record is a disaster.
The US Secretary of Transportation:
• Keeping driving everybody. Rail transit is the safety disaster.
• America’s road traffic safety record is a disaster.
The US Secretary of Transportation:
• Keeping driving everybody. Rail transit is the safety disaster.
Water fights over pipeline projects in Central Texas.
Ex: Carrizo Wilcox Aquifer delivers water for SATX via a 6’ pipe over 140 miles. Caused levels in neighboring landowners’ wells to plummet.
insideclimatenews.org/news/3103202...
Ex: Carrizo Wilcox Aquifer delivers water for SATX via a 6’ pipe over 140 miles. Caused levels in neighboring landowners’ wells to plummet.
insideclimatenews.org/news/3103202...
‘Water Is the New Oil’ as Texas Cities Square Off Over Aquifers - Inside Climate News
Two cities and the Texas A&M University System are suing to stop a project that would pump up to 89 million gallons per day of groundwater 80 miles away to other boomtowns in Central Texas.
insideclimatenews.org
April 5, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Water fights over pipeline projects in Central Texas.
Ex: Carrizo Wilcox Aquifer delivers water for SATX via a 6’ pipe over 140 miles. Caused levels in neighboring landowners’ wells to plummet.
insideclimatenews.org/news/3103202...
Ex: Carrizo Wilcox Aquifer delivers water for SATX via a 6’ pipe over 140 miles. Caused levels in neighboring landowners’ wells to plummet.
insideclimatenews.org/news/3103202...