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PSA: The chart we point to all session every time land use reform bills come up.
December 28, 2024 at 8:56 PM
PSA: The chart we point to all session every time land use reform bills come up.
If you post AI art, you're getting blocked. Sorry, I don't make the rules.
December 26, 2024 at 6:42 PM
If you post AI art, you're getting blocked. Sorry, I don't make the rules.
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A front page for the ages.
December 24, 2024 at 1:12 PM
A front page for the ages.
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Research supports that biking contributes to a longer life and better mental health. Lower all-cause mortality risk, lower risk of any hospitalization, lower risk of cardiovascular disease, lower risk of cancer mortality and better mental health.
www.forbes.com/sites/carlto...
www.forbes.com/sites/carlto...
18-Year Study Of 82,297 Adults Finds Cycle Commuting Halves Chance Of Early Death
Billionaires famously want to live longer. They should jump on bicycles, not spacecraft.
www.forbes.com
December 20, 2024 at 5:29 AM
Research supports that biking contributes to a longer life and better mental health. Lower all-cause mortality risk, lower risk of any hospitalization, lower risk of cardiovascular disease, lower risk of cancer mortality and better mental health.
www.forbes.com/sites/carlto...
www.forbes.com/sites/carlto...
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The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) is quietly eliminating the at-grade boulevard options (A and B) from the Rethinking I-94 project. This move, rushed before the holidays, deprives communities of a chance to explore a transformative alternative to the highway trench. 🧵(1/9)
December 20, 2024 at 10:53 PM
The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) is quietly eliminating the at-grade boulevard options (A and B) from the Rethinking I-94 project. This move, rushed before the holidays, deprives communities of a chance to explore a transformative alternative to the highway trench. 🧵(1/9)
After a big snow, some cities plow bike paths, some don't.
Minnetonka plows the snow from the road INTO bike paths.
This 3' tall pile is impossible to bike over with my cargo bike. Prior to the plows coming, it was slow but manageable.
#BikeMN
#Winterbiking
#Minnetonka
#Cargobike
Minnetonka plows the snow from the road INTO bike paths.
This 3' tall pile is impossible to bike over with my cargo bike. Prior to the plows coming, it was slow but manageable.
#BikeMN
#Winterbiking
#Minnetonka
#Cargobike
December 20, 2024 at 3:12 AM
After a big snow, some cities plow bike paths, some don't.
Minnetonka plows the snow from the road INTO bike paths.
This 3' tall pile is impossible to bike over with my cargo bike. Prior to the plows coming, it was slow but manageable.
#BikeMN
#Winterbiking
#Minnetonka
#Cargobike
Minnetonka plows the snow from the road INTO bike paths.
This 3' tall pile is impossible to bike over with my cargo bike. Prior to the plows coming, it was slow but manageable.
#BikeMN
#Winterbiking
#Minnetonka
#Cargobike
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Explain this, humankind
December 15, 2024 at 1:38 PM
Explain this, humankind
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Best decision we've ever made but to be fair we've made mainly really bad decisions
December 15, 2024 at 2:28 AM
Best decision we've ever made but to be fair we've made mainly really bad decisions
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Figuring out a message for our holiday cards was a tough one this year. "'Looking forward to a great 20...' no. 'Hope next year is the best yet...' no. Uh."
We went with a Vonnegut quote. "“A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.”
We went with a Vonnegut quote. "“A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.”
December 10, 2024 at 11:19 PM
Figuring out a message for our holiday cards was a tough one this year. "'Looking forward to a great 20...' no. 'Hope next year is the best yet...' no. Uh."
We went with a Vonnegut quote. "“A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.”
We went with a Vonnegut quote. "“A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.”
The Grateful Dead is a gateway drug to bluegrass, y'all.
There's a Dead --> Pizza Tapes --> Old and In The Way --> J.D Crowe and the New South --> Reno and Smiley pipeline.
You start with Truckin' and end up on the hard stuff.
There's a Dead --> Pizza Tapes --> Old and In The Way --> J.D Crowe and the New South --> Reno and Smiley pipeline.
You start with Truckin' and end up on the hard stuff.
December 8, 2024 at 1:17 PM
The Grateful Dead is a gateway drug to bluegrass, y'all.
There's a Dead --> Pizza Tapes --> Old and In The Way --> J.D Crowe and the New South --> Reno and Smiley pipeline.
You start with Truckin' and end up on the hard stuff.
There's a Dead --> Pizza Tapes --> Old and In The Way --> J.D Crowe and the New South --> Reno and Smiley pipeline.
You start with Truckin' and end up on the hard stuff.
I used to be the kind of kid who loses mittens, but I'm not anymore.
Now I'm the kind of adult who loses mittens.
Now I'm the kind of adult who loses mittens.
December 6, 2024 at 11:48 PM
I used to be the kind of kid who loses mittens, but I'm not anymore.
Now I'm the kind of adult who loses mittens.
Now I'm the kind of adult who loses mittens.
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You can only have two:
- Unchanging physical neighborhood character
- Housing affordability
- Economic prosperity
- Unchanging physical neighborhood character
- Housing affordability
- Economic prosperity
Neighborhood character complaints, complaints about infrastructure, complaints it doesn't do enough to boost home ownership, said one (Ariola): "We don't want the character of our neighborhoods to change, but we do want affordability."
December 5, 2024 at 8:49 PM
You can only have two:
- Unchanging physical neighborhood character
- Housing affordability
- Economic prosperity
- Unchanging physical neighborhood character
- Housing affordability
- Economic prosperity
Are you familiar with the famous ukelele player Nick Drake? What about the ukelele duo Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings?
December 5, 2024 at 4:53 PM
Are you familiar with the famous ukelele player Nick Drake? What about the ukelele duo Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings?
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Fairly persuasive debunking of the claim fwiw classictheology.org/2021/10/12/t...
December 4, 2024 at 10:07 AM
Fairly persuasive debunking of the claim fwiw classictheology.org/2021/10/12/t...
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Happy 'I'm not buying anything in the sales because I'm anticonsumerist and also I'm too wealthy to need to look for bargains' day to all who celebrate.
November 29, 2024 at 3:31 PM
Happy 'I'm not buying anything in the sales because I'm anticonsumerist and also I'm too wealthy to need to look for bargains' day to all who celebrate.
The Kendrick/Drake feud explained for white ppl: it's "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" with Drake as the Devil and America as Georgia.
Now you can stop bragging about being totally ignorant and can start enjoying Kendrick getting his Golden Fiddle.
Now you can stop bragging about being totally ignorant and can start enjoying Kendrick getting his Golden Fiddle.
November 27, 2024 at 6:30 PM
The Kendrick/Drake feud explained for white ppl: it's "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" with Drake as the Devil and America as Georgia.
Now you can stop bragging about being totally ignorant and can start enjoying Kendrick getting his Golden Fiddle.
Now you can stop bragging about being totally ignorant and can start enjoying Kendrick getting his Golden Fiddle.
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Every day I try to love myself even half as much as Kendrick hates Drake.
November 26, 2024 at 4:42 AM
Every day I try to love myself even half as much as Kendrick hates Drake.
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If we pedestrianize the street...
how...
will...
the businesses...
survive??!1!?
how...
will...
the businesses...
survive??!1!?
November 25, 2024 at 6:14 AM
If we pedestrianize the street...
how...
will...
the businesses...
survive??!1!?
how...
will...
the businesses...
survive??!1!?
Minnesota daycare drop-off update: one parent with sandals and no socks, one parent in shorts. It is snowing.
November 25, 2024 at 2:54 PM
Minnesota daycare drop-off update: one parent with sandals and no socks, one parent in shorts. It is snowing.
Increasingly bright headlights on newer autos make the driver feel safer by increasing their visibility, yet blind everyone else, which makes the roads less safe.
This is just one example of how Americans have increasingly abandoned the idea of collective good in favor of individual comfort.
This is just one example of how Americans have increasingly abandoned the idea of collective good in favor of individual comfort.
November 25, 2024 at 2:38 AM
Increasingly bright headlights on newer autos make the driver feel safer by increasing their visibility, yet blind everyone else, which makes the roads less safe.
This is just one example of how Americans have increasingly abandoned the idea of collective good in favor of individual comfort.
This is just one example of how Americans have increasingly abandoned the idea of collective good in favor of individual comfort.
On my to-do list: Check my go bag. Here's a free article from the NYT about what to put in it: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
What Belongs in Your Survival Kit, From 8 People Who Know Something About Disasters (Published 2023)
Instant coffee, a stash of singles, a good rapport with your neighbors and … Pringles. Here’s what you really need to prepare for extreme weather events and other disasters.
www.nytimes.com
October 9, 2024 at 4:58 PM
On my to-do list: Check my go bag. Here's a free article from the NYT about what to put in it: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Mando + Banjo = Good
Mando + Piano = Good
Piano + Banjo = Good
Mando + Piano + Banjo = Bad
Mando + Piano = Good
Piano + Banjo = Good
Mando + Piano + Banjo = Bad
October 3, 2024 at 3:39 PM
Mando + Banjo = Good
Mando + Piano = Good
Piano + Banjo = Good
Mando + Piano + Banjo = Bad
Mando + Piano = Good
Piano + Banjo = Good
Mando + Piano + Banjo = Bad
The new Billy Strings album does slap, but it'd slap harder if he cut 3-5 of the weakest tracks and bought a better dreadnought.
October 2, 2024 at 4:29 PM
The new Billy Strings album does slap, but it'd slap harder if he cut 3-5 of the weakest tracks and bought a better dreadnought.
Listening to Brad Paisley for the sweet sweet guitar licks is like going to a jam band concert to score drugs.
Truck Still Works is like standing for hours in 100 degree weather and only finding a gram of mids.
Truck Still Works is like standing for hours in 100 degree weather and only finding a gram of mids.
October 2, 2024 at 1:45 PM
Listening to Brad Paisley for the sweet sweet guitar licks is like going to a jam band concert to score drugs.
Truck Still Works is like standing for hours in 100 degree weather and only finding a gram of mids.
Truck Still Works is like standing for hours in 100 degree weather and only finding a gram of mids.
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