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@bcmfietser.bsky.social
PhD, poorly socialized sociologist, Saint Paul bikescum, Planning Commissioner, Board of Zoning Appeals, Met Council TAB (non-motorized rep).
Vélo Vivant, transportation equity, sustainable living, some science policy. he/him
Vélo Vivant, transportation equity, sustainable living, some science policy. he/him
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Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US.
November 21, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US.
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Keeping stupid trendy stuff out of St. Paul is the entire magic of St. Paul.
November 20, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Keeping stupid trendy stuff out of St. Paul is the entire magic of St. Paul.
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We’re not gonna stop em online. Go take notes at a meeting. Connect people. Work an extra shift and hit those go fund mes.
November 21, 2025 at 3:55 AM
We’re not gonna stop em online. Go take notes at a meeting. Connect people. Work an extra shift and hit those go fund mes.
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If you receive an illegal order, you have a duty to disobey.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
November 21, 2025 at 12:14 AM
If you receive an illegal order, you have a duty to disobey.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
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Listened to this @volts.wtf banger this last night and it's wild just how incredible the rate of return is for improving indoor air quality in schools.
Where is California at with this? Do we have policy levers we can pull at the state level?
Where is California at with this? Do we have policy levers we can pull at the state level?
Today on Volts: for years, I've wanted to do a podcast on indoor air quality, and I finally found the perfect guest! Dr. Lagoudas & I discuss indoor air pollutants, the policies and technologies that can control them, and the growing need to frame indoor air quality as a basic human right.
What's the deal with indoor air quality?
From CO2 monitors to better building codes, Dr. Georgia Lagoudas outlines how to clean up the spaces where we spend 90% of our lives.
www.volts.wtf
November 21, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Listened to this @volts.wtf banger this last night and it's wild just how incredible the rate of return is for improving indoor air quality in schools.
Where is California at with this? Do we have policy levers we can pull at the state level?
Where is California at with this? Do we have policy levers we can pull at the state level?
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"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you."
LBJ
LBJ
one of the big lessons re conservatives and especially conservative christians is that they are more satisfied by being comparatively better off than others rather than being better off in absolute terms.
they’re perfectly happy to lose if you lose more.
they’re perfectly happy to lose if you lose more.
There are a lot of conservstives screaming "THIS IS WHAT GOD WANTS" as their lives get measurably worse.
November 21, 2025 at 3:26 AM
"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you."
LBJ
LBJ
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The city is OFFICIALLY studying the expansion of Traditional Neighborhood Zoning Districts, which will bring more corner stores to Saint Paul☕️🛍️
Thanks to all seven city councilors for their unanimous vote and to all the Sustainers who pushed for this🧵
www.twincities.com/2025/11/17/s...
Thanks to all seven city councilors for their unanimous vote and to all the Sustainers who pushed for this🧵
www.twincities.com/2025/11/17/s...
St. Paul City Council simplifies standards in mixed-use zoning areas
The changes aim to simplify rules in traditional neighborhood districts and allow for greater zoning flexibility.
www.twincities.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:37 PM
The city is OFFICIALLY studying the expansion of Traditional Neighborhood Zoning Districts, which will bring more corner stores to Saint Paul☕️🛍️
Thanks to all seven city councilors for their unanimous vote and to all the Sustainers who pushed for this🧵
www.twincities.com/2025/11/17/s...
Thanks to all seven city councilors for their unanimous vote and to all the Sustainers who pushed for this🧵
www.twincities.com/2025/11/17/s...
Thank goodness! Glad I won’t have to give up the Mexican Honey now!!
WE HAVE A TENTATIVE AGREEMENT!! PICKET AND STRIKE VOTE ARE CANCELLED!
Please come by the Indeed Taproom this evening to congratulate the workers on a long, hard fought victory!
Please come by the Indeed Taproom this evening to congratulate the workers on a long, hard fought victory!
Indeed workers are voting this afternoon to authorize a strike next week. Follow the link to email the boss that if they go on strike you will respect the strike line at the taproom & will boycott the products at the stores. Pass this to anyone you can think of who supports workers.
November 20, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Thank goodness! Glad I won’t have to give up the Mexican Honey now!!
Putting this on my calendar. If weather is decent I might bike over, but otherwise will be looking to carpool with homies.
Be part of something special. ✨
Join us for our 2026 Talent ID on Jan 5, 3–5pm at the West Saint Paul Dome.
Aurora enters the new season as the 2025 USL W Organization of the Year, Heartland Division Champions, and National Semifinalists — and we’re looking for the next wave of talent.
Join us for our 2026 Talent ID on Jan 5, 3–5pm at the West Saint Paul Dome.
Aurora enters the new season as the 2025 USL W Organization of the Year, Heartland Division Champions, and National Semifinalists — and we’re looking for the next wave of talent.
November 20, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Putting this on my calendar. If weather is decent I might bike over, but otherwise will be looking to carpool with homies.
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We already have the technology to make a transportation system that works for everyone. Allowing car companies to experiment in public with unsafe and underdeveloped technology is putting everyone in harm's way.
www.thedrive.com/news/tesla-r...
www.thedrive.com/news/tesla-r...
Tesla Robotaxis Keep Crashing Despite In-Car Supervisors: TDS
There have now been seven Tesla Robotaxi crashes since July.
www.thedrive.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:26 PM
We already have the technology to make a transportation system that works for everyone. Allowing car companies to experiment in public with unsafe and underdeveloped technology is putting everyone in harm's way.
www.thedrive.com/news/tesla-r...
www.thedrive.com/news/tesla-r...
Congratulations to Lost Fox in Lowertown Saint Paul for being awarded the "New Kid on the Block" award in the 9th Annual Saint Paul Business Awards! 213 E 4th Street. Go give em some love!
November 20, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Congratulations to Lost Fox in Lowertown Saint Paul for being awarded the "New Kid on the Block" award in the 9th Annual Saint Paul Business Awards! 213 E 4th Street. Go give em some love!
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EVERY elected official — especially in Minnesota, especially supporters of the president — must condemn this. Today, right now.
November 20, 2025 at 9:07 PM
EVERY elected official — especially in Minnesota, especially supporters of the president — must condemn this. Today, right now.
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Another family whose loved ones were taken from Bro-Tex has posted a Go Fund Me
www.gofundme.com/f/support-al...
www.gofundme.com/f/support-al...
November 20, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Another family whose loved ones were taken from Bro-Tex has posted a Go Fund Me
www.gofundme.com/f/support-al...
www.gofundme.com/f/support-al...
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A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF
November 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF
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When you don't read the profile details on Plenty of Fish
Love Story magazine
March 25, 1939
Love Story magazine
March 25, 1939
November 20, 2025 at 7:22 PM
When you don't read the profile details on Plenty of Fish
Love Story magazine
March 25, 1939
Love Story magazine
March 25, 1939
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Erik Alarcon, whose uncle and cousin were detained in Tuesday's operation, says the family had planned to gather for Thanksgiving next week. Now, they’re trying to figure out where their relatives were taken and whether they can contact them.
'We’re very in the dark': Families say they can’t reach loved ones detained in St. Paul ICE operation
Families and advocates say they’re trying to reach their loved ones who were detained at a St. Paul manufacturer during a federal law enforcement operation on Tuesday.
www.mprnews.org
November 19, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Erik Alarcon, whose uncle and cousin were detained in Tuesday's operation, says the family had planned to gather for Thanksgiving next week. Now, they’re trying to figure out where their relatives were taken and whether they can contact them.
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Tariffs are a drag but also a tiny part of the economy. Things like dissembling science and higher education will manifest in depressed long-run growth not in a current unemployment spike.
November 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Tariffs are a drag but also a tiny part of the economy. Things like dissembling science and higher education will manifest in depressed long-run growth not in a current unemployment spike.
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Here's one way of thinking about it: Do you think that Trump or his lieutenants would balk at killing political opponents? Do you think any of them would have moral or ideological objections?
November 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Here's one way of thinking about it: Do you think that Trump or his lieutenants would balk at killing political opponents? Do you think any of them would have moral or ideological objections?
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Threats against lawmakers are not speech; they are coercion designed to freeze the functioning of government. If Congress can’t advise the military without fear of execution, then checks and balances are dead. The House and Senate must formally censure this attack. Call your representative now.
November 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Threats against lawmakers are not speech; they are coercion designed to freeze the functioning of government. If Congress can’t advise the military without fear of execution, then checks and balances are dead. The House and Senate must formally censure this attack. Call your representative now.
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Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield, the Stone Roses and Primal Scream bassist, dies aged 63
Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield, the Stone Roses and Primal Scream bassist, dies aged 63
Ian Brown and Tim Burgess were among those to pay tribute to Mani, whose death was announced by his brother and nephew
Gary “Mani” Mounfield, best known as a founding member and bassist of the Stone Roses, has died aged 63. The cause of death has not been shared.
His brother Greg Mounfield posted the news on Facebook: “It is with the heaviest of hearts that I have to announce the sad passing of my brother.” His nephew also shared the news. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield, the Stone Roses and Primal Scream bassist, dies aged 63
Walking and biking are “traditional transportation” and infrastructure that supports and promotes traditional modes of transportation is traditional infrastructure.
The highest-ranking transportation congressman is saying that biking & walking paths aren't "traditional infrastructure" and don't deserve funding in the next federal transportation bill. Broke down why that's historically inaccurate, morally wrong, and *possible to defeat* — if we organize.
House T&I Chair Vows ‘No Money for Bikes or Walking’ in Fed Transportation Bill — Streetsblog USA
The outlook for active transportation won't be good if advocates don't stand up.
usa.streetsblog.org
November 20, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Walking and biking are “traditional transportation” and infrastructure that supports and promotes traditional modes of transportation is traditional infrastructure.
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Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
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At some point, Musk realized manipulating public perception was more lucrative than delivering affordable EVs, and when that made him the richest man alive he pulled tens of billions out and dumped it into new, more powerful propaganda tools: Twitter and XAI.
This is just what he does...
This is just what he does...
Elon Musk's Grokipedia cites a neo-Nazi website 42 times, researchers say www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-mu...
Elon Musk’s Grokipedia cites Stormfront — a neo-Nazi forum — dozens of times, study finds
An analysis by researchers at Cornell University is the first comprehensive look at Grokipedia since Musk launched his project last month.
www.nbcnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
At some point, Musk realized manipulating public perception was more lucrative than delivering affordable EVs, and when that made him the richest man alive he pulled tens of billions out and dumped it into new, more powerful propaganda tools: Twitter and XAI.
This is just what he does...
This is just what he does...
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Sorting through my memories of everything that happened on Tuesday, and reflecting on how some of the first phone calls I got and first people I saw onsite were union leaders in Saint Paul. I don’t know that unions ever get the credit they deserve for showing up for ALL workers, all the time.
November 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Sorting through my memories of everything that happened on Tuesday, and reflecting on how some of the first phone calls I got and first people I saw onsite were union leaders in Saint Paul. I don’t know that unions ever get the credit they deserve for showing up for ALL workers, all the time.