@gscl.bsky.social
🚲Car-free euphonium person. 💜Asexual and somewhere in aro/gray/demi-romantic land. 🏙St. Paul, MN, US
I saw so many people using the paths yesterday that would definitely not feel comfortable biking or walking on the road even with a fairly wide shoulder.
November 16, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I saw so many people using the paths yesterday that would definitely not feel comfortable biking or walking on the road even with a fairly wide shoulder.
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Cycling to a fishing trip with dad beside a busy main road. Safe cycle infrastructure makes moments like this possible.
November 16, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Cycling to a fishing trip with dad beside a busy main road. Safe cycle infrastructure makes moments like this possible.
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1/ I’d like to share what’s happened since Sept. 30, the night of the most dramatic raid of the Trump administration’s Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago. Under the cover of darkness, 37 immigrants were taken from an apartment complex …🧵
November 16, 2025 at 3:17 PM
1/ I’d like to share what’s happened since Sept. 30, the night of the most dramatic raid of the Trump administration’s Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago. Under the cover of darkness, 37 immigrants were taken from an apartment complex …🧵
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anyone who draws porn of ANY KIND, not just "hard" kinks, is in grave trouble of being unable to use A BANK. A fucking bank account! as in you can't pay your RENT or FOOD
November 16, 2025 at 3:36 PM
anyone who draws porn of ANY KIND, not just "hard" kinks, is in grave trouble of being unable to use A BANK. A fucking bank account! as in you can't pay your RENT or FOOD
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Walk. Bike. Ride the bus. Stop buying monster trucks to commute to work and get groceries.
The most insanely frustrating thing about the #ClimateCrisis is how the breakthrough we so clearly need isn’t technological. It’s just a collective willingness, a determination even, to change in ways that would clearly be SO MUCH BETTER than the clear and obvious consequences of NOT changing.
November 16, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Walk. Bike. Ride the bus. Stop buying monster trucks to commute to work and get groceries.
If it's not at least 4' wide not counting the gutter pan, then it's not usable and it's better not to call it a bike lane.
If you could easily lose your life riding in a painted bike gutter, always and unapologetically ride your bike on the sidewalk.
November 16, 2025 at 2:25 AM
If it's not at least 4' wide not counting the gutter pan, then it's not usable and it's better not to call it a bike lane.
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A queen.
An interview with the homeowner from mayaeaglin on Insta. h/t @meghancolleen.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 1:08 AM
A queen.
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one of my "counterintuitive facts that explains everything" facts is that without new construction cities get less dense as they gentrify, bc wealthier households have fewer kids and fewer people per bedroom
Almost everywhere in the City of Toronto has fewer people that it did 50 years ago
November 15, 2025 at 11:11 PM
one of my "counterintuitive facts that explains everything" facts is that without new construction cities get less dense as they gentrify, bc wealthier households have fewer kids and fewer people per bedroom
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A federal program that deported 400,000 immigrants from 2008-2014 increased new-construction home prices by 16%, or $50k. This is net of reduced demand effects.
2023 paper
haas.berkeley.edu/wp-content/u...
2023 paper
haas.berkeley.edu/wp-content/u...
November 15, 2025 at 3:40 PM
A federal program that deported 400,000 immigrants from 2008-2014 increased new-construction home prices by 16%, or $50k. This is net of reduced demand effects.
2023 paper
haas.berkeley.edu/wp-content/u...
2023 paper
haas.berkeley.edu/wp-content/u...
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The hidden costs of car dependency.
And how much Transportation is hidden in the other categories? What portion of Housing costs is the garage under your apartment building? What portion of Food is the sea of parking surrounding the supermarket? What portion of Healthcare is car-related injury and respiratory disease?
Transportation costs are the second largest burden on American family budgets (17%), after housing (33%)!
To address the affordability crisis, we must create cities with abundant housing of all types (subsidized, social, coop, market rate) and make walking, biking, and taking transit convenient.
To address the affordability crisis, we must create cities with abundant housing of all types (subsidized, social, coop, market rate) and make walking, biking, and taking transit convenient.
November 15, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The hidden costs of car dependency.
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This is could well be a historic midterm for Democrats.
Don’t waste it on centrists who won’t come through when it matters. Run vocal progressives.
You won’t end Trumpism without anti-corruption crusaders and warriors for social and economic justice who believe in taxes & big, universal programs.
Don’t waste it on centrists who won’t come through when it matters. Run vocal progressives.
You won’t end Trumpism without anti-corruption crusaders and warriors for social and economic justice who believe in taxes & big, universal programs.
Those claiming Dems should retreat on racial justice aren't hard-headed realists, they're pushing against the electoral tide rather than leaning into it. The story of Gen Z isn't about racist backlash or red-pilled young men. It's the most racially progressive generation in American history. 🧵
November 15, 2025 at 4:40 AM
This is could well be a historic midterm for Democrats.
Don’t waste it on centrists who won’t come through when it matters. Run vocal progressives.
You won’t end Trumpism without anti-corruption crusaders and warriors for social and economic justice who believe in taxes & big, universal programs.
Don’t waste it on centrists who won’t come through when it matters. Run vocal progressives.
You won’t end Trumpism without anti-corruption crusaders and warriors for social and economic justice who believe in taxes & big, universal programs.
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I moved to Minnesota in June 2023 during a day when the air smelled like a campfire. When I’ve asked longtime Minnesotans about the increasingly severe smoke during our summers, they all say it was never a problem until a few years ago. And wow, this graph has got the receipts.
November 14, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I moved to Minnesota in June 2023 during a day when the air smelled like a campfire. When I’ve asked longtime Minnesotans about the increasingly severe smoke during our summers, they all say it was never a problem until a few years ago. And wow, this graph has got the receipts.
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Without asylum:
Marks and Spencer wouldn't exist
Queen would have been without a front man
The other queen wouldn't have had a husband
Judith Kerr would never have written The Tiger Who Came to Tea
And thousands of less famous people wouldn't have been teachers, politicians, neighbours, etc
Marks and Spencer wouldn't exist
Queen would have been without a front man
The other queen wouldn't have had a husband
Judith Kerr would never have written The Tiger Who Came to Tea
And thousands of less famous people wouldn't have been teachers, politicians, neighbours, etc
November 15, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Without asylum:
Marks and Spencer wouldn't exist
Queen would have been without a front man
The other queen wouldn't have had a husband
Judith Kerr would never have written The Tiger Who Came to Tea
And thousands of less famous people wouldn't have been teachers, politicians, neighbours, etc
Marks and Spencer wouldn't exist
Queen would have been without a front man
The other queen wouldn't have had a husband
Judith Kerr would never have written The Tiger Who Came to Tea
And thousands of less famous people wouldn't have been teachers, politicians, neighbours, etc
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Here’s something that’s really important for everyone to understand.
If we design our cities just for cars, they fail everyone, including drivers.
If we design our cities with many great CHOICES in how to get around, they work better for everyone, including drivers.
Spread the word.
If we design our cities just for cars, they fail everyone, including drivers.
If we design our cities with many great CHOICES in how to get around, they work better for everyone, including drivers.
Spread the word.
November 15, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Here’s something that’s really important for everyone to understand.
If we design our cities just for cars, they fail everyone, including drivers.
If we design our cities with many great CHOICES in how to get around, they work better for everyone, including drivers.
Spread the word.
If we design our cities just for cars, they fail everyone, including drivers.
If we design our cities with many great CHOICES in how to get around, they work better for everyone, including drivers.
Spread the word.
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I-94 through Mpls-StPaul is such a disaster. I've lost friends over my position that it should be removed and replaced with better transportation, housing, business and recreation options. It inflicts unrelenting ugliness and tragedy on our communities. Do we intend to remain car-dependent victims?
November 12, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I-94 through Mpls-StPaul is such a disaster. I've lost friends over my position that it should be removed and replaced with better transportation, housing, business and recreation options. It inflicts unrelenting ugliness and tragedy on our communities. Do we intend to remain car-dependent victims?
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The same script is playing out across rural towns everywhere: data center land grabs, noise and light pollution, water depletion, air pollution, spiking utility bills.
These communities aren’t sleepy. They are undercapitalized, under-lawyered, and lack news coverage.
bridgemi.com/michigan-env...
These communities aren’t sleepy. They are undercapitalized, under-lawyered, and lack news coverage.
bridgemi.com/michigan-env...
Tensions mount as data centers eye 'sleepy' Michigan farm towns - Bridge Michigan
In a scenario likely to repeat statewide, a $7 billion data center planned for a rural Saline Township is prompting debate about jobs versus environmental impacts and noise.
bridgemi.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The same script is playing out across rural towns everywhere: data center land grabs, noise and light pollution, water depletion, air pollution, spiking utility bills.
These communities aren’t sleepy. They are undercapitalized, under-lawyered, and lack news coverage.
bridgemi.com/michigan-env...
These communities aren’t sleepy. They are undercapitalized, under-lawyered, and lack news coverage.
bridgemi.com/michigan-env...
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#OnThisDay Nov 14, 1860: Minneapolis is finally linked to the outside world by telegraph. Service is poor, with newspapers constantly apologizing over delayed reporting due to downed wires, adverse weather, or in one instance "the mysterious influence of moonbeams on the electric current."
November 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
#OnThisDay Nov 14, 1860: Minneapolis is finally linked to the outside world by telegraph. Service is poor, with newspapers constantly apologizing over delayed reporting due to downed wires, adverse weather, or in one instance "the mysterious influence of moonbeams on the electric current."
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Every year, my city has the landscaping swapped in our planter protected bike lane to reflect the current season.
We just switched from autumn mums to a festive holiday theme, and it adds so much enjoyment to my commute.
Infrastructure can be beautiful at the human scale.
We just switched from autumn mums to a festive holiday theme, and it adds so much enjoyment to my commute.
Infrastructure can be beautiful at the human scale.
November 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Every year, my city has the landscaping swapped in our planter protected bike lane to reflect the current season.
We just switched from autumn mums to a festive holiday theme, and it adds so much enjoyment to my commute.
Infrastructure can be beautiful at the human scale.
We just switched from autumn mums to a festive holiday theme, and it adds so much enjoyment to my commute.
Infrastructure can be beautiful at the human scale.
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When you leave in a car you’re thinking “what’s the fastest way to get there?”
When I leave on my bike I’m thinking “what’s the safest way to get there?”
We are not the same
When I leave on my bike I’m thinking “what’s the safest way to get there?”
We are not the same
November 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
When you leave in a car you’re thinking “what’s the fastest way to get there?”
When I leave on my bike I’m thinking “what’s the safest way to get there?”
We are not the same
When I leave on my bike I’m thinking “what’s the safest way to get there?”
We are not the same
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Bluesky is going to commit ritual suicide at the rate it’s going.
patton oswalt has been suspended from bluesky for saying that megyn kelly should be fed to a woodchipper for justifying the sexual abuse of minors
November 14, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Bluesky is going to commit ritual suicide at the rate it’s going.
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If a worker is killed using manufacturing equipment, they don't just clean it up and get back to using it immediately. But that's what happens at road intersections.
Motonormativity is a dangerous disease.
Motonormativity is a dangerous disease.
what we should do now is of course close the intersection until it is redesigned. but we won't we will do nothing and wait for the next tragedy.
November 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM
If a worker is killed using manufacturing equipment, they don't just clean it up and get back to using it immediately. But that's what happens at road intersections.
Motonormativity is a dangerous disease.
Motonormativity is a dangerous disease.
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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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A good sign.
November 14, 2025 at 6:27 AM
A good sign.
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It was always inevitable that the loudest and best-funded (by people in Epstein's emails) anti-trans freaks who spent years trying to brand trans people as sexual predators, would instantly start defending Epstein.
It's not hypocrisy, it's them reinforcing their hierarchy.
It's not hypocrisy, it's them reinforcing their hierarchy.
November 14, 2025 at 5:49 AM
It was always inevitable that the loudest and best-funded (by people in Epstein's emails) anti-trans freaks who spent years trying to brand trans people as sexual predators, would instantly start defending Epstein.
It's not hypocrisy, it's them reinforcing their hierarchy.
It's not hypocrisy, it's them reinforcing their hierarchy.