Regina Burstein 🚲 🚈 🌳
@mplsfietser.bike
Radical localist, urbanist, ecosocialist.
I love cities 🏙️, bikes 🚲, trains 🚊, and cats 🐈⬛.
Transportation planner for safe streets & healthy equitable communities. YIMBY. Union. Board @streets.mn
Neurospicy. Ukraine➡️Mpls.
Agender/gender apathetic.
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I love cities 🏙️, bikes 🚲, trains 🚊, and cats 🐈⬛.
Transportation planner for safe streets & healthy equitable communities. YIMBY. Union. Board @streets.mn
Neurospicy. Ukraine➡️Mpls.
Agender/gender apathetic.
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Regina Burstein 🚲 🚈 🌳
@mplsfietser.bike
· Oct 13
The 2nd Nerd Nite: Mpls is happening on October 28.
Eat Street Crossing | doors @ 5:30pm, starts @ 6:15 pm.
Come hang out, eat good food, and learn new things.
nerdnitempls.carrd.co
Eat Street Crossing | doors @ 5:30pm, starts @ 6:15 pm.
Come hang out, eat good food, and learn new things.
nerdnitempls.carrd.co
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I can no longer follow the plot of this show. I suspect the writers and actors can’t either. I don’t think they have a show runner.
November 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I can no longer follow the plot of this show. I suspect the writers and actors can’t either. I don’t think they have a show runner.
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“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas & city center in 2021.”
Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death
The capital city is Finnish’ed with car-related fatalities.
www.politico.eu
November 17, 2025 at 6:31 AM
“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas & city center in 2021.”
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The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
November 17, 2025 at 6:37 AM
The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
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“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath
50 reasons to want more walkable cities.
50 reasons to want more walkable cities.
50 Reasons Why Everyone Should Want More Walkable Streets
From making you live longer to making cities more resilient: If you want a reason to make your city more walkable, it's in here.
www.fastcompany.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:40 AM
“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath
50 reasons to want more walkable cities.
50 reasons to want more walkable cities.
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The American car industry quite deliberately designs its products so that they kill people. They know this. They are not ignorant of how their products work.
They don't care.
They don't care.
Trigger warning.
“In crashes, SUVs are more likely to strike vital organs in the core of adults’ bodies & heads of children. Hitting pedestrians above their center of gravity means they’re more likely to be knocked forward & down and then be driven over.”
Plus more likely to hit in the 1st place.
“In crashes, SUVs are more likely to strike vital organs in the core of adults’ bodies & heads of children. Hitting pedestrians above their center of gravity means they’re more likely to be knocked forward & down and then be driven over.”
Plus more likely to hit in the 1st place.
November 16, 2025 at 7:04 AM
The American car industry quite deliberately designs its products so that they kill people. They know this. They are not ignorant of how their products work.
They don't care.
They don't care.
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ok, after a few days of processing this event, i am more worried than ever about 2026, and have realized any DFL win will be due to the leadership of DFL electeds & their volunteers.
the party apparatus is no longer being run by organizers, but by consultants. everyone should plan accordingly.
the party apparatus is no longer being run by organizers, but by consultants. everyone should plan accordingly.
DFL listening session with chair richard carlbom at sabathani. he gave a presentation on 2026 efforts, including applying a brand strategy to the party, and then heard from people like ash who planned the ward 6 caucus and convention alone and is frustrated with a lack of support
November 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
ok, after a few days of processing this event, i am more worried than ever about 2026, and have realized any DFL win will be due to the leadership of DFL electeds & their volunteers.
the party apparatus is no longer being run by organizers, but by consultants. everyone should plan accordingly.
the party apparatus is no longer being run by organizers, but by consultants. everyone should plan accordingly.
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New LIFE AFTER CARS live show outfit just dropped.
November 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
New LIFE AFTER CARS live show outfit just dropped.
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i actually can't get over ward 7, which represents the majority of downtown, electing a woman to city council who says she wants minneapolis to be more like her small hometown of buffalo vs re-electing our councilmember who wanted to see us be more like berlin
going backwards!
going backwards!
No more big city mayors who hate big cities.
After failing to stop a major state housing bill from becoming law, Los Angeles leaders are turning to plan B: Delaying Senate Bill 79's implementation and pushing for unspecified legislative changes next year. My dispatch for @politico.com Pro subscribers subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...
November 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
i actually can't get over ward 7, which represents the majority of downtown, electing a woman to city council who says she wants minneapolis to be more like her small hometown of buffalo vs re-electing our councilmember who wanted to see us be more like berlin
going backwards!
going backwards!
If the bike lane is too narrow to fit the bike symbol, it's too narrow to be safe for the majority of people.
If you could easily lose your life riding in a painted bike gutter, always and unapologetically ride your bike on the sidewalk.
November 15, 2025 at 9:58 PM
If the bike lane is too narrow to fit the bike symbol, it's too narrow to be safe for the majority of people.
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A former career DOJ guy told me a few weeks ago that prior to Trump, the FBI was the varsity team, DHI and ICE were junior varsity, and Border Patrol were like a drunken office softball team. And under Trump, the drunk softball guys are now in charge.
Listen to this Border Patrol agent cry about how he's going to be DOXXED after being arrested for drunkenly barging into a woman's restroom with a loaded gun, demanding a date from the woman inside, and then punching the arresting officers.
November 15, 2025 at 9:04 PM
A former career DOJ guy told me a few weeks ago that prior to Trump, the FBI was the varsity team, DHI and ICE were junior varsity, and Border Patrol were like a drunken office softball team. And under Trump, the drunk softball guys are now in charge.
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The Team at A Better DFL is releasing the following statement on the disastrous listening session from Thursday.
ABetterDFL.org. We need to hold the DFL to a higher standard than "at least we're not republicans."
ABetterDFL.org. We need to hold the DFL to a higher standard than "at least we're not republicans."
November 15, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The Team at A Better DFL is releasing the following statement on the disastrous listening session from Thursday.
ABetterDFL.org. We need to hold the DFL to a higher standard than "at least we're not republicans."
ABetterDFL.org. We need to hold the DFL to a higher standard than "at least we're not republicans."
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NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
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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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Hi Minnesotan Bluesky:
The DFL has a well-known transphobia problem. I'm organizing to change the party platform in 2026 to be explicitly supportive of trans people in Minnesota. This will provide a basis for expelling transphobia from our party.
Join me: abetterdfl.org.
The DFL has a well-known transphobia problem. I'm organizing to change the party platform in 2026 to be explicitly supportive of trans people in Minnesota. This will provide a basis for expelling transphobia from our party.
Join me: abetterdfl.org.
November 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Hi Minnesotan Bluesky:
The DFL has a well-known transphobia problem. I'm organizing to change the party platform in 2026 to be explicitly supportive of trans people in Minnesota. This will provide a basis for expelling transphobia from our party.
Join me: abetterdfl.org.
The DFL has a well-known transphobia problem. I'm organizing to change the party platform in 2026 to be explicitly supportive of trans people in Minnesota. This will provide a basis for expelling transphobia from our party.
Join me: abetterdfl.org.
Just got on the high speed Italo train to go from Venice to Florence.
November 14, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Just got on the high speed Italo train to go from Venice to Florence.
I would do this job for free for a few hours a day several days a week.
Dear Mayor-elect Katie Wilson:
I have a new and innovative idea to improve pedestrian safety.
I have a new and innovative idea to improve pedestrian safety.
November 14, 2025 at 10:09 AM
I would do this job for free for a few hours a day several days a week.
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While camera-based speed and red light enforcement are great and speed governors will help stop the worst repeat offenders, what we really need is for the police to actually enforce basic traffic laws like “you have to actually stop at stop signs and red lights” and “your car needs license plates.”
so uhhhhh is anyone going to do anything about the epidemic of drivers just blasting through red lights these days? @timdonnelly.com investigates: nygroove.nyc/why-does-no-...
Society broke down and all, but you really still need to stop at red lights
I can't believe we need to explain this one, but it seems that we really do
nygroove.nyc
November 13, 2025 at 7:41 PM
While camera-based speed and red light enforcement are great and speed governors will help stop the worst repeat offenders, what we really need is for the police to actually enforce basic traffic laws like “you have to actually stop at stop signs and red lights” and “your car needs license plates.”
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Minnesota has one of the strongest, most carefully regulated systems in the country to allow the sale of hemp products like THC beverages, and the bill that just passed screws all of that up.
We have a lot of MN breweries and distilleries that will be hurt by this.
We have a lot of MN breweries and distilleries that will be hurt by this.
November 13, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Minnesota has one of the strongest, most carefully regulated systems in the country to allow the sale of hemp products like THC beverages, and the bill that just passed screws all of that up.
We have a lot of MN breweries and distilleries that will be hurt by this.
We have a lot of MN breweries and distilleries that will be hurt by this.
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Leave our breweries alone.
November 13, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Leave our breweries alone.
Good job, Seattle. Good job, New York. Really wishing we had a successful mayoral election in Minneapolis this year.
November 13, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Good job, Seattle. Good job, New York. Really wishing we had a successful mayoral election in Minneapolis this year.
I'm sad that I'm missing it but I'm in Italy right now so I'm not TOO sad.
November 12, 2025 at 8:42 AM
I'm sad that I'm missing it but I'm in Italy right now so I'm not TOO sad.
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Hot take: Plowing right-of-ways for taxpayers inside of motor vehicles but not for taxpayers outside of motor vehicles violates the Equal Protection clause.
#PlowSidewalksToo
#PlowSidewalksToo
This is a small snow plow for sidewalks
If your city plows the roads but leaves sidewalks up to property owners, your city hates pedestrians.
If your city plows the roads but leaves sidewalks up to property owners, your city hates pedestrians.
November 11, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Hot take: Plowing right-of-ways for taxpayers inside of motor vehicles but not for taxpayers outside of motor vehicles violates the Equal Protection clause.
#PlowSidewalksToo
#PlowSidewalksToo
Today a cashier at a pharmacy in Venice told me that I look Italian, so I'll be coasting on that compliment for the next few days.
November 11, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Today a cashier at a pharmacy in Venice told me that I look Italian, so I'll be coasting on that compliment for the next few days.
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I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
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*cough* minneapolis *cough*
I think people ignore how many Mamdani style candidates that have ran across the country and were very popular, but the establishment Democrats organized themselves to crush them. I could be wrong, but I think most progressive initiatives and politicians get blocked by Democrats nationwide.
November 7, 2025 at 1:36 AM
*cough* minneapolis *cough*