Pedal Pusher
@noisyredbird.bsky.social
Average St. Paul bike crank and transit enjoyer, now embedded behind frenemy lines (Minneapolis)
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This is why "vote blue no matter who" is bullshit. It absolutely matters "who."
December 18, 2025 at 12:28 AM
This is why "vote blue no matter who" is bullshit. It absolutely matters "who."
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New data on regional traffic fatalities in the Twin Cities. Tl;DR, we are not making progress over the last few years.
December 17, 2025 at 7:54 PM
New data on regional traffic fatalities in the Twin Cities. Tl;DR, we are not making progress over the last few years.
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All BRT in the twin cities should have separated bus lanes. The A line and any local routes with one snelling lane just for the BRT would be a game changer.
Paint only works for good humans.
Paint only works for good humans.
They understood this in 1912
It's taken a concerted effort to get people to un-learn that speed matters
It's taken a concerted effort to get people to un-learn that speed matters
December 17, 2025 at 4:16 PM
All BRT in the twin cities should have separated bus lanes. The A line and any local routes with one snelling lane just for the BRT would be a game changer.
Paint only works for good humans.
Paint only works for good humans.
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When a fed agent says "we need help" in calling MPD, and MPD shows up, that's MPD helping.
The whole point is that these abductions are illegitimate. They are the opposite of public safety. An "aid an officer" call from one of these abductions should not be treated as legitimate by local gov.
The whole point is that these abductions are illegitimate. They are the opposite of public safety. An "aid an officer" call from one of these abductions should not be treated as legitimate by local gov.
Here's the video we put together about Monday's standoff with ICE agents in South Minneapolis (29th and Pillsbury). More details at MPRNews.org: youtube.com/shorts/ZgQpV...
While ICE agents call for backup, Minneapolis residents hurl insults and snowballs
YouTube video by MPR News
youtube.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:27 PM
When a fed agent says "we need help" in calling MPD, and MPD shows up, that's MPD helping.
The whole point is that these abductions are illegitimate. They are the opposite of public safety. An "aid an officer" call from one of these abductions should not be treated as legitimate by local gov.
The whole point is that these abductions are illegitimate. They are the opposite of public safety. An "aid an officer" call from one of these abductions should not be treated as legitimate by local gov.
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December 16, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Saint Paul, Minnesota people. Are you in District 64A? IF YOU ARE IN DISTRICT 64A YOU HAVE AN ELECTION TODAY!
***TODAY***
I KNOW YOU JUST VOTED, BUT YOUR HOUSE REP GOT ELECTED MAYOR AND NOW IT'S TIME TO PICK HER REPLACEMENT.
***TODAY***
I KNOW YOU JUST VOTED, BUT YOUR HOUSE REP GOT ELECTED MAYOR AND NOW IT'S TIME TO PICK HER REPLACEMENT.
December 16, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Saint Paul, Minnesota people. Are you in District 64A? IF YOU ARE IN DISTRICT 64A YOU HAVE AN ELECTION TODAY!
***TODAY***
I KNOW YOU JUST VOTED, BUT YOUR HOUSE REP GOT ELECTED MAYOR AND NOW IT'S TIME TO PICK HER REPLACEMENT.
***TODAY***
I KNOW YOU JUST VOTED, BUT YOUR HOUSE REP GOT ELECTED MAYOR AND NOW IT'S TIME TO PICK HER REPLACEMENT.
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Minneapolis has FIFTY YEARS of inclusive laws protecting trans people, allowing them to self-identify, and ZERO cases of trans people attacking women in the bathroom. ZERO. Over FIFTY YEARS.
The narrative is that trans people will harm and harass people in the bathroom, but it almost always is actually like this case where the aggressor is the transphobe confronting the trans person. It's ridiculous. They want to kick "undesirables" out from public life entirely, if they could.
December 16, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Minneapolis has FIFTY YEARS of inclusive laws protecting trans people, allowing them to self-identify, and ZERO cases of trans people attacking women in the bathroom. ZERO. Over FIFTY YEARS.
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@amyklobuchar.com You heartless b. I'm a real person. I have hated the fact you are my Senator for years, even before I figured out I was non-binary and therefore trans. We WILL get you out of office. You don't deserve to represent such a great state.
Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
By a vote of 76-23, S 1071 passes the motion to proceed to the motion to concur. Won't know who voted for this until the roll call is uploaded, but safe to say it passed with the support of at least 24 members of the Democratic caucus. (Rand Paul probably voted nay and Steve Daines has been absent).
December 16, 2025 at 2:46 AM
@amyklobuchar.com You heartless b. I'm a real person. I have hated the fact you are my Senator for years, even before I figured out I was non-binary and therefore trans. We WILL get you out of office. You don't deserve to represent such a great state.
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They dragged a woman on the road and called the police because they were threatened by people throwing snowballs at them. ICE is composed of the biggest cowards on the planet
Hennepin County dispatch got a panicked call from a Department of Homeland Security supervisor in Minneapolis requesting assistance because “we only have a few officers but we have 60-70 agitators fighting them.” Hennepin deputies didn’t witness any attacks on agents.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
ICE agents call for backup during Minneapolis traffic stop, bystanders hurl insults and snowballs
Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a call for help from an agent who said 60 to 70 “agitators” were “fighting them.”
www.mprnews.org
December 16, 2025 at 12:22 AM
They dragged a woman on the road and called the police because they were threatened by people throwing snowballs at them. ICE is composed of the biggest cowards on the planet
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today in whittier ICE threw ppl to the ground, dragged them on the pavement, arrested multiple people, tased an observer, pepper sprayed the crowd, shot pepper balls, and pointed an assault rifle. neighbors made a huge crowd and tons of noise whistling and honking until they left
Disheartening to see federal agents take two neighbors on 29th & Pillsbury. Chemical irritants were used on observers by them.
MPD showed up on scene, created a pathway for these federal agents to kidnap our neighbors, and assisted with controlling the space. Disappointing and heartbreaking.
MPD showed up on scene, created a pathway for these federal agents to kidnap our neighbors, and assisted with controlling the space. Disappointing and heartbreaking.
December 15, 2025 at 9:25 PM
today in whittier ICE threw ppl to the ground, dragged them on the pavement, arrested multiple people, tased an observer, pepper sprayed the crowd, shot pepper balls, and pointed an assault rifle. neighbors made a huge crowd and tons of noise whistling and honking until they left
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I think it's really cool that we have democratic leadership that is largely silent about this issue. A leadership that believes making a "tsk tsk" press release once every month counts as a form of political opposition while otherwise dropping the issue in its entirety.
An ICE Air flight carried migrants from Alexandria, LA, to the US Naval Base at Guantánamo Bay today—the first migrants held at GTMO since October 17.
December 15, 2025 at 12:57 AM
I think it's really cool that we have democratic leadership that is largely silent about this issue. A leadership that believes making a "tsk tsk" press release once every month counts as a form of political opposition while otherwise dropping the issue in its entirety.
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Cultural-social events are crucial for building a mass socialist left. One lost example of this: Milwaukee's sewer socialists in 1925 organized a children's orchestra competition on a Friday evening at Lake Park, attended by 5,000 parents and community members
December 14, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Cultural-social events are crucial for building a mass socialist left. One lost example of this: Milwaukee's sewer socialists in 1925 organized a children's orchestra competition on a Friday evening at Lake Park, attended by 5,000 parents and community members
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All kinds of ICE in our neighborhoods is a policy failure.
Here are walking vs driving conditions in Minneapolis. THIS IS A CITY CHOICE. This is not snow as it fell, but how the city chose to what to plow and where to leave the ice chunks.
December 14, 2025 at 4:30 AM
All kinds of ICE in our neighborhoods is a policy failure.
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PLEASE donate to our Venmo! We have trusted friends and collaborators bringing heat sources to as many people as we can find but we are running out of money and it is unbearably cold. Your neighbors need your help.
@supplydepotmpls 💕💸
@supplydepotmpls 💕💸
Hey Minneapolis, these temps are brutal.
@supplydepotmpls.bsky.social provides critical resources to people experiencing food and housing insecurity.
Donations make an immediate, tangible difference in the well-being of your neighbors and community:
opencollective.com/sanctuarysup...
@supplydepotmpls.bsky.social provides critical resources to people experiencing food and housing insecurity.
Donations make an immediate, tangible difference in the well-being of your neighbors and community:
opencollective.com/sanctuarysup...
SanctuarySupplyDepot - Open Collective
The Sanctuary Supply Depot is a central hub that fascilitates the collection and distribution of basic survival supplies for our unhoused neighbors.
opencollective.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:39 PM
PLEASE donate to our Venmo! We have trusted friends and collaborators bringing heat sources to as many people as we can find but we are running out of money and it is unbearably cold. Your neighbors need your help.
@supplydepotmpls 💕💸
@supplydepotmpls 💕💸
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@streets.mn article idea for someone with more time right now than me
How ICE actions are affecting the ability for some of our neighbors to participate in a walkable city?
How can bus riders look out for their fellow passengers?
If you live near a bus stop, how can you help be a lookout?
How ICE actions are affecting the ability for some of our neighbors to participate in a walkable city?
How can bus riders look out for their fellow passengers?
If you live near a bus stop, how can you help be a lookout?
Streets.mn
Transportation and Land Use in Minnesota
Streets.mn
December 13, 2025 at 7:26 AM
@streets.mn article idea for someone with more time right now than me
How ICE actions are affecting the ability for some of our neighbors to participate in a walkable city?
How can bus riders look out for their fellow passengers?
If you live near a bus stop, how can you help be a lookout?
How ICE actions are affecting the ability for some of our neighbors to participate in a walkable city?
How can bus riders look out for their fellow passengers?
If you live near a bus stop, how can you help be a lookout?
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Mayor Frey says he is already planning to veto this. A bare minimum policy.
This is in addition to his refusal to implement emergency housing vouchers & the expansion of stable homes stable schools earlier this year.
There’s no plan and no will to implement solutions that are funded.
This is in addition to his refusal to implement emergency housing vouchers & the expansion of stable homes stable schools earlier this year.
There’s no plan and no will to implement solutions that are funded.
The Minneapolis City Council approved new homeless encampment policies that will provide toilets, collect trash and allow more time before forcing out inhabitants, among other changes.
Minneapolis City Council OKs homeless encampment plan requiring bathrooms, fire extinguishers
Proponents call the ordinance more humane, but Mayor Jacob Frey opposes and might veto it.
bit.ly
December 12, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Mayor Frey says he is already planning to veto this. A bare minimum policy.
This is in addition to his refusal to implement emergency housing vouchers & the expansion of stable homes stable schools earlier this year.
There’s no plan and no will to implement solutions that are funded.
This is in addition to his refusal to implement emergency housing vouchers & the expansion of stable homes stable schools earlier this year.
There’s no plan and no will to implement solutions that are funded.
God (St. Paul Public Works) gives his toughest battles (four-foot piles of nasty road snow) to his strongest soldiers (me, hand shoveling a corner lot).
December 10, 2025 at 11:32 PM
God (St. Paul Public Works) gives his toughest battles (four-foot piles of nasty road snow) to his strongest soldiers (me, hand shoveling a corner lot).
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@governorwalz.mn.gov and staff, please pay attention to what's happening here. Thousands of Minnesotans are desperately trying to end the terrible health, economic and equity impacts of Interstate 94 on our loved ones and neighbors. @mndot.mn.gov is doing the least it can toward #RethinkingI94.
Let's talk about today's #Rethinking94 project update, happening now.
MnDOT Commissioner Daubenberger acknowledges receipt of the "at-grade alternative petition," hopes for "respectful dialogue" and "strongly believes we can advance real change in the corridor." Hates to disappoint.
MnDOT Commissioner Daubenberger acknowledges receipt of the "at-grade alternative petition," hopes for "respectful dialogue" and "strongly believes we can advance real change in the corridor." Hates to disappoint.
December 9, 2025 at 9:14 PM
@governorwalz.mn.gov and staff, please pay attention to what's happening here. Thousands of Minnesotans are desperately trying to end the terrible health, economic and equity impacts of Interstate 94 on our loved ones and neighbors. @mndot.mn.gov is doing the least it can toward #RethinkingI94.
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Let's talk about today's #Rethinking94 project update, happening now.
MnDOT Commissioner Daubenberger acknowledges receipt of the "at-grade alternative petition," hopes for "respectful dialogue" and "strongly believes we can advance real change in the corridor." Hates to disappoint.
MnDOT Commissioner Daubenberger acknowledges receipt of the "at-grade alternative petition," hopes for "respectful dialogue" and "strongly believes we can advance real change in the corridor." Hates to disappoint.
December 9, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Let's talk about today's #Rethinking94 project update, happening now.
MnDOT Commissioner Daubenberger acknowledges receipt of the "at-grade alternative petition," hopes for "respectful dialogue" and "strongly believes we can advance real change in the corridor." Hates to disappoint.
MnDOT Commissioner Daubenberger acknowledges receipt of the "at-grade alternative petition," hopes for "respectful dialogue" and "strongly believes we can advance real change in the corridor." Hates to disappoint.
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Why does everything have to be a drive-in destination?!?! Can we not imagine a city that is built for people who live and work here?
Always centered on a foundation that revolves around suburban and exurban benefactors, first. Transit and walkability for the actual community is a secondary concern🙄
Always centered on a foundation that revolves around suburban and exurban benefactors, first. Transit and walkability for the actual community is a secondary concern🙄
Every time Frey Guys write op-eds they are so miserable about the city. I’m not even sure this is really a counterpoint to Steve Brandt. And even Linea Palmisano sounds skeptical of the one idea (free parking). Figlio’s ain’t walking through that door, Greg. www.startribune.com/twin-cities-...
Counterpoint | Strengthening small businesses could fix Minneapolis’ tax problems
Revitalizing Uptown would broaden the tax base and improve livability in this city as property taxes soar for homeowners, Gregory Hestness writes.
www.startribune.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Why does everything have to be a drive-in destination?!?! Can we not imagine a city that is built for people who live and work here?
Always centered on a foundation that revolves around suburban and exurban benefactors, first. Transit and walkability for the actual community is a secondary concern🙄
Always centered on a foundation that revolves around suburban and exurban benefactors, first. Transit and walkability for the actual community is a secondary concern🙄
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Once again, the entirety of our weather coverage is related to driving conditions. It's often too wet, too slippery, too snowy, too dark, or too windy to drive. Cars and trucks are so obviously not universally effective transportation modes. We need alternatives.
December 9, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Once again, the entirety of our weather coverage is related to driving conditions. It's often too wet, too slippery, too snowy, too dark, or too windy to drive. Cars and trucks are so obviously not universally effective transportation modes. We need alternatives.
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Respectfully, Congresswoman, you voted with Republicans to strip due process from immigrants and to praise Trump's ICE. This year.
Now you're upset?
Votes have consequences. Minnesotans deserve better.
Now you're upset?
Votes have consequences. Minnesotans deserve better.
ICE agents followed a Burnsville family home from the store, failed to present a warrant and entered their home with guns drawn. They detained 4 legal citizens who presented documentation, leaving a 7 year-old without parents.
A seven-year-old. Let that sink in. Trump’s ICE is out of control.
A seven-year-old. Let that sink in. Trump’s ICE is out of control.
ICE agents detained four people from a Burnsville home, according to family members, including a 7-year-old's parents and the husband of a pregnant woman.
December 8, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Respectfully, Congresswoman, you voted with Republicans to strip due process from immigrants and to praise Trump's ICE. This year.
Now you're upset?
Votes have consequences. Minnesotans deserve better.
Now you're upset?
Votes have consequences. Minnesotans deserve better.
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On winter bike tires, how important is it really to bed in the studs on many km of dry pavement? I've been away during our transition from dry to snow covered and just bought new winter tires.
December 8, 2025 at 5:42 PM
On winter bike tires, how important is it really to bed in the studs on many km of dry pavement? I've been away during our transition from dry to snow covered and just bought new winter tires.
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Richard Carlbom should resign. This is disgusting. He keeps saying that we have to follow due process. The DFL is a private organization. About 0% of us in the private sector, would likely keep our jobs if these allegations and court proceedings were occurring for us. Grow some ethics.
An influential Democratic-Farmer-Labor official in northern Minnesota has roiled the party by declining to resign as chair of Congressional District 8 despite being charged with criminal vehicular homicide.
DFL stands by Northland party official charged with vehicular homicide • Minnesota Reformer
An influential Democratic-Farmer-Labor official in northern Minnesota has roiled the party by declining to resign as chair of Congressional District 8 despite being charged with criminal vehicular hom...
minnesotareformer.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Richard Carlbom should resign. This is disgusting. He keeps saying that we have to follow due process. The DFL is a private organization. About 0% of us in the private sector, would likely keep our jobs if these allegations and court proceedings were occurring for us. Grow some ethics.
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Ice agents drew weapons on an observer in Richfield today and threatened to arrest them for impeding. Richfield cops told them that if the observer followed them for more than three blocks, ICE could arrest them.
If you’re are tracking ICE in the Twin Cities. Be careful. DHS agents are agro dipshits and get super scared when they don’t understand why someone wouldn’t want them to abduct people.
They are loose cannons is what I’m saying.
They are loose cannons is what I’m saying.
December 7, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Ice agents drew weapons on an observer in Richfield today and threatened to arrest them for impeding. Richfield cops told them that if the observer followed them for more than three blocks, ICE could arrest them.