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For anyone who’s looking for a sewing machine in the Twin Cities metro, I highly recommend Creative Sewing Centers. I’ve had a wonderful experience with the Minnetonka location. Outstanding customer service you won’t get at a big box or online internet retailer. www.creativesewingcentersmn.com

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Urbanism is… I just blocked a motorist in a white Subaru from a closed road under construction (44th & France). He was trying to drive his car on the walk/bike path. If I didn’t physically block him he would’ve continued. (A man and his daughters on bikes couldn’t believe what was happening.) 1/2

submitted 186 days ago • 2 comments

Not oak trees now. Ugh

submitted 186 days ago • 1 comment

Primary day today! If you live in MN please go vote in your primary, and if you are in CD5 please go vote for @ilhanmn.bsky.social. Her opponent is an actual ghoul. If you are in 61a, please support my friend @katiejonesmpls.bsky.social! She would be great. pollfinder.sos.state.mn.us

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Started a new urbanism channel on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@UrbanLou First episode is about how Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo built an equitable & sustainable Olympics that also benefits residents. Working on a series about “What Urbanists Don’t Talk About”. (Forgive the terrible name & logo haha)

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Apple: We are all about privacy & security!! You are in control!! Me: What's the distance between these 2 cities? Apple/Siri: I NEED TO KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE!!!! Me: ??!

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Capitalism is corporate & private equity buying up & destroying local businesses (here, bakeries, but also rural hospitals & medical facilities) to remove competition so chains can expand & own the market. Remember when we used to have local pharmacies? Gone. Expect the same for food & hospitals.

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Urbanism is... making it easier to take transit than to drive. That's our goal, full stop. @streets.mn streets.mn/2024/06/04/i...

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Why do journalists make it seem like anger & divisiveness is just ordinary people acting alone, when we know from books like Dark Money by Jane Mayer that this is almost certainly all organized disruption of smooth, efficient government that benefits us all? m.startribune.com/in-local-gov...

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Capitalism is photo Alt-text so that AI model builders can suck up all the data and train their models better Capitalism is EVs that make noise "to protect those of hard of hearing" but really just to make fart noises & mimic threatening engines

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Urbanism is... taking transit & literally walking 2 blocks to Pride Night at the St. Paul Saints minor league baseball stadium. Then having them win 5-1, and getting a double-rainbow as part of the deal! And having local restaurant Wok in the Park make your food fresh.

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Government needs to act like high-end business (i.e., capture rich $) when it comes to marketing used as a way to induce behavior bad for society. Manufacturers marketing oversized SUVs? Fine, don't ban them, just make annual registration fees proportional to weight & size. $10,000/yr for big SUVs

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This is what Americans should driving on our streets. Please, no SUV version. Legislate very low insurance rates (they only go 25 mph), make registration a token amount ($10?). Limited on car lanes to 25 mph. So e-bikes should be 15 mph on bike lanes. electrek.co/2024/05/29/w...

submitted 279 days ago • 4 comments

I jumped on the Third Place bandwagon. This has got me rethinking it. Josh always brings a fresh perspective to things you think you know. “Josh ruins everything” haha m.youtube.com/watch?v=8E5M...

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Forget diet pills, vitamins, EVOO, antioxidants, Kimchi, fiber, perfect foods, and other marketing fads Urbanism is eating a balanced diet of mostly whole foods & simply prepared meals Pro tip: a piece of whole fruit can be a dessert www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Two recent articles on biking ... in the suburbs! 1. Excellent article by @startribune.bsky.social's Greta Kaul on biking in Roseville, Blaine, Richfield, & Edina. Several interviewees (including yours truly) are alums of Streets.mn 2. That brings us to... m.startribune.com/twin-cities-...

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Annie's Parlour is reopening in Dinkytown (UofM). Convention Grill reopened in Edina (44th & France). Sister eateries: Runyon's and Monte Carlo. All but one are within 1 block of E Line (6 bus), and that one's just 2 blocks away. A fun E Line kickoff in 2025? racketmn.com/annies-parlo...

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Target is abandoning the LGBTQIA+ community because of profits. That's all the support was ever about profits. And now that's at risk (because, you know, it would cost money to have reasonable security at their gigantic stores). So, goodbye support for us.

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What is the polar opposite of "Profile in Courage?' I stand with the #LGBTQIA+ community! www.startribune.com/target-pride...

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This morning's Minneapolis front page.

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MnDOT's terrible idea for a highway cap over I-94 in St. Paul gets an in-depth discussion on this week's amazing, excellent, can't-miss-it episode of CityNerd by Ray Delehanty @nerd4cities.bsky.social Check out @ourstreetsmn.bsky.social's great ideas: (Also on YouTube) nebula.tv/videos/cityn...

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So I have identity theft protection via one of the many data breaches that have happened in Canada and I just went to log in to check on a new report... this does not inspire confidence. If you're limiting the length of passwords, you're doing things very very very wrongly.

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Flooding in Houston, a YIMBY paradise, apparently. This article talks about a guy evacuating who normally spends the weekend mowing his 2.5 acre lawn. In Kingwood neighborhood, 30 miles from downtown Houston. Kingwood was developed by… Exxon. www.theguardian.com/us-news/arti...

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Fascinating article about the Internet (and the World Wide Web) that speaks to diversity vs. duopolies/monocultures in business, forestry & farming. And, if you think about it—urbanism. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

submitted 304 days ago • 2 comments

Twins baseball ⚾️ transit Pride edition No better way to get to the game than transit This stop goes away when the 6 bus becomes the E Line aBRT, but it’s worth the small sacrifice

submitted 305 days ago • 3 comments