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The composition on this photograph is second to none.
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@taylr
@GBBranstetter
It's almost as if allowing every citizen who wants one a deadly machine capable of mass killing as their means to get around town was a mistake or something.
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Happy "native Minnesotans who have lived here 30 years forget to slow the fuck down and end up in the median" day to all who celebrate!
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These are the sorts of people we allow to get around town using the second-leading cause of death in children.
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We note that
@icehousempls
is the bar that same-day canceled a performance by a local band in order to host an afterparty for national transphobic propagandist Dave Chapelle.
Icehouse, a bar, restaurant and music venue on Nicollet Avenue in south Minneapolis, is facing eviction with its landlord suing for more than $85,000 in unpaid rent.
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How about instead of hand-wringing about Uber or Lyft we hand-wring about our unconscionable lack of free, frequent, efficient, widespread public transportation?
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Periodic reminder:
1. A cyclist is not required to identify themselves to cops unless suspected of a crime
2. Almost no traffic laws one can break on a bike qualify as "crimes" in MN
3. Cops find it difficult to issue tickets to people whose names and addresses they don't know
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If you're a big fan of watching
@MinneapolisPD
officers run red lights while executing illegal, unsignaled right turns, boy howdy have we got the clip for you.
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Mission Accomplished
Thanks to activists, Hennepin Ave now consists of only bus lanes.
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Anyone who thinks this can be reformed is a fucking idiot.
"In his police report, Villegas acknowledged he "pushed Abdullahi to the sidewalk," but said "Abdullahi lost his footing and fell down.""
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If riding a bike with three of your children on the road feels "unsafe" to you, remember that what is actually unsafe about that situation are the drivers.
Ban cars.
Our cities do not need driverless cars...
What we desperately need are carless drivers!
(video by
@JoppeVStiphout
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This officer confirmed that they were not responding to an emergency call, that they were breaking the law, and that they did take an oath of service to uphold that very same law.
@visionzerompls
@MayorFrey
what are you doing to end this illegal practice by the
@MinneapolisPD
?
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@MattWalshBlog
It's weird that you acknowledge the legal right of cyclists to ride on the road but then assert that "streets are for cars." How do you handle that cognitive dissonance?
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So far in 2024 drivers have killed 61% more people than in the year prior, but let's keep pretending that letting any asshole with a pulse get around town in the lethality equivalent of a hand grenade is working out well.
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Hey
@MayorFrey
, this
@MinneapolisPD
officer confirmed they weren't responding to an emergency call and parked illegally in the bike lane for 10 minutes.
Since you have sole control over the MPD, will you discipline this officer for taking a shit on their oath of service?
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Hey
@MayorFrey
since you have sole control over the
@minneapolispd
, why did you order these officers to break the law by all parking on the sidewalk on the same day?
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Witnesses report the Acadia did not look both ways before remaining stationary.
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Turn on the fucking lights of your giant death machines, you colossal goddamn idiots.
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Really nice bike lane you've got there. Would be a real shame if Metro Mobility illegally blocked both directions of it at the same time.
@MetroTransitMN
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You say, "pothole."
We say, "zero-cost speed-regulating infrastructure."
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Hey
@CityMinneapolis
@visionzerompls
when do you plan to build any bike lanes whatsoever that don't primarily serve as loading, unloading, and storage for capitalist enterprises?
Hey
@CityMinneapolis
@visionzerompls
when do you plan to build any bike lanes whatsoever that don't primarily serve as loading, unloading, and storage for capitalist enterprises?
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Just watched a
@MetroTransitMN
bus run over a pedestrian at 8th Street and 5th Avenue. They're alive and emergency services are on scene.
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We've said it before and we'll say it again: if the city were actually concerned about safety at GFS the last thing they would consider doing is letting drivers slam cars through it again.
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We have become concerned that
@MetroTransitMN
's "Blue Line" designation may be misinterpreted as support for the Minneapolis Police Department and propose renaming it the "Fuck Bob Kroll Choo Choo Express."
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Hey
@Hennepinsheriff
why the fuck is your car parked illegally in the Stonearch Bridge in these photos?
"Taking a picture of disgusting performative allyship" does not constitute an emergency call, which is the only circumstance under which your cars are allowed there.
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Aw hell yeah.
My first commute to City Hall as Council President. We will keep working on making Minneapolis a place where everyone can bike, walk, and roll safely!
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Hey
@MinneapolisFire
why y'all parking illegally in the bike lane outside the downtown station?
This slip of paper doesn't let you park wherever the fuck you want and endanger the public through your laziness. It allows you to park in designated and appropriately signed areas.
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Hey music scene, stop rallying around a company that cancels your shows in order to platform transphobes.
Icehouse owner hopes to avoid eviction as music scene rallies around Eat Street venue
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Hey
@CityMinneapolis
@visionzerompls
it would be super cool if you occasionally gave even the slightest shit about people who get around not in cars.
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Comrade moving company protecting the shit out of cyclist safety.
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Hey
@visionzerompls
just not going to address the fact that yet another semi truck driver killed yet another cyclist in Minneapolis?
Meanwhile nothing has been done to make the intersection where a semi truck driver killed Alex Wolf even the tiniest bit safer.
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Happy People Who've Lived in Minnesota for Fucking Decades Collectively Forget to Just Slow the Fuck Down and End Up in the Ditch Day to all who celebrate.
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Happy start of "What the fuck you bike in this shit?" season for all who celebrate!
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An incompetent driver is responsible for the burning of Minneapolis' oldest queer bar. Here's show you can help the employees weather the consequences.
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Hey
@MetroTransitMN
@metcouncilnews
why are your little piggies parking their oinkmobiles illegally on the sidewalk downtown?
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@MillCityGirl2
@LauraGMitchell
You're aware that car drivers are one of the most subsidized groups of people in the country, right? Y'all don't pay for even a fraction of what your deadly habit costs.
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Quick poll: what's the first stop sign controlled intersection you'll be legally rolling through on August 1st?
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@paulgazelka
We should really do something about those numbers.
Like invest in reparations, social services, universal basic income, and free education. Meanwhile, let's divest ourselves of the officially sanctioned racist street gang responsible for these numbers.
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Hey
@CityMinneapolis
@visionzerompls
when do you plan to build any bike lanes whatsoever that don't primarily serve as loading, unloading, and storage for capitalist enterprises?
Hey
@CityMinneapolis
@visionzerompls
when do you plan to build any bike lanes whatsoever that don't primarily serve as loading, unloading, and storage for capitalist enterprises?
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Twenty four long hours after a
@metrotransitmn
driver fully ran over a pedestrian in broad daylight in the middle of downtown and not a peep from them about it.
Just watched a
@MetroTransitMN
bus run over a pedestrian at 8th Street and 5th Avenue. They're alive and emergency services are on scene.
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Hey
@QuestDX
, wanna explain why your driver called one of our members a "faggot" when they paused to take this picture of them parking in the bike lane?
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Thank Christ that bike lane was there or someone could have been seriously hurt.
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@bottomofthehill
Oh look, another business that believes its profit margin is of greater moral significance than the lives and safety of those in the community that supports their business.
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Hey
@CityMinneapolis
@visionzerompls
when do you plan to build any bike lanes whatsoever that don't primarily serve as loading, unloading, and storage for capitalist enterprises?
Hey
@CityMinneapolis
@visionzerompls
when do you plan to build any bike lanes whatsoever that don't primarily serve as loading, unloading, and storage for capitalist enterprises?
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Wasn't it nice of
@CityMinneapolis
@visionzerompls
to put this traffic calming device right in the bike lane to protect cyclists from speeding drivers?
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This is why it matters.
Man and his dog killed while crossing street in St. Paul on Christmas Eve
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When crossing the road, be like the turkey.
Strut proudly. Go at your own pace. Take up space.
Ignore the impatience of drivers. Make them wait like the peasants they are.
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This is why it matters.
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If you believe cops chasing car thieves are behaving ethically, then you believe property is more important than life, and if you believe property is more important than life, then you are a bad person, morally speaking.
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Hey
@CityMinneapolis
@CameronAGordon
could you please get the TWELVE CARS and ONE DUMPSTER out of the bike lane outside Arrow Apartments at 113 27th Ave SE? This is a perrineal problem that you have yet to adequately address.
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Hey just an idea but maybe people who want to walk to, like, the store or whatever should not have to actively avoid death several times on the way
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Hell yeah let's gooooooo
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As cyclists it's nice to see everyone else finally catching up with us on fearing the shit out of white dudes in pickup trucks.
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Hey
@MarionGreene
@Hennepin
this is still happening on the daily. It is explicitly illegal, damaging to the surface of the trail, and dangerous to trail users. We have been bringing this to your attention for months. We should not have to address it again.
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Weird that we all feel comfortable putting driver-perpetrators away for a long time when they're under the influence but when a stone sober motherfucker just isn't paying attention and crushes a 7 year old to death with their SUV we shrug and call it an accident.
A Minneapolis man received a four-year prison term for being drunk and high while driving on the wrong side of the highway in Scott County, hitting an oncoming SUV and killing a passenger and seriously injured two.
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Maple Grove home was not wearing a helmet or hi-viz clothing, so you can see how this sort of thing would happen.
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Reactionary car violence apologists breaking traffic laws by standing on the roadway should surprise no one.
They'd be the first to whine about scofflaw cyclists.
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Thirty fucking days.
A 72-year-old man will serve 30 days in jail for losing control of his pickup truck on a rural Twin Cities road and fatally hitting a teenager who was bicycling home one summer's evening last year.
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We have no obligation to remain quiet or polite so that drivers may remain comfortable.
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Reminder you are not required to carry ID while riding your bicycle and aren't required to provide ID to cops nor answer any of their questions.
How would a cop write a cyclist a traffic ticket without any sort of identifying information, you ask?
That is a good question.
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It's almost like cars are weapons and should be regarded as such both morally and legally, or something.
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Comrade Bollard.
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Why the living fuck are we spending $324 million to make car commuters' drives a little more convenient when there are still fucktons of people in our society living and dying without adequate shelter?
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It's driving with the window down season once more, with all the glorious possibilities for driver interaction that entails.
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High speed chases are illegal and immoral.
At least 54 Minnesotans were killed in police chases between 2017 and 2022, according to a first-of-its kind national database compiled by the
@sfchronicle
.
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We will ride wherever the fuck on the road our devilish little hearts feel safest.
169.222
Subd. 4. Riding rules.
(a) Every person operating a bicycle on a road must ride as close to the right-hand curb or edge of the road as the bicycle operator determines is safe.
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In order to maintain consistency with the language you use when outlaw drivers strike cyclists, we move that headline about this event be changed to "School Bus Struck by U-lock."
@kare11
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Number of drivers we saw crashing into shit or recently having crashed into shit: 6
Number of
@MinneapolisPD
police cars (
#323
) that pulled illegally into the oncoming lane to tell us that it isn't a safe night to be cycling: 1
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Hey
@CityMinneapolis
@visionzerompls
wanna speak to this city employee who said he didn't care that he was breaking the law and endangering the public who pays his salary by parking in the bike lane?
Why do you continue to employ belligerent perpetrators?
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Hey
@CityMinneapolis
@visionzerompls
when do you plan to build any bike lanes whatsoever that don't primarily serve as loading, unloading, and storage for capitalist enterprises?
Hey
@CityMinneapolis
@visionzerompls
when do you plan to build any bike lanes whatsoever that don't primarily serve as loading, unloading, and storage for capitalist enterprises?
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Hey
@CityMinneapolis
@MayorFrey
why the fuck are there four government vehicles parked illegally outside of Target?
Does the
@MayorFrey
administration condone this outlaw behavior by the people whose salaries we pay?
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But $800k for Open Streets is just TOO MUCH y'all.
Also on the agenda: a $500,000 contract to "provide an objective and unbiased evaluation of the overall perception of the police within the Minneapolis Community."
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Boy infrastructure sure is a solution to everything, ain't it?
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And yet their parents drive them to school in the second-leading cause of death in children and think nothing of it.
bullet proof strong room in a school to protect students from mass shooters
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Just a reminder that we can build roads that encourage safer driving and also hold drivers effectively and equitably accountable for their dangerous behavior.
It's not a binary choice. It never was.
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