E-bikes continue to see explosive growth. It's hard to overestimate the positive impact they'll have on human flourishing.

This is a really important story. A primary cause of this distrust is our Scarcity Economy, in which the bottom 75% of our economy are left scraps to fight over, leading people to view their neighbors and peers as competitors, instead of potential collaborators for good.

Donald Trump's policies are accelerating Social Security’s insolvency. Here’s a common-sense solution: My bill would fund Social Security for the next 75 YEARS by making the wealthy pay their fair share — and EXPAND benefits at the same time. It’s time to act.

30 acre site next to 3 bus lines, Target #1, and the new consolidated Minnesota State Patrol HQ. How quickly can we get 300 housing units and a couple hundred jobs on a mixed used residential site?

Imagine how much we can build up the spaces over the open fields and open air parking spaces along the University Ave and downtowns of @CityMinneapolis @SaintPaulPED Come on!!!

E-bikes are delivering culture change. You love to see it! 😎

Things the recovery industry will not tell you: 1. The drug worked. That is why people use it. Not weakness. Not moral failure. A neurological event so complete and persuasive that any honest account of addiction has to start there. The problem is not that the drug fails. The problem is that what it does is unrepeatable, and you will burn your entire life to the ground trying to get back to a place that no longer exists. 2. Shame is not guilt. Guilt says I did something bad. Shame says I am something bad. Guilt is appropriate. Shame is a cell with no windows. Most people use the words interchangeably. That mistake is lethal. 3. You cannot shame someone who has already named the thing you are holding over them. Say it first. Say it in plain light. The weapon drops. 4. Guilt can coexist with self-respect. Shame cannot. You can hold the damage and the dignity at the same time. I know because I live there. 5. Radical honesty does not give you back who you were. It hands you the clean slate of who you always wanted to be. The mask comes off. The cartoon other people drew of you stays on the page. 6. Nobody gets clean on a winning streak. 7. You have to be almost self-delusional in your forgiveness of yourself. (Go watch Chase Hughes) 8. The greatest sin was not the chaos. It was the absence. Being unavailable to the people who needed you. 9. Sustainable recovery starts with one thing: honesty with yourself. If you love an addict and want to help, that is the only door in. 10. I am only an expert on my recovery. Nobody is an expert on anyone else’s.

Great question! A lot of comments under this post do not realize how much services/programs local govt has been providing to the community. A lot of people are taking it for granted. Cut taxes to save the waste spending- sure!Then don’t complain on cutting services or projects.

The Jones Act of 1920 turned American shipping into a protected welfare case, and the results speak for themselves: a once-dominant maritime industry now controls less than 1% of global shipping. US citizens get to pay the price every time they buy anything that moves by water. This century-old protectionist monument requires that all cargo moved between U.S. ports travel on ships that are American-built, American-owned, American-crewed, and American-flagged. Sounds patriotic until you realize American shipyards charge three to five times what Korean or Japanese yards charge for identical vessels. The law forces shippers to use the maritime equivalent of a gold-plated taxi for a cross-town trip. Consider Hawaii, where this regulatory straitjacket inflates the cost of everything from gasoline to groceries by an estimated 15-20%. Puerto Rico faces similar punishment. A South Korean container ship can deliver goods from Los Angeles to Tokyo cheaper than an American ship can move the same cargo from Los Angeles to Honolulu. The economics are so perverse that it costs less to ship goods from the West Coast to Asia and back than to move them to Alaska. The predictable happened. American shipping companies either fled to foreign flags or died. In 1950, U.S.-flagged ships carried 27% of American trade. Today that figure hovers around 2%. Meanwhile, the "protected" domestic fleet shrunk from over 2,000 vessels in the 1960s to roughly 175 today. Government protection consistently produces the opposite of its stated aim. Free market economists have watched this slow-motion industrial suicide for decades while politicians claim they're "protecting American workers." The Jones Act protects about 95,000 maritime jobs while imposing billions in additional costs on 330 million Americans. That math works splendidly if you're a maritime union boss or a politician buying votes with other people's money.

Cannot emphasize this enough!

“Americans prefer the suburbs since that’s where the majority choose to live.” Is analogous to: “Americans prefer car dealerships since that’s where the majority buy new cars.” Revealed preference arguments break down when consumer choices are constrained or distorted.

If for just one day, every person had to strictly follow the exact same road rules, it wouldn't even last the full day. Streets would be dramatically safer, but it wouldn't last because Car Brain* takes over: "It's dangerous to slow down when the light turns yellow." "Speed limits are arbitrary." "It's safer to drive faster because other people are driving faster." "Stopping for people in crosswalks is dangerous because you might get rear-ended." etc. *Car Brain is what leads people to commit and/or justify antisocial behavior involving a car -- even behavior they would otherwise condemn.

A few facts about bikes and DC: 🚲 60 new miles of bike lanes since 2015 🚲123 total miles of bike lanes, 35% are protected 🚲2nd graders learn how to ride a bike in DCPS 🚲Nearly doubled the # of Capital Bikeshare stations over the past decade Happy World Bicycle Day, DC!

The people driving benefit greatly from bike infrastructure. Imagine how clogged the street would be if all those people on bikes were in cars instead.

⏱️ Rooftop View for 5 minutes Today at Portland & Wellington Diverter: ~🚶‍♀️100 pedestrians ~ 🚲 35 people on bikes ~ 🚗 30 cars Only 3-days after installation of the new Bikeway 82% of trips are now much safer! #toPoli #bikeTO #visionZeroTO

The transportation stuff that gets media attention 🤦‍♂️

Trump says “quiet piggy” to a woman and everyone on the right laughs. Bald Steven miller gets called ugly and it’s an outrage?

Zohran just cited Minneapolis, Austin, and Auckland as cities that lowered housing costs via upzoning certified ball knowledge, Auckland is a deep YIMBY cut

Lovely summer day in America’s greatest city (Minneapolis)

chatgpt.com/share/6a1075e2-f… @SaintPaulPED I think we should find a way to innovate and invest in our St Paul Midway industrial park…