The first Robert Street bridge crossing the Mississippi River in downtown Saint Paul, 1886-1926. The current bridge is 100 years old today.
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Pat Thompson
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“We’ve made so many excuses for keeping things on the wrong side of fair, generous and kind, that we’re annihilating the boundaries of reality with some of them.”
Denny CarterI think this is a nice companion essay from @theultrasecret.bsky.social: if your politics revolve around not being “cringe,” just get out of the way. badfaithtimes.com/r/9a2cb044?m...
"Speeding is a crime, and it is completely unremarkable. Every one of us has done it this month. People are rarely shouted at from a truck window for doing it. Cycling is entirely legal, and it is enraging to the believer."
Gravel InfluencerThis is one of the best things I've read in a while about the psychology of car supremacy, and how those of us who even *question* it are viewed as heretics. Thanks to @pflax1.bsky.social for sending this my way.
Paging Minnesota’s Republican Congressional delegation.
Brent Toderian“Claims that wildfires can be prevented by [forest management] are not only inaccurate, but they’re also part of a broader pattern of disinformation in response to climate-fueled extreme weather… deflecting from what experts say is the biggest driver of worsening fires: the rapidly warming climate.”