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They literally mention budget billing β€” which saves you nothing on utility costs β€” but not bicycling or public transit.

07.03.2026 12:50 πŸ‘ 59 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Congrats to Rep. @katiejonesmpls.bsky.social and family, who biked to the hospital last week and came back with baby Hans. Here's what she told me about the ride:

05.03.2026 14:53 πŸ‘ 546 πŸ” 138 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 46
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working on a task tracker for sisyphus (compatible with any boulder and hill)

03.03.2026 01:35 πŸ‘ 115 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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How America Chose Not to Hold the Powerful to Account Our national project of elite impunity

After the arrests of powerful men across the world, you might be asking why the US has so much trouble holding its leaders accountable for lawbreaking. Since Nixon, all three branches of government have worked hard to ensure they can break the law with impunity www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

26.02.2026 13:28 πŸ‘ 6853 πŸ” 2635 πŸ’¬ 152 πŸ“Œ 210
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The U.S. Hockey Men Spoil The Fantasy | Defector To be a U.S. Olympian is to represent the best that your country has to offer. That sounds extremely lofty when it’s written out like that, but I think that’s really how it works, ideally, if you’re t...

On the ideals of the Olympics, the fiction of hockey romance, and the real world: defector.com/the-u-s-hock...

25.02.2026 14:17 πŸ‘ 355 πŸ” 88 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 11
I fixed the biggest problem with electric bikes
I fixed the biggest problem with electric bikes If I go for a long ride on my eBike, I can't charge anywhere without carrying it inside. So I came up with a solution. [Sponsored by PCBWay: https://www.pcbway.com/] Matt Gray | http://mattg.co.uk | @MattGrayYes This video is sponsored by PCBWay: https://www.pcbway.com/ πŸ“‹ Credits πŸ“‹ Producer: Alex Bate @alexjrassic Thanks to: Philip McGaw, Basil, eta, Eva, Ben and Alice. πŸ“± Follow Matt elsewhere on the internet πŸ“± All my social links are at https://mattg.co.uk https://chaos.social/@MattGrayYes (Mastodon) https://patreon.com/MattGrayYes https://instagram.com/MattGrayYes https://www.tiktok.com/@MattGrayYes https://twitch.tv/MattGrayYes πŸ› οΈ Parts Used πŸ› οΈ I will not be sharing any more details about the electrics, and do not recommend you try this yourself. Prusa Research gave me the Prusa XL 3D printer, with no contract to advertise or promote it. I think it's great however, so I'm choosing to link you to it! Printer: Original Prusa XL https://www.prusa3d.com/product/original-prusa-xl-assembled-single-toolhead-3d-printer/ I do *not* recommend my bike, it's a Vanmoof S2. 🎸 Music 🎸 Lupus Nocte - Bitmaster AGST - Away AGST - Recess The Fly Guy Five - Another Pineapple Please AGST - Ultimatum πŸ‘• Clothing πŸ‘• I regularly get questions about my t-shirts, chances are they're from one of: Jim'll Paint It – https://jimll.co.uk The Spark Company – https://thespark.company Dedicated – https://www.dedicatedbrand.com I have no relationship with any of these companies. πŸ’· Advert πŸ’· This video is sponsored by PCBWay: https://www.pcbway.com/ They'll make your PCBs, 3D Prints, CNC designs and more! Want to contribute towards my videos? Sign up to my Patreon: https://patreon.com/MattGrayYes Want to sponsor a video? More detail here: https://mattg.co.uk/contact/ πŸ’Έ Full Disclosure πŸ’Έ πŸ’· PCBWay provided their services for free and paid me for the advert in the middle of the video. πŸ’· I have a commercial relationship with Prusa Research and they gave me free 3D Printers and some filament, with no contract to advertise or promote them. πŸ’· My Patreon supporters' help meant I could work on this instead of other paid work πŸ’· All Amazon links are affiliate links which give me a small percentage of what you pay them as a tip for sending you their way. It doesn't cost you more. Hi, I'm Matt Gray. You may know me from my work with Tom Scott, The Technical Difficulties, Matt Gray is Trying, or even as a broadcast engineer working in radio and TV. Previous Video Titles: I Hacked Car Charging to Work with My E-Bike This one downfall of E-Bikes could be fixed so easily! I fixed the biggest problem with electric bikes

I hacked car charging to work with my electric bike!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6Iyu...

23.02.2026 13:29 πŸ‘ 267 πŸ” 52 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 12

Alysa Liu telling 60 Minutes β€œI love struggling, it makes me feel alive” is a legit revolutionary statement from a Bay Area native in a time when copious amounts of time and resources are being put toward convincing us to opt out of experiencing struggle, friction and self-actualization

22.02.2026 14:43 πŸ‘ 13941 πŸ” 2514 πŸ’¬ 107 πŸ“Œ 134
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This picture of Quinn Hughes watching the women's gold medal game is everything hoped. πŸ‘»

19.02.2026 22:21 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hilary Knight deflects a Laila Edwards shot from the point past Desbiens, the US has tied it

19.02.2026 20:29 πŸ‘ 437 πŸ” 138 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 38
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At 9:18, 3rd period of the Finland-Switzerland women's ice hockey QF game, the ice crew came to clean the ice during a pause

What follows is the funniest use of the slo-mo alternate angle tech I've seen them use during these Olympics of one of the crew members falling

15.02.2026 00:14 πŸ‘ 7779 πŸ” 2366 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 176
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I'm pretty proud of this poem I made out of the euphemisms that companies used to describe the ICE occupation in corporate communications. Also read the whole story: racketmn.com/corporate-co...

12.02.2026 21:56 πŸ‘ 719 πŸ” 243 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 15
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Keeping the low quality Valentines train rolling with some @dropouttv.bsky.social themed valentines - specifically, Game Changer valentines @gamechangershow.bsky.social πŸ’–

12.02.2025 17:27 πŸ‘ 279 πŸ” 74 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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I’m a Minneapolis postal worker. This is what I saw. Come rain, shine, tear gas, or ICE shootings, postal worker Bianca Sonnenberg is delivering the mail.

Mail carriers... "You know that they’re shooting tear gas on the other side of the block.” And I’m like: β€œYeah, I know, but I gotta keep doing my job. I may have medicine. I don’t know what I have in my packages.” But that’s my job." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

12.02.2026 20:10 πŸ‘ 335 πŸ” 115 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 11
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There are countless actual human beings right now being denied personhood, and you're publishing articles wondering if the world's most expensive game of mad libs knows what it means to dream.

11.02.2026 19:08 πŸ‘ 428 πŸ” 121 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1
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In occupied Minneapolis, citizen barricades rightly slow injustice With masked men routinely violating both constitutional rights and traffic laws, local law enforcement should let the barricades stand.

My defense of the traffic calming checkpoints in South Minneapolis. www.minnpost.com/community-vo...

11.02.2026 19:37 πŸ‘ 151 πŸ” 65 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 5
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High-speed car chase involving federal agent ended with multi-car crash at Nina’s in St. Paul β€’ Minnesota Reformer A high-speed car chase that witnesses said involved a young man and a federal agent on Wednesday ended with a multi-car crash outside Nina’s Coffee Cafe in St. Paul. The man was transported away from ...

β€œAre you effing kidding me? They’re going on car chases, going 80 down residential streets, to do what? How do they know that’s even the person that they’re looking for?” - St. Paul Council Vice President Hwa Jeong Kim

11.02.2026 19:27 πŸ‘ 133 πŸ” 37 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 5
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Amy Klobuchar’s Record on Trump Is Shameful - Racket As Minnesota's senior senator runs to replace Tim Walz as governor, her votes and positions on Trump, ICE, and labor should be disqualifying to progressive voters.

As Minnesota's senior senator runs to replace Tim Walz as governor, her votes and positions on Trump, ICE, and labor should be disqualifying to progressive voters.

10.02.2026 21:50 πŸ‘ 417 πŸ” 158 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 46

no eres mis casa bonita
no eres mis esposa bonita

09.02.2026 01:33 πŸ‘ 3702 πŸ” 893 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 9

Ban tinted windows on cars

07.02.2026 13:02 πŸ‘ 211 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 3

"If you are uncomfortable with what the Border Patrol is doing in Minneapolis, you are uncomfortable with the Border Patrol, full stop."

06.02.2026 07:42 πŸ‘ 389 πŸ” 117 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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Listen to the poets.

03.02.2026 18:26 πŸ‘ 120 πŸ” 56 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2

No new pictures, where are you mentally

02.02.2026 23:47 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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ten years ago today no one clapped

02.02.2026 12:56 πŸ‘ 8104 πŸ” 2165 πŸ’¬ 96 πŸ“Œ 277
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The Twin Cities’ Beer Scene Is Showing the Rest of the Industry How to Fight Back When I reach Drew Hurst, he’s running late to work. β€œI’m taking the call from my car right now because there’s an ICE. stop on my road on my way in, which, y’know, I pulled over to film,” the presiden...

Brewery workers, bar owners, and union organizers in MSP are setting the mark on how to actually care for their community, rather than just invoke as a buzzword. At @vinepair.com, I reported how their work doubles as a playbook for colleagues nationwide whose homes may face MAGA sieges soon enough.

30.01.2026 15:41 πŸ‘ 168 πŸ” 71 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 6

This is how Tom Homan reacts to losing a court case to free a medically fragile 5-year-old who was used as bait to lure his dad so they could be imprisoned in a measles factory. Fuck any de-escalation stories that come out.

02.02.2026 13:11 πŸ‘ 3171 πŸ” 1085 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 11
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I ❀️ Minneapolis

This ride was incredible, especially our interactions with folks at the memorials and with neighbors cheering on from their windows/porches.

ICE out, now.

31.01.2026 22:26 πŸ‘ 1382 πŸ” 270 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 19
Huge group of cyclists slowly passing the site where Alex Pretti was murdered

Huge group of cyclists slowly passing the site where Alex Pretti was murdered

πŸ’šMpls

31.01.2026 22:10 πŸ‘ 1002 πŸ” 186 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 17
Small group of white people in winter clothing on a plaza hold the dark blue and grey menacing loon flag and Alex Pretti Unity Ride posters.

Small group of white people in winter clothing on a plaza hold the dark blue and grey menacing loon flag and Alex Pretti Unity Ride posters.

Bike riders seen from behind, one with a sign on the bike that reads "Ice Out," and two with fabric pennants reading, "Are you OK?" and "Alex Pretti"

Bike riders seen from behind, one with a sign on the bike that reads "Ice Out," and two with fabric pennants reading, "Are you OK?" and "Alex Pretti"

People fold origami boats by a young tree. A menacing loon flag hangs on the posts protecting the tree. Bikes are standing all around.

People fold origami boats by a young tree. A menacing loon flag hangs on the posts protecting the tree. Bikes are standing all around.

A #MemorialRide 🚲

"Are you OK?" Alex #Pretti

#WeRideInUnity from #ZΓΌrich to #Minnesota

31.01.2026 15:27 πŸ‘ 125 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 4

It’s so hard to describe what this is like to people who aren’t here. The ICE/BCP occupation seeps into everything. It’s not just the horror of the big stuff. It’s the little stuff, too: helicopters all night, vigilance during every trip out of the house, guilt at having any downtime at all.

31.01.2026 17:54 πŸ‘ 982 πŸ” 270 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 13