Tinman 2.0 contre la caste @bcmfietser.bsky.social PhD, poorly socialized sociologist, spouse to @melrup.bsky.social Saint Paul bikescum, Planning Commissioner, Board of Zoning Appeals, Met Council TAB (Bike, Walk, and Roll rep).
Vélo Vivant, transportation equity, sustainable living. he/him
Andy Singer @andy-singer.bsky.social Cartoonist
🚲 🥜scoops 🥜🚲 @scoopsstp.bsky.social He/him. Electrical engineer, former Iowan, St Paulinator. I wanna bike with the cool kids and form parasocial relationships with cats online
Pig's Sky, MN
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Ian, in the Year of the Bean🫛🫘 @mplsnightmayor.bsky.social Night Mayor of Minneapolis
Twin Cities DSA
he/him
Carin @mrotzie.bsky.social Aquarius. MPLS. Dance 10, Looks 3.
One Minute Tours @oneminutetours.bsky.social I tell stories of the places we love.
https://oneminutetours.com/
Javier Morillo @javimorillo.bsky.social Former president of @SEIU Local 26 in MN, political commentator and creator of Wrong About Everything podcast.
Ryan Ricard @firewally.bsky.social When I was driving once I saw this painted on a bridge:
"I don't want the world, I just want your half"
Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social Dad, husband. IPAs. Soccer referee, trail runner, mountain biker. Veteran.
@melvincarter.bsky.social @melvincarter.bsky.social
Hooper @hoopermn.bsky.social Political Organizer, Theatre Artist, Chess Patzer. Staff at Sustain Saint Paul. Progressive urbanism. Surface Parking Lots Delenda Est. I love Saint Paul.
Vince Mpls @vincempls.bsky.social Minneapolis urbanist, St Paul enthusiast, transit nerd, Nobel Peace Prize nominee, called "an amateur historian" by Fox News. Both Cities, MN 🏳️🌈
Trains and train adjacent things: https://youtube.com/@vincempls
Molly Coleman @mollycoleman.bsky.social Saint Paul City Council Member for Ward Four.
Executive Director, People’s Parity Project & PPP Action.
Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com Parent & safe streets advocate 🚲🚶🏻🚌
Founder of the @mcbl.bike
League Certified Cycling Instructor
Minneapolis, MN
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Frederick Melo, Reporter (TwinCities.com, Pioneer Press) @frederickmelo.bsky.social A Boston transplant turned longtime City Hall/urban news reporter for the St. Paul Pioneer Press in Minnesota (twincities.com) but my true claim to fame is I wrote this 3-part comic book: https://fredmelosupervillains.thecomicseries.com
Emily Koski @emilykoskimpls.bsky.social Lifelong Resident. MPS Parent. Former Small Business Owner. Coach. Advocate. Volunteer. Council Member.
EmilyKoskiforMpls.com
Dan Marshall @danmarstp.marshallwords.com Bikes. Kids. Saint Paul. Egg Tacos. Coffee. 1/3 of @MischiefToy.com. Sworn enemy of Summit Ave boulevard trees. Blogging about bikes @ marshallwords.com. AI & X users get unfollowed. he/him
Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social Writer of SF/F and Minneapolis/St. Paul election guides. she/her. Website: www.naomikritzer.com My next book, OBSTETRIX, comes out June 9, 2026.
Michael Noble @nobleideas.bsky.social Advisor to industry, government and philanthropy on deploying climate solutions at speed and scale of the climate crisis. NobleIdeas LLC, Saint Paul, MN.
Speaker Melissa Hortman and me celebrating MN’s 100% clean electricity standard.
Kyle Stokes @kystokes.bsky.social Now: @Axios.com Twin Cities reporter | Then: MinnPost; NPR stations in LA (@laist.com), Seattle, Indiana | Alum: Mizzou Journalism
Winter Keefer @winterkeefer.bsky.social Metro reporter for @minnpost.bsky.social
Melody Hoffmann @phmelody.bsky.social Your friendly neighbor and community reporter. Currently at North News and Southwest Voices. I also cosplay as a weather reporter.
CONTACT: melody.hoffmann@gmail.com and on Signal @phmelody.143
she/her, Minneapolis, Midwest
Ian R Buck @ianrbuck.bsky.social Host of the Streets.mn Podcast.
You don't need a parachute to skydive, you just need a parachute to skydive twice!
Alex Burns @alextburns.bsky.social
Sean Kershaw @seankershaw.bsky.social Public Works Director for City of St. Paul. Parent of Grace & Aidan. Husband of Tim. Co-Producer of #grandoakopry. Tweets are not my own, mostly.
Galen Benshoof @benshoof.bsky.social St. Paul, MN
Paul Fiesel @pfiesel.bsky.social St Paul person
Melissa Wenzel Saint Paul @melissawenzel.bsky.social Bike. Live Local. Garden. Sustain Saint Paul co-chair. Many other things.
Charlie Rybak @charlierybak.bsky.social Lover of local news and Minnesota sports. VP of Innovation @ MSP Communications (Twin Cities Business & Mpls.St Paul Magazine). Co-founded Southwest Voices & Downtown Voices in Minneapolis.
Matt Privratsky @mattprivratsky.bsky.social Saint Paul MN. Local politics. Land use, housing, transportation, climate. (He/Him)
Bang Brewing @bangbrewing.bsky.social All organic ales & lagers brewed and served in a one-off grain bin facility in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Taproom + native prairie beer gardens 🔥
On-premise and 750ml returnable bottles to-go ✨
Wed 4-9, Th 3-9, F 3-10p,
Sa 1-10p, Su 2-9p.
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Joyful Riders Club @joyfulridersclub.bsky.social
BikeMN @bikemn.bsky.social Hey! We're The Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota, a 501c3 working on making Minnesota a place where every person everywhere can easily walk, bike, and roll. All Ages, All Abilities.
Learn more at BikeMN.org
Katie Cashman @katiecashman.bsky.social 🌻 Former Minneapolis City Council Member • Climate champion • Community advocate • Pro-housing • Pro-transit • Pro-worker • VOTE LOCAL
Erin Murphy @epmurphymn.bsky.social Minnesotan. Registered Nurse. Mom. Senate Majority Leader. The answer to the cynicism in our politics is us. 💙
Sven Sundgaard @svensundgaard.bsky.social Meteorologist, explorer. Climate, conservation.
Aisha Chughtai @aishaforward10.com renter, former union organizer, eldest daughter to a Muslim immigrant family • socialist • representing Ward 10 on the Minneapolis City Council • she/her
Cathy Wurzer @cathywurzer.bsky.social MPR News. Twin Cities PBS.
Documentary filmmaker.
Author.
Wanna-be artist.
Non-profit founder.
Historian
Horsewoman.
Tired.
Jane McClure @janemcclure.bsky.social Small j-journalist at the community level, sometimes St. Paul historian, tolerated by my housecats, proud Iowa Stater loyalforevertrue
Amy Brendmoen @amybrendmoen.bsky.social Saint Paul, Bitches.
Tom Basgen, Mr. Saint Paul @tombasgen.bsky.social Your friend and Neighbor. Local Oaf. I work for Saura. I foster teeny little kittens. I love you.
MN Cargo Bike Library @mcbl.bike The MN Cargo Bike Library is a community-run program made possible through partnerships with @bikemn.bsky.social, @cyclehoop.bsky.social, the Lyndale Neighborhood Association and a grant from the Minneapolis Foundation.
Markus Johnson @markusja.bsky.social Abundant housing, abundant transit, & abundant bike lanes in our cities occupies a lot of my thinking. I'm sure other pieces of my personality will peek through over time.
Consider reading: https://medium.com/@markusjohnson2195
Jason Wittenberg @jasonwittenberg.bsky.social Planner * transit user * bike rider * walker * EV driver * music listener * Ⓥ
Minneapolis
Pat Thompson @pattho.bsky.social Friends School plant saler, co-op fan, gardener, Transition Town member, recovering grammar curmudgeon. She/her.
Sustain Saint Paul @sustainstpaul.bsky.social We champion abundant housing, low-carbon transportation, and sustainable land use in the City of Saint Paul through education, advocacy and political action.
Wes Burdine @wesburdine.bsky.social PhD in literature
Owner of Black Hart of St Paul
Cofounder Minnesota Aurora
St Pauli Peace Prize Award Winner
Luke Hanson @lukehanson.bsky.social Co-chair of @sustainstpaul.bsky.social. Interested in urbanism, housing, and streets in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray.bsky.social the once and future city planner // YIMBY // AICP // kentuckian in california // #BBN // author of hit broadway musical arbitrary lines
Jerusalem Demsas @jerusalem.bsky.social yes, like the city | Editor TheArgumentMag.com | she/her
Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social Founder 350.org and Third Act, author The Crucial Years on substack https://billmckibben.substack.com/
Author of 21 books, beginning with The End of Nature
Sam @samd.bsky.social https://bettercities.substack.com/
Better cities and transit are possible 🚇
#1 Congestion pricing stan
#1 RFK Jr. hater
anti-slopulist
Streetsblog USA @usa.streetsblog.org Covering the movement to end car dependency and make America better for walking, biking, transit and more.
Matt Hutchins AIA @matthutchins.bsky.social Principal at CAST architecture, urbanist advocating for housing options, 15-minute cities and sustainable construction. Passivhaus proponent. Former AIA Seattle President and Seattle Planning Commission Co-Chair
Strong Towns @strongtowns.org We're changing *everything* about the North American pattern of development. Become a member today! strongtowns.org/membership
Henry Grabar @henrygrabar.bsky.social my next book is about why it's so hard to build. send me your thoughts!
The Urbanist [Unofficial] @theurbanist.org.web.brid.gy Advocacy journalism for better cities.
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Finance & Commerce @finance-commerce.bsky.social Daily Minnesota business news that covers real estate, construction and more
Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com An independent, nonprofit newsroom keeping Minnesotans informed & unearthing stories other outlets can’t or won’t tell. Subscribe to our newsletter: http://minnesotareformer.com/subscribe/
Pedaling Professor @pedalingprof.bsky.social St. Paul Bicycle Coalition chair and biochemistry professor. Believer in the *radical* idea that we deserve safe, clean, healthy, equitable, & financially resilient places. Bikes, walking, & transit first.
Kidical Mass @kidicalmass.bsky.social Von der Großstadt bis zum ländlichen Raum eint uns als Kidical Mass Aktionsbündnis die Vision, dass sich Kinder und Jugendliche sicher und selbstständig zu Fuß und mit dem Fahrrad bewegen können! #KidicalMass #StrassenFürAlle
www.kinderaufsrad.org
David Brauer @dbrauer.net Former journalist, long-time Minneapolitan, curator of Uptown’s borders and chief rememberer, Halloween Blizzard of 1991. Amplifier & participant in the Minnesota Resistance.
Neighbors for More Neighbors (N4MN) @moreneighbors.org Neighbors for More Neighbors stands up for secure, abundant homes for everyone in the Twin Cities and Greater Minnesota.
We advocate at the state and local level for changes to allow more homes in existing communities.
Website: https://moreneighbors.org/
Bill Lindeke @blindeke.bsky.social Urban Geographer @ UMN. Cityscape columnist @ Minnpost. Skyway Don Quixote. Tread lightly on earth. he/him Author of "St. Paul: Urban Biography”
Janne K. Flisrand @jannefrommpls.bsky.social Abundant housing. Justice. Dismantling oppression. Mpls politics. Observations from Zürich. She/her.
Parking Reform Network @parkingreform.org An org with a mission to educate the public about the impact of parking policy on housing, climate, equity, and traffic.
https://linktr.ee/parkingreform
Streets.mn @streets.mn Streets.mn fosters positive connections and inclusive conversations about better places in Minnesota.
Alex Schieferdecker @alexschief.bsky.social Mpls Ped/Bike Coordinator. Cold weather apologist. Sports appreciator. Cookie enthusiast. State capacity booster. Opinions do not represent those of the City.
Katie Jones @katiejonesmpls.bsky.social “Hope and resilience are the enemy of fear.” - Sophie and Colin Hortman
https://linktr.ee/katiejonesmn
Evan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social Social, demographic, & economic history @UMNews HMED & Population Studies. Coffee, photos, Dylan, urban & transit fan, road & trail runner. Constructive, loving critic of where I live (Minneapolis) and where I'm from (Wellington) @evanrobertsnz most places
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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov Mom, wife, daughter, and loving but distracted friend. U.S. Senator for Minnesota. Prefers window seats, donuts and MN beer (all together when possible) ✈️ 🍩🍺
keeping it riehl @keepingitriehl.bsky.social Coloradan at heart, Minnesota for now.
Larsn @larsn.bsky.social MN Dad. Policy, politics, poetics, and poop scooping
Brit @britvulcan.net They/them, MSP, zoning nerd
Anton @anton.beauty Former Twitter personality
bikes and minneapolis and cybersecurity and more neighbors
Josh Martin @joshmartinmpls.bsky.social Local political nerd in Minneapolis. CD5 DFL Chair
Directory: bit.ly/JoshMartinMpls
Avocadoplex @avocadoplex.bike cats, housing, biking, transit, homelessness, books. opinions are my own. he/him
The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social A podcast about the fight against car culture. Hosted by Sarah Goodyear & Doug Gordon.
Radical Left Congestion Pricing Jihadists.
Our new book, "Life After Cars" is out now.
https://www.lifeaftercars.com/
https://www.patreon.com/thewaroncarspod
Zach Wajda @zachwajda.bsky.social Northeast Minneapolis resident. I love thinking about land use, biking, walking, and public transit. He / Him
Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social Mom, Refugee and Congresswoman for #MN05. Progressive Caucus Deputy Chair. Fighting for a more just world.✨ http://HC.com/IlhanOmar
Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social climate adaptive social housing developer
architect for car-light climate forward cities w/ low carbon + passivhaus buildings, social housing
Author, 'Building for People' (Island Press, 12/2024: https://islandpress.org/books/building-people)
amityf @amityf.bsky.social She/her. public transit user, cat lover, ISAIAH/FiMN Data. "Intimidating", according to men. amityf elsewhere
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Joshua Houdek @jhoudek.bsky.social Bicycling. Walking. Transit. Electrification. Climate.
Clean transportation & housing for all. @sierraclubmn.bsky.social
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Peter Wagenius @peterwagenius.bsky.social Seasoned community organizer, public servant & dad fighting for a healthy, more equitable future.
Zak Yudhishthu @zyudhishthu.bsky.social Sidewalk enthusiast and adopted Midwesterner (formerly Twin Cities, Chicago). I write and research about housing and cities. PhD student at UW-Madison.
https://pencillingout.substack.com/
Sahan Journal @sahanjournal.bsky.social Sahan Journal is a nonprofit news organization dedicated to covering Minnesota immigrants & communities of color.
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Our Streets @ourstreetsmn.org We work to make biking, walking, & rolling easy & comfortable for everyone.
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