Minneapolis Public Schools is extending the virtual learning option until after spring break. That's an entire quarter. ift.tt/ae1nrD7 February 05, 2026 at 03:50PM

In hindsight, maybe we shouldn't have let @naomikritzer and Nizar Kheraj co-author this chapter of Minneapolis history. ift.tt/HSNAleW February 06, 2026 at 07:30PM

The latest in #enshittification news: Gmail is turning off the features that allowed you to use the Gmail interface as an email client to check all of your accounts across many providers. I used this feature for many years to avoid having to log into three different inboxes on …

Last spring there was a pair of Cooper's Hawks nesting right outside the window of my new apartment, but I haven't seen them since May. Looks like they're back! 😍 ift.tt/tOiDwgj February 08, 2026 at 07:17AM

In a couple of days, we're going to be interviewing Nizar Kheraj on the StreetsMN Podcast about his 2023 book _The Lost Cause_. If you have questions you want us to ask, reply here! #StreetsMNPodcast #solarpunk ift.tt/rBEVyon February 08, 2026 at 10:15AM

RE: wandering.shop/@cstross/11604… Age verification challenge: I know my RuneScape account's username, but I cannot recover the forgotten password because back when I played, they didn't require you to have an email address. Related: I'm a morning person, and I largely attribute th…

MSP 🚆 WFH ift.tt/ZIu5n6D February 13, 2026 at 11:20PM

Whitefish has a very cute train station! We arrived 10 minutes early, which is awesome because we had mentally prepared for arriving in the middle of the night and getting inadequate sleep. This bodes very well for the skiing tomorrow! ift.tt/wE7Ai6C February 15, 202…

The SNOW bus is a free circulator that stops near many hotels in Whitefish and brings you up to the ski resort base camp! Fare-free, which allows them to do all-door boarding; does that make this a BRT line? 😆 ift.tt/4dlcW3m February 15, 2026 at 09:56AM

The Minnesota legislative session starts this week, so it's time to check in with our urbanist advocacy organizations about what we're trying to accomplish this year! #StreetsMNPodcast streets.mn/2026/02/16/the… ift.tt/iEbhu3y February 16, 2026 at 10:02AM

Musical highlights that the chair lift technicians were playing: Who Let the Dogs Out? All Star Peaches (The Presidents of the United States of America) ift.tt/z7KUPAR February 16, 2026 at 05:56PM

WFH 🚆 MSP ift.tt/c7hJQ13 February 17, 2026 at 10:06AM

Train is running just under two hours behind schedule. I hear they had mechanical troubles near Spokane, which is corroborated by the fact that there is a BNSF branded engine at the front of the consist, along with the usual two Amtrak engines. ift.tt/et7acDT Februar…

The different buses running the SNOW route have a lot of personality! I was a big fan of the one with teeth and LED eyes that are animated to look around. ift.tt/DoWLPkY February 18, 2026 at 08:02AM

We just left Fargo about 4.5 hours behind schedule. I'm disappointed that this is later than the fault tolerance I had built into my expectations, I won't be making it to my afternoon class after all. I guess I get to see roughly what a Saint Paul to Fargo extension of the Bore…

Families at the school that my partner has been volunteering with are raising money for rent relief for the families that can't go to work right now. gofundme.com/f/support-minn… ift.tt/74QdRxi February 21, 2026 at 08:05AM

Erik Brandt, who wrote the music we use in the #StreetsMNPodcast, has a new album out, and one of the tracks is called _Bike Ride to Your Heart_. It is exactly as cute as it sounds. erikanduhq.bandcamp.com/track/bike-rid… ift.tt/BqIyQUF February 21, 2026 at 04:55PM

Unfortunately, the seats are now gone. ift.tt/B0Uynuk 2026-02-23T21:17:57Z

Poor guy made it home, but couldn't get himself into bed. ift.tt/bRpKLda 2026-02-24T03:17:58Z

I had a nightmare last night. GNOME had an update that changed the maximize/restore button's behavior. Instead of filling the space in the current workspace, it did a macOS-style "create an entirely new workspace for this window to be fullscreen in by itself." Horrifying. Goo…