Never forget that when Seoul, Korea removed the Cheonggyecheon expressway in 2003 & replaced it with a restored stream & 1000 acre park in the city’s centre, not only did it transform the city’s public life & economic success, but the traffic got better. The traffic got BETTER.

For the love of god, politically interested people, when your friends and family ask what can be done about the Supreme Court, don't say "nothing." There are, moldering away in the Constitution, ways to check the court's power that every American needs to become familiar with.🧵

If I wanted to take out of town guests to a basketball game in Minneapolis+ in August, am I out of luck?

My adorable parasite and I are going to the Aurora game tonight! See you there?

"How is it that both the populist left and the populist right ... both considered this same 1-minute-and-50-second-long clip a victory?" Conor Friedersdorf on the viral moment between Senator Josh Hawley and professor Khiara M. Bridges in today's Up For Debate: on.theatln.tc/XSHo3oJ

It's my #Twitterversary! I have been on Twitter for 13 years, since 29 Jun 2009 (via Twi Age 🥳).

.Cori Bush, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley & other Members of Congress arrested for civil disobedience in front of Supreme Court. #BansOffOurBodies

We're following a developing situation on the Apple River in Wisconsin. The St. Croix County Sheriff's Office confirms 5 people have been stabbed- 1 person is dead and 4 others are in critical condition. A white male in his 50s is in custody. We have a FOX 9 crew en route.

We took the baby to see Huy Hoang and Lake Street Dive tonight and it was 100% worth it ✨ What an epic first concert for our little E!

Parents, how do you archive photos for your kids? I’ve been adding digital files to her Google drive, but not totally sure the best way to make/store prints!

Don’t go to Hawaii. Why?

The evidence against gas stoves is damning—but they may be worse for you than for the environment, writes Sabrina Imbler. (From 2020) theatlantic.com/science/archiv…

Flu is back in full force in the Southern Hemisphere. That’s a pretty bad sign for those of us waiting for winter to set in up north … but the pandemic has also made flu forecasts even more complicated than usual, Katherine J. Wu, Ph.D. reports. theatlantic.com/science/archiv…

The Gather team is in search of talented and reliable professional photographers to refer birth clients to! If you live in the Twin Cities and have availability to be on call for and attend births in 2022 and 2023, we want to connect with you! Gatherbirth.com/photog plz share!

Due to the winter weather this morning, instruction for all MPS students will continue at home today, Wednesday, Jan. 4. All MPS students should remain home for e-learning. Families will receive communication from their school and/or teacher about e-learning activities.

All this stuff about getting rid of gas stoves is not coming out of nowhere. It's not meddling lefties worried about global warming. There's a rapidly accumulating body of science showing direct health harms, especially to the most vulnerable. It's a seat-belts-in-cars thing.

Update: The Federal Aviation Administration is lifting a ground stop on flights across the U.S. following a computer outage early Wednesday that resulted in thousands of delays quickly cascading through the system at airports nationwide. mprnews.org/story/2023/01/…