Erik Ostrom

I’m going to try to learn something every day. Or, because humans are always learning: I’m going to try to *be aware of* learning something every day. And to document it here. Let’s see how this goes.

Hennepin County: tell your loved ones about Cedrick Frazier

Tell the University of Minnesota person in your life that they can early vote at the Weisman Art Museum 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today (Monday).

At some point after the election there'll be a lot of pieces puzzling out how the Republicans got away with being so generously funded by a notorious white nationalist and it wasn't treated as a big, problematic issue. From the same reporters currently not treating it as a big, problematic issue.

The closest I’ve come to death in Minneapolis was a right-on-red driver turning into me on the two-way at Stinson & East Hennepin. My bike hit her front quarter-panel and I barrel-rolled over her windshield. I was lucky with only a concussion. This directive can’t be acted upon fast enough.

“Dutch people cycle an average of 2.6km each per day. If this pattern was replicated worldwide, annual carbon emissions would drop by 686 million tonnes. This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.” @euronews.com

This isn’t about my profession, but it kind of is.

There’s been no bigger failure of the City of Minneapolis than its response to homelessness. It’s been abundantly clear since at least 2020 that trying to bulldoze people out of existence so you don’t have to bare the sight of them homeless in your neighborhood doesn’t solve the problem. 🧵

Hot take: this is what qualifies it as communication

Go to your camera roll and search “boat” and post one that you like (Then search “ship” if you know what photo you want but your phone doesn’t think it’s a boat, take control of your destiny)

If you feel this way and you live in District 5 may I recommend @molly-for-mpls.bsky.social mollyforminneapolis.com

HOW IS THIS THE FUTURE OF COMPUTING?!?!? I miss deterministic outputs! 😒

My experience as HCA with too many in the media has been disappointing. One texted us questions he wanted us to answer that were framed as what we needed to answer to defend ourselves from allegations from police. Instead we asked to meet and spent almost two hours showing him data, emails, etc..

Today's the day many more Minnesota cities open early voting locations. Also starting today you don't have to fill out an on-site early absentee application - you just vote as you would on Election Day. (Minneapolis's two early locales, the Govt Center & 980 E Hennepin, opened 9/18 and remain open.)

Makes sense, her laptop is probably where she keeps paperwork her father filled out when she was a child

You cannot fix a broken system on Election Day.

Council Member Soren Stevenson: Car share is important even if you're not a user, bc when people don't have access to transportation options, they will buy a car. Do you want 5,000 more cars on the road, in your way? Losing car share would have real impact across metro.

Great news! Superintendent Sales-Adams is recommending against school closures at this time. And is moving forward with other elements of the plan to increase enrollment.

Fun fact for you: the longest-running and possibly biggest horror theater festival is right here in the Twin Cities, and it opens for the fifteenth time this Friday!

My favorite thing about this post is that it’s a real thing that happened

If you missed it at Open Streets, don't miss it here: One habit you can form to reduce your risk of bike theft, and one step you can take right now to drastically improve your odds of getting a stolen bike back. Help us spread the word!

Folks, I’m starting to think this Justice Department might be politicized

Carshare is a critical part of our transportation system. People rely on HOURCAR and Evie. The sudden sunset is devastating. Let decision-makers know you support emergency bridge funding to save carshare. savecarsharemn.org