Aimee Witteman

Good luck to all the Birkebeiner racers this weekend! The largest cross-country ski race in North America kicks off tomorrow in Wisconsin. Not the Olympics, but still epic - 50K+ of grit and pure winter joy. At risk bc of climate change (this year’s route is altered). #Birkiefever

Michael Friedrich @mfriedrichnyc X.com After promising reinvestment in public housing on the campaign trail, the Mamdani admin is instead backing a developer-friendly demolition & privatization plan in the first major fight over NYCHA's fate.

It really sucks to see left-NIMBYs trying to sabotage Zohran’s mayoralty.

they’re currently attack him because he supports a plan to rebuild crumbling NYCHA apartments in Chelsea with increased density AND ensuring every existing resident gets a brand new, permanently affordable home

YOLO, friends 🌵

You never quite know what a work trip will bring. I certainly didn’t expect to find out that 23 years ago my beloved grandmother’s ashes were scattered in the gardens where I’m staying. A disarming, beautiful surprise —

What a GOOD BOY!

BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.

This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.

The question of our time is how do you artistically rebel — and win — against a totally flat cultural landscape? And before my readers, who I assume are all approximately 36 years old and very tired, say, “so what, who cares?” This does matter. I mean, just look around right now lol. You know things are bad when even OpenAI President Greg Brockman is posting stuff, like “Taste is a new core skill.” If people had taste, your company wouldn’t exist, Greg. But if everything is just attention now, and attention is completely commodified by algorithmic tech platforms, how can you push back against that? Well, I am slowly coming around to a theory on the new cool: You have to essentially pre-deplatform yourself. Culture right now is determined not by human teams of editors and producers picking and choosing what youth culture gets the spotlight, but, instead, by the unthinking algorithms that power YouTube and TikTok. Which means the only things that have the level of scarcity and danger required to be seen as cool by young people will, slowly, but surely, be whatever is unacceptable on those platforms.

A post so smart I'm almost afraid to share it.

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Pritzker to propose statewide zoning laws to spur homebuilding, limit local control Article Summary JB Pritzker will propose a plan during his State of the State address to drastically limit local governments’

TODAY - Governor Pritzker's State of the State has several housing ideas that tackle cost + climate:
🏘️ By-right multifamily housing
🅿️ Remove parking requirements
🏡 Legalize granny flats
...Following last year's NITA Act, which boosted transport choices
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Minnesota 1, Trump 0 • Minnesota Reformer The sense that we’re all in it together motivates great acts of both charity and courage.

Authoritarian force fractures when communities stay united, nonviolent, and institution-backed. Minnesota showed us what that looks like. Worth studying, not just celebrating. Important piece from @minnesotareformer.com 👇🏼

minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/13/m...

“staggering incompetence, cold indifference, and jaded cruelty…” is a terrific description of this entire administration

tHinGs aRę wINdinG dØwN

Exclusive | Trump to Repeal Landmark Climate Finding in Huge Regulatory Rollback The move would reverse a legal determination that greenhouse gases threaten public health.

Gives new meaning to ‘cooked’ www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

I finally got what I wanted, a chart that shows how much of a given year a heat pump is suitable for a given climate.

I find that I can get heat pumps to work pretty well in most houses down to 25° or so.

Good!!

I had a tiny gravel race this last weekend and wore a mask on the flight out and pumped all the vitamins. Seems so obvious - why catch a cold or virus if you don’t need to!

Bluesky’s own @jmelendezbadillo.bsky.social!

The end of DOE’s grid work in Puerto Rico The Trump administration has canceled all eight of the remaining awards devoted to distributed energy on the island.

Just a few weeks ago, the administration cancelled all remaining department of energy grid resilience projects in Puerto Rico. All of them. www.latitudemedia.com/news/the-end...

The electricity grid making an appearance at the Super Bowl half-time show 🤯

Back in Patagonia AZ for gravel. This time tho, single-track running. What an exceptionally beautiful and special place. #trailrunningsky #arizona

THANK YOU ❤️🇺🇸

We’ve got a big-ass Minnesota flag flying in Takoma Park, Maryland

Batteries run 24/7

“Infinite Jest” Has Turned Thirty. Have We Forgotten How to Read It? David Foster Wallace’s novel, in all its immensity, became the subject of sanctification and then scorn. But the work rewards the attention it demands.

“Infinite Jest,” which turns 30 today, “proposed that the compulsive, addictive character of America, not least its addiction to entertainment, could best be resisted through the engaged reading of fiction,” Hermione Hoby writes. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/tqkrZb

This is what one afternoon drop looks like for one (1) Minneapolis mutual aid distributor (read: random mom who wants to help families at her kids’ schools)

Beach Drive partially covered by snow in DC

Sligo Creek trail in Montgomery County MD

Been using yaktrax all week for tapering. Wish Moco could make them available for kids so they could get to back to school safely!! Can’t be snow days forever. #runningsky #snowdays

Liam is home now and we are grateful to @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social for traveling to Minneapolis with him and his dad.

Welcome home Liam ❤️❤️

Love seeing the pictures rides all over the U.S. and the world in honor of Alex Pretti. Our family in SF drew his name across San Francisco with their bikes.

Hundreds of people spelled out the distress signal "SOS" on Bde Maka Ska in Minneapolis on Friday, Jan. 30.

📷️ Provided by Jeff Schad

I won't be recognizing this Catherine O'Hara news, sorry. Thanks for checking in though

The Minnesota Star Tribune, Minnesota Public Radio, the Minnesota Reformer, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder, Sahan Journal, Center for Broadcast Journalism and Minnesota Newspaper Association today released the following statement: “We strongly condemn the arrest of journalists Georgia Fort and Don Lemon, as well as any attempt to intimidate members of the press. The First Amendment recognizes the press as holding a distinct and protected role in our democracy. In America, we do not arrest journalists for doing their jobs. The Minnesota journalism community stands united in defense of press freedom and the essential role reporting plays in holding power to account.”

The Minnesota Star Tribune, @mprnews.org @minnesotareformer.com , @spokesmanrecorder.bsky.social, @sahanjournal.bsky.social, Center for Broadcast Journalism and Minnesota Newspaper Association today released the following statement: