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Ian Dees
@iandees.bsky.social
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St Paul, Maps, Data.
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Ian Dees @iandees.bsky.social · 1h
Thanks for the mention of @censusreporter.org, @nerd4cities.bsky.social (youtu.be/QEIhHB-j_PU?...). Glad it's useful!
Shockingly, They've Been Lying to Me About Chicago
YouTube video by Ray Delahanty | CityNerd
youtu.be
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Ian Dees @iandees.bsky.social · 5h
An AI that becomes aware and realizing it is the problem would be a fun story to read.
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Ian Dees @iandees.bsky.social · 5h
Yea, that one does some other data feed. Maybe I'll suggest something new to the person that runs those.
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Ian Dees @iandees.bsky.social · 5h
Anyone know of a bot account on Bluesky that mirrors the NWS offices that post discussions on Twitter (e.g. twitter.com/nwstwincities)
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Ian Dees @iandees.bsky.social · 6h
Wow good job rebuilding after the war last week, Chicago.
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Ian Dees @iandees.bsky.social · 17h
I'm sure it's been mentioned somewhere, but what work is left that will take more than a year to carry passengers?
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Ian Dees @iandees.bsky.social · 1d
This looks a lot like one of those LED wall sound stages
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Ian Dees @iandees.bsky.social · 1d
This and Jurassic Park were the first Laserdiscs I ever saw at the home theater store my dad's friend ran. It was pretty epic on the giant rear projection screen!
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Ian Dees @iandees.bsky.social · 3d
That's a pretty great domain!
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Ian Dees @iandees.bsky.social · 3d
I'm finally scratching the itch of building a site to help alley captains with St. Paul alley plowing. As a starting point, I asked Claude to build a frontend. It came up with a very simple three-step process:
How It Works Alley Captain simplifies the process of coordinating snow plowing in Saint Paul neighborhoods. 1. Claim your property 2. Connect & Pay 3. Get Plowed
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Ian Dees @iandees.bsky.social · 5d
Built with @openstreetmap.bsky.social!

Hank wrote a great post about how he built it here: www.openstreetmap.org/user/hankbp/...
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Ian Dees @iandees.bsky.social · 5d
If you're in the Midway and your power is out, its because some lines fell with the wind and were starting leaves on fire. Pretty exciting. Xcel is replacing the lines now.
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Ian Dees @iandees.bsky.social · 7d
Mr. Collins pointed it out originally. I just did a bit more digging :)
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Ian Dees @iandees.bsky.social · 7d
Balloons that are likely from Near Space Labs (nearspacelabs.com) spent a couple hours over the Twin Cities today – likely capturing imagery. Pretty interesting to watch how much control they have over direction, speed, and landing location. Tracks are here: globe.adsbexchange.com?icao=000201,...
A screenshot of a flight tracking app showing 8 lines meandering from northwest of Minneapolis (near Saint Cloud) southeast to western Wisconsin, each representing a balloon that spent a couple hours during the middle of the day meandering to their target.
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Ian Dees @iandees.bsky.social · 7d
NSL = nearspacelabs.com
Home - Near Space Labs
nearspacelabs.com
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Ian Dees @iandees.bsky.social · 7d
All together: globe.adsbexchange.com?icao=000335,...

These are likely balloons capturing aerial imagery of the twin cities area. They have cameras on them that takes pictures as they float along, then come to a landing where the images are processed into something like Google Maps for some customer
ADS-B Exchange - track aircraft live
ADS-B Exchange - track aircraft live - aircraft flight history
globe.adsbexchange.com
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Ian Dees @iandees.bsky.social · 7d
Hey books are pretty cool! Congrats!
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Ian Dees @iandees.bsky.social · 7d
If you follow me you probably want to sign up to be notified when this game is released later this week: www.subwaybuilder.com
Subway Builder
A game for building your own realistic subway system
www.subwaybuilder.com
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Ian Dees @iandees.bsky.social · 7d
Wait didn't @wedge.live start this? Except they post each trip as a podcast so everyone gets to listen, not just the rider.
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Ian Dees @iandees.bsky.social · 8d
Columbia's "Interchange" line of jackets are quite good. Check out the ones with the "Omni Heat" material on the inside. It reflects radiant heat back at your body and works surprisingly well.
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Frank @frankpeters.bsky.social · 11d
Brewers
Barrelman
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Ian Dees @iandees.bsky.social · 8d
I just went to the musical in NYC. It's really quite good!
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Chris Steller @chrissteller.bsky.social · 10d
Minnesota Achievements In Computer Stuff
- The Gopher protocol
- Control Data
- Tinyurl
- Oregon Trail
- ???
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Math @bigmemath.bsky.social · 9d
I love that Charlie Berens is campaigning against AI data centers

AND that he also has the same '90s Packers locker that I had when I was a kid (I picked "04" for Favre)
Charlie Berens speaking to the news against AI data centers in front of a kid's Packers locker from the 90s
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Ian Dees @iandees.bsky.social · 12d
Speaking of this, MnDOT is starting the process of repaving a section of Snelling (MN state highway 51) that goes through a relatively dense residential area. Maybe we could ask for more than new audible beg buttons at a few crossings? www.dot.state.mn.us/metro/projec...
Snelling Ave. Roseville to Arden Hills Project - MnDOT
Snelling Ave. Roseville to Arden Hills Project resources and contacts
www.dot.state.mn.us
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