Bill Lindeke
@blindeke.bsky.social
Urban Geographer @ UMN. Cityscape columnist @ Minnpost. Skyway Don Quixote. Tread lightly on earth. he/him Author of "St. Paul: Urban Biography”
Online recipes were bad enough before! www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet — And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Online recipes were bad enough before! www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
"Assault of a Federal officer" does not equal "striking an officer's vehicle." www.twincities.com/2025/11/26/i...
November 27, 2025 at 3:03 PM
"Assault of a Federal officer" does not equal "striking an officer's vehicle." www.twincities.com/2025/11/26/i...
Utter BS from the SPPD Federation.
In case you’re wondering how St Paul Police could ever treat their own residents like they did yesterday look at this unhinged statement from who the officers elect as their leaders.
November 27, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Utter BS from the SPPD Federation.
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The observations of the Police Civilian Internal Affairs Review Commission chairperson are amazingly damning
November 27, 2025 at 2:00 AM
The observations of the Police Civilian Internal Affairs Review Commission chairperson are amazingly damning
“The U.S. poverty line is calculated as three times the cost of a minimum food diet in 1963, adjusted for inflation.” www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:24 AM
“The U.S. poverty line is calculated as three times the cost of a minimum food diet in 1963, adjusted for inflation.” www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
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I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
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Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
I wrote about the impending new Minneapolis signage ordinance. www.minnpost.com/cityscape/20...
Minneapolis needs looser rules on signage downtown
Proposed changes could make an evolving downtown more interesting to look at and help better connect Minneapolis businesses to customers.
www.minnpost.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I wrote about the impending new Minneapolis signage ordinance. www.minnpost.com/cityscape/20...
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This excellent-looking new book has one of the best throwback/retro book cover designs I've seen—down to faux foxing (if that's the term for light staining) at the edges
"Becoming the Twin Cities: Swindles, Schemes, and Enduring Rivalries" (MHS Press) by Drew M. Ross, design by @wah-o.bsky.social
"Becoming the Twin Cities: Swindles, Schemes, and Enduring Rivalries" (MHS Press) by Drew M. Ross, design by @wah-o.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM
This excellent-looking new book has one of the best throwback/retro book cover designs I've seen—down to faux foxing (if that's the term for light staining) at the edges
"Becoming the Twin Cities: Swindles, Schemes, and Enduring Rivalries" (MHS Press) by Drew M. Ross, design by @wah-o.bsky.social
"Becoming the Twin Cities: Swindles, Schemes, and Enduring Rivalries" (MHS Press) by Drew M. Ross, design by @wah-o.bsky.social
Reposted by Bill Lindeke
So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.
November 25, 2025 at 8:23 AM
So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.
Reposted by Bill Lindeke
Statement from President VanDassor on the actions of HSI in St Paul this morning
November 25, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Statement from President VanDassor on the actions of HSI in St Paul this morning
“Claire Lingon handed out water and tissue paper to people who were tear-gassed by St. Paul police. She said the home’s tenants have young children who are always playing in the yard.” sahanjournal.com/immigration/...
Council member criticizes St. Paul police conduct during federal arrest
Hundreds of demonstrators confronted dozens of federal agents and St. Paul police Tuesday as authorities arrested a man at a home on Rose Avenue on the East Side.
sahanjournal.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:34 AM
“Claire Lingon handed out water and tissue paper to people who were tear-gassed by St. Paul police. She said the home’s tenants have young children who are always playing in the yard.” sahanjournal.com/immigration/...
SPPD doing this, looks like
November 25, 2025 at 10:21 PM
SPPD doing this, looks like
Peep on this EV with 13' tires. www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
On the Iron Range, ore trucks as large as two-story houses set to transform the mining industry
Mesabi Metallics, an iron ore mine under construction in Nashwauk, has purchased the largest trucks ever used in Minnesota’s iron mines. The trucks haul 400 tons of rock in a single load and are desig...
www.mprnews.org
November 25, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Peep on this EV with 13' tires. www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
"The goal is not to punish drivers, but to make roads less forgiving of distraction by aligning human psychology with physical design... policymakers must embrace the same logic — insist on streets & communities that demand cognitive engagement behind the wheel." www.startribune.com/mn-car-accid...
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November 25, 2025 at 2:26 AM
"The goal is not to punish drivers, but to make roads less forgiving of distraction by aligning human psychology with physical design... policymakers must embrace the same logic — insist on streets & communities that demand cognitive engagement behind the wheel." www.startribune.com/mn-car-accid...
"roboherd"
Waymo privatized another public street:
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
November 25, 2025 at 2:04 AM
"roboherd"
We should develop and fund a plan to reconstruct this predictably dangerous street with traffic calming measures, maybe throw in a nicer bike trail while we’re at it.
"Preliminary information indicates the pedestrians were in the crosswalk and had the right of way when crossing Summit Avenue," police wrote in a statement Monday afternoon.
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Driver hits pedestrians on Summit Avenue; woman critically injured
According to police, impairment is not suspected to be a factor in the crash.
bringmethenews.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
We should develop and fund a plan to reconstruct this predictably dangerous street with traffic calming measures, maybe throw in a nicer bike trail while we’re at it.
Reposted by Bill Lindeke
It took until 2025
The federal Transportation Department has approved a new female crash dummy, replacing an outdated model largely based on male proportions. The new dummy would improve safety for women, who face higher fatality and injury risks on the road, officials said.
U.S. Introduces New Female Crash-Test Dummy Standards
A female crash-test dummy to replace an outdated model largely based on male proportions would improve safety for women, who face higher fatality and injury risks on the road, officials said.
nyti.ms
November 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
It took until 2025
Terrific research into municipal / regional inequality that reminds me of Orfield's work in Region.
🔎 We used the results to make an interactive web map that allows people to look up how the property wealth in their own metro area (or any other) is fragmented across different local municipalities. This tool visualizes tax base fragmentation across the US—check it out: www.taxbasefragmentation.net
Tax Base Fragmentation | Discover Fiscal Insights — Explore Now
Explore data on tax base fragmentation and fiscal capacity across municipalities with interactive maps and analysis tools.
www.taxbasefragmentation.net
November 24, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Terrific research into municipal / regional inequality that reminds me of Orfield's work in Region.
A friend of mine's house burned down because of this specific battery.
CPSC Warns Consumers to Immediately Stop Using Batteries for E-Bikes from Rad Power Bikes Due to Fire Hazard; Risk of Serious Injury or Death www.cpsc.gov/Warnings/202...
November 24, 2025 at 7:11 PM
A friend of mine's house burned down because of this specific battery.
Good explainer of how US and Canadian truck design is so much more dangerous than those in Europe. lloydalter.substack.com/p/a-crossing...
A crossing guard dies in Hamilton, Ontario, due to regulatory failure and bad design
Meanwhile, in London, the government says, "safe vehicles save lives."
lloydalter.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Good explainer of how US and Canadian truck design is so much more dangerous than those in Europe. lloydalter.substack.com/p/a-crossing...
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"Fences aren’t architecture, and they’re meant to displace and keep people out, rather than a broader planning and design and artistic opportunity of revitalization, placemaking, and the type of economic and social infrastructure that truly promotes healing in our community" -Sam Olbekson
Frustrations rise along fenced-in Franklin Avenue corridor in Mpls.
Fencing installed by state officials in Minneapolis’ Franklin Avenue corridor to deter homeless encampments is still in place years later. It’s forcing pedestrians to make dangerous choices and hinder...
sahanjournal.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM
"Fences aren’t architecture, and they’re meant to displace and keep people out, rather than a broader planning and design and artistic opportunity of revitalization, placemaking, and the type of economic and social infrastructure that truly promotes healing in our community" -Sam Olbekson
"The E Line has a major design flaw in Uptown, where transfers to the Lake Street B Line are extremely inconvenient." streets.mn/2025/11/24/t...
The Quarterly Transit Report: November 2025
The December 6 quarterly service change brings significant developments–new E Line BRT, new cross-suburban routes and the start of Northstar commuter rail replacement.
streets.mn
November 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM
"The E Line has a major design flaw in Uptown, where transfers to the Lake Street B Line are extremely inconvenient." streets.mn/2025/11/24/t...
Reposted by Bill Lindeke
In the US, Catholic sisters return Wisconsin land to Ojibwe tribe in a historic first. The Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration have transferred a lakefront property to the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa for the same $30,000 they paid in 1966.
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For the first time, Catholic sisters return land to a Tribal nation
"This return represents more than the restoration of land — it is the restoration of balance, dignity, and our sacred connection to the places our ancestors once walked."
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November 23, 2025 at 2:50 PM
In the US, Catholic sisters return Wisconsin land to Ojibwe tribe in a historic first. The Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration have transferred a lakefront property to the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa for the same $30,000 they paid in 1966.
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This LA v. VAN game is right up there with Seattle v. Minnesota.
November 23, 2025 at 5:27 AM
This LA v. VAN game is right up there with Seattle v. Minnesota.
Reposted by Bill Lindeke
In today’s least surprising local news, speed display signs aren’t enough to make our roads safer.
Speed display signs only slow drivers down by 1km/h: Halifax report
Halifax has installed nearly 50 speed display signs around the municipality, but on average they only slow down drivers by less than one km/h, according to a new staff report.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 22, 2025 at 12:04 PM
In today’s least surprising local news, speed display signs aren’t enough to make our roads safer.