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”
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“When you cross the street in Akita now, you look right, you look left and then you look for bears"
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The Hunt Is On for Bears in Japan After Deadly Attacks
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November 20, 2025 at 6:53 PM
“When you cross the street in Akita now, you look right, you look left and then you look for bears"
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/w...
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Tonight, the Department of Homeland Security announced that on Tuesday they detained 14 of our neighbors on immigration charges. What they initially reported as a targeted criminal enforcement action was in fact an identity-based raid on people who had done nothing but show up for work that day.
November 21, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Tonight, the Department of Homeland Security announced that on Tuesday they detained 14 of our neighbors on immigration charges. What they initially reported as a targeted criminal enforcement action was in fact an identity-based raid on people who had done nothing but show up for work that day.
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Making downtown "kid friendly" starts with reducing traffic speeds down below 20 miles per hour. www.minnpost.com/community-vo...
Let's make downtown Minneapolis more kid-friendly - MinnPost
The city's 2035 Plan outlines a smart and ambitious strategy for downtown, except when it comes to kids. Here's how to do better.
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November 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Making downtown "kid friendly" starts with reducing traffic speeds down below 20 miles per hour. www.minnpost.com/community-vo...
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for my neighborhood sickos: today the full City Council will vote on the final layout of the 35th and 36th Street reconstruction coming in 2027/28. quite disappointing that there is only one block of bike lines east of 35W
Proposed design: lims.minneapolismn.gov/Download/RCA...
Proposed design: lims.minneapolismn.gov/Download/RCA...
November 20, 2025 at 4:41 PM
for my neighborhood sickos: today the full City Council will vote on the final layout of the 35th and 36th Street reconstruction coming in 2027/28. quite disappointing that there is only one block of bike lines east of 35W
Proposed design: lims.minneapolismn.gov/Download/RCA...
Proposed design: lims.minneapolismn.gov/Download/RCA...
"Even if climate change does not trigger a full-fledged economic panic, whole regions will be thinned out & impoverished. Residential areas are the centerpiece of local economies, yet without insurance, people cannot get mortgages, & so most cannot buy houses." www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
What Climate Change Will Do to America by Mid-Century
Many places may become uninhabitable. Many people may be on their own.
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November 20, 2025 at 6:20 PM
"Even if climate change does not trigger a full-fledged economic panic, whole regions will be thinned out & impoverished. Residential areas are the centerpiece of local economies, yet without insurance, people cannot get mortgages, & so most cannot buy houses." www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Fun fact: Neither Denver nor Detroit have skyways. www.startribune.com/north-star-i...
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November 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Fun fact: Neither Denver nor Detroit have skyways. www.startribune.com/north-star-i...
From the Southwest Voices newsletter: Minneapolis Public Works screwed up the sidewalk cafés.
November 20, 2025 at 5:34 PM
From the Southwest Voices newsletter: Minneapolis Public Works screwed up the sidewalk cafés.
Deeeeeeeeeeep dive into the Nicollet Bridge over the Midtown Greenway. (RIP) streets.mn/2025/11/19/o...
An Ode to the Nicollet Avenue Bridge Over the Midtown Greenway
A look at unique features and changes to the area amidst the demolition of the Nicollet Avenue bridge over the Midtown Greenway.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Deeeeeeeeeeep dive into the Nicollet Bridge over the Midtown Greenway. (RIP) streets.mn/2025/11/19/o...
"What’s notable about Sherburne County’s racial covenants is how late they were drafted... More than 90% of the racial covenants researchers found in were added after 1948, the year the U.S. Supreme Court ruled they were unenforceable." www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
U of M’s Mapping Prejudice Project reveals racist deeds around Sherburne County lakes
Researchers found 356 properties with racial covenants in Sherburne County, nearly all clustered around lakes. Most were added after 1948, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled such restrictions were unen...
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November 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
"What’s notable about Sherburne County’s racial covenants is how late they were drafted... More than 90% of the racial covenants researchers found in were added after 1948, the year the U.S. Supreme Court ruled they were unenforceable." www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
"Native Americans make up just 2% of Minnesota's adult population, but they represent 30% of the homeless population." minnesotareformer.com/2025/11/20/h...
Homelessness is not a part of Native heritage • Minnesota Reformer
These findings do not exist in a vacuum. They are the result of complex intergenerational and epigenetic trauma.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
"Native Americans make up just 2% of Minnesota's adult population, but they represent 30% of the homeless population." minnesotareformer.com/2025/11/20/h...
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Good to see Ecolab funding homelessness prevention. www.minnpost.com/community-vo...
Ending homelessness: A call to action for St. Paul's businesses
Solving homelessness will depend on stronger public-private partnerships, including the "Our Home State" initiative.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Good to see Ecolab funding homelessness prevention. www.minnpost.com/community-vo...
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Hey @metrotransitmn.bsky.social , looks like your police could use some training about not parking their SUVS on sidewalks and fully blocking the Capital City Bikeway. This was taken about 5:15pm this evening. I saw no officers in the vehicles but two standing on the LRT station across the street.
November 19, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Hey @metrotransitmn.bsky.social , looks like your police could use some training about not parking their SUVS on sidewalks and fully blocking the Capital City Bikeway. This was taken about 5:15pm this evening. I saw no officers in the vehicles but two standing on the LRT station across the street.
"Quiet, piggy" should be in the canon of famous presidential quotes alongside "You win", "four score..." and "Fool me once..." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Unforgivable’: Trump’s ‘piggy’ insult is stoking more outrage than usual
The clip of the US president on Air Force One last Friday has taken off without much help from the media itself
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November 19, 2025 at 10:59 PM
"Quiet, piggy" should be in the canon of famous presidential quotes alongside "You win", "four score..." and "Fool me once..." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
This is a good list of ideas, even if the details might prove difficult. www.minnpost.com/metro/2025/1...
Minneapolis tax board has big ideas for lowering property taxes - MinnPost
If Minneapolitans want to know if property taxes stand a chance of coming down in future years, they should pay attention to the board.
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November 19, 2025 at 10:53 PM
This is a good list of ideas, even if the details might prove difficult. www.minnpost.com/metro/2025/1...
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November 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I wrote about the Hamm's Brewery redevelopment, which is finally looking like it will happen. IMO it'll really tie the neighborhood together. www.minnpost.com/cityscape/20...
There’s new hope for the former St. Paul home of Hamm’s Brewery - MinnPost
If all goes as planned, local developer JB Vang could break ground on a residential project at the Hamm’s site next year.
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November 19, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I wrote about the Hamm's Brewery redevelopment, which is finally looking like it will happen. IMO it'll really tie the neighborhood together. www.minnpost.com/cityscape/20...
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Check out this great video by Urban3 that explores the hidden ways cities subsidize the fiscal black hole that is parking.
One reason for this is that tax assessors frequently undervalue parcels with parking lots, sometimes under $1/sq ft!
youtu.be/BujZfaz6wBo?...
One reason for this is that tax assessors frequently undervalue parcels with parking lots, sometimes under $1/sq ft!
youtu.be/BujZfaz6wBo?...
November 19, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Check out this great video by Urban3 that explores the hidden ways cities subsidize the fiscal black hole that is parking.
One reason for this is that tax assessors frequently undervalue parcels with parking lots, sometimes under $1/sq ft!
youtu.be/BujZfaz6wBo?...
One reason for this is that tax assessors frequently undervalue parcels with parking lots, sometimes under $1/sq ft!
youtu.be/BujZfaz6wBo?...
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Have you heard about the LED of heating and cooling? In St Paul, MN they installed one of the first large-scale aquifer thermal power systems in the US. Very proud of the work we did at the State's green bank to get this project financed. insideclimatenews.org/news/1511202... @mckennapr.bsky.social
Decades After the U.S. Government Conducted Research Beneath This City, a Promising Clean Energy Technology Returns to Its Roots - Inside Climate News
Researchers drilling under a college campus in the 1980s paved the way for an ambitious new project in the Twin Cities.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Have you heard about the LED of heating and cooling? In St Paul, MN they installed one of the first large-scale aquifer thermal power systems in the US. Very proud of the work we did at the State's green bank to get this project financed. insideclimatenews.org/news/1511202... @mckennapr.bsky.social
Does anyone have a subscription to The Atlantic? I need a favor.
November 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Does anyone have a subscription to The Atlantic? I need a favor.
“these hulking buildings, and the dedicated power plants some of them are constructing in the vicinity, are likely to become stranded assets when the site outlives its usefulness..” prospect.org/2025/11/19/a...
The AI Bubble Is Bigger Than You Think - The American Prospect
It’s not just OpenAI that looks overhyped. There’s a whole mountain of sketchy financial engineering underneath.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:56 PM
“these hulking buildings, and the dedicated power plants some of them are constructing in the vicinity, are likely to become stranded assets when the site outlives its usefulness..” prospect.org/2025/11/19/a...
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At least 4,900 Minnesotans are at risk of being pushed to the streets because of Trump’s cuts to housing - children, seniors, veterans.
In Minnesota, we’ll do everything we can to stand up for our neighbors in need, but this decision will be devastating.
www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/a...
In Minnesota, we’ll do everything we can to stand up for our neighbors in need, but this decision will be devastating.
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'A drastic cut': New HUD rules affect 1,600 beds for homeless in Northeastern Minnesota
Last week, the Trump administration said only 30% of the national Continuum of Care program’s $3.9 billion can be used for permanent housing, down from approximately 90% this year.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:40 PM
At least 4,900 Minnesotans are at risk of being pushed to the streets because of Trump’s cuts to housing - children, seniors, veterans.
In Minnesota, we’ll do everything we can to stand up for our neighbors in need, but this decision will be devastating.
www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/a...
In Minnesota, we’ll do everything we can to stand up for our neighbors in need, but this decision will be devastating.
www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/a...
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Even this morning @mprnews.org is saying they don’t know if anyone was detained by ICE. At least the Park Bugle (!) has done its diligence saying that 15 or so people were detained.
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Federal agents raid Bro-Tex textile plant – Park Bugle
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November 19, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Even this morning @mprnews.org is saying they don’t know if anyone was detained by ICE. At least the Park Bugle (!) has done its diligence saying that 15 or so people were detained.
www.parkbugle.org/federal-agen...
www.parkbugle.org/federal-agen...
Just got the official news that St. Paul Councit President Rebecca Noecker is challenging Raphael Ortega for his long-time seat on the Ramsey County Board. Consider this my official endorsement! Ortega has been stagnating in there too long & we need change at the county. IMO she'd do a great job.
November 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Just got the official news that St. Paul Councit President Rebecca Noecker is challenging Raphael Ortega for his long-time seat on the Ramsey County Board. Consider this my official endorsement! Ortega has been stagnating in there too long & we need change at the county. IMO she'd do a great job.