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I am devastated for our neighbors and for our city. We will continue to do everything we can do push back against this authoritarian behavior by the federal government, just as we will continue to stand with every single immigrant who calls Saint Paul home.
November 21, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I am devastated for our neighbors and for our city. We will continue to do everything we can do push back against this authoritarian behavior by the federal government, just as we will continue to stand with every single immigrant who calls Saint Paul home.
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It’s been almost 48 hours and we still don’t know with certainty how many people were detained on Tuesday, the grounds (if any) on which they’re being held, or what will happen next for these members of our community—all of whom have families and friends and people who love them.
This isn’t normal.
This isn’t normal.
November 20, 2025 at 1:05 PM
It’s been almost 48 hours and we still don’t know with certainty how many people were detained on Tuesday, the grounds (if any) on which they’re being held, or what will happen next for these members of our community—all of whom have families and friends and people who love them.
This isn’t normal.
This isn’t normal.
OpenAddresses is still alive and well! Send me your addresses.
Address data might look simple, but anyone who has worked with it knows how fragmented it is.
Jeff’s new blog uses Mississippi to show how Overture turns scattered sources into one clean, ready-to-use dataset.
Full story 👇
overturemaps.org/blog/2025/bu...
Jeff’s new blog uses Mississippi to show how Overture turns scattered sources into one clean, ready-to-use dataset.
Full story 👇
overturemaps.org/blog/2025/bu...
Building Complete Address Coverage: How We Brought Every Address in Mississippi Together - Overture Maps Foundation
To the uninitiated, address data appears simple. Scrawl an address on an envelope and a postal service will deliver it to the specified destination. However, the data enabling these systems...
overturemaps.org
November 18, 2025 at 7:11 PM
OpenAddresses is still alive and well! Send me your addresses.
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There have been reports of federal government activity in Ward Four this morning. As of right now, we believe the entities involved are FBI and DEA, not ICE. We’re continuing to work to get official confirmation of this, and to monitor the activity in the area closely. I’ll share more as I’m able.
November 18, 2025 at 3:03 PM
There have been reports of federal government activity in Ward Four this morning. As of right now, we believe the entities involved are FBI and DEA, not ICE. We’re continuing to work to get official confirmation of this, and to monitor the activity in the area closely. I’ll share more as I’m able.
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About 30 cars of ICE and DEA agents staging st Newell park in St. Paul
November 18, 2025 at 2:34 PM
About 30 cars of ICE and DEA agents staging st Newell park in St. Paul
Riding in these feels _dramatically_ safer than any Uber or Lyft that I've ever been in. If you're going to allow app-based rides and care about the safety of all road users, please don't immediately say no.
Someone on the Minneapolis subreddit caught Waymos being delivered. We need the City Council need to ban the use of driverless cars. The technology isn't there. Our city cannot be a testing ground for 1.5 ton autonomous projectiles.
November 17, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Riding in these feels _dramatically_ safer than any Uber or Lyft that I've ever been in. If you're going to allow app-based rides and care about the safety of all road users, please don't immediately say no.
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The Cameras Tracking You Are A Security Nightmare
YouTube video by Benn Jordan
youtu.be
November 16, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Super happy to see people finding @openstreetmap.bsky.social even without local advocacy. I'm thinking we should bring back the meetups. Who would be interested in chatting in person about OSM?
Demystifying OpenStreetMap: https://streets.mn/2025/11/14/demystifying-openstreetmap/
Come learn how to use and contribute to "the Wikipedia of maps," OpenStreetMap!
Come learn how to use and contribute to "the Wikipedia of maps," OpenStreetMap!
November 16, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Super happy to see people finding @openstreetmap.bsky.social even without local advocacy. I'm thinking we should bring back the meetups. Who would be interested in chatting in person about OSM?
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If you read this–and you should!–you'll also see @dansinker.com's birthday wish: donations to Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights.
I sent some money their way. I hope you do, too.
Happy birthday, Dan ❤️
illinoiscoalitionforimmigrantandrefugeerights-bloom.kindful.com?campaign=124...
I sent some money their way. I hope you do, too.
Happy birthday, Dan ❤️
illinoiscoalitionforimmigrantandrefugeerights-bloom.kindful.com?campaign=124...
November 14, 2025 at 3:28 PM
If you read this–and you should!–you'll also see @dansinker.com's birthday wish: donations to Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights.
I sent some money their way. I hope you do, too.
Happy birthday, Dan ❤️
illinoiscoalitionforimmigrantandrefugeerights-bloom.kindful.com?campaign=124...
I sent some money their way. I hope you do, too.
Happy birthday, Dan ❤️
illinoiscoalitionforimmigrantandrefugeerights-bloom.kindful.com?campaign=124...
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It’s being reported that Greg Bovino and 250 of his goons will be leaving Chicago. But it’s also being reported that he’ll be back, in larger numbers. But Chicago is a boxer, tired but unbowed. I wrote about how we’ll be ready. dansinker.com/posts/202…
November 14, 2025 at 2:57 PM
It’s being reported that Greg Bovino and 250 of his goons will be leaving Chicago. But it’s also being reported that he’ll be back, in larger numbers. But Chicago is a boxer, tired but unbowed. I wrote about how we’ll be ready. dansinker.com/posts/202…
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Shutting down the government is a big deal. People have been hurt in big ways as a result of the decision. To have that suffering be for nothing—to re-open the government without actually having protected people’s health insurance and economic well-being—is unconscionable.
November 9, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Shutting down the government is a big deal. People have been hurt in big ways as a result of the decision. To have that suffering be for nothing—to re-open the government without actually having protected people’s health insurance and economic well-being—is unconscionable.
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How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
You should do this. The emails I get from Dan are some of the only ones I actually enjoy getting!
I sure would appreciate it if you spent about 20 seconds of your Friday signing up to get my writing sent straight to you. It's free, it's fun (sometimes), and it would mean a lot: dansinker.com/follow/
November 8, 2025 at 4:06 AM
You should do this. The emails I get from Dan are some of the only ones I actually enjoy getting!
@anildash.com time to move to Minneapolis
November 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
@anildash.com time to move to Minneapolis
I finished Everything Is Tuberculosis this morning and am halfway through Enshittification so I'm feeling pretty great about American society right now.
November 7, 2025 at 3:13 AM
I finished Everything Is Tuberculosis this morning and am halfway through Enshittification so I'm feeling pretty great about American society right now.
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Getting the shackles ready for today's ICE flight at MSP. Operated by Denver Air Connection as TYSON58 on N974DC. I counted 20 people, wearing said shackles, getting loaded today. Tracking data: adsb.lol?icao=ad92cf&...
November 5, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Getting the shackles ready for today's ICE flight at MSP. Operated by Denver Air Connection as TYSON58 on N974DC. I counted 20 people, wearing said shackles, getting loaded today. Tracking data: adsb.lol?icao=ad92cf&...
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For @techpolicypress.bsky.social I laid out a tech agenda for Mayor-elect zohrankmamdani.bsky.social that resists surveillance and extraction while advancing his goals for affordability, dignity, and justice.
Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social)
Mayor-Elect of New York City
zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 7:01 PM
For @techpolicypress.bsky.social I laid out a tech agenda for Mayor-elect zohrankmamdani.bsky.social that resists surveillance and extraction while advancing his goals for affordability, dignity, and justice.
Dots Pretzels (recently purchased by Hershey's) has to be one of the best examples of local snack enshittification ever.
Smaller, worse pretzels, worse flavor.
Smaller, worse pretzels, worse flavor.
November 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Dots Pretzels (recently purchased by Hershey's) has to be one of the best examples of local snack enshittification ever.
Smaller, worse pretzels, worse flavor.
Smaller, worse pretzels, worse flavor.
The Ghostbusters just drove by.
November 1, 2025 at 3:18 AM
The Ghostbusters just drove by.
I got an abatement order because someone dumped some trees in the alley along my property line. The city will charge me $450 to remove it if I don't do it. They even threaten a criminal citation.
Why can the city charge/threaten me for this but can't clean up the CVS? Are there no code violations?
Why can the city charge/threaten me for this but can't clean up the CVS? Are there no code violations?
October 31, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I got an abatement order because someone dumped some trees in the alley along my property line. The city will charge me $450 to remove it if I don't do it. They even threaten a criminal citation.
Why can the city charge/threaten me for this but can't clean up the CVS? Are there no code violations?
Why can the city charge/threaten me for this but can't clean up the CVS? Are there no code violations?
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I wrote about the should-be-illegal trend of fencing off sidewalks because poor people are nearby. www.minnpost.com/cityscape/20...
Using fencing to curb homelessness in the Twin Cities is an insult - MinnPost
Agencies and governments turn to fencing instead of actual solutions for problems related to people experiencing homelessness.
www.minnpost.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I wrote about the should-be-illegal trend of fencing off sidewalks because poor people are nearby. www.minnpost.com/cityscape/20...
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Seeing this construction project was mind blowing:
in Copenhagen, multiple apartment buildings are being built INDOORS and on-site, in a single “Site Cover” temporary shelter.
in Copenhagen, multiple apartment buildings are being built INDOORS and on-site, in a single “Site Cover” temporary shelter.
October 27, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Seeing this construction project was mind blowing:
in Copenhagen, multiple apartment buildings are being built INDOORS and on-site, in a single “Site Cover” temporary shelter.
in Copenhagen, multiple apartment buildings are being built INDOORS and on-site, in a single “Site Cover” temporary shelter.
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I've lately been obsessed with this app called StreetComplete. It gamifies contributing to OpenStreetMaps in by giving you you quests to do while you walk around. A fun way to get some steps in, to make you look closer at your environment and to do a good thing!
play.google.com/store/apps/d...
play.google.com/store/apps/d...
October 25, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I've lately been obsessed with this app called StreetComplete. It gamifies contributing to OpenStreetMaps in by giving you you quests to do while you walk around. A fun way to get some steps in, to make you look closer at your environment and to do a good thing!
play.google.com/store/apps/d...
play.google.com/store/apps/d...
Maybe the breeze just changed, but the Loons fans are remarkably loud from where I am ~2 miles away.
October 28, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Maybe the breeze just changed, but the Loons fans are remarkably loud from where I am ~2 miles away.