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Mike Hicks
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Tech guy into transpo and urbanism, politics to push the needle. Once a streets.mn person. A Swiftie to ease my unhappy singleness

Transit blog: https://hizeph400.blogspot.com/
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When they say the GOP is the party of Lincoln
A "Winking Lincoln" bust/sculpture of Abraham Lincoln, by Fred Cogelow
November 30, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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"This? Oh nothing, just in case of gremlins"
The Pope holding a baseball bat on a plane"
November 29, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Another one of those days where the weather apps get confused
An AccuWeather app screenshot showing a current temperature of 16°F, a predicted high of 24°, and a predicted low of 20°F (four degrees higher than the current temp)
November 28, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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I went on a map-making binge a while ago for reviving passenger service on mostly existing lines and included MT. Link biggiest cities, capitals, and as many cities above 5,000 population as possible, plus other towns along the lines
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A map of Montana showing the Empire Builder route in red, existing (as of 2016 or so) rails in blue, and a bit of purple for former tracks that could be restored. A purple star indicates the capital of Helena, a purplish square for the largest city Billings, red circles for the other most-populous cities in the top 10, plus yellow diamonds for other places above 5,000. The current Empire Builder route only directly reaches 2 of the marked cities, while the southern former Northern Pacific route had stops in at least 6 of the marked cities and dramatically shorter travel distances to at least 4 others
November 25, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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A movie that takes place where you're from
Movie still from Sweet Land showing a scene where Inge (Elizabeth Reaser) is shown reflected in the lens of an old wooden camera, with a hand on the shutter button
November 24, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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Construction has reached the third floor for the second phase building at Ecumen's The Hillock on S 44th Street between Hiawatha Ave and Snelling Ave (Minneapolis)
Looking south toward a building under construction where the third floor has been started. A red tower crane is on the left and a cantilevered high-tension electrical tower is on the right A view of the new building under construction from the side of the existing building along Snelling Ave
November 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Minnesota's most transit-heavy census tract is surprisingly in St. Paul along Snelling Ave from University Ave to Pierce Butler Rte, notably containing Hamline University. Green Line LRT on the south end, A Line bus up the middle, plus the 67 on Minnehaha
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A map of census tract 321 in St Paul with dashed blue lines showing bus routes and a green line for the Green Line LRT
November 21, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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This is how your email finds me
A "weedburner" railroad maintenance-of-way vehicle moving down tracks with flames shooting out of both sides
November 20, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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Chicago & North Western "400" passenger trains had speedometers in the tavern and observation cars so passengers could see how fast the train was going
A gague with a metal housing stamped with "The 400" inset into a wooden panel, with numbers at 0, 40, 80, and 120 mph, and the indicator pointing just past a tick mark for 100 mph
November 20, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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I've hit Cloudflare errors on at least 3 different sites this morning
An "Internal server error" screen showing a Cloudflare Error for Minneapolis even though the remote site I'm trying to reach is said to be working
November 18, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Free kale on 33rd Ave, south of 33rd St
An upside-down Chewy cardboard box with green leafy vegetables poking out and a handwritten sign saying FREE KALE! from garden, so could use a rinse
November 18, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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A little something, but faint
Faint lighter streaks in a gray sky above houses and trees in a neighborhood
November 13, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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There might be something up there, but the light pollution seems worse tonight. Probably more humidity or very thin clouds
A gray night sky over a lake, possibly with faint aurora bands, though they might be very thin clouds
November 13, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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Some others from along Minnehaha Creek / Minnehaha Parkway
Green and red streaks from the Aurora Borealis above houses near Minnehaha Creek Green and red colors from the Aurora Borealis above hoses and trees, with Minnehaha Creek below A view looking almost straight up at the Aurora Borealis, with streaks of red and green l Red aurora above The Shale Apartments and Beck46 Apartments, and the power lines running between them
November 12, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Some more aurora shots from Lake Nokomis yesterday night
People observing green and red colors from the Aurora Borealis from a small beach at Lake Nokomis A couple more people on the small Lake Nokomis beach with green, red, and purple hues from the Aurora Borealis mixing with light pollution in the background A red band of the Aurora Borealis arcing above another more horizontal green band above some trees Red and green Aurora Borealis above downtown Minneapolis in the distance
November 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Looking toward downtown Minneapolis from Lake Nokomis
Strong red and faint green Aurora Borealis high above lights from the tiny skyline of downtown Minneapolis at the horizon
November 12, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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I should point out there's a second color scheme
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The text "There's a button in the lower right" in a white, red, and blue Mamdani campaign sign style
November 9, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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A formative album
Melancholy and the Infinite Sadness in the Zohran Mamdani campaign sign format
November 9, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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A couple other bands that came to mind
Porno for Pyros in the yellow and red text on blue background format of a Zohran Mamdani campaign sign Death Cab for Cutie in the same style
November 9, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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Christmas was under construction at the mall this morning
A view looking at the screen at the Mall of America east-side rotunda, with tall conical fake trees on either side. The one on the left has most of its lighted covering installed, while the one on the right only has lights and fuzz on a portion near the bottom
November 5, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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William H. Macy as The Shoveler in Mystery Men
October 27, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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Some impressive cakes at The Baker's Wife today
A green cake on the left with accents mimicking plants, with a green dinosaur on top with a tall spine sticking out of its back. In the middle is a dark green cake with a small model truck and bucket digger on top. To the right is a cake made to look like a minion from the Despicable Me movie series
October 26, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Getting closer to peak color in the neighborhood
An autumnal view down a city street with trees sporting leaves in green, yellow, and orange
October 25, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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Some graffiti on Blue Line car 214 today
Red writing on white panels inside a rail car. Angling upward to the right, "The Vikings will never win a Super Bowl" with a more coarse/confusing message to the left saying, "Bitch Tri-angle dollar bill ghost NFL 4:45"
October 22, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Some accidental anti-Frey political messaging along Minnehaha Parkway due to an odd choice of Halloween decorations
A Jacob Frey yard sign in front of a house with a large tan-colored tarp attached to the chimney with "NEVERMORE" scrawled on it over splattered red paint meant to look like blood
October 17, 2025 at 6:20 PM