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”
I'll be glad when the World Series is over so I don't have to see political ads
October 28, 2026 at 2:36 AM
I'll be glad when the World Series is over so I don't have to see political ads
Friends don't let friends go to Key's Café www.rosevillereader.com/keys-cafe-to...
Keys Cafe to host FOX & Friends show to hear from local voters
Share your views with a national television audience
www.rosevillereader.com
October 28, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Friends don't let friends go to Key's Café www.rosevillereader.com/keys-cafe-to...
Amazing US city ranking here... I have been telling and telling you people! (h/t @racketmn.com) zutobi.com/us/driver-gu...
October 28, 2026 at 2:23 AM
Amazing US city ranking here... I have been telling and telling you people! (h/t @racketmn.com) zutobi.com/us/driver-gu...
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🍻 What if our property tax system encouraged better development instead of speculation on vacant land?
Join us for Land Value Tax & Libations at Black Hart Nov. 9 to learn how LVT could:
🏚️ Put vacant lots to better use
🏘️ Support abundant housing
💵 Create a fairer tax system
Join us for Land Value Tax & Libations at Black Hart Nov. 9 to learn how LVT could:
🏚️ Put vacant lots to better use
🏘️ Support abundant housing
💵 Create a fairer tax system
October 27, 2026 at 9:37 PM
🍻 What if our property tax system encouraged better development instead of speculation on vacant land?
Join us for Land Value Tax & Libations at Black Hart Nov. 9 to learn how LVT could:
🏚️ Put vacant lots to better use
🏘️ Support abundant housing
💵 Create a fairer tax system
Join us for Land Value Tax & Libations at Black Hart Nov. 9 to learn how LVT could:
🏚️ Put vacant lots to better use
🏘️ Support abundant housing
💵 Create a fairer tax system
Classic Vikings plot line right here
J.J. McCarthy's maturity is drawing praise from Giants coaches after being questioned in Minnesota.
Story: https://bringmethesports.com/j-j-mccarthys-maturity-was-questioned-in-minnesota-giants-coaches-are-raving-about-it
Story: https://bringmethesports.com/j-j-mccarthys-maturity-was-questioned-in-minnesota-giants-coaches-are-raving-about-it
October 27, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Classic Vikings plot line right here
how you feel about e-scooters is a good litmus test for urbanist misanthropy
October 27, 2026 at 9:33 PM
how you feel about e-scooters is a good litmus test for urbanist misanthropy
Excellent work here.
we get literally THE best pitches from contributors. case in point:
You Know What's Cooler Than Visiting a Train Museum? Visiting FOUR Train Museums! - Racket
One day. Two cities. Four train museums.
racketmn.com
October 27, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Excellent work here.
nightmare fuel www.youtube.com/shorts/TRNyK...
See the MONSTER WAVES hitting Taiwan with Super Typhoon Champi
YouTube video by The Weather Network
www.youtube.com
October 27, 2026 at 4:19 PM
nightmare fuel www.youtube.com/shorts/TRNyK...
"The site has become a perfect storm – land never intended for human habitation has become a home for people who say they have no place else to go." (story is really well done!) www.minnpost.com/community-he...
Dangerous levels of lead and other toxins taint soil at St. Paul homeless encampment
Hundreds of residents living at an encampment are exposed to environmental poisons as lawmakers grapple with how to move forward.
www.minnpost.com
October 27, 2026 at 4:16 PM
"The site has become a perfect storm – land never intended for human habitation has become a home for people who say they have no place else to go." (story is really well done!) www.minnpost.com/community-he...
Valuable data work from the Times, covering anti-democracy. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
An Extremely Detailed Ranking of the Most Gerrymandered States in America
Our guide to the most brazen, twisted and even innocuous maps that will help determine the midterms.
www.nytimes.com
October 27, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Valuable data work from the Times, covering anti-democracy. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Good news for vehicular sanity in Toronto, which could sorely use it...
October 27, 2026 at 3:21 AM
Good news for vehicular sanity in Toronto, which could sorely use it...
OMG new sushi places goes into Zen Box location! www.startribune.com/sushi-by-baa...
One of Minneapolis’ hottest sushi tickets is putting down roots
After years of sold-out pop-ups, Sushi by Baaska is ready to open a Mill District restaurant with omakase, wagyu and enthusiasm.
www.startribune.com
October 27, 2026 at 1:30 AM
OMG new sushi places goes into Zen Box location! www.startribune.com/sushi-by-baa...
NYC, please keep your mayor out of the police department gym, I'm begging ya! It doesn't end well...
New: Mayor Zohran Mamdani and a group of his friends have been secretly using the NYPD Police Academy’s gymnasium in Queens to play pickup basketball — scrambling some operations at the facility.
w/ @grahamrayman.bsky.social & Joe Anuta www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
w/ @grahamrayman.bsky.social & Joe Anuta www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
Mamdani is using NYPD gym to host pickup basketball games with friends
The choice of location has scrambled NYPD training operations, angering a police union and a Republican lawmaker.
www.politico.com
October 27, 2026 at 1:06 AM
NYC, please keep your mayor out of the police department gym, I'm begging ya! It doesn't end well...
I heard Christopher give this testimony live at the Met Council TAB the other day. Really illustrates why Hourcar matters. www.minnpost.com/community-vo...
How HourCar’s shutdown changed life for my family
After our car was totaled, carshare programs like HourCar and Evie became critical parts of our transportation mix.
www.minnpost.com
October 26, 2026 at 8:34 PM
I heard Christopher give this testimony live at the Met Council TAB the other day. Really illustrates why Hourcar matters. www.minnpost.com/community-vo...
The stuff in this book is wild. Tech dystopia is so much worse than I had thought. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/778487...
Gouged by Lindsay Owens: 9798217058785 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
“[Gouged] might be the book of the year.” —Matt Novak, Gizmodo “A thrilling true crime story about how the largest corporate monopolies in America have hatched a scheme to pick...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
October 26, 2026 at 8:28 PM
The stuff in this book is wild. Tech dystopia is so much worse than I had thought. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/778487...
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Election Officials Warn That Ballots Tied To Stray Cat Unlikely To Arrive In Time https://theonion.com/election-officials-warn-that-ballots-tied-to-stray-cat-unlikely-to-arrive-in-time/
October 26, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Election Officials Warn That Ballots Tied To Stray Cat Unlikely To Arrive In Time https://theonion.com/election-officials-warn-that-ballots-tied-to-stray-cat-unlikely-to-arrive-in-time/
"Resident-owned cooperative with upwards of 60 homes... expected to sell for $115,000 to $250,000. The land under the homes will be collectively owned by residents who will pay a small, one-time fee to buy a 'share' of their community." www.startribune.com/manufactured...
St. Peter’s answer to its housing shortage is being closely watched
A new development in St. Peter aims to reinvent the traditional manufactured home community. Rural communities across the state have tight housing markets.
www.startribune.com
October 26, 2026 at 6:38 PM
"Resident-owned cooperative with upwards of 60 homes... expected to sell for $115,000 to $250,000. The land under the homes will be collectively owned by residents who will pay a small, one-time fee to buy a 'share' of their community." www.startribune.com/manufactured...
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I don't know that there is a definitive line to cross that makes you say, "I live in a police state now" but when masked gunmen can routinely brutalize the public, citizen or immigrant alike, with impunity, you have reached that point.
Kavanaugh stops in action: ICE tackled a non-verbal kid near his school, left him with injuries requiring surgery, and then left the scene when they realized he wasn't the person they were looking for www.independent.com/2026/10/23/i...
ICE Detains Special Needs Student, U.S. Citizen Near Santa Maria High School
Rapid Response volunteers witnessed the student being tackled and left with injuries requiring surgery.
www.independent.com
October 26, 2026 at 1:56 PM
I don't know that there is a definitive line to cross that makes you say, "I live in a police state now" but when masked gunmen can routinely brutalize the public, citizen or immigrant alike, with impunity, you have reached that point.
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Minnesota loses a dentist and a family loses a father, just so some weasel can make their quota of forced deportations. His only crime, apparently, was being a Canadian who wanted to become a US citizen like the rest of his family.
bringmethenews.com/minnesota-ne...
bringmethenews.com/minnesota-ne...
Minnesota dentist arrested by ICE at green card meeting, separated from family
An effort has been launched to gain the release of William Lizardo.
bringmethenews.com
October 26, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Minnesota loses a dentist and a family loses a father, just so some weasel can make their quota of forced deportations. His only crime, apparently, was being a Canadian who wanted to become a US citizen like the rest of his family.
bringmethenews.com/minnesota-ne...
bringmethenews.com/minnesota-ne...
Hm I wonder what appealed to him about Minneapolis v. DC
#OnThisDay Oct 26 1960: Washington Senators team owner Calvin Griffith announces that the baseball franchise is relocating to Minneapolis–Saint Paul and become the Minnesota Twins @twinsbaseball.bsky.social for the 1961 season.
October 26, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Hm I wonder what appealed to him about Minneapolis v. DC
"And it’s not all bad news in larger cities; a few have above average homeownership rates. In Ogden, Utah; Grand Rapids, Mich.; Des Moines; and Minneapolis, a majority of householders over 25 own, as do up to 80% of householders over 45." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/15/r...
How Old Will I Be Before I Own a Home? (Gift Article)
Expect to stop renting by your late 30s (but don’t expect to live in Los Angeles or New York).
www.nytimes.com
October 26, 2026 at 4:17 PM
"And it’s not all bad news in larger cities; a few have above average homeownership rates. In Ogden, Utah; Grand Rapids, Mich.; Des Moines; and Minneapolis, a majority of householders over 25 own, as do up to 80% of householders over 45." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/15/r...
go Pack go! finance-commerce.com/2026/10/gree...
Green Bay Packers propose 88 apartments, four townhouses
The Green Bay Packers propose 88 apartments and four townhouses in Titletown, with construction potentially starting in 2027 pending village approvals.
finance-commerce.com
October 26, 2026 at 4:15 PM
go Pack go! finance-commerce.com/2026/10/gree...
can confirm www.startribune.com/curious-minn...
The Tunnel of Terror in a St. Paul cave closed in 2004. Its allure endured.
Abandoned horror sets have helped turn the former St. Paul Halloween attraction in an old Ford sand mine into a destination for urban explorers, despite deadly risks.
www.startribune.com
October 26, 2026 at 2:57 AM
can confirm www.startribune.com/curious-minn...
Reposted by Bill Lindeke
YAY!!!!! FOR INDIGENOUS RIGHTS, FOR THE RAINFOREST, FOR THE CLIMATE, FOR BRAZIL, FOR THE WORLD!
Brazil runoff live updates: Flávio Bolsonaro calls for election results to be ‘annulled’ after historic loss to Lula
Leftist president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defeated the far-right senator and was elected president of Brazil for a fourth non-consecutive term
www.theguardian.com
October 26, 2026 at 1:56 AM
YAY!!!!! FOR INDIGENOUS RIGHTS, FOR THE RAINFOREST, FOR THE CLIMATE, FOR BRAZIL, FOR THE WORLD!
Reposted by Bill Lindeke
After the end of car-sharing service Hourcar, the dream of being car-free in the Twin Cities lives on.
Car-free Minnesotans ponder life after Hourcar
The car-sharing service may be dead, but the dream of living in the Twin Cities without a car lives on.
www.startribune.com
October 25, 2026 at 1:26 PM
After the end of car-sharing service Hourcar, the dream of being car-free in the Twin Cities lives on.