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Bill Lindeke

@blindeke.bsky.social
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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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Bill Lindeke @blindeke.bsky.social · 3m
oh boy, that's bad.
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Bill Lindeke @blindeke.bsky.social · 55m
This is the big story beneath the surface of a lot of other ones.
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Bill Lindeke @blindeke.bsky.social · 6h
St. Croix River in the Times: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
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The Best Places to See Fall Foliage From the Water: Cruises, River Tours and More
Amid record-setting gas prices, skip the road trip and bask in vibrant fall foliage from these aquatic vantage points.
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Bill Lindeke @blindeke.bsky.social · 17h
Let's all remember that the Lynx had a great season.
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Bill Lindeke @blindeke.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Um, playground sand is bad and they should get rid of it. www.myvillager.com/news/general...
myvillager.com
City seeking to replace the sand surface at Mattocks playground
The sand surface of the Mattocks Park play area has been saved – at least for now. The Saint Paul Department of Parks and Recreation announced on September 4 a
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Bill Lindeke @blindeke.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I think we can all agree that Klobuchar is in her element here.
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Dan Marshall @danmarstp.marshallwords.com · 29/09/2026
Horrific #TrafficViolence on 4th Street, which is built like a raceway through one of the densest residential neighborhoods in town. Like the one way pairs of Park/Potland in South Mpls, 4th/University are deadly by design. www.kare11.com/article/news...
Google map of 4th and 35w
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Bill Lindeke @blindeke.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Best ad I’ve seen all year
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Brad Tabke @bradtabke.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Cc: @wedge.live I’m not the bald guy in this pic. This is my opponent who supports ICE wearing masks and refuses to give an opinion on Flock cameras, mega datacenters, or gun safety!! We decided to increase our ad spend and I need to raise another $12k. Please help -> BradTabke.com/Donate
Screenshot of StarTribune front page with my opponent Aaron Paul slinking past a Tabke for MN a lawn sign.
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Bill Lindeke @blindeke.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Love this
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
When they get back in power, Democrats need to go all-in on higher education. We need a campaign of reinvestment in public universities across the country that makes the Morrill Land-Grant Act look like nothing by comparison *and* a GI Bill of Rights-style program of tuition grants.
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Bill Lindeke @blindeke.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I'll be part of this fabulous fundraiser for Sustain STP and N4MN next week. 10/8! Buy a ticket and come on down. Last year was amazing and I expect this will be too. actionnetwork.org/ticketed_eve...
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Sibling Rivalry Fundraiser - More Neighbors vs. Sustain Saint Paul
Join housing advocates from across the Twin Cities for an evening of drinks, catered food, conversation, light-hearted rivalry, and a high-stakes fundraising face-off to see which city can raise the m...
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Bill Lindeke @blindeke.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Snowplow practice www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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Twin Cities snowplow drivers get some early practice for winter roads
Training sessions hosted by city and county officials let drivers safely practice maneuvering the big plows around obstacles and avoiding mailboxes.
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Bill Lindeke @blindeke.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Another example of the US auto industry being behind the rest of the world. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/b...
nytimes.com
Smart Headlights Finally Trickle Down to Cars in the U.S.
Federal data shows that half of all traffic fatalities happen after dark, but only one-quarter of driving happens at night. So any help is welcome.
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Bill Lindeke @blindeke.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
178 new apartments in an office conversion in DT St. Paul. Good news! www.twincities.com/2026/09/28/s...
twincities.com
The Stella Apartments, Wabasha Park debut in downtown St. Paul
The 178-unit Stella Apartments opened in July and Wabasha Park will be lit within weeks.
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Bill Lindeke @blindeke.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The last nut roll rolls off the line. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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Pearson's Candy Company shuts down St. Paul factory for good
Pearson’s Candy Company said rising production costs and higher prices for ingredients like chocolate made operating the 67-year-old factory unsustainable. The company said it was laying off about 80 ...
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Bill Lindeke @blindeke.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“In the last legislative session, consolidation of the opt-outs was a hot topic in the transportation committee.” www.minnpost.com/metro/2026/0...
minnpost.com
Metro Transit’s Green Line Extension will open in June. Its competitors are … excited?
In urban centers, light rail is on a slow path to recovery. But in the southwest suburbs, more means more for the Green Line Extension.
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Bill Lindeke @blindeke.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I wrote about the large assortment of vehicles you can find at the U of MN, but how they're not really leading the way on EV adoption. (Too bad because fuel is expensive!) www.minnpost.com/cityscape/20...
minnpost.com
Trash trucks, mini-trucks and an eyeball truck at the University of Minnesota, but few EVs
My outsider’s hunch that it’d be simple to green a fleet of institutional vehicles turned out to be somewhat naive.
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Bill Lindeke @blindeke.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
🤔 www.startribune.com/minnesota-to...
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Minnesota ranked best in country for quality of life
Several Midwestern states ranked high in the State of the Nation Project’s newest report.
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amityf @amityf.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Yo!
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Carson Hartzog @carzharts.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Wrote a thing about a really neat business in St. Paul — Present Company — and the rise of analog hobbies. Gift link: www.startribune.com/dumb-tech-an...
startribune.com
In the age of AI, analog is having a renaissance
People are turning to simpler phones, physical media and tactile hobbies as technology becomes more powerful and pervasive.
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Bill Lindeke @blindeke.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"The Monarch Highway lost momentum... One reason was financial. The state departments of transportation didn’t receive additional federal funding to implement the plan." www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
mprnews.org
A 'Monarch Highway' in the central U.S. stalled. But states are still planting butterfly rest stops
A decade ago, a federal task force announced a plan to help monarch butterflies along their great migration. The six-state effort along Interstate 35 didn’t take off as expected, but some roadsides ar...
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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
i wrote a book with an entire chapter on how awful highway oriented 'transit' is (it's like 70% of the stations on sound transit)
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Bill Lindeke @blindeke.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"As early 2027, Bay Area Rapid Transit could be forced to close as many as 15 stations, reduce frequency of service by 63%, increase the cost of rides and parking fees by 30% and end all service at 9pm." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
‘Traffic is going to get a lot worse’: San Francisco Bay Area faces potential death spiral of transit system
A marvel of engineering and a model of sustainability, Bart has been financially distressed since the Covid pandemic
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Bill Lindeke @blindeke.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Happy flugtag to those who celebrate!
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Bill Lindeke @blindeke.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Oh wow, that is next level. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
theguardian.com
‘We skate on the rooftops of damaged buildings’: a day in the life of a skateboarder in Gaza
Rajab al-Reefi teaches children to skate to ‘bring some joy’, but finding boards and safe spaces is a daily challenge
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Bill Lindeke @blindeke.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This really brings me back.
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Bill Lindeke @blindeke.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Wild chart! Just think about how much the US spent on highways in those 20 years... talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-a...
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Bill Lindeke @blindeke.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Good high-level economic politics thread from Alex
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Bill Lindeke @blindeke.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I've come around on the loon statue, but as a contingent faculty member myself, I really appreciate this biting critique from Mac Weekly. Great column.
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Bill Lindeke @blindeke.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"Minnesota set its wild rice sulfate limit more than 50 years ago. Only recently has the state moved to enforce it at Iron Range taconite mines." www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
mprnews.org
Two Ojibwe tribes say 45-year timeline for Minntac pollution is too long
A draft permit would require U.S. Steel's Minntac mine to meet Minnesota's wild rice sulfate standard for the first time but gives the company up to 45 years to comply.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 25/09/2026
Edward Lehner prompted "one of the best things that ever happened to New York City parks." The pooper-scooper law.
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Edward Lehner, Who Made Dog Owners Pick ‘It’ Up, Dies at 93
Before the law passed, navigating New York was a harrowing exercise in dog-feces avoidance. As he put it, sometimes “you would come home and have it all over you.”
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Bill Lindeke @blindeke.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Imagine if all of New York City looked like this?
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🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.
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Bill Lindeke @blindeke.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Interesting question I've never directly thought about... www.minnpost.com/fact-briefs/...
minnpost.com
Is rural Minnesota more conservative than rural Iowa and Wisconsin?
Rural Minnesota’s largest margin for President Donald Trump in the 2024 election was 56% in Morrison County.
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Sustain Saint Paul @sustainstpaul.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Get your tickets today! Saint Paul is currently LOSING the RSVP race, and we need your help to close the gap. Tickets available for $30, or pay-what-you-can. actionnetwork.org/ticketed_eve...
actionnetwork.org
Sibling Rivalry Fundraiser - More Neighbors vs. Sustain Saint Paul
Join housing advocates from across the Twin Cities for an evening of drinks, catered food, conversation, light-hearted rivalry, and a high-stakes fundraising face-off to see which city can raise the m...
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Tony Damiano @tonydamiano.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Good question! State appropriations have dropped from 39% of the University budget since 1990 down to 16% in 2025 and I have also not heard a peep about this from state leaders. www.house.mn.gov/comm/docs/ZF...
Chart showing state share of U revenue dropping from 39% in 1990 to 16% in 2025
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Bill Lindeke @blindeke.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Years ago, I used to see the "Kia boys" driving wildly around Frogtown -- terrifying if you have a little kid -- but it's been a looong time since then. Ramsey County and St. Paul are doing something right. Eric scratches the surface here. www.startribune.com/minneapolis-...
startribune.com
Roper: The answer to Minneapolis’ smashed windows is in St. Paul
St. Paul doesn’t see many reports of car window smashings and has gotten a handle on related crimes that persist in Minneapolis.
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Michelle S. Phelps @michellesphelps.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This is such depressing news. Canopy Roots' BCR was one of the few big innovations in public safety after 2020 that Minneapolis continued. I am skeptical that bringing in a new org from AZ is the right move.
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Bill Lindeke @blindeke.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"The council president, Elliott Payne, said proponents of a strong-mayor system promised more accountability and efficiency, but limiting staffer time at the council won’t accomplish either." www.startribune.com/mpd-budget-o...
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Rising tensions between Minneapolis City Council and mayor showcase battle for power
Mayor Jacob Frey says staff no longer need to attend council meetings for hours to answer questions to prevent “a circus.” Council members see it as diminishing their power.
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Bill Lindeke @blindeke.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Yikes, that's a tragedy. Be careful on platforms. www.startribune.com/person-kille...
startribune.com
Second person killed by Twin Cities light-rail train identified
According to a court filing, the fatal collision occurred Saturday morning when the 74-year-old man lost his footing while mounting his bicycle.
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Bill Lindeke @blindeke.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
FYI, I will be on stage doing a trivia bit of some kind. Can't wait!
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Bill Lindeke @blindeke.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"If a derelict landlord allows dozens of units to sit empty for more than six months, that’s fewer units on the market. It’s holding desperately needed housing units away from the very Minneapolis residents this housing is supposed to serve." minnesotareformer.com/2026/09/23/m...
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Minneapolis needs a stronger rental housing vacancy fee • Minnesota Reformer
A vacancy fee can begin to repair a usurious housing system that punishes average renter families, saps homeowners of nearby property values, and keeps city government chronically three steps behind a...
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Wedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live · 23/09/2026
Some are framing this AV debate in terms of 2024 fight over driver pay. But I'm thinking more about 15 yrs ago when government failed to anticipate all the ways ride hailing startups would be lawless and predatory. Let's get ahead of it this time. www.minnpost.com/cityscape/20...
minnpost.com
What should Minneapolis do about Waymo?
A human in the driver’s seat of a driverless taxi won’t solve some of the bigger headaches brought on by Waymo’s arrival.
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Bill Lindeke @blindeke.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
That is a wild fact
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Bill Lindeke @blindeke.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Not sure anyone predicted Mayor Her's biggest fight would be with the Police Department... www.twincities.com/2026/09/22/s...
twincities.com
Ramsey County sheriff’s office now providing security to St. Paul mayor instead of police
After a recently resolved complaint, the mayor’s office didn’t say whether the change was related to tension, said they’re looking for efficiencies.
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Bill Lindeke @blindeke.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
bad for anyone trying to learn news
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Bill Lindeke @blindeke.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The fact that there aren't local murals of James Hong is damning. www.startribune.com/james-hong-y...
startribune.com
Meet the Minnesota legend in everything from ‘Chinatown’ to ‘Seinfeld’
A memoir by 97-year-old James Hong, “You’ve Seen Me Before,” is on bookstore and library shelves now.
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Alex Schieferdecker @alexschief.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
There are a lot of things about this winter that I still find hard to believe or process, but one of them is that the federal government singled out a state and city, more or less at random, upon which to intentionally inflict massive economic damage.
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Bill Lindeke @blindeke.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
One of the best films about Minneapolis
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