Bjorn Radstrom
@bjornradstrom.bsky.social
He/him. P.Eng. Public transit planner who loves cities, reading, cargo shorts, food, maps, naps, beer, and the Oxford comma.
A wee bit obsessive about biking 🚲
📍Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Service in English 🇨🇦
Service en Français 🇨🇦
Serviço em Português 🇧🇷
A wee bit obsessive about biking 🚲
📍Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Service in English 🇨🇦
Service en Français 🇨🇦
Serviço em Português 🇧🇷
This guy is probably nostalgic for a bygone era where you could visit "Germantown", "Swedenville", and "Little Italy" because it was so great how those people stuck together and held onto their heritage, not realizing that it is the same thing that is happening today, and it is wonderful now too.
February 8, 2026 at 3:41 PM
This guy is probably nostalgic for a bygone era where you could visit "Germantown", "Swedenville", and "Little Italy" because it was so great how those people stuck together and held onto their heritage, not realizing that it is the same thing that is happening today, and it is wonderful now too.
Reposted by Bjorn Radstrom
“It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.”
Luke 17:2 KJV
And that’s red letter text, by the way.
Luke 17:2 KJV
And that’s red letter text, by the way.
Elizabeth is a Columbia Heights fourth-grader who loves volleyball, learning English and giggling in the halls with her friends. She's been held in the Dilley Immigration Processing Center for nearly a month, and she and her mom have both fallen ill. sahanjournal.com/education/co...
Sick fourth-grader among 4 Columbia Heights students held by ICE
Columbia Heights Public Schools says four students remain detained by ICE after Liam’s return, including 10-year-old Elizabeth, who has fallen ill.
sahanjournal.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:04 AM
“It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.”
Luke 17:2 KJV
And that’s red letter text, by the way.
Luke 17:2 KJV
And that’s red letter text, by the way.
I am very lucky to be able to go biking through the boreal forest and on the frozen surface of the 10th largest lake in the world.
Lake Winnipeg is spectacular!
Lake Winnipeg is spectacular!
February 2, 2026 at 11:29 PM
I am very lucky to be able to go biking through the boreal forest and on the frozen surface of the 10th largest lake in the world.
Lake Winnipeg is spectacular!
Lake Winnipeg is spectacular!
Reposted by Bjorn Radstrom
Snowy moonlight ride on Hecla Island
February 2, 2026 at 2:52 AM
Snowy moonlight ride on Hecla Island
Snowy moonlight ride on Hecla Island
February 2, 2026 at 2:52 AM
Snowy moonlight ride on Hecla Island
Agreed. Normally I am a strong supporter of city centre train stations, but the O-Train connection from downtown to Tremblay Station (i.e. Via) is actually great.
Unless it were a through-station that solved other issues, bringing Via trains back to Rideau doesn't seem necessary.
Unless it were a through-station that solved other issues, bringing Via trains back to Rideau doesn't seem necessary.
January 30, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Agreed. Normally I am a strong supporter of city centre train stations, but the O-Train connection from downtown to Tremblay Station (i.e. Via) is actually great.
Unless it were a through-station that solved other issues, bringing Via trains back to Rideau doesn't seem necessary.
Unless it were a through-station that solved other issues, bringing Via trains back to Rideau doesn't seem necessary.
It's the Australian equivalent of the most Canadian headline ever
January 25, 2026 at 4:54 PM
It's the Australian equivalent of the most Canadian headline ever
Any all inclusives in Antarctica? I'd like to get away from this cold.
January 25, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Any all inclusives in Antarctica? I'd like to get away from this cold.
The other day we ordered supper from Gojo, an amazing Ethiopian restaurant near us on Sargent. Everything was fantastic!
But it was this bright green, super spicy sauce that smells and tastes strongly of garlic and cilantro that I loved the most. It's called Kochkocha, and it's wonderful.
But it was this bright green, super spicy sauce that smells and tastes strongly of garlic and cilantro that I loved the most. It's called Kochkocha, and it's wonderful.
January 24, 2026 at 11:23 PM
The other day we ordered supper from Gojo, an amazing Ethiopian restaurant near us on Sargent. Everything was fantastic!
But it was this bright green, super spicy sauce that smells and tastes strongly of garlic and cilantro that I loved the most. It's called Kochkocha, and it's wonderful.
But it was this bright green, super spicy sauce that smells and tastes strongly of garlic and cilantro that I loved the most. It's called Kochkocha, and it's wonderful.
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We watched The Princess Bride with the kids for the first time last night.
They absolutely loved it, and the breakfast conversation this morning is basically nothing but quotes from the movie.
They absolutely loved it, and the breakfast conversation this morning is basically nothing but quotes from the movie.
two men are talking and one of them is saying " you keep using that word i do not think it means what you think it means
ALT: two men are talking and one of them is saying " you keep using that word i do not think it means what you think it means
media.tenor.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:39 PM
We watched The Princess Bride with the kids for the first time last night.
They absolutely loved it, and the breakfast conversation this morning is basically nothing but quotes from the movie.
They absolutely loved it, and the breakfast conversation this morning is basically nothing but quotes from the movie.
You know, @ryankturnbull.bsky.social, the path to a career in the Anglican Church can be quite varied.
January 18, 2026 at 2:27 AM
You know, @ryankturnbull.bsky.social, the path to a career in the Anglican Church can be quite varied.
Now that I've started winter biking, it looks like I'm going to die of heat exhaustion this afternoon.
I dressed for the cold this morning, and this afternoon not only will it be hot, I'll be pedalling hard into the 30-50 km/h headwind. Yay.
I dressed for the cold this morning, and this afternoon not only will it be hot, I'll be pedalling hard into the 30-50 km/h headwind. Yay.
January 15, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Now that I've started winter biking, it looks like I'm going to die of heat exhaustion this afternoon.
I dressed for the cold this morning, and this afternoon not only will it be hot, I'll be pedalling hard into the 30-50 km/h headwind. Yay.
I dressed for the cold this morning, and this afternoon not only will it be hot, I'll be pedalling hard into the 30-50 km/h headwind. Yay.
I don't even know what to say. This is beyond anything I thought I'd see in my lifetime.
This is surreal. 4 Oglala Lakota men kidnapped by ICE in Minneapolis have finally been located. One of them was released but the other 3 are being held at Fort Snelling, a former concentration camp used to imprison Native people incl. the Dakota 38 during Dakota Wars.
ictnews.org/news/north-c...
ictnews.org/news/north-c...
Four Oglala detainees located, three still in ICE custody - ICT
The four Lakota detainees were reportedly sent to a former concentration camp used during the Dakota Wars
ictnews.org
January 14, 2026 at 11:49 PM
I don't even know what to say. This is beyond anything I thought I'd see in my lifetime.
I'd just like to say that it's always refreshing to read about Canadian politics, where we use Red and Blue correctly.
January 12, 2026 at 9:58 PM
I'd just like to say that it's always refreshing to read about Canadian politics, where we use Red and Blue correctly.
The fate of our planet has been sealed by the horrors of raisins in baking.
January 12, 2026 at 3:14 PM
The fate of our planet has been sealed by the horrors of raisins in baking.
Not the best photo, but I went on a bike ride this evening on the frozen rivers and through The Forks in Winnipeg. There are several kilometres of skating trails, with a plowed/groomed walk/bike path beside it all the way along.
The Forks does a great job with festive lights to make it feel magical
The Forks does a great job with festive lights to make it feel magical
January 11, 2026 at 3:42 AM
Not the best photo, but I went on a bike ride this evening on the frozen rivers and through The Forks in Winnipeg. There are several kilometres of skating trails, with a plowed/groomed walk/bike path beside it all the way along.
The Forks does a great job with festive lights to make it feel magical
The Forks does a great job with festive lights to make it feel magical
I remember reading once that US adults always long for the community they had at university, because so many of them go away to school in college towns, and it's the only time they ever live in dense, walkable, transit-friendly communities.
It's too bad this isn't a goal for all urban areas.
It's too bad this isn't a goal for all urban areas.
Here are the 20 US urban areas that had the highest per-capita transit ridership in 2024.
New York, unsurprisingly, dominated. Among the big urban areas, the other leaders were SF, DC & Boston.
A lot of small towns—like Ames, IA or Champaign, IL—did well, too. That's because they're college towns!
New York, unsurprisingly, dominated. Among the big urban areas, the other leaders were SF, DC & Boston.
A lot of small towns—like Ames, IA or Champaign, IL—did well, too. That's because they're college towns!
January 10, 2026 at 8:15 PM
I remember reading once that US adults always long for the community they had at university, because so many of them go away to school in college towns, and it's the only time they ever live in dense, walkable, transit-friendly communities.
It's too bad this isn't a goal for all urban areas.
It's too bad this isn't a goal for all urban areas.
How does the new routing into the airport play into this? Would the airport become a through station where trains from Chicago enter the airport using the new tracks, leave the airport using the "old" tracks, and continue onward to South Bend Union Station?
Is that even possible?
Is that even possible?
January 9, 2026 at 8:48 PM
How does the new routing into the airport play into this? Would the airport become a through station where trains from Chicago enter the airport using the new tracks, leave the airport using the "old" tracks, and continue onward to South Bend Union Station?
Is that even possible?
Is that even possible?
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My unconditional love for my kids knows *some* bounds.
January 7, 2026 at 1:49 PM
My unconditional love for my kids knows *some* bounds.
My unconditional love for my kids knows *some* bounds.
January 7, 2026 at 1:49 PM
My unconditional love for my kids knows *some* bounds.
Did TSN buy the rights to the entire Triumph catalogue or something?
January 6, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Did TSN buy the rights to the entire Triumph catalogue or something?