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”
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Cars are now being programmed to violate traffic rules. What could go wrong?
Me, in @fastcompany.com. (no paywall)
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Me, in @fastcompany.com. (no paywall)
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Tesla’s ‘Mad Max mode’ points to a big problem for self-driving cars
Mad Max mode exposes a risk for AV innovation. To stay competitive, computer-powered cars are emulating human drivers.
www.fastcompany.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Cars are now being programmed to violate traffic rules. What could go wrong?
Me, in @fastcompany.com. (no paywall)
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Me, in @fastcompany.com. (no paywall)
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Reposted by Bill Lindeke
ICE vs ice at 44th and Hiawatha earlier today.
January 2, 2026 at 11:47 PM
ICE vs ice at 44th and Hiawatha earlier today.
Wednesday, January 7th... Come learn about New Haven, Hot Springs, and Baltimore at the Black Hart Bar. I have some great guests lined up.
Fun, free, informative!
tcsidewalks.blogspot.com/2026/01/your...
Fun, free, informative!
tcsidewalks.blogspot.com/2026/01/your...
You're Not From Here #8: Hot Springs, New Haven, Baltimore this Wednesday 1/7
I'm hosting 2026's first ever You're Not From Here, Are You? (a show for transplants) at the Black Hart of St. Paul next Wednesday, January ...
tcsidewalks.blogspot.com
January 2, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Wednesday, January 7th... Come learn about New Haven, Hot Springs, and Baltimore at the Black Hart Bar. I have some great guests lined up.
Fun, free, informative!
tcsidewalks.blogspot.com/2026/01/your...
Fun, free, informative!
tcsidewalks.blogspot.com/2026/01/your...
Q: Do you often report property owners who do not clear their sidewalks in Minneapolis or St. Paul? If so, I have a few short questions for you. DM me if you would like to weigh in. Thanks!
January 2, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Q: Do you often report property owners who do not clear their sidewalks in Minneapolis or St. Paul? If so, I have a few short questions for you. DM me if you would like to weigh in. Thanks!
"If funding comes together, construction of the still unspecified improvements along West Seventh Street could begin in 2029."
(evergreen statement)
www.twincities.com/2026/01/01/s...
(evergreen statement)
www.twincities.com/2026/01/01/s...
St. Paul: What road, transit plans are coming for W. Seventh Street?
The Minnesota Department of Transportation has plans for “generational investment” but few specifics so far.
www.twincities.com
January 2, 2026 at 2:14 PM
"If funding comes together, construction of the still unspecified improvements along West Seventh Street could begin in 2029."
(evergreen statement)
www.twincities.com/2026/01/01/s...
(evergreen statement)
www.twincities.com/2026/01/01/s...
Rich history of Highway 36 in Ramsey and Washington Counties; digging into freeway history, you realize how arbitrary it all is. streets.mn/2025/12/31/t...
The Accidental Backbone: A 100-Year History of Incrementalism on Highway 36
Highway 36 evolved from a 1930s “disjointed mess” into a critical regional “backbone,” shaped by reactive suburban growth, jurisdictional friction, and incremental infrastru…
streets.mn
January 2, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Rich history of Highway 36 in Ramsey and Washington Counties; digging into freeway history, you realize how arbitrary it all is. streets.mn/2025/12/31/t...
Every year I don't drop my phone into the toilet is a win in my book. 🥳
January 1, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Every year I don't drop my phone into the toilet is a win in my book. 🥳
Warner Road should be two lanes. www.startribune.com/bicyclist-st...
Bicyclist struck, killed in St. Paul
James Moo, 26, was hit on Dec. 22. He died the next day.
www.startribune.com
January 1, 2026 at 3:50 AM
Warner Road should be two lanes. www.startribune.com/bicyclist-st...
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I went to all 10 of the daycares Nick Shirley featured in his viral video. I got inside 4 and found children. Lots of children: www.startribune.com/day-care-fra...
We went to some of the day cares Nick Shirley did. Here’s what we found.
Some of the 10 day cares the YouTube content creator blasted for having “no children” invited reporters in to see for themselves.
www.startribune.com
January 1, 2026 at 1:22 AM
I went to all 10 of the daycares Nick Shirley featured in his viral video. I got inside 4 and found children. Lots of children: www.startribune.com/day-care-fra...
“I don’t like winning. I really don’t. I really, really wish these streetcars were faster than me. But they’re not. And this is the problem.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
‘I don’t like winning’: Toronto man outruns streetcars to show up sluggish transit network
Mac Bauer’s racing activism has made ‘signal priority’ and traffic congestion a big talking point for the Canadian city
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 5:04 AM
“I don’t like winning. I really don’t. I really, really wish these streetcars were faster than me. But they’re not. And this is the problem.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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“In simple terms: a heavier car offers diminishing safety benefits to the person inside it, while imposing rapidly increasing risk on everyone else.” (Graph from The Economist)
December 31, 2025 at 2:15 AM
“In simple terms: a heavier car offers diminishing safety benefits to the person inside it, while imposing rapidly increasing risk on everyone else.” (Graph from The Economist)
Reposted by Bill Lindeke
A major homeless encampment in St. Paul has remained relatively clean and calm, with dumpsters to keep trash in check, portable toilets for residents and frequent visits from outreach workers.
St. Paul’s largest encampment has grown, but problems have been relatively few
Unlike Minneapolis, St. Paul provides dumpsters and toilets, and city officials say that helps.
bit.ly
December 30, 2025 at 5:37 PM
A major homeless encampment in St. Paul has remained relatively clean and calm, with dumpsters to keep trash in check, portable toilets for residents and frequent visits from outreach workers.
"It is fostered, in barely cloaked forms, by top Republican officials who accuse Indians of stealing American jobs." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/o...
Opinion | One of America’s Most Successful Experiments Is Coming to a Shuddering Halt
www.nytimes.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:23 PM
"It is fostered, in barely cloaked forms, by top Republican officials who accuse Indians of stealing American jobs." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/o...
Shel Silverstein as AI. kottke.org/25/12/the-im...
The Imperfect Homework Machine
Shel Silverstein’s Homework Machine was one of my kids’ favorite poems of his when they were little. First published
kottke.org
December 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Shel Silverstein as AI. kottke.org/25/12/the-im...
Very early highway history (1915!) in Northfield. streets.mn/2025/12/29/t...
The “Pines to Palms” in Northfield: A Biography of Highway 3
A personal and historical biography of Highway 3 in Northfield, exploring how a familiar road became a boundary shaping a community
streets.mn
December 30, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Very early highway history (1915!) in Northfield. streets.mn/2025/12/29/t...
Local angle
Mary (Mary Tyler Moore) does a little bike repair with roommate Rhoda (Valerie Harper, kneeling) in an episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
Happy #BicycleBirthday, Mary!
#BornOnThisDay December 29 (1936-2017)
Happy #BicycleBirthday, Mary!
#BornOnThisDay December 29 (1936-2017)
December 30, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Local angle
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Minnesota businesses can apply *right now* for a grant to purchase e-bikes for commercial use through the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's (MPCA) Small Business Environmental Assistance Program!
More info: content.govdelivery.com/accounts/MPL...
More info: content.govdelivery.com/accounts/MPL...
Cargo Bikes for Business: Grant Opportunity
content.govdelivery.com
December 29, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Minnesota businesses can apply *right now* for a grant to purchase e-bikes for commercial use through the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's (MPCA) Small Business Environmental Assistance Program!
More info: content.govdelivery.com/accounts/MPL...
More info: content.govdelivery.com/accounts/MPL...
Someone moving to the Wedge in 2026 will never know Hennepin Avenue without the E Line. streets.mn/2025/12/22/n...
Perspective of a Newcomer to Minneapolis: Getting to Know Uptown by Bike and Bus
Why I uprooted my life in Denver to settle in Minneapolis.
streets.mn
December 29, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Someone moving to the Wedge in 2026 will never know Hennepin Avenue without the E Line. streets.mn/2025/12/22/n...
"The company holds the only license to harvest granite from Ailsa Craig, which is owned by Lord David Thomas Kennedy, 9th Marquess of Ailsa." www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
An uninhabited Scottish isle is home to the golden granite used in Olympic curling stones
An uninhabited isle 10 miles off the coast of southwest Scotland is the source of the super-dense granite used to make curling stones for the Winter Olympics.
www.mprnews.org
December 29, 2025 at 3:28 PM
"The company holds the only license to harvest granite from Ailsa Craig, which is owned by Lord David Thomas Kennedy, 9th Marquess of Ailsa." www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
United Crushers (adjacent) auction! www.startribune.com/minneapolis-...
Minneapolis grain silo for sale near the U a ‘long shot’ for redevelopment
Near Malcolm Yards and Huntington Bank Stadium, the site is in the right place but in major disrepair.
www.startribune.com
December 29, 2025 at 3:11 PM
United Crushers (adjacent) auction! www.startribune.com/minneapolis-...
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FINALLY the StarTribune highlights Christopher Rufo’s role in coordinating the Somali Minnesota Fraud moral panic!
But Deena Winter digs up the source disputes nearly all quotes attributed to him.
Just all lies?
But Deena Winter digs up the source disputes nearly all quotes attributed to him.
Just all lies?
December 29, 2025 at 12:54 PM
FINALLY the StarTribune highlights Christopher Rufo’s role in coordinating the Somali Minnesota Fraud moral panic!
But Deena Winter digs up the source disputes nearly all quotes attributed to him.
Just all lies?
But Deena Winter digs up the source disputes nearly all quotes attributed to him.
Just all lies?
Great summary of the right-wing ratfu*kery BS surrounding Tim Walz*
* which many of you seem to be falling for
* which many of you seem to be falling for
I feel like "attention hacking" is most of politics now. The Minnesota aid fraud story is becoming a perfect example.
Recap: In 2022, the Biden DOJ filed the first charges against dozens of fraudsters, many of them Somali-American, who'd fleeced a state food aid program. (1/x)
Recap: In 2022, the Biden DOJ filed the first charges against dozens of fraudsters, many of them Somali-American, who'd fleeced a state food aid program. (1/x)
December 29, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Great summary of the right-wing ratfu*kery BS surrounding Tim Walz*
* which many of you seem to be falling for
* which many of you seem to be falling for
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Toby Morton, a 'South Park' alum, bought www.trumpkennedycenter.org months ago on a hunch that the ridiculously vain Donald Trump would rename the Center. Donald’s stupidity is only exceeded by his predictability.
HOME | Trump Kennedy Center
www.trumpkennedycenter.org
December 28, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Toby Morton, a 'South Park' alum, bought www.trumpkennedycenter.org months ago on a hunch that the ridiculously vain Donald Trump would rename the Center. Donald’s stupidity is only exceeded by his predictability.
EB empire builder about to pull into St Paul Union Depot, only 8.5 hours late.
December 28, 2025 at 7:54 PM
EB empire builder about to pull into St Paul Union Depot, only 8.5 hours late.
I'm quoted in this Washington Post piece on the glory of pull tabs, a Minnesota specialty. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
Technology can’t kill this popular Midwestern bar game
Pull tabs, legal in Minnesota and a few other states, have been a cherished Midwestern tradition for nearly 50 years.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 27, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I'm quoted in this Washington Post piece on the glory of pull tabs, a Minnesota specialty. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...