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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New York Times covers the Economic Siege of Minnesota’s ICE occupation, a deliberate administration strategy to punish an entire blue locality. We need more national coverage alerting the nation to what’s next for them. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/b... (gift link)
‘It’s Been Brutal’: Twin Cities Economy Suffers Under ICE Crackdown
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 7:59 PM
New York Times covers the Economic Siege of Minnesota’s ICE occupation, a deliberate administration strategy to punish an entire blue locality. We need more national coverage alerting the nation to what’s next for them. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/b... (gift link)
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This is an onion cartoon lol
It's a good day to close all parkways forever!
Jk, of course. But it is a great day to launch an open parkways program that will lead to more pedestrianization of our parkways!!!
(Ai slop cartoon courtesy of the Minneapolis Times)
Jk, of course. But it is a great day to launch an open parkways program that will lead to more pedestrianization of our parkways!!!
(Ai slop cartoon courtesy of the Minneapolis Times)
February 2, 2026 at 7:33 PM
This is an onion cartoon lol
Fascinating history of a very early Duluth civil rights advocate. www.perfectduluthday.com/2026/02/01/d...
Duluth Deep Dive #13: Henry C. Richardson, Civil Rights Pioneer - Perfect Duluth Day
In 1904, more than 50 years before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus, Henry Richardson fought against the common practice in Duluth restaurants to refuse service to p...
www.perfectduluthday.com
February 2, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Fascinating history of a very early Duluth civil rights advocate. www.perfectduluthday.com/2026/02/01/d...
The corporate responsibility angle, FWIW minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/02/m...
Minnesota CEOs have reached the limits of caution • Minnesota Reformer
The question is not whether companies should enter political debates, or whether they are able to influence just outcomes. It is instead whether continued caution truly serves the stability and prospe...
minnesotareformer.com
February 2, 2026 at 6:21 PM
The corporate responsibility angle, FWIW minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/02/m...
Fun to cover the Transit App, my default tool. streets.mn/2026/02/02/h...
How Minnesota Gives Transit Riders The Royale Treatment
We chat with Metro Transit, MnDOT, and the Transit App to learn more about the partnership that gave everyone in Minnesota premium access in the app.
streets.mn
February 2, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Fun to cover the Transit App, my default tool. streets.mn/2026/02/02/h...
Very flippable seat IMO www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Long-serving Republican Warren Limmer to retire from Minnesota Senate seat after this year
Sen. Warren Limmer, a Republican stalwart at the Capitol, will retire after this term. His Maple Grove-area seat is expected to be competitive in the fall.
www.mprnews.org
February 2, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Very flippable seat IMO www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
This one is good.
City transportation official opts for white line and signage instead of gate to keep their baby off the stairs.
February 2, 2026 at 5:59 PM
This one is good.
New Yorker focuses on the kids who are paying the price of this state terror campaign. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The Schoolchildren of Minneapolis
As thousands of ICE agents arrived, kids started staying home from school. A local principal, teachers, and parent volunteers have banded together to keep the families safe.
www.newyorker.com
February 2, 2026 at 5:56 PM
New Yorker focuses on the kids who are paying the price of this state terror campaign. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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More completely, our 3 demands are that Target:
1. Publicly call for ICE to leave Minnesota (where Target is headquartered)
2. Stop collaborating with ICE! Refuse entrance to federal agents w/o a judicial warrant
3. Restore your commitments to DEI & the Black community
#IceOutForGood #IceOutOfMN
1. Publicly call for ICE to leave Minnesota (where Target is headquartered)
2. Stop collaborating with ICE! Refuse entrance to federal agents w/o a judicial warrant
3. Restore your commitments to DEI & the Black community
#IceOutForGood #IceOutOfMN
February 2, 2026 at 5:13 PM
More completely, our 3 demands are that Target:
1. Publicly call for ICE to leave Minnesota (where Target is headquartered)
2. Stop collaborating with ICE! Refuse entrance to federal agents w/o a judicial warrant
3. Restore your commitments to DEI & the Black community
#IceOutForGood #IceOutOfMN
1. Publicly call for ICE to leave Minnesota (where Target is headquartered)
2. Stop collaborating with ICE! Refuse entrance to federal agents w/o a judicial warrant
3. Restore your commitments to DEI & the Black community
#IceOutForGood #IceOutOfMN
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"Classes have been called off in the Columbia Heights school district today due to what officials are calling a bomb threat. The closure comes as 5-year-old preschool student Liam Conejo Ramos & his father from Columbia Heights were released from an ICE detention center in Texas and returned to MN."
School canceled in Columbia Heights due to bomb threat
Students and staff are being told not to report to school on Feb. 2.
www.startribune.com
February 2, 2026 at 3:00 PM
"Classes have been called off in the Columbia Heights school district today due to what officials are calling a bomb threat. The closure comes as 5-year-old preschool student Liam Conejo Ramos & his father from Columbia Heights were released from an ICE detention center in Texas and returned to MN."
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The schoolmates of Liam Conejo Ramos wrote letters to ICE.
This is just gutting. And also such a reminder that hate is taught. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/o...
This is just gutting. And also such a reminder that hate is taught. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/o...
Opinion | ICE Took Liam Conejo Ramos. His Classmates Have Something to Say.
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 3:36 AM
The schoolmates of Liam Conejo Ramos wrote letters to ICE.
This is just gutting. And also such a reminder that hate is taught. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/o...
This is just gutting. And also such a reminder that hate is taught. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/o...
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Walking briskly — a pace of about 3 to 4.5 mph — for an extra five minutes every day was linked to an estimated 10 percent fewer deaths in the follow-up period — an average of 8.2 years, a new study found.
Adding even a 5-minute walk to your daily activity may help boost longevity
Using activity tracker data, researchers found that just a bit more exercise could save one in 10 people from an earlier death.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 1, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Walking briskly — a pace of about 3 to 4.5 mph — for an extra five minutes every day was linked to an estimated 10 percent fewer deaths in the follow-up period — an average of 8.2 years, a new study found.
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“You are good to go.” Good to go?!?!
This is what ICE tells a young woman they tossed out into dangerously freezing temperatures after four agonizing days in detention at Whipple.
Today’s front page Strib report: www.startribune.com/no-humanity-...
This is what ICE tells a young woman they tossed out into dangerously freezing temperatures after four agonizing days in detention at Whipple.
Today’s front page Strib report: www.startribune.com/no-humanity-...
February 1, 2026 at 4:48 PM
“You are good to go.” Good to go?!?!
This is what ICE tells a young woman they tossed out into dangerously freezing temperatures after four agonizing days in detention at Whipple.
Today’s front page Strib report: www.startribune.com/no-humanity-...
This is what ICE tells a young woman they tossed out into dangerously freezing temperatures after four agonizing days in detention at Whipple.
Today’s front page Strib report: www.startribune.com/no-humanity-...
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This morning, federal agents staged at the Powderhorn Park Recreation Center lot and began to throw chemical irritants at observers. They also kidnapped an observer. Our parks are meant for our children, youth, and neighbors. They should never be militarized zones meant to separate families. 1/
February 1, 2026 at 3:23 PM
This morning, federal agents staged at the Powderhorn Park Recreation Center lot and began to throw chemical irritants at observers. They also kidnapped an observer. Our parks are meant for our children, youth, and neighbors. They should never be militarized zones meant to separate families. 1/
Photojournalists are the most badass people. www.propublica.org/article/minn...
What We Saw in Minneapolis
Our visual journalists documented the days surrounding Alex Pretti’s killing in Minneapolis.
www.propublica.org
February 1, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Photojournalists are the most badass people. www.propublica.org/article/minn...
No matter what's happening in your life, you shoudl see this photo of a German potato warehouse. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Record harvest sparks mass giveaway of free potatoes across Berlin
From zoos to soup kitchens, people are hauling away tonnes of surplus spuds after the biggest crop in 25 years
www.theguardian.com
February 1, 2026 at 2:53 AM
No matter what's happening in your life, you shoudl see this photo of a German potato warehouse. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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The top 10 percent and the bottom 20 percent of the city are swelling — and it's squeezing the middle class out of Chicago.
Chicago’s Middle Class Is Disappearing
The top 10 percent and the bottom 20 percent of the city are swelling.
buff.ly
January 9, 2026 at 6:59 PM
The top 10 percent and the bottom 20 percent of the city are swelling — and it's squeezing the middle class out of Chicago.
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NEW: School hallways are silent. Grandparents patrol outside in shifts. Two more kids taken from Liam Ramos' school.
Trump isn't deescalating ICE at all at MN schools.
“I stopped wearing my high heels to work. I wear my boots to work because I have had to run." www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-mi...
Trump isn't deescalating ICE at all at MN schools.
“I stopped wearing my high heels to work. I wear my boots to work because I have had to run." www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-mi...
ICE Is Circling Minnesota Schools, Looking For Children to Take
Liam Ramos, 5, isn’t the only child in detention. Teachers and parents describe kids being hunted by federal agents.
www.huffpost.com
January 31, 2026 at 1:32 PM
NEW: School hallways are silent. Grandparents patrol outside in shifts. Two more kids taken from Liam Ramos' school.
Trump isn't deescalating ICE at all at MN schools.
“I stopped wearing my high heels to work. I wear my boots to work because I have had to run." www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-mi...
Trump isn't deescalating ICE at all at MN schools.
“I stopped wearing my high heels to work. I wear my boots to work because I have had to run." www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-mi...
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Must read: "Holding facilities were so crowded that immigrants in one cell had to take turns lying down because there was no space, according to a refugee detained there for one night in January. Basic human needs like food and medical care were sometimes denied."
www.startribune.com/no-humanity-...
www.startribune.com/no-humanity-...
‘No humanity’: Detainees describe conditions inside Whipple Federal Building
Immigration sweep brings overcrowded rooms and overflowing toilets. Lawyers say they can’t visit their clients. The Department of Homeland Security says “all detainees receive full due process.”
www.startribune.com
January 31, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Must read: "Holding facilities were so crowded that immigrants in one cell had to take turns lying down because there was no space, according to a refugee detained there for one night in January. Basic human needs like food and medical care were sometimes denied."
www.startribune.com/no-humanity-...
www.startribune.com/no-humanity-...
NY Times reports from Fridley. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/u...
A Minnesota School District Guards Against ICE, From Dawn to Dusk
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 1:40 PM
NY Times reports from Fridley. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/u...
Correct. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
Trump Called for ‘De-Escalation’ in Minneapolis. It Didn’t Last Long.
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 5:11 AM
Correct. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
Dan Rice seems like he sucks, but it's interesting he blames the terrible alerts sent out by the UMN that fearmonger about race and crime. www.startribune.com/bar-brava-cl...
Bar Brava closes indefinitely after fallout from owner’s social media posts
Tensions bubbled over after Dan Rice made comments linking the Somali community and crime that led its chef in residence to leave.
www.startribune.com
January 31, 2026 at 4:52 AM
Dan Rice seems like he sucks, but it's interesting he blames the terrible alerts sent out by the UMN that fearmonger about race and crime. www.startribune.com/bar-brava-cl...
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1/4 of students in a rural Minnesota town aren’t going to school
ICE is quietly reshaping daily life in greater MN, too.
In Willmar, more than 1,200 of 4,000 students were absent recently -- both white and BIPOC, teacher Tammy Knapper says. ICE detained a 19-year-old student for five days. Trauma takes the place of learning. Something must change. #edmnvotes
In Willmar, more than 1,200 of 4,000 students were absent recently -- both white and BIPOC, teacher Tammy Knapper says. ICE detained a 19-year-old student for five days. Trauma takes the place of learning. Something must change. #edmnvotes
January 31, 2026 at 2:13 AM
1/4 of students in a rural Minnesota town aren’t going to school
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Recall that Melissa Hortman and her husband were murdered not long ago by a fake cop who showed up at their door looking like this guy
This is from Georgia Fort’s video.
DEA?!? Gotta be a “task force.”
DEA?!? Gotta be a “task force.”
January 30, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Recall that Melissa Hortman and her husband were murdered not long ago by a fake cop who showed up at their door looking like this guy
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I looked into Cities Church, which was protested for having an ICE agent as a pastor.
You already thought they were right-wing. But they're far worse than you thought.
They're ground zero for the "empathy is a sin" idea, among others.
www.salon.com/2026/01/26/p...
You already thought they were right-wing. But they're far worse than you thought.
They're ground zero for the "empathy is a sin" idea, among others.
www.salon.com/2026/01/26/p...
The pro-ICE church is worse than you think
Cities Church in St. Paul is the persecutor, not the persecuted
www.salon.com
January 31, 2026 at 1:01 AM
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