Mike Hicks
@mulad.bsky.social
Tech guy into transpo and urbanism, politics to push the needle. Once a streets.mn person. A Swiftie to ease my unhappy singleness
Transit blog: https://hizeph400.blogspot.com/
Transit blog: https://hizeph400.blogspot.com/
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Bowser on injured National Guard members: "These young people should be at home in West Virginia with their families"
November 27, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Bowser on injured National Guard members: "These young people should be at home in West Virginia with their families"
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Happy Thanksgiving from the City of Boston and one of its adorable bike lane sweepers!
November 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Happy Thanksgiving from the City of Boston and one of its adorable bike lane sweepers!
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Everyone must be excitedly waiting for the Godot float in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade this year
November 27, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Everyone must be excitedly waiting for the Godot float in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade this year
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Gun lobby capture only dates to the ‘70s
Today - and every day - is a good day to read Justice Stevens’ dissent in Heller v DC. The bonkers 5-4 decision that not only made it legal to carry firearms in DC but also declared that the first 13 words of 2A were “merely preferatory”. www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/0...
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. HELLER
www.law.cornell.edu
November 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Gun lobby capture only dates to the ‘70s
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A favorite archive photo. It appeared in the Minneapolis Times today in 1899, taken by local photographer and restaurateur W. Ernest Bateman.
Minneapolis Times Building on a rainy night, 4th St. S and Nicollet Ave., uncredited photographer, November 1899
Image: Hennepin County Library; digitalcollections.hclib.org/digital/coll...
Image: Hennepin County Library; digitalcollections.hclib.org/digital/coll...
November 26, 2025 at 11:29 PM
A favorite archive photo. It appeared in the Minneapolis Times today in 1899, taken by local photographer and restaurateur W. Ernest Bateman.
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📱 | St. Paul, Minnesota (2025)
Plowable #cityscape
Plowable #cityscape
November 27, 2025 at 1:22 PM
📱 | St. Paul, Minnesota (2025)
Plowable #cityscape
Plowable #cityscape
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311 is always your friend (even if they don't always do what they should)
The sidewalks are in bad shape out there
It seems a lot of people are either out of town or didn’t think this was enough to shovel. These slick sidewalks are going to be rough for anyone trying to roll over them tomorrow.
It seems a lot of people are either out of town or didn’t think this was enough to shovel. These slick sidewalks are going to be rough for anyone trying to roll over them tomorrow.
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
311 is always your friend (even if they don't always do what they should)
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A sad irony in Washington, D.C., where West Virginia National Guardsmen were shot today. Six days ago, a court ruled their deployment was illegal, but stayed the order pending appeal. My heart goes out to these public servants and their families. oag.dc.gov/sites/defaul...
November 26, 2025 at 11:48 PM
A sad irony in Washington, D.C., where West Virginia National Guardsmen were shot today. Six days ago, a court ruled their deployment was illegal, but stayed the order pending appeal. My heart goes out to these public servants and their families. oag.dc.gov/sites/defaul...
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i really have not wanted to make a patreon because i feel weird about it all and don't want to use it to like offer anything exclusive there but @wedge.live says i can just make it and forget it so
www.patreon.com/cw/TaylorDah...
www.patreon.com/cw/TaylorDah...
November 26, 2025 at 9:05 PM
i really have not wanted to make a patreon because i feel weird about it all and don't want to use it to like offer anything exclusive there but @wedge.live says i can just make it and forget it so
www.patreon.com/cw/TaylorDah...
www.patreon.com/cw/TaylorDah...
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Also: for everyone saying "why can't we have this in my state?", take heart. I think something like 20-30 states are at some stage of considering a similar bill. I suspect this will spread quickly. Listen to the pod!
November 26, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Also: for everyone saying "why can't we have this in my state?", take heart. I think something like 20-30 states are at some stage of considering a similar bill. I suspect this will spread quickly. Listen to the pod!
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Today, in Utah, homeowners *or renters* can simply buy a solar panel at Costco, take it home, and plug it in to a wall socket, like an appliance. It just sits there & trims about 15-20% off a residential power bill. If you move to another apt., you can take it with you.
November 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Today, in Utah, homeowners *or renters* can simply buy a solar panel at Costco, take it home, and plug it in to a wall socket, like an appliance. It just sits there & trims about 15-20% off a residential power bill. If you move to another apt., you can take it with you.
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Today on Volts: I've had more requests to cover this than almost any other topic in the pod's history, so now, at long last, balcony solar! We dig into how "plug-in solar" took off in Europe & how it's making its way to the US, starting in Utah. Backyard DIY types rejoice!
What's the deal with balcony solar?
Cora Stryker joins me to explain how "plug-in" solar took Europe by storm and is finally, via Utah (?), making its way to America.
www.volts.wtf
November 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Today on Volts: I've had more requests to cover this than almost any other topic in the pod's history, so now, at long last, balcony solar! We dig into how "plug-in solar" took off in Europe & how it's making its way to the US, starting in Utah. Backyard DIY types rejoice!
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A Gen Z-led advocacy group announced a boycott campaign targeting major corporations “that enable, profit from, or directly collaborate with ICE.” Beyond the Ballot launched “Not With My Dollars: ICE Out of My Wallet” just days before Black Friday kicks off.
Boycott Campaign Targets Companies Tied to ICE Ahead of Black Friday
The Not With My Dollars campaign takes aim at Amazon, Whole Foods, Dell, Microsoft, Home Depot, Spotify, and Target.
truthout.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
A Gen Z-led advocacy group announced a boycott campaign targeting major corporations “that enable, profit from, or directly collaborate with ICE.” Beyond the Ballot launched “Not With My Dollars: ICE Out of My Wallet” just days before Black Friday kicks off.
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The problem with ICE is not that it's targeting people who aren't criminals. The problem with ICE is that it's an unaccountable secret deportation police. It cannot be reformed under a better president. It can be made less terrible, but the instrument of repression remains for the next tyrant.
November 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The problem with ICE is not that it's targeting people who aren't criminals. The problem with ICE is that it's an unaccountable secret deportation police. It cannot be reformed under a better president. It can be made less terrible, but the instrument of repression remains for the next tyrant.
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Statement from President VanDassor on the actions of HSI in St Paul this morning
November 25, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Statement from President VanDassor on the actions of HSI in St Paul this morning
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West Point plaque: "Our code of military obedience requires that, should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law."
November 25, 2025 at 10:40 PM
West Point plaque: "Our code of military obedience requires that, should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law."
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Shit like this is going to result in a Republican Governor. DO SOMETHING
We are monitoring the situation in St. Paul and working to understand what unfolded. We received no heads up from federal authorities on this operation.
While we are always willing to work together on public safety, that is clearly not what this chaotic situation was about.
While we are always willing to work together on public safety, that is clearly not what this chaotic situation was about.
November 26, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Shit like this is going to result in a Republican Governor. DO SOMETHING
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NEW: An MPR News journalist was among those hit by less-lethal munitions and taken from the scene by ambulance. www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
Another federal agent operation in St. Paul draws large crowds of protesters
Gov. Tim Walz said state officials were monitoring a “chaotic” situation “and working to understand what unfolded. We received no heads up from federal authorities on this operation.”
www.mprnews.org
November 25, 2025 at 9:11 PM
NEW: An MPR News journalist was among those hit by less-lethal munitions and taken from the scene by ambulance. www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
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Anyway, can't believe St. Paul Police are acting like this on the eve of their holiest day (the release of another Zootopia movie)
www.fox9.com/news/st-paul...
www.fox9.com/news/st-paul...
St. Paul police screen 'Zootopia' as part of anti-bias training
More than 800 employees of the St. Paul Police Department recent went through their annual equity training.
www.fox9.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Anyway, can't believe St. Paul Police are acting like this on the eve of their holiest day (the release of another Zootopia movie)
www.fox9.com/news/st-paul...
www.fox9.com/news/st-paul...
something something Cops something something Refuse Illegal Orders something something
November 25, 2025 at 7:24 PM
something something Cops something something Refuse Illegal Orders something something
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Hey @mayorcarter.bsky.social what the hell? @mayorher.bsky.social are you going to take a stance on this?
November 25, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Hey @mayorcarter.bsky.social what the hell? @mayorher.bsky.social are you going to take a stance on this?
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A cop-riot erupts in St Paul
November 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM
A cop-riot erupts in St Paul