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/
I get lots of fake followers, so apologies for any errant blocks
Transit blog: https://hizeph400.blogspot.com/
I get lots of fake followers, so apologies for any errant blocks
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Fun fact: the bobsled is named after its inventor, Robert Yüngling Graf von Sled, an alcoholic Austrian nobleman who one day fell down an ice tube
February 15, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Fun fact: the bobsled is named after its inventor, Robert Yüngling Graf von Sled, an alcoholic Austrian nobleman who one day fell down an ice tube
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Did you know that the Minnesota Teachers Union is suing the federal government? • Episode 3 of I SPENT THREE DAYS IN MINNEAPOLIS!
Did you know that the Minnesota Teachers Union is suing the federal government?
Episode 3 of I SPENT THREE DAYS IN MINNEAPOLIS!
wkamaubell.substack.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Did you know that the Minnesota Teachers Union is suing the federal government? • Episode 3 of I SPENT THREE DAYS IN MINNEAPOLIS!
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Georgia Fort Makes It Plain "Journalism Is Not A Crime" • Episode 2 of "I Spent Three Days In Minneapolis!"
Georgia Fort Makes It Plain "Journalism Is Not A Crime"
Episode 2 of "I Spent Three Days In Minneapolis!"
wkamaubell.substack.com
February 8, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Georgia Fort Makes It Plain "Journalism Is Not A Crime" • Episode 2 of "I Spent Three Days In Minneapolis!"
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I Spent Three Days in Minneapolis • And I had a great, inspiring, tear-filled, and righteous time!
I Spent Three Days in Minneapolis
And I had a great, inspiring, tear-filled, and righteous time!
wkamaubell.substack.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:24 AM
I Spent Three Days in Minneapolis • And I had a great, inspiring, tear-filled, and righteous time!
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Just watched a video about the affordability of elevators in North America, definitely worth a watch
youtu.be/Or1_qVdekYM?...
youtu.be/Or1_qVdekYM?...
North America's Elevator Problem
YouTube video by About Here
youtu.be
February 15, 2026 at 5:45 AM
Just watched a video about the affordability of elevators in North America, definitely worth a watch
youtu.be/Or1_qVdekYM?...
youtu.be/Or1_qVdekYM?...
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it's worth asking why swiss coops can afford 20 elevators and 3 and 4-bedroom homes in 4 story buildings, when all we seem to afford are single aspect 280sf microstudios with 1 or 2 elevators for a hundred units
Competition design for apartments in Switzerland by FHV Architects
Beneath the complexity, the design has no corridors, and permits virtually all homes to be dual aspect - meaning better access to light and ventilation
Beneath the complexity, the design has no corridors, and permits virtually all homes to be dual aspect - meaning better access to light and ventilation
February 15, 2026 at 3:41 AM
it's worth asking why swiss coops can afford 20 elevators and 3 and 4-bedroom homes in 4 story buildings, when all we seem to afford are single aspect 280sf microstudios with 1 or 2 elevators for a hundred units
Sigh. Al Franken.
That would have been an ideal test case for a restorative justice approach. Perhaps he would have been exposed as remorseless or otherwise still have led to his same exit from the Senate, but the way the door slammed shut has entrenched fissures that might have been healed
That would have been an ideal test case for a restorative justice approach. Perhaps he would have been exposed as remorseless or otherwise still have led to his same exit from the Senate, but the way the door slammed shut has entrenched fissures that might have been healed
February 15, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Sigh. Al Franken.
That would have been an ideal test case for a restorative justice approach. Perhaps he would have been exposed as remorseless or otherwise still have led to his same exit from the Senate, but the way the door slammed shut has entrenched fissures that might have been healed
That would have been an ideal test case for a restorative justice approach. Perhaps he would have been exposed as remorseless or otherwise still have led to his same exit from the Senate, but the way the door slammed shut has entrenched fissures that might have been healed
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this is a really important point. the district courts are trying to contain this administration. the circuits, by and large, are still working, with the occasional exception of the 5th, 8th, and DC circuits.
the Supreme Court is on an island. lawless and completely rogue.
the Supreme Court is on an island. lawless and completely rogue.
Our court system is largely working, with the exception of the most important court
Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
February 15, 2026 at 1:30 PM
this is a really important point. the district courts are trying to contain this administration. the circuits, by and large, are still working, with the occasional exception of the 5th, 8th, and DC circuits.
the Supreme Court is on an island. lawless and completely rogue.
the Supreme Court is on an island. lawless and completely rogue.
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Horseshit. It has the facts correct but the conclusion is wrong. It wasn't the public that didn't like the shift, it was the powerful and corrupt who were being exposed that put an end to it. They funded the campaigns against it, then they outright bought the papers. C'mon man 🤷♂️
February 14, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Horseshit. It has the facts correct but the conclusion is wrong. It wasn't the public that didn't like the shift, it was the powerful and corrupt who were being exposed that put an end to it. They funded the campaigns against it, then they outright bought the papers. C'mon man 🤷♂️
Barry's Economics on a the systemic problems exposed in the Epstein scandal, and the various systemic changes needed to confront the ongoing harm from it and all the similar problems that emerge from failing to enforce laws against the rich and powerful
youtu.be/sS33crOQvrM
youtu.be/sS33crOQvrM
Your Brain Won't Let You See What Epstein Really Was - Barry's Economics
YouTube video by Barry's Economics
youtu.be
February 15, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Barry's Economics on a the systemic problems exposed in the Epstein scandal, and the various systemic changes needed to confront the ongoing harm from it and all the similar problems that emerge from failing to enforce laws against the rich and powerful
youtu.be/sS33crOQvrM
youtu.be/sS33crOQvrM
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Patrick Sisson speaks to critics and journalists about Vox Media's move to allow Curbed's archives to go dark. The national publication covered real estate, urban life, and architecture and design. @patrickcsisson.bsky.social is reporting for @archpaper.com
URL: www.archpaper.com/2026/02/curb...
URL: www.archpaper.com/2026/02/curb...
February 14, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Patrick Sisson speaks to critics and journalists about Vox Media's move to allow Curbed's archives to go dark. The national publication covered real estate, urban life, and architecture and design. @patrickcsisson.bsky.social is reporting for @archpaper.com
URL: www.archpaper.com/2026/02/curb...
URL: www.archpaper.com/2026/02/curb...
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Sears and Roebuck Minneapolis Store Under Construction (1927)
Source: Hennepin County Library
Source: Hennepin County Library
February 15, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Sears and Roebuck Minneapolis Store Under Construction (1927)
Source: Hennepin County Library
Source: Hennepin County Library
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Want to run social media for an aggressively reform-minded NYCDOT?
Now's your chance.
cityjobs.nyc.gov/job/creative...
Now's your chance.
cityjobs.nyc.gov/job/creative...
February 13, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Want to run social media for an aggressively reform-minded NYCDOT?
Now's your chance.
cityjobs.nyc.gov/job/creative...
Now's your chance.
cityjobs.nyc.gov/job/creative...
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Ah, my favorite part of Jurassic Park
February 15, 2026 at 6:51 AM
Ah, my favorite part of Jurassic Park
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Today marks the 35th Birthday of Lemmings! Keep walking on.
February 15, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Today marks the 35th Birthday of Lemmings! Keep walking on.
Gonna be seeing a lot of this guy shortly
February 15, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Gonna be seeing a lot of this guy shortly
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Tom Homan: "I'm not going to sit here and say anybody did anything wrong and that, you know, they were, you know, unprofessional."
Today at Homewood Suites in New Brighton, MN:
Today at Homewood Suites in New Brighton, MN:
February 14, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Tom Homan: "I'm not going to sit here and say anybody did anything wrong and that, you know, they were, you know, unprofessional."
Today at Homewood Suites in New Brighton, MN:
Today at Homewood Suites in New Brighton, MN:
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February 14, 2026 at 5:57 PM
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also @ashleypopoola.bsky.social on the SR-71
February 14, 2026 at 9:42 PM
also @ashleypopoola.bsky.social on the SR-71
No SNL tonight due to the Olympics; they return March 7th. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver returns for the premiere of its 13th season tomorrow evening, though
February 14, 2026 at 10:16 PM
No SNL tonight due to the Olympics; they return March 7th. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver returns for the premiere of its 13th season tomorrow evening, though
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For the first time since Jan. 5, there were no ICE flights out of Minneapolis Friday, probably because of this ruling.
Got to have an impromptu celebration IRL tonight with @ottergoose.net and @jjindc.bsky.social🙏.
Got to have an impromptu celebration IRL tonight with @ottergoose.net and @jjindc.bsky.social🙏.
Incredibly powerful opinion chronicling the awfulness in Whipple and the ways it interfered with the right to counsel.
One key part of the ruling (that ICE will likely appeal ASAP); Judge Brasel bars ICE from transferring anyone out of Minnesota within 72 hours of arrest.
One key part of the ruling (that ICE will likely appeal ASAP); Judge Brasel bars ICE from transferring anyone out of Minnesota within 72 hours of arrest.
February 14, 2026 at 5:59 AM
For the first time since Jan. 5, there were no ICE flights out of Minneapolis Friday, probably because of this ruling.
Got to have an impromptu celebration IRL tonight with @ottergoose.net and @jjindc.bsky.social🙏.
Got to have an impromptu celebration IRL tonight with @ottergoose.net and @jjindc.bsky.social🙏.
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OK, gonna re-up this one more time here as I heard from Met Council staff yesterday that they've not received many public comments yet and the deadline for input is 5pm *tomorrow* - Sunday, Feb 15th!
Hopefully some of you local to the Minneapolis/Saint Paul metro may have some time this weekend.
Hopefully some of you local to the Minneapolis/Saint Paul metro may have some time this weekend.
🧵With ongoing hostile occupation by paramilitary thugs under oath to the Mad King, I've hesitated to note what now feels like a parochial topic. Met Council recently opened a public comment period on processes to award ~$300mil in transpo funding this year.
metrocouncil.org/News-Events/...
metrocouncil.org/News-Events/...
Public comment periods open for draft applications processes for transportation funding - Metropolitan Council
metrocouncil.org
February 14, 2026 at 5:20 PM
OK, gonna re-up this one more time here as I heard from Met Council staff yesterday that they've not received many public comments yet and the deadline for input is 5pm *tomorrow* - Sunday, Feb 15th!
Hopefully some of you local to the Minneapolis/Saint Paul metro may have some time this weekend.
Hopefully some of you local to the Minneapolis/Saint Paul metro may have some time this weekend.
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Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped.
The decisions amount to a huge legal rebuke, but the administration has continued jailing people indefinitely.
www.reuters.com
February 14, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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Amtrak's Newest Train on film
Their "Airo" trainset in Cascades livery looks fantastic on Fuji 200
Their "Airo" trainset in Cascades livery looks fantastic on Fuji 200
February 14, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Amtrak's Newest Train on film
Their "Airo" trainset in Cascades livery looks fantastic on Fuji 200
Their "Airo" trainset in Cascades livery looks fantastic on Fuji 200
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Folks in Minnesota can adopt storm drains here:
mn.adopt-a-drain.org
(Of course you can also just head out there and clear drains wherever you see a need.)
mn.adopt-a-drain.org
(Of course you can also just head out there and clear drains wherever you see a need.)
can I humbly recommend you get out and open some storm drains today
February 14, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Folks in Minnesota can adopt storm drains here:
mn.adopt-a-drain.org
(Of course you can also just head out there and clear drains wherever you see a need.)
mn.adopt-a-drain.org
(Of course you can also just head out there and clear drains wherever you see a need.)