City Like a Burnt Marshmallow. Minneapolis, Minnesota
Jake Steinberg
@jakesteinberg.com
🗺️ 📊 🗞️ Maps and visual stories for @startribune.com Prevs: WSJ Graphics, UW-Madison cartography, reporter in Arizona www.jakesteinberg.com
The fires in the Boundary Waters and Canada are dumping smoke all over the Great Lakes and Minnesota this week. The AQI in Duluth this afternoon is over 500. My latest for the Strib. www.startribune.com/wildfire-smo...
for as much as social media is sold to reporters as being a necessary tool for reporting, i learned that it's really not. literally just making one five minute phone call to a real person, or going to some random event of no news value, is infinitely more productive than reading posts
Not according to a majority of the 2,000 Strib readers who submitted to our Uptown project www.startribune.com/we-asked-whe...
David Brauer@dbrauer.net · 4w agoLYNDALE ISN’T UPTOWN [incessantly taps the sign]
This fun shot is the exact site of "Silver Cascade", a fantastic waterfall where Tuttle's Creek once entered the river from @dinkytown.bsky.social. In 1883 the falls were cut off from their source by the railroad, then the whole creek was buried in 1899. Water still wants to go here though!
Wedge LIVE!™@wedge.live · last mo.Most satisfying job in Minneapolis is unclogging these holes after a hard rain.
When Google strips all this away by harvesting an "answer" and displaying it at the top of the page, the bargain between Google and the open web breaks down. Google is extracting 100% of the value from the websites it summarizes, and giving nothing back in return. 7/
ICYMI: Last week, I helped @walkerorenstein.bsky.social blow open a story about the running mate for the GOP-endorsed candidate for governor in Minnesota. www.startribune.com/kendall-qual...
Qualls running mate was on Capitol grounds during Jan. 6 attack
Brian Nicholson, a businessman chosen by Republican-endorsed candidate Kendall Qualls to run as his lieutenant governor, said in a statement to the Star Tribune he wanted to show support for “the grea...
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We need more books connecting us to place. We need to learn all these ways of looking at our relationships to place. I’m keen to get my hands on this book!
Jake Steinberg@jakesteinberg.com · 2mo agoI'm thrilled to announce that I will soon be an author! My book, The Twin Cities in 50 Maps, is a cartographic portrait of Minneapolis and St. Paul. The book includes 50 painstakingly designed maps and deeply researched essays that trace the Cities' urbanity, history, ecology, and culture.
We've reached one fifth of our fundraising goal to support laid of Strib journalists. If you relied on our coverage of Operation Metro Surge this winter, please consider a donation. Many of those who lost their jobs covered the operation. workingpartnerships.betterworld.org/campaigns/st...
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if you appreciated the reporting during the occupation of minneapolis, then you probably have someone in this room to thank for it.
Star Tribune Guild@startribuneguild.bsky.social · 2mo agoStar Tribune Guild members wore our union merch to work today after management's announcement of 15% layoffs across the company, including within the newsroom.
Scott Pelley has provided @status.news a statement blasting current CBS News management and even accusing them of having tried (and failed) to "inject falsehoods and bias" into his stories. www.status.news/p/scott-pell...
The Star Tribune will be laying off 15% of its staff, including many who worked tirelessly to cover the Hortman assassinations, the Annunciation school shooting, social services fraud and Operation Metro Surge. Here is the statement from the Star Tribune Guild that represents newsroom employees:
Don't be shy. Tell people where they can preorder! I'll start... Amazon and Belt Publishing
I'm thrilled to announce that I will soon be an author! My book, The Twin Cities in 50 Maps, is a cartographic portrait of Minneapolis and St. Paul. The book includes 50 painstakingly designed maps and deeply researched essays that trace the Cities' urbanity, history, ecology, and culture.
New from me: Gas prices are up 64% in Minnesota since February. But depending on the type of vehicle you drive and the length of your commute, the cost of your mileage may vary. www.startribune.com/highest-gas-...
I'm doing a piece for the NYT and they just sent a very, very comprehensive and complete "no AI" email. Rather heartened by how sharp and without loopholes. As it should be.
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they should make a bluesky where you can't talk about the NY Times
I rarely deploy the term "banger." This? @davidehrlich.bsky.social's latest newsletter entry (and his glorious return after his book leave)? About the "absolute hell" of movie-going at the Drafthouse these days? This. This is a banger. www.indiewire.com/features/com...
The Absolute Hell of Watching a Movie at the Alamo Drafthouse in 2026
Once America's most promising movie theater chain, the Alamo Drafthouse has become a QR-coded symbol of corporate enshittification.
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To counter the proliferation of AI beaver slop and support people like Jake, here is a Dropbox containing a decade of photos of beavers and their landscapes. Use these as you see fit in reports, presentations, story maps, or for your personal viewing pleasure. www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/ho24s...
Jake Steinberg@jakesteinberg.com · 5mo agoI was just recently searching for creative commons beaver imagery for a map and I was horrified to see these same ghastly AI beavers
Sure, many people know about MIMAL the Chef/Elf (a group of US states that look like a chef holding a pan), but how many have ever noticed that this group of counties in the South kinda looks like the Triforce?
I lived in Juneau, AK for a summer and I heard someone tell me about their dungeon master moving to Anchorage on at least 3 different occasions www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/u...
