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@scottnorris757

Husband, father, progressive Minnesotan with his head in the clouds, trying to build a museum to reach the sky. I like dogs. I like travel.

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Bemidji still operates a bunch of piston-engine Queen Airs. Ancient but paid for!

07.03.2026 14:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Educational publishing (small press) peak was 2005 - over 90% have closed. Over 2500 teacher supply stores then, about 200 left now. Lost my job in Nov (company closed) after 28 years there / 35 in industry.

06.03.2026 14:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If it’s true that the United States bombed an elementary school and killed scores of children it is an unfathomable crime. I have never been more disgusted to be an American.

06.03.2026 04:42 πŸ‘ 20991 πŸ” 4103 πŸ’¬ 1322 πŸ“Œ 365

At least it was different. "Esther of wood resin" was one of the ingredients IIRC and yeah, that was pretty much the taste. Not the greatest couple years of my life, and OK was part of that.

05.03.2026 19:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s not just that the Administration isn’t answering questions about Iran.

They’re lying.

05.03.2026 02:13 πŸ‘ 4904 πŸ” 1798 πŸ’¬ 184 πŸ“Œ 55

Reminder that the FBI is still refusing to let local law enforcement in on the investigation into Renee Good and Alex Pretti’s deaths.

This is a cover up in plain sight.

04.03.2026 17:53 πŸ‘ 429 πŸ” 120 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 7
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A cartoon from the 1950’s that’s more relevant than ever πŸ’”

04.03.2026 14:40 πŸ‘ 19930 πŸ” 8449 πŸ’¬ 349 πŸ“Œ 327

AwOOOwoOOO #Minnesota #1stWednesday

04.03.2026 19:01 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Choice Cuts for 3/3, Part 2: Don't take my taxpayer dollars and then use them to promote Republicans, the same people who declared war on OUR state!

04.03.2026 02:01 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is 100% the direction Target should be going. The new CEO also should do this: any Vice President, Senior Vice President, or Executive Vice President who had any part of the prior decisions that led to this current mess and has still managed to keep their job, should be fired immediately.

03.03.2026 22:57 πŸ‘ 44 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Rats! Dentist appointment!

04.03.2026 00:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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If anyone is friends with any Georgian air traffic controllers, buy them a nice bottle of wine. As guardians of pretty much the only narrow gap still available between Europe and Asia that avoids both Iran, the Gulf, Ukraine and Russia, they are under some substantial pressure.

03.03.2026 14:26 πŸ‘ 3960 πŸ” 1279 πŸ’¬ 71 πŸ“Œ 131

Wasn't there a whole blowup a year ago about Modi sending assassins into Canada to kill political / ethnic opponents?

03.03.2026 17:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I appreciate how Sean Ferrick notes our situation each week on his episode recaps on YouTube. The Europeans seem to be getting more info about MN than Americans...

03.03.2026 17:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Got to watch her work at the State Fair a few years ago. Super sharp, multi-tasker, still able to focus on the person in front of her whether a kid or a senior while her phone was going off. Fully confident she'll do right by us!

02.03.2026 00:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Would frankly improve the discourse there. I finally learned how to block but it resets the feed every time.

01.03.2026 04:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh heck, Reagan’s recession + interest rate nightmare; gas lines and stagflation in the 70s, mass layoffs as factories abandoned the Rust Belt & the big farm bankruptcy crisis.

01.03.2026 04:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Lived near there in the early 80s back when Amtrak still had a run out to Dubuque, the station was dingy & the speed / timing made no sense. Hoping for better results now!

01.03.2026 04:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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There is no amount of money in the world that would lead me to fight a Vietnamese refugee that grew up in Louisiana

(Also I really want to try a Korean style Po’ Boy)

27.02.2026 13:31 πŸ‘ 4335 πŸ” 1223 πŸ’¬ 98 πŸ“Œ 233

T.R. was also a major trust-buster, might wanna read up on that, buddy.

27.02.2026 23:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The Feds poking their fingers into Minnesotans' banking records won't help, either, & increases risk for everyone in real estate & property development; moving money to buy a home, etc.

26.02.2026 16:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Minnesota right now is both incredibly strong at the neighborhood and community level and absolutely beat to all hell. And kind of broke. People are close to eviction and other people are digging deep to help them.
Cutting off Medicaid to this deeply hurting population is so cruel and vengeful.

26.02.2026 04:38 πŸ‘ 225 πŸ” 52 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 5

I live in Minnesota and I want the federal government to stop trying to kill us. And hurt us. I want them to stop attacking us.

It sucks.

We’re just trying to live our lives and take care of each other and we don’t deserve all this.

I kid around sometimes here but I’m not kidding now.

25.02.2026 22:16 πŸ‘ 4104 πŸ” 882 πŸ’¬ 113 πŸ“Œ 35
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Minnesota paid leave program's rollout was $70 million under budget, director says Minnesota is in its second full month of a sweeping new paid leave policy that impacts almost all residents.

It's amazing how effectively a state program designed to help the needy can work when you put basic safeguards in place to make sure it doesn't get abused! www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...

25.02.2026 02:04 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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ICE took their papersβ€”and won’t give them back Immigrants are being released from detention without documents proving their status.

β€œAs far as I can tell, it’s the practice of ICE to throw everybody’s documents into a black box and then lose it.”

Immigrants in Minnesota have been released from detention centers without work permits, Social Security cards, licenses, and other documents that prove their status.

24.02.2026 22:31 πŸ‘ 338 πŸ” 195 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 13

"If you don't count two-thirds of the state's population in the cities, we're actually the majority." What a whiny baby.

24.02.2026 21:22 πŸ‘ 54 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Local View: Stauber's bill bad for BWCAW, all public lands From the column: "It's healthy to argue over what to do with public lands. ... The BWCAW is our nation’s most popular wilderness area. It’s a unique landscape. There is no backup."

If Stauber sells out MN for a massive international mining conglomerate, he might get:

8 figure lobbying gig
His kid a job as a senior mining executive.
His wife a board position which pays 7 figures
A one-way ticket out of MN for when his lies get exposed. www.duluthnewstribune.com/opinion/colu...

24.02.2026 01:33 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Minnesota school districts say federal agents still causing daily disruptions School leaders say that ICE activity is continuing to interrupt daily life for students, staff and families despite the announced end of the two-month surge of federal immigration agents.

β€œOn Feb. 4 β€” the day border czar Tom Homan announced a β€˜drawdown’ of 700 agents β€” Lewis said ICE agents posed as journalists outside a Fridley school wearing bright orange bands on their arms reading β€˜press.’”

β€œβ€˜They were yelling and screaming at our staff, yelling and screaming at parents’”

23.02.2026 13:30 πŸ‘ 130 πŸ” 95 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 6

I cannot hear a report about a blizzard without thinking "Delicious."

22.02.2026 20:45 πŸ‘ 136 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 1
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Amid Trump crackdown on Chinese students, one US university appears to block them altogether Purdue says no ban on Chinese students exists, but reportedly rescinded dozens of offers after warnings from legislators

I want us to understand this in the context of these same people killed affirmative action using Chinese-American plaintiffs because they said helping Black people was discriminatory against Asian Americans and anti-merit. Once again: it was never about that. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

22.02.2026 17:00 πŸ‘ 1753 πŸ” 580 πŸ’¬ 26 πŸ“Œ 21