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" #Minnesota 's early history with slavery and ginseng"
"Just before the Civil War, settlers desperate for money turned to ginseng digging in Minnesota"
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Minnesota's early history with slavery and ginseng
Just before the Civil War, settlers desperate for money turned to ginseng digging in Minnesota, which attracted the attention of southern slavers.

Essential reading for those inside and outside of #Minnesota looking to stop #ICE terrorizing immigrants and anybody else they choose.

Operation Metro Surge hasn’t ended. It’s expanded to the suburbs.
Minnesota residents and lawmakers say the promised drawdown has not materialized, and they are seeing ICE use more covert tactics to continue operations across Twin Cities suburbs.

Red River of the North at Fargo-Moorhead, (left) and Grand Forks-East Grand Forks (right). The river delineates the border between #NorthDakota and #Minnesota

"Minnesota solar farm produces electricity – plus kale and radishes"
#US #USA #America #Minnesota

Minnesota solar farm produces electricity – plus kale and radishes
At the Big Lake solar installation, farmers grow crops between rows of solar panels.

#Minnesota blizzard update - "White-out conditions in some areas"
https://www.fox9.com/weather/minnesota-winter-storm-updates-march-15-2026

Live updates on Minnesota winter storm: White-out conditions in some areas
A blizzard warning remains in effect Sunday, as snow continues to fall across much of Minnesota. Find live updates on the winter storm here.

Amazing picture, almost art, which tells the story of how the US is breaking down... The contrast between the military-style ICE officers and the citizens is stark.
( A Star Tribune photo of observers capturing the ICE incident today in Saint Paul.)
#minnesota #saintpaul

#Google plant in #Minnesota ein #Rechenzentrum, das mit 1,9 Gigawatt sauberer #Energie betrieben …

Google’s new 1.9GW clean energy deal includes massive 100-hour battery | TechCrunch
Form Energy's iron-air batteries will store wind and solar power to keep the data center running 24/7.

Southern #Minnesota tornado damage
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/04/17/tornadoes-touch-down-in-rochester-area

Tornadoes touch down in Rochester area
Severe thunderstorms produced tornadoes Friday afternoon in southeast Minnesota. The National Weather Service reported a damaging tornado in the Marion area southeast of Rochester just before 3 p.m. and another tornado near Plainview.

Update on hazardous chemical cleanup (or not) in groundwater at Leech Lake, #Minnesota 🧪⚒️
https://www.minnpost.com/environment/2026/

A Superfund site in Minnesota is spreading, disrupting a tribe’s way of life
Little progress has been made despite 40 years of cleanup on Leech Lake Reservation. Locals fear for the health of surrounding waterways.

"Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Just Lost Protection From Mining"
#US #USA #America #Minnesota

Minnesota's Boundary Waters Just Lost Protection From Mining - Inside Climate News
Democrat Tina Smith held the Senate floor for hours arguing against the removal of the ban, but GOP senators were unmoved and the Senate approved the resolution 50-49.

Front page of the Fargo-Moorhead Forum newspaper from 50 years ago, 1976.
Patty Hearst, George Bush goes to CIA, local #NorthDakota spring weather, a robber that nabbed $30 to $40, Gov Wendy Anderson signs #Minnesota bill to raise drinking age to 19.

Almost exact repeat of April 4, 1976 winter storm in the #Fargo #Moorhead area: April 4, 2026 (left); news report in Forum newspaper from 50 years ago (right). #Minnesota

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #OperaOn3
Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Sir Stephen Hough, Minnesota Orchestra & Osmo Vänskä:
🎵 Concert Fantasia in G major, Op 56
#PyotrTchaikovsky #SirStephenHough #MinnesotaOrchestra #OsmoVänskä

A very frozen and snow covered Red River of the North, from January; looking south-ish from Grand Forks, #NorthDakota. Rail bridge in the distance. The plume in the far distance is from the Crystal Sugar beet processing plant on the #Minnesota side.

Western #Minnesota from the air the other day, after a snowstorm had passed through.

#Fargo (#NorthDakota) and #Moorhead (#Minnesota) called out in this video on less tourism from Canada

Reliable person I know, in a #Minneapolis suburb, today:
"Saw my first ice arrest this morning. At a church in Excelsior on Hwy 7 there was a man laying on the snow with 2 or 3 ice agents on top of him and another 2 or 3 agents running towards him. All with their masks on."
#Minnesota

🚨Special Lecture! 🚨 Origin and Evolution of Early Solar System Organic Materials! Dr. John Eiler, Caltech.
Monday, April 27, 5:45 p.m. Central time. Zoom option available!
In honor of mass spectrometry giant, A.O. Nier, who taught and researched at U #Minnesota for decades.

2026 A.O.C. Nier lecture
Dr. John Eiler, Robert P. Sharp Professor of Geology and Geochemistry, and Ted and Ginger Jenkins Leadership Chair of Geological and Planetary Sciences, CaltechExploring the organic chemistry of the early solar system using molecular isotopic structureAbstractOrganic chemistry is ubiquitous across all extraterrestrial environments — stellar envelopes, nebulae and protoplanetary disks, the diffuse interstellar medium (ISM) — and dominates the processing and delivery of volatiles to planetary…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ClassicalLive
Bedrich Smetana, Minnesota Orchestra & Edward Gardner:
🎵 Tabor (Mš vlast)
#BedrichSmetana #MinnesotaOrchestra #EdwardGardner

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #InTune
Ludwig van Beethoven, Minnesota Orchestra & Osmo Vänskä:
🎵 Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: I. Allegro con brio
#LudwigvanBeethoven #MinnesotaOrchestra #OsmoVänskä
https://open.spotify.com/track/48hOfqYc8vqr8Rso9fotpS
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