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History of #Minnesota: forests, fires, policy
"The Past, Present, and Future of Forest Fires" by Hayden L. Nelson
https://niche-canada.org/2026/06/13/th

The Past, Present, and Future of Forest Fires
Upfront costs–in research, in personnel, and in deployment–are essential for fire prevention. Yet today, as in the early twentieth century, the federal government, despite possessing knowledge indicating the opposite, would rather spend money in disaster relief than in disaster prevention.

A few Cretaceous age dinosaur bones have been discovered in #Minnesota - jaw portions of Terminonaris, and a tail vertebra of a hadrosaur. The state #fossil is the Giant Beaver; this specimen is from Saint Paul.
Crossover post

One thing I love about Saint Paul: they put poetry on sidewalks. Here's some in my neighborhood. Art infrastructure!
#saintpaul #minnesota #poetry

So the U.S. Men's National Soccer Team has adopted John Denver's Take Me Home, Country Roads as their theme. I was just reminded that Denver (H.J. Deutschendorf Jr.) and his wife lived in #Edina, #Minnesota in the late 1960's to early 1970's!

#Minnesota artists and Operation Metro Surge: upcoming exhibition at FindFurnish in #Minneapolis
https://theradicalact.com/

MSP folks: If you are free to show up and show support, the NLG is encouraging people to show up for the first court appearances of those arrested. Observers let the courts and the feds know that people are watching.
Appearances scheduled 1:30 and after, at the US Federal Courthouse: 316 N. Robert Street, St. Paul, MN.
#msp #minneapolis #minnesota

#Minnesota State Fair scenes.
The second most attended US fair. #Mnstatefair

"Kate Adamala and Aaron Engelhart and their teams ... have developed the world’s first synthetic cell with a complete life cycle, built entirely from non-living chemical components"
(Not a biologist, posting this because I'm a #Minnesota alum!)

World’s first synthetic cell with a complete life cycle could revolutionize biological engineering
Associate Professor Kate Adamala and her team have built a synthetic cell capable of performing the fundamental functions of life.

"Contingency plans, backup procedures, and manual overrides did what they’re supposed to do at a majority of the affected utilities: nothing dramatic happened, because the boring stuff worked."
#Minnesota #Water #utilities

Really enjoyed TONY (Anthony Bourdain movie)! The 1975 setting was evocative for us.
(Local connection, the dad (not shown here) was played by Rich Sommer, who attended Concordia College in Moorhead #Minnesota and also Brave New Workshop in Minneapolis.)

Here’s a video to put a face (two, briefly, if you watch the whole thing) to the Minnesota 15.
Here’s one of my Minneapolis neighbors.
#Minnesota15 #Minnesota #iceout

#Minnesota !

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #EssentialClassics
Ludwig van Beethoven, Minnesota Orchestra & Osmo Vänskä:
🎵 Symphony no.4 in B flat major Op.60 (3rd mvt)
#LudwigvanBeethoven #MinnesotaOrchestra #OsmoVänskä

#SilentSunday #LakeLife
(pontoon boats reputedly invented in #Minnesota)

"The Great Lakes Fire History Digital Archive is a working, evolving digital archive that collects and makes accessible primary source documents pertaining to forest fires in the Great Lakes in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries."
"created and maintained by Dr. Hayden L. Nelson, a research historian at the #Minnesota Historical Society"

Good news! There is now a legal defense fund for the Minnesota 15! This is for all the people Trump's feds arrested on Tuesday for their anti-ICE activism in the Minneapolis / St. Paul area. They have a rough road ahead. Let's show them some support.
I can vouch for this specific fund. It's legit.
⚠️ Keep an eye out for the Chuffed site automatically adding a “tip” that is perhaps larger than the amount you want. You can set it to a smaller amount or zero. ⚠️
#Minneapolis #StPaul #Minnesota #iceout
https://chuffed.org/project/186570-minnesota-15-legal-defense-fund

#Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) air quality alert
#wildfire #smoke

Air quality alert issued due to wildfire smoke for Wednesday, July 15, through Friday, July 17, for east central, central, west central, southeast, north central, northwest, and northeast Minnesota
Air quality is expected to reach the maroon AQI category across central, east central, north central, and northeast Minnesota, which is hazardous for everyone.

#Minnesota : Park Rapids, Nemeth Art Center. Outstanding group art exhibition; see it if you can! ✔️
https://www.mplsart.com/written/2026/07/not-forgotten-c…

Not Forgotten: Contemporary Art with Rural Roots

Curator Aaron Spangler brings together five artists with rural roots for an exhibition on place, identity, and storytelling at Park Rapids' Nemeth Art Center.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #Radio3Breakfast
Ludwig van Beethoven, Osmo Vänskä & Minnesota Orchestra:
🎵 Symphony No 2 in D major, Op 36 (2nd mvt)
#LudwigvanBeethoven #OsmoVänskä #MinnesotaOrchestra

Hey Minnesota, just a reminder that Angie Craig is:
- a data center cheerleader
- and a cryptocurrency sell-out
- whose PAC has been using gen AI to make fake images of her opponent
- and who has just crap tons of big money behind her
- which is how she's carpet-bombing the state with junk texts and ads.
Stay informed, stay safe, stay crypto-bro-free.
DFL primaries happen on August 11, 2026.
#Minnesota #mnpol

#Minnesota Gov Walz issues executive order on copper-nickel PGE mining. May affect development of the Twin Metals deposit in the 1.1 billion yr old Duluth mafic Complex of the Midcontinent Rift. #geology

Walz executive order moves to block copper mining near the Boundary Waters
Four months after Congress reversed a ban on mining over about 350 square miles in the watershed of the northeastern Minnesota wilderness, Gov. Tim Walz has issued a state executive order to block copper-nickel mining in the area.

SciPride June 20 : Celebrate Pride when the Bell Museum, University of #Minnesota centers the work of LGBTQIA scientists and allies!
#StPaul

Spotlight Science: SciPride - Bell Museum
Spotlight Science is a regular program connecting you to current science conducted at the University of Minnesota and in our community. Join researchers, students, and special guests for conversations and unique interactive experiences.

Fergus Falls, #Minnesota

Peace
2024
Fawzia Khan
Hopkins, #Minnesota
Handwoven wool and cotton, audio recording
current exhibition at the #NorthDakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks (NDMOA)
"It is my conviction that there is no way to peace -- peace is the way."
-Thich Nhat Hanh

Bad Bad Hats, #Minnesota based indie band, at the #NorthDakota Museum of Art (Grand Forks) Concerts in the Garden NDMOA.com.
On Wed Aug 19 they'll be in Grand Marais, catch them if you're up on the North Shore!

Fortunately, her opponent in the DFL primary, Peggy Flanagan, is pretty cool. If like me you long for the US to have an actual opposition party that isn’t in the technofascist bag, well…this primary is specifically about whether we Minnesotans want that.
Voting is not the only or even the primary way we get ourselves out of this mess, but here is one place where voting can actually make a difference in the course of events. August 11, folks — and you can vote in the primary early!
Seize that moment, then get back to doing all the other work of resistance.
#Minnesota #mnpol

A Craig-affiliated PAC ran a deepfake video attack ad against her DFL primary opponent, and Craig’s response was basically “but the ad is true, though!” (It was in fact deeply misleading.)
#Minnesota #mnpol

Angie Craig is a data center cheerleader:
#Minnesota #mnpol

Angie Craig is a cryptocurrency shill:
#Minnesota #mnpol

On the possibility of #Minnesota Cu-Ni- PGE mining.
#NorthMet #PolyMet #TwinMetals

One Billion Years Ago, Northern Minnesota Nearly Split Apart. Now, Two Companies Want to Mine the Aftermath.
A continental rift created valuable mineral deposits beneath a remote wilderness beloved by recreationists.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #EssentialClassics
Ludwig van Beethoven, Minnesota Orchestra & Osmo Vänskä:
🎵 Symphony no.7 in A major Op.92 (3rd mvt)
#LudwigvanBeethoven #MinnesotaOrchestra #OsmoVänskä

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #InTune
Ludwig van Beethoven, Minnesota Orchestra & Osmo Vänskä:
🎵 Symphony No 8 in F major, Op 93 (2nd mvt)
#LudwigvanBeethoven #MinnesotaOrchestra #OsmoVänskä

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #InTune
Ludwig van Beethoven, Minnesota Orchestra & Osmo Vänskä:
🎵 Symphony no.1 in C major Op.21 (4th mvt)
#LudwigvanBeethoven #MinnesotaOrchestra #OsmoVänskä

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #InTune
Benjamin Britten, Minnesota Orchestra & Neville Marriner:
🎵 The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34: Theme & Fugue
#BenjaminBritten #MinnesotaOrchestra #NevilleMarriner
https://open.spotify.com/track/2jcW7LdhJIiEuq3YO0ICyr

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #Radio3Breakfast
Ludwig van Beethoven, Minnesota Orchestra & Osmo Vänskä:
🎵 Symphony No 8 in F major, Op 93 (1st mvt)
#LudwigvanBeethoven #MinnesotaOrchestra #OsmoVänskä

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #SundayMorning
Gustav Mahler, Osmo Vänskä & Minnesota Orchestra:
🎵 Symphony No 1 in D major (2nd mvt)
#GustavMahler #OsmoVänskä #MinnesotaOrchestra
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