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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.

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

If we get a "Super El Niño" this year, here's what the "Year without a Winter," December-February of 1877-78, was like in #Minnesota
https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/climate/journa

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

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.

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.

Two Funded PhD Positions in Environmental Systems & Risk Modeling at the University of #Minnesota, USA
https://csdms.colorado.edu/wiki/Jobs:Job-02051

Jobs:Job-02051

"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.

RE: #mnpol #minnesota

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

" #Minnesota 's early history with slavery and ginseng"
"Just before the Civil War, settlers desperate for money turned to ginseng digging in Minnesota"
| Fargo Forum |
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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.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ClassicalLive
Leoš Janšček, Minnesota Orchestra & Edward Gardner:
🎵 Sinfonietta, Op. 60
#LeošJanáček #MinnesotaOrchestra #EdwardGardner
https://open.spotify.com/track/2llxW3x71vsfDE7kvpMnyC

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

"Three baby pumas born in Minnesota, US, is a first in more than 100 years"
#US #USA #America #Minnesota

Three baby pumas born in Minnesota, US, is a first in more than 100 years
A female puma with her three kittens was spotted on a trail camera in Minnesota, a first in more than a century.

Minnesotans: please call Governor Walz and express your opposition to this bill.
Two key points:
1. It's unconstitutional.
2. It's mass surveillance, a massive personal data handout to the tech giants, a gross privacy violation, and a catastrophic personal data breach just waiting to happen.
#Minnesota #mnleg @… https://mastodon.sdf.org/@argv_minus_one/116615688225346689

🚨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…

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

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

"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.

🇺🇦 #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

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

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #Breakfast
Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Sir Stephen Hough, Minnesota Orchestra & Osmo Vänskä:
🎵 Piano Concerto No 1 in B flat minor - 3rd mvt
#PyotrTchaikovsky #SirStephenHough #MinnesotaOrchestra #OsmoVänskä
#Spotify