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Aaron Klemz @aaronklemz.bsky.social · 5h

Just a reminder that there's a better idea about what to do with the shuttered LTV/Erie plant site than putting NewRange/PolyMet's polluting copper-nickel sulfide mine proposal near it and dumping the toxic tailings in an unstable and leaky basin.

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Aaron Klemz @aaronklemz.bsky.social · 7h

It was relatively common to have "half-breed tracts" set aside (the city of Keokuk, IA was once one) as the children of indigenous people and white settlers were not welcomed in either community.

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Aaron Klemz @aaronklemz.bsky.social · 8h

It's a weird flex to hire the same attorney who represented "Save Lake Calhoun" to represent your group fighting for land back, but the facts here are interesting. www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...

Sioux descendants file lawsuit against U.S. for federal recognition, monetary damages over land

Sioux descendants have filed a lawsuit against the United States for federal recognition of their tribe, and for monetary damages over land that their attorney said was fraudulently dispossessed.

www.cbsnews.com

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Aaron Klemz @aaronklemz.bsky.social · 1d

Woah

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Aaron Klemz @aaronklemz.bsky.social · 1d

Here in Minnesota just 12% of State Fair attendees supported tax breaks for data centers, 70% opposed. The bipartisan backlash to data centers is here, too. www.semafor.com/article/10/1...

As electricity bills rise, candidates in both parties blame data centers

The AI-driven, power-hungry projects are emerging as a new target for America’s emboldened populists.

www.semafor.com

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Aaron Klemz @aaronklemz.bsky.social · 1d

This is a really interesting bipartisan initiative in Montana to effectively overturn the awful Citizens United decision. Corporations are creatures of state law and Minnesota should consider taking a similar approach to get corporate $ out of elections. corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2025/08/07/t....

Transparent Election Initiative

A bipartisan team of former Montana officials have unveiled an oddly simple yet startlingly robust legal mechanism for undoing Citizens United that ...

corpgov.law.harvard.edu

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Aaron Klemz @aaronklemz.bsky.social · 2d

Do you like Cheerios? Would you like Cheerios even more if they were made with Minnesota-grown oats? Join me and ask General Mills to buy Minnesota oats, which are both a healthy food & are good for water quality, reducing nitrate pollution of groundwater. www.mncenter.org/ask-general-...

Ask General Mills to Buy Local Oats | Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy

www.mncenter.org

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Aaron Klemz @aaronklemz.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks for the uplifting message, Atlantic

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Aaron Klemz @aaronklemz.bsky.social · 14d

Two more months of waiting for PolyMet to release the result of their "studies" and tell everyone what they want to do with their busted and repudiated 2018/2019 permits. But it's not a "delay!" That press release was just an estimate! (Seems important to remember when reading future press releases)

Aaron Klemz @aaronklemz.bsky.social · 14d

So the Blackrock/GIP acquisition of MN Power seems to be just a little amuse-bouche for them ts2.tech/en/blackrock...

BlackRock’s GIP Poised for $38B AES Power Grab – AI-Fuelled Demand Sparks Takeover Frenzy

BlackRock’s GIP Poised for $38B AES Power Grab – AI-Fuelled Demand Sparks Takeover Frenzy - Tech Space 2.0

ts2.tech

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Aaron Klemz @aaronklemz.bsky.social · 24d

The fact that Tom Homan believes in fiat currency is the real scandal here

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Aaron Klemz @aaronklemz.bsky.social · 24d

Look everyone knows that you get your corruption payments in crypto these days, cash is something from the nineteen hundreds

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Aaron Klemz @aaronklemz.bsky.social · 24d

The Loons are proving they really belong as a Minnesota men's professional sportsball team tonight.

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Aaron Klemz @aaronklemz.bsky.social · 24d

www.startribune.com/one-of-minne...

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Aaron Klemz @aaronklemz.bsky.social · 25d

Yes, but you gotta wonder why LE is reacting completely differently in an adjacent county to the very same policy. Actually never mind, I know why.

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Aaron Klemz @aaronklemz.bsky.social · 25d

Read more - here's a 2023 press release from Ramsey County detailing the cooperation between law enforcement and the positive results of ending the same stops that Hennepin County law enforcement claims are essential to stopping crime: www.ramseycounty.us/sites/defaul...

www.ramseycounty.us

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Aaron Klemz @aaronklemz.bsky.social · 25d

Law enforcement is freaking out about Hennepin County ending prosecutions from low-level traffic stops - claiming it will lead to a crime wave. But Ramsey County did the same thing 5 years ago, and huh, check the results. Crime is way down! Why is nobody talking about this?

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Aaron Klemz @aaronklemz.bsky.social · Sep 10

The short answer is "not enough, yet." We will keep working on it! #water #ourwaterisourstrength

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Isak Kvam @isakkvam.bsky.social · Sep 5

And averaged out through the year, Minnesota's electricity is already halfway decarbonized: fresh-energy.org/minnesotas-e...

Minnesota’s electricity is now 50% carbon-free — here’s what that means - Fresh Energy

As Minnesota rapidly transitions to clean electricity, our fuel mix and emissions have declined. Learn about Minnesota, the Midwest’s, and MN electric utilities’ electricity!

fresh-energy.org

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Aaron Klemz @aaronklemz.bsky.social · Sep 5

Since pro-fossil fuel political types love to cherry pick days with high levels of coal/gas in MISO, here's a reminder that we can get more than 75% of our electricity carbon free on good days.

Isak Kvam @isakkvam.bsky.social · Sep 5

Anyways, MISO as a whole is >50% carbon-free today. But in my neck of the woods, the MN/ND/SD subregion is about 62% wind and 14% nuclear, so >75% carbon-free.

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Walker Orenstein @walkerorenstein.bsky.social · Sep 4

I spent a horrifying amount of time reading and translating the Annunciation shooter manifesto to report on it, and this rang true to me: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...