Joe Mason
@moreorloess.bsky.social
UW Madison Geography, opinions are mine. Geomorphology, soils, dunes, loess, in the Midwest, Great Plains, northern China. He/him. Living on Ho-Chunk lands.
We sort of won on safety, eventually lost on the firing, which was always going to be hard to reverse. They didn't retaliate against anyone, which means they got the message, at least for awhile. I think they were shocked.
November 22, 2025 at 4:14 AM
We sort of won on safety, eventually lost on the firing, which was always going to be hard to reverse. They didn't retaliate against anyone, which means they got the message, at least for awhile. I think they were shocked.
I wouldn't say there's nothing in the Mojave, though
November 22, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I wouldn't say there's nothing in the Mojave, though
On the other hand, I took a train in China that only took about 480 minutes to go from Beijing to Guangzhou.
November 22, 2025 at 2:54 AM
On the other hand, I took a train in China that only took about 480 minutes to go from Beijing to Guangzhou.
I just looked up how long it takes the new Amtrak Borealis between Minneapolis and Chicago and I was surprised to see it's only supposed to be about 50 minutes longer than the old Twin Cities 400 (400 miles in 400 minutes). Not sure how often it's on time, but that's still encouraging.
November 22, 2025 at 2:51 AM
I just looked up how long it takes the new Amtrak Borealis between Minneapolis and Chicago and I was surprised to see it's only supposed to be about 50 minutes longer than the old Twin Cities 400 (400 miles in 400 minutes). Not sure how often it's on time, but that's still encouraging.
Anyway, I saw a lot of businesses that are going to be hurting while I looked for where that cafe was.
November 22, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Anyway, I saw a lot of businesses that are going to be hurting while I looked for where that cafe was.
Yeah, I just found an obituary for the owner whose name was Tom Paris. Not clear if he was the last owner of it. But it said it was at the site of that night club. They had good pancakes and waffles.
November 22, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Yeah, I just found an obituary for the owner whose name was Tom Paris. Not clear if he was the last owner of it. But it said it was at the site of that night club. They had good pancakes and waffles.
North side of the tracks and I recall it as being on the east side of the downtown area, but I could be totally wrong about that.
November 22, 2025 at 2:29 AM
North side of the tracks and I recall it as being on the east side of the downtown area, but I could be totally wrong about that.
That's probably long gone. I know I looked for it on the way through there five or ten years ago but it was no longer where I remembered it.
November 22, 2025 at 2:20 AM
That's probably long gone. I know I looked for it on the way through there five or ten years ago but it was no longer where I remembered it.
Mostly unrelated, but when I was looking at Google Maps to make sure I'm remembering the size and location of the plant that's closing, I recalled stopping at the Little Paris Cafe with my parents, my son, and my cousin from France who enjoyed the name and the French phrases on the menu.
November 22, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Mostly unrelated, but when I was looking at Google Maps to make sure I'm remembering the size and location of the plant that's closing, I recalled stopping at the Little Paris Cafe with my parents, my son, and my cousin from France who enjoyed the name and the French phrases on the menu.
So that's the basic issue? Is there a reason they chose to close this particular plant, that you know of?
November 22, 2025 at 1:31 AM
So that's the basic issue? Is there a reason they chose to close this particular plant, that you know of?
This is an interesting finding about the long-term presence Lyme disease and deer ticks. Makes sense that their changing abundance in the last century is closely related to white-tailed deer populations in the eastern and midwestern US. medicine.yale.edu/news-article...
Ancient History of Lyme Disease in North America Revealed with Bacterial Genomes
A team of researchers led by the Yale School of Public Health has found that the Lyme disease bacterium is ancient in North America, circulating silently in
medicine.yale.edu
November 21, 2025 at 11:34 PM
This is an interesting finding about the long-term presence Lyme disease and deer ticks. Makes sense that their changing abundance in the last century is closely related to white-tailed deer populations in the eastern and midwestern US. medicine.yale.edu/news-article...
I don't have any idea. You would think if they were here in any numbers in the 1860s or earlier they'd be mentioned in, say, diaries.
November 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I don't have any idea. You would think if they were here in any numbers in the 1860s or earlier they'd be mentioned in, say, diaries.
I know, they're actually yelling at each other and we're just listening in. "Stay in line!!" or whatever.
November 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I know, they're actually yelling at each other and we're just listening in. "Stay in line!!" or whatever.
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Its a surprisingly common accident. Or maybe not surprising.
November 21, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Its a surprisingly common accident. Or maybe not surprising.
It's all the smell of money, I know, I know
November 21, 2025 at 3:55 AM
It's all the smell of money, I know, I know