At lunch today with C, it occurred to me that we are all missing out on the great south asian cooking musical: Ghees and Dals
November 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
At lunch today with C, it occurred to me that we are all missing out on the great south asian cooking musical: Ghees and Dals
Powerful piece, and resonant. Alzheimer's runs in my family, has claimed several members of my family, while others are currently in the throes of that disease.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
Opinion | The People Holding Everyone Together Are Coming Apart
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Powerful piece, and resonant. Alzheimer's runs in my family, has claimed several members of my family, while others are currently in the throes of that disease.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
As I was saying about the "Editor's Pick." Strib is lookin' an awful lot like a gossip mag
Working overtime at the Holding The Powerful To Account Factory today
November 25, 2025 at 1:52 PM
As I was saying about the "Editor's Pick." Strib is lookin' an awful lot like a gossip mag
The population of Pakistan is 255M- suspect it would be the largest nation, by population to reach this point.
Solar+storage is probably the fastest and cheapest way to electrify the developing world. It could have huge implications for global standards of living
Solar+storage is probably the fastest and cheapest way to electrify the developing world. It could have huge implications for global standards of living
Jebus, in just 2 or 3 years Pakistan has imported enough solar panels that, in some times in the coming year, panels will cover *all* the country's demand.
www.reuters.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:24 PM
The population of Pakistan is 255M- suspect it would be the largest nation, by population to reach this point.
Solar+storage is probably the fastest and cheapest way to electrify the developing world. It could have huge implications for global standards of living
Solar+storage is probably the fastest and cheapest way to electrify the developing world. It could have huge implications for global standards of living
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While baristas are on strike, our job is simple: DON’T SHOP AT STARBUCKS.
They’re striking for fair pay and respect and we’re standing with them.
Show the billionaires our solidarity is stronger than their greed.
#NoContractNoCoffee
They’re striking for fair pay and respect and we’re standing with them.
Show the billionaires our solidarity is stronger than their greed.
#NoContractNoCoffee
November 24, 2025 at 7:18 PM
While baristas are on strike, our job is simple: DON’T SHOP AT STARBUCKS.
They’re striking for fair pay and respect and we’re standing with them.
Show the billionaires our solidarity is stronger than their greed.
#NoContractNoCoffee
They’re striking for fair pay and respect and we’re standing with them.
Show the billionaires our solidarity is stronger than their greed.
#NoContractNoCoffee
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Driverless cars (e.g. Waymo) are no doubt safer than human-driven cars. But we need fewer cars overall. We need *reduced household expenses *lower emissions and fewer microplastics *less car dependence *better, more comfortable transit *excellent bike and walking infrastructure.
November 21, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Driverless cars (e.g. Waymo) are no doubt safer than human-driven cars. But we need fewer cars overall. We need *reduced household expenses *lower emissions and fewer microplastics *less car dependence *better, more comfortable transit *excellent bike and walking infrastructure.
Friends and Neighbors! Negotiations for the Roof Depot site are ongoing, but the city is dragging its feet, jeopardizing tax credits that would cover 30% of the cost of a 1.3MW solar garden that could provide clean electricity for 250 homes
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Community toolkit - Urge Mpls to make deal on Roof depot (Nov 2025)
Community Toolkit: Urge Mpls to make a deal on Roof Depot! Dear friends, We write to you as community members who are hopeful, but also deeply concerned about the status of the Urban Farm “Roof Depot...
docs.google.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Friends and Neighbors! Negotiations for the Roof Depot site are ongoing, but the city is dragging its feet, jeopardizing tax credits that would cover 30% of the cost of a 1.3MW solar garden that could provide clean electricity for 250 homes
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
OK this made the rounds a little while ago - and in fact the article is from 2019. But giving it another boost now
usa.streetsblog.org/2019/05/29/p...
usa.streetsblog.org/2019/05/29/p...
Separated Bike Lanes Means Safer Streets, Study Says — Streetsblog USA
Cities that build protected lanes for cyclists end up with safer roads for people on bikes and people in cars and on foot, a new study of 12 large metropolises revealed Wednesday.
usa.streetsblog.org
November 18, 2025 at 10:48 PM
OK this made the rounds a little while ago - and in fact the article is from 2019. But giving it another boost now
usa.streetsblog.org/2019/05/29/p...
usa.streetsblog.org/2019/05/29/p...
Would love it if we could do this. Street lighting is important for public safety, but if we could get that without so much light pollution, it would be awesome
Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
November 14, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Would love it if we could do this. Street lighting is important for public safety, but if we could get that without so much light pollution, it would be awesome
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Relevant car brain xkcd today @animesickos.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Relevant car brain xkcd today @animesickos.bsky.social
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Rather creating obstacles, Minneapolis officials should be doing everything they can to support a proposed urban farm and community center on the Roof Depot site, student Janya Dieringer writes.
Opinion: Plans for Mpls. Roof Depot site could spark real change
Rather creating obstacles, Minneapolis officials should be doing everything they can to support a proposed urban farm and community center on the Roof Depot site, student Janya Dieringer writes.
sahanjournal.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Rather creating obstacles, Minneapolis officials should be doing everything they can to support a proposed urban farm and community center on the Roof Depot site, student Janya Dieringer writes.
There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him.
November 12, 2025 at 3:48 AM
There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him.
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Where’s the restroom? Minneapolis needs more answers
Businesses can’t take on the entire burden. The city must invest in a network of free, accessible and well-maintained public restrooms.
by Lee Eubanks
www.minnpost.com/community-vo...
Businesses can’t take on the entire burden. The city must invest in a network of free, accessible and well-maintained public restrooms.
by Lee Eubanks
www.minnpost.com/community-vo...
Where are the restrooms? Minneapolis needs more answers - MinnPost
Businesses can't take on the entire burden. The city must invest in a network of free, accessible and well-maintained public restrooms.
www.minnpost.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Where’s the restroom? Minneapolis needs more answers
Businesses can’t take on the entire burden. The city must invest in a network of free, accessible and well-maintained public restrooms.
by Lee Eubanks
www.minnpost.com/community-vo...
Businesses can’t take on the entire burden. The city must invest in a network of free, accessible and well-maintained public restrooms.
by Lee Eubanks
www.minnpost.com/community-vo...
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Learn how to boycott Home Depot here: boycotthomedepot.network
“.. As the raids have continued, consumers have started to question whether the company’s silence makes it an accomplice to the sweeps rather than merely the backdrop. .. A backlash is coming for the company.”
@bloomberg.com $HD
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
@bloomberg.com $HD
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
November 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Learn how to boycott Home Depot here: boycotthomedepot.network
Boycott Home Depot!
“.. As the raids have continued, consumers have started to question whether the company’s silence makes it an accomplice to the sweeps rather than merely the backdrop. .. A backlash is coming for the company.”
@bloomberg.com $HD
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
@bloomberg.com $HD
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
November 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Boycott Home Depot!
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Hi Minnesotan Bluesky:
The DFL has a well-known transphobia problem. I'm organizing to change the party platform in 2026 to be explicitly supportive of trans people in Minnesota. This will provide a basis for expelling transphobia from our party.
Join me: abetterdfl.org.
The DFL has a well-known transphobia problem. I'm organizing to change the party platform in 2026 to be explicitly supportive of trans people in Minnesota. This will provide a basis for expelling transphobia from our party.
Join me: abetterdfl.org.
November 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Hi Minnesotan Bluesky:
The DFL has a well-known transphobia problem. I'm organizing to change the party platform in 2026 to be explicitly supportive of trans people in Minnesota. This will provide a basis for expelling transphobia from our party.
Join me: abetterdfl.org.
The DFL has a well-known transphobia problem. I'm organizing to change the party platform in 2026 to be explicitly supportive of trans people in Minnesota. This will provide a basis for expelling transphobia from our party.
Join me: abetterdfl.org.
“If it doesn’t rain in Tehran by late November, we’ll have to ration water. And if it still doesn’t rain, we’ll have to evacuate Tehran,” President Masoud Pezeshkian was cited as saying on Thursday by the SNN.ir semi-official news agency.
November 9, 2025 at 3:51 PM
“If it doesn’t rain in Tehran by late November, we’ll have to ration water. And if it still doesn’t rain, we’ll have to evacuate Tehran,” President Masoud Pezeshkian was cited as saying on Thursday by the SNN.ir semi-official news agency.
And likewise for our automobile transit. I'd argue that there is *no* mode of transportation (probably even walking) that doesn't rely on government funding to build and maintain (yes, the OP is about feds, but it is relevant to all levels of gov't)
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 3:48 PM
And likewise for our automobile transit. I'd argue that there is *no* mode of transportation (probably even walking) that doesn't rely on government funding to build and maintain (yes, the OP is about feds, but it is relevant to all levels of gov't)
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How's this for energy abundance? Millions of Aussies will start receiving three hours of free power each day in 2026. This is what happens when you make rooftop solar less than a buck a watt!!
"Rooftop solar installations cost about $840 (U.S.) per kilowatt of capacity before rebates." 🤯
🔌💡
"Rooftop solar installations cost about $840 (U.S.) per kilowatt of capacity before rebates." 🤯
🔌💡
November 6, 2025 at 12:46 AM
How's this for energy abundance? Millions of Aussies will start receiving three hours of free power each day in 2026. This is what happens when you make rooftop solar less than a buck a watt!!
"Rooftop solar installations cost about $840 (U.S.) per kilowatt of capacity before rebates." 🤯
🔌💡
"Rooftop solar installations cost about $840 (U.S.) per kilowatt of capacity before rebates." 🤯
🔌💡
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We're seeing incredible voter turnout across Minneapolis! Remember, if you are in line, STAY IN LINE. As long as you are at the polls by 8pm, you are still allowed to vote, and we need your voice! Rank Omar #1 for an affordable city, accountable to us.
November 5, 2025 at 1:27 AM
We're seeing incredible voter turnout across Minneapolis! Remember, if you are in line, STAY IN LINE. As long as you are at the polls by 8pm, you are still allowed to vote, and we need your voice! Rank Omar #1 for an affordable city, accountable to us.
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Polls close at 8PM. If you’re in line, stay in line. Let’s finish strong.
November 5, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Polls close at 8PM. If you’re in line, stay in line. Let’s finish strong.
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It’s 5 PM, which means you still have 3 hours left to rank all 3 candidates for a new mayor:
@omarfatehmn.com, @dewayneforminneapolis.com or @jazzformayor.bsky.social
As long as you’re in line to vote at your polling place by 8PM, you can cast your vote for a new mayor!
@omarfatehmn.com, @dewayneforminneapolis.com or @jazzformayor.bsky.social
As long as you’re in line to vote at your polling place by 8PM, you can cast your vote for a new mayor!
November 4, 2025 at 11:01 PM
It’s 5 PM, which means you still have 3 hours left to rank all 3 candidates for a new mayor:
@omarfatehmn.com, @dewayneforminneapolis.com or @jazzformayor.bsky.social
As long as you’re in line to vote at your polling place by 8PM, you can cast your vote for a new mayor!
@omarfatehmn.com, @dewayneforminneapolis.com or @jazzformayor.bsky.social
As long as you’re in line to vote at your polling place by 8PM, you can cast your vote for a new mayor!
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We're going to be knocking on doors until the last minute today spreading the word about this election and what's at stake.
If you haven't voted yet, please do (and please rank me first)! Polls close today at 8 pm.
Find your polling place here: pollfinder.sos.mn.gov
If you haven't voted yet, please do (and please rank me first)! Polls close today at 8 pm.
Find your polling place here: pollfinder.sos.mn.gov
November 4, 2025 at 6:36 PM
We're going to be knocking on doors until the last minute today spreading the word about this election and what's at stake.
If you haven't voted yet, please do (and please rank me first)! Polls close today at 8 pm.
Find your polling place here: pollfinder.sos.mn.gov
If you haven't voted yet, please do (and please rank me first)! Polls close today at 8 pm.
Find your polling place here: pollfinder.sos.mn.gov