The "death of rural America" claim is vastly overrated.

Madison Mercantile (@madisonmercantile.bsky.social) in Madison, Minnesota (pop. 1,500) is home to one of the most innovative places I've ever seen - powered by the irrepressible @krisshelstad.bsky.social.

www.postbulletin.com/news/minneso...

Whaaaaaaaat

I gotta say, Bob Odenkirk' Minnesota accent seems pretty good! From the trailer for the upcoming movie "Normal" set in "Normal, Minnesota"

"If you don' play this right, yer gonna have a massacre in 'ner"

The white flag, aka the official flag of the Confederacy

Wishing you and yours a very merry Confederate Surrender Day.

A man with shaggy hair and a droopy mustache looks into the camera while being interviewed on a TV show

*Turns on TV*
*Turns off TV*

I keep thinking about how the horse-race approach to election coverage by the news media (including journalists like me) have created the illusion of dramatic election night vote reversals and surprise vote results.

a rocket launching

View of clouds and the curve of earth from a rocket

Heat streams off a rocket in an infrared view

View from inside a rocket as part of it separates and drops away

Let’s do more big, cool, adventurous things, not sad, scared, small-minded things. #NASA #ArtemisII

We've got ourselves a whole movie plot here, people.

"chilling freemason mafia network" "Athanor lodge in the western Parisian suburb of Puteaux" "botched contract killing" "bored spies" "she was...simply a rival business coach" "the murder of a race car driver"

www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/...

A person in a zebra costume holding a sign speaks into a microphone held by a tv reporter

Check out the name of this protester in Minnesota. 🦓 😂

Just A+ work by this TV news report! (KEYC-Mankato)

Crime in the United States has dropped immensely in the last 35 years

The Luddites, the proper Luddites, are back! And none too soon.

Also big points awarded for the typeface choices and typewriter use.

This is about 97% of the reason I'm on this site. Thank you, Jerry.

From a small Minnesota conference room, grappling with 'wicked problems' 100 Minnesota high schoolers look to 'bridge' the problems that divide us

Interesting to observe "civic bridging" in person, by some incredibly bright young people. Maitreya Reeder, the young woman speaking in the lead photo, should probably just run for Congress now. My latest, from Willmar, Minnesota: www.wctrib.com/news/minneso...

Hmm. Either ICE is changing its clothing and approach tactics (One guy by himself? No tac gear? Plainclothes? No mask?), or this same rando with a fake badge.

picture of reported ICE agent talking to a Black woman at MOA

reported ICE presence at the Mall of America today

"Seen near Log Chute ride at Nickelodeon Universe. Agent wearing normal clothes, with badge in the middle of chest. He stopped a woman, asked her for US ID and raised his voice."

CNA by day, leader of 64 tribes by night: South Sudan leader selects Fargo daughter to rule Abuk Deng Masham works as a certified nursing assistant at Sheyenne Crossings, while also leading 64 tribes and more than 7 million people in South Sudan.

This is just extraordinary: "By day, she helps feed and comfort residents at Eventide's Sheyenne Crossings. By night, she's busy on the phone and computer, helping lead 64 tribes and 7 million people in her homeland region in South Sudan."

“No data center, no Costco, no Texas Roadhouse,” city officials say at “State of the Cities” summit Representatives from Mankato and North Mankato met Wednesday with local business and community leaders discuss the state of the two cities

“No data center, no Costco, no Texas Roadhouse" --I appreciate a government meeting that hits the public's most pressing questions right up front.

After 529 days alone in the Australian bush, Valerie the mini dachshund is home Valerie ran off while she was on a camping trip with her owners back in 2023 on a remote island in Australia. They had lost hope until locals spotted her more than a year later, surviving in the wild.

"If a tiny, little four-kilo sausage dog can survive on Kangaroo Island in the Australian bush, then you know, you too can survive whatever it is you're going through.” www.npr.org/2025/05/30/n...

Charlotte's Web (1973) - A Veritable Smorgasbord Scene (5/10) | Movieclips YouTube video by Movieclips

"I like high living. What you say tempts me." -- Templeton, Charlotte's Web, about delicious scraps from the county fair. I think I just realized he's been my spirit animal all along.

Calling states "red" and "blue" based on presidential results not only ignores the partisanship of other statewide votes but also ignores how lousy those descriptors are at the presidential level.
www.ms.now/opinion/texa...

This is *excellent* advice for literally everyone.

A hidden archives gem: The South Dakota Community Cookbook Collection! Over 500 of them! Many of them digitized! Hotdishes, salads and bars!
openprairie.sdstate.edu/sd_cookbooks/

Same.

Julie K. Brown isn't just a journalism hero, she's an American hero for her tireless work on Epstein.

If you've lost Raffi, you've lost.

a large, one-story warehouse style building is show with the sun setting behind it

"Don't forget the 1922 Studebaker or the 1923 Luverne fire truck! Even Luverne, MN, doesn't have a Luverne fire truck."

Dang -- this is the Minnesota Nice equivalent of a sucker punch thrown at Luverne by the museum folks in Tracy. Ouch.
www.wheelsacrosstheprairie.org/exhibits

A bowl of soup topped with bread and melted cheese

Some days are good days to make French onion soup.

What a moment. I'm glad to be here for it.

Really appreciate this data reporting from the @startribune.com, which comes with the appropriate cautions about the crowd-sourced data. Looks like the ICE/DHS surge in MN is down significantly, but (a) was HUGE compared to other cities, (b) impacted the suburbs A LOT, and (c) is still happening.

Roberts' footnotes here are pretty savage to the dissent. My jaw dropped.