Our first day in Iceland was spectacular! The terra in Iceland is a landscape all its own. We saw where the two tectonic plates of North America and Eurasian meet inside Iceland. We went and saw geysers erupting. Gullfoss was an amazing series of waterfalls.

The Rivers of Minnesota

It’s gobsmacking - and truly disappointing— to me that reporters don’t stick up for each other in these Trump news conferences

Pulitzer-winning cartoonist Steve Sack lands new role. More: https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-lifestyle/pulitzer-winning-cartoonist-steve-sack-lands-new-role

Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social

We're used to seeing images like this of Nazi Germany. This is what an execution looks like. It's an image that will haunt America for years to come. Alex Pretti was a nurse whose life was dedicated to saving lives. In the eyes of the world, America has become the monster it used to fight against.

"I wanna hang a map of the world in my house. Then I'm gonna put pins into all the locations that I've traveled to. But first, I'm gonna have to travel to the top two corners of the map so it won't fall down." ~ Mitch Hedberg (Lucca, Italy)

We are now 26 days beyond the statutory deadline for the full release of the Epstein files

This is Minneapolis: Walk into my neighborhood ACE last night & see the signage on their door notifying fed agents that it’s private property and cannot be used for immigration enforcement. These signs are all over the city. Walk in & the nearest shelf has goggles & whistles.

Everyone currently paying bribes to the White House should be made to understand that we are going to remember and make them regret it. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/if-he-buil...

If He Builds It, Tear It Down

Pendulums must swing.

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As a professor, a Brown alum, and a Jew, the news is just too much right now. Hug your loved ones and keep fighting for a better world.

Ireland and all its beauty 🇮🇪

I don't think the public needs to understand calculus but I wish science journalists would understand derivatives

Dave Levitan@davelevitan.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Uh. No they haven't? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Norway is building the Rogfast Tunnel, a 27 km undersea highway linking Stavanger and Bergen, cutting E39 travel from 11 hrs to just 35 min. Set to become the world’s longest and deepest subsea road tunnel #ThursdayThoughts

the sound I hate is inactive seniors

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 9mo ago

Pickleball is full of annoying traits — the sound being one of them for many communities that live near courts. Research suggests pickleball noise can actually impact health. Here’s how: https://wapo.st/4hG3sfx

It should be a human right to live in an economy that doesn’t go boom and bust nonsensically

To our friends in Jamaica, we are sending you our best wishes, strength and courage as you face Hurricane Melissa. 🇨🇦 #Canada #Jamaica

"Violence is when people cannot afford a house, violence is when a voter cannot afford medicine, violence is when mothers continue to lose sons and daughters to greed and guns," Rev. Valtoria Jackson told about 600 people at a "No Kings" protest in Montgomery. (Ralph Chapoco/Alabama Reflector)

Fly fishing daily: “The guy who didn’t catch fish must not whine or complain or offer excuses, and the guy who has landed a few (whether through luck or skill) is not allowed to either preen or engage in false modesty. I’ve been on both sides often, and I don’t know which is harder.” -John Gierach

NEWS: Major unions @nationalnurses.bsky.social and @ueunion.org are publicly demanding that the U.S. immediately halt military aid to Israel, recognize Palestinian sovereignty, and intervene “to put an end to the violence, starvation, and injustices being inflicted on the Palestinian people.”

Zohran really is a generational talent. has another politician gotten the timeline talking about gifted and talented programs? don't think so

“We are serious about removing assault-style firearms from our streets, limiting the devastating effects of firearms violence and helping make Canada safer,” “These assault-style firearms are largely designed to kill people, not for hunting or sport shooting and have no place in #Canada.”

Federal gun buyback program starts with pilot project in Nova Scotia, full rollout coming later

The federal government is kicking off its voluntary gun buyback program for individuals with a pilot project in Nova Scotia starting Tuesday, with full rollout of the program coming later this fall, a...

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Performing a Haka is a sign of respect. The Canadian team was honoured to have the New Zealand team perform it for them. The Canadian team showed their worthiness by winning 34 to 19 to secure their spot in the Rugby World Cup finals. Well done ladies! 🙌 #Canada #NewZealand #RugbyWorldCup

📣 REMINDER THAT IT IS HISPANIC & LATINO HERITAGE MONTH AND MORE PEOPLE SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT IT

In times of national crisis, the role of a POTUS is to appeal for calm. To be measured and reasoned. Be a guiding light for every American, even those who didn’t vote for you. That shouldn’t be partisan nor hard.

For everyone saying political violence has no place in this country… Remember two Democratic legislators were shot in Minnesota just this year. And America shrugged and moved on.

“A lake is... earth’s eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature.” - Henry David Thoreau #HenryDavidThoreau #ThoreauThursday #naturewriting #scape #landscape #landscapephotography #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #lake #forest

there is no question in my mind that rfk jr is the most dangerous person in this administration and that his eugenicist ideology threatens the lives of millions of people www.advocate.com/politics/dem...

RFK Jr.’s damage to the CDC is ‘past the point of no return,’ Dr. Demetre Daskalakis warns

“The CDC you knew is over,” the infectious diseases doctor told The Advocate. “Unless someone takes radical action, there is nothing there that can be salvaged.”

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