Melissa Whitler
@mwhitler.bsky.social
public school parent, hobby potter, part-time education reporter, #UglyDogs, Minneapolis
I think this is true, and I suspect its a combo of 1) fans being asked to directly shoulder the burden of paying athletes/running a department like never before 2) the Playoff 3) INDIANA IS GOOD. If INDIANA is good, why can't ANYBODY in the top 60 become good?
Chris Vannini@chrisvannini.com · 8h agoSunday Thoughts: It feels like half of CFB is having an existential crisis. So many people want to fire their coach, even some with a good record and some with a new coach. Feels like we're in an unhealthy cycle and a weird place mentally. Almost nobody can sustain anything w/ so much change.
18 teams wih: - 2+ P4 wins - road win - win vs. a winning opponent - win vs. FPI top 40 Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Miami, Minnesota, Mississippi State, Missouri, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oklahoma State, SMU, Tennessee, Texas, Texas Tech, Wisconsin
Northwestern, Minnesota, and UCLA are now in the battle for the top-half of the Big Ten — just as we all expected.
DID YOU KNOW: Minnesota football is undefeated since PJ Fleck anointed himself with the blood of one of his players 
JUG JUG JUG MINNESOTA BEATS MICHIGAN AT HOME FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1977
Adriana Cerrillo and Lucie Skjefte could vote on sweeping school closures next month after missing a combined 22 meetings since 2025.
Two school board members often absent as Minneapolis moves to close schools
Neither state law nor Minneapolis Public Schools policy sets an attendance requirement for board members.
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so you were unaware of this image
Mark J. Knippel@swellsort.bsky.social · 2d agoThis is how I learned Chip Kelly is employed lol
Sometimes the extent of your bandwidth is a Dutch baby for dinner. And for me, that time is tonight. Fresh berries and homemade whipped cream (with my homemade vanilla sugar) for toppings. cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/6648...
Dutch Baby (Published 1983)
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Lost in the chaos of everything; last week CDC (yes, this current CDC!) issued guidance for COVID vaccination. Last year they recommended vaccination based on "shared decision making." This year it's a stronger recommendation: "COVID-19 vaccine is recommended for all adults ages 18 years and older"
This morning I want to help debunk a headline I keep seeing about Black Women's unemployment: By the end of 2025, 600,000 Black women were not out of the workforce. That number signifies who got DISPLACED. The end-of-year number is actually between 217,000 and 250,000 cc @epi.org and IWPR.
okay politics bluesky, what do you want to know about the PCSA? What it ACTUALLY does, what it says its gonna do, why so many Democratic lawmakers voted for it...whats the stuff that any of you are actually interested in? And its okay if the answer is "actually, nothing really."
Andrew Lawrence@ndrew.bsky.social · 6d agoi dont know anything about this college sports bill but im assuming its an attempt to bring young minorities to heel while doing nothing to reel in the excesses of the rich, powerful, overwhelmingly white executives making 7 figures?
Five years after the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, dozens of people arrested in connection with the killing are still awaiting trial in Miami. Here is what to know. https://to.pbs.org/4hqtFiE
What to know as trials over assassination of Haiti's president resume in Miami
Five years after the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, dozens of people arrested in connection with the killing in the troubled Caribbean nation are still awaiting trial in Miami.
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What’s for dinner tonight? The upside of this is the tofu is cooked plain first so for sauce-averse youngsters you can just give them plain todu and noodles. cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/7765...
Peanut Noodles With Spicy Tofu
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Just a friendly reminder from your local education reporter that MN does not have a “count day” for school funding. We use average daily membership which prorates funding based on the number of days a student is enrolled. www.house.mn.gov/hrd/pubs/mns... (p. 21)
The president’s advisers said fiscal restraint and deregulation would bring down prices and borrowing costs. Then came tariffs, war and an investment boom. www.wsj.com/economy/trum...
WASHINGTON — Eight U.S. Marines were injured two weeks ago when an Iranian cruise missile attacked the ship they were operating on in the Strait of Hormuz, according to three U.S. officials. @nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
NEWS — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear criticizes fellow Democrats who say transgender athletes should be barred from women’s sports. “That is not the party that we are. We start as a party of compassion and empathy.”
In mid-September, Fiji's government declared a national emergency because of a startling rise in HIV infections. The country's crystal meth epidemic is a strong contributing factor.
Why this island paradise has the world's fastest-growing HIV epidemic
In mid-September, Fiji's government declared a national emergency because of a startling rise in HIV infections. The country's crystal meth epidemic is a strong contributing factor.
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Does more press freedom lead to more responsive government? Short answer: yes. Every time. Why are we going backwards? https://newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/crony-capitalists-dont-want-reporters
@muppybean.bsky.social This would have been a difficult what is sus
functional moron@fiveburger.bsky.social · last wk.he does not like the minion
