Today in MSP airport musical stylings - Baby Shark and the Bluey theme song in the accordion 🪗

With only a few exceptions, you could show a map of the political affiliation of the state's governor and it would be the same map....just in case Kansas and Kentucky is surprising anyone.

Dr. Lucky Tran@luckytran.com · 2mo ago

Here’s a map of states that have said they will disregard federal guidance on vaccines and instead follow recommendations issued by the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Having recently bought a home, seeing a microwave over a gas stove was basically a dealbreaker for us. Whether those vent outside or not is... 🤷

James Downie@jamescdownie.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"Unlike many others forced to halt their research [due to Trump cuts], Sehgal and his co-authors released their study anyway...with a fraction of the intended sample size. Still, removing the gas stoves relieved the participants’ asthma so much that the results were clear even with only 85 of them."

Gardening groups I follow are sharing tips on which respirator masks to wear to water their plants outside in the smoke. Totally normal and fine.

Yay rocks! I've got my own little collection in my office from my various travels. No, I don't know why I still have the manual for my old graphing calculator.

Mika McKinnon@mikamckinnon.bsky.social · 3mo ago

It’s Rock Day: Rock Check! Do you have your rock? Do you need a rock? Can you find a rock? I found this lovely porphyritic basalt in my washing machine. I love how the different crystal sizes tell a story of an eruption rudely interrupting cozy subterranean cooling. Photos & stories welcome.

This is a great tribute. Jurassic Park was certainly on the short list of films I was so excited to introduce to my kids.

the beggars out of here getter@milesklee.bsky.social · 2mo ago

My privilege to share some lovely stories from the science community about what Sam Neill's timeless performance as Dr. Alan Grant in Jurassic Park meant to them—and why it will continue to inspire kids to chase their own discoveries for years to come.

Sausage egg and cheese McGriddles got me through two pregnancies of food cravings. They are magic.

Brendel@brendelbored.bsky.social · 4mo ago

What’s the single best fast food item? I’m talking sandwiches, fries, drinks, whatever

High winds and garbage day are definitely not a winning combination. 💨🗑️

If you squint real hard you can see the exact moment when our cat jumped on the bed and meowed directly into my ear last night

I assume that, based on my cat's current whining, they lack the cause/effect reasoning that might help her understand she wouldn't be so hungry now if she had simply eaten slower this morning and not expelled her entire breakfast on my carpet.

I don't even know what to say to this.

Lis Power@lispower.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Fox News doc on lower fertility rate: "The problem is teens and young adults, from ages 15-19 the fertility rate is down 7%, and it's down 70% over the last two decades, meaning we're telling people that are young not have babies, to wait until they're in a more stable life situation"

Update: The US Auto industry has retreated from EVs. That strategy will relegate them to the domestic market only or to extinction. The world is shifting to EVs. Global sales of fully internal combustion engine vehicles peaked in 2017. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋 Paywalled link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Joseph D. Ortiz@earthsciinfo.bsky.social · last yr.

For anyone wondering, global sales of internal combustion vehicles peaked in 2018. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨🔋 ourworldindata.org/data-insight...

More context on this #Artemis II image: * This is the night side, lit by moonlight. You can see city lights in Spain & Portugal, & a sliver of day at lower right * The Sun is entirely behind Earth, which makes it a kind of solar eclipse, but w/ Earth doing the eclipsing instead of the Moon: ☀️🌍🚀🌕

Getting to my flight home should be fun today.

Latina of course@latinaofcourse.bsky.social · 6mo ago

@morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social BWI RIGHT NOW!!

A new report shows that the morale of federal employees is at an all-time low. While not surprising, as someone who was a federal supervisor for 20+ years it scares me - and it should scare you if you rely on things like air traffic control and of course accurate weather info. tinyurl.com/j9p3x752

Report: the morale of federal employees is terrible. That is not good if you want quality weather information

Another week, more record heat

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Waiting to board a flight while a couple guys have a jam session on their acoustic guitars is so much more relaxing than sitting at the airport with no guitars. airportfoundation.org/about-us/art...

Weekly Performers - Airport Foundation

WEEKLY PERFORMERS Minnesota is home to a diverse and vibrant music scene and the Arts@MSP Program is proud to bring over 1000 live music performances per year to MSP travelers. The Performing Arts Ros...

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I've interviewed more than a dozen hydrologists and climatologists across the West the past 10 days. A sense of panic is starting to set in. Wildfires and water shortages will start mounting this summer. Adverse impacts are expected from not only this heat wave, but the historically warm winter.

Wait I was supposed to put treats in that thing? My sneaky kid just assumed it was gonna work and never said a word to clue me in.

ceej@ceej.online · 6mo ago

my kid came home from kindergarten today and announced she was setting a trap to catch a leprechaun. apparently other kids at school always end up with candy and treats in their annual leprechaun traps, so she’s pretty stoked to see what she gets. I am begging other parents to fucking cool it

Our EV has a dent on the back bumper because one of the daycare moms backed her tank into us. She couldn't see our car behind her and just ran right into it. "Sorry it was beeping at me and I didn't know what it meant." 🙄

I just want to make sure everyone knows Mayo Clinic has a therapy miniature horse named Blue Sky

This whole "hey mom what were you like in the 90s" celebrity meme thing is making me feel so old.

Apparently based on the replies this kind of thing happens a lot? Yikes on bikes.

Peter@notalawyer.bsky.social · 7mo ago

was scheduled to have my gutters replaced today. after about 45 minutes i hadn’t heard anyone on our roof. glanced outside - they had gone to the wrong house and were about halfway through ripping off my neighbor’s gutters.

One was a wheat farmer and cattle rancher who served in Korea but never talked about it. The other worked a lot of odd blue collar jobs over the decades but always would rather be fishing.

Sarah Archer@sarcher.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Whether or not you’re running for Congress and trying to seem rugged (and you probably should run, because, look who’s out there) what did your grandpas do for a living?

The new Reading 'warming stripes' double-decker electric bus came to campus today. The bus is painted in the local warming stripes to start climate conversations throughout the town.

Minnesota has a Medicaid fraud rate that is almost 1/3 the national average. A federal court should throw out this decision in 30 minutes

CMS Quietly Releases Medicaid State Improper Payment Rates for 2025: How Did Minnesota Do?

With little fanfare, CMS earlier this month released a Fact Sheet on improper payments in Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, and the Marketplaces in 2025. With even less fanfare, CMS this week posted Medicaid ...

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Can they just leave us the F alone already?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7mo ago

JD Vance: "We're announcing today that we have decided to temporarily halt certain amounts of Medicaid funding that is going to the state of Minnesota in order to ensure that the state of Minnesota takes its obligations seriously to be good stewards of the American people's tax money."

I've now been living in Minnesota long enough to see this picture and notice the amazing snow shoveling job on the driveway first before seeing the pile of snow.

Bobbie Brinegar@capitalviews.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Around 2 feet of snow in Lewes Delaware. Might be a record?

Seems bad.

This visualization of daily activity of ICE is unreal.

It's up to Congress now. This changes nothing.