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After enough decades of fringe figures complaining that higher ed doesn't have enough "balance" and should "teach both sides of the controversy," then yes, this becomes a way to advance an academic career.

10.03.2026 12:33 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Scott Presler Facebook post: "I’m hearing dozens of members of the House will vote NO to any legislation coming out of the Senate 
until the SAVE America Act is signed into law. 
This means every single one of Senate Majority Leader Thune’s priorities will fail in the House."

Scott Presler Facebook post: "I’m hearing dozens of members of the House will vote NO to any legislation coming out of the Senate until the SAVE America Act is signed into law. This means every single one of Senate Majority Leader Thune’s priorities will fail in the House."

Republicans seen positioning themselves for a circular firing squad

10.03.2026 10:41 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

In 1986, before LLMs existed or Trump was a public figure, Harry Frankfurt described this way of using words: Bullshit. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Bull...

10.03.2026 01:53 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Or bills becoming law without signature because Congress hasn't adjourned?

09.03.2026 01:01 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Table showing that in 2024, Colorado voted 91.3% by mail and 43.1% for Trump; Connecticut 6.5% and 41.9%; Oklahoma 6.3% and 66.2%; and Utah 91.5% and 59.4%

Table showing that in 2024, Colorado voted 91.3% by mail and 43.1% for Trump; Connecticut 6.5% and 41.9%; Oklahoma 6.3% and 66.2%; and Utah 91.5% and 59.4%

The association between states' political leanings and the means by which they vote is extremely weak. Rather than clutter the presentation with all 50 states, I find it telling to look at some examples.

09.03.2026 00:37 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Solicitations of political contributions would of course be exempt. Because I understand you need to look out for yourself even when you are looking out for your constituents.

08.03.2026 21:35 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Do my followers include a legislator willing to carry a bill that would impose a civil penalty on any company that sends out a "last chance" marketing email and then sends out an email offering a further chance? The penalty should escalate with each additional email.

08.03.2026 21:33 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Yeah, when I say "Trump," I'm referring to the composite entity, not the individual.

08.03.2026 15:51 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Once in a while, as I've processed a particularly mutilated absentee ballot, I've mused about Tyvek ballots.

08.03.2026 15:44 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I've long believed Trump wants the SAVE Act to fail, rather than to pass. Republicans can be good for having tried to pass it. Democrats can be bad for having prevented it from passing. And the electoral bloodbath can be blamed on it not having passed. Adding unrelated demands doesn't change that.

08.03.2026 15:38 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Butcher Talk at Clancey’s For 22 years, Kristin Tombers has pioneered her own vision of community through whole-animal butchery paired with wholehearted hospitality.

Quietly working, decade after decade, to connect Minnesota farms with urban folk in the Twin Cities—meet one of the most interesting food folk in America, because this is what steadfast community service without notice looks like in practice:
mspmag.com/eat-and-drin...

08.03.2026 14:39 👍 40 🔁 16 💬 3 📌 7

Being a jerk and being wrong are two totally different things.

08.03.2026 15:23 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I suppose I ought to also state for the record that Minnesota currently uses paper ballots.

08.03.2026 15:08 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
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Someone I won't shame by name proposes Minnesota "return to paper ballots and paper poll pads." But PollPad is a tradename for a particular vendor's instance of what's generically called an electronic pollbook or electronic roster. It's named after the fact that it runs on an Apple iPad.

08.03.2026 14:48 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

Chute and Prince subsequently expanded their lumber barony to the area they platted as a new town, Princeton, which retains that name.

08.03.2026 12:35 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

You mention mill companies. Prominent among them that of Richard S. Chute, conferrer of that plat. And who took on as his partner John S. Prince, lumber baron of St. Paul (and five-time mayor thereof, and where he still has a bit of a street). And who gave the middle name Prince to his son Louis.

08.03.2026 12:35 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
1885 map with the portion of Prince Street proposed for restoration marked

1885 map with the portion of Prince Street proposed for restoration marked

By going back to the 1885 atlas, one can confirm that Prince Street did exist as a continuous entity before the middle of it was vacated.

08.03.2026 11:34 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

How many times?

08.03.2026 02:29 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
1914 map with corresponding area marked

1914 map with corresponding area marked

Here's the 1914 view.

08.03.2026 02:12 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Satellite view with a vestigial remnant of Prince Street

Satellite view with a vestigial remnant of Prince Street

I'll sign on as co-sponsor of your quest if you amend it to also encompass restoring the Prince Street name to the circular turnaround at the end of the Saint Anthony Main driveway.

08.03.2026 02:09 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I posted this without having seen @chrissteller.bsky.social's two minute earlier reply. Scooped again!

08.03.2026 01:38 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Lumen Technologies Building - Wikipedia

The phone company building — Northwestern Bell historically, an ever-changing cast of names since. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumen_T...

08.03.2026 01:35 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

In fairness, some of them have a long history with States Rights.

07.03.2026 21:51 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Sec. 201.171 MN Statutes

Alternatively, the challenge can become moot when a voter's registration is removed in any of the standard ways. In particular, if the registration remains unused for four years, that is the end of the road. revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cit...

07.03.2026 15:19 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

More commonly, the administrative challenge is resolved through the polling-place process when the voter next votes or through the voter submitting an updated voter registration application. These mechanisms allow a previous residence to be confirmed or a new one documented.

07.03.2026 15:19 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Ch. 201 MN Statutes

Unlike polling-place and petition challenges, there is no fixed timeline for administrative challenges. Some of them are removed through corresponding administrative processes, for example when notice of an incarceration is followed by notice of release. revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cit...

07.03.2026 15:19 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Sec. 201.12 MN Statutes

Lastly, there are challenge notations that are administratively added to the voter record as a result of any of several sections of statute, such as the one concerning undeliverable mail. revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cit...

07.03.2026 15:19 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Sec. 201.195 MN Statutes

A registered voter can challenge the eligibility of another registered voter in the same county by filing a petition sufficiently far in advance of the election. These challenges are resolved expeditiously through a process of notice, hearing, and appeal. revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cit...

07.03.2026 15:19 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

The quickest resolution is for challenges initiated at a polling place, whether by an election judge, a party-appointed challenger, or another voter. These are resolved immediately. revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cit...

07.03.2026 15:19 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

For many decades, Minnesota has had three distinct mechanisms by which a registered voter's eligibility can be called into question, all called challenges but differing in various regards including how swiftly they are resolved. See below for specifics.

07.03.2026 15:19 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0