Since the Twitter diaspora, I have lost track of some voices I followed. Some are on Threads now. Others went to BlueSky, which I genuinely cannot explain why I hate that layout, but whatever.
In any case, I saw this post going around from Qasim Rashid. More to the point, I saw him being genuinely touched that Amy Carter had read his words and responded.
Carter is the first president I remember, and the first live instance of seeing what the Republican party has since embraced wholeheartedly as they trashed his name and policies in an angry power grab.
I am amazed he still believed in this country to his last days. We sure as hell didn’t give him a reason to.
Monthly Archives: December 2024
“The. Best. People.”
When Republicans tell you who they really are, believe them.
Speed matters: How Ethernet went from 3Mbps to 100Gbps… and beyond
Incremental advances aren’t splashy but they do add on to each other and suddenly you have the high speeds we still whine about but couldn’t do the modern internet without.
Photo gallery: Stunning images of Indigenous peoples in their traditional splendor
Human culture comes in all forms. It is interesting to see how it expresses itself. Why would anyone want to create a monoculture at all?
The Big Picture: How we got into this mess, and how we get out of it.
Robert Reich has spent decades trying to make us go back to doing things better.
We haven’t listened.
Variety of Ojibwe-translated children’s books are headed to immersion classrooms
One of the enjoyable things about living up here is that, on occasion, we try to respect the cultures of those who live here…and those who have been here a long time.
It isn’t perfect, of course. We’ve got our share of red-hatted racists like everywhere else. We just try not to put them in positions of power. Even St. Cloud is getting better at that. Kind of.
In any case, part of getting it right is sharing our languages, and cultures, and stories. This is a good start.
Alabama profits off prisoners who work at McDonald’s but deems them too dangerous for parole
Prisons should exist for public safety, hopefully for rehabilitation when possible, certainly as punishment.
What they should not be there for is to provide a cheap workforce for corporations. Want to teach some job skills that the state could profit from to return some cash into the operating budget? Well, we can talk about that.
Providing companies a worker pool that you then deny parole to in order to keep them “on the job” should be a crime in itself.
Deconstructed: Hope Butter
I know of Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl from her Appetites appearances on MPR. I did not know she had a series highlighting Minnesota food producers and restaurants. I am going to take more notice. Here’s an old school creamery still doing things the traditional way.
What Happened to Paul Wellstone’s Campaign Bus?
The Star Tribune did a similar story months ago but I couldn’t share because, well, paywall nonsense. So here is an update of Wellstone’s bus, which has just been sitting in a field for the past too many years.
Apparently you may be able to see it on the road in the near-ish future.
Here is a KSTP story I missed:
And a documentary on the bus from almost 20 years ago:
Machines: Global Village Construction Set
This is a good idea that, unfortunately, seems to have gone dormant. In short, how to restart/build technology from a simple base, that builds upon itself. Build simple tools that allow you to step up to more complicated ones, with ever increasing complexity.
I posted this long ago but the links went wonky. I hope someone gets this back on track.
For more background, I am including a TEDTalk from the creator of the concept.