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?
Photo gallery: Stunning images of Indigenous peoples in their traditional splendor
Category Archives: Interests
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.
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.
Texas county sidelines librarians, reclassifies book on abuse of Native Americans as “fiction”
In Texas, Native Americans were never abused or harmed, despite what history and librarians have to say about it.
Yeah, dark days folks.
New DUNGEONS & DRAGONS Stout and Bourbon for Its 50th Anniversary
D&D in both beer and bourbon forms. I can dig it.
Plus another story on D&D turning 50 years old this year.
Minnesota Reformer – Good parks are worth paying for
We are about to find out which states give a damn about the public good and which are open to strip-mining the Commons.
The latter may yet happen here, but I like our odds.
Gibby reacts to Freddie’s iconic homer: ‘I love passing the torch’
Kirk Gibson got to watch a parallel moment to his big one in the 1988 World Series, and was classy as hell about the experience.
Debunking the Myth of the National Dish
I finished this a couple months ago. Pretty good read. Give it a try during one of those lovely winter storms we are about to start getting.