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.
“The Barn”: A murder in Mississippi, and the evil hiding in plain sight
History is covered up all the time, and the South has done a fantastic job of it.
US Jewish group targets anti-Israel protesters in hopes Trump will deport them
Sure, Hamas runs what is left of Gaza, which doesn’t make every Palestinian a victim. But the folks on the ground catching bombs sure the hell aren’t all terrorist patsies.
And neither is every Israeli a goose-stepping fascist.
But wow, their supporters here in the US sure can be assholes.
The Woman Who Invented the Green Bean Casserole
I mean, I am sure I have posted this before, but some backstory on the creator of green bean casserole. I have played with this one over the years and, frankly, am mostly back to the recipe on the can.
Who knew?
This man is forcing big companies to halt DEI
The pushback against equality has been going on forever of course, but it kicked into high gear in recent years.
Punchable-face-owner Robby Starbuck is the face of the current push to get companies to abandon their DEI initiatives. So far, the following have knuckled under. More to come of course.
Harley-Davidson
Jack Daniels
Tractor Supply
John Deere
Brown-Forman
Wal-Mart
Boeing
You know, just in case you want to focus on NOT giving money to bigots.
How Germany’s Spaghetti Ice Cream Came to Be
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.