It’s the whole state. Also Fond du Lackers call traffic lights “stop and go lights “ for some reason likely related to excessive per capita alcohol consumption.
Obviously if Minnesota is getting shorter then somewhere else is getting taller. It's simply a matter of moving that unearned tallness from where it went and moving it back to where it belongs.
When they built the convention center in Duluth, the geologists at the University of Minnesota Duluth warned that the location selected would be underwater due to the rebound from the last glaciation in less than 100,000 years. Sadly, the city built there anyway.
You know that thing where they slowly break someone's legs to let them heal and become longer? Can we do something like that, but for Minnesota? Just like pry it open at one spot just a little bit and let it fill in?
Title text: "In addition to 'squishy', after reviewing my submitted intraplate ground motion data, the National Geodetic Survey has politely asked me to stop using the word 'supple' so often when describing Midwestern states."
This seem like solid advice for a number of sciences. Air transportation economics example: "The lapse in tax collection authority for the FAA Airport and Airway Trust Fund explains the sharp drop in effective ticket tax rates for U.S. domestic air travel from 11.9% in 1995 to 5.3% in 1996 (weee!)"
I tried this out loud, and it worked, but unfortunately I don't ever have the opportunity to mention post-glacial rebound (weeee!) in my regular life. 😅
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Both really modern and sleek.
https://bsky.app/profile/celestelabedz.bsky.social/post/3kk5etbhuwn2i
I can't abide that, but it is better then calling literally everything "a coke"
Moral: Walk softly and wield a squishy goose.
Also,
/honk
Hey, I'm going to the grocery store, ya wanna come with? Sven'd boughten some lefse yesterday but he forgot to get cinnamon sugar for it.
https://ramshacklepantry.com/lefse-recipe-using-real-potatoes-a-norwegian-tradition/
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/2887#Transcript
Example: The rising sea levels are ameliorated here in Finland due to the post-glacial rebound (weee!)