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This dog got a little impatient waiting for his pup cup. Decided to make sure everything was going alright in there. 14/10

Gophers really don't know how to pick up trash. We thought we could train them, but they have taken over the office. Join us April 19th for the Earth Day cleanup on East Bank so we can fire these fools... www.eastbankmpls.org/calendar/ear...

"Let them eat space."

Call your MN representatives to stop grocery monopolies: There is a bipartisan bill in the MN house (HF34 www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.p...) to give small grocers equal access to bulk deals from wholesalers.

This is also a great way to goose the battery mileage.

If they had a shred of material evidence they’d be waving it from the rooftops. They aren’t; they don’t.

All the national transit and urbanism people throwing out opinions without proper context on the death of the Northstar commuter rail line in MN would do well to read this! It explains everything. This is a political and administrative death—MnDOT’s flawed “study” had a predetermined conclusion.

Happy Tax Day, Minneapolis! Reminder: your property taxes are lower than they would have been under the Mayor’s budget proposal — all thanks to your City Council’s leadership. 🫶 www.mprnews.org/story/2024/1...

Today in design patents: D1071094 issued for a poker faucet. #DesignPatents

Bloodroot, Sanguinaria canadensis (poppy family)... spring ephemeral w/ red latex, produces steroidal alkaloids that inhibit animal Na/K-ATPase. Rhizomes have 1000-fold higher concentrations than leaves, although I have not seen much herbivory on either. Seeds dispersed by ants. #plant-insect

Krups makes spare parts for their grinders, but only sells them in states that have right to repair laws

gentle criticism against the machine

This is a really important article. It's beyond me that people can kill others with their vehicles and continue to drive, let alone keep their commercial drivers license.

Simon and I started this story expecting to write about how electrification (heat pumps, insulation, solar panels) could save money for this 'average' Maryland home. Instead we found a lot of complexity -- and the challenges of decarbonizing homes. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...