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Latonya Reeves served as co-chair of the Minneapolis DFL “Calendar Committee”. The Calendar Committee proposed having the 2025 Convention on Twin Cities Pride Weekend. Which would mean people would have to choose between attending Pride or the Convention. Thankfully, the Central Committee intervened and changed it to July.

standing ovation after King Charles sings the praises of NATO and says "that same unyielding resolve is needed for the defense of Ukraine"

Concept Design for Cass Gilbert's grand boulevard to the Minnesota State Capitol

Chicago as imagined from the air, 1909

Ford, the company that killed sedans (and Escape), outsourced the Mach-e, Maverick & Bronco Sport to Mexico, fleeced taxpayers for battery plants, says Michigan is headed in the wrong direction? Ford has held the wheel for the last 100 years. bridgemi.com/business-watch…

I had steak und hitler on accident a few weeks ago and it’s impossible to overstate how nasty beef tallow soaked burgers and french frieds are

I’m fine with this as long as there are diet or zero sugar options. Sugar is the devil.

@StatisticUrban 2000 sq ft is an older but decent sized three bedroom house. Master bedroom, kid’s room, and a home office. Wild stuff!

"2000 square feet (186 m2) isn't large enough for two adults and a child." What???

Detroit’s new skyscraper is a stunner

There is a type of 1970s tape dispenser called the “3M Model C-15 Decor Scotch” that is slightly radioactive. This office staple contains thorium bearing monazite sand mixed with epoxy resin in its base.☢️ Manufacturers added the dense sand as a ballast to give the dispenser enough weight to stay firmly in place while pulling tape. Eventually, a hospital technician in Alabama ended up discovering the radioactivity sometime between the 1970s-1980s while performing a routine radiological survey in his office. One example from a 55 gallon drum of similar dispensers that the U.S. Army was preparing to dispose of as “radioactive waste” was sent to Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU), where the monazite sand was finally identified as the source. Independent measurements with various radiation detector models can vary in readings, typically I have seen them show readings from 100CPM to even 1,000CPM. The radiation levels are typical of naturally occurring thorium in monazite and pose no meaningful health risk during normal use.

Let's start with Ontario. Ontario's 19 districts would be a big addition, with large numbers concentrated around Toronto. By 2021 vote: Conservative- 1, 2, 3, 14, 15, 16, 18 Liberal- 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 19

Gave me an excuse to post this map of Detroit streets by title from @detroitography:

The only state flag discourse I want to hear is how we intend to implement the true flag

map of the boulevards that could have been

There are remnants of Edward Bennett’s 1917 Plan of Minneapolis everywhere for those with eyes to see

Is it Paris? Is it Vienna? No, it is...MINNEAPOLIS (as envisioned by the Civic Planing Commission of 1917). digitalcollections.hclib.org/digital/collec…

Israel creating a diplomatic incident by purchasing two shipments of stolen Ukrainian grain from Russia is horrid statecraft beyond any other implications. It brings the risks of raising the ire of pro-Ukraine politicians in the EU & US for next to no gain

Israel fucking let ANOTHER shipment of stolen Ukrainian grain arrive in its ports. Disgusting.

Detroit obv