Related-ish: https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/new-study-says-downtown-minneapolis-has-one-of-the-worst-post-pandemic-recoveries-but-there-are-questions-about-methodology/
― Dwigt Rortugal (Eric H.), Wednesday, 1 November 2023 17:14 (six months ago) link
Apparently Minnesota is redesigning the state flag, and there have been over 2000 submissions to date. Needless to say, there are some really good ones, if you are willing to dig:
https://serc.mnhs.org/flags
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 10 November 2023 20:03 (five months ago) link
good riddance and FUUUUUCK YOU
https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/15/business/uber-lyft-minneapolis-minimum-wage/index.html
― budo jeru, Friday, 15 March 2024 20:19 (one month ago) link
I don't want to clog up another thread with a niche observation, but the new Taylor Swift album so far is very Cities 97 circa 1990.
― paisley got boring (Eazy), Friday, 19 April 2024 04:49 (two weeks ago) link
lmao
― budo jeru, Friday, 19 April 2024 14:36 (two weeks ago) link
haha let's line up to get it at a Best Buy in Bloomington like an old Cities 97 sampler
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 19 April 2024 15:40 (two weeks ago) link
Apologies for deflecting the thread away from Swift talk but why is this state so fucking windy?
― the scouse that roared (Matt #2), Friday, 19 April 2024 17:37 (two weeks ago) link
Good question. The wind tunnel on 7th Street downtown between Nicollet Mall and Hennepin (where a lot of buses stop) is fairly legendary.
― steely flan (suzy), Friday, 19 April 2024 17:59 (two weeks ago) link