Fiddler Meg

Alas, the orchard on my way to work doesn't have Jonagolds. RiverBelle is the apple I wait all year for, though, and they do have those!

Seen this story all day today. Every headline says "27 year old Minnesota man..." I have yet to see one with the headline that the man was Somalian. The most maligned and denigrated group in Minnesota www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/story/2...

Barack Obama just delivered a blistering rebuke of Trump's actions against Ilhan Omar. This is worth reading in full.

Yes! We need to put more emphasis on, "This is a cool thing! Let me tell you about it!"

Good luck, little fish! Grow! Become big fish! 'Grand Portage restores lake sturgeon to Pigeon River' wtip.org/grand-portag... Brought to you by WTIP

Paging @tanyahuff.bsky.social At least it's not Human's First.

The Stolen Neighbors Quilt, made of 12,500 fabric squares and unveiled at the State Capitol’s rotunda, represents the lives of the estimated 11,000 people deported in Minnesota between the beginning of President Trump’s second term and the end of Operation Metro Surge.

I got my images off the camera and did a little cropping and "timelapse-ing". Occultation of Jupiter by the Moon this morning seen from Williamsburg VA. Fujifilm X-T4, XF150-600mm, 1.4TC. Cropped in Darktable, Animated in VideoPad.

Little Dog on the Prairie #DogsOfBluesky

Go, go, kakapo!

Nope.

10 out of 10, no notes!

There are still new things to discover!

It's so wild and wonderful that this robot has been wandering around Mars for FOURTEEN YEARS and we get to watch it trundle about and poke rocks and send home postcards. ❤️ science.nasa.gov/photojournal...

Something weirdly not noted in a lot of the coverage of the extortionate threats to murder the Kennedy Center unless it’s reimagined as a shrine to Trump: There was no dire fiscal crisis until Trump’s goombahs started mucking with it. Its finances were fine. projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/o...

One of Twin Metals' minerals leases has been CANCELED! #BWCA

They have taken untold millions that they never toiled to earn But without our brains and muscle, not a single wheel would turn We can break their haughty power, gain our freedom when we learn that The Union Makes Us Strong! #LaborDay

Únase en celebrar a la gente que trabajan en los campos para poner comida en nuestras mesas. #WeFeedYou #LaborDay

Today, we honor the hard-fought victories of the labor movement & celebrate the power & solidarity of working people! #LaborDay2026

Yay! Another one to put on the list for my science and theatre class.

“Ms. McMahon’s letter might appear more benign than the compact. But she still implies that core academic decisions should be overseen by the federal government…Coercion is coercion, even if it’s not explicit.” @nytopinion.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/o...

Moose call competition!

I have about 20" of this. Besides being a beautiful necklace, it's fun to run it through my fingers and admire the various beads.

Wolves help propagate blueberries! A study done in northern MN discovered that passing through a wolf's digestive system helps the seeds germinate, and the wolves' range helps spread the seeds further. royalsocietypublishing.org/rsbl/article... www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

(Artist is Markus Prime.)

'An overstep’: Navajo Code Talker descendants criticize New Mexico’s museum plan. The state plans to locate it outside the Navajo Reservation but did not consult. www.gulflive.com/native-american-news/2026/08/an-overstep-navajo-code-talker-descendants-criticize-new-mexicos-new-plan-for-museum.html

It's about time!

Executive order is a good start, but we need pass laws that will permanently protect the BWCA.

Native history is American history.

Margaret Hamilton turned 90 today 🎂 The MIT engineer who led the team that wrote Apollo's onboard flight software

Native Aunties go extra big for new earring contest in Opaskwayak. Floor-length earrings at big auntie earring competition garner thousands of social media shares. 😆 www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...

We know that corvids are smart and have social cohesion. Sometimes they will volunteer for experiments, like the wild crow who decided to solve puzzles alongside trained birds. And sometimes they will tell the scientists to eff off. spacedaily.com/t-australian...

Unions are crucial for people who work in the arts!

If you don't like it here, you can move.

Buy their soap! It's lovely!

Um. No. No pay, no labor. #UnionStrong

"Xcel handles the groundskeeping with sheep, which graze beneath the arrays so nobody has to mow 1.7 million panels’ worth of grass."

I may be yelling into a vacuum, but I keep yelling. Join me!

This fancy fellow showed up in our neighborhood not long after I read the short story "Marginalia," which I think is by @maryrobinettekowal.com.

After undergrad, I moved to a new city, and getting my library card was one of the first things I did.

This is gorgeous! Also out of my budget - someone needs to buy it and protect my bank account.

Using "gifted" instead of given or gave. "She was gifted a pony" "She gifted me a . . ." My teeth are gritting just typing this.

"These are among the best moments in science: seeing something new, unexpected."

I'm gonna be singing this for days!

This meteor shower is really fun - you can reliably see a shooting star per minute at the peak.

(1/3) For Anishinabek Nation citizens with children under the age of 18 who require emergency assistance, we urge you to call the Jordan's Principle emergency hotline: 1-855-572-4453.

Art needs math, math needs art!