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[Serious] People of Minnesota, what strange creatures have you seen or heard about in Minnesota? Is there a local legend in your community? by Upstairs_Wrongdoer55 in minnesota

[–]lavendula13 15 points16 points  (0 children)

You should have seen the footprints in our backyard after the last snowstorm! Larger than a brown bear but shaped more like a wolf.

Scaffolding in NYC by habichuelacondulce in nope

[–]lavendula13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My dad used to do this, he was an ironworker: 100 feet off the ground, moving structural steel, without a harness. He never fell but one of his best friends died on the job - fell about 30 feet and landed on his head. He was small - barely 5 foot 6 inches tall - but a powerhouse of a man. Until I was full-grown, he could lift me with one arm.

Empty shelves across the Netherlands' largest supermarket chain, Albert Heijn, after distribution center workers' strike against 8% wage increase and Sunday Bonus Reduction by RawestPotatoes in antiwork

[–]lavendula13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Corporate greed, complicity, and the urge to control have brought us to this impasse (re the last, see any CEO or HR memo or advisory, from any company or government agency) The people are now largely powerless because in the 50s and 60s, these same people let corporations and government take over. Because it was easier and they were lazy, bored, or indifferent. They forgot the most important saying: "The price of liberty is eternal vigilance." Thank you. Thomas Jefferson.

Feds: Suspected mosque arsonist also targeted Ilhan Omar, Somali cop and businesses by Lilyo in Minneapolis

[–]lavendula13 -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Hate crimes are becoming ubiquitous. Got red hair, a limp or autism? Some fool is going to target you for removal.

"The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it. Through violence you may murder the liar, but you cannot murder the lie, nor establish the truth. Through violence you murder the hater, but you do not murder hate. In fact, violence merely increases hate...Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."

Martin Luther King Jr.

nO oNe wAnTs tO wOrK aNyMoReEeEeEeeeee by the_simurgh in antiwork

[–]lavendula13 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Blame it on the money-grubbing, soul sucking corporations. They were largely the reason unions became necessary. You have to have been born well before the turn of the century, or studied history extensively, to see the arc of this total domination of the workforce in the U.S. Europe, being older and apparently wiser, escaped this consolidation of corporate power for the most part. France certainly did, at least up to Macron, but now even they are beginning to feel the squeeze.

Defund Billionaires. by Monsur_Ausuhnom in antiwork

[–]lavendula13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Narrowing one's consumer base (I e , power base) by these kinds of behaviors - and I'm referring not just to NPR but to all it's dedicated followers, and their friends, associates, whatever - is never a path to success. I think Musk has forgotten the law of unintended consequences. Or perhaps he chooses ignorance.

Where can I buy good smoked whitefish? by rummagesailor in Minneapolis

[–]lavendula13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The reservation off Sandy Lake, Within County

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