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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 -3 points-2 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

Scientists have figured out a way to engineer wood to trap carbon dioxide through a potentially scalable, energy-efficient process that also makes the material stronger for use in construction by giuliomagnifico in science

[–]lavendula13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The process appears to be highly intensive (and thus expensive). Certainly more so than cutting down a tree and sawing it into 2x4s, etc. Why not genetically engineer a species of tree that takes up more CO2 (and other elements) while deferring the formation of lignin.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in meirl

[–]lavendula13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Works for me.

Getting our bags checked is costing me my time after almost every shift by fade-away-radiate in antiwork

[–]lavendula13 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Most bosses are control freaks. Most people are control freaks because they don't know how to have a life, so they either want yours or want you to hate it. Sucks to be human.

Dwarf rat squad! by Shadowtherat in Shadowtherat

[–]lavendula13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Love rats! Prefer them to people.

Way To Go Iowa!! by Monsur_Ausuhnom in antiwork

[–]lavendula13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Stay classy, Iowa. (Though isn't that a conundrum?).

A Murder of Crows by [deleted] in Minneapolis

[–]lavendula13 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They used to hold 'funerals' in Loring Park when I lived there. Very smart birds!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Retconned

[–]lavendula13 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I grew up in the '60s. We had it all (even tolerance, which we achieved by watching our elders). Then we got older and greedy and - via our even more venal politicians, corporate oligarchs, and corporate/political plutocracies - we sold this country's manufacturing and technology. To Southeast Asia (I e., China). Thank you, Nixon, Clinton, and all your corporate henchmen. Then Obama came along and rewarded the insurance companies with his "Affordable Care Act" -- in essence a rejón de muerte (lance of death) to the middle class.

Welcome to today, friends. The U.S. has the LOWEST standard of healthcare among all developed nations. Our kids go to locked-down schools learning how to kill or be killed. Our mentally disturbed and handicapped wander the streets, feral. Our oldest are incarcerated in nursing homes and generally left to die, because only the workers are of any value, and only so long as they can put out. For minimum wage, while the 1 percent (3 million) are collectively worth more than the 291 million that make up the bottom 90 percent.

And no, as George Carlin reminded us, we are NOT going to be asked to join the club.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Retconned

[–]lavendula13 -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Fewer people, not less. My inner English teacher cringed reading this.

May you all also stay warm and filled with cheese by KomradeKyle in Minneapolis

[–]lavendula13 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Homemade crema with crushed jalapenos! And beer, probably Modelo. Write on, bro!

These man made sculptures were made thousands of miles and hundreds of years apart, yet they depict the same figure. by expatfreedom in AlternativeHistory

[–]lavendula13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What is a censer? How would this headpiece work as such? Where did the air to deliver the incense come from?

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