September 2011
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“My medium-term goals are more focused on how I’m living than what exactly...”
– MinnPost interviews Erica Mauter (aka swirlspice) about life, career transitions and more.
You can find her Tumblr here.
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“There will be forthcoming charges that the EPA is corrupt and cannot be trusted...”
– Don Shelby: Sen. James Inhofe and his demands to probe the EPA
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“I would submit that this subservience to the Tea Party will only strengthen the...”
– former Gov. Arne Carlson asks, Do you want to be represented by Michele Bachmann?
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Coffee associated with a reduced risk of... →
Researchers found that women who drank two to three cups of coffee daily were 15 percent less likely to develop depression over a 10-year period.
As if we needed a reason to caffeinate.
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WatchFrom Andrew Cross, a beautiful collection of Minnesota time-lapse photography created during summer 2011.
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WatchImpressive graffiti time-lapse video from local artist, River.
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“It’s an enduring American myth that commerce in this country is...”
– Nobody ever lost an election by bashing EPA
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“The case against Davis was based on eyewitness testimony, a form of evidence...”
– MinnPost - Susan Perry
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WatchBathukamma is a spring festival celebrated by the Hindu women of Telangana region.
Bathukamma is a beautiful flower stack, arranged with seasonal flowers, in seven concentric layers, of potter’s clay like a cone.
(via MinnClips)
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Programming note: ONA
MinnPost Tumblr-er Kaeti Hinck is in Boston this weekend for ONA. Let us know if you’re at the conference, too — we’d love to meet some of our fellow media tumblr folk.
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“Still, he had to find $2 million to cut for the current school year. Over the...”
– Brooklyn Center Schools weigh options after losing levy
By Beth Hawkins
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“From the Department of Things I’d Love to be in a Position to Comment on...”
– Big-bucks search is on for new Carlson School dean by Beth Hawkins
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“But this is crowd behavior to a degree. There is a process called...”
– Professor Howard Lavine, on the cheering and “Let him die” response during recent Tea Party events.
Read the rest of this fascinating interview here: The psychology behind ghoulish outbursts at GOP debates
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MinnPost begins a site redesign. Finally.
Our mission has always centered on providing quality, in-depth coverage of the issues that are most important to Minnesotans.
But we also know that the way you read, find and interact with that content is just as important. And we all know that MinnPost.com is in dire need of an overhaul.
Now, after four years of focusing our resources on the editorial side of things, we are finally in a...
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WatchLocal band Sleeping in the Aviary performs the song “You and Me, Ghost” off their new album of the same name for Radio K’s Off the Record.
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WatchConverse All-Star flew Minneapolis’ own Hot Tea to Berlin, Germany to craft street-art installations with other artists.
Hot Tea is best known for his use of yarn and string to present visual messages around the Twin Cities.
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“Minnesotans know that [Obama] is not one of them.
We’re going to turn...”
– Reince Priebus, Minnesota GOP Chairman, speaking about the 2012 elections.
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WatchCan you spot MinnPost in this clip from last night’s Colbert Report?
(Thanks to David for pointing it out.)
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“Now along comes a study from a team of Brigham Young University researchers that...”
– Reading fiction affects our behavior — but in what way?
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