Catherine Partsch Conlan
@catconlan.net
Editor of a Labor newspaper. Union card, clinic escort, Nebraska roots, now Minnesota. Hockey, abortion, cake, abolition, liberation. I love it when goalies lose in OT. She/they. Radicalizing over time. Banner photo: IG @havington
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A recreation from sound ranging equipment of the moment the guns stopped. I cannot believe that birds instantly began singing, but I find the idea that everyone agreed to stop at the same time moving, tragic and hopeful all at the same time.
When the Guns Fell Silent | IWM
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November 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
A recreation from sound ranging equipment of the moment the guns stopped. I cannot believe that birds instantly began singing, but I find the idea that everyone agreed to stop at the same time moving, tragic and hopeful all at the same time.
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The haunting audio in the tweet below reminded me that MPR's replay today of their Nov. 11, 1975 interview with a Great Lakes sailor about what might have happened to the Edmund Fitzgerald the day before is similarly compelling.
www.mprnews.org/episode/2025...
www.mprnews.org/episode/2025...
November 11, 2025 at 2:14 AM
The haunting audio in the tweet below reminded me that MPR's replay today of their Nov. 11, 1975 interview with a Great Lakes sailor about what might have happened to the Edmund Fitzgerald the day before is similarly compelling.
www.mprnews.org/episode/2025...
www.mprnews.org/episode/2025...
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November 10, 1975 7:39-54pm: Captain Cooper of the Anderson radios USCG Group at Sault Ste. Marie on channel 16, the distress frequency. The Coast Guard asks him to call back on channel 12 because the storm damaged their antennas and they needed to keep the emergency channel open.
November 10, 1975 7:20pm: Edmund Fitzgerald enters a particularly heavy squall line and disappears from the Arthur M. Anderson's radar. She is never seen or heard from again.
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 AM
November 10, 1975 7:39-54pm: Captain Cooper of the Anderson radios USCG Group at Sault Ste. Marie on channel 16, the distress frequency. The Coast Guard asks him to call back on channel 12 because the storm damaged their antennas and they needed to keep the emergency channel open.
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CG: We, uh, can only ask the master to do their best without hazarding their vessel. The vessel you're looking for is the Edmund Fitzgerald.
AA: Well, I'll turn around and give it a whirl but, God, I dunno. I'll give it a try.
/end
AA: Well, I'll turn around and give it a whirl but, God, I dunno. I'll give it a try.
/end
November 10, 2023 at 1:08 PM
CG: We, uh, can only ask the master to do their best without hazarding their vessel. The vessel you're looking for is the Edmund Fitzgerald.
AA: Well, I'll turn around and give it a whirl but, God, I dunno. I'll give it a try.
/end
AA: Well, I'll turn around and give it a whirl but, God, I dunno. I'll give it a try.
/end
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AA: Well, I'll go back and take a look but uh, God, I'm afraid that I’m gonna take a hell of a beating out there on it...Do you realize what the conditions are out there?
[silence]
AA: Hello Soo Control, I say you realize what the conditions are out there, don't you?
[silence]
5/
[silence]
AA: Hello Soo Control, I say you realize what the conditions are out there, don't you?
[silence]
5/
November 10, 2023 at 1:06 PM
AA: Well, I'll go back and take a look but uh, God, I'm afraid that I’m gonna take a hell of a beating out there on it...Do you realize what the conditions are out there?
[silence]
AA: Hello Soo Control, I say you realize what the conditions are out there, don't you?
[silence]
5/
[silence]
AA: Hello Soo Control, I say you realize what the conditions are out there, don't you?
[silence]
5/
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The exchange between the Coast Guard and the Arthur M. Anderson on the night the Edmund Fitzgerald went down is one of my Roman Empires — asking the Anderson to come about and search, and Captain Cooper saying yes.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyaE...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyaE...
The Lost Fitzgerald Search Tapes
Rare radio chatter between the Arthur M. Anderson and the Coast Guard November 10th, 1975. The last time anyone ever heard from the Edmund Fitzgerald
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2023 at 1:04 PM
The exchange between the Coast Guard and the Arthur M. Anderson on the night the Edmund Fitzgerald went down is one of my Roman Empires — asking the Anderson to come about and search, and Captain Cooper saying yes.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyaE...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyaE...
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"this could fix me" and it's simply an advent calendar caked with snow glitter
November 25, 2023 at 6:32 PM
"this could fix me" and it's simply an advent calendar caked with snow glitter
Tragic! This Person Set a Game Cam, Which Immediately Recorded A Video of Themselves Awkwardly Getting Up Off The Ground
November 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Tragic! This Person Set a Game Cam, Which Immediately Recorded A Video of Themselves Awkwardly Getting Up Off The Ground
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lil frozen particle can’t decide if it’s a graupel or a snowflake
November 9, 2025 at 8:15 PM
lil frozen particle can’t decide if it’s a graupel or a snowflake
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BREAKING: We won!
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
November 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
BREAKING: We won!
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
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One of the glaring weaknesses of the US system, where elections are on a consistent schedule rather than determined by events, is really on full display right now: pols take actions that might hurt them with voters when elections are a long ways off, knowing that the electorate has a short memory.
November 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
One of the glaring weaknesses of the US system, where elections are on a consistent schedule rather than determined by events, is really on full display right now: pols take actions that might hurt them with voters when elections are a long ways off, knowing that the electorate has a short memory.
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I sat up and yelled OH MY GOD HAVE SOME FUCKING RESPECT when I read this
October 11, 2025 at 2:12 AM
I sat up and yelled OH MY GOD HAVE SOME FUCKING RESPECT when I read this
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to be clear this is a NYT reporter on the Wilfred Sykes chasing the Edmund Fitzgerald trip without ever being actually on Lake Superior and like...I WANT TO KNOW WHO WAS SINGING THIS SONG ON THE BOAT BECAUSE I AM GOING TO TURN YOUR MINUTES TO HOURS SO HARD
I sat up and yelled OH MY GOD HAVE SOME FUCKING RESPECT when I read this
October 11, 2025 at 2:20 AM
to be clear this is a NYT reporter on the Wilfred Sykes chasing the Edmund Fitzgerald trip without ever being actually on Lake Superior and like...I WANT TO KNOW WHO WAS SINGING THIS SONG ON THE BOAT BECAUSE I AM GOING TO TURN YOUR MINUTES TO HOURS SO HARD
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CG: This is Soo Control, captain of the port speaking. We have no other vessels in that vicinity right now...It's fairly certain that the uh, that the uh Fitzgerald went down and we're talking about a matter of life and death and looking for survivors that might be in life rafts or in the water.
6/
6/
November 10, 2023 at 1:07 PM
CG: This is Soo Control, captain of the port speaking. We have no other vessels in that vicinity right now...It's fairly certain that the uh, that the uh Fitzgerald went down and we're talking about a matter of life and death and looking for survivors that might be in life rafts or in the water.
6/
6/
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CG: She may have split apart at the seams like the Morrell did a few years back...Again, uh, you think you could come about and go back and, uh, take a look in the area?
4/
4/
November 10, 2023 at 1:06 PM
CG: She may have split apart at the seams like the Morrell did a few years back...Again, uh, you think you could come about and go back and, uh, take a look in the area?
4/
4/
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CG: ...You're probably only one of the only vessels right now that can get to the — get to the scene. We're going to try to contact those salt water vessels and see if they can't possibly come about and come back also…But I would say things, ah — things look pretty bad.
3/
3/
November 10, 2023 at 1:05 PM
CG: ...You're probably only one of the only vessels right now that can get to the — get to the scene. We're going to try to contact those salt water vessels and see if they can't possibly come about and come back also…But I would say things, ah — things look pretty bad.
3/
3/
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Arthur M. Anderson: Oh...God I dunno…uh….huh…um, that's, that sea out there is tremendously large, and all...If you want me to, I can, but I — I’m not going to be making any time. I'll be lucky to make 2-3 miles per hour going back out that way.
2/
2/
November 10, 2023 at 1:05 PM
Arthur M. Anderson: Oh...God I dunno…uh….huh…um, that's, that sea out there is tremendously large, and all...If you want me to, I can, but I — I’m not going to be making any time. I'll be lucky to make 2-3 miles per hour going back out that way.
2/
2/
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Coast Guard: Uh, see, uh...D'you think there's any possibility that you could, uh, come about and go back there and, uh, and do any searching?
1/
1/
The exchange between the Coast Guard and the Arthur M. Anderson on the night the Edmund Fitzgerald went down is one of my Roman Empires — asking the Anderson to come about and search, and Captain Cooper saying yes.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyaE...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyaE...
The Lost Fitzgerald Search Tapes
Rare radio chatter between the Arthur M. Anderson and the Coast Guard November 10th, 1975. The last time anyone ever heard from the Edmund Fitzgerald
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2023 at 1:05 PM
Coast Guard: Uh, see, uh...D'you think there's any possibility that you could, uh, come about and go back there and, uh, and do any searching?
1/
1/
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A hilux with a guillotine bolted into the bed.
November 10, 2025 at 3:10 AM
A hilux with a guillotine bolted into the bed.
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i love how the normies got a little taste of Abolish ICE and now they’re already adding Abolish The Senate, quick what else can we add to the list
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 AM
i love how the normies got a little taste of Abolish ICE and now they’re already adding Abolish The Senate, quick what else can we add to the list
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okay I'm so sorry but what has changed is that I wrote a blistering column for the newspaper about the shutdown & sent it off to the printer today, and it'll be printed tomorrow, then mailed on Wed, arriving at people's homes Th-Sat, thus ensuring a grossly outdated column. It's my fault, sorry
November 10, 2025 at 12:11 AM
okay I'm so sorry but what has changed is that I wrote a blistering column for the newspaper about the shutdown & sent it off to the printer today, and it'll be printed tomorrow, then mailed on Wed, arriving at people's homes Th-Sat, thus ensuring a grossly outdated column. It's my fault, sorry
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big ceaușescu vibes tbh
November 9, 2025 at 11:34 PM
big ceaușescu vibes tbh
okay I'm so sorry but what has changed is that I wrote a blistering column for the newspaper about the shutdown & sent it off to the printer today, and it'll be printed tomorrow, then mailed on Wed, arriving at people's homes Th-Sat, thus ensuring a grossly outdated column. It's my fault, sorry
November 10, 2025 at 12:11 AM
okay I'm so sorry but what has changed is that I wrote a blistering column for the newspaper about the shutdown & sent it off to the printer today, and it'll be printed tomorrow, then mailed on Wed, arriving at people's homes Th-Sat, thus ensuring a grossly outdated column. It's my fault, sorry
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henlo we are with the dmnir and we are here to check ur tag
November 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
henlo we are with the dmnir and we are here to check ur tag
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"Welcome to Target!!"
November 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
"Welcome to Target!!"