Steph Curtis
@stephcurtis.bsky.social
Minnesotan. MPR News. Gene Hackman lover. Reading Normal Women by Philippa Gregory.
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Tourism leaders in North Dakota have a close eye on the Canada-U.S. border, as they brace for the likelihood of fewer Manitoba visitors this year.
Manitoba traffic down at Emerson-Pembina border, U.S. tourism officials nervous
Tourism leaders in North Dakota have a close eye on the Canada-U.S. border, as they brace for the likelihood of fewer Manitoba visitors this year.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
April 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Tourism leaders in North Dakota have a close eye on the Canada-U.S. border, as they brace for the likelihood of fewer Manitoba visitors this year.
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hi it’s my first day at @wired.com ! i wanna hear everything that’s going on in the energy / enviro / climate space. feel free to pitch me: molly_taft@wired.com , signal mollytaft.76
March 24, 2025 at 3:23 PM
hi it’s my first day at @wired.com ! i wanna hear everything that’s going on in the energy / enviro / climate space. feel free to pitch me: molly_taft@wired.com , signal mollytaft.76
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The Red River has started its annual spring rise in Winnipeg. Keep an eye on river levels (and know when the river walk is underwater) on our website: www.winnipegfreepress.com/featured/201...
March 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The Red River has started its annual spring rise in Winnipeg. Keep an eye on river levels (and know when the river walk is underwater) on our website: www.winnipegfreepress.com/featured/201...
Lotta info here:
February 15, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Lotta info here:
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The Reverb team at MPR News watched the first six episodes and gathered thoughts on some of the most stereotypical Minnesota things about this season so far. Minimal spoilers.
8 of the most Minnesota things from the debut of the ‘Love is Blind’ Minneapolis season
Besides the people! Minimal spoilers ahead. The first six episodes of the show are now on Netflix.
www.mprnews.org
February 14, 2025 at 9:51 PM
The Reverb team at MPR News watched the first six episodes and gathered thoughts on some of the most stereotypical Minnesota things about this season so far. Minimal spoilers.
So, what is the Corporation for Public Broadcasting? On the Media explains: www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
Public Broadcasting Is In Danger (Again) | On the Media | WNYC Studios
The history of public broadcasting and its adversaries; and the modern place of public radio in covering community and crises.
www.wnycstudios.org
February 14, 2025 at 4:54 PM
So, what is the Corporation for Public Broadcasting? On the Media explains: www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
Minnesota has very high influenza numbers right now. www.cdc.gov/fluview/surv...
Weekly US Map: Influenza Summary Update
A Weekly Influenza Surveillance Report Prepared by the Influenza Division.
www.cdc.gov
February 1, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Minnesota has very high influenza numbers right now. www.cdc.gov/fluview/surv...
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Ken Martin wins race to become chair of the Democratic National Committee as party looks to find its footing.
Ken Martin wins race to become chair of the Democratic National Committee as party looks to find its footing
Six candidates ended up running to lead the Democratic National Committee.
www.cbsnews.com
February 1, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Ken Martin wins race to become chair of the Democratic National Committee as party looks to find its footing.
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USAID website is gone: usaid.gov
So is: foreignassistance.gov
I used those websites recently to document that, contrary to WH claims, the US did not have a contract to spend $50 million on condoms in Gaza.
So is: foreignassistance.gov
I used those websites recently to document that, contrary to WH claims, the US did not have a contract to spend $50 million on condoms in Gaza.
February 1, 2025 at 8:52 PM
USAID website is gone: usaid.gov
So is: foreignassistance.gov
I used those websites recently to document that, contrary to WH claims, the US did not have a contract to spend $50 million on condoms in Gaza.
So is: foreignassistance.gov
I used those websites recently to document that, contrary to WH claims, the US did not have a contract to spend $50 million on condoms in Gaza.
“For a variety of reasons, the two cities just had two of the worst housing years anywhere in the Midwest.”
www.minnpost.com/cityscape/20...
www.minnpost.com/cityscape/20...
Housing construction in Minneapolis and St. Paul is tanking
For a variety of reasons — including their own policies — the cities just had two of the worst housing years among locales in the Midwest.
www.minnpost.com
February 1, 2025 at 9:04 PM
“For a variety of reasons, the two cities just had two of the worst housing years anywhere in the Midwest.”
www.minnpost.com/cityscape/20...
www.minnpost.com/cityscape/20...
His advice is helpful in Saint Paul too.
Minneapolis, go look at the sunset RIGHT NOW
January 29, 2025 at 11:25 PM
His advice is helpful in Saint Paul too.
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So I haven’t read a lot of books about birds, but I’ve read more books about birds than most people I know. And Rebecca’s book on the study of bird migration is the best I’ve read!
Hey! Do you prefer your books in paperback form? Do you like birds and stories of scrappy scientists figuring stuff out? My really fun book comes out in paperback on March 18 (and you can preorder the paperback edition now)! 🪶 bookshop.org/p/books/flig...
Flight Paths: How a Passionate and Quirky Group of Pioneering Scientists Solved the Mystery of Bird Migration a book by Rebecca Heisman
"Illuminating. . . . Flight Paths does what only the best science books do: It adds to our knowledge of the world without diminishing its wonder."--Wall Street JournalThe captivating, little-known tru...
bookshop.org
January 15, 2025 at 11:13 PM
So I haven’t read a lot of books about birds, but I’ve read more books about birds than most people I know. And Rebecca’s book on the study of bird migration is the best I’ve read!
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Is this bike yours?!
Is this your bike? It’s sitting at the end of our alley. I’m gonna try to get it and keep it in my garage, appears to have been stolen.
January 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Is this bike yours?!
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NEW: The prospect of a wave of mega data centers in Minnesota is now possible. The first is under construction by Meta in Rosemount. But I found at least 9 others in various stages of development.
They could need as much power as every household in the state. www.startribune.com/mega-data-ce...
They could need as much power as every household in the state. www.startribune.com/mega-data-ce...
January 10, 2025 at 2:13 PM
NEW: The prospect of a wave of mega data centers in Minnesota is now possible. The first is under construction by Meta in Rosemount. But I found at least 9 others in various stages of development.
They could need as much power as every household in the state. www.startribune.com/mega-data-ce...
They could need as much power as every household in the state. www.startribune.com/mega-data-ce...
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Chair Stop-Motion 🪑💨 Made with 444 pictures taken over 10 days
January 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Chair Stop-Motion 🪑💨 Made with 444 pictures taken over 10 days
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“Law and Order but set at a newspaper and each episode is an article end to end” would be a delight — man on the street interviews in the first half, editing and internal politicking in the second.
January 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
“Law and Order but set at a newspaper and each episode is an article end to end” would be a delight — man on the street interviews in the first half, editing and internal politicking in the second.
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Hosting Minnesota Now on @mprnews.org weekdays at noon. Decided to get one of these accounts after @msepic.bsky.social convinced me. Hope it’s a good space.🤞🏼
December 11, 2024 at 11:08 PM
Hosting Minnesota Now on @mprnews.org weekdays at noon. Decided to get one of these accounts after @msepic.bsky.social convinced me. Hope it’s a good space.🤞🏼
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The council overturned the veto with a 9 to 4 vote and the new budget includes a 6.9 percent property tax levy increase for residents.
Minneapolis City Council overrides mayor's veto of 2025 budget
The Minneapolis City Council enacted its 2025 budget on Thursday, after overturning a veto by Mayor Jacob Frey.
www.mprnews.org
December 12, 2024 at 5:40 PM
The council overturned the veto with a 9 to 4 vote and the new budget includes a 6.9 percent property tax levy increase for residents.
Minnesota: SO MUCH COVID OUT THERE.
December 12, 2024 at 4:15 PM
Minnesota: SO MUCH COVID OUT THERE.
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“Writing a single email with ChatGPT can use as much energy as driving a two-ton electric vehicle half a mile,” @laurenleffer.bsky.social reports. www.audubon.org/magazine/how...
How the AI Boom Threatens to Short-Circuit Climate Action
The energy-devouring technology is giving new life to fossil fuels.
www.audubon.org
December 10, 2024 at 8:26 PM
“Writing a single email with ChatGPT can use as much energy as driving a two-ton electric vehicle half a mile,” @laurenleffer.bsky.social reports. www.audubon.org/magazine/how...
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Ahoy! Help spread word that I'm here, please.
I'm president of Media Matters (@mmfa.bsky.social).
X is currently suing me and colleague personally as well as Media Matters. Been sorely missing the community Twitter once offered me. Hoping Bluesky can help fill that void. It's much needed.
I'm president of Media Matters (@mmfa.bsky.social).
X is currently suing me and colleague personally as well as Media Matters. Been sorely missing the community Twitter once offered me. Hoping Bluesky can help fill that void. It's much needed.
November 16, 2024 at 1:41 AM
Ahoy! Help spread word that I'm here, please.
I'm president of Media Matters (@mmfa.bsky.social).
X is currently suing me and colleague personally as well as Media Matters. Been sorely missing the community Twitter once offered me. Hoping Bluesky can help fill that void. It's much needed.
I'm president of Media Matters (@mmfa.bsky.social).
X is currently suing me and colleague personally as well as Media Matters. Been sorely missing the community Twitter once offered me. Hoping Bluesky can help fill that void. It's much needed.
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I would be grateful if y’all could repost this for the evening crowd. Had a book come out today. People seem to like it. We definitely still need your help to make it a success. It’s a great read, a great gift (for others or yourself). And I can’t write without you. :)
#Oathbreakers is "historical writing at its finest." -
@chicagorevbooks.bsky.social. A top-10 new release in history from Amazon Books.
It's got swords, sex, witchcraft, demons, betrayals, one irritating dude named Bernard, and the fate of Charlemagne's empire hanging in the balance. Out today!
@chicagorevbooks.bsky.social. A top-10 new release in history from Amazon Books.
It's got swords, sex, witchcraft, demons, betrayals, one irritating dude named Bernard, and the fate of Charlemagne's empire hanging in the balance. Out today!
December 11, 2024 at 12:57 AM
I would be grateful if y’all could repost this for the evening crowd. Had a book come out today. People seem to like it. We definitely still need your help to make it a success. It’s a great read, a great gift (for others or yourself). And I can’t write without you. :)
The kids are alright. And right.
On today's Free Press letters page, a perspective I endorse unreservedly.
www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/lett...
www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/lett...
December 10, 2024 at 8:50 PM
The kids are alright. And right.