@bethmenninga.bsky.social
Early childhood educator who is learning to garden, learning to grieve, and ponders what a caregiver state might look like. (She/her)
Farewell to fall: Sumac (days before winter’s arrival)
#watercolor
#watercolor
November 29, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Farewell to fall: Sumac (days before winter’s arrival)
#watercolor
#watercolor
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For the first time, a Minnesota Wild game will have an Ojibwe-language broadcast.
More: https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-sports/minnesota-wild-to-host-ojibwe-language-broadcast-on-friday
More: https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-sports/minnesota-wild-to-host-ojibwe-language-broadcast-on-friday
November 27, 2025 at 2:19 AM
For the first time, a Minnesota Wild game will have an Ojibwe-language broadcast.
More: https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-sports/minnesota-wild-to-host-ojibwe-language-broadcast-on-friday
More: https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-sports/minnesota-wild-to-host-ojibwe-language-broadcast-on-friday
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Today marks the 50th anniversary of what’s now known as the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA). IDEA opened the doors. Now we must keep widening them.
November 29, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Today marks the 50th anniversary of what’s now known as the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA). IDEA opened the doors. Now we must keep widening them.
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We are in peak French heist season.
Thieves take €90,000 of snails meant for Michelin-starred restaurants
“It’s very surprising because they stole 450 kilos of snail meat.”
“It’s very surprising because they stole 450 kilos of snail meat.”
Thieves take €90,000 of snails meant for Michelin-starred restaurants
French police are on the trail of ‘experienced’ criminals who stole a whole year’s worth of produce from Jean-Mathieu Dauvergne’s L’Escargot des Grands Crus
stzl.ink
November 28, 2025 at 1:43 AM
We are in peak French heist season.
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when the search bar is smarter than you think
November 27, 2025 at 1:49 PM
when the search bar is smarter than you think
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NANCY PANEL BY
ERNIE BUSHMILLER
ERNIE BUSHMILLER
November 26, 2025 at 8:15 PM
NANCY PANEL BY
ERNIE BUSHMILLER
ERNIE BUSHMILLER
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A widely circulated clip of this interaction yesterday is missing this crucial angle- where you can clearly see that this neighbor didn’t trip on the curb, they were callously thrown to the ground by an officer after being pepper sprayed in the face.
Riddle me this, how in the fuck is this making our communities any safer? This ICE agent sprays this disabled woman directly in the face in St Paul, Minnesota with pepper spray and then throws her to the ground. I hope she sues the hell out of ICE for this‼️#Abolish 🧊🧊🧊
November 26, 2025 at 5:27 PM
A widely circulated clip of this interaction yesterday is missing this crucial angle- where you can clearly see that this neighbor didn’t trip on the curb, they were callously thrown to the ground by an officer after being pepper sprayed in the face.
Tell me you’re a hardware store without——
November 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Tell me you’re a hardware store without——
“As a disabled American, it’s hard to express how profoundly this piece of legislation has impacted my life…As the IDEA turns 50 this month, attacks from the Trump administration threaten to undermine the protections it provides millions of Americans like me.”
Opinion: Weakening the IDEA threatens millions of disabled Americans like me
bit.ly
November 26, 2025 at 2:32 PM
“As a disabled American, it’s hard to express how profoundly this piece of legislation has impacted my life…As the IDEA turns 50 this month, attacks from the Trump administration threaten to undermine the protections it provides millions of Americans like me.”
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They line up perfectly.
November 22, 2025 at 2:32 AM
They line up perfectly.
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7 in 10 Americans think raising children is too expensive.
The cost of child care is surging past rent in many U.S. cities.
Raising a family and finding quality and affordable child care should not be privileges reserved for the ultra-rich.
The cost of child care is surging past rent in many U.S. cities.
Raising a family and finding quality and affordable child care should not be privileges reserved for the ultra-rich.
November 21, 2025 at 8:09 PM
7 in 10 Americans think raising children is too expensive.
The cost of child care is surging past rent in many U.S. cities.
Raising a family and finding quality and affordable child care should not be privileges reserved for the ultra-rich.
The cost of child care is surging past rent in many U.S. cities.
Raising a family and finding quality and affordable child care should not be privileges reserved for the ultra-rich.
Winter is coming. Playing with salt.
#watercolor
#watercolor
November 21, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Winter is coming. Playing with salt.
#watercolor
#watercolor
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The Great Lakes and especially the Straits of Mackinac are among the worst possible places for oil pipelines.
21% of the world’s surface fresh water by volume is at risk.
The line 5 fight continues…🌊🌊
michiganadvance.com/briefs/whitm...
21% of the world’s surface fresh water by volume is at risk.
The line 5 fight continues…🌊🌊
michiganadvance.com/briefs/whitm...
Whitmer asks U.S. Supreme Court to weigh state immunity in Line 5 case • Michigan Advance
Updated, 4:50 p.m., 11/20/25 After a federal appeals court held that Michigan is not immune to legal action for its decision to revoke a Canadian energy company’s easement to operate a pipeline in the...
michiganadvance.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:54 PM
The Great Lakes and especially the Straits of Mackinac are among the worst possible places for oil pipelines.
21% of the world’s surface fresh water by volume is at risk.
The line 5 fight continues…🌊🌊
michiganadvance.com/briefs/whitm...
21% of the world’s surface fresh water by volume is at risk.
The line 5 fight continues…🌊🌊
michiganadvance.com/briefs/whitm...
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Warren: "With Jeffrey Epstein, I really mean follow the money. Here's the deal - JPMorgan Chase - yes, Jamie Dimon, I'm looking at you -- is Epstein's bank, a close personal relationship that spans years. Shouldn't this be in the JPMorgan's ads?...I'd like to have Dimon come in & under oath testify"
November 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Warren: "With Jeffrey Epstein, I really mean follow the money. Here's the deal - JPMorgan Chase - yes, Jamie Dimon, I'm looking at you -- is Epstein's bank, a close personal relationship that spans years. Shouldn't this be in the JPMorgan's ads?...I'd like to have Dimon come in & under oath testify"
Modern miracle- sometimes public shaming still works.
Cheers to the person who leaked the initial changes www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
In reversal, Coast Guard again classifies swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The new order came hours after The Post reported the service would instead classify such symbols as “potentially divisive” under guidelines set for release next month.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Modern miracle- sometimes public shaming still works.
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A history of artificial Christmas trees… in miniature. At the Smallest Museum in St. Paul, outside Work Horse Coffeehouse, University and Raymond.
November 20, 2025 at 9:22 PM
A history of artificial Christmas trees… in miniature. At the Smallest Museum in St. Paul, outside Work Horse Coffeehouse, University and Raymond.
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Tonight, the Department of Homeland Security announced that on Tuesday they detained 14 of our neighbors on immigration charges. What they initially reported as a targeted criminal enforcement action was in fact an identity-based raid on people who had done nothing but show up for work that day.
November 21, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Tonight, the Department of Homeland Security announced that on Tuesday they detained 14 of our neighbors on immigration charges. What they initially reported as a targeted criminal enforcement action was in fact an identity-based raid on people who had done nothing but show up for work that day.
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AOC to @pabloreports.bsky.social : A swastika is one of the clearest symbols of hatred in all of humanity… to remove that designation… indicates a possible collaboration with those very elements, which I think is genuinely frightening to any American.
November 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM
AOC to @pabloreports.bsky.social : A swastika is one of the clearest symbols of hatred in all of humanity… to remove that designation… indicates a possible collaboration with those very elements, which I think is genuinely frightening to any American.
Just listened to Patricia Barber & co playing in a very intimate jazz clubbing Chicago. They were having fun. Forgot how deep down great listening to jazz can make you feel.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=js9J...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=js9J...
Patricia Barber, Snow
YouTube video by José Miguel
m.youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Just listened to Patricia Barber & co playing in a very intimate jazz clubbing Chicago. They were having fun. Forgot how deep down great listening to jazz can make you feel.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=js9J...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=js9J...
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Even this morning @mprnews.org is saying they don’t know if anyone was detained by ICE. At least the Park Bugle (!) has done its diligence saying that 15 or so people were detained.
www.parkbugle.org/federal-agen...
www.parkbugle.org/federal-agen...
Federal agents raid Bro-Tex textile plant – Park Bugle
www.parkbugle.org
November 19, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Even this morning @mprnews.org is saying they don’t know if anyone was detained by ICE. At least the Park Bugle (!) has done its diligence saying that 15 or so people were detained.
www.parkbugle.org/federal-agen...
www.parkbugle.org/federal-agen...
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At least 4,900 Minnesotans are at risk of being pushed to the streets because of Trump’s cuts to housing - children, seniors, veterans.
In Minnesota, we’ll do everything we can to stand up for our neighbors in need, but this decision will be devastating.
www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/a...
In Minnesota, we’ll do everything we can to stand up for our neighbors in need, but this decision will be devastating.
www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/a...
'A drastic cut': New HUD rules affect 1,600 beds for homeless in Northeastern Minnesota
Last week, the Trump administration said only 30% of the national Continuum of Care program’s $3.9 billion can be used for permanent housing, down from approximately 90% this year.
www.duluthnewstribune.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:40 PM
At least 4,900 Minnesotans are at risk of being pushed to the streets because of Trump’s cuts to housing - children, seniors, veterans.
In Minnesota, we’ll do everything we can to stand up for our neighbors in need, but this decision will be devastating.
www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/a...
In Minnesota, we’ll do everything we can to stand up for our neighbors in need, but this decision will be devastating.
www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/a...
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November 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM