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Earthologist in a Chem Dept. Fargo via St.Paul Minneapolis, U Minn. Immigrant son 🇩🇪🇱🇹/🇮🇳, spouse to 🇮🇸. 2x Fulbright #T1D ally ❤️Chicago. Geology! doktrock.net
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Aerial view of west central #Minnesota. Thousands of lakes on this glaciated terrain.
The sun glints off some lake surfaces (seemingly partially frozen) while others show less contrast
November 19, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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Aerial view of Libertyville, Illinois, north of Chicago, after a light snow. #SilentSunday
Suburban-ish development on low relief terrain with scattered small lakes. The snow cover gives roofs and grassy areas visual contrast. There's a portion of an airplane wing and low clouds.
November 16, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Aurora north of #Fargo last night, November 12. #NorthDakota
Mostly horizontal greenish glow in the night sky
November 13, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER Top acting, directing, cinematography, etc. Wow! Instant classic. See it in the theater if you can
Promotion for the movie. Sunset scene with a profile of a man, and a crouched young woman holding a gun. LEONARDO DICAPRIO SEAN PENN BENICIO DEL TORO REGINA HALL TEYANA TAYLOR WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER ONLY IN THEATERS SEPTEMBER 26 EXPERIENCE IT IN IMAX
November 10, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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First Chicago snowstorm of the season
Snowy street scene as seen through a windshield
November 10, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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En Nombre del Progreso (In the Name of Progress)
2017 by Alfonso "Piloto" Nieves Ruiz, active in the United States, born Querétaro, Mexico. at Intuit Art Museum, West Town, #Chicago
A mixed media sculpture that resembles the Statue of Liberty, but with barbed wire, chains, and body features Same from a closer view Street view of the Intuit Art Museum at 756 North Milwaukee Avenue in Chicago, which only shows art by self-taught artists.
November 9, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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"The extraordinary geochemistry of rare #mineral deposits exposed to ultraviolet light demonstrates an unparalleled earth science. What makes the ores of this small mining district completely unique on Earth?
LEARN MORE ABOUT NEW JERSEY'S MINING HERITAGE" #geology ⚒️🧪
Image on the side of a truck of someone holding brightly colored fluorescent minerals toward the viewer
November 9, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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Storefront signs in #Chicago
A sign MIGRA: FUERA DE CHICAGO with two horizontal blue lines and 4 red stars signs VISUAL ARTS DEPARTMENT FALL EXHIBITION RECEPTION AND EVENTS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14 5-7 PM. The Chicago Academy for the Arts HANDS OFF CHICAGO with two horizontal blue lines and 4 red stars
November 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Chicago
Store front "Blue Line" in neon "Food &Drink" "Lounge"
November 9, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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"Archaeologists: D.C. Capitol May Have Once Been Used For Legislating"
A newspaper article w photo of the Capitol in Washington, D.C. : "in their academic paper, the researchers wrote that the sprawling, 540 room marble complex contained conclusive proof that a distinct political entity known as "the legislative branch" once existed specifically to serve the American people." (source: The Onion)
November 7, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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#Carrollite from Congo at the Tucson show #OreCup #MineralMonday
A several cm metallic crystal with octahedral and cubic faces
November 6, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Looking out over Lake Superior from #Duluth, #Minnesota. October scene from the archives. #SilentSunday
Calm lake scene with low clouds. The back of an empty red chair.
October 26, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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"Terry Gross Conducts 'Fresh Air' Interview On Bluetooth During Uber Shift" #CPB Corporation for Public Broadcasting
News article: Terry Gross Conducts 'Fresh Air' Interview On Bluetooth During Uber Shift (Photo illustration of Terry Gross in a car with a headset) RIDESHARE DRIVING SUBSIDIZES IN-DEPTH CONVERSATIONS ON NEWS AND CULTURE PHILADELPHIA-In an effort to earn extra income after Congress rescinded $1.1 billion in funds from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Fresh Air host Terry Gross reportedly conducted an interview Thursday via Bluetooth during an Uber shift. "And what can you tell us about how bull riding has changed since-oh shit, that was my exit. Yep, that was my exit," said Gross, who used an iPhone perched on the dashboard of her 2013 Honda Civic hatchback to speak with a guest on her radio program while chauffeuring Uber riders through the streets of downtown Philadelphia. The veteran broadcaster speaks to a guest on her public radio show. "Are you Allison? Did you call for an Uber?" continued the two-time me drop you a few blocks away Peabody Award-winning inter-viewer. "And Curtis, a question for you. What was it like the first time Read More At TheOnion.com »
October 16, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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Ditto not too long ago
Workers excavating a hole beneath the sidewalk A person fitting pipes
October 12, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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Anticline in the Paleoproterozoic Thomson Formation, near Jay Cooke State Park, Northeast #Minnesota. Deformation due to the Penokean Orogeny, ca 1850–1900 Ma. This is a favorite fieldtrip stop; included in the GSA Centennial Guidebook. An October picture from the archives. #geology #FridayFold 🧪⚒️
Outcrop along a riverbank showing a gray fine grained rock. Bedding planes dip in opposite directions on either side. Part of a bridge can be seen crossing the river. Satellite image with the location of the outcrop shown. The St. Louis River has continuous exposure of the Thomson Fm towards the ESE. Town of Carlton to the west.
October 11, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Full moon yesterday behind clouds, over the Red River of the North #Fargo #Moorhead
Cloudy sky backlit by the moon; silhouettes of trees on the horizon
October 8, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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Garbage First Avenue #Minneapolis
Garbage on stage Garbage on stage
October 5, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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Starcrawler First Avenue #Minneapolis
Starcrawler on stage Starcrawler on stage
October 5, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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#Starcrawler perfect pairing on tour with #Garbage
Starcrawler band members looking up at the camera. Image from Punknews.com Garbage on stage (source unknown)
October 5, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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Heading for Garbage w/ Starcrawler at First Avenue #Minneapolis !
Four album covers. Upper left: blue tentacled creature in a dark reddish background, "Let All That We Imagine Be The Light." Lower left: red cover GARBAGE - "Bleed Like Me." Upper right: STARCRAWLER "She Said" with band members in tuxes. On a pink background. Lower right : STARCRAWLER - image of a woman w white hair wearing a white dress facing the viewer w her hands up, w red color near her mouth and on her dress on a white background.
October 4, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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#MinCup25 QF4 Personally, I enjoy the six-member silicate ring structure of dioptase. Both images credit mindat.
Left, photo of dioptase on calcite. Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia A doubly-terminated crystal, 2.0 cm long, with minor dioptase and calcite crystals. Allan Young specimen and photo. A ball and stick model of the dioptase Crystal structure, looking down the sea axis, highlighting, the six membered ring structure.
September 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Inordinate amount of Garbage on my current playlist
People on stage in a rock concert setting
September 27, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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A couple of fossil mammoth skeletons seen at The Mammoth Site in Hot Springs, #SouthDakota. The site was found by chance by a heavy equipment operator preparing a site for construction. #FossilFriday
Two fossil mammoth skeletons.
September 26, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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Map of the Minnesota and Iowa portion of the Jefferson Highway from www.jeffersonhighway.org
Map showing route and mileages for the northern portion of the Jefferson Highway.
September 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Commemorative map of the Jefferson Highway routes in 1916 and 1929, as seen at the Hubbard County Historical Society in Park Rapids, #Minnesota. Park Rapids is one of the towns along the route.
Road map showing the central part of the US and a small part of Manitoba. It's labeled Jefferson Highway (Pine to Palm Highway). The legend shows 1916 and 1929 routes. Also a sign, JEFFERSON HIGHWAY, NEW ORLEANS - WINNIPEG, with representations of palm and pine trees.
September 21, 2025 at 2:57 PM