Next year’s tentative budget also includes the last of the district’s federal COVID-19 aid — about $10 million duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/dul…

Some recent Margaret photographs:

One of these days the courthouse computers will work - I believe this in my heart

School board members voted unanimously earlier tonight to discontinue the "Eskomo" nickname and related imagery duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/esk…

Cat photo:

peace accords

We asked everyone running for Duluth School Board what cause or initiative they'd champion if elected, what they think the district's greatest strength is and how they'd bolster it, and what the district's greatest weakness is and how they'd fix it: duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/dul…

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I'd say this is a Duluth rite of passage but I am literally not allowed to pass so: WORDPLAY AVERTED

Confirm/deny that this arrangement at my parents' house makes it seem like I died in 1st grade:

The two ways Marge asks for food

Margaret wants more food:

Ah dang :(

Guy at the Legion is telling me how outdoorsy his granddaughter is - dirt biking, snowmobiling, etc. - and I had to resist the urge to be like "yeah my daughter is really into hunting" lol

None of these seems to be the dog flag though??

Mr and Mrs Bowen enjoying the waterfront:

Incredible find in Mr and Mrs Bowen's hallway closet:

Marilyn Hagerty is 98 y’all. Photo 1 is from 1946 at the Capital Journal in Pierre. (Pack of cigarettes cropped out by request.)

Rant-let: Tomorrow night's Minneapolis Public Schools board agenda includes an agreement with the U.S. Department of Education resolving a Title IX complaint regarding gender & athletics. But it's on the consent agenda, which for me raises questions whether the public will learn about it. 1/