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Heather G

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Technical Project Manager, supporting teams that build awesome tools for processing satellite data. Ph.D. Meteorology. Learning how to become a terrible aurora photographer. Opinions expressed here are my own. πŸ“Minnesota, US

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Apparently based on the replies this kind of thing happens a lot? Yikes on bikes.

09.03.2026 17:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

One was a wheat farmer and cattle rancher who served in Korea but never talked about it. The other worked a lot of odd blue collar jobs over the decades but always would rather be fishing.

05.03.2026 01:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Bus on campus

Bus on campus

Explanation of the stripes inside the bus.

Explanation of the stripes inside the bus.

This bus is electric!

This bus is electric!

Stripes made in Reading.

Stripes made in Reading.

The new Reading 'warming stripes' double-decker electric bus came to campus today.

The bus is painted in the local warming stripes to start climate conversations throughout the town.

03.03.2026 15:13 πŸ‘ 295 πŸ” 61 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 4
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CMS Quietly Releases Medicaid State Improper Payment Rates for 2025: How Did Minnesota Do? With little fanfare, CMS earlier this month released a Fact Sheet on improper payments in Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, and the Marketplaces in 2025. With even less fanfare, CMS this week posted Medicaid ...

Minnesota has a Medicaid fraud rate that is almost 1/3 the national average. A federal court should throw out this decision in 30 minutes

25.02.2026 22:49 πŸ‘ 164 πŸ” 46 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Can they just leave us the F alone already?

25.02.2026 23:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Is Rust off the radar already? It was all the rage a few years ago for high performance use cases.

24.02.2026 04:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I've now been living in Minnesota long enough to see this picture and notice the amazing snow shoveling job on the driveway first before seeing the pile of snow.

24.02.2026 03:51 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You should watch Chicago then! I never really was a fan of musicals but loved both of them.

22.02.2026 05:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot of google maps view of Minneapolis metro with red and yellow traffic everywhere.

Screenshot of google maps view of Minneapolis metro with red and yellow traffic everywhere.

Seems bad.

18.02.2026 22:24 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This visualization of daily activity of ICE is unreal.

13.02.2026 21:26 πŸ‘ 257 πŸ” 162 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 7

I only saw your comment and the quote tweet, so I thought this was about the SB ad where Alexa tried to kill them. Too many to choose from.

13.02.2026 03:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's up to Congress now. This changes nothing.

12.02.2026 14:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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US Olympic Curling Team member speaks out against ICE:

"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."

10.02.2026 20:57 πŸ‘ 32354 πŸ” 7758 πŸ’¬ 492 πŸ“Œ 649

"Stand there and be one with the grass." 🀣🀣

10.02.2026 03:55 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My aunt and uncle went without power for 2.5 months after Maria. My grandfather who lives in San Juan went even longer. The power lines were the most impactful image of many tonight.

09.02.2026 02:47 πŸ‘ 1058 πŸ” 243 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1

Becky over here schooling us on all the Bad Bunny essentials. Thank you!!

09.02.2026 04:36 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a man in a suit and tie says " it should 've been me " ALT: a man in a suit and tie says " it should 've been me "

Let’s check in with Vikings fans

09.02.2026 03:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Still 34Β° here. Thanks snow. πŸ˜‘πŸ˜‘

05.02.2026 20:29 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

When even the bare minimum is seemingly too much.

05.02.2026 03:41 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Google to pay $68 million over allegations its voice assistant eavesdropped on users Class-action lawsuit alleged that Google's voice assistant illegally recorded and shared private conversations with advertisers.

Do you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"?

Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...

01.02.2026 21:44 πŸ‘ 18338 πŸ” 8109 πŸ’¬ 805 πŸ“Œ 826

New Orleans was my favorite. Stuff to do AND not freezing cold.

31.01.2026 04:42 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I am sitting here minding my own business while my kid plays Minecraft and all of a sudden the game starts playing an 8-bit rendition of "Mad World" as the background music?? He's like .. "it's just minecraft music Mom."

31.01.2026 02:08 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Now: Bruce Springsteen sings β€œStreets of Minneapolis” in Minneapolis

30.01.2026 20:07 πŸ‘ 3587 πŸ” 1098 πŸ’¬ 36 πŸ“Œ 85

One knife. Peanut butter first, then jelly. Wipe knife on bread or PB jar before switching. Y'all licking the knife in between are going on my list of places not to visit for dinner. πŸ˜‚

30.01.2026 19:30 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes let's ban something that's already not allowed. That will teach them!

30.01.2026 01:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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brass solidarity band performing β€œstand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting β€œthe people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis

27.01.2026 00:22 πŸ‘ 23468 πŸ” 7823 πŸ’¬ 332 πŸ“Œ 883

❀️❀️❀️

23.01.2026 21:18 πŸ‘ 15289 πŸ” 3547 πŸ’¬ 86 πŸ“Œ 121
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It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing

23.01.2026 20:16 πŸ‘ 37389 πŸ” 10897 πŸ’¬ 806 πŸ“Œ 971

We have reached the level of cold here where our house starts making random popping noises.

23.01.2026 01:40 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

How is anyone okay with this???

22.01.2026 02:07 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0