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Fall colors on Minnesota’s North Shore 🍁 And a little funny story from this trip 🤪: I was charging my car at a Black Bear casino and decided to walk somewhere for coffee. The only nearby place that supposedly served it was Anang Tasting Lounge and Dispensary🪴. According to one Google review, anyway. Good enough. I walked in, got ID’d twice, and finally asked, “I have a weird request. Do you guys have coffee?” The lady looked genuinely confused: “You came here for… coffee?” “Yes.” She laughed and escorted me to the lounge, announcing, “This lady just wants coffee!” The bartender made me a latte, but when I pulled out my card, I learned they only accepted cash. I apologized and started leaving. Bartender looked at me with pity and said: “You know what? Coffee’s on me.” Then some ladies in the lounge pulled out cash to pay for it. At this point, the entire establishment seemed personally invested in getting me caffeinated 🤭 The bartender even attempted to pour a marijuana leaf in my latte foam 🥰 And eventually said: “Welcome to the Fond du Lac Nation, the land of great pot and… uh… coffee!” So, huge thanks to the lovely people of the Fond du Lac Nation for the hospitality, the laughs, and the unexpected latte ❤️ I suspect I’ll be a minor local legend for a few days. The woman who walked into a cannabis lounge with no cash, bought absolutely no cannabis, and somehow left with free coffee. #FallColors #Autumn #NorthShoreMN #Minnesota #NorthShore #Duluth #fall #FallPhotography #NaturePhotography #Colors #MN #MNastodon #FondDuLacNation #TravelStories
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#Detroit #Duluth #Minnesota #USA #US The wishful thinking of ‘climate havens’: Canada’s wildfire smoke is debunking myths about the Midwest Cities like Detroit and Duluth, Minnesota, were once thought to be safer from the impacts of climate change. Their air quality this week says otherwise https://www.fastcompany.com/91575258/detroit-air-quality-canada-wildfire-smoke-climate-haven-midwest-myth #ClimateChange #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #ClimateReversal #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
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Today in Labor History July 6, 1889: Striking construction workers in Duluth were shot down by the police. The workers, mostly immigrants, went on strike when contractors reneged on an agreement to pay them $1.75 a day. Mayor John Sutphin ordered police to keep strikers away from scabs, leading to fighting between strikers and police. There was an hour-long gun fight on the corner of 20th Avenue West and Michigan Street that killed two strikers and one bystander and wounded an estimated 30 strikers. The police eventually suppressed the strike through violence. #workingclass #LaborHistory #duluth #police #policebrutality #acab #strike #union #massacre #policemurder #immigration
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