Cory Haala

Been hitting lefty floaters since he was on a Little Tykes hoop. If they can't tell you that, they have no credibility. Cast them out to sea or force them to polish Luka Mirkovic's resplendent dome for eternity.

On second thought, cast them out to sea. They don't deserve the privilege of the latter

Went an hour out of the way to a Driftless Area farm, saw the sign out front, learned from an 80s organizer that North American Farm Alliance (all over my book) was organized in THAT farmhouse, plus stories about tractorcades and farm policy...

...I'm damn lucky to have my job.

Looking forward to seeing you far surpassing anything I cobble together. Keep up the great work, Chase -- inspiring to see the next generation of MHA scholars doing stuff like this.

Great historical advocacy, educating folks on the roots of the 1980s Farm Crisis, from @fleecechase1.bsky.social!
bgindependentmedia.org/financial-st...

We call that...uh...future-proofing your resume? Or something? 😅 Good luck!

It's a "home day" for the girls and Dad, so we've gone for a walk (to see a train with CPR livery), grabbed some nature stuff, and played with the talking globe...

...can you guess what country we're learning about? 😂

Oh I would love to be a fly on the wall in this class. Hope it goes well!

Fun example from @timmiller.bsky.social's interview (or at least the @ezraklein.bsky.social clip)! Let's see.

1984 presidential:
* South Dakota: R+27
* North Dakota: R+31

1986 Senate races, ft. incumbent Republicans:
* SD: Daschle, D+3
* ND: Conrad, DNPL+1

Wonder what those two guys ran on!

Come get your boys, @sykescharlie.bsky.social. Or educate em. Or something.

Playing the hits down in Mankato.

From St Mary's (Sleepy Eye) cookbook: "Best Ever Meat Loaf" of Helen Zollner, who at Easter Mass '92 called my Grandma's broach "interesting," sparking a 21-yr standoff only thawed by a curt nod during the Sign of Peace at Christmas '13.

I pray this meatloaf continues our families' healing process.

Tell you what, it's not the worst way I've ever spent a Saturday night in September.

Oh we are so BACK ✊

FARMS 🤝 LABOR

Now join us for all these great @farmaid.org events, beginning Tuesday at 4pm, Best Buy Theater: "Lessons in Mobilizing: From the Farmer Labor Movement to the Tractorcades to Today"
www.farmaid.org/festival/far...

Farm Aid and the UMN Departments of History, American Studies & Anthropology Present

Collective Power in the Countryside: A Conversation With Sarah Smarsh & Sarah Vogel, Moderated by Sonja Trom Eayrs

Thu, Sep 18, 5:00pm
Best Buy Theater, Northrup, UMN
@sarahsmarsh.bsky.social @umn-amst.bsky.social

Drove thru a major enough Wisconsin metro this AM. The Top 40 radio station's live, local news segment consisted of BLS reports about 800k fewer jobs and explicitly blaming tariffs/AI, news of the French PM dismissal, and asking listeners to call if they'd lost a job to AI.

Then "Pink Pony Club".

Thinking in particular about the heroic work of Andrew Klumpp (and before him Marv Bergman) and the Annals of Iowa, now getting gutted from the State Historical Society of Iowa for no goddamn good reason (a donor's feefees got hurt).

A tragedy for history of Iowa and the Midwest writ large.

And I know you know, MrRural. More for the crowd, sorry :)

Was talking about this with someone yesterday: similar vibes to 1978, when Northern Lights (indie film on the NPL) came out. Then activists in Iowa were screening it in Adair County in '82-83 and fighting for populist policies.

Curious if this could have similar legs. (Looks like a great doc, too.)

Farm Aid 40 Events – Farm Aid

Check out this and all the great
@farmaid.org 40 programming and pre-festival events: www.farmaid.org/festival/far...

Feels wild to say: I'll be talking ag politics, activism, and history at @farmaid.org 40!

Please join this FREE event Tuesday, Sept 16, at 4pm in the Best Buy Theater at the U. of Minnesota: "Lessons in Mobilizing: From the Farmer Labor Movement to the Tractorcades to Today!"

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Survived Day 1 of a new year. Rewarded myself with some writing time in the Northwoods. Year 3 at Point.

Time to fire up the ol' Mark Dayton Rx Express! Toot toot!

In fall 2020 I flew to Texas twice a week to teach.
In spring 2021 I flew to Connecticut weekly to teach.
I 2021-22 I flew weekly to Houston to teach and only used public transit there.

But finally, living a boring suburban life in summer 2025, I've been caught by the 'vid.

2026 Conference — Midwestern History Association

🚨CFP🚨 The Midwestern History Association invites proposals for the 12th Midwestern History Conference, Thursday, April 30–Friday, May 1, 2026, hosted by Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, in conjunction with its annual Altman Symposium in the humanities. Submission Deadline: Monday, December 8, 2025.

First one I watched (because I was looking for a good Chief line) featured ALL THREE KIDS failing to correctly identify that International Falls was the really cold Minnesota city. All three guessed Sault Ste. Marie.

IDIOTS.

AND BACK!

DO IT ROCKAPELLA

oh nooooo

Really enjoyed this thread, @jasonheppler.org. (Well, enjoyed your thoughts. Not the world around us.) Bookmarked a bunch for some professional development conversations we've been having at UWSP. Thank you!