Matthew Blake

Since Bastille Day, every time I go out I either get COVID or it violently rains

Trump Told Park Workers to Report Displays That ‘Disparage’ Americans. Here’s What They Flagged.

My sister, Molly Blake, is part of a group of Univ of Minn librarians that started a database of signs and monuments that the Trump administration has ordered the National Park Service to take down. Their work was featured in the mighty NYTimes today - www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/c...

YouTube video by The Sensual World Of Kate Bush Kate Bush - The Big Sky (Original Album Version) (Audio)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hzA... Everytime I’ve used Bluesky so far this song gets stuck in my head

Cannabis retailers navigating regulatory landscape ahead of debuts Cities and counties can’t opt out of the cannabis industry, but they are afforded tools to restrict the location and number of businesses.

My colleague @brianarola.bsky.social wrote a v. informative story about MN cities welcoming/not welcoming legal weed stores while subtly using the phrase "to be blunt" www.minnpost.com/greater-minn...

People I meet in Minneapolis seem to really like it when I repeatedly tell them I've lived in cities bigger than Minneapolis. I'm going to keep doing that

Will Medicaid work rules cause people to lose their health care? Minnesota counties and health care advocates focus on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s Medicaid requirements and administrative burden.

Here is a story I wrote about how the Trump tax and spending bill's Medicaid cuts seem to mostly revolve around making the process of applying for Medicaid more tedious and labor intensive www.minnpost.com/state-govern...

My clean energy story cribbed heavily from a great explainer on energy tax credits history nccleantech.ncsu.edu/2024/11/19/t... @nccleantech.bsky.social

Apocalypse not now? Understanding how the Big Beautiful Bill unsettles Minnesota’s clean energy goals - MinnPost The One Big Beautiful Bill Act accelerates the end of Biden-era tax cuts for solar and wind, putting many projects into question.

I wrote that Minnesota is moving to carbon-free electricity but the Trump beautiful law complicates that. The story is info-packed but I would like to say more about why clean energy is so much cheaper now than 20 yrs ago if someone has a source on that www.minnpost.com/politics-pol...