Lars Negstad

Dear NYC, FYI:

Seems to just putter about for hours. Also seems pretty low power - since it’s not cutting long grass I don’t think the blades need to be very heavy duty and may even be plastic?

We hiked up the mountain behind Nekkstad, where my name comes from. It was 20f degrees cooler in the shady forest than when we emerged above the tree line. But up there we could see the North Sea

Lots of Norwegians use robot lawnmowers… they follow a random pattern and head back to charging station when their battery is getting low. Is this putting sheep and goats out of business?

Then we stayed on the island my great grandfather and namesake was from, just a couple hours drive away from those mountains. The water in the North Sea was in the mid-60’s making it refreshing for a swim. Here’s a panoramic video at sundown, 10:44pm…

Here’s me cooling off in that lake.

Got pretty sweaty on these hikes. Making a cold mountain lake feel delightful.

Panorama at sunset. Which was around 10:30pm.

The light in Norway is magical and last for hours

Hard to beat Norway for hiking opportunities. Even when it’s 30 degrees Celsius (86F) in the mountains.

The mekons!!!

Tax on ultra-rich: 'France has the opportunity to lead the way,' say Nobel Prize-winning economists OP-ED. As public deficits balloon and extreme wealth explode, creating a minimum tax on the assets of billionaires should be a priority, argue seven Nobel Prize-winning economists in an op-ed for Le M...

An international call for action just got louder:

Today, 7 Nobel Laureates have issued a powerful call for a minimum tax on the ultra-wealthy in Le Monde

Here’s a quick breakdown of the debate—and where things stand globally

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www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/a...

Lord, I see what you've done for others...

MY Landing Page

I'm a regular blood donor. Partly I do it as a way to honor the memory of my mother who was also a faithful donor. And partly for the cookies.

Today the donor center was pretty empty. If you haven't donated, maybe give it a shot. It's pretty simple and painless!

Find out more: www.mbc.org

So it's frustrating to hear things like "This is the darkest timeline" and "late-stage capitalism."

Yes things suck & you gotta vent. But... do people think the US started in 1960?

We really forget our country, and capitalism, *started* with people on the auction block.

Raskin: "It's a nightmare. 17 million people are gonna lose their health insurance ... the Republican Party just pulled the plug on a whole public health ecosystem organized around Medicaid."

Tell Your Senators: Don't cut health care & food assistance to give another tax cut to the rich Contact Congress today!

Everyone needs to do this! It takes 2 minutes. Tell your Senators to stop trying to cut Medicaid in Trump's big evil bill here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

It's a basement party on MSP Bsky

I've spent a little time in Bemidji and I'm heartbroken about the damage there. If you're able consider joining me in contributing to the recovery effort. www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...

Smart analysis. Candidates win not because of their ideologies but because of their skill at connecting with potential voters, turning them into actual voters.

🔊 “An early childhood educator choosing between insulin and heat while billionaires enjoy six figure tax cuts? I'm going to call that out as sinful.”

👏 Rev. Corinne Freedman Ellis with some powerful words outside Congressman Pete Stauber’s office! #HandsOff #Medicaid

Sorry I don’t frequently read the sports pages but are these really 2 different people?

5. Wars are easy to start and hard to stop

4. Wars are unpredictable

3. The rationale given for a war will change over time, such that actual success or failure in achieving a named objective is less relevant than one might think

2. Whatever they say, the people who start wars are often thinking chiefly about domestic politics

1. Many things reported with confidence in the first hours and days will turn out not to be true

Five things to remember about war:

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