"When it comes to showing people what comes after gridlock, what they can have instead of the gridlock, what we can do when we set aside the dumb fights and choose good ones instead – well, there’s nowhere quite like Minnesota right now," he said.

"We’re drawing a roadmap for 49 other states by doing whatever it takes to be a state that works – for everyone."

Best State of the State Speech ever!

https://www.kare11.com/article/news/politics/keep-choosing-the-right-fights-governor-tim-walz-delivers-annual-state-of-the-state-address/89-e2214047-610a-432b-aeff-ab2f57dc674e

#Minnesota #ProgressivePolitics #Protecttheyouth #Democracy #DFL

Here's a northern lights shot from last night. It's a vertical shot, so if you haven't changed your setting to see the entire picture, you will need to tap it, click it or smash it to see the entire image.

It was a really great display last night!

Cook County, Minnesota

#photography #night #NorthernLights #LakeSuperior #Minnesota

"Night Lights of Kharkiv"
This is a nostalgic painting. The painting is a memory of my beautiful pre-war Kharkiv. Where the bright lights of street lamps reflected in the Lopan River and crowds of joyful people filled the embankment, listened to street musicians, and admired the majestic silhouette of the Annunciation Cathedral.

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/night-lights-of-kharkiv-olena-kishkurno.html

#art #painting #Kharkiv #Ukraine #Ukrainian #cityscape #city #night #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #MastoArt #kishkurno #impressionist #impressionism

Judith Love Cohen was the engineer who made Apollo's Abort Guidance System, which was crucial to saving the ill-fated Apollo 13. She finished it while in labor, then (the same day) delivered her younger son -- the actor Jack Black.

This is one of those utterly remarkable #space stories that I stumble over once in a while and it blows my mind afresh every single time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Love_Cohen