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   Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 21-Jan-2025 02:43:41 JST Paul Cantrell

   I always consider it the mark of a Proper Minnesota Winter when we have a day with either (1) a high below 0°F/-18°C or (2) a low below -20°F/-29°C.

   Last winter in MSP, we had neither. Instead of winter, we mostly just got March for 4 months straight.

   Today, we’re heading for a high of -7°F and a forecast low around -19°F. We’re getting (1), and coming close to (2). The climate crisis continues, but today in Minnesota, it is truly winter. Here’s to that!

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     Jeff Miller (orange hatband) (jmeowmeow@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 21-Jan-2025 02:52:42 JST Jeff Miller (orange hatband)

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     @inthehands My pixel art avatar salutes MSP's rugged hardiness!

     https://pixiereport.com/pixie?location=KMSP

     alt text = "a cloudy day scene, with light snow, showing a standing figure dressed for cold in a blue coat with a Cascadia douglas fir flag, yellow mittens, black pants, yellow boots, a yellow knit hat, a long black-and-white scarf wrapped around mouth and nose, and a clear visor over a pale face."

     (maybe too busy a day for media uploads)

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 21-Jan-2025 03:14:10 JST Paul Cantrell

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     • Jeff Miller (orange hatband)

     @jmeowmeow
     This is delightful

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     Jeff Miller (orange hatband) (jmeowmeow@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 21-Jan-2025 03:32:51 JST Jeff Miller (orange hatband)

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     @inthehands I have been so pleased that my revival of Tamsin's Weatherpixie project has now been online for months and months, rock steady except for a whoopsie when the National Weather Service switched to a new GoDaddy endorsed cert not in my original cert bag and suddenly all the reports were TV static.

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 21-Jan-2025 04:25:51 JST Paul Cantrell

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     Just in case anyone is reading the above and freaking out about how cold that sounds:

     The thing about MN is that everything is built for that kind of cold. The buildings are insulated. The heating is beefy. People have good clothes, good routines, strategies and support networks. We’re used to it. Wild plants and animals •expect• it. It’s really not so bad.

     I’d much rather be in MN at -20°F than, say, San Diego at 40°F.

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 21-Jan-2025 04:27:54 JST Paul Cantrell

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     Now being •unhoused• in MN at these temperatures…well, our local support groups do their damnedest, but…that’s a whole different story.

     It just boggles my mind that the megaschmuck mayor of Minneapolis keeps destroying encampments when there’s no other housing for the people in them.

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 21-Jan-2025 08:38:25 JST Paul Cantrell

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     …and Minneapolis Public Schools are closed tomorrow. Not a snow day! A cold day.

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