Here in #hinterlandia we have IKEA.

I will say, though, that the English wall system mentioned in the article is lovely.

"606 Universal Shelving System
Designed by Dieter Rams in 1960 and made by Vitsœ ever since"

https://www.vitsoe.com/us/606

Good morning! Gonna be a hot one here in the ol' Mill City and environs. A good day to go sit under a tree somewhere. #Minneapolis #Minnesota #hinterlandia #mnwx

KEY MESSAGES:

- The hottest temperatures so far this season are expected today with heat indices reaching the mid to upper 90s.

- Strong to severe storms are possible this afternoon and again on Tuesday.

- Cooler and drier weather moves in by Wednesday. Next chance of rain comes this weekend.
https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=MPX&issuedby=MPX&product=AFD&format=CI&version=1&glossary=0

"There are two opening acts starting at 6:30 p.m. Taylor typically hits the stage at 7:55-ish. And she plays until 11:20 or so. Yep, three hours-plus. It's been five years since she's toured, and she has a lot of songs to sing." #Minneapolis #Minnesota #music #Hinterlandia

Good morning from #Minneapolis, where it's 66 degrees, fog and mist, and visibility is four miles at MSP airport. Forecast? Too darned hot.

Juneteenth
Sunny, high 89.

Spouse draws my attention to a Father's Day #LocalAngle in Sam Sifton's NYT Cooking newsletter:

"…how about this sausage and egg tater tot casserole, a breakfast hot dish in the Midwestern tradition, in advance of a long day of chores around the house? It’s very Pelican Rapids, very Sauk Centre — Minnesota nice!" #Hinterlandia

"State Democratic leaders said in interviews that as soon as they learned last November that they would have their first trifecta in a decade — meaning control of both chambers and the governorship — they decided they would not hold back to calculate the politics of every move." #Minnesota #hinterlandia #mnpol
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/04/democratic-party-minnesota-legislature-progressives/

A list of some things here in the Outlier of the Upper Midwest. Though a badger, I'm glad to be a Minnesotan. #hinterlandia

"Minnesota Republicans regularly complained about not being allowed to influence or undermine Democratic goals and made absurd arguments that Dems were obliged to get GOP votes despite having the majority. Democrats didn’t succumb to this notion. Instead, they moved briskly through their proposed legislation and racked up progressive wins."
https://www.publicnotice.co/p/minnesota-democrats-accomplishments-2023

I always thought that the Equinox was when day and night were of equal length.

Evidently not!

Here in #Hinterlandia, for example, today, March 20,

Begin Twilight 6:47 AM
☉ Sunrise 7:16 AM
☉ Transit 1:21 PM
☉ Sunset 7:25 PM
End Twilight 7:55 PM

NASA: "Today is the equinox, when the Sun is directly over the equator."
https://social.beachcom.org/@nasa/110056923157100639

Who's going to see "Lohengrin" in movie theaters today? Better pack a lunch. (Mind you, it's an early start—11am here in #Hinterlandia). #opera

"Beczala, 56, has worked to establish himself as a skilled Wagnerian, too, starting with Lohengrin, an otherworldly knight who comes to the rescue of a virtuous duchess in medieval Brabant. With a lyrical voice trained in bel canto style, he is challenging notions of what a Wagner voice should sound like."
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/16/arts/music/piotr-beczala-lohengrin-met-opera.html

I don't have a cow in this fight, but I would prefer permanent _standard time_, if only to keep the sun's zenith nearer to noon than to one p.m. But who cares what I think? #Hinterlandia #Horology

“The rural congressmen were just telling me that the cows want to wake up on God’s time — and I would just tell them that the cows actually don’t have any idea what time it is. So no matter what time you tell them that the milking will begin will be acceptable.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2023/03/09/daylight-saving-time-bill/

Dog Speed the Plough!

You can hover over many of these plow icons to view camera feeds observing road conditions in #Hinterlandia via https://511mn.org/ #mnwx

The commuter rail network in Minnesota.

How it ended up terminating at Big Lake, well, you can imagine how it goes.

And where the hell is Big Lake? Why, it's halfway to St. Cloud! #Hinterlandia #GreaterMinnesota #PublicTransit #PassengerRail