Gerrit VanderWaal
gvwaal.bsky.social
Gerrit VanderWaal
@gvwaal.bsky.social
I feel the same. It's the worst.
December 15, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Did you stick to the perimeter or was the ice good throughout?
December 15, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Now that I actually look at Kid Cann's Wikipedia page he was involved with a jukebox Racket in Chicago. Wonder how many people were connected with "jukeboxes" in the metro at that time.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kid_Can...
December 14, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Good intuition. Jim Million has a comment in this article suggesting the involvement of organized crime too.

www.minnpost.com/mnopedia/201...
For thirty years, electric streetcars ruled Twin Cities streets - MinnPost
Ridership of the electric lines  peaked in 1920 with 238 million passengers, in spite of an increase in the fare from five to six cents.
www.minnpost.com
December 14, 2025 at 3:23 PM
*one job
December 12, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Iconic. Inspirational.
December 9, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Up your game and start doing tricks at kid's birthday parties 🪅
December 9, 2025 at 8:57 PM
It's to maintain access to the HVAC (or other equipment) room!
December 9, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Agree, might be currently fine but as the tree continues to grow the center of mass is going to continue traveling from the boulevard to the center of the road, and the trunk will only be able to support so much lateral weight. Couldn't pay me to park my bike under it
December 8, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Turns out the uhaul was actually fleeing the turkey
December 8, 2025 at 4:01 PM
What are we at? 4?
December 8, 2025 at 3:15 PM
What a loon. If anything they should be setting up speed traps
December 7, 2025 at 8:22 PM
www.pca.state.mn.us
December 6, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Did wish they emphasized their EQuIS more - they need to do as much as possible to reduce friction contractors encounter when submitting data given what a huge boon EQuIS is for the general public and their staff.
December 6, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Requires contractors to add a bunch more stuff to analytical tables - also loved seeing this, hopefully it'll give the MPCA's site managers more context when reviewing reports. I think this was mainly done to make it easier for MN's sites to be listed on the EPA NPL.
December 6, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Formally requires contractors to start validating analytical chemistry results - they may run into issues with this because the MPCA's validation guidance is ambiguous around a large set of QC failures. Hope their site managers are doing some kind of backup QC.
December 6, 2025 at 1:52 AM
All #PFAS detections in soil are gonna be treated as groundwater threats given MN's super low drinking water criteria and the chemical's high mobility in the environment - loved seeing this because MPCA hasn't updated their criteria for evaluating soil-to-groundwater leaching since 2013. 2013!
December 6, 2025 at 1:52 AM