#land of 10000 lakes

[5centsofchange]

Sinai shot near lake Harriet on my Olympus MJU.

[lrrzurn]

Took a walk around (and on) one of the Minneapolis lakes today. Then when I got home I typed up my exposure notes for later reference.

[mentallyfucked1]

First ice 2022. It was way slow but my buddy and I managed a few.

[astriiformes]

Minnesota is surprisingly left for a red state are they akso pro choice too

I definitely wouldn't describe Minnesota as a red state! I know people make the assumption sometimes given what much of the rest of the Midwest is like (including many of our immediate neighbors -- although I'd be remiss not to point out the many people striving to make it otherwise in all of them, particularly some of the hard-fought battles being slowly won in Wisconsin -- you go guys, and I know you can do it). But MN has other cultural influences like a long solid labor history and a large immigrant population that mean it's actually been a Democratic stronghold for a long time. We have the longest streak of voting blue in presidential elections of any state in the US!

Things do get much redder as you leave the Twin Cities metro area, though that's really the trend in any state. But for perspective, over half the state's population lives in the metro, so when you take into account that there are at least a few other blue clusters in the state (Duluth, a Great Lakes shipping town on Lake Superior with a long labor union history and that currently has a nonbinary representative in the MN House comes to mind!), we really are more of a blue state, or at least a very blueish-purple one. Right now our state Democrats (the Democratic-Farmer-Labor party) control the House, Senate, and Governor's office, which is the reason they've been getting so much good legislation passed. And while our national House reps are split half and half (though some of our Democratic reps are particularly progressive) both our Senators are Democrats.

I wouldn't oversell how blue we are, there are certain parts of state politics that are narrower and go back and forth a bit more than in some of the really "safe" blue states. But at the same time, after living here for a while, I really do think the flip side of that is that our Democratic politicians are somewhat more genuine about what they do, which ends up balancing certain things out. Hence the current legislative session where they're pushing through everything they can in remarkably quick succession!

To answer your question though -- yes, Minnesota is also a pretty pro-choice state. Our state House recently passed a bill that would limit the release of reproductive healthcare information, essentially protecting people from other states who come here for reproductive care. The bill is expected to pass in the Senate and be signed by the governor as well. Our governor and lieutenant governor have both been fairly outspoken about protecting reproductive and abortion rights in the state. Earlier this year the governer also signed into law the Protecting Reproductive Options (PRO) Act to explicitly protect and codify abortion rights here.

I hope some of that's useful information! Minnesota politics are definitely not what I expected when I moved here -- in my time living in the state I've had the opportunity to vote for one of the most progressive reps in the US Congress (Ilhan Omar) and been consistently impressed by how seriously our state takes things like voting rights and state welfare programs. There's a lot of really incredible political activism happening here and it's moving to be a part of -- especially since I know we're becoming even more of an important sanctuary state for people from other places in the Midwest. The northern Great Lakes states (thinking about MN, WI, and MI in particular) are all sort of interesting beasts politically and I'm grateful to have learned more about some of the strong Democratic and labor history in the region in my time here.

Ending with a terrible joke, but -- we have over 10,000 lakes, of course we're blue!

[bornonthelake]

in memoriam

rip zion + lakes you will be missed

[em578]

Further thing about driving in water, this applies if you're evacuating and trying to leave before it gets Bad but after it starts to rain

Hydroplaning bad! if the water is deep enough to make a puddle, your car can do this fun thing where you drive at enough speed to skid on the top of the water, like a rock on a pond. That means you effectivly lose all steering until back on the ground, and it's really scary when it happens for the first time! So if you're going over a big puddle, slow down

if the water is deep enough, it will kill your engine. If you look at some water and it looks deep enough that if you step in it it'll soak over your feet? Be careful (this doesn't apply as much to big trucks, the issue is when water touches the bottom of your car)

Y’all in the American SW and west Mexico better check the national hurricane center and your weather for this weekend and next week.

Hurricane Hilary is about to make landfall and that whole desert area is supposed to get a years worth of rain or more. Death Valley is supposed to get twice the annual rainfall. Severe winds, massive flooding, and landslides are all strong possibilities.

This is gonna get ugly. Please spread the word. This is a majorly anomalous event and people may be unaware of the threat headed their way.

[always-a-slut-4-ghouls]

Can it finally rain so that the humidity might go down a bit? My skin is breaking out

[thezoraprince]

As promised, I'm here to yap about one of my newest Zora head canons! :D

I love watching videos about sharks and aquatic mammals like orcas and whales. Due to my short attention span, I see a lot of them on TikTok, but that also leads me down the rabbit holes of Sea World and their orcas and beluga whales.

In the wild, these animals rely heavily on their food for their hydration. Sea World, however, refuses to give them live fish to hunt for themselves because they believe it would be abusive and cruel to the fish, despite the benefits it would give to their dehydrated aquatic mammals. In attempts to make up for the lost water intake, Sea World feeds their orcas and belugas buckets on buckets of ice.

Seeing as the Zora are an aquatic / semi-amphibias race, I like to believe that while they expect to be on land for extended periods of time, they'll either have their own isolated cups that they carry on a strap ( kinda like a purse ) filled with ice to munch on if they start to feel dehydrated.

On top of that, I feel like swallowing liquids would be hard and unnatural for them. They spend so much time in the water that they likely get most of their water in take by eating so many fish, snails, etc. Occasionally, taking large gulps of water while catching smaller fish in lakes and rivers.

That isn't to say I feel it impossible for them to drink, more so that it's a learned skill that they probably have to think about as they do it.

I like to think of Bazz as one of the few Zora within the Domain that regularly drinks coffee, and due to his size, he drinks it in very large quantities. While I feel most would turn their heads at the bitter drink ( unless they were trying to be polite, we know how they are with their manners ) Bazz would have the aquire taste for it due to Seggin refusing him sugar as a child.

The only time he would get any would be if Rivan or Gaddison snuck him some when they were little, and eventually, after so many decades of just not eating it regularly, Bazz lost most interest in sweet treats. What some Zora may consider under sweetened or perfect, Bazz may consider it to sweet more often than not.

I've also made a bunch of head canons on why I think they would have a sweet tooth, they're smell and how it could change while in different climate conditions and a bunch of other stuff! :D

i read this on friday while i was eating a candy bar in my car, told myself i was going to post it when i got home, and then immediately forgot i existed for 3 days. ... oops...

i FULLY support these. and now let me go on a tangent about why lmaooo

i feel like the biggest reason we don't see many zoras outside the domain is because of the climate in the regions of Hyrule. even in outher games, it's a rarity. we see gorons EVERYWHERE! we see gerudo and hylians EVERYWHERE! but the zora's remain in Zora's Domain (with the exception of Lake Hylia and if they're called into action elsewhere). i also have a theory that they absorb hydration through their skin like most amphibians. so even if they don't eat as much, the humidity helps them stay hydrated.

Bazz drinking coffee is 10000% canon in my mind and no one can convince me otherwise. it's a habit he most definitely picked up from Seggin, mainly due the amount of work they both put into their guard duties. Bazz would often see Seggin drinking it in the early morning before starting his day. and let's be real here, that's the only time of the day where Seggin is truly chill.

i also agree that Bazz wouldn't have much of a sweet tooth, and not just because of being denied sweets from Seggin, but because of HOW MUCH Rivan and Gaddison would sneak him. i think after a while, he'd lose interest in sneaking such simple treats and find it boring. i also think he'd feel a little guilty. he'd get a knack for something sweet sometimes, but it's rare or on a special occasion. and it would probably be something like dark/semi sweet chocolate, fruit, or a flavored coffee.

please feel free to send in more of these!!! hopefully i won't forget to respond :')

[oldcrowshag]

i would be super interested in hearing more about michigan bc i live up north ^.^ thanks for making that post, i didn't grow up here so i hadn't heard that legend before!!

Up North

apologies in the delay.

"Up North" in itself is such a liminality. ask a michigander where in the state the landscape turns into "Up North" (bonus points if you get them to point out places on their map-hands) and you'll probably get a different answer from everyone. Up North becomes analogous for the old ways-- an escape from Life and the sales tax of living it, diving headfirst into the woods just like the perfect arc you practiced on the dock behind your grandparents' cottage every summer. it's an encounter with the Lakeshore, because when you're Up North you have your pick of small seas to commune with. it's also foggy dawn meadows, and barren lonely winters, and small gas stops on a rural corner, and bears, and cougars, and wolves if you're lucky, and yes the fucked up deer. Up North has a smell, and honestly it's probably just fresh air. you live in a land of conservatives, anon, but also of wonder. keep your wits and learn its ways!!

anyway, speaking of lakes. as I said you could honestly reside anywhere in half of the state, so I'm electing to go Way Up North until I hit the beastly Lake Superior (gichi-gami in ojibwe). when you speak on her, you cannot help but let a certain reverence enter your voice. she's the deepest lake on the continent and holds 10% of the world's fresh water, and we have a saying about her:

Lake Superior never gives up her dead.

she's cold. most plants and animals don't survive on the bottom. it's the land of sponges and darkness. it's too cold for bacteria, so when a soul ends up down there, it stays there. if you aren't aware of the wreck of the edmund fitzgerald (rip gordon lightfoot) give it a listen if you want a good sea ballad. something similar happened to the USS Kamloops, and her captain went down with the ship. he remains preserved in the wreck to this day and can only be visited by expert divers. Superior has claimed an estimated 10000 lives, and many of those bodies are never seen again. she acts as psychopomp, a void you can slip into on a warm summer day. the deep water has long been associated with death energy-- in my personal practice I link waters in helping to venerate my ancestors and commune with certain deities. how would you use Her water and Her stones? when you greet Her after dark, and face the roaring yawn of the dark surf with no opposite shore, what do you hear within yourself? do you acknowledge the death She wears on a proud brow while birthing life out on the windswept shores? what would you consecrate in Her waters? yourself?

high summer is coming for us, anon. I suggest you hit the lake if you can, any one will do 😊

(I intend on writing more about Michigan craft and lore when I have the time but lmk if anyone is interested in that in my asks because hearing encouragement is nice lol)

[timelessxmemories]

Rating ALL the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe soundtracks because I'm autistic!

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Mushroom Cup ;;

Mario Kart Stadium: 7/10. It's the first soundtrack in the first cup. Classic, but good. I like it.

Water Park: 8/10. Genuinely really enjoy this one. It sound very beachy which I really enjoy.

Sweet Sweet Canyon: 4/10. Definitely not my favourite. When I play Mario Kart I expect upbeat and playful music which is exactly what this is, but I just feel like it's missing something.

Thwomp Ruins: 3/10. Eh. Doesn't do it for me.

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Flower Cup ;;

Mario Circuit: 5/10. It's just okay.

Toad Harbour: 8/10. It gives me Pokémon vibes and I don't know why. I vibe with it.

Twisted Mansion: 10/10. Honestly really fucking good. Lives up to its name and is a banger tbh.

Shy Guy Falls: 10/10. Yes please. Give me more of this thank you.

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Star Cup ;;

Sunshine Airport: 0/10. I just don't vibe with it. I don't enjoy.

Dolphin Shoals: 9/10. Again, beachy vibe. I like it.

Electrodome: 6/10. Meh. Could be better, but still pretty good.

Mount Wario: 5/10. Another meh for me over here.

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Special Cup ;;

Cloudtop Cruise: 10/10. It's a classic. Ya gotta love it.

Bone-Dry Ruins: 4/10. Genuinely thought I'd like this a little more, but nope.

Bowser's Castle: 10/10. It's Bowser. Need I say more? It's a head-banger for sure.

Rainbow Road: 2/10. Eh.

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Egg Cup ;;

Yoshi Circuit: 10/10. Again, a classic. Absolute banger.

Excitebike Arena: 2/10. Where'd the excitement???

Dragon Driftway: 9/10. Okay, now we're talking.

Mute City: 10/10. yes please.

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Crossing Cup ;;

Baby Park: 5/10. It's okay.

Cheese Land: 0/10. Why does this even exist.

Wild Woods: 0/10. Too calm for me personally.

Animal Crossing: 10/10. I'm an Animal Crossing enthusiast.

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Shell Cup ;;

Moo Moo Meadows: 2/10. ????

Mario Circuit: 3/10. I kindly ask you to stop.

Cheep Cheep Beach: 7/10. Kinda lost the beach element, it's still there, but it's also not.

Toads Turnpike: 0/10. Stop.

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Banana Cup ;;

Dry Dry Desert: 9/10. Feels nice.

Donut Plains 3: 0/10. No thank you.

Royal Raceway: 1/10. Where is the royalty feeling???

DK Jungle: 10/10. No regrets.

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Leaf Cup ;;

Wario Stadium: 5/10. Got a bit better than last time.

Sherbet Land: 0/10. Can I leave?

Music Park: 0/10. No.

Yoshi Valley: 7/10. Gives Yoshi.

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Lightning Cup ;;

Tick-Tock Clock: 9/10. Silly. I like it.

Piranha Plant Slide: 7/10. It sure is.

Grumble Volcano: 10/10. Is it okay??

Rainbow Road: 10/10. Genuinely enjoy it.

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Zelda Cup ;;

Wario Goldmine: 0/10. Please stop.

Rainbow Road: 0/10. Gives me anxiety. What is even happening.

Ice Ice Outpost: 10/10. Toads always come in clutch.

Hyrule Circuit: 1/10. As much as I love TLOZ, this one doesn't do it for me.

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Bell Cup ;;

Neo-Bowser City: 1/10. Nuh-uh.

Ribbon Road: 8/10. Okay, alright, I hear ya.

Super Bell Subway: 0/10. No thank you.

Big Blue: 100/10. Y E S.

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DLC WAVES:

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Golden Mushroom Cup ;;

Paris Promenade: 0/10. French people don't exist silly!

Toad Circuit: 0/10. Carbon copy of Mario Circuit.

Choco Mountain: 0/10. No.

Coconut Mall: 100/10. Get coconut malled idiot.

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Bell Cup 2 ;;

Tokyo Blur: 4/10. It exists.

Shroom Ridge: 10/10. It's a vibe.

Sky Garden: 6/10. Nice feel to it.

Ninja Hideaway: 10000/10. TOP FUCKING 3.

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Turnip Cup ;;

New York Minute: 0/10. I don't vibe.

Mario Circuit 3: 0/10. Im in hell.

Kalimari Desert: 0/10. ???

Waluigi Pinball: 10/10. Only because Waluigi got recognition.

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Fly Mushroom Cup ;;

Sydney Sprint: 0/10. Help.

Snow Land: 9/10. Getting somewhere finally!

Mushroom Gorge: 100000/10. AGAIN, TOP FUCKING 3.

Sky-High Sundae: 0/10. No.

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Rock Shroom Cup ;;

London Loop: 10/10. I vibe.

Boo Lake: 5/10. It's here.

Rock Rock Mountain: 8/10. I like it!

Maple Treeway: 10000/10. NOT TOP THREE THO. JUST BECAUSE WIGGLER.

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Moon Cup ;;

Berlin Byways: 10/10. Fuck yeah!!

Peach Gardens: 0/10. Please leave me alone.

Merry Mountain: 6/10. Merry chrisler

Rainbow Road: 0/10. I can't escape.

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Peach Cup ;;

Amsterdam Drift: 7/10. I'm vibing, I'm vibing.

Riverside Park: 2/10. ok.

DK Summit: 5/10. Yeah it exists.

Yoshis Island: 10/10. Please do more of this. I like this.

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Boomerang Cup ;;

Bangkok Rush: 0/10. It's certainly... unique..?

Mario Circuit: 0/10. STOP. PLEASE. LET ME FREE.

Waluigi Stadium: 100/10. MORE RECOGNITION FOR OUR BOY.

Singapore Speedway: 2/10. Uh.

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Feather Cup ;;

Athens Dash: 10/10. Sounds regal, I love this one.

Daisy Cruiser: 6/10. Yeah.

Moonview Highway: 10/10. I'm vibing!!

Squeaky Clean Sprint: 100/10. For the ducky alone. It's a mecore track.

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Cherry Cup ;;

Los Angeles Laps: 0/10. No.

Sunset Wilds: 10/10. Feels very Shy-Guy and I'm 100% here for it.

Koopa Cape: 10/10. Yes please.

Vancouver Velocity: 10/10. Familiar for some reason.

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Acorn Cup ;;

Rome Avanti: 5/10. Fancy.

DK Mountain: 10/10. Oooo!

Daisy Circuit: 10/10. Just because it has Daisy and Luigi dancing.

Piranha Plant Cove: 8/10. I can vibe with it!

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Blue Shell Cup ;;

Madrid Drive: 10/10. I vibe.

Rosalinas Iceworld: 10/10. Again, more recognition for our girl is needed Nintendo!!!

Bowser Castle 3: 100000/10. TOP FUCKING 3. HOLY SHIT.

Rainbow Road: 7/10. Got a bit better!

[tsyplakov]

I think they should be the Minnesota Lakers... land of 10000 lakes ya know?

[5centsofchange]

Boats on Lake Harriet shot in the fall of 2021 on my Olympus MJU.

[deblala]

'The land of 10,000 lakes is now a land of lawlessness': Tim Walz trans-promoting schemes get court review * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh

https://www.wnd.com/2024/09/the-land-of-10000-lakes-is-now-a-land-of-lawlessness-tim-walz-trans-promoting-schemes-get-court-review/

[bisexualalienss]

the land of 10000 lakes. or whatever

[beuteehot]

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[janeblr]

For those unfamiliar with Midwest US geography(anyone outside the Midwest probably lol): Minnesota is really Swiss-cheesy with all their lakes and rivers! It’s known as ��the land of 10000 lakes” but really it’s over 11k.

It has so many lakes because of repeated cycles of glaciers covering the landscape, carving out holes, and then receding and creating lakes. The same process created the Great Lakes, but on a much larger scale.

Lake Kabetogama in October 2022, taken by me.

*”America the Beautiful” playing in the background*

Recreational Boats Per Capita in US