MNsure enrollment: A quick guide
Most people can agree that having health insurance is pretty important. To help people get there, the state of Minnesota runs its own Health Care Exchange, and the current enrollment for Minnesotans is until...
Bitcoin on the rocks as the year comes to a close
While Bitcoin, and cryptocurrency in general, has had quite the breakout year in 2017, hitting the mainstream in ways that probably no one would have imagined even a couple of years ago, it seems...
Go play… inside? Facebook debuts Messenger Kids
In an announcement yesterday, Facebook revealed its latest app for iPhone and iPad: Messenger Kids. The app is meant for kids aged 6-12 too young to actually have a real Facebook account (where you...
The Coen Brothers are joining Netflix
The Coen Brothers, writer/directors of such cinema classics as Fargo, The Big Lebowski, and Raising Arizona, are finally making their first foray into streaming territory.
And they're not shy about it.
“We are streaming motherfuckers!" Joel and Ethan...
Your Facebook data is yours. Here’s how to get it:
People are, understandably, a little spooked after the recent Cambridge Analytica scandal that left millions of people, and their personal data, out in the open. Facebook is not the iron horse we once thought...
‘The Mighty Ducks’ coming soon to the small screen
And, well, that's pretty much all we know.
Details are still hazy: A TV-series version of the popular, and Minnesota-based The Mighty Ducks movie is currently in development. Original screenwriter Steven Brill and original producer Jordan Kerne are...
A four-day workweek is best for workers and for business, New Zealand company proves
If the chance came around to only work four days a week and enjoy an extended three-day weekend, I think the majority of us would jump on that opportunity. That extra day to relax,...
ACLU Minnesota has a new leader
After 20 years of leading the American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota (ACLU-MN) Charles Samuelson retired this last February. His replacement in the role of Executive Director will be John Gordon. Gordon primarily worked...
MN National Guard to help with Hurricane Harvey relief
Displaying not only a piece of our famous "Minnesota Nice" but also that we as Americans can and do come together to support one another, Governor Dayton has approved sending 11 of our National...
New York Times goes Big Brother on journalists’ social media accounts
The New York Times recently published a new set of guidelines that restrict how its journalists can (and can not) use Twitter and other social media accounts.
To the newsroom:
The New York Times has been a...
