Adam Ratchenski

Northern Plains drifter. ND➡️MN➡️IL. These tweets are mostly dumb and entirely mine.

[Adam Ratchenski @ARatchenski]

@HeHateMN I am

[Voyageurs Wolf Project @VoyaWolfProject]

Some neat trail camera captures from this fall and winter! Only a quarter of the way through the roughly ~11.2 days (269 hours) of trail cam footage so will be sharing more neat stuff soon.

[Shahbaz Khan @ShahbazMKhan]

THE MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES HAVE ELIMINATED THE LOS ANGELES LAKERS 4-1.

(🎥 via @RyanMSwanson)

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

How did 3M’s “forever chemicals” end up in all of us? @fastlerner reports the inside story of the corporate scientists who discovered—then helped to conceal—the dangers of its chemicals. https://t.co/orzSsI3RgY

[Adam Ratchenski @ARatchenski]

“ND Governor’s Inaugural Ball: brought to you by Devon Energy” would be funny if it weren’t true. (They are the main sponsor.)

[N. Dakota Monitor || bsky @northdakotamonitor.com @NDMonitor]

Gov.-elect Kelly Armstrong’s inaugural ball is set Jan. 18 in Bismarck. The event is free to the public and will help support the North Dakota FFA Foundation and the Great Plains Food Bank.

https://t.co/aMDB8TE1MA

[Earthjustice @Earthjustice]

A new report links Michigan’s coal-based steel and coke facilities to over 20,000 asthma cases each year. DTE’s EES Coke plant ranks as one of the state’s top polluters. We are suing alongside @GLELC and @SierraClub because it's time residents get relief. https://t.co/Qps4IIdwnp

[Adam Ratchenski @ARatchenski]

At first glance I thought this was a bizarre graduation sign, but instead my neighbors put up a banner to congratulate the community cat they host for being a certified killer. 🫡 I love this city.

[Adam Ratchenski @ARatchenski]

RIP to a real one

[Ashok Selvam @Shokdiesel]

Revival Food Hall is closing after eight years in the Loop. Foot traffic hasn’t returned to pre-pandemic levels and it seems food halls aren’t the answer as incubators for new chefs. Sad news.

[Shahbaz Khan @ShahbazMKhan]

THE MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES HAVE ADVANCED TO THE WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS

[Chicago Bars @chicagobars]

Found your new stadium construction money @ChicagoBears! h/t @capitolfax @IsabelMMiller https://t.co/r0A0wLAB2f

[Leigh Giangreco @LeighGiangreco]

This Chicago politics story has everything:
-Super PACs
-the backroom of a Chicago country club
-Dick Uihlein
-the phrase ‘effing moron’
https://t.co/gJLPulQjCY

[Alex Nitkin @AlexNitkin]

16 Shots
CuriousCity
Motive
Public Official A
Making
Nerdette
South Side Stories

For years @wbez has been producing gripping and informative podcasts that invite listeners to form a deeper connection with this city. We’ll all be worse off without them.

[Adam Ratchenski @ARatchenski]

A good—and very concerning—reminder that the rampant use of pesticides in this country isn’t just a farmer or farmworker issue:

[Sarah Bowman @IndyStarSarah]

A new study from IU School of Medicine found the majority of pregnant Indiana women tested had traces of potentially harmful weedkillers in their urine.
Researchers are now trying to figure out what that means for moms and their children.
https://t.co/vGb9WJFHyq

[Shahbaz Khan @ShahbazMKhan]

THE MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES ARE 11-3

STILL UNDEFEATED AT HOME

WON 10 OF THEIR PAST 11

#1 IN THE WEST

[Oliver Milman @olliemilman]

There is an aging oil pipeline that runs under the Great Lakes, which critics warn could cause one of the worst environmental disasters seen in the US.
A plan to extend its life has sparked a sprawling battle involving tribes, Canada and the UN https://t.co/DD3rdlE55B

[Earthjustice @Earthjustice]

For years, Earthjustice has been advocating in court and in Congress to protect the Boundary Waters from dangerous mining. And together with our clients, we just got a big win. https://t.co/c8y50Wfd3p

[Adam Ratchenski @ARatchenski]

🛶💪🛶

[Earthjustice @Earthjustice]

A federal judge upheld the Biden administration’s cancellation of two mining leases that would have threatened the Boundary Waters with a toxic mining proposal. Press release: https://t.co/shpauGIR1x

[Adam Ratchenski @ARatchenski]

A classic Minnesota sunset ft. The World’s Smallest Cloud.

[Adam Ratchenski @ARatchenski]

Tough times for the “Chicago is a dangerous hell hole” crowd.

[NBC Chicago @nbcchicago]

Chicago ranks high on Travel Leisure list of 'favorite' cities, ahead of New York, Nashville and more https://t.co/LE7Ui4PVBv

[Earthjustice @Earthjustice]

In a win for public land users, a federal court ruled that “corner-crossing” — going from a piece of public land to another over a corner shared with private land — doesn't constitute trespass. This could help give access to over 8 million acres of land. https://t.co/HS9behOhyq