Hacker News with Generative AI: Minnesota

How DigiKey is dealing with tariff chaos (text.npr.org)
Thief River Falls is in northwestern Minnesota, and along with having a really cool name is really small. But it grew a very big company that is now riding out an unprecedented and unpredictable storm - tariffs.

Business, Economics, Trade, Tariffs, Minnesota

15 points by pash 2 days ago | 0 comments

Jean Hilliard's Minnesota Story (2018) (mprnews.org)
On the night of Dec. 20, 1980, 19-year-old Jean Hilliard's car hit the ditch. She tried to walk for help. She was found in the morning in the front yard of a local cattle rancher — frozen solid as a log.

Survival Stories, Human Interest, Minnesota, Cold Weather

29 points by thunderbong 67 days ago | 1 comments

Misinformation expert cites non-existent sources in Minnesota deep fake case (minnesotareformer.com)
A leading misinformation expert is being accused of citing non-existent sources to defend Minnesota’s new law banning election misinformation.

Misinformation, Law, Politics, Minnesota, Deepfakes

6 points by richrichie 152 days ago | 1 comments

Misinformation expert cites non-existent sources in Minnesota deep fake case (minnesotareformer.com)
A leading misinformation expert is being accused of citing non-existent sources to defend Minnesota’s new law banning election misinformation.

Misinformation, Law, Politics, Minnesota, Journalism

10 points by danso 155 days ago | 1 comments

Minnesota map to find out if your home's drinking water comes through lead pipe (startribune.com)
Minnesotans can use a new tool to check whether a lead pipe sends water into their home — part of a push by the Biden administration and state officials to remove lead plumbing from the drinking water system over the next decade.

Lead Pipes, Drinking Water, Minnesota, Public Health, Government Initiatives

77 points by gnabgib 172 days ago | 39 comments

Former geography teacher Tim Walz is into maps (minnesotareformer.com)

Politics, Education, Minnesota

4 points by speckx 262 days ago | 2 comments

Helium reservoir in MN is even more 'mind-boggling' than we thought (livescience.com)

Science, Geology, Minnesota

28 points by birriel 288 days ago | 6 comments

Minnesota Strikes Down Preemption Laws Blocking Municipal Broadband (communitynets.org)