I love it when some people are duped by fake Twitter memes and are called out on it.

I’ve finally joined Mastodon.

The population of Canada is expected to top 40 million people today. More people live in the state of California.

Minnesota’s 59th Teacher Of The Year:

St. Paul math teacher and football coach Michael Houston has been named the 2023 Minnesota Teacher of the Year. Houston was announced as the 59th recipient of the award during a banquet Sunday afternoon at the St. Paul RiverCentre. During the selection process, Houston said, he has been focused on creating community at Harding High School, which was rocked by a deadly stabbing this school year.

“Our students really needed love,” Houston said accepting the award, after so many students lost loved ones during the pandemic, and after a school year at Harding that has been marked by loss. Houston said he wants to use his platform as state teacher of the year to advocate for mental health, the recruitment and retention of teachers of color, and making instruction more relevant to students' lives.

Today is World Mental Health Day.

The largest planet in our solar system will come its closest to Earth in 59 years tonight.

[Jupiter] will come within 590 million kilometres of Earth on September 26. At its furthest, Jupiter it is almost twice as far from our planet.

Adam Kobelski from NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in the US says the four largest moons orbiting the planet – Ganymede, Europa, Io and Callisto – will also be visible.

The rush to donate to animal lovers' charities of choice is picking up steam locally, as well as nationally, as the late Betty White’s 100th birthday celebration approaches. #BettyWhiteChallenge is where you can go to follow it.

Clean Speech Minnesota is here.

I’m publishing to Doctor Pundit using macOS Ulysses for the first time. Yippee!

The first gay couple in a Starbucks ad.

The Get Down Coffee Co. opens in North Minneapolis.

A tinkerer, socialite, and a guy who loves taking the stairs every chance he gets. Life at 100 couldn’t be any richer. 👴 ⭐