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Does the Struthers Bicentennial Time Capsule get reopened this year, or is it meant to stay sealed until 2076? I was there 50 years ago to watch its installation, but I don't remember this important detail!

In case you wondered, the sealed capsule is inside an ingot mold, and a steel ingot sits adjacent to it.

Also, on a related note, people and communities were excited about the Bicentennial in a way that feels stunningly different from the current Semiquincentennial.

UFC Freedom 250 press conference at the Lincoln Memorial, 12 JUN 2026

Is there a better way to understand this vulgarity than as a giant corporate-sponsored middle finger to American ideals?

I'm more offended by this than I was when that one misled, slack-jawed dipshit carried his Confederate battle flag through the US Capitol... and I feel my outrage is exactly what they were aiming for.

• Convicted murderer Derek Chauvin was honored with a moment of silence.
• The nomination process was derailed while delegates fought over voting anomalies.
• Lisa Demuth is attacking Kendall Qualls as a proponent of Sharia law.
• Qualls pushed back by slandering the Somali community (to the delight of the delegates).
• Qualls is inching towards the party endorsement (this MPR link will point to the latest update).
• Mike "Pillow Guy" Lindell is out of the endorsement process, but says he will stay in the race through the primary.

I hadn't seen any news about "Live at the Hilde" in Plymouth this summer, and when I went looking for more information, I learned that SMA has no concerts this season. Are they totally out of business? I see no social media activity since last August.

I recently obtained a copy of my wife's 3rd g-grandfather's naturalization certificate, dated 22 August, 1853. I realized the date was likely close in time to my 3rd g-grandfather's certificate that I've had for some time. When I compared the two documents, I was surprised to see that the dates are identical.

The two certificates are both issued by county/state courts, one in Kentucky and the other in Pennsylvania.

Is there something more than coincidence that explains the 22 August similarity? I can't find anything suggesting that naturalization proceedings were performed on one specific day, and that seems unlikely given how the process does not seem to be at all nationalized.

Hi, all.

I saw the show last evening at the Palace Theater in St. Paul and thought it was amazing. This was my first time seeing St. Paul and the Broken Bones, but it won't be my last. Thoroughly impressed!

Question: Just before (and continuing as) the band took the stage, a pre-recorded introduction was played. We couldn't hear it very well, and so my wife and I have competing theories about what it was. If I'm correct, it's something that they're using at other shows, and if she's correct, it is something purely local to the Twin Cities area.

Can anyone tell us what we (kinda) heard?