Blogsource Archive C56

from https://www.weather.gov/ July 30, 2025 15:56 UTC / 10:56 a.m. CDT Wednesday: Air Quality Alert in effect until 5:00 p.m. CDT Saturday

from https://www.pca.state.mn.us/air-water-land-climate/current-air-quality-conditions Minnesota Pollution Control Agency 3:30 p.m. July 30, 2025

from https://www.google.com/maps/search/hovde,+branting+in+beridalen,+gj%C3%B8rvik,+nordre+land,+norway/@60.9178622,9.6728485,52847m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1 August 5, 2025 (Google search hovde, branting in beridalen, gjørvik, nordre land, norway)

from https://www.google.com/maps/place/Gj%C3%B8vik,+Norway/@60.9403376,10.3764239,54357m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x4641da1511542929:0x4f493de5ad7181ed!8m2!3d60.7954302!4d10.6916303!16s%2Fg%2F11bc65gs29 August 6, 2025 Google Maps Gjøvik, Oppland, Norway

from https://www.google.com/maps/place/Goose+River/@47.4036265,-97.0894745,3a,75y,180h,90t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sbAytq_mFdrRlH9DgHuPdnQ!2e0!5s20120801T000000!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D0%26panoid%3DbAytq_mFdrRlH9DgHuPdnQ%26yaw%3D180!7i13312!8i6656!4m6!3m5!1s0x52c60e5dec93208d:0x35f87a006b70cc3c!8m2!3d47.4175312!4d-97.0685875!16s%2Fm%2F0glrg06?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDgwNC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D August 7, 2025 see https://www.google.com/maps/place/Goose+River/@47.4036265,-97.0894745,1139m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x52c60e5dec93208d:0x35f87a006b70cc3c!8m2!3d47.4175312!4d-97.0685875!16s%2Fm%2F0glrg06?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDgwNC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D ( https://www.google.com/maps/place/Goose+River/@47.4036265,-97.0894745,1139m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x52c60e5dec93208d:0x35f87a006b70cc3c!8m2!3d47.4175312!4d-97.0685875!16s%2Fm%2F0glrg06?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDgwNC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D ) County Highway 11 near Goose River, looking south August 2012 Google Maps

from https://www.weather.gov/ August 8, 2025 Friday evening thunderstorm, around the time that sirens went off here in Sauk Centre

Taken Saturday afternoon, August 9, 2025 - folks enjoying themselves at the Stearns County Fair

from Google Maps August 19, 2026 https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sion,+Switzerland/@46.7277407,8.3556527,147589m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x478ede85d8f91aaf:0xfe3fae7d36878aca!8m2!3d46.2331221!4d7.360626!16zL20vMDJsejhx
Liechtenstein (upper right) and Sion, Switzerland, (lower left)

from https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gran_Vitral_Tiffany_del_Hotel_Ciudad_de_Mexico_-_panoramio.jpg August 22, 2025 Gran Vitral Tiffany del Hotel Ciudad de Mexico September 22, 2012 photo by Octavio Alonso Maya see https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Mexico_City/Centro#Splurge_2 https://web.archive.org/web/20161024202757/http://www.panoramio.com/user/5358119?with_photo_id=80130778

from https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Busy_desk.svg Aug. 27, 2025 "Busy Desk" cartoon by Bilboq 2006 public domain see https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Bilboq

from https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/outpouring-of-light-and-love-and-hope-annunciation-holds-first-mass-since-shooting Sept.1, 2025 Annunciation Catholic Church, via Bring Me The News

flag at half-staff BHG render

from https://www.google.com/maps/place/Annunciation+Church/@44.9050441,-93.2850342,3a,90y,259.62h,92.24t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sgW6OIcwbOTVC4xmxn_2E-g!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D-2.2407783895950217%26panoid%3DgW6OIcwbOTVC4xmxn_2E-g%26yaw%3D259.6194381490824!7i16384!8i8192!4m6!3m5!1s0x87f6264573452029:0xff9e0e9015bb743f!8m2!3d44.9047426!4d-93.2856882!16s%2Fg%2F1tfbtfq5?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDgyNS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D see
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Annunciation+Church/@44.9050441,-93.2850342,3a,90y,259.62h,92.24t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sgW6OIcwbOTVC4xmxn_2E-g!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D-2.2407783895950217%26panoid%3DgW6OIcwbOTVC4xmxn_2E-g%26yaw%3D259.6194381490824!7i16384!8i8192!4m6!3m5!1s0x87f6264573452029:0xff9e0e9015bb743f!8m2!3d44.9047426!4d-93.2856882!16s%2Fg%2F1tfbtfq5 September 2, 2025 - Google Street View Church of the Annunciation, Minneapolis, Minnesota. January 2022

from https://youtu.be/dfvrkfDGLys?si=2Uthd5LU7W_W79C7 "Historic Church, Damaged By Arson, Opens Doors To Public" WCCO - CBS Minnesota June 14, 2016 Melrose arson - before kid who torched the place identified

from https://www.loc.gov/item/2016894347/ Sept. 3, 2025 "Ku Klux Klan at U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C." Harris & Ewing, photographer - 1925 August - part of Harris & Ewing Collection at the Library of Congress

from https://www.mcstashmills.com/mcstash-mills-gallery September 15, 2025; September 16, 2025 see https://www.mcstashmills.com/ McStash Mills

from https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/266567/vatican-lights-up-with-drone-show-at-historic-grace-for-the-world-concert September 16, 2025 Captions: (largest) Illuminated drones reproduce Michelangelo's 'Pietà' over St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Sept. 14, 2025. | Credit: Courtney Mares/CNA / (right) Illuminated drones portray Pope Francis above St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Sept. 14, 2025. Credit: Eva Fernández / (upper left) Illuminated drones reproduce a detail from Michelangelo's 'Creation of Adam' above St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Sept. 14, 2025. Credit: Courtney Mares/CNA / (lower left) Illuminated drones reproduce a detail of the icon "Salus Popoli Romani" above St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Sept. 14, 2025. Credit: Courtney Mares/CNA

The Village, the Fence, and the Sign artwork September 22, 2025

The Village, the Fence, and the Sign artwork - detail - landscape September 22, 2025

from https://science.nasa.gov/universe/exoplanets/discovery-alert-baby-planet-photographed-in-a-ring-around-a-star-for-the-first-time/ Oct. 1, 2025 "This artist's concept depicts the protoplanet WISPIT 2b accreting matter as it orbits around its star, WISPIT 2. NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (IPAC)"

from https://science.nasa.gov/universe/exoplanets/discovery-alert-baby-planet-photographed-in-a-ring-around-a-star-for-the-first-time/ Oct. 1, 2025 "This image of the WISPIT 2 system was captured by the Magellan Telescope in Chile and the Large Binocular Telescope in Arizona. The protoplanet WISPIT 2b is a small purple dot to the right of a bright white ring of dust surrounding the system's star. A fainter white ring outside of WISPIT 2b can be seen. Laird Close, University of Arizona"

from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sco-CenMap.png Oct. 1, 2025 (colors reversed and modified for clarity and appearance) see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorpius%E2%80%93Centaurus_association Map of the Scorpius-Centaurus Association, by Roberto Mura 15 June 2009 Taken from software Perseus, all rights belong to the author who takes the screen (as written in Copyright file) "4. COPYRIGHT. [...] ELItalia non rivendica il copyright sui dati utilizzati nel software, e autorizza comunque qualsiasi utilizzo dei dati forniti o generati con il software. I diritti d'autore sulle immagini o i documenti stampati generati con il software appartengono all'utente che li ha realizzati. Translated: ELItalia release the copyright on the data used in the software, and authorizes any usage of the data supplied or generated with the software. The copyright of images or documents generated with the software belongs to the user who takes them." (a translation)

from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WISPIT_2_Annotated_LBTI_Image.png Oct. 1, 2025 see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WISPIT_2 Laird Close & Gabriel Weible (University of Arizona) image and annotations - "Annotated thermal-infrared image of the WISPIT 2 protoplanetary system seen with LBTI/LMIRcam. Credit: Laird Close & Gabriel Weible (University of Arizona)"

collage elements from https://www.mcstashmills.com/mcstash-mills-gallery September 15, 2025; September 16, 2025, October 6,2025 see https://www.mcstashmills.com/ McStash Mills

from https://www.cecilhagelstam.com/product/william-hogarth-the-rakes-progress-the-heir/ Oct. 14, 2025 William Hogarth: The Rake's Progress — The Heir Late 18th century copperplate engraving by William Hogarth. via C. Hagelstam Antiquarian Bookstore see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Rake%27s_Progress This series painted 1732-1734, engraved 1734, published in print form 1735

from https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Wealth_of_the_Nation,_Seymour_Fogel.jpg Oct. 14, 2025 "Bustling with work and activity, 'The Wealth of the Nation' by Seymour Fogel is an interpretation of the theme of Social Security." 1938 painted for Voice of America. see https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wealth_of_Nations

"The Art of Spending Money", Morgan Housel, cover Oct. 14, 2025 via Big Think https://bigthink.com/books/how-to-spend-your-money-to-be-miserable/

from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Day_and_Night_(Escher)_PMA.jpg Oct. 14, 2025 M. C. Escher's "Day and Night". (1938) see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_and_Night_%28M._C._Escher%29

from Bill Amend's https://foxtrot.com/2025/09/28/math-king/ Foxtrot: "Math King" (September 28, 2025)

from https://www.investor.gov/building-wealth-roadmap-student Oct. 15, 2025 "Building Wealth: A Roadmap for Students" Investor.gov "A 401(k) match is like getting two coins every time your gaming character jumps up: one from your contribution and the second from your employer. You will build wealth that much faster!"

from https://brendans-island.com/catholic-citizen/webcam/ ca.12:52 p.m. Oct. 22, 2025

from Google Maps and Street View Oct.28, 2025 see https://www.google.com/maps/place/Fargo,+ND/@46.8679775,-96.8284691,3239m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x52c8cb8d84677145:0x81aa30a52791aaca!8m2!3d46.8771863!4d-96.7898034!16zL20vMHluZno

from https://bibliophilly.library.upenn.edu/viewer.php?id=Oversize%20LJS%2024#page/16/mode/2up Nov.11, 2025 see Google search Rare Book & Manuscript Library University of Pennsylvania LJS 24 yielding "Medical miscellany - BiblioPhilly - University of Pennsylvania / BiblioPhilly ... Medical miscellany Oversize LJS 24. return to search ... University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts." https://bibliophilly.library.upenn.edu/viewer.php?id=Oversize%20LJS%2024#page/1/mode/2up "Abstract / Collection of standard 13th-century medical texts with inhabited initials showing medical scenes. 5 works of Isaac Israeli concerning diet, urine, fevers, and the elements, which were translated into Latin in the 11th century by Constantine the African, a Benedictine monk, comprise most of the manuscript. These are preceded by a brief introduction to Galen and 2 short works on the pulse. Most of the illuminations depict Dominican monks teaching and tending to patients...."

from https://issuu.com/columbia-magazine/docs/columbiaoct25en see https://www.kofc.org/en/news-room/columbia/archives/10012025.html Nov. 11, 2025 - Columbia Magazine October 2025 "Mary Ann Glendon, former U.S. ambassador, Address upon receiving the Gaudium et Spes Award, States Dinner, August 5 2025; Columbia Magazine (October 2025)"

from https://www.kofc.org/en/news-room/columbia/archives/10012025.html Nov. 11, 2025 - Columbia Magazine October 2025

from https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:David_and_Bathsheba_1951_advertisement.jpg see https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawid_i_Betszeba https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_and_Bathsheba_(film) David and Bathsheba (1951) / Esther and the King (1960) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Estherandthekingposter.jpg see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther_and_the_King https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samson_and_Delilah_(1949_film) Samson and Delilah (1949) / Sins of Jezebel (1953) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sins_of_Jezebel / Solomon and Sheba (1959) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_and_Sheba The Prodigal (1955) https://www.derekwinnert.com/the-prodigal-1955-lana-turner-edmund-purdom-louis-calhern-james-mitchell-joseph-wiseman-cecil-kellaway-walter-hampden-classic-movie-review-8973/ see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prodigal

from https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/news/g4-severe-storm-levels-reached Nov. 12, 2025 "G4 (Severe) Storm Levels Reached! / Current Space Weather Conditions on NOAA Scales / Space Weather Prediction Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration " "published: Wednesday, November 12, 2025 01:40 UTC / G4 (Severe) storm levels reached on 12 November at 0120 UTC (8:20pm EST)! Geomagnetic storm conditions are anticipated to continue into the night. Stay informed at spaceweather.gov for the latest. The included aurora images are of the aurora shining over northeastern Colorado. "

from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Second_Vatican_Council_by_Lothar_Wolleh_005_%E2%80%93_unframed.jpg Nov. 12, 2025 see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Vatican_Council Lothar Wolleh's photo of the Second Vatican Council - interior of St. Peter's Basilica

from https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/hundreds-of-crashes-spinouts-as-heavy-snow-impacts-minnesota-travel Nov. 26, 2025 "Minnesota State Patrol" "Among those off the road is this driver in west-central Minnesota, who decided a blizzard is the perfect time to start hauling a fishing boat." Adam Uren, Bring Me The News

from NTD News on YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/live/V4DYiJqXZHg?si=0VGMl_vr5XF7s-rg Nov. 27, 2025 Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade

from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Springer_Spaniel_Wide_Shot.jpg Dec.2, 2025 "An English Springer Spaniel in a Field" "1 November 2023" Ratsniffer "This file is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. / The person who associated a work with this deed has dedicated the work to the public domain by waiving all of their rights to the work worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission."

from https://www.catholicleague.org/thomas-nast-cartoons/ Dec. 8, 2025 Thomas Nast anti-Catholic cartoon: 'Don't Believe in That'. see https://www.catholicleague.org/thomas-nast-cartoons/ Harper's Weekly (November 18, 1871) see https://artvee.com/artist/thomas-nast/page/4/

from https://www.google.com/maps/place/Minnesota/@45.7491012,-94.6221755,91171m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x4d585b9a60780b9b:0x2a2c99b10fea20f!8m2!3d46.729553!4d-94.6858998!16zL20vMDR5a2c December 8, 2025

from Google Street Maps Google Street View https://www.google.com/maps/place/Dunseith,+ND+58329/@48.8076634,-100.0614307,560m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x52dc4dbfd5fef5f7:0x6614e84fea697508!8m2!3d48.8130569!4d-100.0609678!16zL20vMHlyNnI Dec. 12, 2025 Dunseith, ND - Wee'l Turtle :)

from https://www.google.com/maps/place/Dunseith,+ND+58329/@48.8130362,-100.082807,4406m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x52dc4dbfd5fef5f7:0x6614e84fea697508!8m2!3d48.8130569!4d-100.0609678!16zL20vMHlyNnI Dec. 12, 2025 Dunseith, ND

from https://www.loc.gov/item/2010644109/ Dec. 10, 2025 "The foreign church (Roman) declaring war upon our national public schools" / Th. Nast. Harper's Weekly (November 8, 1873) Goldstein Foundation Collection--Prints and Drawings (190) / Prints & Photographs Online Catalog (Library of Congress) (932,910) / Prints and Photographs Division (1,105,610) / Library of Congress Online Catalog (1,681,536)

from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mollweide_Paleographic_Map_of_Earth,_105_Ma_(Albian_Age).png Dec. 15, 2025 Mollweide Paleographic Map of Earth, 105 Ma (Albian Age)

from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mollweide_Paleographic_Map_of_Earth,_85_Ma_(Santonian_Age).png Dec. 15, 2025 Mollweide Paleographic Map of Earth, 85 Ma (Santonian Age)

Mollweide Paleographic Map of Earth, 105 Ma (Albian Age) flipped

Mollweide Paleographic Map of Earth, 85 Ma (Santonian Age) flipped

BHG's sketch of tectonic plate features for NMG world - blue subduction zone green transverse zone red rift/spreading boundary ( see https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Tectonic_plates_boundaries_physical_World_map_Wt_180degE_centered-en.svg )