<![CDATA[Pedantic quibble with this article from The Guardian (and I know pedantic quibbles have an audience here, because this is Mastodon):]]>Pedantic quibble with this article from The Guardian (and I know pedantic quibbles have an audience here, because this is Mastodon):

Minneapolis and St. Paul are immediately adjacent to each other. They share a border. They are only “11 miles apart” in the way that the US and Canada are ~1350 miles apart: if you measure center to center.

Aside from the ill-defined question of “What center are we measuring from??,“ there’s the misleading impression that there’s 11 miles of something •else• in between them. Just say “adjacent” or “neighboring.” Sheesh.

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Why did Michelin snub St Paul in its guide to the best restaurants in the Great Lakes region?

Critics warn smaller and immigrant-run restaurants risk being overlooked as city-funded deal shapes dining map

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the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Lizette603_23/statuses/116422092666385070https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Lizette603_23/statuses/116422092666385070Fri, 17 Apr 2026 21:09:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Pedantic quibble with this article from The Guardian (and I know pedantic quibbles have an audience here, because this is Mastodon): on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 20:53:35 GMT]]>@inthehands
And I guess it’s desperately needed (an uneducated guess tho).
@michael_w_busch

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hhsocial.de/users/nshr/statuses/116422031147414291https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hhsocial.de/users/nshr/statuses/116422031147414291Fri, 17 Apr 2026 20:53:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Pedantic quibble with this article from The Guardian (and I know pedantic quibbles have an audience here, because this is Mastodon): on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 20:44:46 GMT]]>@inthehands I remember the print edition being famous for quirks, and I guess they're still doing it, decades later.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/tehstu/statuses/116421996481006398https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/tehstu/statuses/116421996481006398Fri, 17 Apr 2026 20:44:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Pedantic quibble with this article from The Guardian (and I know pedantic quibbles have an audience here, because this is Mastodon): on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 20:39:37 GMT]]>@inthehands now I am curious what the longest possible direct route from the far corner of the one to the opposite corner of the other is.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mspsocial.net/users/earthtopus/statuses/116421976239351309https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mspsocial.net/users/earthtopus/statuses/116421976239351309Fri, 17 Apr 2026 20:39:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Pedantic quibble with this article from The Guardian (and I know pedantic quibbles have an audience here, because this is Mastodon): on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 20:35:39 GMT]]>@inthehands agree it's dumb, but what bothers me more is the obligatory throwaway reference to icemania in an article that is otherwise entirely about restaurant promotion. What story about Minneapolis can possibly be complete without including a nod to the violence in the streets

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/msokolov/statuses/116421960610997455https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/msokolov/statuses/116421960610997455Fri, 17 Apr 2026 20:35:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Pedantic quibble with this article from The Guardian (and I know pedantic quibbles have an audience here, because this is Mastodon): on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:54:12 GMT]]>@michael_w_busch
A friend of mine once referred to Longfellow as “the Minneapolis / St. Paul DMZ”

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/inthehands/statuses/116421797646755551https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/inthehands/statuses/116421797646755551Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:54:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Pedantic quibble with this article from The Guardian (and I know pedantic quibbles have an audience here, because this is Mastodon): on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:54:04 GMT]]>@inthehands wow, that sounds... fucking horrible for the people living there.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://girlcock.club/users/miss_rodent/statuses/116421797137340688https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://girlcock.club/users/miss_rodent/statuses/116421797137340688Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:54:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Pedantic quibble with this article from The Guardian (and I know pedantic quibbles have an audience here, because this is Mastodon): on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:53:26 GMT]]>@inthehands

This is particularly confusing from St. Paul's 3rd ward.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/michael_w_busch/statuses/116421794647620928https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/michael_w_busch/statuses/116421794647620928Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:53:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Pedantic quibble with this article from The Guardian (and I know pedantic quibbles have an audience here, because this is Mastodon): on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:52:08 GMT]]>@miss_rodent
I could only find somewhat clickbaity coverage, but yes, it’s really happened — and I think I heard about another story like this from a decade or two earlier:
https://www.uniladtech.com/news/internet-glitch-fbi-kansas-687747-20240805

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/inthehands/statuses/116421789502900429https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/inthehands/statuses/116421789502900429Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:52:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Pedantic quibble with this article from The Guardian (and I know pedantic quibbles have an audience here, because this is Mastodon): on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:50:19 GMT]]>@inthehands you'd think the Guardian would know about the very similar Leeds and Bradford in the UK.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cupoftea.social/users/nxskok/statuses/116421782376971897https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cupoftea.social/users/nxskok/statuses/116421782376971897Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:50:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Pedantic quibble with this article from The Guardian (and I know pedantic quibbles have an audience here, because this is Mastodon): on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:43:04 GMT]]>@inthehands ... Wait, is that a real thing that happened? I wouldn't be surprised if it is, b/c we live in the dumbest timeline, but it also sounds like a joke, and I can't tell...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://girlcock.club/users/miss_rodent/statuses/116421753880396239https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://girlcock.club/users/miss_rodent/statuses/116421753880396239Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:43:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Pedantic quibble with this article from The Guardian (and I know pedantic quibbles have an audience here, because this is Mastodon): on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:42:46 GMT]]>I bike from Minneapolis to St. Paul for work every day. Minneapolis is 11 miles from St. Paul. My bike ride is <4 miles. Riddle me that, Guardian!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/inthehands/statuses/116421752702895021https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/inthehands/statuses/116421752702895021Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:42:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Pedantic quibble with this article from The Guardian (and I know pedantic quibbles have an audience here, because this is Mastodon): on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:41:41 GMT]]>@miss_rodent
Thinking of those poor folks in Canada whose home was the geographic center of the lower 48 and got used in some software as a default lat/lon for the whole US when the country was present but the address was missing, and had all these random people showing up at their house for various reasons

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/inthehands/statuses/116421748418298500https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/inthehands/statuses/116421748418298500Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:41:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Pedantic quibble with this article from The Guardian (and I know pedantic quibbles have an audience here, because this is Mastodon): on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:40:06 GMT]]>@inthehands ... Just... Thinking of how this framing would work if giving directions. "Starting from Minneapolis, Cross 5.5 miles of Minneapolis, and another 5.5 miles of St. Paul, to arrive at St. Paul."

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://girlcock.club/users/miss_rodent/statuses/116421742211947569https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://girlcock.club/users/miss_rodent/statuses/116421742211947569Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:40:06 GMT