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Bruce MacDonald<p>It's beyond me how people thought they could slosh a quarter-billion dollars around south Minneapolis and environs without attracting attention. </p><p>But then, I evidently lack the creative thinking you see in This Modern World.</p><p>Dante, way back when, reserved the lowest circles for fraud, if you go in for that kind of literary flourish.</p><p>A prosecutor called it "The shame of Minnesota." But look at it this way. They didn't get away with it.</p><p>MPR News: 'In the overall fraud case, 70 people including Bock and Said were charged. A little more than half have pleaded guilty. The trial of Bock and Said was the second to follow the sprawling investigation by the FBI, IRS, and U.S. Postal Inspection Service into fraud in the nutrition programs.</p><p>'A separate federal jury in June convicted five of seven defendants at a trial that was rocked by allegations of attempted jury bribery.</p><p>'"The Feeding Our Future case has come to symbolize the problem of fraud in our state,” [lead prosecutor Joe] Thompson said Wednesday. “It has become the shame of Minnesota. Hopefully today’s verdict will help turn the page on this awful chapter in our state’s history.”'<br><a href="https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/03/19/feeding-our-future-head-aimee-bock-convicted-on-all-fraud-charges" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mprnews.org/story/2025/03/19/f</span><span class="invisible">eeding-our-future-head-aimee-bock-convicted-on-all-fraud-charges</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Minnesota</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/fleece" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fleece</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fraud</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/COVID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COVID</span></a></p>
Crafty Gardener NZ<p>In this week's blog I finally share how I scoured and washed the Gotland sheep fleece I bought from The Oamaru Textile Emporium in Oamaru.</p><p><a href="https://www.craftygardener.co.nz/?post_id=129&amp;title=gotland-fleece-project---scouring-washing-and-storing" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">craftygardener.co.nz/?post_id=</span><span class="invisible">129&amp;title=gotland-fleece-project---scouring-washing-and-storing</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/fleece" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fleece</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/crafting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crafting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/wool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wool</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blog</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/blogging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blogging</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/craftblog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>craftblog</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/knitting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>knitting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/spinning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spinning</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@CelloMomOnCars" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>CelloMomOnCars</span></a></span> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wool</span></a> is amazing! And sheep aren't harmed in the process! Way better than <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/microplastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microplastic</span></a> "<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fleece" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fleece</span></a>"! (Talk about advertising mavens fleecing the public with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Greenwashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greenwashing</span></a> !)</p>
Valonia<p>Spinning Peacock (Corriedale x nylon) and combining with black Jacob top = my very first wheel spun 2 ply! The Jacob has been the most enjoyable to spin with so far.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Spinning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spinning</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/SpinningWheel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpinningWheel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Fleece" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fleece</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Fibre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fibre</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Fiber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fiber</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/fibreart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fibreart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/fiberart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fiberart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/LearningToSpin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LearningToSpin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/DoubleDrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DoubleDrive</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/CastleSpinningWheel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CastleSpinningWheel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/crafts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crafts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/knitting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>knitting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/yarn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>yarn</span></a></p>
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