last RT: happy to see protests in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, in the trumpiest pine-forested corner. When we lived in St Louis we had a friend who grew up outside of Chicago, and somehow it came up that his family’s shorthand for the middle of nowhere was Rhinelander. Upon which I was pleased to inform him that to get to where I grew up, first drive to Rhinelander, then keep going north for another hour. #yooper

(January 2012) #photography #escanaba #puremichigan #yooper #906life #birds #Birds

Fall colors in the Marinette, MI area. Gorgeous! #fall #foliage #fallcolors #roadtrip #Yooper #UP #Michigan

Happy #906day to any #yooper or #AspiringYooper near and far who celebrates. #906life

(trying all the hashtags hoping to find somone here)

I wouldn't have expected @Waymo to be testing in the Upper Peninsula next. Marquette, Michigan experiences harsh winters, making it an ideal testing location! #yooper #michigan

A trip to the Upper Peninsula was unfathomable when we bought our Tesla. The only supercharger was in Sault Ste Marie on the Canadian side. What a difference five years makes!

In the past five years, a number of chargers have been open with Tesla in Mackinaw City, Escanaba, Marquette, and the Soo on the Michigan side. I wouldn't try with the F150 Lightning yet, but it won't be long! It was neat to see several @FreeWireTech at @Meijer

Rare Footage of Mountain Lion Hunt in Michigan Captured on Trail Cam
https://petapixel.com/2024/01/12/rare-footage-of-mountain-lion-hunt-in-michigan-captured-on-trail-cam/ #michigan #TrailCam #cougar #deer #Yooper

I can trace a lineage back to the boat from which is unsurprising for a #yooper

From: @luciedigitalni
https://aus.social/@luciedigitalni/110796654326233533

Hi all. I joined Mastodon in November of 2022, during the first major exodus from the Bird Site. I never really introduced myself, though, so here is my #Introduction:

I am a technical writer by vocation and a photographer by avocation. I am a reformed Catholic (aka "an atheist"). I used to be a right-leaning independent, but the right has moved so far to the right that I guess I'm a leftist, now.

Oh: And I live in the Midwestern United States. And while this old man really doesn't know his way around the fediverse, I'm doing the best that I can.

That covers the basics, I think. Glad to see the renewed interest in Mastodon, and I'm looking forward to interacting with y'all!

Sad to hear of the demise of Finlandia U. I had no connection to it other than growing up in the sort of place that would have a Suomi College (as it was previously named). Tough times for small schools. #yooper #HigherEd https://www.finlandia.edu/

Via @michiganradio -

"Phyllis Michael Wong, historian, educator, and author of We Kept Our Towns Going: The Gossard Girls of Michigan’s #UpperPeninsula, named a Michigan Notable Book"

on Stateside, Wednesday May 3 2023.

https://www.michiganradio.org/show/stateside/2023-05-03/stateside-wednesday-may-3-2023

book:

https://msupress.org/9781611864205/we-kept-our-towns-going/

#AADL :

https://aadl.org/catalog/record/10545465

of interest to @tim - unionization in rural garment workers.

Geraldine Gordon Defant, #ILGWU Union Organizer (p. 150), was a family friend

[ #yooper #ishpeming #gossard ]

An Escanaba, Michigan paper mill shuts down temporarily after an outbreak of #blastomycosis One person is dead and 90+ are confirmed or suspected to have the disease, which originates in moist soil and rotting wood and leaves.

This Freep story is pretty thorough.

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2023/04/14/escanaba-paper-mill-closed-fungal-infection-outbreak/70114906007/

The mill is owned by #Billerud (a Swedish company) and recently received up to $200 million in state funding to modernize their product mix.

https://www.paper-world.com/en/newsdetail/billerud-michigan-governor-signs-legislation

Had another fine #Yooper #Sunrise today #Michigan #miwx

The story I tell myself is that I lost my #yooper accent on a 48 hour Greyhound trip from Ironwood to El Monte 35 years ago but here I just said “holy wah” and it took me a few minutes to notice