For years, parents have trusted reassurances that social media companies were learning alongside them—setting guardrails, studying risks, trying to do better. This lawsuit challenges that narrative head-on. Court filings allege that major platforms knew their products were addictive for children, harmful to[...]
Category: Curio
Curio |
Exploring a new city? Grab these 3 free, under-the-radar apps first
Headed somewhere new for the holidays? Whether you’re visiting family or stealing a few days in an unfamiliar city, how you move through that place matters. Atlas Obscura, Citymapper, and Roasters are three free, under-the-radar apps designed to help you skip the[...]
Curio |
On This Day | Local Leadership in League of Nations
Dear Mr. Colcord:— It is a long time since I first thought of writing to you and endeavoring to tell you and your readers, if you think they would be interested, of my experiences with, and view point of, the League of[...]
Curio |
On This Day | A Splendid New Attraction for Minot
The splendid new animal house has been completed in Riverside Park and it was opened to the public Sunday at 2 o’clock. It will be opened each day from 9 until 5 o’clock and on Tuesday and Sunday evenings from 7 to[...]
Curio |
On This Day | A Curious Piece of Naval History
Photograph of the new U. S. submarine S-48 standing on her bow near Bridgeport, Conn., with rescue tug standing by. The submarine sank during a trial trip and her crew, shifting ballast until she stood on end, escaped through the torpedo tubes.[...]
Subscribe!
It's free and it helps us grow and provide better information ForMinot!
Curio |
On This Day | A Christmas Message
And so we say, may we all continue to display this unselfish spirit during the year to come — the spirit first shown by our Saviour, more than two thousand years ago. [...]Read More... from On This Day | A Christmas Message
Curio |
Brainerd-area arboretum debuts new forest skating trail
A winding path through snowy Minnesota woods, except you’re not hiking or cross-country skiing—you’re ice skating. That’s what the Northland Arboretum in Baxter just built: a half-mile trail of ice curving through pine trees, believed to be the first forest skating trail[...]
Curio |
Is Cognitive Dissonance Actually a Thing?
Cognitive dissonance might be psychology’s most ubiquitous concept—the idea that when our beliefs clash with reality, we’ll twist our thinking to resolve the discomfort. Leon Festinger developed the theory in the 1950s, partly by infiltrating a doomsday cult called the Seekers. But[...]
Curio |
Dakota Gardener: Norfolk pine — A tropical Christmas tree
Despite my best intentions, I am always stressed by this point in the holiday season. As a mom, I feel the societal pressure to transform into Martha Stewart to create the ultimate holiday for my family. The only problem is that I[...]
Curio |
On This Day | Courtesy is the Cheapest Commodity
"Courtesy" has been called one of the cheapest commodities in the world. It can be handed out at all times, and on every occasion, without the slightest loss to the dispenser. It ranks at the top of every successful business, and is[...]
Subscribe!
It's free and it helps us grow and provide better information ForMinot!
Curio |
On This Day | Farmers Want Wives!
"If I can find a nice Chicago girl built kind of large," said P.G. Melby, who owns 7,000 acres at Hatton, and is a director of the Famers and Merchants National bank, "I'm certainly going home a wedded man." [...]Read More... from[...]
Curio |
On This Day | North Dakota Appreciation Week!
It means that 2,000,000 newspapers will be sent out of the state during the week, bearing the glad news of the state's natural resources and prosperity. It means that 100,000 essays on North Dakota will be written by the school children of[...]
Curio |
On This Day | Harsh Words For Inflation (And Those Who Contribute to it)
Like the proverbial worm that turns when it is trodden upon, the public unable to any longer endure the extortions of trusts, combinations and conspiracies, is turning against the excessively high price of living ... Men responsible for these evils should be[...]
Curio |
Prairie Fare: Managing holiday celebrations and cookie temptations
“I see you!” I said to my son. He was 3 years old at the time. His little hand was reaching over the edge of the countertop to a cooling rack. He was sneakily grabbing another cookie. He grinned as he took[...]
Curio |
On This Day | Rebuilding Again
Carpio was visited by a disastrous fire at 4 o’clock last Thursday morning, the blaze starting in a shed at the rear of the building occupied by the Carpio Free Press. The fire spread quickly to the adjoining buildings, completely destroying Conrad[...]
Subscribe!
It's free and it helps us grow and provide better information ForMinot!
Curio |
On This Day | News that Never Ages
Hair which is dark has a good deal of pigment in it and light hair has but little of that substance, which is secreted by the body. When the shade of a person’s hair begins to turn gray it means that the[...]