MinneapoliMedia is a new media source in Coon Rapids MN. It features local folks and tells their stories. A recent article caught my eye because it started with an image that will be familiar to many readers and it’s a story that folks who have good broadband think is in the past, a farmer without adequate broadband…

Naima Dhore apologizes for the delay. She is in rural Minnesota, where broadband thins the farther you move from city limits, where the land opens wide but infrastructure does not always follow. She explains that she needs to stay still so the connection does not drop.

It is an unintentional metaphor for the work itself.

To farm here is to learn patience. To hold your ground. To stay present even when conditions are uncertain. To root yourself deeply enough that what you are building can endure.

“I do exist,” she says, smiling when the image finally comes through. “I’m not AI.”