I highly, highly recommend giving The latest Dan Carlin Hardcore History podcast a listen. It’s titled “The destroyer of Worlds.” There’s a good chance it’ll change your viewpoint on nuclear weapons and how the US and Russia handle them.

As a Minnesotan I think the opening line was a dick way to start a post that really has nothing to do with the 35W bridge. When you look at the nations bridge infrastructure, MN is not nearly as bad as some of the worse states in the US. We have crumbling bridges everywhere in the country, hardly a reason not to…