respect the process of the old gods

lol my nerdfighter interactions

Unsurprisingly, turns out Henry Ford did not invent the assembly line: "[He] is generally regarded as the father of mass production. He was not. He was the sponsor of it." - Charles E. Sorensen, worked at Ford for 40 years. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assembl... #PopularMisconception #TIL

February 30th has been an actual thing. www.timeanddate.com/date/februar... #calendars #timekeeping #error #JulianCalendar #GregorianCalendar #SovietUnion #USSR #RevolutionaryCalendar #TimeMath

this. PLEASE.

all grants restored!

🐻 black bear (camping in glacier nat'l park) 🐐 mountain goats (road to the sun in glacier nat'l park) 🐦‍⬛ loons (at gparents' lake house in mn, also while camping on isle royale) 🦌 all over mn and elsewhere 🦃 all over town and beyond

black Friday reminder

of COURSE turkeys have indigenous names, in Nahuatl even. I'm upset I never thought to look! huehxōlōtl youtube.com/shorts/smtur... #thanksgiving #nahuatl #indigenous #language #decolonizarion

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watching @robwords.bsky.social vids after midnight is dangerous. *stays up until 4:30am iterating yet another phonetic English consonant orthography based on articulatory phonetics, and attempts to refine vowel triangle notation again* 😵‍💫 #linguistics #alphabet #conlang #hyperfocus #flow #nightowl

🎮🎶🤩 www.youtube.com/live/YFw0MHR... #Minneapolis #VideoGameMusic #WestmarkProductions #TCGSO #TwinCitiesGamerSymphonyOrchestra #livestream

please, for the love of cheese, (and a free and informative internet, etc.), throw five bucks at Wikipedia donate.wikimedia.org/w/index.php #wikipedia #FreeInternet #InformationForEveryone #RabbitGoles #research #WhatWouldIDoWithoutIt #KnowledgeNerd #KnowledgeIsPower #EducationIsEmpowerment

just mis-thought "goat horse" as "hoat gorse" 😵‍💫 #spoonerism #linguistics

aaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiiirrrrrrghhhhh 😫 youtube.com/shorts/wXHKD...

what is time 😵‍💫

⚓ www.npr.org/2025/11/06/n...

MAMDANI WON! :D

the pitter-patter of rain, on the roof over our attic bedroom, in the middle of the night, is so soothing, so cozy 🌧️😌

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listening to mpr news, misheard ag network as egg network, and imagined large egg-shaped/colored weather sensors on poles 🥚🌦️ looked up the ag weather network, neat-sounding program: www.mda.state.mn.us/minnesota-ag... #minnesota #weather #misheard

I finished Mirrored Heavens at 4am. Read Black Sun in 2020. Gods, what a world. Beautiful, complex, brutal, heart-wrenching, captivating. 😭🖤🩵 #BookSky #RebeccaRoanhorse #BlackSun #FeveredStar #MirroredHeavens

it bothers me to no end that it's grammar but hammer, hammer but grammar #english #spelling #peeve #phonetics #vocalicr

how cool! #landback

AmeriCorps does so much for communities and members. cutting its budget is cruel and heartless and doesn't help America's future chng.it/q72p6277kq

#til (pun not intended!) that the word is "till" not "'til" and it predates "until" and is not a contraction! #copyediting #etymology #garner #modernenglishusage #standardizedwrittenenglish #wordnerd

ignore the bog of hands

In November, we spoke to @marthawells.com who created one of the most iconic characters in 21st-century science fiction: Murderbot, reluctant savior of humanity. Here's how Murderbot saved her life.

Vivian Wilson on how and why she has entered public consciousness: “I want to do something to truly earn the level of attention that I have been getting because… I'm very aware of the fact that it was for reasons. I'm famous for my lore.”

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Amen. 🇺🇸 They want you to believe this is radical. It isn’t.

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Do not let Trump gaslight you into believing he has a mandate or is all powerful. Most Americans don't support his agenda. There will be backlash — and we must make sure it is swift.

Trump didn't win 50% of the popular vote. The GOP has slim margins in both the House and Senate. His approval ratings are tanking. He does not have a mandate. Do not let him gaslight you into believing he is all powerful. He's not.

The TL is bleak but Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, donated her Tesla to @npr

In other news, Ramadan is starting on Saturday. Be kind to your Muslims friends who are fasting. If you think we're ignoring you around 5 pm, just know we're in a Ramadan Hibernation Zone preparing for sunset when we can eat and drink.

Republicans just voted to take your money and give it to billionaires. It’s not enough that House Republicans are enabling Trump and Elon Musk’s outrageous power grab. Now they’re selling out everyday Americans so that Trump, Musk, and their billionaire allies can get even richer.

You've made your Stop the Trump/Musk Coup signs, now bring them to the MN Capitol Rotunda tomorrow for the Rally for Our Futures! Come make your voices heard by our representatives! @wemakemn.bsky.social @indivisible.org www.mobilize.us/indivisiblet... #MuskOrUs #stoptheCoup #democracy #minnesota

“...Billionaires are trying to destroy our shared government so they can keep even more money for themselves… We see their plan, and we’re here today to say that Minnesota is not only going to stand up to this, but we will show a better path forward!” — ISAIAH Co-Executive Director JaNaé Bates ✨

Reporting from the Minnesota Capitol for the Fund Our Future Rally with We Make Minnesota. @agellison.bsky.social currently speaking

Speaking of comics: Whether this new administration “observes” it or not, it’s still Black History Month. Here’s a list of great comics by Black creators, and/or centering Black characters & stories 🕊️ 📚 bookshop.org/lists/graphi...

1/ For the people who are asking: “Where are the protests?!” There have been many! Much of them organized by immigrants rights groups and leftists. Here’s a thread of some I have found, or know people who have attended. Feel free to add your own.

Please, everyone, drop what you’re doing and read this:

As the transgender community continues to fight for civil rights in the U.S., one of the most common arguments against progress is that transgender people are a recent phenomenon. But it’s a fight that’s been happening here for decades and around the world for centuries. ⤵️