BALINT: Are you trying to get revenge on states that did not vote for your boss? VOUGHT: What's interesting about your question is Joe Biden-- BALINT: Oh, for goodness' sake!

I am so sorry you, your wife, and your family went through this, and I appreciate you explaining this whole process because encountering the injustice system is so disruptive, the cascading effects. A good reminder. I hope local news gets on this because Target deserves public shaming, big time.

Yep! Jon Stewart just went there! 🤣 (My favorite is that weird-flying dude is "the lead singer from GWAR.")

This is amazing!

This man has totally sullied the concept of challenge coins.

Good news for GenX! Back when grunge was on the rise, I was working on my BS in Geology. Walking across campus one afternoon after a cold, muddy field trip, a sorority sister stopped me and complimented me on my flannel shirt. (An old one of my brother's.) I was so confused at the time... 🤣

Nifty science. But this is also the reason I wear over-ear earbuds when I'm walking around. So I can hear people, traffic, and - yes - bike bells. Noise cancelling is great when you're stationary, but not on the move!

Okay, this is cool. I was alive for the later Apollo missions, but too young to remember. (We would have watched, my Dad is a total NASA fan.) For me, space flight is astronauts just strolling off the shuttle, but this type of re-entry and landing is new to watch live.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

<cue Apollo 13 theme>

Oh thank goodness!

Challenger and Columbia mean GenX will never not white knuckle launches and re-entries.

Personally, I say hand the US over to the Vatican...because Roman Catholicism is less of a monolith than the GOP right now. Maybe we can get a nice dose of Franciscan advocacy so we can get our social safety net back online. Lord knows the WASPs and Evangelicals in our Congress don't give a damn.

I say this as someone who is admittedly not a huge fan of Mayor Pete: Let him keep doing this kind of thing. This is the kind of thing he's good at. (I still believe he'd make an excellent Democratic Whip, but this works, too.)

I think— I think they found the Event Horizon #ArtemisII

Went to the Aldi in WSP - the demo appears to be underway at the old L&B in downtown St. Paul, so time to get used to them. I brought my Playmarket cart since it fits so nicely in the backseat of my car & I got SO many looks. Jealousy? Side-eye for not paying my 25¢ deposit? Not sure, but amusing.

Back in 2018, we celebrated the completion of my husband's AI-heavy computer science PhD by taking a month-long trip around Great Britain. But the highlight of the trip was a day spent at Bletchley Park and the adjoining National Museum of Computing, aka TNMOC.

I was born in NYC, grew up in Virginia, and have been living in this part of the world for 20+ years now. This NEVER ceases to make me cackle. I particularly love the part where Virginia wanted to "borrow" it in 2013. *insert Jennifer Lawrence "Yeah, Sure, Okay" GIF*

I mean, this is seriously WTF news, but I am thinking about what Chicago-born Leo XIV's internal monologue must have been. THAT is deeply amusing. Also, Cardinal Pierre has more international diplomatic cred than the entirety of the Trump administration, so good luck with this 🐂💩.

Wait, it cost the Minneapolis Tourism Improvement District $250,000 for three years of Michelin inspectors?

I like the flag update...but I absolutely adore our State Seal update. It's SO good on so many levels.

St. Paul out here like:

Wow, that's just pointless and an insult to chefs who look for the right space in the right place.

Well now I know what I'm popping into the DVD player this morning...

Here's an Archive Link to Warner's editorial. (I find it interesting he did not send it to WaPo, considering how Bezos is desperately trying to appease Trump these days...) archive.is/lFXYN

Listen, Vance and the Cabinet are NOT going to invoke the 25th Amendment. These are the people behind Project 2025, and they LIKE the chaos. It lets them dismember Federal service quite efficiently, and they are enjoying the perks of the power they have without having to answer to anyone.

How many people would be alive today if SCOTUS hadn’t nullified the Fourteenth Amendment’s Disqualification Clause? How many families would be whole? How many lives would be prosperous and happy?

#Artemis II - Special guest Astronaut ‘Nutella’ getting involved in breaking the Apollo record with its own flyby 😂🚀🌕

The Artemis II crew proposed naming a moon crater after Commander Reid Wiseman’s late wife Carroll, who lost her life to cancer 😭

"At a time when many people were not well-educated, they wanted a body of wise men...who would deliberate over leading contenders and choose the best man for the presidency." ... "Through the EC...the 35 states with smaller economic activity have disproportionate power to choose presidents..."

So I feel like I should spin up The Death of Stalin tonight...

As a UX person? Mastodon does not have the easiest "on-ramp". Whereas once BlueSky opened up? It's fairly straightforward. You have to get used to a few quirks that are different than The Bad Place, but it's similar enough you can get the hang of it pretty quickly.

Excellent overview.

Dear Grocery Shoppers of the Twin Cities: Was I muttering this under my breath today? Yes I was. Y'all are just feral out there today. But happy Good Friday, I guess?

Oh wow, the photos already released from NASA for the launch of Artemis II from the NASA HQ flickr.

I'm still chuckling that the cat is named Mr. Marbury...so very apt.

Shit. I have friends that work in the Forest Service. This is horrible.

January 28, 1986. Seared in my brain. I watched today with so much tension and I cheered when the boosters dropped off.

I am always at a loss when people don't want to believe we landed on the moon, or have done any other space exploration. This is such a massive endeavor and a huge achievement - why would you want to deny how literally awesome it is?

@jdhovland.com 🤣🤣🤣

Artemis II Launch NASA stream here! 10 minutes to go! (~6:35 pm Eastern Time)

I Am Here to Watch the Birthright-Citizenship Arguments but Not in a Threatening Way www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

I was noting to someone recently that China has been waiting patiently for a moment like this. They are just going to let the Trump administration throw away all of the US' soft power without a backward glance and step in wherever anyone will permit.

*posts this link, closes the laptop, and walks away for a nice, long workout...*

I think it was Bernie yesterday that noted that the Twin Cities got a Profile in Courage Award from the JFK Library. We did! (And unlike the Nobel nomination, it is for "The People of the Twin Cities," not just Minneapolis.)

They’re absolutely conditioning us to having ICE around before they start putting ICE at polling places

"I'll take Things That Never Happened" for $100, Alex."