Seen in St. Paul today ❤️

Just in case anyone else is following the Mac Barnett controversy, I think this is an insightful read.... readingmiddlegrade.substack.com/p/make-belie...

If you haven't visited yet, it's *incredible* to see the bison at Spring Lake Reserve (right here in the metro area!!). This video was taken + posted by Dakota County Parks on April 25th. AFAIK, depending on conditions, they keep them in different paddocks, so they aren't always in the same spot.

Oh hello, these are lovely. The frame colors - get it Johannes! I may have to print some of these for the funky little jalousie entry.

Libby users: This app is so helpful!! You can upload a list of books from Goodreads/Storygraph, pick your library and voila - it tells you which titles are available now, on a waitlist, etc. You can also head right to the book's Libby page from the app to check them out. www.shelfcheck.org

Best Twin Cities city signage/font? So far, yes, IMO. Art deco 4eva. Also, the guys working security here were so kind and helpful when I asked if I could just meander + take a few photos. I know MN nice is a thing everyone says, but in my experience, Minnesotans are typically *simply* nice/r.

something cool for folks in the midwest: Artdose Magazine is seeking visual arts writers for print & online reviews, articles, features covering the arts in WI, MN, MI, IL + IA. paid market, and the editor is looking to connect with more folks in MN specifically.

I am 100% convinced the Duffer Brothers got stoned one day and watched this video over and over while eating toaster waffles and that's how Stranger Things was born.

Welp, this morning it was my neighbor's dog's turn to find a bunny nest. To add to the chaos, her two kids are intermittently jumping on their trampoline/screaming their little hearts out. You just don't ever have need of an AM alarm in this neighborhood, and I actually love that.

Songs that feature dramatic key changes are among my very favorites, and if you also love them/are looking for new [old] exciting tunes, this throwback by Niki & the Dove does what you need it to do and then some. Please use this thread to alert me to more key change faves!

Still working at 1am? Now we've entered Ladyhawke territory.

I rarely have late computer work nights anymore (too friggin' old for this) but gosh dang it, if the old playlists don't still hit just just the right way at 12:30 a.m.WHO WANTS TO MEET UP TO DANCE to Bombay Bicycle Club bee-yotches?!

And they say this website doesn't have the juice.... 1 day into the week and here are 5 Bsky faves: 1.) MORE Mayday parade pics 2.) MN sports (and I don't even watch sports!) 3.) Mutuals connecting me to good music-makers 4.) Incredible (local!) comics + collages + more art 5.) History lessons

Quick timeline age check: Raise your emoji hands if you recognize this song (like...at all...). I'll tell you this much...I recognize the song instantly. I also have ZERO recognition when I see the artist/band Scritti Politti. I'm sorry, Scritti Politti!

Cyndi Lauper performing ca-lassic Prince. It doesn't get better than this for painting paper, cutting it into shapes, and making it into something fun, because you just know these two would approve at every level.

TOP SURGERY TOMORROW! Boobo de Bye-o. If you like my artwork and would like like to support, I currently have a Ko-Fi goal on my page! I also will be keeping my shop open but orders may not be shipped out for a few days.

Ah bummer, I see they've done away with the image carousel thing. Am I the one person who liked them? 😅 I just don't love having my images cropped willy-nilly to fit into a random grid that changes every time. All things considered, not really a serious complaint. I mean, good news: I'll live!

Took a little work break to eat lunch in the backyard before it gets chilly again. The May color palettes and textures are so fleeting! If you can, get out (even for just a minute) to see them before the wind blows all the new blossoms away and the later-spring light changes all the colors...

So many odd twists and turns in this story, but the one that stood out to me is that Adobe Illustrator is a program made to *specifically* create scalable vector artwork. How would someone using AI in illustrator (I haven't done it - I don't know how it works) end up with a pixelated project?

The boys are back in town

Hey Minneapolitans, getting a new fence installed next week and have the old bamboo fencing to discard of. Is this a solid waste sitch, regular trash, or dump day duty? Any help appreciated!

Today marks the beginning of “play street” block party season in our neighborhood. We have a standing permit to block our street off twice a week (Wed and Sunday evenings). It’s wonderful. You can do it too if you organize. One of our neighbors wrote about it here: streets.mn/2022/08/02/p...

Gave my dog a squeaker he could squish instead of the baby bunnies and he’s having the best day of his life.

SOS: Anyone have experience successfully moving a nest of tiny baby bunnies? 😬 The dog thinks someone left him a fluffle of fun new toys.

The sky is the brightest robin's egg blue this morning. I don't want to tell you how to live your life, but go outside and look at it!

Shout out to long-forgotten Spotify playlists. Such a gift to randomly run across these. Case in point: The playlist my good friend + co-worker and I made a decade+ ago when we decided we were sick of our jobs and would leave to explore Chicago instead. Lol - 2 Chainz songs are actually timeless.

Have been going through some old files and look at this sketch of my sister's (late) pup 😆😭. Sometimes I miss older tools like my OG Wacom tablet, which forced me to keep things simpler. I think I actually did better drawings then.

Kind of love getting emails like this now. Feels like a straight up repudiation of modernization. More of a threat to present-day tech than me, tbh. NO, they will NOT be using Claude Code to make their emails look more official. If it's not a plain text copy/paste job, it can go straight to hell.

Hey, @offprint.app, quick question: How does commenting on a post work for those who subscribe by email and not with a Bluesky account? I'd like to be able to chat with everyone who reads the articles, but would prefer the conversations be there instead of living in my Bluesky feed.

Remember: grocery shop tomorrow, April 30. Buy anything you need before Saturday. That includes gas & haircuts & lattes. No purchases on May 1 - not online, not in person. Skip work if it won’t screw up your life or someone else’s (like a patient’s, not like your boss’s).

Working on a summer project that's very loosely inspired by childhood summer enjoyments (secret clubs, faux jobs, folded notes, mall arcade visits, slumber parties, small town mall visits, etc.) and I'm telling you this because I found my FIFTH GRADE CLUB TRAPPER KEEPER. 🧵?... 1/?...

Who can relate? A month ago I was invited to participate in a freelance work thing. I was so excited that I immediately overshot what I could accomplish by the due date. Old me would have gotten overwhelmed and abandoned the whole deal. But today, I finished my (smaller) contribution. Progress!!

The Guv 'n friends, post-SOTS, rockin' out with some beers in the basement... 🎶 If you're friends with Norm C. Well then, you're friends with me If you're down with Norm C. Well then, you're down with me Friends of Norm C. Friends of Norm C. We're friends of Norm C. Friends... ...Woo Hoo Hoo... 🎶

This is the stuff Coen brothers films are made of.

Nighttime at The Aster Cafe. Minneapolis, Minnesota

Me waiting for the Uber to pick me up so I can celebrate my sweet, sweet Adobe settlement "benefits" in the form of an impromptu afternoon outing

We should dream big! (but also, honestly, I'd settle for a bus that runs by my neighborhood...like, anytime...).

If you're a creative looking to cut down on subscriptions (🙋‍♀️), I've been playing around with Pica for font management for a couple of days and it's pretty nice. It can also auto-categorize by foundry - bonus! Free native app for MacOS only atm. pica.joshpuckett.me

Me and my trusty bubble umbrella finally got out for a walk, and it is a 10/10 rainy spring day in the cities!

I'm here to let people know that this is a common refrain, particularly right now. Here. In MN. Flo has some qualifications listed in her pinned post. If you're in a position to help find work that would fit, please try.

If you’re having what feel like allergy symptoms, might want to take a covid test just to rule it out for sure. Other than a nagging headache and being a little more tired than usual I feel fine, but my test just came back positive, so no bookstoring for me today - boo!

I can't remember where I ran across this (think it was here)...anyway, if you're looking for Twin Cities events, I've found this website to be incredibly helpful (and it just got a major UI upgrade). wom.city

Back on my RSS bullshit. After trying out a bunch of RSS readers last year, I ended up back at Feedly b/c it was free, but I've realized a bunch of sites/newsletters I thought had gone inactive just aren't being pulled in by Feedly's service. Giving Reeder a try, but anyone have an app they like?

This may be the only place left in the US that’s *actually* running their fountains, and they’re like, “You want fountains? Oh, we’ll GIVE you FOUNTAINS, motherf*ckers”

i dislike being made to see the mr beast face. how his grin never reaches his sad eyes unnerves me

I hope once this front moves through my sinuses can chill because man, this week has been *uncomfortable* in new and not so exciting ways.

For those who love light fixtures and libraries, St. Paul's downtown branch holds countless treasures for you... ✨

Spent an hour here this afternoon here pulling court docs for habeasdockets.org - a project piecing together the full picture of federal immigration detention cases by ensuring public access to hard-to-reach information. If you've been looking for a way to help, maybe this is for you...! 🧵 1/4

In honor of Earth Day, here is an absolutely insane documentary about the Biosphere that is free to stream on Tubi. I was 13 when it was built in 1992 and only remembered all the positive hype and themed science lessons, but wow, shit got crazy. tubitv.com/movies/10005...

I see your hostile architecture, and raise you ghost amenities. Glad to see this being documented because it's the kind of quiet ravaging of a public space that slowly guts a city. I didn't live here then, but at the time the "front porch" aspect of this relatively new build was touted over & over.