This is Luna; she is a happy little weirdo

Time to break out the chart

Never became as popular as "ET Phone Home" did it

ICE obtains access to Israeli-made spyware that can hack phones and encrypted apps #spyware #ICE #immigration #news #surveillance #authoritarianism #fascism #phones #hacking #democracy #usa #gop #fascists 👉 Vote 'em Out!

Show about my neighbor’s obsession with his yard. Lawn Order

New from data reporter @shadib.bsky.social: Minnesota ranks 1st in country in share of adults who identify as transgender. “This should be a point of pride for Minnesotans,” says @rohnkat.bsky.social of @outfrontmn.bsky.social www.minnpost.com/data/2025/08...

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I will be going on MPR Morning Edition with Cathy Wurzer tomorrow morning to talk about the St. Paul ransomware incident and what residents need to know, so if you’re a listener, keep an ear out 👂📻

Vampires would experience time differently than a mortal, years passing in the blink of an eye. For a vampire, time is infinite and free. It is worthless. So why don't they ever show vampires using linux?

NEW: Thousands hit the streets of Scotland’s capital, Edinburgh, to protest at the arrival of Donald Trump. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👏

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When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.

I'm thinking of getting some stickers made mostly for people in decision-making roles that they could slap on stuff. It could say something along the lines of: ########################## I Do Not Understand This So Obviously It Is A Stupid Idea ###########################

Feeling cute, might add "Double-Clicking on Deep Dives" to my LinkedIn skills

Let’s not forget that the prosecutor who gave Epstein a secret sweetheart deal back in 2007 — allowing Epstein to continue assaulting girls — was rewarded by Trump with a cabinet spot. Alex Acosta gave Epstein immunity.

Bluesky, prepare yourself for hundreds of Minneapolis residents now sharing pictures of themselves in our wonderful, lovely parks. We have a LOT so, really, get ready.

On this scale of cats, how do you feel about AI today?

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“The Art of the Meh”

Happy “Day of Celebrating our Independence From and Against the Very Thing Mike is Bragging About” Day!

Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-... 🧪

Beep. Boop Bebop is

States hold troves of sensitive personal data that were previously never shared with the federal government or across federal agencies. The Trump administration is trying to change that.

Luna learned to swim

Head’s-up if you travel & have food sensitivities: It seems that #DeltaAirlines has decided that it’s now not worth their [noun] to have even a single #gluten-free option in the snack selections. This based on my travel this week and a flight attendant confirming the granola bars, etc are gone

Dick Tracy is 35. The make up artists did a fantastic job on the outlandish Dick Tracy villains.

Control plane in blast radius *shakes fist at Kubernetes*

In re: LRT, Minnesota is the opposite of a news desert - the Twin Cities has dozens of responsible news outlets staffed by incredibly professional journalists. They do not need your breathless, speculative assistance in covering this story. Post *local* coverage as it emerges, and ignore the noise.

Okay Cursed Monkey Paw, When I wished to live in Star Wars-land when I grew up I did not mean Andor.

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Under the Biden administration, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finalized a rule barring medical debt from appearing on credit reports. Now, the agency is siding with the credit industry groups suing to have the rule vacated.

Here is a picture of my puppy, Luna, watching birds.

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Increasingly what our rulers mean when they say "efficiency" is not delivering more good to human beings with less waste and cost, but rather enslavement and systemic murder of human beings for more profit. But the purpose of human beings is not efficiency. www.the-reframe.com/our-purpose-...

news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and... "Things are bad, let's make them worse" -- Target, apparently?

After George Floyd’s Murder, MN Companies Pledged Millions. We Asked 14 How Much They’ve Given. - racketmn.com/george-floyd...

The mama Mallard who nested underneath my porch hatched her brood yesterday.

www.reddit.com/r/Tailscale/... Where were you when Tailscale fucking died

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This is an extraordinary and courageous piece of writing that wrestles with one of the great challenges of this moment: How do you decide whether to remain a part of broken institutions to try to fix them from within?

“Integration“ I’m adding this to the relatively short list of words and phrases that are slowly taking years off of my life. Ex: “Please tell me if there is an integration between [foo] and [bar].“

NEW: Tulsi Gabbard, now the US director of national intelligence, used the same easily cracked password for different online accounts including a personal Gmail account and Dropbox over a period of years, leaked records reviewed by WIRED reveal.

The Star Wars prequels are a trilogy about how an unfair and severe galactic tariff policy causes instability in the democratic political order that ultimately enables an authoritarian to seize power under the guise of restoring peace and prosperity to the republic. Why does this sound familiar….

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