Happy Pride Month!

Thom Higgins is one of my favorite all time gay people

spouting all over the sea, and sprinkling and mistifying the gardens of the deep

My zine about Junkshop Glam is nearing the printing stages! (I'm just waiting on my buddy to finish the cover.) If you want a FREE physical copy, send me your address in a DM!

Vulgar George United States, Census, 1870

Dizzy Bottoms Mother South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1973

“why are you doing this work?” asked the DFL, giving out heart shaped post it notes “angie craig is funded by billionaires,” responds one delegate

us in a nutshell this morning lizzie: will you mow the lawn? me: look at this tiny dollhouse morgue

fascinating story I came across in the 4/13/1976 Minneapolis Star involving someone appearing to teeter over the 22nd floor of the downtown gov't center, which he was visiting because he had been charged with stealing a copy of Jaws from a theater.

Romantic Sensation is a fantastic book for many reasons but the one that most impressed me was Lizzie’s incredible nuance and clarity in writing about sex, sexuality, and gender in a historical context. It is an absolute education in how to do this work queer care ❤️❤️❤️

preorder it for your library today!

for a taste of what's inside, here's where you can find her article on one section of Belmont's life she wrote for Minnesota History magazine back in 2021. mnhs.gitlab.io/archive/minn...

my wife's book on a real and fascinating gender-nonconforming person in the gilded age is up for preorder! with high praise from the great @hughryan.bsky.social and Emily Skidmore. Lots of other good offerings by university of mn press as well. www.upress.umn.edu/978151791584...

Minnesota vanity plate idea

HELP www.fda.gov/safety/recal...

imagine getting back the parts of your attention drawn into wondering “is that legal? can they get away with that?”

I think I'm connected to the moon

Are you a former art museum worker who no longer works in the field? This survey from Museums Moving Forward is for you: s.alchemer.com/s3/Survey-of...

@actualnames.bsky.social BUTTERTUBS en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buttert...

I think "group sex-Minnesota" is my new favorite subject heading. also apparently group sex and swinging may not technically be the same thing but to lcsh they are. FASCINATING.

I regret to inform all of you that in 1992 Nabisco put out a SnackWell's crewneck sweatshirt that is just pure 🔥

this Bloomington, MN, swingers club material from the 1970s desperately needs digitizing. it was called the silver chain social club !!! mnpals-mhs.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01...

The International Vinegar Museum Roslyn, SD

I love knowing that David Lynch wanted to know about the trees in Michael Horse's Two Harbors property

Minnesota + twin peaks gimme gimme www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

I rebuke connections today. I did complete it and wish I hadn't; it was very unsatisfying.

everyday is a great day to unsubscribe and say f*ck the New York times

Akira (1988)

Metro Transit wants you to know this map is not to scale, which I think is hilarious.

I'm okay making fun of the name of a presumably white man from South Africa named Dick Butt www.findagrave.com/memorial/218... @actualnames.bsky.social

8 years since I transitioned. 8 years I put all this documentation shit off. Now it’ll all be done and documents in hand in the space of two months. Stupid! Please take it from me and just do this shit as soon as you can if you live in a state where it’s possible!

there are several Dick Kings on findagrave. here is one of them. www.findagrave.com/memorial/103... @actualnames.bsky.social

ugh that's a gooder

counterpoint: no it's not not all private equity!!!!!! tcbmag.com/its-time-to-...

For fuck's sake, sign up for The Onion, and get a free limited edition IW tote. A share of merch sales will go to the Sandy Hook families, which will be the first time they get any money since they filed this lawsuit eight years ago. Legal fees have been insane. Please sign up and help us out!

which dateable character in Stardew Valley seems the most likely to love David Cronenberg? my character Cocaine needs someone to date

this "citation needed" on Robby Hoffman's Wikipedia is so loud

damn aaron swartz tried to warn everybody about sam altman

non-essential posters please save to drafts. we MUST prioritize moonposting

Absolute cinema watching that jar of Nutella escape contain behind the backs of the astronauts after packing other things away

pretty sure the Times has a gif of an octopus glory hole on its front page www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...

After taking time to connect with the Pretti family and with their consent, we are honored to share that we have created the Alex Pretti Nursing Scholarship. For those interested, you can learn more and make a gift here: crowdfund.umn.edu/campaigns/Al...

I need mnhs to acquire this historic mop for the collection. how often is a mop historic??? I bet this would fill a gap in the collection. HISTORY.

Hard pass on this from the Sexworld auction.

clip from gendertroublemakers (1993, Mirha-Soleil Ross and Xanthra MacKay). now on the criterion channel.

An inmate at Stillwater prison painted his cell to look like a cabin. From the March 2026 edition of the Prison Mirror, America's Oidest Continually Printed Prison Newspaper - Est. August 10, 1887

on a more fundamental level, there is an aspect of psychic terror that comes from acknowledging that something too big to fail (the US presidency) is failing, waking up every morning knowing it is failing

The Rainbow Parrotfish: The Official Fish of Miami™️ 😀🌈🦜🐟🪸🌇 #rainbowparrotfish #parrotfishjungle #parrotfishcapitaloftheworld #scarusguacamaia #coralcitycamera

turns out hell is in space www.404media.co/artemis-2-as...