Fucking guns. It's never an actual intruder.

Is this making your grocery bill lighter? www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/p...

64A expecting a special primary in mid-December and a special election before February. Remember this was Erin Murphy's seat before her run for Governor.

Getting the shackles ready for today's ICE flight at MSP. Operated by Denver Air Connection as TYSON58 on N974DC. I counted 20 people, wearing said shackles, getting loaded today. Tracking data: adsb.lol?icao=ad92cf&...

So who's running in the 64A special election?

“We should have banned government use of face recognition when we had the chance because it is dangerous, invasive, and an inherent threat to civil liberties,” EFF’s @MGuariglia.bsky.social told @404Media.co. www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp...

These AI features are always so half-baked. I’m starting to wonder if the people who come up with them, (and who code and test them, etc) are letting their dumb AI tools do most of the work. Like I expect rough edges but this goes so far beyond rough edges. lifehacker.com/health/i-tri...

Deer shoulder stew with mushrooms, peas, and carrots from the garden

Our 2025 tomato harvest reflects this

I've never met Saint Paul mayoral candidate Yan Chen but last night I dreamt we pulled up the car in front of the house and she (along with an unknown assistant) was digging a large hole next to our oak tree in the boulevard. I have no idea what this means but it made me angry.

My sister just reminded me of the time our dad made clam chowder and accidentally used powdered sugar to thicken it instead of flour. Instead of throwing it out, he ate the whole batch.

They want you to know there is no cuddling happening here. Large cat is extremely territorial. Small cat doesn't give a shit

Terrifying

Update: Indeed, I saw a porcupine! Expected it to be up in a tree but instead got to watch one amble across the forest floor for about a minute

I've spent approximately 40% of the last 10 days in the woods. Need to find a way to make this a regular thing during at least 5 months of the year.

Hoping this is the weekend I see a porcupine in the wild🤞

Come for the stories of cybertruck owners being flipped off, stay for the causal reference to the fact that their exterior cameras “record everything 24/7”

Feel free to include my favorite fall camping recipe. In a cast-iron dutch oven, brown some sausage meat and aromatics (onion/carrot/celery/garlic, etc.). I do this over the camp stove. Then transfer to the campfire and add lentils (French green are nice), water, woody herbs (bay/thyme) 1/

I was camping at Jay Cooke over the weekend. Never have I seen the park so busy with day visitors. Parking lot full, cars all along 210. Yet we saw virtually no one on our longer hikes. The leaf peepers rarely stray far from pavement.

Well this sucks. Open to WI residents only

In 2019 when I was interviewing for the job of anti-surveillance activist at EFF I was asked what is biggest civil liberties threat that no is talking about yet---and my answer at the time was Ring. Given the general climate and its capabilities, it's even worse now. Get. Rid. Of. Your. Ring.

Hello

Journalists: with all the ICE recruitment that's happening, is anyone tracking police department resignation rates?

Out with the #greyhound celebrating #nationalblackdogday

This is one of my favorite accounts on Bluesky. Some very beautiful and powerful posts from them today commemorating Orange Shirt Day www.canada.ca/en/canadian-...

I get grumpy about this every time I donate to charity or support a small business, knowing so much $$ is getting sucked up by the fees. Swipe fees are squeezing small businesses and consumers www.minnpost.com/community-vo...

Chastity Brown tonight!

I attended a conference of police all discussing surveillance and technology and here’s what learned:

Deer burgers tonight, but instead of bacon I mixed in some frozen, shredded butter bits. (Venison is so lean that it doesn't make good burgers on its own.) We liked this better, as we could still taste the mild-flavored meat. Freezer stock is running low, hope to fill another tag this year.

What if atmospheric CO2 over 315 ppm causes autism...

I am currently made of tomatoes 🍅 and cucumbers 🥒

Not sure why public works isn't on here (hey @seankershaw.bsky.social ) but we received this letter. Glad I happened to check the other place and can disregard

Minneapolis: this could be your mayor #dontrankfrey

Can't stop listening to this (amazing cover of a Low song)

I love this, definitely going to think on it and submit an entry. “Typically, only 40% of the fish is used, and that’s the fillet. Finding ways to use the remaining 60% will help us reduce waste and create new economic opportunities in Wisconsin.”

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: if I was in a town, small or large, that wanted to prove it would protect its citizens from an authoritarian federal government, one of the first things I’d do is cancel the Flock contract.

Grilled some backstrap tonight over some pruned bits from our cherry tree and made spring rolls with all the garden veg and herbs

I’m not going to belabor this, but the bullet case engravings refer to memes popular on 4chan and discord. The engraved arrows are not antifa, but a reference to the game helldivers. It seems like bait to me.

Haven't been this excited to get a COVID vax since 2021! I highly recommend www.stpaulcornerdrug.com/vaccination. Easy process and guaranteed proper administration.

My parents took me out of a country where this was the norm and where it led to the execution and imprisonment of millions of innocent people. They brought me here, to America, believing that it would not happen here. And yet here we are.

The last of the summery venison stew I made earlier this week. Deer shoulder, sweet corn, farro, poblanos from the garden, and foraged sulfur shelf/chicken of the woods mushrooms

Cat on my lap, her tail is wet(?). Must have dipped it in my tea😟

Just called a local business to kindly let them know that I wasn't a fan of finding an advertising magnet stuck to my car door. Had the nicest chat with the person who answered the phone (likely the owner) and now I hope to patronize them someday.

Randomly turned on MPR this morning, heard Cathy Wurzer's distressed voice mention a "breaking news situation". In the few seconds before she explained what had happened, my mind went through a long list of horrific possibilities. I hate all of this.

This is one of those things I said was gonna happen and am extremely not okay about it. Nexar's CityStream Live product is already creepy as fuck. It just uploads images of city streets from users' dashcams in basically real time that anyone can access. Ring cameras for cars. Cops will love this.

Squirrels are starting to eat my tomatillos and if you've ever grown tomatillos you'll know why I don't really mind

Noticed quite a few old MN flags at the fair, and not just at the R booth. Definitely a choice, and we chose to walk right past Mancini's without checking out their offerings

Age verification via face scans is not safety — it's surveillance. Biometric age guessing is inaccurate, discriminatory, and creepy AF. Stop normalizing it. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

James Dobson quite literally made me gay. (It's quite the story, but not for posting to the socials.) Other than that, I have nothing nice to say about him.