I genuinely don't know if this is a "Minnesotan" thing or an "old guy of a certain age" thing but in case it's Minnesotan and people need an anger translator: this guy is so angry he could just about set something on fire with his mind.

After enough cons I built a household 4 square with @spainimation.bsky.social magnets. @dbruinart.bsky.social & myself plus @duskdargent.bsky.social and @vidarwolf.bsky.social

"I'm not at my desk right now, but I have fixed your urgent issue. Please open a retroactive emergency change request for this." Me being "not at my desk" but desperate not to open an ECR that I'll have to update later

Got a random light show in my back yard tonight. A rare occurrence since even the northern part of IL isn't THAT far north.

breaking news: the statue of liberty just got her titties out

Halloween. Group of kids comes up, see pride sticker on door. "Fuck Lesbians!" or something? Redeemed by the member of their tribe who says "Fuck you guys, I want candy". This is why I have that sticker on the door. There may be someone who sees it and understands they aren't alone. I hope.

I am not ashamed of my midwest cultural heritage.

Welch: "This has nothing to do with the shutdown. The law requires and the funds are available to continue SNAP right now without any interruption. So that is a decision the president is making on his own to allow people to go hungry."

"Sir this is a Wendy's" energy

Some amusing messages that crossed my desk today at work. (I'm Roy).

Attending a No Kings protest today? Know your protest rights:

Got my flu & COVID vaccines today, which was an annoyingly long wait but also cathartic in that "fuck you RFK" kind of vibe.

Captain's dinner vs cabin boy's dinner

Alright this is a little on the nose for me.

We've spent a week making a huge shed. I did not realize how much this would suck. I feel like we should find something fun to do with this before we fill it with stuff.

Attn all ICE agents! Here’s an announcement from our front window: Chicago hates you, and you are not welcome here!

The #1 rule when communicating by email with leadership, key stakeholders, or decision makers is to make the ask in the first sentence, and keep it very short. Will literally not read more than a paragraph.

Glacier National Park

I'm in Portland, OR walking around and finding things.

This is the weather forecast for ORD tonight. I have a flight at about 8pm. FML.

I just got to live a "prepared guy" fantasy and give a friend a multi-fuel burner and a large battery with inverter so I am pretty content. (Power line went down in their neighborhood... into a pool) Sucks for sleeping I guess but you can only do so much without being a hotel.

Uh huh...

Who knows how it is going to end, but I am going to revel in this act of resistance. "Hey, is that JB Pritzker?!" www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKFF...

I feel like I need to make a longer post because the CCL class was amusing as hell. The guy teaching it is (no lie) 84 years old and looks like "Cotton" from King of the Hill. Super short and slim. (1/x)

Well, the current POTUS has been very successful in one thing: Finally getting me off my ass for the CCL addition to my FOID. 16 hours of class, but I got a 51/52 on the written and 30/30 on the shooting (but don't get me wrong, both tests are kinda laughably easy).

Rot in your hell, you vile motherfucker.

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In an amusing story that shows some things cross (presumed) party lines, when I was in pew-pew class today, one of the instructors opined "So a revolver may be a better choice than a semi-automatic in the case you need to Luigi someone because it leaves less evidence." New verb.

Foxes are the kobolds of wolves.

💪𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐲 𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 When we get to 10,000 followers, we'll pick one person to win a complete set of gear, including headgear, a bodysuit, gloves, and footwear. 🎈𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐓𝐨 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐞 FOLLOW FOLLOW FOLLOW and RT It will ignite once it reaches the powerful milestone of 10,000 followers!🔥❤️‍🔥

As American as apple pie. 😳

June is Gay Pride. And Pride was a Riot, Which is why July…is Gay Wrath. “We will not win our rights by staying quietly in our closets.” — Harvey Milk (Artist @slumberpaws.bsky.social )

Been busting ass at work since about 2025-04-01 to get 2 major and 1 minor project all ready to deploy by 2025-06-26. So naturally, the Salesforce team fucks up (as usual) and the 2 major projects are delayed until at least 2025-07-10. Swear I'm gonna use any downtime to upskill.

dad (figurative)

universal drinking game

Oh, cool. That special dry-clean-only item that I brought to the dry cleaning place for them to... you know, dry-clean? They decided to wash and dry it instead.

FWA was awesome. Thank you to everyone I saw, and sorry I missed you to those that I didn't: My social capacity is limited. OTOH, coming home to a $12,500 A/C + Furnace replacement bill less so 🙃

If you ever feel bad about how often ups/amazon etc stops by your place... my roommate won't stop buying barrels and they just show up on a FedEx truck with a person cursing his name.

Meeting with a PM this morning, new project. Had to stop the meeting and say: "This is frankly an unreasonable ask by any sane person - and it simply isn't going to happen." PM replied, "We'll just loop in your boss and see what he says." (kind of a veiled threat)

Okay I am really excited about this. I've read every book and Apple TV actually usually does right by these shows youtu.be/vEioDeOiqEs

Coworker of mine on a different team pointed out that our shared VP has many traits of being on the autism spectrum. (This is not making fun of any group, just an observation) Regardless of whether or not this is true, holding that in mind while interacting with him does make it easier.

Lesson #13 from @timothysnyder.bsky.social: Practice Corporeal Politics. "Get outside. Put your body in unfamiliar places with unfamiliar people. Make new friends and march with them." Watch this. Then join us outside nationwide on April 5th: handsoff2025.com. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

I have a very specific set of skills. They aren't useful in real life or anything, though.

One last thing while I'm being spammy here. Just remember.

And in other (predictable) news, Wreck Rooms are kinda fun, and also turns out I'm somehow OK at throwing axes despite never having done it before.

Had a friend come to visit recently, decided to do a thing I'd long wanted to do. Sybaris pool suite. You don't get the really juicy pics, but imagine having this all to yourself for a night. (Comical straight person sling notwithstanding but points for the hook in the ceiling...)

Thoughts 💭

Not since Prohibition have so many Americans wanted to commit the same crime at once