Man, no one likes those guys.

Hey, I know it was a tough day, but there were groups of 20+ people with candles on every other corner in south, in -10 temps, tonight. I do not regret to inform you that We. Will. Win.

Oh I sure hope this pans out tonight...I could really go for another night where the MSP feed is full of aurora photos

Drove about 30 miles out of the city, and it was well worth it

It's supposed to be active all night and tomorrow night too. It comes in waves (substorms) so if it isn't visible when you go outside, wait 30 minutes and try again. It's not this brilliant to the naked eye, but give your eyes time to adjust, it's there.

Whooooooaaaaa

Minnesota! Go outside and look north!

One of the best days I've ever had fishing for lake run fish in the south shore tributaries of Lake Superior...3 steelhead and 3 coho salmon. Beats the hell out of working #fuckmoneygetfishes

Another (inland) trout season in the books, glad I snuck out of work today for one last trip.

Filbert got a new cubby bed this week, and he is obsessed.

Unannounced power line work on my block this afternoon, and no power means no working, so I called in #fuckmoneygetfishes Right call. Beautiful day, caught some great fish. 10/10.

finally got around to grabbing some stills from my Canada trip last weekend...can't wait to be back up there for Labour Day!

Two more fosters about to head off to their forever homes!

Only a couple more days before these two head off their forever home...I'll definitely miss them, but goodbye is the goal, right? #fosterkittens One lucky person is about to have two of the most affectionate kittens I've ever met.

No cheating. Post the last pic of your pet.

There we go, put some respect on his name

The Bluesky algorithm (i.e. when people in my feed decide to reskeet stuff) delivers:

@governorwalz.mn.gov why is the state patrol flying aimlessly at low altitude over a residential neighborhood at 2 AM? Why do they do this ALL THE FUCKING TIME over this neighborhood in particular?

The only king I recognize

We need a mineapolis version of this #dontrankfrey @mayorjacobfrey.bsky.social

Foster kittens Snorlax & Squirtle. 8 weeks old and available for adoption soon with bitty kitty brigade in Minneapolis. #fosterkittens #rescuekittensofbluesky #catsofbluesky #adoptdontshop #kittens #kittensarecute

Forgot to post my Wednesday afternoon adventure! Was a chilly, rainy day, but work was slow, so I called in #fuckmoneygetfishes for the afternoon. Landed some really nice brook trout in one of my favorite streams, got soaked, and stank like a wet dog by the time the sun went down. Better than work!

Brite Crawlers Eyes

Caught not one, but two, incredibly rare tiger trout while blowing off my work this afternoon. A tiger trout is a rare (but wild in this case), sterile hybrid created when a male brook trout fertilizes the eggs of a female brown trout. These two bring my lifetime total to five. #fuckmoneygetfishes

Have you ever seen such an adorable batch of kittens? (If your answer is yes, you're lying or you need to post pics to prove it) Available for adoption (and so is their mom, an adorable tiny tortie) in about 2 weeks from Bitty Kitty Brigade in Minneapolis

Update: the best way to keep the cats from stealing your chair is to make them an even better one

She (the tabby) was in "his" (oramge) chair. He wanted to be in his chair, so I placed him there. There was a brief interlude of growling (her). A peace has since been established.

The horrors are still horroring, but I took the afternoon off and went fishing. 35 degree days in January in MN are a rare treat. (Yes, my camera lens is scratched, no, I don't care)

Today was a tough day. Had to say goodbye to our 19 year old void, Clove. It was time. She spent her final days in a warm bed snuggling with a rotating cast of cats. She was loved. She will be missed.

My partner in crime reminded me today that we have now had our best buddy Filbert for 3 years! Some day he may find his forever home, but he can stay here as long as it takes (and honestly I'll be real sad if he ever leaves)

The first of our current batch went home tonight 😭

Fall colors on trees are cool and all, but fall colors on brook trout are cooler.

I don't know who pissed off the train driver, but it sounds like an aphex twin track from a couple miles away (I'm assuming this is the train that occasionally runs along the tracks by the old 3rd precinct, based on the distance and direction from nearby GFS) youtu.be/9wCfNFmpL1s?...

Spent the afternoon in a river instead of a cubicle #fuckmoneygetfishes

OK...the NWS Bot collection is now fully populated and ready to go. I'm sure bugs will come up along the way, but I think it is 95%+ stable. There's an index page at nws-bot.us including a map (borrowed from NWS) to find the right bot for the area you want to follow.

Not the best day of fishing ever, but it beats the hell out of working #fuckmoneygetfishes

If you see this post a monster

The 3 year old cat (Katia, the tabby) is the only cat in the house who our 19 year old (Clove, the void) will tolerate in her pawspice bed. Clove rarely leaves her room anymore, but will yell incessantly if she runs out of food, so we feel like she still has a will to live.

Caturday morning snuggles much improved with the cooler weather

Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy.

Climate change will inevitably stop being a hazy future concern and will someday turn everyday life upside down. At the risk of causing counterproductive doomism, I offer observations and speculations on how the planetary crisis may play out. 1/25 yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/08/when...

My foster Coyote, has had quite the journey. Poor guy had megacolon, chronic constipation, a colectomy to fix that, with 2 months of kennel rest post-op. Then the poor guy came down with FIP. Finished 12 weeks of antivirals, and is finally living the good life, and soon available for adoption!

Took the afternoon off and went fishing...wasn't terrible, but wasn't great for the first few hours, and then we got rained on. But I made a stop at an old reliable spot before driving home and was rewarded for my efforts. #fuckmoneygetfishes

Boris is extra needy and demanding more fetch time because his mommy is out of town

If it is dark where you live, go outside RIGHT NOW. I live in very urban Minneapolis and I can see aurora and perseids.

Just caught a one day ban from my favorite weather blog for ridiculing someone who called Biden stepping out a "coup" and boy did I create an alt so fast

Adam knows his shit, and if you follow him, you too can look like a genius to your normie friends by always being a week ahead of the news cycle

No matter how many cat trees or cat beds are in the house, this cat will always find the weirdest place to sit.

34 COUNTS???!

Good morning everyone, climate change, disease, and corruption are the combination that topples nearly every empire, welcome to the fucking end, grab your intoxicants nobody should be rawdogging this let's get loose with it