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I used my family name for business purposes, and my married name for private life. No 'gotchas' there either, just separation of public and personal.

Happy 100th birthday, Winnie-the-Pooh! Did you know that Winnie was based on a real Canadian-British bear—and that his full name was WINNIPEG?

The real story behind those #library #libby #ebook loans and why you have to wait (a really long time) for your #DigitalBooks #borrows. bachmanrachel.substack.com/p/the-strang...

@katcumming.bsky.social Hobby goals, amirite? 🤣

There's a lot of crafting talent Minnesota-wide. Nice to see it on display supporting our residents--all of them!

It's not "evil AI agents", it's people, stupid, ordinary, lazy people. Us. It's always us. AI is simply faster at getting there. Give the interns a week and see how much trouble they'll get into.

Modern #PhoneAddiction problems... 🤪

@elizhargrave.bsky.social Yes, we have a lot of boardgamers in this area who are MN Fair folk too! :) #Wingspan #FanService

“While Picasso was living in Nazi-occupied Paris during World War II, one German officer allegedly asked him, upon seeing a photo of Guernica in his apartment, ‘Did you do that?’ Picasso responded, ‘No, you did.’” via pablopicasso.org The horse (loon) represents the people of Guernica (Minnesota)

The "Treenis" is no more! metro.co.uk/2026/08/19/p...

@katcumming.bsky.social What a beauty, eh?

#BoardGamers know!!

This might be the most beautiful thing I've read in my life. What a privilege to be alive in 2026. ordinaryabundance.com

I would totally rock a University of Minnesota #TeamDiarrhea T-shirt! We needz teh merch!!! mnfoodsafetycoe.umn.edu/team-d/

#Sourdough #Bread rules! We have now eaten our combined weights in bread flour, 25 lb bags at a time.

We’re spending an awful lot of time undoing lessons that previous generations already learned the hard way... and then putting them back because we re-learned the reason they were there in the first place.

How is it that we have all this #AI available, yet no one has been able to create a banking/credit card notification that makes one sound for debit and a different sound for credit?

Yes ladies, we've all been there... :D

So many talented singers in this area!

@celinashope.bsky.social Scientists figured out how to recreate/bring back the legendary golden fabric "sea silk"! www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

Canada Fiction Fest is a brand-new #CanLit showcase featuring books and authors from across the country. Sign up now to get notified when the event launches on June 21st. Registration for our full schedule of FREE author readings and discussion panels is now OPEN! 😀 ➡️ fictionfest.ca

@hivegod.bsky.social This has "HiveGod" written all over it! www.youtube.com/watch?v=UU_m...

Last night's storm prediction image from @bringmethenews.bsky.social showing classic Minnesota weather. ;) It's Duck and Grey Duck!

Standing at my bathroom sink this morning, I glanced at the mirror and saw a large inky black #bird "sitting" on my shoulder, glaring at me. I whipped around to see a big black #crow out in my tree in the perfect spot to be reflected at shoulder level in my mirror. Good thing I'm not superstitious!

A short film from 1902 of a German suspended railway called the Wuppertal Schwebebahn, shot in 68 mm, colorized and upscaled in 4K. It shows an unusual drone-like view of a German city at the beginning of the 20th century. [📹 MoMA] Original post

My current mood...

@celinashope.bsky.social I just scored 1 1/2 yards of burgundy-black plaid fine Italian wool suiting for $6!! (A remnant.) I have no idea what I'm going to do with it, but I just couldn't resist at that price!. :D

LOONS!!! And not just any loons, EFFIN' LOONS!!! Woo hoooooo!!

Happy Caturday 🐾🤍

Tip for Android users: changing your "Private DNS" setting to dns.adguard-dns.com will block a huge amount of ads in your browser AND in various apps at the DNS level. For example, this reduces the ads I see when using YouTube by about 95%. And it's free, no account required.

Yeah! Bring back the true meaning of Easter!

Love is in the air at Edinburgh zoo. Pebbling marks the start of the breeding season for Gentoo penguins. Kids at Edinburgh Children's Hospital Charity painted pebbles for the penguins to choose from and present to their mates.

Definitely worth viewing! Very funny!

From the French equivalent of The Onion Seeking revenge, Dubai parachutes 3000 influencers on Tehran.

This sign, on my commute...I have so many questions!!

This chart really illustrated the difference in ICE enforcement that happened in Minnesota, and the same thing in other States. Minnesota was definitely hit way out-of-proportion really, really hard.

Hey tabletop gamers, if you bought or were considering buying this bundle but got overwhelmed by the number of games to sort through, have I got the spreadsheet for you!! All 1,074 games tagged as "physical" sorted by play style, with language, engine, and genre notated to the best of my ability:

A Valentine’s Day cartoon for @newscientist.com

@perilinpink.bsky.social Public Health #Seattle hearts Public Health #Minnesota! Happy Valentine's Day.

#Valentine's around here means taking the time to refurbish the spouse's splitting, peeling, ancient #Razer #keyboard #wristrest in soft but durable microfleece. Lookin' (and feelin') good!

#UofMN has a new site for #Community #Trauma #MentalHealth #Resources that addresses ways to live through crises. sites.google.com/umn.edu/you-...

Play games and support a good cause! The NO ICE IN MINNESOTA bundle is live on #itch.io!

People in Minnesota would add: "In more ways than one!"

@chetom.bsky.social #WizardFrog blends in quite nicely with grandfather's owl. Yup, he's right at home here!