good reminder that before the counting is over, election results don’t tighten. at no point is anyone trailing. nobody moves closer. they’re just tabulating the polls. it’s a fixed number that just isn’t done yet. to say otherwise is bad journalism but even worse math.

every election night I feel like I should apologize to all the non-Americans who have to learn the names of obscure counties on whose returns some major question of world policy swings

If you're in South Minneapolis, go check out my friend Anton's exhibit at the Hosmer library. On display now but there's an official opening party on Saturday (Aug 8, 2-3:30pm). I can't go but I'd love to send a few people his way—go over there and say hi!

this is the literacy crisis, what the hell kinds of puns are they teaching our children

Okay everyone, my dad had an issue of Popular Science from the month of his birth and it’s time to take a little adventure through the history of advertising …

love my neighbors. everyone brought chips to national night out.

In colonialism news, Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-VA) has introduced a bill to end birthright citizenship in the U.S. territories based on his (incorrect, false, bullshit) view that there's rampant "birth tourism" and the fact that SCOTUS has ruled that territory residents don't have full rights

U.S. Representative Morgan Griffith

morgangriffith.house.gov

#bievenidosdystopia takes over The Museum of Russian Art in Minneapolis in two weeks! Celebrate the culture makers in our current post-revolution America and dance your ass off at the afterparty: bit.ly/bienvenidosd...

Bienvenidos Dystopia 2026

Part variety show, part dance party, part salon ... all dystopia. Celebrate Minneapolis Arts & Culture before it's all gone.

bit.ly

Adam Rawnsley@arawnsley.bsky.social · yesterday

Today, August 4, 2026, is the setting of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” about a fully automated house continuing on after the family who lived there and the world around it died in a nuclear blast.

It's both humbling and wonderful to keep learning US history (the history that teenage me believed to be "boring" and not as cool as European history). For instance: O.C. Barber and Barberton, Ohio where 250 million matches/day were made. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbert...

Barberton, Ohio - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

can't shake the feeling that slop menus are going to be a deciding factor in the AI backlash

🔪🔪🔪bryan 🔪 🔪 🔪@murderxbryan.bsky.social · yesterday

Hey man, maybe just make the sandwiches and take a pic of them.

garlic bread. it's better when it tastes like oil and yellowish powder and regrettable decisions.

Elizabeth Picciuto@epicciuto.bsky.social · 2d ago

What is your favorite example of when the cheap version of a product is legit better than the expensive one?

curious to see how they try to rebrand the empty pool next year, like "welcome to the national go-kart track, presented by mypillow" or something

Hemry, Local Bartender@bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 2d ago

oh my god he hit the reflecting pool with a "two weeks" dawgggggg that thing's never opening again

my main opinion here is that the coffee should go in the other order, weakest to strongest, to match the other two

B_Rye989@brye989.bsky.social · 2d ago

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If you're in South Minneapolis, go check out my friend Anton's exhibit at the Hosmer library. On display now but there's an official opening party on Saturday (Aug 8, 2-3:30pm). I can't go but I'd love to send a few people his way—go over there and say hi!

I don't have enough knowledge to judge the first two but the rest are one million percent accurate

Karen K. Ho@karenho.bsky.social · 2d ago

The vibes are off. Time for some emergency hot takes: -many bacon jams are not good -the live action Cowboy Bebop was set up to fail -bunions are not embarrassing and you can develop them in your 30s -rugged individualism is terrible in practice and will kill people -ginger beer > ginger ale

best free kick i've seen in YEARS

andré@andre-carlisle.bsky.social · 2d ago

MARINE DAFEUR WHAT HAVE YOU DONE

This is the gas station our family uses most often, and for months after, our kids wouldn't want to stop there because they were so freaked over what had happened. The whole topography of the city changed for them.

Minnesota Reformer@minnesotareformer.com · 2d ago

On Jan. 11, Gregory Bovino watched as his Border Patrol agents dragged a man out of his car at a St. Paul Speedway, knelt on his back until he lost consciousness, and dragged his limp body into the back of a van. The man's name is Orbin Mauricio Henriquez Serrano and this is his story.

researching something and found a 1930s cartoon with two people arguing about the ideal sandwich (messy v dainty) i kinda love this

This is 100% correct and it doesn't help that a LOT of people don't seem to remember who was in the White House in 2020

Peter@notalawyer.bsky.social · 3d ago

it’s pretty obvious that a lot of people remember that COVID lockdowns were unpleasant and from there just extrapolate that they were therefore bad policy

the big complaint generally revolves around schools, but the timeline there was pretty sensible: most schools were fully remote until the vaccine rollout, after which they fairly quickly moved to in-person learning.

Appropriate air quotes because the most infuriating part about Americans debating "lockdown" is that it simply never happened. Having to pick up your Applebees and eat it on the sectional does not count. There wasn't even a brief moment where "everything" was closed. That's not real.

Melissa Gira Grant@melissagiragrant.com · 3d ago

if you hated covid "lockdowns" try long covid

It’s worth a lot.

Pat Borzi@borzmn.bsky.social · 3d ago

FWIW: Sophie Cunningham heard boos from the Target Center crowd when she checked in, and the booing resumes every time she touches the ball. @wnba.com #Lynx #Fever

been trying to wrangle the hive of bees that is my brain. it's not easy.

Tools for Thinking - nerd's eye view

I'm just trying to figure it out.

nerdseyeview.com

This is stumping me. Very possible that Ripley's made up this "fact" but also maybe this particular trial has been lost to time.

Doug Mack@douglasmack.bsky.social · 3d ago

Researching something and came across this tidbit from instead Anyone heard of this "famous" egg trial?! A quick Google search gets me nowhere (will dig deeper later).

Researching something and came across this tidbit from instead Anyone heard of this "famous" egg trial?! A quick Google search gets me nowhere (will dig deeper later).

airbnb I’m staying at unintentionally created the toughest punk album cover of 2027

Guam and the US Virgin Islands had their primaries today.

Pasquines@pasquines.us · 4d ago

#2026Elections results are now available for Guam's primaries, and early voting for the US Virgin Islands primaries in our election center.

hi! a dear friend of mine is in need of some help to stabilize some life circumstances & immediate needs, including accessing HRT & other meds. i'm adopting this need to help maintain their privacy, but will provide updates. goal: $1k by 8/24 v: allisonannecollage paypal.me/allisonannecollage

Worth reading her Wikipedia page. Quite a life (and still going!) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maybell...

Sarah Spain ✨@sarahspain.com · 4d ago

99 year-old Maybelle Blair with the final first pitch 🫶🏻