I feel like I'm suddenly seeing a LOT more pigeons in our neighborhood. Wondering if there's been some massive change in Minneapolis pigeon demographics or something????

100% this - feels like people are saying “what could we use AI for?“ rather than asking what it could do that nothing else can.

Joe Thompson@kensey.bsky.social · yesterday

So many "use cases" for LLMs amount to "what if instead of using free or inexpensive tools *designed* to do a thing that actually do it pretty well, we used a super-expensive tool that was not designed to do that, and does it with quality ranging from 'meh' to 'actually it's really bad at this'?"

I need people to stop posting that video of Frey "dancing." It is painful and it just keeps coming up on my feed.

It is just after 10:30 a.m. in Minnesota on a Friday. Have you had breakfast or at least a good snack? Are you drinking enough water? If you had morning meds or other stuff to take did you do that? Are you wearing sunscreen? Take care of yourselves. <3 Hang in there, folks. Fuck ICE.

If you followed or signal-boosted the claims a few weeks back by the historian who said the graphic novelist had done an unauthorized adaptation of her work on Charity & Sylvia, a lesbian couple from 19th c Vermont, please read this essay from someone who fact-checked these claims in detail.

thene@thene.bsky.social · 4d ago

out it goes: my long post about Rachel Hope Cleves's claim that Tillie Walden plagiarised her book. It's long because Cleves's claim is much, much more bizarre than it looked on first reading. I'm not going to bury the lede here. Cleves's claim does not hold up. buttondown.com/thene/archiv...

If we want to protect (and expand) LGBTQ+ rights in MN, we need to: 1. Elect @amyklobuchar.com as Gov 2. Re-Elect @keithellison.bsky.social as AG 3. Flip *at least* one MN House seat & hold or expand our pro-equality Senate. 4. Get a win for @peggyflanagan.bsky.social That's the work. Let's do it.

everything is terrible, but timeline cleanse

Yale Stewart@yalestewart.bsky.social · last wk.

The official Mister Rogers YouTube channel has been posting full episodes recently, and believe me when I tell you that watching one is a great way to take a break from the general state of things. www.youtube.com/@MisterRoger...

I'm going to sleep very proud to be a Minnesotan today. We have had a hard couple of years, and we are ready for change. We are ready to take on Trump and his terrible policies. We are ready to move forward in turning the tide of fascism in America. And we will lead the way.

Yeah, my neighborhood collectively said FUCK ICE

Very happy about this! @peggyflanagan.bsky.social was vastly outspent by @angiecraigmn.bsky.social’s shady corporate backers but she still won. By a LOT. Great job, Minnesota!

Decision Desk HQ@decisiondeskhq.bsky.social · 5d ago

Decision Desk HQ projects Peggy Flanagan wins the MN US Senate Democratic Primary #DecisionMade: 11:20 PM EDT

I didn't realize how incredibly tense I was about this primary, so happy to see the results! (except Klob, but that was never going to go another way)

Good.

I love you Minnesota. You didn’t let the wealthy win the night. You didn’t let ICE or genocide win. Thank you for showing up for our immigrant neighbors who couldn’t vote. Let’s go Ilhan Omar and Peggy Flanagan. ❤️

FUCK ICE

That sound you hear is Minnesota loudly saying FUCK ICE

The book thing everyone is mad about today is literally a post from a conservative grifter! You can just ignore it! It’s fine!!!

you say "i asked chatgpt" i hear "i asked [an improv comedy group]" an improv group wrote this report instead of a therapist i use an improv comedy group

Anthony Moser@anthonymoser.com · last yr.

chatgpt is much like an improv comedy group 1) you are the audience, giving it prompts 2) it produces things roughly shaped like your prompt 3) it is trained to respond with Yes, And 4) it has the factual accuracy of improv 5) it does not understand comedy

Seems likely. I’m further wondering if this is a cyberattack

Jen Antila@jenantila.bsky.social · last wk.

Wonder if MSP flights grounded is due to this Internet outage

Just so much ick

madi mcvan@madisonmcvan.bsky.social · 2w ago

Chris Madel, former GOP candidate for governor and the attorney representing St. Paul police in their sexual harassment allegations against Mayor Kaohly Her, sent this text to Star Tribune columnist Rochelle Olsen after her column questioning the motivation of the allegations:

www.gofundme.com/f/trans-new-... 👉👈 I love yall I would really like for my bed to not be under a tarp bc of the risk of water leaking into my bedroom from the ceiling, and that's only gonna be possible with a large chunk of money Anything helps, you're all awesome.

Donate to Help Adrian Finish Roof Repairs for a Safe Home, organized by Adrian Hinman

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Door (picnic afterglow)@bananabreadmaker.bsky.social · 2w ago

I wish nobody ever had to break themselves down and prove their "worth" for money 😮‍💨 but I'm putting together a roof raising gofundme bc that's just what's gotta happen to get by and afford a non-leaky house

That was a pretty awesome NNO but I am EXHAUSTED. My neighbors are incredible, and I had such a good time talking to them that I talked myself out! I love living here so much! (also shoutout to @sorenwithward8.bsky.social for stopping by and chatting with me about some neighborhood concerns)

Bummed about the lack of rain overnight

How is a person supposed to get anything done under these conditions?

Ryan Ruocco noting Cheryl Reeve's shirt and then video of Cheryl talking to Sophie Cunningham earlier

On the one hand, spiders kinda give me the creeps, but otoh, this very large spider is building its web outside across a big hole in the screen. You go, creepy lil' buddy! Please don't encourage your hundreds of eight-legged offspring to enter our house, though.

When two people were actively trying to break into our house we called the police but they didn’t come. My husband scared the guys off and waited up because he assumed at some point the cops would show. He called again when he heard them trying to break into our neighbors’ house, but still no cops

Em, midly@lefttheprairie.bsky.social · 2w ago

It’s so funny when people are like “sure you’re an abolitionist now but wait until you’re the victim of a property crime.” Buddy, the most useful thing the police have ever done for property crime is put the form you need to submit to your insurance online.

OK. Doing Silly Sh*t Together is up and running! Here's the list of items, and we decided to extend this so it runs through next Sunday, not this one. Pick and choose what you want to do; and we may add more as we go along! #DSST

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The List Found Item Sculpture: show us what you can do with 12 inches (height)! No maximum height, whatever you find. No purchase (except fastening materials: glue sticks, tape, nails, etc–they’re a...

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many different kinds of amusement in this: systemic risk Moore’s law cheesesteak kanban cringeworthy

Merriam-Webster@merriam-webster.com · 2w ago

Find the 5 words from your birth year that perfectly describe YOUR vibe ⬇️ www.merriam-webster.com/time-traveler/

Goddamn. Look at this fucking map. I live in the dead center of one of those tear gas clusters; we can now get our soil tested for poisonous tear gas residues.

You know what? We really do need this rain.