Personally, I don't mind if you pick up an email thread months or even years later. It happens ALL THE TIME in archives. Sometimes you think you're ready to tackle something, but you find out (surprise!) it's way bigger & more complex & emotionally loaded than you originally thought. That's okay!

Courtney Milan@courtneymilan.com · 5d ago

Oh, and also: we need to normalize shame jubilees. We should hit the point where someone sends you an five month old email and they're like, "Hey, I'm finally responding because I'm on my shame jubilee" and you're like "Oh, that's awesome, I'm so glad you're having one right now!"

local folks, do you Have Some Opinions about 694 between lexington and brooklyn blvd? i bet you do! share them with mndot: talk.dot.state.mn.us/i694-brookly...

I-694 study – Brooklyn Center to Arden Hills

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literally every time we've gotten our car stuck in the snow in the twin cities <3

☀️@stel.energy · 4d ago

quote this with a time a bystander helped you out

I just want to say: ARCHIVISTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Playing DnD for work purposes and it's rad

Just want to remind folks that this keeps happening. Burials of assumed-important ancients discovered to be women via genetic testing, after decades of them simply being assumed to be male. The patriarchy is incompatible with reality.

Jens Notroff@jensnotroff.com · 5d ago

The #BronzeAge #UptonLovellShaman​'s burial in Wiltshire has long been considered an important religious figure & metalworker. It's been barely questioned someone of such status must be male. But now #aDNA analysis revealed that the body is in fact: a woman. 🏺 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Are you familiar with the University of Washington special collections Decorative and Decorated Papers digital collection? If not, you SHOULD be... what a cool resource! digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/coll...

Do I really have to? Because I don’t wanna.

This is going to make it very difficult to know which sports we should ban them from.

Kat Kerlin@katkerlin.bsky.social · last wk.

Some avocados are female in the morning and male in the afternoon, while others are on the opposite schedule. This helps them avoid self-pollination. How do they do it? A @ucdavis.bsky.social study explains. www.ucdavis.edu/food/news/st...

Sweaty windows in the morning buttcheeks take warning.

The prettiest lunch: caprese salad with nasturtium leaves and flowers. Sat down to eat and realized all the forks were in the dishwasher; ended up having to use a plastic fork.

This is stellar info for all of us, not just those who live in Mpls! Just check your county's election website for hours/locations for early voting. Have questions about voting? I'm an election judge, feel free to ask!

Mara Abolish I.C.E.@mauratwit.bsky.social · 4w ago

Minneapolis! Do you have your voting plan in place for the Aug 11th primary? Out of town then? Vote early! vote.minneapolismn.gov/voters/vote-...

Out-of-state folks who are thinking about visiting MN, your time is nearly here -- the Minnesota State Fair is just over a month away! It truly is an *experience* in Americana and in Minnesotan culture, and is totally worth a visit.

If you, like me, find some media to be very good but also emotionally difficult to consume, let me tell you about the unicorn chaser.

This kind of potential for accountability is why archivists periodically get up in arms about document retention periods fwiw. Harder to sue or get any accountability w/o documentation.

Radley Balko@radleybalko.bsky.social · 3w ago

I have a piece in the NYT today arguing that the law should permit victims of ICE abuse to sue not just individual officers, but supervisors and policymakers like Stephen Miller and Gregory Bovino. A Democratic president and Congress could do this in 2029. And they could make it retroactive.

DO HARM TO YOUR ENEMIES; TREAT YOURSELF WITH KINDNESS!

So I'm looking for ideas, Bluesky. Hit me up with your recs for free or inexpensive stuff that helps you take care of yourself and enjoy the process. Mental health, hygiene, fitness, nutrition, you name it -- if it makes meatsuit maintenance fun for you & costs under $50, I want to hear about it.

Official proposal for a new loon emoji!

what they learned from minneapolis was not “don’t do this again” but “keep it quiet next time”

Mother Jones@motherjones.com · 4w ago

Reminder: Memphis is still “under full-blown occupation” by ICE. Task force members have reportedly killed at least two people in four days.

It’s like when your food is taking a long time to come out so your server brings some free bread to apologize for the wait.

Pundits: "Don't speak ill of the dead." Historians:

Obama - What? Come On Man, Really?

ALT: Obama - What? Come On Man, Really?

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I keep finding Incredibly Niche Subreddits Full Of Helpful People and it's honestly great. Just thousands of people who are VERY passionate about a thing and realize they can use this superpower for good (impart some knowledge, make recommendations for complex needs or specific budgets, etc)

Tim Price@timprice.bsky.social · 3mo ago

This is not really on-topic but I was looking for a quick rec on a cheap flashlight the other night and stumbled across r/flashlight, a 275K-member strong community of illumination enthusiasts where people were posting things like "This one is a gateway drug." It's a big, strange world out there.

In Minnesota, girls sell lemonade on the street to help their sisters arrested by ICE. Stephen Miller’s goons are very much still here. Sign reads, “Please help us raise money for my sisters because they were arrested by ICE” & this has been confirmed by trusted community members.

Dispatches from Minnesota: This past weekend I learned I'm at least acquainted with two of the 15 activists charged for fuck-all, got to see Nur-D perform this song live at a geek convention. I fucking love our community because when things get rough we make art & find joy & hold each other up.

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when you’re doodling in meetings but you’re William Morris

Addt'l lessons from working at the renaissance festival: drink more water than you think you need, you're sweating more than you realize. Cool proactively with cooling cloths, frozen foods, etc -- it's easier to continuously manage than play catch-up. Frozen grapes in cold water = bliss. (1 of 2)

🏳️‍🌈 Flo 🏳️‍⚧️@bigcitybabygirl.bsky.social · last mo.

from a Floridan to my fellow Minnesotans, if you have AC I hope you already have it on otherwise it ain't gonna be able to catch up with the hotter temps

Only 2 days left on this art book about the protest signs of the ICE surge in MN. There have been some add-ons including every book now includes an art print, a sticker pack, and several artist's essays. #iceOUT #ProtestArt #RebelLoon

Sarah Barsness@sarahbarsness.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Dispatches from Minnesota: do you need some beautiful protest art? Do you want to support the Immigrant Defense Network in the process? Here you go. www.kickstarter.com/projects/reb...

Things I interact with regularly? Probably about 80-90 years. But being an archivist means I don't think something is impressively old until it's at least 200 years old.

Pookleblinky@pookleblinky.bsky.social · last mo.

I always like thinking about: what is the oldest object you regularly use, the oldest thing you're using in your normal everyday life

This is how local #Minneapolis meteorologist Chris Reese made his graphic recently, I laughed. #mnwx

As a different commenter points out, why now? Why in a polling place? Perhaps a calculated move to normalize violently invading our polling spaces. They don't do nothin' for nothin'.

Taniel@taniel.bsky.social · last mo.

Two ICE agents tracked down a woman *inside a polling place* yesterday. Why? They demanded that she take down an Instagram post in which she named Jonathan Ross as the man who shot & killed Renee Good (after the Star Tribune identified Ross). www.syracuse.com/news/2026/06...