Bittersweet Saturday stuff. My partner is playing Dolly from a playlist they put together, while making us breakfast. Makes me want to revisit this @radiolab.bsky.social series. radiolab.org/podcast/radi...

Radiolab Presents: Dolly Parton's America

We enter the Dollyverse.

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THEY FOUND SUNI! - Well they found the missing bronze bust of her that had been stolen in #StPaul. How pathetic that all those cops took a glamour shot with it when they lucked out & it was no investigative work of theirs that found it 🙄 www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...

Stolen Suni Lee bronze statue discovered after St. Paul police respond to shots fired call

Police say the statue of Olympic champion and Minnesota native Suni Lee​ has been recovered more than a year after it was stolen.​

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Remember that if you got the Moderna Covid vaccine, you have Dolly Parton to thank, she gave the largest individual contribution toward their research to make it possible.

Dolly Parton with Keith Haring in 1985, incredible woman and supporter of LGBTQ people for decades going back to a time when few others dared.

“If I'm remembered 100 years from now, I hope it will not be for looks, but for books.” - Dolly Parton 📚 Rest well, you absolute legend. 💖

The MN State Fair begins on Thursday and my kid has a job interview there this morning. I insisted he brush his hair beforehand but his pants were covered in cat hair (I noticed too late as he was walking out the door). He's been unemployed since October. This would be a confidence booster. 🤞

Cool things started happening near my old house in St Paul after I moved away. Raspberry Island was once within walking distance but it was worth the drive for the Night Circus last night.

*screaming in self-managed HOA*

Guess who regrets eating veg chili nachos before bed?

Someone was just blasting gospel music outside my bedroom window. Weird way to wake up.

Felt cute. Might delete later.

The gym smells like stinky cheese tonight.

Today we will receive two separate orders from Chewy. I was all set to blame my ADHD for this one, but I just logged into my account and the autoship settings are confusing as heck. I thought I modified autoship #5, but it looks like I somehow duplicated it. Both are now autoship #5. 🤯

I love my 82yo Dad but he has a habit of buying physical copies of DVDs. Many are movies we've seen together. He keeps offering them up though I keep explaining the movies are already on streaming services (that he doesn't have). But he could go to a library to borrow DVDs instead of wasting money.

feels like commissioner jason garcia has invented a float up press conference as they explain the cedar lake issue to the @wedge.live float fest from the public land dock

Currently enjoying the V-Gees at the Lake Harriet band shell. Three women singers going through several outfit changes. And the backup men in the band are the V-Gents.

Did You Know? Your state can ban the electroshock gloves! Since prisons, jails, police, sheriffs, and SCHOOLS are psyched for this corporal punishment device And people seem to hate the gloves (& ICE) And they're not yet prevalent it's probably not a heavy lift! It won't stop ICE but will help

Beyond the fact that I volunteer at Dayton’s Bluff, this is absurd. This mayor has failed us. www.twincities.com/2026/08/13/s...

St. Paul Mayor plans cuts to library hours; Dayton’s Bluff Library would close

The mayor’s 2027 budget proposal seeks to close a $26 million budget gap

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Fewer meetings on my calendar today meant I had time to take a steamy hot lunch stroll through the rose gardens. Then I cooled off by walking through the sprinklers at the peace gardens.

We did our usual parent / adult child voting routine. Reviewed the sample ballot together then walked across the street to our polling place. There’s still plenty of time for you to vote too! myballotmn.sos.mn.gov

I enjoy working on a distributed team because we get to learn about each other’s home states. In standup this morning, I mentioned seeing loons up north over the weekend while we were out on a pontoon. Turns out, some of my teammates had no idea what a loon was. www.minnpost.com/mnopedia/202...

The Common Loon: Minnesota’s State Bird

A migratory diver of the loon family, the common loon (Gavia immer) has been important to people living in the Great Lakes region for hundreds, if not thousands, of years.

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I've worked in tech for too long. My librarian partner's work complaints sound quaint to me: "I need the paper cutter someone is using and it’s making me crazy"

This listing is being described as a hobbit house. But looking at the garage, all I see is the back door of the Imperial bunker on Endor. www.edinarealty.com/sam-olson-re...

They could always sign up to give comment at a public meeting.

The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 4w ago

New York City’s business elites are long accustomed to direct access to City Hall, where even Democratic mayors felt the need to court the city’s wealthiest and most influential corporate leaders. That access is getting shredded by Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

The surf guitar has begun for our National Night Out event. But I'll be working for several more hours.

Happy 7th Birthday to our handsome Hajime!

The Commitments came out around my 18th birthday. I saw it at the theater then never again, until today. It’s beautifully shot, well written, well cast, with great music. But the casual sexism of that era is such a bummer. And made me sad for my younger self. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Com...

The Commitments (film) - Wikipedia

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We've gotta make the Monorail Simpsons episode required viewing for every city councilor in the country. Every single thing he says here is a lie. A Potemkin Village Imaginarium.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4w ago

Hassett: "Data centers are very good for towns bc they create so many jobs & bring people in with high incomes that can buy houses & stuff like that. So if you take a sleepy town that hasn't seen much in the last 30 years & put a data center there, there are gonna be a bunch of happy residents."

I’m not a sports person and even I’ve watched this so many times. It is pure magic.

CJ Fogler@cjzero.bsky.social · last mo.

Olivia Miles goes between the legs on a drop pass to Kayla McBride for 3

Simultaneous hot flash plus headache. 😔