Me: sweater weather is finally here! I’ll just pop the covers off all the fans quick and wash them before putting them away.
Lasko execs, villainously cackling with flashlights under their chins at a meeting: what if we used security screws to attach the covers on our consumer fans?
Lasko execs, villainously cackling with flashlights under their chins at a meeting: what if we used security screws to attach the covers on our consumer fans?
October 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Me: sweater weather is finally here! I’ll just pop the covers off all the fans quick and wash them before putting them away.
Lasko execs, villainously cackling with flashlights under their chins at a meeting: what if we used security screws to attach the covers on our consumer fans?
Lasko execs, villainously cackling with flashlights under their chins at a meeting: what if we used security screws to attach the covers on our consumer fans?
Switching back to a flip phone has really brought some unexpected whimsy to attempting minimal texting.
Sure, predictable text, sure. I’m obviously more likely to be typing “Voltron” than “to.”
Sure, predictable text, sure. I’m obviously more likely to be typing “Voltron” than “to.”
October 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Switching back to a flip phone has really brought some unexpected whimsy to attempting minimal texting.
Sure, predictable text, sure. I’m obviously more likely to be typing “Voltron” than “to.”
Sure, predictable text, sure. I’m obviously more likely to be typing “Voltron” than “to.”
I deeply enjoy pictures of molting birds but nothing prepared me for the juvenile laysan albatross rocking mullets and sideburns like hockeyhair contest contenders.
August 21, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I deeply enjoy pictures of molting birds but nothing prepared me for the juvenile laysan albatross rocking mullets and sideburns like hockeyhair contest contenders.
Apropos of nothing, the most incredible food launching incident I have ever learned about happened in Munich in 1967. When Helmut Winter built a catapult and launched potato dumplings at passing jets to get a flight path changed.
August 12, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Apropos of nothing, the most incredible food launching incident I have ever learned about happened in Munich in 1967. When Helmut Winter built a catapult and launched potato dumplings at passing jets to get a flight path changed.
Reposted by Doreen
*minnesota intensifies*
January 2, 2025 at 7:27 PM
*minnesota intensifies*
Just got stung in the head repeatedly by some wasps who have claimed one of my yarn stock tanks as part of their territory. Yelling at them about OSHA has accomplished nothing.
August 10, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Just got stung in the head repeatedly by some wasps who have claimed one of my yarn stock tanks as part of their territory. Yelling at them about OSHA has accomplished nothing.
My parents sometimes go on about how I am de-technologing my life after being enthusiastic about computer/internet 20+ years ago.
I cleared my inboxes yesterday and have 57 unread emails now. Zero of them are a direct personal communication. Just so much *noise* in previously useful spaces.
I cleared my inboxes yesterday and have 57 unread emails now. Zero of them are a direct personal communication. Just so much *noise* in previously useful spaces.
July 3, 2025 at 4:09 PM
My parents sometimes go on about how I am de-technologing my life after being enthusiastic about computer/internet 20+ years ago.
I cleared my inboxes yesterday and have 57 unread emails now. Zero of them are a direct personal communication. Just so much *noise* in previously useful spaces.
I cleared my inboxes yesterday and have 57 unread emails now. Zero of them are a direct personal communication. Just so much *noise* in previously useful spaces.
Sample making while I wait for a replacement drive band for my wheel to arrive.
July 1, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Sample making while I wait for a replacement drive band for my wheel to arrive.
It is too early to have my feed full of “har har those fools who think about learning practical skills humans have known forever are laughable”.
There’s joy and power and resilience in fundamental skills- versions we can talk about instead of giving mockery-clicks to weirdo purity fantasy sites.
There’s joy and power and resilience in fundamental skills- versions we can talk about instead of giving mockery-clicks to weirdo purity fantasy sites.
July 1, 2025 at 1:44 PM
It is too early to have my feed full of “har har those fools who think about learning practical skills humans have known forever are laughable”.
There’s joy and power and resilience in fundamental skills- versions we can talk about instead of giving mockery-clicks to weirdo purity fantasy sites.
There’s joy and power and resilience in fundamental skills- versions we can talk about instead of giving mockery-clicks to weirdo purity fantasy sites.
Pretty sure the gold standard for whether a CL or marketplace ad up here is legit is whether or not the seller lists a price *and* a willingness to trade for your old snowmobile instead of money.
June 17, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Pretty sure the gold standard for whether a CL or marketplace ad up here is legit is whether or not the seller lists a price *and* a willingness to trade for your old snowmobile instead of money.
Telling my nieces I have superhero tunnel digging abilities because of childhood ant incident when they, living in fire ant country, are concerned about having an ant. They doubt it works like Spider-Man and claim I have a shovel. Pffft.
June 14, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Telling my nieces I have superhero tunnel digging abilities because of childhood ant incident when they, living in fire ant country, are concerned about having an ant. They doubt it works like Spider-Man and claim I have a shovel. Pffft.
Shop dog demands scritches to gain entrance to the combination auto mechanic/maple syrup store. #PeakMinnesotaBusinesses
June 12, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Shop dog demands scritches to gain entrance to the combination auto mechanic/maple syrup store. #PeakMinnesotaBusinesses
I dunno if the terrible birding pics account made it over here but this sandhill crane was feeling very smug about “tricking” me. I definitely followed it half a mile down the road away from its chick and partner because I was so
thoroughly fooled into thinking it could only meander and flap.
thoroughly fooled into thinking it could only meander and flap.
June 11, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I dunno if the terrible birding pics account made it over here but this sandhill crane was feeling very smug about “tricking” me. I definitely followed it half a mile down the road away from its chick and partner because I was so
thoroughly fooled into thinking it could only meander and flap.
thoroughly fooled into thinking it could only meander and flap.
When I left the house this morning I didn’t think anything would be more fun than seeing a baby sandhill crane walking with its parents. Who knew the entertainment had just begun.
June 5, 2025 at 10:42 PM
When I left the house this morning I didn’t think anything would be more fun than seeing a baby sandhill crane walking with its parents. Who knew the entertainment had just begun.
Heavy rain after unreasonably miserably hot May sun means Happy Rey Day everybody!
I never knew there was this much green in all the universe. The browns of winter are gone, vanished since this morning.
I never knew there was this much green in all the universe. The browns of winter are gone, vanished since this morning.
May 15, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Heavy rain after unreasonably miserably hot May sun means Happy Rey Day everybody!
I never knew there was this much green in all the universe. The browns of winter are gone, vanished since this morning.
I never knew there was this much green in all the universe. The browns of winter are gone, vanished since this morning.
Reposted by Doreen
Resharing this older, horrible thing. Happy Easter!
April 20, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Resharing this older, horrible thing. Happy Easter!
Remembered I still had a little ramp butter from last spring stashed in the freezer and if you were wondering, yes in fact, it is a very good idea to use that as the base for your Alfredo sauce.
April 19, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Remembered I still had a little ramp butter from last spring stashed in the freezer and if you were wondering, yes in fact, it is a very good idea to use that as the base for your Alfredo sauce.
Again I am forced to point out that anything arguing about rural politics like it is a monolith and the reason [USelectionresult] happened is giving a weird pass to the many, many more voters living in suburban areas who certainly are not voting like the urban cores.
April 19, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Again I am forced to point out that anything arguing about rural politics like it is a monolith and the reason [USelectionresult] happened is giving a weird pass to the many, many more voters living in suburban areas who certainly are not voting like the urban cores.
Ridiculously excited my kickstarter books arrived and I am going to rock some cutting edge Iron Age fashion soon.
Am fascinated by the pants in here that have a construction I’ve never even imagined before.
Am fascinated by the pants in here that have a construction I’ve never even imagined before.
April 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Ridiculously excited my kickstarter books arrived and I am going to rock some cutting edge Iron Age fashion soon.
Am fascinated by the pants in here that have a construction I’ve never even imagined before.
Am fascinated by the pants in here that have a construction I’ve never even imagined before.
Jordan and everyone else on this project are handing out trees for future food and community building. I learn a lot about systems following the project. Add some eyeballs if you’re on YT or join me in supporting with a few $ a month.
People out here doing work that adds up gives me hope.
People out here doing work that adds up gives me hope.
Any donation helps but there are other ways to help.
We need to grow our youtube account quickly.
Please visit www.youtube.com/@buildsoil/v...
and subscribe, watch videos, click the bell 🛎️ and the like button 👍
Getting numbers will help us get the content out further and quicker and will help
We need to grow our youtube account quickly.
Please visit www.youtube.com/@buildsoil/v...
and subscribe, watch videos, click the bell 🛎️ and the like button 👍
Getting numbers will help us get the content out further and quicker and will help
April 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Jordan and everyone else on this project are handing out trees for future food and community building. I learn a lot about systems following the project. Add some eyeballs if you’re on YT or join me in supporting with a few $ a month.
People out here doing work that adds up gives me hope.
People out here doing work that adds up gives me hope.
Anyway, spring comes soon.
April 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Anyway, spring comes soon.
“Why it is impossible for most people to grow all their own food and make all their own clothes” = doom, helplessness, despair.
“Ways people can learn to grow food and make/repair clothes” = enables hope and neighborly cooperation, provides some buffer and supplements purchases
“Ways people can learn to grow food and make/repair clothes” = enables hope and neighborly cooperation, provides some buffer and supplements purchases
April 5, 2025 at 4:09 PM
“Why it is impossible for most people to grow all their own food and make all their own clothes” = doom, helplessness, despair.
“Ways people can learn to grow food and make/repair clothes” = enables hope and neighborly cooperation, provides some buffer and supplements purchases
“Ways people can learn to grow food and make/repair clothes” = enables hope and neighborly cooperation, provides some buffer and supplements purchases
MSP people! My favorite place in town and one of my favorite dystopian hope stories!
An imagined near future where people are benefiting and surviving and finding joy together in partial measures with their skills!
An imagined near future where people are benefiting and surviving and finding joy together in partial measures with their skills!
On Sunday, April 6th, I will be reading a two-voices, musically-accompanied, performance-style version of "The Year Without Sunshine" at the Bryant Lake Bowl as part of Cole Sarar's Science Fiction Reading Hour series:
www.bryantlakebowl.com/theater/scif...
www.bryantlakebowl.com/theater/scif...
Bryant Lake Bowl Theater
A live reading series featuring new science fiction from Cole and special guest writers, underscored with futurist soundscapes by accomplished musicians. Two writers spin original science fiction, and...
www.bryantlakebowl.com
April 2, 2025 at 6:58 PM
MSP people! My favorite place in town and one of my favorite dystopian hope stories!
An imagined near future where people are benefiting and surviving and finding joy together in partial measures with their skills!
An imagined near future where people are benefiting and surviving and finding joy together in partial measures with their skills!
Good job Past Me preparing for today, when second winter appears with snow atop yesterday’s freezing rain.
March 30, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Good job Past Me preparing for today, when second winter appears with snow atop yesterday’s freezing rain.