MarniO🍂
@silentmachine.bsky.social
I have opinions and know stuff. Minneapolis enby witch with a pain disorder and cats. Part of the local sky cult. In my previous life I was a forensic psychologist, re: child sexual abuse. Now I garden and spread love to counteract my inner angst.
Tfw you find teeny tiny bags of cocaine in your client's apartment and you notice he also pays all his shit on time and everything smells clean and he holds two jobs and is an immigrant.
a man in a blue shirt is laughing with the words matter of fact above him
Alt: a man in a blue shirt is laughing with the words matter of fact I'm blind in my left eye and 43% blind in my right eye
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November 11, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Tfw you find teeny tiny bags of cocaine in your client's apartment and you notice he also pays all his shit on time and everything smells clean and he holds two jobs and is an immigrant.
Oooh!
The northern lights could go wild tonight in Minnesota as NOAA has issued a "cannibal CME alert." Here's what you need to know about this developing situation: https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-lifestyle/major-northern-lights-possible-after-x-class-solar-flares-fuel-cannibal-cme-alert
November 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Oooh!
The morning feels so empty without her. 😞
November 11, 2025 at 12:53 PM
The morning feels so empty without her. 😞
We got 20 whole days more with her. She went downhill fast, but demanded loving the whole time. As much as we tried to feed her this weekend, she was ready to be done and refused anything but water and cuddles.
Goodbye my sweet abandoned apartment kitty. I hope you enjoyed your stay with us.
Goodbye my sweet abandoned apartment kitty. I hope you enjoyed your stay with us.
Left her behind for an afternoon of testing with the oncology department. I'll be sitting on my couch, hoping for the best.
November 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
We got 20 whole days more with her. She went downhill fast, but demanded loving the whole time. As much as we tried to feed her this weekend, she was ready to be done and refused anything but water and cuddles.
Goodbye my sweet abandoned apartment kitty. I hope you enjoyed your stay with us.
Goodbye my sweet abandoned apartment kitty. I hope you enjoyed your stay with us.
I'm not being snuggled, which is odd because it's very cold. Looked around for the old man and he's not in his usual spots. No, he's in his winter spot.
Kitty loves radiator. Does radiator love kitty?
Kitty loves radiator. Does radiator love kitty?
November 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I'm not being snuggled, which is odd because it's very cold. Looked around for the old man and he's not in his usual spots. No, he's in his winter spot.
Kitty loves radiator. Does radiator love kitty?
Kitty loves radiator. Does radiator love kitty?
I cannot even tell you how much I knew this was going to happen today.
#murdermachines #carsareweapons
#murdermachines #carsareweapons
November 10, 2025 at 3:58 AM
I cannot even tell you how much I knew this was going to happen today.
#murdermachines #carsareweapons
#murdermachines #carsareweapons
Oh hell no. While I cannot speak for the whole community, as an enby I'm fully side-eying her use of "black" as a pronoun during her online presence recently. Thanks for mocking a genuine attempt at recognition, Latonya! That's definitely how you do it.
I'll stick with Ilhan.
I'll stick with Ilhan.
latonya reeves on "Advancing LGBTQ+ Equality and Transgender Rights" for her CD5 run
another stunning victory for ilhan omar!
another stunning victory for ilhan omar!
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Oh hell no. While I cannot speak for the whole community, as an enby I'm fully side-eying her use of "black" as a pronoun during her online presence recently. Thanks for mocking a genuine attempt at recognition, Latonya! That's definitely how you do it.
I'll stick with Ilhan.
I'll stick with Ilhan.
Holy heck! As if it wasn't intimidating enough to sit at Christmas dinner!
My brilliant sister-in-law Jackie has been named one of the Women to Watch in the coming year!
(This article is poorly named, since it has been released at the end of the year, it should be "to watch in 2026")
My brilliant sister-in-law Jackie has been named one of the Women to Watch in the coming year!
(This article is poorly named, since it has been released at the end of the year, it should be "to watch in 2026")
November 9, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Holy heck! As if it wasn't intimidating enough to sit at Christmas dinner!
My brilliant sister-in-law Jackie has been named one of the Women to Watch in the coming year!
(This article is poorly named, since it has been released at the end of the year, it should be "to watch in 2026")
My brilliant sister-in-law Jackie has been named one of the Women to Watch in the coming year!
(This article is poorly named, since it has been released at the end of the year, it should be "to watch in 2026")
Today we're watching Legend, and I'm just imagining Ridley Scott shouting, "MORR GLITTER!"
There's glitter everywhere in this movie!
There's glitter everywhere in this movie!
a man with a mustache is saying `` i wanna see some sparkle and action '' while holding something in his hand .
Alt: a man with a mustache is saying `` i wanna see some sparkle and action '' while throwing glitter .
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November 9, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Today we're watching Legend, and I'm just imagining Ridley Scott shouting, "MORR GLITTER!"
There's glitter everywhere in this movie!
There's glitter everywhere in this movie!
Who is listening to @kfai.fm right now? I have to know which community member this is! I'm loving his "life of firsts" song choices 🥰 #waveproject
November 9, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Who is listening to @kfai.fm right now? I have to know which community member this is! I'm loving his "life of firsts" song choices 🥰 #waveproject
Y'all. People are playing fast and loose with their murder machines (cars) again. Please don't?
I just want to go places and see things.
I just want to go places and see things.
November 9, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Y'all. People are playing fast and loose with their murder machines (cars) again. Please don't?
I just want to go places and see things.
I just want to go places and see things.
My work has an AI feature that turns itself on when chatting with clients. I can hide it, but it keeps popping back up. So insistent! I have accidentally sent an AI message, then had to send my own message immediately saying "ignore that! It's wrong! AI said that." People understand, thankfully.
Hands up if you've never used Chat GPT ✋
(I feel like Dozer and Tank in The Matrix right now - at first I didn't use it because, rather ironically, I'm lazy and stubborn (peak Taurus energy there) - literally no, don't make me use the new thing I don't wanna. Now I'm glad I didn't 😅)
(I feel like Dozer and Tank in The Matrix right now - at first I didn't use it because, rather ironically, I'm lazy and stubborn (peak Taurus energy there) - literally no, don't make me use the new thing I don't wanna. Now I'm glad I didn't 😅)
Probably a good way to tell right now if the job you’re applying for is run by absolute dumbfucks is to ask if they’re using AI.
November 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
My work has an AI feature that turns itself on when chatting with clients. I can hide it, but it keeps popping back up. So insistent! I have accidentally sent an AI message, then had to send my own message immediately saying "ignore that! It's wrong! AI said that." People understand, thankfully.
Kathleen is super smart, and she even got out her graph paper last night for y'all if you want an explanation on why Rank Choice Voting wasn't the problem in the Minneapolis election.
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Jacob Frey is the worst of all possible outcomes. Progressive electeds and orgs could have thrown their weight behind a more viable candidate. But they didn’t. Here’s a quick and dirty explainer about how we ended up with Jacob when most people can’t stand him.
I am still so mad about this that I broke out the colored pencils, so I could do a little RCV explainer. Something is seriously wrong with me that this is what I am doing with my Saturday night, but here goes (a thread):
November 9, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Kathleen is super smart, and she even got out her graph paper last night for y'all if you want an explanation on why Rank Choice Voting wasn't the problem in the Minneapolis election.
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Minneapolis is freaking out because we finally got .0001" of snow
November 9, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Minneapolis is freaking out because we finally got .0001" of snow
One of my neighbors is always accusing me of "doing stuff" and I am guilty! I look for things to do that connect me to community and give me joy.
Here's something I plan to do next weekend, free free free!
Here's something I plan to do next weekend, free free free!
Minnesotans are invited to northeast Minneapolis next weekend for Art Attack! and California Dreamin'.
INTERVIEW: Art Attack! and California Dreamin'
Minnesotans are invited to northeast Minneapolis next weekend for Art Attack! and California Dreamin'.
kstp.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:00 AM
One of my neighbors is always accusing me of "doing stuff" and I am guilty! I look for things to do that connect me to community and give me joy.
Here's something I plan to do next weekend, free free free!
Here's something I plan to do next weekend, free free free!
My husband and I are working our way through scary movies he missed, and that I watched far too young. Tonight is Alien! I love this one for the constant references that films make to it to this day - definitely a cultural influence.
Particularly the chest-burst scene 😄
Particularly the chest-burst scene 😄
a lizard wearing a hat and a dress is holding a stick and dancing .
Alt: alien baby wearing a hat and a dress is holding a stick and dancing .
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November 9, 2025 at 1:12 AM
My husband and I are working our way through scary movies he missed, and that I watched far too young. Tonight is Alien! I love this one for the constant references that films make to it to this day - definitely a cultural influence.
Particularly the chest-burst scene 😄
Particularly the chest-burst scene 😄
There's always such a magical shine to the air, a glimmer in the periphery, that I can never quite capture in photography or painting. We all sure try, though. Luna, you are ever elusive.
This lake always feels like home. 🥰
This lake always feels like home. 🥰
Took this earlier this week walking around the Chain of Lakes in Minneapolis. The moon was bright and there are these #Willow trees I love. Got down low to capture the moon between two of them. #Evening #BlueSkyArtShow #Photography #Moon #MoonLovers #Landscape #Lake #EastCoastKIn #Minneapolis #Photo
November 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM
There's always such a magical shine to the air, a glimmer in the periphery, that I can never quite capture in photography or painting. We all sure try, though. Luna, you are ever elusive.
This lake always feels like home. 🥰
This lake always feels like home. 🥰
What, a whole $4.76?
Dude would have been better off stealing food.
Dude would have been better off stealing food.
Armed robber holds up Taco John's in Duluth, escapes with cash.
https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/armed-robber-holds-up-taco-johns-in-duluth-escapes-with-cash
https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/armed-robber-holds-up-taco-johns-in-duluth-escapes-with-cash
November 8, 2025 at 2:30 PM
What, a whole $4.76?
Dude would have been better off stealing food.
Dude would have been better off stealing food.
I don't suppose any of my East Coast friends are looking for a bonded pair? They are so sweet and fun to watch, with decades of love to come.
They have that teenager brotherly kind of love for each other. They are a bonded pair and are both so chatty and full of purrs.
Located in Elkton, MD.
(Video description: a black cat and an orange tabby cat play-wrestle with each other on a couch. The orange one seems to have the upper hand).
Located in Elkton, MD.
(Video description: a black cat and an orange tabby cat play-wrestle with each other on a couch. The orange one seems to have the upper hand).
November 8, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I don't suppose any of my East Coast friends are looking for a bonded pair? They are so sweet and fun to watch, with decades of love to come.
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I’m just saying, but if I had just gotten completely shellacked on Tuesday, I wouldn’t be asking SCOTUS to let me starve millions of people 3 days later.
November 8, 2025 at 2:09 AM
I’m just saying, but if I had just gotten completely shellacked on Tuesday, I wouldn’t be asking SCOTUS to let me starve millions of people 3 days later.
If I'm having a dinner at my house, there will be food. If you bring something, that's cool, but I'm not charging you. I'm inviting people to a meal. However, I absolutely understand that I've set my own expectations before the event - and everyone is different. I've also done potluck before.
Column: With Thanksgiving coming up, you may have noticed online posts about whether it's okay to charge guests for dinner.
It's part of a larger trend that, depending on your point of view, is either a major breach of etiquette or simply pragmatic.
It's part of a larger trend that, depending on your point of view, is either a major breach of etiquette or simply pragmatic.
Column | I’m on a budget but I want to host Thanksgiving dinner. Can I charge guests?
The trend of transferring financial responsibility from the host to the guest is turning fellowship into a monetary affair.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:01 PM
If I'm having a dinner at my house, there will be food. If you bring something, that's cool, but I'm not charging you. I'm inviting people to a meal. However, I absolutely understand that I've set my own expectations before the event - and everyone is different. I've also done potluck before.
Accidentally locked old man in the back hallway for a good 2hrs this morning, even ran to get lunch. Got home and the upstairs neighbor was laughing in the driveway. He had been hanging out with her, but she had to leave. He just stinks of their cologne now, but he looks sufficiently loved.
November 8, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Accidentally locked old man in the back hallway for a good 2hrs this morning, even ran to get lunch. Got home and the upstairs neighbor was laughing in the driveway. He had been hanging out with her, but she had to leave. He just stinks of their cologne now, but he looks sufficiently loved.
I've decided to watch end of the world movies. Like, movies made when everyone thought the world was legit ending soon. The year 1999, for example was amazing for "the end is nigh" shit - End of Days is where I'm starting because Gabriel Byrne plays a seriously great Satan.
a man wearing a black jacket and a cross necklace looks at the camera
Alt: Gabriel Byrne wearing a black jacket and a cross necklace looks at the camera
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November 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I've decided to watch end of the world movies. Like, movies made when everyone thought the world was legit ending soon. The year 1999, for example was amazing for "the end is nigh" shit - End of Days is where I'm starting because Gabriel Byrne plays a seriously great Satan.