Rattletrap Clutterbuggy
@bdunnette.bsky.social
A violin salesperson with a checkered past.
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How many Radiohead references can you count?
November 4, 2025 at 11:36 PM
How many Radiohead references can you count?
Fun fact: OpenAI's Sora will cheerfully generate videos extolling the virtues of Christian socialism - and then silently delete them from your feed.
November 4, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Fun fact: OpenAI's Sora will cheerfully generate videos extolling the virtues of Christian socialism - and then silently delete them from your feed.
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Disney: capitulating right away when the core idea of your major franchises is creative resistance.
September 19, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Disney: capitulating right away when the core idea of your major franchises is creative resistance.
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Nobody talks about his hard it is to be both a people pleaser and a committed curmudgeon
September 18, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Nobody talks about his hard it is to be both a people pleaser and a committed curmudgeon
Important note for folks in leadership:
"Hate speech" is not the same thing as "Speech that *I* hate".
"Hate speech" is not the same thing as "Speech that *I* hate".
Just for an example to drive this home:
The Feminist Caucus is insisting in social media posts and in official emails that I am "mean."
The Feminist Caucus is insisting in social media posts and in official emails that I am "mean."
Yesterday, the Attorney General asserted that "hate speech" is not free speech.
Today, the President asserted that speech that is "mean" or "unfair' to him is "hate speech".
Water funparks have slopes that are less slippery than this.
Today, the President asserted that speech that is "mean" or "unfair' to him is "hate speech".
Water funparks have slopes that are less slippery than this.
September 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Important note for folks in leadership:
"Hate speech" is not the same thing as "Speech that *I* hate".
"Hate speech" is not the same thing as "Speech that *I* hate".
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this from my piece on charlie kirk is probably the most important takeaway if you want to know why bad faith, right-wing voices in media are treated as just another set of peers
September 16, 2025 at 11:49 AM
this from my piece on charlie kirk is probably the most important takeaway if you want to know why bad faith, right-wing voices in media are treated as just another set of peers
Public* Space
*(When We Feel Like It)
*(When We Feel Like It)
dinner du nord is downtown as playground: the elites dine on steak on nicollet mall while cops collect OT looking at their phones and an 81 year old woman asks me why buses are gone and she had to walk home to loring
September 12, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Public* Space
*(When We Feel Like It)
*(When We Feel Like It)
Real talk? EVs are already some of the "sportiest" cars on the market right now.
Case in point: my family recently bought a car with excellent acceleration and handling (classic "sporty" characteristics).
That car? A used 2017 Chevy Bolt.
Case in point: my family recently bought a car with excellent acceleration and handling (classic "sporty" characteristics).
That car? A used 2017 Chevy Bolt.
EVs once promised to turn down the volume on traffic. Now sports car makers are rolling out electric models that are designed to be just as noisy as a V8.
Inside the Effort to Make EVs Roar Like Real Sports Cars
To preserve their speedsters’ acoustic charms, companies mimic gas engines and enlist musicians to manufacture futuristic hums
on.wsj.com
September 11, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Real talk? EVs are already some of the "sportiest" cars on the market right now.
Case in point: my family recently bought a car with excellent acceleration and handling (classic "sporty" characteristics).
That car? A used 2017 Chevy Bolt.
Case in point: my family recently bought a car with excellent acceleration and handling (classic "sporty" characteristics).
That car? A used 2017 Chevy Bolt.
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How a person dies can never excuse how a person lives.
September 11, 2025 at 12:44 PM
How a person dies can never excuse how a person lives.
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I guess I just want some of the RTO c-suite suits to lean into how downtown tax base benefits cities. It does not seem like a messaging blunder to say "our company has benefited from the incredible conditions here and wants help ensure the city remains vibrant and healthy for many years to come."
September 9, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I guess I just want some of the RTO c-suite suits to lean into how downtown tax base benefits cities. It does not seem like a messaging blunder to say "our company has benefited from the incredible conditions here and wants help ensure the city remains vibrant and healthy for many years to come."
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#OnThisDay July 22 1850: The riverboat "Yankee" leaves St Paul on a record setting trip 150 miles up the Minnesota River far into Blue Earth County, proving the River navigable for large steamships. At that point the captain turned back only because "swarms of mosquitos were proving too much."
July 22, 2025 at 1:22 PM
#OnThisDay July 22 1850: The riverboat "Yankee" leaves St Paul on a record setting trip 150 miles up the Minnesota River far into Blue Earth County, proving the River navigable for large steamships. At that point the captain turned back only because "swarms of mosquitos were proving too much."
Really missed morning ride across the Stone Arch Bridge - great to have it back! Thanks @mndot.mn.gov !
July 22, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Really missed morning ride across the Stone Arch Bridge - great to have it back! Thanks @mndot.mn.gov !
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I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better
July 16, 2025 at 6:39 AM
I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better
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A chart didn't make it into the piece — ICE has arrested >1,000 toddlers since 2023
July 16, 2025 at 3:15 PM
A chart didn't make it into the piece — ICE has arrested >1,000 toddlers since 2023
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Help us save an endangered species: signage at National Parks!
Snap a photo of any interpretive signs you see while visiting our national parks and submit them here:
buff.ly/QZKzv9s. #SaveOurSigns
Snap a photo of any interpretive signs you see while visiting our national parks and submit them here:
buff.ly/QZKzv9s. #SaveOurSigns
Save Our Signs - Photo submission
A crowd-sourced photo collection of National Parks Service signs to preserve copies before they can be removed, and to document any changes that are made.
saveoursigns.org
July 8, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Help us save an endangered species: signage at National Parks!
Snap a photo of any interpretive signs you see while visiting our national parks and submit them here:
buff.ly/QZKzv9s. #SaveOurSigns
Snap a photo of any interpretive signs you see while visiting our national parks and submit them here:
buff.ly/QZKzv9s. #SaveOurSigns
Tell me you went to a small Midwestern liberal arts college without telling me you went to a small Midwestern liberal arts college.
Does Bowdoin have a sledding hill because I fully expect the next revelation to be that he once stole a tray from the dining hall to go sledding with.
The bar is high, but I think this is the dumbest anti-Zohran argument I've read so far www.nationalreview.com/2025/06/is-z...
July 1, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Tell me you went to a small Midwestern liberal arts college without telling me you went to a small Midwestern liberal arts college.
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I feel like we don’t talk enough about how Metro Transit has a mascot named Skip Traffic.
June 20, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I feel like we don’t talk enough about how Metro Transit has a mascot named Skip Traffic.
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Two weeks ago masked cops from an array of agencies, wearing an array of uniforms, swarmed a restaurant at Lake & Bloomington and everyone who showed up to protect our neighborhood was asked to accept these mysterious authorities on faith
No paywall:
No paywall:
Pretending to be a police officer has never been easier in Minnesota
The shootings of state lawmakers is likely to spur debate on Minnesota laws governing impersonation, equipment purchases
www.startribune.com
June 16, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Two weeks ago masked cops from an array of agencies, wearing an array of uniforms, swarmed a restaurant at Lake & Bloomington and everyone who showed up to protect our neighborhood was asked to accept these mysterious authorities on faith
No paywall:
No paywall:
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"We put so many resources into studying the movement of cars on a structural level, but we do not do the same for pedestrians or bicyclists.
While some cities already do some bike and pedestrian counting to inform project designs, it is mostly done at the surface level."
While some cities already do some bike and pedestrian counting to inform project designs, it is mostly done at the surface level."
Street Views: Counting Beyond Cars
Car counts guide urban planning, but what about people on bikes and foot? Does their absence affect streets and public spaces?
streets.mn
June 8, 2025 at 3:22 PM
"We put so many resources into studying the movement of cars on a structural level, but we do not do the same for pedestrians or bicyclists.
While some cities already do some bike and pedestrian counting to inform project designs, it is mostly done at the surface level."
While some cities already do some bike and pedestrian counting to inform project designs, it is mostly done at the surface level."
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Roundabouts: because blowing through an intersection at 80 mph shouldn't be the default...or possible.
June 3, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Roundabouts: because blowing through an intersection at 80 mph shouldn't be the default...or possible.
Hey Internet!
I've got two free tickets that I can't use for a night of excellent native comedy tonight at the Parkway Theater (featuring @heytrishcook.bsky.social) - who wants em?
theparkwaytheater.com/all-events/s...
I've got two free tickets that I can't use for a night of excellent native comedy tonight at the Parkway Theater (featuring @heytrishcook.bsky.social) - who wants em?
theparkwaytheater.com/all-events/s...
The Shinob Squad // Native Humor & Comedy!
May is American Indian Month in Minnesota — join The Shinob Squad for a night of Native Humor and Comedy!
theparkwaytheater.com
May 16, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Hey Internet!
I've got two free tickets that I can't use for a night of excellent native comedy tonight at the Parkway Theater (featuring @heytrishcook.bsky.social) - who wants em?
theparkwaytheater.com/all-events/s...
I've got two free tickets that I can't use for a night of excellent native comedy tonight at the Parkway Theater (featuring @heytrishcook.bsky.social) - who wants em?
theparkwaytheater.com/all-events/s...
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One of these EVs qualifies for a federal tax credit
May 7, 2025 at 2:37 AM
One of these EVs qualifies for a federal tax credit
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The Mrs once, as an adult, didn't know how to ride a bike. I taught her how and we got her a series of Tern ebikes. Nowadays, she's a cargo hauler, leaving the car at home and thinking nothing of it.
E-cargo bikes are enabling.
E-cargo bikes are enabling.
April 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The Mrs once, as an adult, didn't know how to ride a bike. I taught her how and we got her a series of Tern ebikes. Nowadays, she's a cargo hauler, leaving the car at home and thinking nothing of it.
E-cargo bikes are enabling.
E-cargo bikes are enabling.
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just the neighborhood dinosaur it's fine
April 26, 2025 at 5:43 PM
just the neighborhood dinosaur it's fine
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Whoever figured out switching from heat to AC at the ward 1 convention, god bless you
April 26, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Whoever figured out switching from heat to AC at the ward 1 convention, god bless you