Fred Beukema
@beukema.bsky.social
In Minneapolis. Structural engineer, mostly lapsed improvisor, 3 day Jeopardy! champ. Happily married to a public school teacher. Two kids, a cat, and a dog.
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I’m no marketing expert I’m just a regular guy but if this was my movie I simply would never let this quote see the light of day
Is there a spit take emoji? Because if not, there really needs to be one for cases like this.
November 13, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I’m no marketing expert I’m just a regular guy but if this was my movie I simply would never let this quote see the light of day
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Sometimes you run across an old quote that stops you cold. From a Jayson Stark article in January 2000:
November 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Sometimes you run across an old quote that stops you cold. From a Jayson Stark article in January 2000:
Booked a 6:24AM Flight Like a Dumbass - the Fred Beukema Story
November 13, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Booked a 6:24AM Flight Like a Dumbass - the Fred Beukema Story
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"The single determining criterion for involuntary commitment is danger. Is the defendant a danger to himself or to others. You think you got the horses for that? Well good luck and God bless, but I'll tell you this: The last place you want to see me is in court."
If we send you this, it means we have a new Nancy collection on the way...
November 13, 2025 at 2:22 AM
"The single determining criterion for involuntary commitment is danger. Is the defendant a danger to himself or to others. You think you got the horses for that? Well good luck and God bless, but I'll tell you this: The last place you want to see me is in court."
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Media standards:
1) No Democratic scandal on par with Trump-Epstein, so it’d be biased and unfair to five it much attention.
2) Trump wouldn’t be shamed into resigning and his cult of personality wouldn’t abandon him, so Trump-Epstein wasn’t worth pursuing.
Way too many think that’s journalism.
1) No Democratic scandal on par with Trump-Epstein, so it’d be biased and unfair to five it much attention.
2) Trump wouldn’t be shamed into resigning and his cult of personality wouldn’t abandon him, so Trump-Epstein wasn’t worth pursuing.
Way too many think that’s journalism.
November 13, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Media standards:
1) No Democratic scandal on par with Trump-Epstein, so it’d be biased and unfair to five it much attention.
2) Trump wouldn’t be shamed into resigning and his cult of personality wouldn’t abandon him, so Trump-Epstein wasn’t worth pursuing.
Way too many think that’s journalism.
1) No Democratic scandal on par with Trump-Epstein, so it’d be biased and unfair to five it much attention.
2) Trump wouldn’t be shamed into resigning and his cult of personality wouldn’t abandon him, so Trump-Epstein wasn’t worth pursuing.
Way too many think that’s journalism.
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Mike Johnson pretty clearly put out a call to the caucus to get someone to change their position on this so he could swear in Grijalva. It's the most transparent coverup in living memory.
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Nancy Mace is expected to pull her support for the petition to release the Epstein Files, the day before Adelita Grijalva is sworn in.
November 12, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Mike Johnson pretty clearly put out a call to the caucus to get someone to change their position on this so he could swear in Grijalva. It's the most transparent coverup in living memory.
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So on Epstein, the Democratic position should be "Trump should resign." If you are a Democratic elected, practice saying "We demand the president's resignation" in front of a mirror as many times as it takes until the dry-heaving that comes from having a phobia about actually doing politics passes.
November 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
So on Epstein, the Democratic position should be "Trump should resign." If you are a Democratic elected, practice saying "We demand the president's resignation" in front of a mirror as many times as it takes until the dry-heaving that comes from having a phobia about actually doing politics passes.
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Wow. Can't say much else. The overhead corona was unbelievable. The most intense reds and greens. ❤️💚😍💃 She'll be dancing until sunrise.
I visited Franconia Sculpture Park over summer and it has been on my aurora photo bucket list ever since. That's where I went last night.
Schafer, Minnesota.
I visited Franconia Sculpture Park over summer and it has been on my aurora photo bucket list ever since. That's where I went last night.
Schafer, Minnesota.
November 12, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Wow. Can't say much else. The overhead corona was unbelievable. The most intense reds and greens. ❤️💚😍💃 She'll be dancing until sunrise.
I visited Franconia Sculpture Park over summer and it has been on my aurora photo bucket list ever since. That's where I went last night.
Schafer, Minnesota.
I visited Franconia Sculpture Park over summer and it has been on my aurora photo bucket list ever since. That's where I went last night.
Schafer, Minnesota.
Still going hours later. There seems to be a band, like a giant arch of red overhead, stretching from east to west horizons and tilting to the south. It's surrounded by the continuing green curtains. Remarkable.
November 12, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Still going hours later. There seems to be a band, like a giant arch of red overhead, stretching from east to west horizons and tilting to the south. It's surrounded by the continuing green curtains. Remarkable.
Hella sirens this evening, south mpls. What's the rumpus?
November 12, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Hella sirens this evening, south mpls. What's the rumpus?
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This is what I try to always tell people: food banks can do way more with your money than you can, due to bulk buying deals. And they can do way, way more with your money than with the canned goods you didn’t want to eat
spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
November 11, 2025 at 9:21 PM
This is what I try to always tell people: food banks can do way more with your money than you can, due to bulk buying deals. And they can do way, way more with your money than with the canned goods you didn’t want to eat
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Update:
Because Holman airfield has international flights they must have a customs office.
The building project reported by the city is a replacement of an existing customs office.
I have seen no indication that this project is anything other than a replacement for a very old facility.
Because Holman airfield has international flights they must have a customs office.
The building project reported by the city is a replacement of an existing customs office.
I have seen no indication that this project is anything other than a replacement for a very old facility.
I reached out to federal delegation to get some answers on this project. It’s a surprise and a very unwelcome one.
No home for ICE and CBP in Saint Paul.
No home for ICE and CBP in Saint Paul.
From a St Paul Dept of Safety and Inspections email: construction permit for a new $11m CBP building construction permit at 670 Bayfield Street next to the downtown StP airport. Note location right near the runways. "Great" place to deport from! @mollycoleman.bsky.social @melvincarter.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Update:
Because Holman airfield has international flights they must have a customs office.
The building project reported by the city is a replacement of an existing customs office.
I have seen no indication that this project is anything other than a replacement for a very old facility.
Because Holman airfield has international flights they must have a customs office.
The building project reported by the city is a replacement of an existing customs office.
I have seen no indication that this project is anything other than a replacement for a very old facility.
Guffawed in a Barnes & Noble at this.
Also: learned that you can buy @theonion.com print edition at B&N.
Also: learned that you can buy @theonion.com print edition at B&N.
November 11, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Guffawed in a Barnes & Noble at this.
Also: learned that you can buy @theonion.com print edition at B&N.
Also: learned that you can buy @theonion.com print edition at B&N.
I'm sorry. This is so utterly brain-dead. I thought the full article would make this make sense somehow. It did not. Encountering these claims from the creatives as the reporter would turn me instantly into Isaac Chotiner on the follow-up questions.
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I'm sorry. This is so utterly brain-dead. I thought the full article would make this make sense somehow. It did not. Encountering these claims from the creatives as the reporter would turn me instantly into Isaac Chotiner on the follow-up questions.
Yes, we all know that every 007 has been a different person, each with the birth name James Bond. M has to find the next one every couple of decades like the Dalai Lama.
this is so silly. people know the deal with bond. the writers should just embrace the metatextual aspects of the franchise
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Yes, we all know that every 007 has been a different person, each with the birth name James Bond. M has to find the next one every couple of decades like the Dalai Lama.
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this is so silly. people know the deal with bond. the writers should just embrace the metatextual aspects of the franchise
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
this is so silly. people know the deal with bond. the writers should just embrace the metatextual aspects of the franchise
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Surprising and disturbing! WTF @jay.bsky.team ??
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November 11, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Surprising and disturbing! WTF @jay.bsky.team ??
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
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I know, everybody should leave X, but I think an exception should be made solely for Joyce Carol Oates so she can keep wounding Musk's withered soul on his own site and he can't do a thing about it.
![Joyce Carol Oates quoting a tweet that says “wherever he [Elon Musk] goes, he wants to leave”:
"wherever he goes, he wants to leave"-- that's because when he gets there, he has brought his own self along; & whatever club he's invited to join has been devalued by the invitation.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:buy3qvqcj3o76leo6ap7pn2p/bafkreifilfbsxemfsambf4kqwolr24ld2ekqcrz4ybgv3bv7kzi5e6kppm@jpeg)
November 11, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I know, everybody should leave X, but I think an exception should be made solely for Joyce Carol Oates so she can keep wounding Musk's withered soul on his own site and he can't do a thing about it.
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Coast Guard: Uh, see, uh...D'you think there's any possibility that you could, uh, come about and go back there and, uh, and do any searching?
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The exchange between the Coast Guard and the Arthur M. Anderson on the night the Edmund Fitzgerald went down is one of my Roman Empires — asking the Anderson to come about and search, and Captain Cooper saying yes.
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The Lost Fitzgerald Search Tapes
Rare radio chatter between the Arthur M. Anderson and the Coast Guard November 10th, 1975. The last time anyone ever heard from the Edmund Fitzgerald
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November 10, 2023 at 1:05 PM
Coast Guard: Uh, see, uh...D'you think there's any possibility that you could, uh, come about and go back there and, uh, and do any searching?
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Having recently driven across multiple counties of the greater Los Angeles area at midday, once in each direction, I have no idea how this could be possible.
Chased by police, driver covers 173 miles on SoCal freeways before escaping into Mexico
Chased by police, driver covers 173 miles on SoCal freeways before escaping into Mexico
The driver of a stolen van sped through Ventura, Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties, eventually driving into Mexico to evade the California Highway Patrol, officials said.
www.latimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Having recently driven across multiple counties of the greater Los Angeles area at midday, once in each direction, I have no idea how this could be possible.
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It is incredible — the blind spots you develop when you’ve never, ever been poor.
Trump claims that food stamps "puts the country in jeopardy. People that are able-bodied can do a job, they leave their job because they figure they can pick this up, it's easier."
November 11, 2025 at 12:34 AM
It is incredible — the blind spots you develop when you’ve never, ever been poor.
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Enough is enough. Contact your Democratic senators TODAY and tell them to call for Senator Schumer to step aside as Minority Leader. We desperately need new leadership in the Democratic Party.
CALL NOW: Tell Your Democratic Senator It's Time for Chuck Schumer to Step Aside
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November 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Enough is enough. Contact your Democratic senators TODAY and tell them to call for Senator Schumer to step aside as Minority Leader. We desperately need new leadership in the Democratic Party.
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Our calls & outrage are working! Sen Kaine, Rosen, Shaneen & Hassan said if they hear from more of their constituents, they could change their votes from a yes to a no. Rs may not be voting for this bill also, so call your R senators too. Keep the phone calls coming bc it’s working! 202-224-3121
November 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Our calls & outrage are working! Sen Kaine, Rosen, Shaneen & Hassan said if they hear from more of their constituents, they could change their votes from a yes to a no. Rs may not be voting for this bill also, so call your R senators too. Keep the phone calls coming bc it’s working! 202-224-3121