Elizaliz
@elizasan.bsky.social
Anthropologist turned Software Engineer. Jack of a few trades, master of none. From the definitely always Canadian Provence of Minnesota.
Not sure if they’d have it, but check out Digi-key from Thief River Falls, MN. The town basically thrives because of that company, and they are being impacted by tariffs. The guy who started it did it because he was into ham radios, and realized how hard it was to get components.
July 4, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Not sure if they’d have it, but check out Digi-key from Thief River Falls, MN. The town basically thrives because of that company, and they are being impacted by tariffs. The guy who started it did it because he was into ham radios, and realized how hard it was to get components.
I’m weirdly optimistic, in a way. I know that it will be worse than I hope, but not worse than I can imagine, and I feel like we can handle that.
June 28, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I’m weirdly optimistic, in a way. I know that it will be worse than I hope, but not worse than I can imagine, and I feel like we can handle that.
I saw that a couple of hours before the white smoke! I wasn’t familiar with him, but she seemed so lovely that when they called his name, I was excited. If it weren’t for her, I would have been stressed about the choice of an American.
May 11, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I saw that a couple of hours before the white smoke! I wasn’t familiar with him, but she seemed so lovely that when they called his name, I was excited. If it weren’t for her, I would have been stressed about the choice of an American.
They just don’t care. They just have to post it so it can be folded into their propaganda cycle, where it will live forever. I know I’m preaching to the choir, it’s just exasperating.
May 11, 2025 at 1:19 AM
They just don’t care. They just have to post it so it can be folded into their propaganda cycle, where it will live forever. I know I’m preaching to the choir, it’s just exasperating.
The church just has so much influence in the world, and with what’s happening with religion in this country, it feels like he could act as a counterbalance of sorts. It’s just nice feeling like there’s an opposing force, even if it’s sometimes flawed.
May 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The church just has so much influence in the world, and with what’s happening with religion in this country, it feels like he could act as a counterbalance of sorts. It’s just nice feeling like there’s an opposing force, even if it’s sometimes flawed.
Also, as someone who has always cared more about worker’s rights and human dignity than pretty much anything else, his choice of the name Leo and his intention to focus on renewed Catholic social teaching for the modern age, it has me thinking I should go to church. And write the pope.
May 10, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Also, as someone who has always cared more about worker’s rights and human dignity than pretty much anything else, his choice of the name Leo and his intention to focus on renewed Catholic social teaching for the modern age, it has me thinking I should go to church. And write the pope.
100%. There is absolutely a wonderful side to the church that I often feel nostalgic for, but that thread of evangelical thinking has been there for a while. If he can pull even half of those loose threads back in, that would be huge.
May 10, 2025 at 11:59 PM
100%. There is absolutely a wonderful side to the church that I often feel nostalgic for, but that thread of evangelical thinking has been there for a while. If he can pull even half of those loose threads back in, that would be huge.
Not with the intention of going back to the church, but with the intention of fixing what’s happening in the US with the support of the church. Normally, I wouldn’t consider it a possibility, but he has kind of opened my mind to it. Anyway, thanks again. This was great.
May 10, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Not with the intention of going back to the church, but with the intention of fixing what’s happening in the US with the support of the church. Normally, I wouldn’t consider it a possibility, but he has kind of opened my mind to it. Anyway, thanks again. This was great.
And actually, with his focus on synodality, I feel like there’s an opportunity for the lapsed and former US Catholics with a good educational foundation in Catholic history and catechism to make a positive impact. I didn’t realize until Pope Francis died just how many of us there are.
May 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM
And actually, with his focus on synodality, I feel like there’s an opportunity for the lapsed and former US Catholics with a good educational foundation in Catholic history and catechism to make a positive impact. I didn’t realize until Pope Francis died just how many of us there are.
For me, it feels like the first really big move to counter what’s going on. I may be putting a little too much importance on it, but either way, it makes me feel hopeful.
May 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM
For me, it feels like the first really big move to counter what’s going on. I may be putting a little too much importance on it, but either way, it makes me feel hopeful.
Thank you! I had a sense of some of this from the homily, but I knew I was missing some nuances. I have been trying to explain to people just how meaningful he was as a choice, esp in the context of what’s happening in the Americas re immigration, and in the Catholic Church in the US.
May 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Thank you! I had a sense of some of this from the homily, but I knew I was missing some nuances. I have been trying to explain to people just how meaningful he was as a choice, esp in the context of what’s happening in the Americas re immigration, and in the Catholic Church in the US.
How much of his day does he spend thinking about sharks? What if… and hear me out here… we just get interviewers to distract him with questions and stories about sharks for 4 years so he doesn’t do anything but talk about sharks and come up with insane shark-based plans?
May 6, 2025 at 3:27 AM
How much of his day does he spend thinking about sharks? What if… and hear me out here… we just get interviewers to distract him with questions and stories about sharks for 4 years so he doesn’t do anything but talk about sharks and come up with insane shark-based plans?
As someone who was raised Catholic, I’ve been thinking about the story of Easter a lot this year for these exact reasons, and also because of Judas, and how his fear led to betrayal. With so many people seeming to act out of fear lately, his story feels more meaningful than usual.
April 20, 2025 at 5:36 PM
As someone who was raised Catholic, I’ve been thinking about the story of Easter a lot this year for these exact reasons, and also because of Judas, and how his fear led to betrayal. With so many people seeming to act out of fear lately, his story feels more meaningful than usual.
Ah, that’s good to hear. I knew the funding had been approved, but last I heard they were running into issues actually getting orders placed or something.
April 16, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Ah, that’s good to hear. I knew the funding had been approved, but last I heard they were running into issues actually getting orders placed or something.
Yep, and I am guessing funding for the project is a mess right now. Anyone who was in the region in 97 knows how important this is.
April 16, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Yep, and I am guessing funding for the project is a mess right now. Anyone who was in the region in 97 knows how important this is.
Moorhead has some major flood risks, and the diversion is running into roadblocks due to all the federal budget issues. He does need to make sure his state is ok, especially if there won’t be FEMA support in the event of a major flood. I assume that is the main reason for the visit.
April 16, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Moorhead has some major flood risks, and the diversion is running into roadblocks due to all the federal budget issues. He does need to make sure his state is ok, especially if there won’t be FEMA support in the event of a major flood. I assume that is the main reason for the visit.
I was raised in a very Catholic family. For me, trying to follow Christ’s teachings are what lead me away from the church and toward the left in the first place. I’m not religious, but I don’t think I left anything. I think I stood by it.
April 16, 2025 at 4:20 AM
I was raised in a very Catholic family. For me, trying to follow Christ’s teachings are what lead me away from the church and toward the left in the first place. I’m not religious, but I don’t think I left anything. I think I stood by it.
That is what is getting me right now. Especially right as we approach Easter, seeing “Christians” support this or even turn a blind eye to it has me raging.
April 16, 2025 at 3:55 AM
That is what is getting me right now. Especially right as we approach Easter, seeing “Christians” support this or even turn a blind eye to it has me raging.
Unfortunately, all good and super pressure shower heads will now be downgraded to acceptable.
April 9, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Unfortunately, all good and super pressure shower heads will now be downgraded to acceptable.
Same. I thought he’d hit more road blocks.
I think that’s what has had me putting too much intentionality behind the capitulation itself. Yeah, some people are going through life like it’s a game of chess, but more people are just short-sighted and selfish than I realized.
I think that’s what has had me putting too much intentionality behind the capitulation itself. Yeah, some people are going through life like it’s a game of chess, but more people are just short-sighted and selfish than I realized.
April 7, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Same. I thought he’d hit more road blocks.
I think that’s what has had me putting too much intentionality behind the capitulation itself. Yeah, some people are going through life like it’s a game of chess, but more people are just short-sighted and selfish than I realized.
I think that’s what has had me putting too much intentionality behind the capitulation itself. Yeah, some people are going through life like it’s a game of chess, but more people are just short-sighted and selfish than I realized.
I think people on Bluesky are too smart, because I honestly did not foresee anyone who works in media, tech, or anything related to the economy ACTUALLY BEING SURPRISED by any of this. I’m still not 100% sold on them being dumb instead of malicious, but seeing them act genuinely surprised is insane.
April 7, 2025 at 5:09 AM
I think people on Bluesky are too smart, because I honestly did not foresee anyone who works in media, tech, or anything related to the economy ACTUALLY BEING SURPRISED by any of this. I’m still not 100% sold on them being dumb instead of malicious, but seeing them act genuinely surprised is insane.
Ummm, my plan for my parents is to say “I told you so,” while I take care of my siblings who have been struggling and their kids as best I can manage, while hoping they take care of me too. I love you mom, but honestly just fuck off and die. I tried to get your help. You don’t get mine.
April 5, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Ummm, my plan for my parents is to say “I told you so,” while I take care of my siblings who have been struggling and their kids as best I can manage, while hoping they take care of me too. I love you mom, but honestly just fuck off and die. I tried to get your help. You don’t get mine.
This is what I’ve been saying. It’s easy to forget how many people are low information voters. The crazy MAGA people are loud, but I really think most voters had no idea what they were voting for. And to be fair, the stuff we were warning them about does sound insane.
April 3, 2025 at 8:45 PM
This is what I’ve been saying. It’s easy to forget how many people are low information voters. The crazy MAGA people are loud, but I really think most voters had no idea what they were voting for. And to be fair, the stuff we were warning them about does sound insane.
I underestimated the impact of what you were planning when I heard about it, but by the end of the day yesterday, you had me crying happy tears. My 14 year old niece even reached out to me today to ask if I had seen the Hamilton TikTok edits of it. It feels like a historic moment. Thank you 🙏
April 2, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I underestimated the impact of what you were planning when I heard about it, but by the end of the day yesterday, you had me crying happy tears. My 14 year old niece even reached out to me today to ask if I had seen the Hamilton TikTok edits of it. It feels like a historic moment. Thank you 🙏