SpainCo
@spainco.bsky.social
Minnesota (he/him)
I wrangle IT folks for a living.
Whatever hobby I have this week is not the one I had last week.
I wrangle IT folks for a living.
Whatever hobby I have this week is not the one I had last week.
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It’s hard to believe but there was a cartoon about an immigrant mouse and it was seen as totally fine and not controversial and not woke because it was an aspirational and nice thing about America that people could come here and find a better life
November 5, 2025 at 9:08 PM
It’s hard to believe but there was a cartoon about an immigrant mouse and it was seen as totally fine and not controversial and not woke because it was an aspirational and nice thing about America that people could come here and find a better life
Reached the end of the hike only to encounter a group of trumpeter swans and an eagle right at the confluence; felt like the universe was giving me a thumbs up.
October 20, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Reached the end of the hike only to encounter a group of trumpeter swans and an eagle right at the confluence; felt like the universe was giving me a thumbs up.
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With AI degrading everything online, hyperlocal print crankery is more important than ever (sincere)
October 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
With AI degrading everything online, hyperlocal print crankery is more important than ever (sincere)
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Kiddo: 'I have that song from the Zombies stuck in my head'
Mom: 'In your head?'
Me: 'In your head.'
Mom: 'In your head?'
Me: 'In your head.'
October 5, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Kiddo: 'I have that song from the Zombies stuck in my head'
Mom: 'In your head?'
Me: 'In your head.'
Mom: 'In your head?'
Me: 'In your head.'
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The messages show high-level officials in the Trump administration discussing the possible deployment of the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, an infantry force that has dropped into combat zones in both World Wars, Vietnam and Afghanistan.
Trump officials discussed sending elite Army division to Portland, text messages show
A high-ranking White House official was indiscreetly texting about the Portland, Ore., planning last weekend, according to messages shared with the Minnesota Star Tribune.
bit.ly
October 4, 2025 at 12:05 AM
The messages show high-level officials in the Trump administration discussing the possible deployment of the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, an infantry force that has dropped into combat zones in both World Wars, Vietnam and Afghanistan.
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The Japanese Mario 64 official strategy guide is an incredible thing. "Can we make little hand-made dioramas of all the levels?" "Sure, why the hell not."
October 3, 2025 at 11:29 AM
The Japanese Mario 64 official strategy guide is an incredible thing. "Can we make little hand-made dioramas of all the levels?" "Sure, why the hell not."
Question for bigger Trek nerds than I:
Between the transporter clone, mirror universe and bearded parallel universe, Lower Decks had 4 discreet Boimlers -
Did anyone else in Star Trek have as many? Picard's gotta have that beat, or maybe Spock?
Between the transporter clone, mirror universe and bearded parallel universe, Lower Decks had 4 discreet Boimlers -
Did anyone else in Star Trek have as many? Picard's gotta have that beat, or maybe Spock?
September 27, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Question for bigger Trek nerds than I:
Between the transporter clone, mirror universe and bearded parallel universe, Lower Decks had 4 discreet Boimlers -
Did anyone else in Star Trek have as many? Picard's gotta have that beat, or maybe Spock?
Between the transporter clone, mirror universe and bearded parallel universe, Lower Decks had 4 discreet Boimlers -
Did anyone else in Star Trek have as many? Picard's gotta have that beat, or maybe Spock?
Just heard my eight year old shout "I plead the fifth!" from the bathroom.
No idea what's going on in there and not sure if I should be concerned or proud
No idea what's going on in there and not sure if I should be concerned or proud
September 26, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Just heard my eight year old shout "I plead the fifth!" from the bathroom.
No idea what's going on in there and not sure if I should be concerned or proud
No idea what's going on in there and not sure if I should be concerned or proud
Our Doordash order:
Wasn't what we ordered
Wasn't in my name
Wasn't even from the correct restaurant
It wasn't even a Doordash order, it was some unlucky random Uber Eats order
They need a 'D, All of the Above' for their support portal.
Wasn't what we ordered
Wasn't in my name
Wasn't even from the correct restaurant
It wasn't even a Doordash order, it was some unlucky random Uber Eats order
They need a 'D, All of the Above' for their support portal.
September 13, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Our Doordash order:
Wasn't what we ordered
Wasn't in my name
Wasn't even from the correct restaurant
It wasn't even a Doordash order, it was some unlucky random Uber Eats order
They need a 'D, All of the Above' for their support portal.
Wasn't what we ordered
Wasn't in my name
Wasn't even from the correct restaurant
It wasn't even a Doordash order, it was some unlucky random Uber Eats order
They need a 'D, All of the Above' for their support portal.
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The weird new ant paper that shows queens laying eggs of a completely different species has me thinking that more species are probably cloning sperm in their spermathecae than we’d thought.
After all, most queens only mate once and cloning would be a great mechanism for keeping the party going.
After all, most queens only mate once and cloning would be a great mechanism for keeping the party going.
Ant queen lays eggs that hatch into two species
Bizarre discovery of interspecies cloning “almost impossible to believe,” biologists say
www.science.org
September 4, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The weird new ant paper that shows queens laying eggs of a completely different species has me thinking that more species are probably cloning sperm in their spermathecae than we’d thought.
After all, most queens only mate once and cloning would be a great mechanism for keeping the party going.
After all, most queens only mate once and cloning would be a great mechanism for keeping the party going.
A real egg! With a shell and everything. The third time was the charm.
Gytha (our Sapphire Gem) is an absolute unit for a pullet and this is nearly as big as a full size egg.
Gytha (our Sapphire Gem) is an absolute unit for a pullet and this is nearly as big as a full size egg.
September 3, 2025 at 11:03 PM
A real egg! With a shell and everything. The third time was the charm.
Gytha (our Sapphire Gem) is an absolute unit for a pullet and this is nearly as big as a full size egg.
Gytha (our Sapphire Gem) is an absolute unit for a pullet and this is nearly as big as a full size egg.
This is a distinctly Minnesotan failure mode.
The assumption is that the people in the long line must know something you don't and that there's probably a reason they aren't in the short line.
Half the people in the long line will be wondering about the short line but not willing to make a fuss.
The assumption is that the people in the long line must know something you don't and that there's probably a reason they aren't in the short line.
Half the people in the long line will be wondering about the short line but not willing to make a fuss.
One aspect of MN behavior has baffled me for the 18 years I’ve lived here. As shown in this pic—snapped just before doors opened for a Grandstand show at the Fair last week—Minnesotans almost always join the longest line, even when there are much shorter lines nearby.
September 1, 2025 at 2:17 PM
This is a distinctly Minnesotan failure mode.
The assumption is that the people in the long line must know something you don't and that there's probably a reason they aren't in the short line.
Half the people in the long line will be wondering about the short line but not willing to make a fuss.
The assumption is that the people in the long line must know something you don't and that there's probably a reason they aren't in the short line.
Half the people in the long line will be wondering about the short line but not willing to make a fuss.
Gytha (our sapphire gem) had her second attempt at an egg today - actually egg shaped this time with the beginnings of a shell, although definitely still leathery instead of hard.
Last time was like a water balloon, I'll spare you the picture.
Last time was like a water balloon, I'll spare you the picture.
August 30, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Gytha (our sapphire gem) had her second attempt at an egg today - actually egg shaped this time with the beginnings of a shell, although definitely still leathery instead of hard.
Last time was like a water balloon, I'll spare you the picture.
Last time was like a water balloon, I'll spare you the picture.
Just going to watch The Death Of Stalin again for no particular reason.
August 30, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Just going to watch The Death Of Stalin again for no particular reason.
100% just walked past Tim Walz here.
That man is uncannily stealthy at the Fair, his own security detail could lose him
That man is uncannily stealthy at the Fair, his own security detail could lose him
August 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM
100% just walked past Tim Walz here.
That man is uncannily stealthy at the Fair, his own security detail could lose him
That man is uncannily stealthy at the Fair, his own security detail could lose him
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Once again: I understand the temptation to say this, and it's partly true, but a LOT of the healthcare cuts (including to Medicaid) kick in well before the midterms:
acasignups.net/25/07/30/hea...
acasignups.net/25/07/30/hea...
August 18, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Once again: I understand the temptation to say this, and it's partly true, but a LOT of the healthcare cuts (including to Medicaid) kick in well before the midterms:
acasignups.net/25/07/30/hea...
acasignups.net/25/07/30/hea...
In the North St. Paul / Oakdale / Maplewood area and need a whole bunch of sand and/or pallets? Free for the taking.
August 17, 2025 at 8:39 PM
In the North St. Paul / Oakdale / Maplewood area and need a whole bunch of sand and/or pallets? Free for the taking.
And another - Scout is giving me the usual side eye.
August 17, 2025 at 3:28 PM
And another - Scout is giving me the usual side eye.
And the gals having breakfast. Hand feeding to try and direct them around the coop so they get used to the routine
August 17, 2025 at 3:25 PM
And the gals having breakfast. Hand feeding to try and direct them around the coop so they get used to the routine
The ladies are finally outside, so I've got a cat that's all miffed because his bird friends are outside and a dog who's bewildered by the new addition to his yard.
August 17, 2025 at 1:22 PM
The ladies are finally outside, so I've got a cat that's all miffed because his bird friends are outside and a dog who's bewildered by the new addition to his yard.
Become ungovernable
There are two wolves inside you. One is willing to use the back of a lined index card, the other one *needs* to buy *separate* unruled index cards.
August 17, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Become ungovernable
Oh no, I just caught myself moving my phone farther away to read it.
August 12, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Oh no, I just caught myself moving my phone farther away to read it.