Stacey Burns
@wentrogue.bsky.social
Once inspired the NYT Science Times to "try harder,” and now I post about my cats from my perch in the Witch District of Minneapolis. she/her
My beloved Max McBurns left us 11 years ago this week at the tender age of 17 and I swear not a day has gone by without fond memories of our best boy.
He used to become one with the laptop. The ghost in the machine.
He used to become one with the laptop. The ghost in the machine.
November 13, 2025 at 9:28 PM
My beloved Max McBurns left us 11 years ago this week at the tender age of 17 and I swear not a day has gone by without fond memories of our best boy.
He used to become one with the laptop. The ghost in the machine.
He used to become one with the laptop. The ghost in the machine.
I *just* listened to this excellent episode of @allusionistshow.bsky.social about Dr. Alex Ketchum’s Feminist Restaurant Project and went to check out Bloodroot…only to learn they announced *today* that they’re closing after nearly 50 years!
November 12, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I *just* listened to this excellent episode of @allusionistshow.bsky.social about Dr. Alex Ketchum’s Feminist Restaurant Project and went to check out Bloodroot…only to learn they announced *today* that they’re closing after nearly 50 years!
*Some of us* are actively tuning out, having found the discourse of the day damaging to the psyche
November 12, 2025 at 9:09 PM
*Some of us* are actively tuning out, having found the discourse of the day damaging to the psyche
Fascinating story in today’s Strib about what it’s like to be an archivist for a corporation.
Love the wry caption here: “Most Target employees who visit the archive are excited to see the wall of plush Bullseye dogs.”
MOST employees. The LOYAL, GRATEFUL ones, anyway. Gift link in the alt text.
Love the wry caption here: “Most Target employees who visit the archive are excited to see the wall of plush Bullseye dogs.”
MOST employees. The LOYAL, GRATEFUL ones, anyway. Gift link in the alt text.
November 12, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Fascinating story in today’s Strib about what it’s like to be an archivist for a corporation.
Love the wry caption here: “Most Target employees who visit the archive are excited to see the wall of plush Bullseye dogs.”
MOST employees. The LOYAL, GRATEFUL ones, anyway. Gift link in the alt text.
Love the wry caption here: “Most Target employees who visit the archive are excited to see the wall of plush Bullseye dogs.”
MOST employees. The LOYAL, GRATEFUL ones, anyway. Gift link in the alt text.
please stop threatening me. I’m just looking up words in the dictionary. No need for this kind of aggression.
November 12, 2025 at 6:06 AM
please stop threatening me. I’m just looking up words in the dictionary. No need for this kind of aggression.
“Nolan Church treated his family to an early dinner at Duluth’s Chinese Lantern before heading out on what was going to be his last trip of the season on Nov 8, 1975.”
Debbie, Bonnie, and Marilynn were in their early twenties. All three live still live in the Two Harbors area today.
Debbie, Bonnie, and Marilynn were in their early twenties. All three live still live in the Two Harbors area today.
November 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
“Nolan Church treated his family to an early dinner at Duluth’s Chinese Lantern before heading out on what was going to be his last trip of the season on Nov 8, 1975.”
Debbie, Bonnie, and Marilynn were in their early twenties. All three live still live in the Two Harbors area today.
Debbie, Bonnie, and Marilynn were in their early twenties. All three live still live in the Two Harbors area today.
JCO in 1978 Me in 5th grade
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magnificent resting bitch face
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magnificent resting bitch face
November 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
JCO in 1978 Me in 5th grade
🤝
magnificent resting bitch face
🤝
magnificent resting bitch face
“But @omarfatehmn.com didn’t lose like an ordinary challenger.
He lost like a candidate building a new political majority, one driven by renters, immigrants, young voters, and communities long shut out of the center of power” -Mukhtar M. Ibrahim, founder and former CEO of @sahanjournal.bsky.social
He lost like a candidate building a new political majority, one driven by renters, immigrants, young voters, and communities long shut out of the center of power” -Mukhtar M. Ibrahim, founder and former CEO of @sahanjournal.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 6:31 PM
“But @omarfatehmn.com didn’t lose like an ordinary challenger.
He lost like a candidate building a new political majority, one driven by renters, immigrants, young voters, and communities long shut out of the center of power” -Mukhtar M. Ibrahim, founder and former CEO of @sahanjournal.bsky.social
He lost like a candidate building a new political majority, one driven by renters, immigrants, young voters, and communities long shut out of the center of power” -Mukhtar M. Ibrahim, founder and former CEO of @sahanjournal.bsky.social
From the East Lake library foyer in June, 2021
November 8, 2025 at 5:54 PM
From the East Lake library foyer in June, 2021
lol I don’t have a tattoo either…maybe I could start with this
November 8, 2025 at 5:42 PM
lol I don’t have a tattoo either…maybe I could start with this
In 1976 “a panel of experts convened by the State Department noted that the rise of ‘unisex attire and hairstyles’ had made it harder to determine a person’s sex.”
November 8, 2025 at 5:30 PM
In 1976 “a panel of experts convened by the State Department noted that the rise of ‘unisex attire and hairstyles’ had made it harder to determine a person’s sex.”
A card from the 1890s (turns out that September is National Library Card Sign-Up Month, incidentally) hclib.tumblr.com/post/6000006...
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 PM
A card from the 1890s (turns out that September is National Library Card Sign-Up Month, incidentally) hclib.tumblr.com/post/6000006...
Until yesterday I didn’t even realize there were so many designs circulating out there. The librarian complimented mine — it *is* pleasing:
November 8, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Until yesterday I didn’t even realize there were so many designs circulating out there. The librarian complimented mine — it *is* pleasing:
I nabbed my card right away but I think they should’ve used this image instead
![Rally sign for the No Kings protest last month: No Kings, No Queens, only [image of Prince in ecstasy]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3hqx4nelkimy7lrzljrs3qm5/bafkreia6pfhjcvgngbrdfufarpa553nebybdzshssnx54377i27thasssi@jpeg)
November 8, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I nabbed my card right away but I think they should’ve used this image instead
Post you from a different era
Unfortunately I do not have a photo but it would have been something like this, back when my ancestors crawled from the sea about 375 million years ago
Unfortunately I do not have a photo but it would have been something like this, back when my ancestors crawled from the sea about 375 million years ago
November 7, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Post you from a different era
Unfortunately I do not have a photo but it would have been something like this, back when my ancestors crawled from the sea about 375 million years ago
Unfortunately I do not have a photo but it would have been something like this, back when my ancestors crawled from the sea about 375 million years ago
Show us your library cards!
I had a hold waiting for me so I just ran over and picked up my new card.
I had a hold waiting for me so I just ran over and picked up my new card.
November 7, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Show us your library cards!
I had a hold waiting for me so I just ran over and picked up my new card.
I had a hold waiting for me so I just ran over and picked up my new card.
The day we brought him home and today
November 7, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The day we brought him home and today
Yeah. The 2025 discourse is not anything like what I’d pictured as a kid surrounded by second wave feminists
November 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Yeah. The 2025 discourse is not anything like what I’d pictured as a kid surrounded by second wave feminists
What I love most about Jason Chavez’ campaign is how they worked—and succeeded!—at increasing turnout.
They also spent resources on not just election literature, but on ensuring residents are armed w/info to protect ourselves and our neighbors in this terrifying era. One example of campaign lit:
They also spent resources on not just election literature, but on ensuring residents are armed w/info to protect ourselves and our neighbors in this terrifying era. One example of campaign lit:
November 5, 2025 at 2:50 PM
What I love most about Jason Chavez’ campaign is how they worked—and succeeded!—at increasing turnout.
They also spent resources on not just election literature, but on ensuring residents are armed w/info to protect ourselves and our neighbors in this terrifying era. One example of campaign lit:
They also spent resources on not just election literature, but on ensuring residents are armed w/info to protect ourselves and our neighbors in this terrifying era. One example of campaign lit:
Voter no. 268 in Mpls ward 9-6 this morning. Let’s finally get us a new mayor. #Rank3ForChange
November 4, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Voter no. 268 in Mpls ward 9-6 this morning. Let’s finally get us a new mayor. #Rank3ForChange
“Fork some over”? IDK, do billionaires want to live in a society?
This article (link in alt text) is directly followed in print by a story about Elon Musk’s struggle to survive: “Mr. Musk’s supporters say he may quit if shareholders don’t approve a trillion-dollar package.”
This article (link in alt text) is directly followed in print by a story about Elon Musk’s struggle to survive: “Mr. Musk’s supporters say he may quit if shareholders don’t approve a trillion-dollar package.”
November 4, 2025 at 2:25 PM
“Fork some over”? IDK, do billionaires want to live in a society?
This article (link in alt text) is directly followed in print by a story about Elon Musk’s struggle to survive: “Mr. Musk’s supporters say he may quit if shareholders don’t approve a trillion-dollar package.”
This article (link in alt text) is directly followed in print by a story about Elon Musk’s struggle to survive: “Mr. Musk’s supporters say he may quit if shareholders don’t approve a trillion-dollar package.”
The news won’t deter me from commemorating this holiday every year
November 4, 2025 at 12:56 PM
The news won’t deter me from commemorating this holiday every year
I’m only just now noticing how nice our turf was today
November 2, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I’m only just now noticing how nice our turf was today