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look I understand it’s the internet and whatever but i am begging you guys to understand: if you try to be playfully/sarcastically mean-spirited to someone who you have zero established relationship with, 99/100 times you will just come across as an asshole.

#honestly as a fighty bitch PLEASE don’t come into my inbox being sarcastic or playfully mean on anon #because I WILL WANT TO FIGHT YOU #pinning this as a disclaimer for all future anons

There are many, many people, places, and things that frustrate and annoy me in life, or that I may even hate, but really even the ones I am most deeply opposed to don’t necessarily feel like my enemies.

That is a station reserved nearly exclusively for the Wordle Bot.

There are many reasons for this. I hate its smug tone, even as it is exactly what one would expect from an AI tool given something resembling an attempt at a personality by the New York Times for the people who play New York Times games every day (I play multiple New York Times games every day, so this is what I deserve). I hate that it doesn’t sufficiently recognize and credit hard mode players. I hate that it encourages utilizing the same starting word as every other person still playing this game. And most of all, I think its metrics for evaluating your performance do not give sufficient credit for actual skill and logic, instead only focusing on statistical likelihood in ways that fail when the answer is not a statistically likely selection.

SO IMAGINE MY DELIGHT WHEN TODAY, EVEN THOUGH I USED 6 GUESSES, I SUCCEEDED WHERE THE BOT FAILED

Of course you would ‘doff your cap’ to me, you stupid robot who I imagine would try to emulate Elon Musk if it were a person.

#*my other sworn enemies include Kristi Noem (naturally)#and people who get to be cast in shows like Traitors because they were on Road Rules/The Challenge/A Housewives franchise #like please free those of us who don’t watch Bravo or didn’t watch those MTV shows from being totally bored in what should be a great show #also whiny bitch baby NBA superstar Luka Doncic #the top of the honorable mentions list is Ed Sheeran but he has sort of obviously distanced himself from Taylor Swift so he’s safe for now

A dispatch from wedding planning: mostly this has been fairly easy even when original plans have had to change (for example I learned at 5 am Tuesday that my original dress plan is out the window entirely and I’m like… not stressed about it?)

but truly the most humbling part has been realizing that if there’s a particular song that I want a cover of to add to my millions of playlists for different moments throughout the weekend - that’s because I want something more upbeat than the original (usually the case) or because I’m looking for a version sung by a woman who doesn’t change the pronouns, the place I ultimately find what I want is a Disney movie soundtrack a good 60% of the time

#what do you mean the only version of Just What I Needed sung by a woman is from the Sky High soundtrack #the Lilo and Stitch soundtrack having (at least situationally) superior covers of Elvis tracks is no surprise tho

petrovalinescrossedstrings

So if for some goddamn reason you still have tiktok? Maybe delete it

This shit is dystopian as fuck

Delete it as soon as you can do not fucking use the app at all

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Yeah, so, "TikTok is officially under the control of a cadre of pro-Trump billionaires including Larry Ellison."

#get off TikTok. full stop.

Apropos of everything, here are some places that I know are worthy targets that anyone from anywhere who wants to help could donate.

People’s Bail Fund of Minneapolis: https://pbfmn.org

Unlock Freedom Support Those in Need of Bail Relief Our Approach Collaborative Efforts for Lasting Solutions

Rent support for south Minneapolis neighbors:

https://gofund.me/4ca07d3cf

Zion Community Commons (providing meals including groceries to be delivered):

The Community Dinner concept began at Eureka Compass in 2017. As it grew, and the potential for beneficial impacts in the community in the c

Dios Habla Hoy church - doing massive amounts of food and grocery delivery:

DHH Operation Food Drive Info Center: donate, volunteer, training, donation drop-off, food registration, and contact numbers. Serving famili

National Lawyers Guild Minnesota:

https://nlgmn.org

National Lawyers Guild Minnesota – Law for the People Since 1937

#I don’t have it in me to write more at this time but here you go #there are many many many other places that would be good to donate as well #these are just ones that folks outside of MN might not be as familiar with #monarca and psl and dsa #and the immigrant defense network #are also important but possibly getting more traffic already

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[through gritted teeth] this sure is a fascinating era to have a special interest in cyclonic storms

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Screenshot of the NWS weather statements map, accurate as of 3:30pm eastern time on 1/22/26.

If you live in one of the areas of this map that's colored in, you need to go to Weather.gov, search for your local weather station (type your town and state into the search bar at the top left), and read all of the weather statements that have been released for your area. And you need to keep checking them as the storm approaches, because things could change a lot in a short period of time.

There is an unprecedented winter storm that is going to hit well over half of the states in the USA between Friday (1/23/26) and Monday (1/26/26). The Polar Vortex -- an extremely cold and dry air mass that usually lives over the arctic circle -- is going to be stretching down to the Mississippi Valley, where it will encounter a large, humid air mass known as an Atmospheric River. The two will then form a winter storm that, depending on where you are, could drop anywhere from 1+ inch of ice to 12+ inches of snow.

This is a largely-unprecedented winter weather event, so uncertainty about specifics is very high. Listen to your local authorities -- The NWS, Town/City Governments, State Officials, etc -- about how to prepare best for this upcoming storm.

#it can be easy for those of us who are used to this stuff to forget that winter storm prep skills are not universally held or taught #but when I lived in MO I realized that what feels like common sense to a Minnesotan is entirely context dependent #take this seriously folks. seek out information on your local situation and prepare accordingly.#layer up - and keep them loose enough to 1) actually work the way layers are supposed to #and 2) not decrease circulation in a way that actually makes things worse (specifically re: socks and shoes here)#insulate your house as needed - we have a new hvac system and insulation on certain windows and we will still be putting up #blankets over doors etc.#keep your faucets on a drip. open the cabinets under your sinks.#don’t drive if you don’t have to but if you do you must must must slow down and turn off any auto corrections like lane assist #also don’t use cruise control. I learned that by totalling a car in a winter storm.#if you must be outside cover exposed skin #and if you start to feel very hot while outside in the cold (barring strenuous exercise) you need to seek help for hypothermia immediately #push snow you’re shoveling rather than scooping and lifting - heart attacks can come on suddenly even in unsuspecting cases

Hi hello your friendly neighborhood resident of St. Paul here to tell you that it feels so fucking terrible to know that you all are watching us be invaded right now because I want everyone (but specifically the feds lol) to stop fucking looking at us and let us go back to trudging through a fucking cold and snowy winter in peace, and also watching it if you haven’t experienced it doesn’t begin to communicate how it actually feels, also being a flashpoint twice in the last 6 years has made it feel like this place and our people are now the object of multiple weird kinds of voyeurism but really we are real people not symbols not evidence for online arguments or conservative propaganda and/or whatever. I want to go back to not being thought about.

Anyway please do not look away. Please witness this in the way you can. Maybe be conscious and self-reflexive re: posting, but please keep your eye on Minneapolis. We are a testing ground, we are being made into an example. Please prepare yourselves for when they come to your city too. My love to those in places that have already faced even a fraction of this.

#me and mine are currently ok but that is obviously conditional and possibly temporary #and ok is also a really silly relative term here. like we are physically safe but have taken so much psychic damage already

The Minnesota tendency to never cancel or sit out anything due to basically any level of snow is cool and badass until it means I have to leave my house in the blizzard to do something on a Sunday night that I don’t want to do but my future mother in law is excited about

#the trans Siberian orchestra sounded fine enough before I knew about the 9 inches of snow #I hope you are all having a warm and comfortable and low stress holiday season #where no one who will be hurt if you say no asks you to do anything stupid

rosepetalrevolution

Currently raging at The Knot’s wedding website builder because I did not learn HTML as a teenager on MySpace just to not be able to change the font size or line spacing to make my website not look fucking stupid

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WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS ALIGNMENT? WHAT KIND OF BASTARD DECIDED I SHOULDNT BE ABLE TO CHANGE THIS???

#I HATE OPTIMIZATION FOR APPS I HATE THE DUMBING OF THE INTERNET I HATE USER FRIENDLY #(this is not entirely true I use an iPhone and a Macbook but also in spite of that #I am not a baby. I can make a fucking website. LET ME FIX THE BAD DETAILS IN AN OTHERWISE ACCEPTABLE DESIGN)

I just got put on hold by a customer service rep from an events company and the hold music is the accordion version of Song of Storms that plays inside the windmill in Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.

#no one tell Nintendo’s lawyers #or everyone tell nintendos lawyers if she comes back and tells me the event isn’t wheelchair accessible #but also this is terrible hold music they must be trying to annoy people into hanging up

Happy Halloween, easily the scariest thing I’ve seen this year is the Lockout/Tagout Procedure training I just opened at work that without warning was full of pictures of real world injuries!!!

Please remember to power down all equipment before beginning maintenance work and also please swap your rings out for silicone ones anytime you’re doing physical labor or activity!!!

#I will not soon forget what I just saw lmfao #I am amazed I haven’t puked tbh #the hazards of attempting to prevent and control hazards apparently #for what it’s worth it’s probably a good sign that the OSHA compliance person can see this. inhale. close the window.#and then be more or less ok. my predecessor fainted anytime he saw blood so this is certainly an improvement

rosepetalrevolution

40% of the way into the audiobook of The Silent Patient and I legitimately can’t tell whether I hate it or I just hate the narrator

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Oh no, this did more or less exactly what I thought it was going to do, except even more poorly than I expected. I definitely hate the book as well as the narrator.

@docholligay cannot recommend unless you’re specifically looking for a hate read for some reason that hopefully involves getting paid

@thoughtfulfuri hopefully at the very least you’ll be able to get a kick out of me inevitably ranting and raving about it to you on a call 😂

#I liked literally nothing about this lmfao #the most impressive thing was how the male narrator was somewhat decent at an American accent #which of course made it even more awful to listen to Louise Brealey attempt it in her sections #it actually sounded like she didn’t attempt it at all in fact. easily the worst fake American accent I’ve ever heard

40% of the way into the audiobook of The Silent Patient and I legitimately can’t tell whether I hate it or I just hate the narrator

#there are so many things that are bad #but the one that is fully taking me out of the suspension of disbelief is the way that #marijuana is discussed as though it’s heroin lmfao #anyway I will give it this: it is EXACTLY the kind of audiobook I can and should listen to at work #my usual nonfiction choices prove challenging with the rhythm of my tasks and days #but middling (seemingly. at this point.) mysteries where the overall arch of the story keeps me hooked #but the sliminess of the Sad (and probably Unwell) Man MC is shallow enough that I can still do other things while listening

Well at least I’ll save like $700-900 by not buying any basketball tickets in October this way

#RIP 2025 Lynx you were so so so fun until it was no fun whatsoever at the very end there

Listening to a lesbian try to convince her girlfriend that it’s worth it to skip a wnba playoff game to go to a chappel roan concert and the girlfriend is not convinced and if that’s not what it means to be gay in a midsized media & events market then I don’t know what it is

#im also a lesbian. this is also taking place in the season ticket holder lounge at a wnba playoff game.#these are my people. it could have been me.

Today I walked like a block and a half down a Minneapolis street alongside Justin Vernon aka Bon Iver and my inner 2010’s hipster college kid felt so validated by my ability to recognize him and not react with any degree of discernible emotion or acknowledgment that could be uncool

#he’s a Lynx mega fan + charity/community initiatives partner and was also on his way to today’s game

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