Will #NATO defend the State of #Minnesota if invaded by #Trump #USA ??? #AskingForaFriend

Junko #birds at our feeder are puffed up with extra downy feathers. Stylin' with their hip #Puffer look. Image by The Perfect Shot © CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

This morning there are multiple news reports of #ICE #SecretPolice #Brutality with #RacialProfiling against #AmericanCitizens in #Minnesota. States are in court to restrict this #Unconstitutional Federal invasion. MN Reformer US Border Patrol Knees Man in Face Sahan Journal Because I was Latino

We remember #ReneeNicoleGood. Join Minnesota now in silence 10:00 am CST as we mourn our loss.

Let’s be clear. Minneapolis Public Schools have closed because yesterday Border Patrol agents invaded Roosevelt High School grounds and assaulted staff when asked to leave. Minneapolis is over 300 miles from the Canadian border. We are protecting children and teachers from Trump’s storm troopers.

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz activated our Minnesota National Guard under State authority, in case we need to protect ourselves from a Federal Government trying to instigate an Insurrection against US citizens. Walz termed this a #McCarthy moment—“Enough is enough."—time to condemn & impeach.

Swear every bottle, each jar, all my sauces and secret ingredients are Not Expired—so back in the clean refrigerator they go for 2026! #NewYearsResolution

If you’re not in #Minnesota—shut up about us, good or bad, left or right. Just tell me how you’re fixing things in your own state, county, city, and/or neighborhood. Else keep thumbing your nose at everyone else as American Democracy descends into more chaos.

Minnesota Winter Roofcicles #Frost

Holiday season is a special time of year. Old myths are nice enough, or there’s always Krampus… #Solstice brings time for #Reflection. Family memories go back to the best of times, beyond the worst of times as may happen. Here’s my seven-year-old ornament selection from Frank’s Nursery and Crafts.

Minneapolitans no longer dress to leave home? Waiting in a dental clinic lobby most are wearing sweats, not clothing, one guy has only house slippers on feet. It’s December with snow, ice, and cold. This ain’t NYC, but still… #Minnesota #Style

Menards has a #BlackFriday deal in honor of #Atwood & #HandmaidsTale. Whoda thunk any BigBox store would sell Red Cloaks to the #Woke demographic? Oversized Red Comfort Hoodie Blanket

Alpha Leadership Fail “Nobody ever looks at the counter examples. Are there a few ultra-aggressive leaders that are famous that get a lot of attention? Yeah, but let’s look at all the people who are ultra-aggressive who don’t end up in the CEO role. They end up in prison.” —Jon Levy #POTUS

This is why I don’t use #Cloudflare, a centralized gatekeeper is a good CDN strategy, but a massive choke point. Small & mid-sized projects on robust platforms suffer the dependency on massive sites. Let the Internet be the Internet—find failures, protect protocols, but not with magic solutions.

After watching the first two #Pluribus episodes, seeing some odd little things differently. Not just social media memes & such. More low-level, like: *Yes, David there’s a GIF for that emotion you can view & transmit via the HIVE…

Northern Lights in Minnesota are wild. Sky overhead blanketed in red last night. Here’s from Ely tonight with dancing colors.Live YouTube of Northern Lights

Canva making #Affinity freeware has surged. As a longtime user of the #Adobe alternative, great news, glad to have supported for many years. Like #Audacity under #Muse, proves commercial sponsors of #FLOSS can work, despite the Oracles out there. Affinity Added 1 Million Users in Less Than a Week

Citizen voters, judges, Wikipedians, neighbors—I can trust. Politicians, activists, celebrities, talk show hosts. Influencers, AI LLMs…not so much— because I value honesty & our global future.

I could #Wordle here a while… Wordle 1,596 2/6 🟩🟩⬛⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Roasted red peppers and Roma tomatoes cooked down for a couple quarts of sauce to freeze.

Just fired my last client…damn author doesn’t understand that infinite rewrites don’t get published… Am I finally retired now?

When you got old bananas, you can could compost, or bake Banana-Nut Muffins. Yum the latter.

Someone visiting Panera for a cup of coffee did the math—exactly 74¢ for a 20% tip on a VISA credit charge. Cash is back baby & check the years on those pennies. And some people still have math, like drummers have time… #currency #economy #math

Different start word gave just a single consonant, but with a little magic … #Wordle 1,569 2/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Skarjune brews last sun tea of season.