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Peck of skinned roma tomatoes while making sauce, using fresh produce from St. Paul Farmer’s Market Roseville satellite location. Served with spaghetti squash and turkey/bison/pecorino meatballs.

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Goodbye Coblestone Cove\nGoodbye Leveaux Creek\nGoodbye Sawtooth Ridge\nGoodbye Gichi-gami\n#Autumn #NorthShore #Minnesota

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#Autumn view from atop Mount Oberg on the #NorthShore of Lake Superior in Minnesota near Tofte. A plein air pallete of brilliant colors.

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@bnmnetp The best of the Sawtooth Ridge and easy switchbacks up. Not as high as Carlton, Moose, and Mystery on the Superior Hiking Trail, which are good hikes. We also did Britton, but Oberg is so awe-inspiring. And White Sky Rock is a sweet view over Caribou Lake.

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Peak #Autumn colors on the #NorthShore of Lake Superior in #Minnesota. View from atop little Mount Oberg near Tofte looking North over Lake Oberg. Site has a loop trail around the forested peak with 8 outlooks on rock faces and ledges including a broad view of Lake Superior.

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Watched the sun rise over Lake Superior from Tofte Minnesota on North Shore of Lake Superior this morning. Thanks Canada to the East for sharing the waters and Sun!

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For generations there was no map to divide the land and people. Still, Superior shares beauty and tasty fish for all. May we keep it…

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@susankayequinn.bsky.social We have Induction/Convection/Air Fry stove & worth the upgrade. Healthier for allergies. Performance is excellent. Cooking has benefited, especially for sensitive baked goods. Full trays of perfect muffins, cookies, biscuits, breads…
\nJust canned a gallon of tomatoes & also apple butter. Lotsa hot!

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@susankayequinn.bsky.social Sustainable is possible!Used to compost with worm box for many years (castings are gardener’s gold but Yuk). Minneapolis has full curbside options, so bins mostly recycling, compost, and then some trash. Most all waste has pickup or drop-off options, while electronics go to NPO recycling centers.

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M.I.T. report warns AI is causing “Cognitive Surrender.”

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So many frightening AI scenarios seem hypothetical, though possible. But Cognitive Surrender is already happening across the board on the Human side of the equation. Tech corps and users are so ensconced.

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MIT AI and Education

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The largest survey of physicists ever conducted reveals that experts still deeply disagree about some of the universe’s biggest mysteries.

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Can’t we agree on anything anymore???

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Science Daily

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Just a #Sunny day in the Neighborhood.

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@susankayequinn.bsky.social We have Free Geek & other computer recycle/rebuild orgs & programs in Minnesota. They can be nonprofit with electronics training programs. Check your local area for something.

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Bee liking the big mahogany-red-orange “Velvet Queen” Sunflower in our bee/butterfly friendly rain garden.

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Who knew Smash Burger Tacos was a Thing?\n50/50 Bison/Grass fed Beef

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Cat sitter emailed this confirmation that Mazy has been fed today. We be on the go…\n#CatsOfMastodon

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We got this little Oxalis Triangularis as a starter from our local gardening club in spring. Enjoys waking up in a sunny porch after closing up overnight. Now we have blossoms on the ‘Purple Shamrock’ from South America.

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Our alley Rain #Garden is at #Summer peak, eating lots off water off the garage and washed down the alley, seen along the sidewalk of our corner property.

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@apoorplayer WordPress seems in slow decline after decades of growth. Many Writers opt for simpler automation to meet needs from Ghost to Substack. While I maintain legacy sites in WP, looking at Pika as option for blog style sites. Else rather hack HTML/CSS/JS than drown in tech bloat.

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@writingslowly Besides, Write is not a WordPress feature, it’s on WordPress.com by commercial Automattic, not the Open Source CMS software. Yes it’s free to play with, then comes the upsells to actually deploy professionally—as opposed to using WordPress.org software on any host anyway you prefer.

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@writingslowly WordPress has had a distraction free option, and Classic Editor works fine for basic writing. But underlying framework of Block editing is a complex layout system, not for writers. Besides, there are so many better options for research and authoring. Wrangling a CMS is not one.

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“For months now, I have been telling you that this #campaign was about the many versus the money,” said #PeggyFlanagan of her primary victory in the #Democrat #Senate race over Rep. #AngieCraig. “Well, guess what, the many just won!”

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And shows that most Minnesotans stand\nfirm against #ICE and those who...

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@skarjune.bsky.social Being a good #Neighbor is not a performative act. #Community #Groundswell can surge. Today’s Minnesota Star Tribune has a story:

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“Businessman donates $29 million to help Minnesotans pay rent after ICE surge.”

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Neighbor to Neighbor, collective karma impact.

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#MinneapolisModel

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@Skarjune Being a good #Neighbor is not a performative act. #Community #Groundswell can surge. Today’s Minnesota Star Tribune has a story:

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“Businessman donates $29 million to help Minnesotans pay rent after ICE surge.”

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Neighbor to Neighbor, collective karma impact.

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#MinneapolisModel

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Everyday in this #USA we just get #BadNews each and every day.

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#Immoral and #Illegal tossing #RuleOfLaw away.

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Well there’s #News for you, read this today. #Minneapolis is the model paving the way.

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Community #groundswell is here to stay!

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Six months after ICE

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@dbcurren.bsky.social “Can it translate to excitement for a presidential campaign?”
\nWe can hope!

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Minneapolis didn’t have to endure #POTUS blather to know better, as seen on our LAKE Street Corner this morning:

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#VOTE\nDemocracy Needs You

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@writingslowly To think that I taught digital literacy in college and trade school classes to help job seekers—now plain old analog literacy is needed.

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My Little Free Library nearing 3K books moved over 5 years. My Minneapolis Neighborhood is solvent.

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#BuhBye 90+ House of Lords aka #Senate …\nAwaiting #PeoplesHouse come November #Elections !

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The bees are loving the purple coneflowers (Echinacea Purpurea) in our Minnesota perennial wildflower patch. #Summer #Garden #Flowers

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@gazeshift Thx! Sure did. On vacation at partner’s relatives, filling time…Beat the Bot 2—3:
\n“Here’s how I would have solved it on my own. You solved it faster than I did! Well done.”

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When it goes to a triple consonant with endless possibilities, that’s cute #Wordle…and now we go on #vacation. #NoFun #Buhbye\nWordle 1,837 X/6

\n

⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛
\n⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛
\n🟩🟩⬛⬛🟩
\n🟩🟩⬛⬛🟩
\n🟩🟩⬛⬛🟩
\n🟩🟩⬛⬛🟩

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First Shasta Daisy & Calendula in the garden for summer perennial flower blossoms.

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No thanks #Wordle Bot. My analysis is that I nailed the puzzle, while you have become #AI with #Attitude. Do not hallucinate on my parade please.

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Sullivan Fortner on Piano with Tyrone Allen on Bass in the Grammy winning Sullivan Fortner Trio tonight at the Twin Cities Jazz Festival playing a captivating set that held a big noisy crowd breathless at times.

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OK\nSome days you can get lucky.\n#NYT #wordle in 2\nWordle 1,822 2/6

\n

🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛
\n🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Heading to 90° in the Sun for #Minneapolis. Bed linen hanging out to dry.

\n

Just like summer. (:-)

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#Sunshine\n#Linen\n#Laundry\n#Midwest\n#MidwestMindset

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What?\nMore News!\no u humans…\n~Mazy

\n

#Caturday\n#CatsOfMastodon\n#Anthropocene\n#Journalism\n#Infotainment\n#Disinformation

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@mollyjongfast.bsky.social It’s No Wonder Grads Are Booing Their Commencement Speakers!

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Thanks Molly for revealing how pompous and arrogant biz/tech leaders talk down to desperate grads.

\n

Eric Schmidt to booing: “There is a fear in your generation that the future has already been written, that the machines are coming…”

\n

DUH!

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@newyorker.com To think that I used a slide rule, built cameras, operated computers with punch cards in my college years with technology.

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Was handy throughout a career in tech engineering for decades right up to the Internet.

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Now that’s Dumb compared to the AI Tech in education. Who knows how better or worse?

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@jacobharr.is Just got the newest Lands End Catalog proclaiming “All-American, all analog, the way you remember it”

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Odd combo of Resist & MAGA in this pitch…

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@mylittlebloggie.bsky.social He has $9K defense fund to fight a &5K fee for towing service & donation/fine for restitution. What’s the problem?

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@meidastouch.com Exactly—on the road to #Insolvency. USA all the way…

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@skarjune.bsky.social OK the Continuum includes BlueSky across Fediverse via MicroBlog. Thank you #CatsOfMastodon

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@nytimes.com Chinese President Xi summed up his opinion of Trump a decade ago:
\n“If an immature leader throws the world into chaos, then the world will know who to blame.”

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Trump thinks he can wrangle a Deal with Xi?

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Bringing soy beans? The last big American crop as markets & money & fertilizer all run out?

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@briantylercohen.bsky.social It really is a Death Cult. Now even the emergency evacuation cruise spaceships to Mars are doomed!

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@zaynabmmohamed.bsky.social Most history is racist, as are some people, who don’t comprehend real issues…

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@ivanasstaircam.bsky.social Network (news) ???
\nNo Way — Duh

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@therepository.email If only there was a BDFL to fix #WordPress (isn’t there?) ?

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Sounds more like Cathedral than Bazaar…

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@susankayequinn.bsky.social My corner Little Free Library Minneapolis has picked up recently with books given and taken. A good sign like the daffodils of Spring!

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@susankayequinn.bsky.social Federal food programs LFPA & TEFAP shut down by POTUS take some $1B of supplies away from food banks. In Midwest, Ruby’s Pantry just shut down 85 locations in Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota and Iowa without advance notice. Fed & corporate donors have abandoned Americans most basic needs.

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