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@bobschulties Some are even relieved.

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@todd Not a concern for me. In general, I’m not highlighting for any particular order. Mainly, “oh, that’s a nice way to say…” or “that’s an interesting fact”. I just want to remember where I read it and what page it was on so I can find it again in context.

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@todd Been using Highlighted.app for years now.

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We often forget how inexpensive it is (often free, in fact) it is to completely make someone’s day/week/year or, even, give them a memory they will cherish for life.

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\"Beatrix

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Beatrix is on the banner for this year’s summer show at Circus Juventas, Whimsy. There are still tickets available. So, if you’re local you should come see Beatrix in her final circus performances before she heads off to college.

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@restlesslens What we believe in.

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@bobschulties Aw man, you shoulda reached out! I would have loved to meet you.

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@markstoneman I’ve avoided it everywhere, until now. Considering the MacOS beta. Just made the switch and have so far spent about a half hour wishing for sudden onset temporary blindness.

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@sarcassem Thanks. Maybe I’ll take a risk and install the 27 beta.

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@rob Yep. That’s what everyone said… Thanks.

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@hjalm Noted. Thanks. <sigh>

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@Eggfreckles I was hoping by some miracle it would be Sonoma. Like, I seriously may not open it until Golden Gate is out.

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@sarcassem Grrr… OK.

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Question for the Mac Geeks: Is there any way to tell what flavor of Mac OS the M5 Air I just bought is running? I want to know exactly how soon I should bother opening the box.

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@ericmwalk It is vintage North Face. Not sure they make this particular style anymore.

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Likely not room for a water bottle unless it is flat-ish.

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@jemostrom i’ve purchased and tried a few other portable keyboards, but I keep coming back to this one. I have no idea if it’s still being made, I kind of doubt it with these sorts of things. 

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@jemostrom Yep, I pad mini. Keyboard is some random one I found on Amazon years ago by a company called New Trent. Meant to be used with a larger iPad. I like the size and the battery life is kind of insane. I literally can’t remember the last time I charged it.

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How to deal with your kid leaving • Buttondown

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Boy did I need to read this.

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My highly portable mini mobile setup.

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@jsonbecker My 2020 M1 is pretty OK for my use but it was just too good of a deal to pass up.

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It was not in any way my plan by the way, I just happened to notice the price out of the corner of my eye on my way to the groceries, did a double take, did on the spot research, and hopped on it.

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Very unusual for me.

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@Eggfreckles Yep. That’s the one.

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Keep an eye out for him. He’s amazing (and a super nice young man to boot).

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@Eggfreckles You should check your local Costco if in the market. ;-).

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By the way, I forgot whether I mentioned to you our friend’s son Huxley who’s coming to MIT. I think I did?

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@ericmwalk Especially when I have a membership level that gives me a 10% rebate for my purchases each year and I’ll get around $250 when I trade in my current 2020 M1 MacBook Air.

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So, taking all that into account, I basically am getting it for less than a grand.

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I bought the last one at the Woodbury location but local folks like you should check with some of the other ones if in the market.

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So, I broke down and bought an M5 MacBook Air today. Here’s the deal:

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Costco has the 10CPU/10GPU 16GB/1TB model for $1149 (price good until 7/12). They will be selling at that price until out of stock. I bought the last one at my location.

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From Apple that model is $1599.

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Seemed a no brainer.

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@bnmnetp It very much resonated, especially after recent events here in Minnesota.

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@mattypenny We really enjoyed it. Plus, we know some of the performers so that made it extra fun.

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@the I’ll put it on the bucket list.

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@mrbeefy We did. A really heartwarming production.

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@bitdepth It was great.

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Tonight’s culture…

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@restlesslens What we believe in.

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@jabel Very cool. Lovely color. I dig it.

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Marched in a 4th of July Parade with The Mayor and then picked up some books at that neighborhood’s bookshop for a family book club situation we’re planning.

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The Undiscovered Country of Our Declarations: patrickrhone.net

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Cocktail, Cocktail, Mocktail.

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Reaching and walking across the Mississippi Headwaters. I’ve now seen the very beginning and very end of the mighty Mississippi. Bucket list item achieved!

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I get to knock an item off my bucket list today. It’s not a huge one but I’m super excited about it.

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Every moment matters.

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A Catch-Up Sunday is Like a Small Project Sunday — Bethany Gladhill

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\n It was the kind of day to feel incredibly grateful for the friends and family we have, and the richness of the garden.\n

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Indeed.

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Update: Cherry tree fully picked now.

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So. Many. Cherries.

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Everyone I know with trees are reporting a bumper crop this year.

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Picked both our cherry and serviceberry trees. We’ve managed to get about a third of what’s ready to be picked.

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Need to Know: Your Power Tools Got Worse On Purpose – Who Really Owns DeWalt, Craftsman, and Milwaukee?

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Bonus, the brands that are still privately owned and quality first.

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For the record, I don’t believe in management. I don’t believe one should have to manage people. I believe if you hire the right people, they don’t have to be managed — the work simply gets done. If you have people you have to manage, you should fire them and replace them with people you don’t.

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An Important reminder at Hunter Gatherer 21C: We are never just ourselves.

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\n We are ourselves plus the world we move through. A human being is not a sealed unit but a creature in constant exchange with its surroundings: light and dark, warmth and cold, soil underfoot, water, the company of others. Take the natural half of that exchange away and something in us quietly begins to fade.\n

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It’s time to go outside and play.

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Cabaret — 1993 Donmar Warehouse - Directed by Sam Mendes - 2k upscale - YouTube

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For the record: This is the video that made Beatrix a big Alan Cumming fan. When he asked her how she knew his work and she told him he said, “Yeah, that is a really good bootleg!”

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Did I mention that after hosting around 200 people for her grad open house, Beatrix went to an event celebrating the film Sweet Land and met Alan Cumming.? Well, that happened.

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My Back Pages: An Unwritten Book – The Homebound Symphony

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\n The biographer of Robert Zimmerman cannot avoid seeking to disentangle the discoverable truth from the demonstrable untruth. Such disentangling is not impossible, but neither is it interesting, or so I believe.\n

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I’d read this for sure!

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This is my report:

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Chateau Ste. Michelle, 2018 Indian Wells Cabernet Sauvignon is a stunningly good wine.

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This very very seewious like for real will stand up in court indictment amounts to, “They organized in order to exercise their constitutional rights while calling themselves silly names and believing things we don’t agree with and we don’t like it.”

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Just so people are aware, suspected ice vehicles all over the Twin Cities this morning, at least 10 arrest that I am aware of. All active peaceful observers. These cases will likely be thrown out, but that’s not the point. The point is to hassle, intimidate and scare

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