Some professors at the University of St. Thomas are doing a research project on the effects of the ICE occupation on Twin Cities parents. They're looking for parents who are US citizens, who live in the Twin Cities metro area, and who have kids ages 5-10.
stthomas.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
I learned Spanish after I was hired to teach it at a school where I had not applied for that job, because another teacher told me I just needed to "stay one day ahead of the class."
Colleague: I have a problem I'd like to solve.
Me: Hell yeah, let's do it. What's the problem?
Colleague: SOLUTION!
Me: Sorry, that's a solution. Not a problem. But, based on that solution, is the problem X?
Colleague: No?
Me: Okay, what's the problem?
Colleague: So...solut...solution?
Me: *Sigh*
"The prison is too well-organized. Have you considered a warehouse surrounded by alligators?"
Love this, would totally buy
Do you know how many Pete Hegseth types I grew up with? Little rich boys that told me I didn't get to have an opinion on War and Peace because I'd never be drafted. Then I had to watch them play fight club in their mansions when they didn't even know how to square up to throw a proper punch.
Are libraries posting warnings yet?:
Reading increases mirror neurons. Mirror neurons increase empathy. Would you like to preview some newspaper headlines before you proceed?
We still *aren't* signing women up for the draft, and yeah, I think that's a problem. Not because I'm particularly hawkish, but I've read military scholars on what happens to our decision-making when we have two classes of risk exposure within a group that ought to be united.
Also a reminder that Frances Hesselbein was an OG boss.
Define "run"? Can the 24 beers be served in beer dabbler glasses (24 different beers, but this prompt doesn't specify serving sizes...) 24 active hours over a week long total duration?
Sure, I'm 100% certain I could dominate this challenge via creative litigation of the terms.
Got my first "stop writing about ICE in your newsletter" email, which argued that we need to focus on food and not politics. Folks: THEY ARE INTERMINGLED. You can't declare war on the beating heart of the hospitality community without changing the food culture!!
"A faith journey!"
"A book addiction 😅"
The truth is you just can't really study languages without learning about religion. And vice versa. Dogmatics might disagree, but I'm sure a legit theologian would give me a "Preach, sister!"
Me wearing The Jacket of Saint Paul
Hizzonah, Mayor Mamdani wearing a black Carhartt with "The City of New York" on the breast & MAYOR on the shoulder
2026: The Year We All Get Really Into Municipal Pride Jackets
So in elementary school we had to do a Millionaire Project where we created a plan and budget for $1 million dollars. It was supposed to impress upon us how much money that is.
Do we think it's the billionaire project now, or do kids just write "buy a house in this district".
I'm picking up that the term is "context engineering", but I'm going to continue to call it AI engineering engineering.
Do you ever just stop and think about how the federal government is attacking our state physically and financially *because* we were actually living too well by their metrics and the they can’t tolerate the integral part that immigrant and POC Minnesotans play.
ACLU MN reported yesterday that the federal government filed sworn statements that there are 970 agents in Minnesota for Operation Metro Surge & that 407 agents will remain here in March. It’s important to note this is on top of the 190 agents that were already assigned before this surge started.
Can Zohran please call St Paul to give them a little pep talk?
Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus.
FOSS nerds: the Torment Nexus cannot be ethical until it is Open Source
If site reliability engineering is "software engineering engineering" what are we calling the category of work that creates workable environments and context within applications for AI. AI engineering engineering?
hello yes i would like a shitty person to experience a consequence?
idk man fucking any of them surprise me
yes i'll hold
Today may be the day... (Cate eventually made it back though, so maybe someday I will too)
The Day I Leave The Tech Industry – Accidentally in Code share.google/Xp12iv1B3Wc0...
Also lucky that both my high school teachers AND college professors taught me that songs are poetry, and poetry makes a great song.
Lucky to have a village that includes this tremendous scientist, organizer, and political contender.
WOMEN👏DON’T👏WANT👏CHOCOLATES 👏FOR 👏VALENTINE’S 👏DAY 👏THEY 👏WANT 👏MERRIAM-WEBSTER’S 👏COLLEGIATE 👏DICTIONARY 👏TWELFTH 👏EDITION 👏
Paired mogul racing with jumps is a thing now?! Where can I train in this for the next Olympics?
cannot explain to people from elsewhere how incredible the costco one is. just perfection.
Why not both?
I'm pretty proud of this poem I made out of the euphemisms that companies used to describe the ICE occupation in corporate communications. Also read the whole story: racketmn.com/corporate-co...
At the very least, everyone else has to start playing Duck, Duck, Gray Duck
