Jessica Shortall

Wisdom from Jesse Jackson’s service yesterday: “You don’t forgive because they deserve mercy. You forgive because you deserve peace. Forgiveness is an emancipation.”

C’mon now.
It has never snowed on Halloween in the Twin Cities!

61 years ago today at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge, Selma, Alabama.

Compare to Springsteen writing a song about us, launching a tour in our city, and charging $300-950 per ticket, with not a word about giving that money to help our community recover.
But don’t worry — he said “the cavalry is coming,” I guess to save us?
(Jersey girl & lifelong fan w/axe to grind)

Get em

Is there a healthy fascination with Hitler?

Can people outside MN easily access and watch the state high school hockey tournaments?
It’s genuinely astonishing how good this hockey is.

My daughter discovered an entire free channel that plays Saved By the Bell 24-7 but it’s just…random? So Kelly and Zack are together and no wait it’s Zack and Stacey Carosi and now they’re in college and now Miss Bliss and I hate it

I mean this feels horribly plausible

Box full of presents and a rainbow cake

Folks, it was great. Cake, decorations (most not pictured here), presents, and huge smiles. Mom told me she prays for our country’s leadership every day, that they may draw nearer to God and experience God’s love. It’s really something to be in the presence of such kindness, faith, and grace.

I think as long as you don’t upstage or embarrass him, and adhere tightly to the theories that make him feel well, you’re mostly safe

I just do not see a current world in which Trump endorses Cornyn over Paxton.
Paxton spoke at the J6 rally. Vociferously endorsing Trump’s stolen election theory - which is central to his own wellness - is, IMO, an insurmountable advantage for Paxton.
But hey! I’ve been wrong before.

The most beautiful part is that most everyone is doing a little bit. It makes it more connected feeling and less overwhelming.

It really is the unifying theory

The existence of a Markwayne suggests the existence of a Matthewwayne, a Lukewayne, and a…. holy shit, and a Johnwayne.

Things are bad in so many ways but today I get to bring a birthday to a 2-yr-old who hasn’t left the house in 2026.
Someone made a fancy cake.
Someone got decorations.
I bought gifts.
This situation has probably scarred me for life but it has also created the chance to be a better community.

Why aren’t the bottom edges of these … whatever these are … lined up?

This is the most embarrassing rendering I’ve ever seen in my life, and I dated my husband when he was in architecture school

This is just saying “we plan to do / are doing crimes”???

When you’re a star they let you do it

What do you do with the other half of the avocado? My perennial problem.

Fiddler-crab-ass layout, ffs

I want that

WHAT ARE THOSE?????

Well now I want to know what it is and where you get it

Truly! I got to see a porcupine eating a snack this week and my delight levels were off the charts

Slurs Filled a Chat Created by a Republican Party Official in Florida

passive voice final boss grand champion honorable mention award for turning slurs into a sentient thing that can do actions www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/u...

Watching your online journey to spiciness gives me so much joy

If you're at the airport and Kristi Noem is doing the ominous little message from the TSA screens, you no longer have to do anything she says. Leave your laptop in the case, whatever.

Convergence Keynote Jessica Shorthall at the 2017 SXSW Conference [Video] “Data is my soulmate. When I get really stuck on a problem, I dive headfirst into all of the data I can find, for better or for worse. Here's the thing...I don't think even in 2017, especially in 2017...

I got you covered there - you don't even have to watch the whole thing! This story is right at the top.
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I didn't know anyone could make Great Wolf Lodge OR ranch dressing worse, but by God, they did it