Derek Reise

Still waiting for mine!

This is all too depressing for a Friday.

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Just watched Eraserhead for the first time.
What the hell?

74 exocomet belts were found orbiting nearby stars in landmark survey. The observations were made using microwave/millimeter wave telescopes; the resulting images show the belts as bright rings circling the stars at various angles.

A reminder that humans are capable of great acts of wonder when we work together & embrace knowledge.

An international team of astronomers has discovered swarms of cold comets circling 74 nearby stars -- and got clear pictures of these "exocomet belts." 🧪🔭

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Tammi Kromenaker, the director of Minnesota’s Red River Women’s Clinic, elaborates: minnesotareformer.com/2023/09/29/a...

Oops!

At Mental Health Legislative Network breakfast - note that housing affordability impacts so much. We need more housing!

After applying bird-safe film to the building, the 18 bird deaths at Chicago's Lakeside Center during migration season this past fall compared with 1,280 deaths in fall 2023 and 771 in fall 2022.

US Bank Stadium will need $280M in maintenance and upgrades in coming decade. The film costs ~$2M.

The staggering power needs of Minnesota data centers Big tech is flooding Minnesota with data centers. They could be lucrative and lower electric bills. Some fear eye-popping power demand will threaten climate goals.

Gov't officials, plus electric utilities are still hashing out how to manage this explosive growth while keeping the lights on, complying our 2040 carbon-free law, and limiting financial risk.

Data centers could lower bills & shower us with construction jobs. www.startribune.com/mega-data-ce...

Trump's Greenland obsession is a very concrete example of why the Mercator projection is bad.

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I don’t need to see multiple videos of a person having a couple gallons of mayonnaise dumped on him. #gophers #why

Yuck.

I just gave my donation.

Potential pandemics on deck…

Charles Grodin staring at Miss Piggy.

She is so good!

The inner flap of a book beginning “if you need a ‘real’ reason to read this book, let it be as a serious argument for the legitimacy of silly joy”

The cover of a red book. The title in gold is A Passion For Passion. On it, a lady in an even redder dress sits astride a giant book. A man with his face covered by her hair holds her waist from behind. Pages seem to be slipping from the book.

The back cover of a book with a quote from Deborah Frances White saying “A predictably brilliant and joyful satirical page turner from the ever-clever Alice Fraser”

Book Cover Reveal!

This outrageous thing exists in the world and is ready to launch 5 Feb!

For people who love romance, and people who have no idea why people love romance.

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bit.ly/PassionForBook

Can’t wait for my copy!

That was the most damning part of the article. Of course that will limit any future expansion of traffic.

This is infuriating.

Are people supposed to be responsible for leaves that fall in the street now?

Eureka, California sounds lovely.

I recently listened the 90s song, Bitch, by Meredith Brooks. And my first thought was that this person could learn how to regulate better.

7. But probably made enough food for 20.

I know it’s a little early—Thanksgiving and all—but I wanted to come here to assert that the best Christmas movie is Brazil.

This guy is patiently awaiting his supper.

Or at least, they’ll point to the things they want to be true because they conform to their worldview.

It’s 7:00am Saturday. Time to slowly eat a bagel while listening to Bjork.

It never ceases to amaze me how some people make transphobia their whole personality when they could put that energy into a much more worthwhile pursuit, like becoming a bleach sommelier

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Thinking of all the lives of trans people we have lost and holding on to the beautiful trans people who are with us.