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Laurel Krahn

@windowseat.bsky.social

Polymath, web pioneer, former πŸ“Ί critic, ⚾️ fan, SF fan, fanfic & fanvid fan, disabled, grey-ace, Minnesotan. Masked & vaxxed. Tired. (She/her) Widow as of 11/12/24 πŸ’” Contact, links, donate: https://linktr.ee/LaurelKrahn Sports talk: wintwins.bsky.social

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something i'll note is that if nuzzi ran catch-and-kill ops for rfk jr and lizza knew this prior to him being appointed as HHS, and instead of telling anyone, he decided to save it for his substack long after rfk jr had made communicable disease into federal policy, that's completely fucked

22.11.2025 18:33 β€” πŸ‘ 4800    πŸ” 839    πŸ’¬ 64    πŸ“Œ 62

Turns out this was all much ado about nothing and Google isn’t using your Gmail to train AI and if wanna turn all that stuff back on you can get your spam filters back

22.11.2025 23:06 β€” πŸ‘ 573    πŸ” 327    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 13

I just need people to know that I killed it at late night karaoke at the Star Trek convention while Cirroc Lofton played mock backup on a toy guitar. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

23.11.2025 05:07 β€” πŸ‘ 401    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 0
We Ain’t Buying It! - Economic Pressure on Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday - We Ain’t Buying It! We Ain’t Buying It is an economic action and solidarity campaign designed to defend democracy and reclaim community power.

Can you spread the word about weaintbuyingit.com? This is one of the easiest and safest ways possible to fight back against the current administration. If you've been saying there's nothing you can do - you're wrong! All you have to do is not buy from Amazon, Home Depot, or Target for five days.

23.11.2025 04:48 β€” πŸ‘ 140    πŸ” 110    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 5
Cover of the Smart Set magazine. Painting of a woman with her blonde haircut in a fashionable Bob. pendant Emerald earring and a big emerald ring on her wacky mannerist hands. she's holding some fur-trimmed garment to her breast

Cover of the Smart Set magazine. Painting of a woman with her blonde haircut in a fashionable Bob. pendant Emerald earring and a big emerald ring on her wacky mannerist hands. she's holding some fur-trimmed garment to her breast

Henry Clive, 1926

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23.11.2025 02:22 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Gift article: Jon Bream article from four years ago on Jellybean Johnson, who moved to Minneapolis from Chicago at age 13, was The Time's drummer (among many other things). #RIP

www.startribune.com/at-64-minnes...

22.11.2025 14:22 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
Jellybean Johnson reflects on music journey from birth of Minneapolis sound to new album | FOX 9 KMS
YouTube video by FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul Jellybean Johnson reflects on music journey from birth of Minneapolis sound to new album | FOX 9 KMS

RIP Jellybean Johnson

youtu.be/_7txsg9uwoI

22.11.2025 14:05 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Only just seeing/hearing the news that Jellybean Johnson died (haven't been online much today).

23.11.2025 03:04 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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RIP Jellybean Johnson, founding member of The Time, seen here with Prince in early 1982.

22.11.2025 10:18 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We are shocked and saddened to hear of Jellybean Johnson's sudden passing. To know that this amazing personality will no longer randomly show up (like here on @recordstoreday.bsky.social 2023) to light up the store and talk music and life and Minneapolis Sound Museum with us is heartbreaking.πŸ’”

22.11.2025 11:13 β€” πŸ‘ 72    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 5
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Another star extinguished in the constellation that was Prince. RIP Jellybean Johnson, drummer for The Time, stellar producer, an originator of the Minneapolis Sound, and the epitome of cool.

I was blessed to see Jellybean perform with Bernard Allison last year at The Hook & Ladder in Minneapolis.

22.11.2025 18:35 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Jellybean Johnson, drummer for The Time and hitmaking producer, has died In addition to Johnson’s work as a musician, he was also a proponent of preserving local music history as a co-founder of the Minneapolis Sound Museum. He died on Friday.

R.I.P. Jellybean Johnson (drummer for Morris Day & The Time and hitmaking producer) 😿

22.11.2025 17:06 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3
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Jellybean Johnson, the Time Musician and a Pioneer of the Minneapolis Sound, Dead at 69 Jellybean Johnson β€” one of the pioneers of the Minneapolis Sound, the Time drummer, and multi-instrumentalist/producer β€” died on Nov. 21 at age 69.

Jellybean Johnson β€” one of the pioneers of the Minneapolis Sound, the Time drummer, and multi-instrumentalist/producer β€” has died at age 69. More:
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

22.11.2025 20:24 β€” πŸ‘ 139    πŸ” 41    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 7

CORRECTION: A *third* potato has been named after Prince.

22.11.2025 18:29 β€” πŸ‘ 622    πŸ” 179    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 25
INSANE! 2-MILE GLASS Water Slide Ride Down the Mountain! | Longest Glass Water Slide in the World!
YouTube video by Attractions 360Β° INSANE! 2-MILE GLASS Water Slide Ride Down the Mountain! | Longest Glass Water Slide in the World!

we have fallen so far behind China in sick-ass water slides and I feel like nobody is talking about this

23.11.2025 02:21 β€” πŸ‘ 219    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 6
Lyrics on a karaoke machine: 

I guess it rains down in Africa 
I guess it rains down in Africa
I guess it rains down in Africa

Lyrics on a karaoke machine: I guess it rains down in Africa I guess it rains down in Africa I guess it rains down in Africa

Amazing incorrect lyrics on the karaoke machine yesterday

22.11.2025 21:15 β€” πŸ‘ 3041    πŸ” 915    πŸ’¬ 44    πŸ“Œ 63

LOL, I was up and saw all of that in the middle of the night. The ship has sailed. (But thank you.)

23.11.2025 02:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

When you get back on Bluesky after hours away (after crashing in the wee hours of the morning) and have no fucking idea what you may be in for.

22.11.2025 17:57 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Currently pondering what other Richard Thompson songs could be turned into seasonal or holiday songs with just one tiny change to the lyrics.

21.11.2025 18:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight (Santa Version)
YouTube video by Dar Williams - Topic I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight (Santa Version)

You know what? I'm cool with turning one of my favorite Richard Thompson songs into a holiday tune and I do enjoy this shiny new version by Dar Williams.

righteousbabe.ffm.to/i-want-to-se...

21.11.2025 18:05 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Edmund Fitzgerald: 50 Years Below On November 10, 1975, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald disappeared beneath the waves of Lake Superior without so much as a distress call. What, exactly, happened out there 50 years ago? This five-episode limi...

I have read multiple books on SS Edmund Fitzgerald and still learned a bunch of new stuff from this podcast. It’s really good and you get to hear some really Minnesotan accents to boot. Check it out

21.11.2025 01:38 β€” πŸ‘ 62    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, this is just what happens when a cult member steps out of line and starts to formulate a plan to be leader once the elderly cult leader dies. Still a believer/grifter.

22.11.2025 02:55 β€” πŸ‘ 154    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Not only am I not paying for Part 2, Ryan Lizza, I am seriously reconsidering whether to read anything at all ever again

22.11.2025 06:31 β€” πŸ‘ 505    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 1

imagine walking down the beach and seeing jesus carrying some guy

22.11.2025 01:04 β€” πŸ‘ 5257    πŸ” 798    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 0

so what's everybody up to

22.11.2025 08:14 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

it's floating around on here, there's a google doc (I think I reposted it earlier)

22.11.2025 08:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It is not WHAT the sex act is, it's WHOMST is conducting it

22.11.2025 08:49 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

well, id like to see ol Zohlo Mamdani charm his way out of THIS trap!

*Mamdani charms his way out of the trap effortlessly*

ah. well. nevertheless,

21.11.2025 22:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1689    πŸ” 167    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 4
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β€˜Epic’: Salmon seen far upstream in Bay Area creek for first time in 70 years After the removal of small dams and the addition of fish ladders, salmon have been seen swimming further up a Bay Area creek than at anytime since the 1950s.

After the removal of small dams and the addition of fish ladders, salmon have been seen swimming further up a Bay Area creek than at anytime since the 1950s.

22.11.2025 08:00 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 4

i love how bsky posters are so eager to appear worldly and wise that they'll jump to say "AND YOU'RE SURPRISED????" to the craziest shit that's ever happened. if bluesky existed on 9/11/01 you fucking bet these people would out here with "obviously, everyone with a brain cell could see this coming"

22.11.2025 01:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2589    πŸ” 179    πŸ’¬ 63    πŸ“Œ 16

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