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Minnesotan. St. Paulite. Native Apple Valleyan. Aspiring journalist.

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When I was in college I worked as a student manager for the menโ€™s basketball team. One opposing team, every year, when they left the visitors locker room they would leave all the showers on. So we had to roll up our sleeves and turn them off. Every year.

You are not forgiven, Michigan.

1987-91.

15.10.2025 23:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

They lost me at Almoravid Empire.

15.10.2025 16:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Please excuse your Gen X colleagues who are unable to focus today

15.10.2025 13:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 53    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Priceless.

15.10.2025 01:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Chicago Rat Hole Was Not Made by a Rat A statistical analysis of an infamous indentation in a sidewalk suggested a 99 percent likelihood that another rodent made the mark.

A team of researchers analyzed the anatomical dimensions of an infamous imprint on a Chicago sidewalk, sifting through photos and measuring mammal specimens in museum collections to put what they were seeing in context.

Their conclusion? The Chicago Rat Hole was not made by a rat.

15.10.2025 00:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 80    ๐Ÿ” 20    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 19    ๐Ÿ“Œ 24

Next up for me: colonoscopy ๐Ÿ˜ฌ ๐Ÿคž๐Ÿป

15.10.2025 00:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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95.7 BIG FM - Milwaukeeโ€™s Best Variety of the 80s & 90s 95.7 BIG FM. The Dave Michaels Radio Show in the Morning, Milwaukee's Best Variety of the 80s and 90s all day!

Which is perhaps understandable 957bigfm.iheart.com

14.10.2025 23:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Was listening to KOOL 108 this afternoon (donโ€™t @ me) and I canโ€™t swear to it but fairly certain I heard the DJ say โ€œMilwaukeeโ€™s Best Variety of the 80s and 90sโ€

14.10.2025 23:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh yeahโ€ฆ Iโ€™ve made plans for a few ticketed events but Iโ€™ve been mostly AWOL this year otherwise.

But itโ€™s been a year and we have reasons and we shouldnโ€™t be too hard on ourselves. At least thatโ€™s what Iโ€™m telling myself ๐Ÿ˜•

14.10.2025 23:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yeah Iโ€™m not privy to those details but I wouldnโ€™t doubt it!

14.10.2025 18:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It is a subsidiary, although we have a self-funded plan and UMR is the administrator. Used to be HeslthPartners but switched to UMR several years back in a cost-cutting move.

14.10.2025 17:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yeah basically youโ€™re just supposed to say โ€œeverythingโ€™s fine, no complaints.โ€ Here I was just informing the doc of a recent diagnosis which โ€ฆ any responsible patient would do? Instead it got listed as the reason for the visit.

14.10.2025 17:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

UMR and HealthPartners

14.10.2025 17:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oof Iโ€™m sorry. That is several orders of magnitude beyond my situation!

14.10.2025 16:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Just got off a conference call with an insurance rep and my health providerโ€™s billing department because another preventive checkup was mistakenly billed as an office visit. Stay vigilant people!

Never had a problem either this until the past few years. Now itโ€™s happened multiple times.

14.10.2025 16:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It was definitely a Gen Z crowd over there!

12.10.2025 14:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

(Shortly afterward I decamped for the tavern next door)

12.10.2025 03:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

When the lights came up after the show, I lingered at the back for a few minutes, apparently conspicuously, because a staffer approached me and said, โ€œLet me guess: not your genre of music. Are you here for a kid?โ€ ๐Ÿ˜‚

12.10.2025 02:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Molly Grace at the 7th Street Entry

Molly Grace at the 7th Street Entry

Bob Mould, Martin Zellar and Tina Schlieske are playing in town tonight. But I volunteered to drive some teenagers home from the Laufey concert so Iโ€™m at Molly Grace at the Entry across the street.

12.10.2025 02:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a man with a beard wearing a blue tie Alt: a man with a beard wearing a blue tie
11.10.2025 14:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

JOE BUCK: Welcome to the top of the 47th
[Sun rises]
[Sun keeps getting bigger]
BUCK: yes
[World engulfed by flames]
BUCK: oh god yes

10.11.2024 18:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1835    ๐Ÿ” 549    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 24    ๐Ÿ“Œ 55

ST: TNG didnโ€™t become the ST: TNG we remember until Season 3

10.10.2025 21:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We watch mostly the breathless and formulaic NBC Nightly News in recent years so Iโ€™ve been unaware of the unprecedented dominance of David Muir.

10.10.2025 19:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

News: Bari Weiss just sent a memo to staffers at CBS News asking them to produce a memo explaining "how you spend your working hoursโ€”and ideally, what you've made (or are making) that you're most proud of."

One CBS News staffer puts it like this to me: "We just got Elon Musked."

10.10.2025 14:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8629    ๐Ÿ” 2008    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 346    ๐Ÿ“Œ 453

In college I took a sociology class which I mostly blew off. But I showed up for the final, and the TA who was handing out blue books looked at me and said, โ€œThereโ€™s no way you can pass this class.โ€ I said, โ€œI know,โ€ and held out my hand. The recurring nightmare, but I lived it. Without AI.

10.10.2025 04:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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NEW: L.A. Times journalists just voted to authorize the newsroomโ€™s first open-ended strike.

Eighty-five percent of the @latguild.bsky.social voted to support the strike. Just over 200 workers โ€” 98% of members โ€” took part in the historic vote.

09.10.2025 21:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 425    ๐Ÿ” 122    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
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Ah yes, famously uncool singer Johnny Cash. I am glad noted arbiter of cool the Wall Street Journal is willing to reconsider his case.

10.10.2025 00:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 208    ๐Ÿ” 24    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 20    ๐Ÿ“Œ 27
SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems... SIMON: What? SHAPIRO: ...Or saying... SIMON: You imagine that? SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over. SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level. SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this. SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

David Simon, creator of โ€˜The Wireโ€™, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

09.10.2025 04:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 28237    ๐Ÿ” 8932    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 341    ๐Ÿ“Œ 918

Proof the Internet really does benefit society.

09.10.2025 17:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™s three syllables for me: nickel-it.

09.10.2025 00:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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