YouTube video by JumpSlideStomp Minneapolis Art Sled Rally 2026

Not quite the Olympics, but sledding in Minneapolis on Art Sleds is a lot of winter fun! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gpj9...

Thank you for reposting. It was a great event. Happens every year and fun, albeit cold, to see in person!

YouTube video by JumpSlideStomp Minneapolis Art Sled Rally 2026

The annual Art Sled Rally is just one example of why Minneapolis is a wonderful town in a beautiful state. Here is a little video I made of it yesterday. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gpj9...

Hey everyone, you’ve been asking me to run for office for a while, so guess what?

I’m running for California State Assembly!

Now, I don’t like asking for money, but we gotta pay for this somehow, and if everyone throws in $7 we’ll have the resources to run one hell of a race, so, uh, do the thing.

Oh, how Nick Clegg continues to fail, to fall, to forget people as he privatises and monitises what we create.

Mayday Festival 2025 ​Celebrate Mayday in Minneapolis, a community tradition since 1975. Join us on May 4, 2025, at Powderhorn Park for the Mayday Parade, the Tree of Life Ceremony, and other community events.

May Day in Minneapolis on May 4.

www.maydaympls.org

Carney’s Checkmate: How Canada's Quiet Bond Play Forced Trump to Drop Tariffs Carney, Japan And The EU proved America's Idiot Emperor Has No Clothes

Nice explanation for how Canada in conjunction with the EU and Japan forced Trump to back down. It's what can happen when collectively you own 3 Trillion dollars of U.S. debt and then let it slowly back into the market, drivinig up the cost of U.S. debt.

deanblundell.substack.com/p/carneys-ch...

Flashes, a photo-sharing app for Bluesky, opens beta | TechCrunch Flashes, an Instagram alternative built on top of the Bluesky social network, is now opening its doors to beta testers. Announced just weeks ago, the app

Could be interesting.

techcrunch.com/2025/02/06/f...

A guide to using Signal for government workers 🔒Editor's note: A friend of mine works in the federal government and wrote a guide for their fellow federal workers on how to use Signal. There are lots of good reasons for switching to Signal for mes...

For people who might want more privacy with their messaging, you might try Signal. Here is a helpful resource: A guide to using Signal for government workers. (Not just for government workers.). a.wholelottanothing.org/a-guide-to-u... . (Originally found on Kottke.)

Sunrise over Lake Nokomis this morning.

You know it's deep winter in Minnesota when the US Pond Hockey Championships start on frozen Lake Nokomis and a sundog appears.

Moon setting this morning (1/14/25) on Lake Nokomis, MN.

Cardinal waving "goodbye!"

Frosty morning in Minneapolis.

7 degrees, and I had to take my own gloves off to grab this photo this morning. Pop colors on a popping cold day.

Here’s some cool stuff you can do with Bluesky It’s not just an Alf pics repository.

Some useful/interesting information on using bluesky.

www.theverge.com/24295933/blu...

This gaggle of turkeys brought its own crossing guard.

Misty early morning scene with many geese on Lake Nokomis.

Misty morning in Minny

What a difference 24 hours makes in Minneapolis. (Lake Nokomis, 10/30-31/23.)

The eagles are on the move! (Lake Nokomis, MN)

Fat Bear Week: US shutdown threatens to trample over Alaska’s annual contest Beloved, closely watched popularity competition for judging the stockiest ursine before hibernation under threat from shutdown

Bear Force One is down, man!

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023...

Mike Veeck grew up in the shadow of his hustler father, Hall of Fame baseball owner Bill Veeck. The Veeck name became both legendary and notorious in profess... The Saint of Second Chances | Official Trailer | Netflix

I wouldn't typically watch a sports documentary, but this one, The Saint of Second Chances (Netflix), is about Mike Veeck, one of the co-owners of the St. Paul Saints. It's fun and redemptive.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tgnx...

Hello!

Juvenile Herring Gull. Grand Marais, MN. Calling for food from his parents. Parents feed for the first 80+ days and then they're on their own. Look at that maw. That's direct communication: "more food, please."