Maggie Koerth

Ohhhh so THAT is what’s up with all the panic stricken Act Blue and “Hey it’s your personal friend Ilhan Walz” texts. I knew it was scammy. It didn’t occur to me it was a scam perpetuated by former Dem insiders.

His hair was perfect

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Opinion | Democrats just might find democratic socialism refreshing Democratic socialism isn’t so different from the progressive populism of the 20th century. Which worked for them.

Fair is fair: @startribune.com printed a very good rejoinder to the “socialism we’re gonna die” op-Ed’s they’re run endlessly. It’s a shame they don’t have one regular columnist who can demystify the pro-Frey scare tactics, but Ron Way did a great job here: www.startribune.com/opinion-demo...

What the fuck

Best salad dressing or worst taco topping?

Is this related to the bird that dropped a baguette into the Large Hadron Collider and broke it? What are the birds up to? What is their plan?

Osprey drops fish onto powerline, causing fire in Ashcroft, B.C. Firefighters blamed “fowl play” on a landscape fire that burned a large patch of grass just outside the village of Ashcroft, B.C.

Im glad it wasn’t any worse. 🔥

I also hope the osprey was able to retrieve its barbecue. 🐟 🦅

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Relatedly, I saw a Cheez-It Pizza tonight at the store. Even my 5th and 7th graders were horrified.

Evergreen skeet tbh

Jinx, only I want mine to collect specifically people’s first hand accounts of surviving disasters.

I regret to inform you that ok Cupid is just swipes now too and the % scale is like a weird dangling appendix, held over from a previous stage of evolution with no current purpose

Our unsheltered neighbors need compassion and resources, not to be pushed to margins so they remain out of sight.

We deserve a Mayor who will be honest with us about the scope of this crisis and will treat our unhoused neighbors with respect and dignity.

What if your wife doesn’t have a can opener? What if she has never learned how to hold a spoon? Why do you never think of others!

Have we checked Barack Obama's couch cushions?

If you want to know more on the science side, here's a poster from a respiratory society conference in 2022 that walks through some research:
www.pcrs-uk.org/sites/defaul...

Saline nasal rinses help. Personally, three flushes took me from barely cognizant yesterday to mostly fine today. Scientifically, there's data to back this up.

Just remember to either use distilled water, or boil your water and then (for the love of god) let it cool back down afterwards.

There's definitely an Arrested Development reference in here for those in the know.

I mean if sinus pressure is the reason for the delay

Friendly reminder (to myself) that saline nasal rinses solve an awful lot of problems.

a man is using a stapler in an office cubicle with a framed certificate on the wall that says the office supply company ALT: a man is using a stapler in an office cubicle with a framed certificate on the wall that says the office supply company

This AQI is really kicking my ass today. The whole left side of my face feels like it's developed a random head cold. I'd threaten to burn everything to the ground ... but ... uh ...

No one was proposing to eat them?

They have a side hustle as Miyazaki characters.

I'm guessing mine is going to be "a weird thing that happened one time when I was biking in high humidity and poor air quality" and everything shows up normal in the actual tests and we all just go 🤷

Wut? Why even?

Oh nooo. That sounds horrible. Mine is not that bad, thankfully. Just itchy and red.

Trump voters wanted relief from medical bills. For millions, the bills are about to get bigger. • Minnesota Reformer President Donald Trump rode to reelection last fall on voter concerns about prices. But as his administration pares back federal rules and programs designed to protect patients from the high cost of h...

Federal cuts to Medicaid are coming down while state health plan premiums are increasing. At the same time, the Trump administration is rolling back medical debt regulations, all converging on families' already strained budgets. minnesotareformer.com/2025/07/29/t...

It's annoying af but I'm kinda just gonna roll with it. I'm halfway through and it feels like more of a challenge to come up with a different solution at this point.

I love this bridge.

I think I can make it the rest of the week. But it basically necessitates taking it off every couple days and bathing in Benadryl cream.