Kelli María Korducki

I love the tininess of Canadian media lmao

Noooo

Not just sidewalks/outdoors. Almost got elbowed in the eye by a 6’4 Kermit on a crowded dance floor yesterday. I don’t get it.

I grew up with Alex Pretti The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.

I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com

Support Calvary Food Shelf: Emergency Response Fundraiser on GiveMN Help us respond to urgent community needs

Hey folks Calvary Food Shelf has been helping out people in Minneapolis for 30 years, and now they’re ramping up to meet the crisis, including doing home deliveries so people don’t have to risk going out.

They’re just over halfway to their current goal—let’s get them all the way, shall we?

I should delete this but I'm not gonna.

"Mr. Jones" has no business going as hard as it does.

The United States Is Southern Now From booming metros to culture-defining exports, the South has quietly become a demographic powerhouse and a battleground for the country’s identity.

From booming metros to culture-defining exports, the South has become a demographic powerhouse — and a battleground for American identity

I didn’t know this…I’m surprised and sad :(

Trusted news sites may benefit in an internet full of AI-generated fakes, a new study finds An economics paper found subscriber retention and daily visits both increased after readers were confronted with a difficult quiz with AI-generated images.

“My economist brain said: If something — let’s say trustworthiness — becomes scarce, then it becomes valuable. He wondered whether “being confronted with the difficulty of telling real from fake would make people more willing to pay for news that they trust.” www.niemanlab.org/2025/08/trus...

It’s not awful. I don’t totally understand what it actually IS…

Socialists in City Hall? A New Look at Sewer Socialism in Wisconsin It’s been done before—we can do it again in New York and beyond

and check out the article here: www.laborpolitics.com/p/sewer-soci...

Reporters Without Borders has released its annual report on violence against journalists, this year ominously titled, "2025, a deadly year for journalists: this is where hate and impunity lead." rsf.org/en/2025-dead...

Love it. I’m singing Messiah there on the 22nd — never gets old.
Have so much fun!

Are you performing tonight?

Super well deserved

I question the metrics behind this ranking but it’s a fun story and that’s the point, right? Genius. Terrible.

Spotify is a terrible company but this really is a genius product

How climbing gyms took over the world Climbing has gone from a niche activity to a suburban routine. But will expensive real estate prices slow it down?

The steady rise of dedicated climbing gyms has effectively transformed the sport, bringing a once-niche activity to the mainstream and setting the sport up for even more growth — if the real estate market allows [ @kelkord.bsky.social @thehustle.bsky.social ]
thehustle.co/originals/ho...

(Also, hi Amanda!)

I always just say “enh, more stuff about AI” and that’s usually enough to change the subject

Do people still eat carob? Whatever happened with that

A fat squirrel, staring straight into the camera. He standing in front of a tree.

Happy Fat Squirrel Season to those who celebrate.
#fatsquirrelseason

I only read the end and I'm already mad

Emil Seidel (1910-1912), Daniel Hoan (1916-1940), & Frank Zeidler (1948-1960) have likely impacted your life in ways you never think about, even if you’ve never stepped foot in Milwaukee.

And if city governments are laboratories of democracy, then the Cream City has been research central!

Women Should Make Babies, Not Vote: Why Some on the Far Right Want to Repeal the 19th Amendment The far right takes losses at the ballot box as evidence that women do not deserve their rights.

Some on the far right want to repeal the 19th amendment. Many more share a coercive, patriarchal view of women.

I wrote about this and how the far right sees subjugating women as key to building the sort of electorate they need to win. @liberalcurrents.com

www.liberalcurrents.com/women-should...

No but actually.

This is a historically excellent speech.

+1000000

Diversity doesn’t weaken unions. Racist bosses like Vance using racism to divide workers by race so they can exploit them weakens unions. All this stuff is arsonists complaining about the temperature in the building they set on fire. bsky.app/profile/diew...