Kathy Derong

Kathy Derong

@kderong.bsky.social

Recovering perfectionist. Long-suffering Minnesota sports fan. (Don’t get me going on the Twins.) Nature heals the mind, and dogs make everything better.

140 Followers 240 Following 231 Posts Joined Oct 2023
2 days ago

I'm not looking at my retirement investments.

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2 weeks ago
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Minneapolis You’re So Many Things To Me YouTube video by jaybyrdfilms

Here's some nice counterprogramming for the images the world has been seeing out of Minneapolis for the last few months

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2 weeks ago

I'm not watching. My husband is. I'll be in the bedroom, watching a movie or reading a book with headphones on so I don't hear that voice.

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2 weeks ago

I've shared your contact info with a couple of neighbors who are there, and go there every year for six weeks.

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2 weeks ago

Well, we're glad we aren't still in Puerto Vallarta. We know two neighbors who are, and they're locked down.

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3 weeks ago

Yuck.

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1 month ago

Apparently pickleball rules in Florida include stay out of the kitchen or get punched in the face.

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1 month ago

Coming back from the economic harm is going to be a monumental task. The mental harm is going to be even harder to alleviate.

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1 month ago

Do you know their specific concerns? Have there been incidents of ICE grabbing corporate types?

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1 month ago

What's going on? I've heard that knee replacement either works perfectly (my husband, for instance) or ends up with constant pain.

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1 month ago

I don't think I could stay on my feet in curling. I did get to take a bobsled run in the summer on rails at the Park City Olympic Park. But we had a pro driver. I kept my head down the whole way.

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1 month ago
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Inside the ICE Forum Where Agents Complain About Their Jobs “I'm all for removing illegals, but snatching dudes off lawn mowers in Cali and leaving the truck and equipment just sitting there? Definitely not working smarter,” writes one forum user.

SCOOP: A look inside the ICE Forum where agents complain about their jobs and so much more.

“I'm all for removing illegals, but snatching dudes off lawn mowers in Cali and leaving the truck and equipment just sitting there? Definitely not working smarter.”

read @telliotter.bsky.social:

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2 months ago

How long before Project 2025's plan requiring every student in schools that receive federal funding to take the military's Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery test is implemented?

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2 months ago

Maybe it's karma for eliminating all those jobs, but northern Iowa is under a blizzard warning until 9 a.m. Monday. Good luck getting those delivery trucks to and from Des Moines tonight after the first printing there.

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2 months ago

I once subscribed to 12 podcasts. Too much hard news.

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2 months ago

I grew up next to the old site. I hope some use for it will be found.

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2 months ago

Last night after 10, our building's snow plowing service showed up to plow and use leaf-blowers on our parking lot and sidewalks. For an hour. We didn't have an inch of new snow.

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3 months ago

That is exactly what the Strib and Pioneer Press are aiming for: transition to full digital.

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3 months ago

They might be leaning hard into local, local, local.

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3 months ago

Do they no longer have veteran Republican panelists other than Fritz Knaak? It's to the point where I have to leave the room when they get to this segment. It no longer serves any purpose.

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3 months ago

I can go to bed confident I will not wake up to news of the Twins signing anyone.

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3 months ago

The only reason I remember they exist is they keep sending me emails asking if I want to buy a season ticket package. Then I get mad all over again.

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3 months ago

And said parent’s reply?

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3 months ago

Somehow I figured it out in the 90s before we had a home computer. Family, pediatrician, friends, books.

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3 months ago

I thought Republicans were very concerned about vetting. This guy obviously wasn't vetted. That's probably the case with the majority of the ICE thugs.

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3 months ago

A friend who worked in a MN county social service program said part of the problem is an antiquated computer system and employee training. This has gone on for years, and the Somali population is far from the only ones trying to game the system.

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3 months ago

It’s our new favorite apple.

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3 months ago
Pope stands holding a baseball bat on a plane

Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat

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3 months ago

Another concern in our household is whether my husband can keep his one-team (Brewers) subscription he’s had through MLB for years.

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3 months ago

Just waded through The Athletic story on the ESPN/MLB broadcast deal. I still can’t figure out if I choose to subscribe to Twins TV again, would I also have to subscribe to ESPN Unlimited to get access? I hope Twin Cities sportswriters explain.

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