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Retired. Parront. 🦜 Bitter and sarcastic, sore, old, cranky AF. WBL Minnesota I create typography, covers, and beautifully formatted books for print and screens.

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Restful restoration vibes to you!

04.03.2026 06:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

just became aware of this--the regime wants to clear-cut massive chunks of Oregon's old growth forests in the name of timber production.

you have until March 23rd to comment.

i know we have endless fucking things to scream at politicians about--this is an important one too.

28.02.2026 18:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2622    πŸ” 2626    πŸ’¬ 40    πŸ“Œ 50

wt absolute f...
gahhhhhhh!!!!

04.03.2026 01:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Update from #CENTCOM Commander on "Operation Epic Fury" in #Iran
YouTube video by Onest. Update from #CENTCOM Commander on "Operation Epic Fury" in #Iran

Update from #CENTCOM Commander on "Operation Epic Fury" in #Iran

youtu.be/AmqSPiBpgss

04.03.2026 01:11 β€” πŸ‘ 52    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 3

oh I'm so sorry. Sending you some energy! Hoping you can get on your way soon!

04.03.2026 01:18 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I hate it when, in a show, it is raining, you see the rain, hear the rain, people are standing outside at their car, the car is beaded up with rain that is dripping off the car, but the people remain dry and unspotted with raindrops

04.03.2026 01:01 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

wishing and hoping SO hard for Texas!!

04.03.2026 00:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
CHICAGO
Tue Mar 03 Β· 2026 07:00 PM

Route 66 Casino - Albuquerque, NM


HEART
Sat Mar 07 β€’ 2026 07:30 PM
Rio Rancho Events Center - Rio Rancho, NM

CHICAGO Tue Mar 03 Β· 2026 07:00 PM Route 66 Casino - Albuquerque, NM HEART Sat Mar 07 β€’ 2026 07:30 PM Rio Rancho Events Center - Rio Rancho, NM

STILL TRYING TO GIVE THESE AWAY FOR FREE

CHICAGO
Tue Mar 03 Β· 2026 07:00 PM
Route 66 Casino - Albuquerque, NM

HEART
Sat Mar 07 β€’ 2026 07:30 PM
Rio Rancho Events Center - Rio Rancho, NM

04.03.2026 00:38 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Donate to Keep Diane's Sanctuary Dream Alive, organized by Beth Hyman Update: An extaordinary amount has been happening behind the scenes here at Squirrelwood… Beth Hyman needs your support for Keep Diane's Sanctuary Dream Alive

I've posted the heartbreaking update to the GoFundMe. The town is not agreeing to the HVSPCA using this property as a shelter. This is devastating. I'm at a loss. I budgeted to March 1st transfer. You've always been there for me and D. gofund.me/966bfb70e

03.03.2026 23:47 β€” πŸ‘ 76    πŸ” 56    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 11

warming up the soil

03.03.2026 22:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot of Boston.Com article reading: Lawsuit challenges National Park Service over content removal, including at a Mass. site
β€œWe don't believe that there's anything to hide when it comes to American history.”

Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey has long been involved in the issue. Last summer, he joined Black history experts for a walking tour of Boston’s historic sites. 

β€œI’m animated by the history that Massachusetts created, and I feel a responsibility to protect and to further educate our country,” he said. β€œCensoring history is an act of violence.”

Markey called the lawsuit the β€œhighest form of patriotism.” 

β€œMAGA supporters are not just trying to rewrite policy. They are attempting to rewrite the truth, and we must stand up,” he said. β€œIf we don’t learn from the struggles that is the movements of our past, we will repeat the same mistakes over and over again.”

Screenshot of Boston.Com article reading: Lawsuit challenges National Park Service over content removal, including at a Mass. site β€œWe don't believe that there's anything to hide when it comes to American history.” Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey has long been involved in the issue. Last summer, he joined Black history experts for a walking tour of Boston’s historic sites. β€œI’m animated by the history that Massachusetts created, and I feel a responsibility to protect and to further educate our country,” he said. β€œCensoring history is an act of violence.” Markey called the lawsuit the β€œhighest form of patriotism.” β€œMAGA supporters are not just trying to rewrite policy. They are attempting to rewrite the truth, and we must stand up,” he said. β€œIf we don’t learn from the struggles that is the movements of our past, we will repeat the same mistakes over and over again.”

Donald Trump is trying to rewrite historyβ€”but we won't let him. No more violent censorship of our past.

03.03.2026 22:31 β€” πŸ‘ 98    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

πŸ’”πŸ€¬

03.03.2026 21:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Minab school bombing: how the worst mass casualty event of the Iran war unfolded – a visual guide β€” Guardian US A strike on Shajareh Tayyebeh school during the US-Israeli bombing campaign killed up to 168 people. The Guardian has pieced together the incident and its aftermath using verified footage and images f...

This is hard to read… but please read it anyway..

apple.news/AMhOj1Hz-Qyq...

03.03.2026 21:40 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

OMG I was just thinking of those stories of folk hauling gas in grocery bags/plastic bags, in trunks of cars, and there you are with the exact picture in my head!

03.03.2026 20:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ”₯

03.03.2026 20:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Must read thread.
πŸ”₯🧡πŸ”₯

03.03.2026 20:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Rockapella-Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego
YouTube video by Jacob Sykes Rockapella-Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego

#earworm

The "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego" theme song from that 90s geography game show on PBS (I really liked that show, and I wasn't even a kid, LOL)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozYg...

03.03.2026 20:32 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

4/4
There are NUMEROUS factors to be considered, left best to urologists and fertility specialists, not baby-craver attention whores on the internet.

03.03.2026 15:47 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Though Levine’s warning may sound ominous, it’s been contradicted by other retrospective studies. In 2025, the Cleveland Clinic said there was no cause for panic after a systematic review it published found sperm counts to be steady. That review analyzed studies published in the past 53 years. β€œThere is no evidence to suggest that this decline is the cause of a precipitous decline in the ability to cause pregnancies,” says Scott Lundy, a reproductive urologist at the Cleveland Clinic and the primary author of the study. β€œMost men, even with a modest decline in sperm counts, will still have no issues conceiving.”

Though Levine’s warning may sound ominous, it’s been contradicted by other retrospective studies. In 2025, the Cleveland Clinic said there was no cause for panic after a systematic review it published found sperm counts to be steady. That review analyzed studies published in the past 53 years. β€œThere is no evidence to suggest that this decline is the cause of a precipitous decline in the ability to cause pregnancies,” says Scott Lundy, a reproductive urologist at the Cleveland Clinic and the primary author of the study. β€œMost men, even with a modest decline in sperm counts, will still have no issues conceiving.”

3/
β€œAs you improve counting methods, you get lower values, because bad techniques always overestimate the number,”

There's a widely circulated 2017 study that's fueled a lot of the 'panic", which has been contradicted by other studies.

03.03.2026 15:47 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Texas, TODAY is Election Day! Go vote!

03.03.2026 15:55 β€” πŸ‘ 4022    πŸ” 1229    πŸ’¬ 197    πŸ“Œ 73

ICE has more money than most countries’ entire militaries.

Could easily move money from their secret police to other parts of DHS.

03.03.2026 16:10 β€” πŸ‘ 228    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 4

or, when younger relatives think they are inheriting your "fortune" when all they're very likely to get is a box full of old statements and unpaid bills, maybe a few pieces of durable medical equipment.

03.03.2026 17:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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BLUMENTHAL: The agent who shot her said, 'I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book, boys. I'm up for another around of F around and find out.' Will you join me in condemning that agent?

KRISTI NOEM: That situation, I don't know the details, but I will look into that

03.03.2026 16:25 β€” πŸ‘ 3237    πŸ” 1092    πŸ’¬ 336    πŸ“Œ 118
Al Detectors: Neither Accurate Nor Reliable
In theory, Al detectors analyze a piece of writing and assess what percentage of the text is Al-generated versus human-generated. However, multiple studies have shown that Al detectors were "neither accurate nor reliable,".producing a high number of both false positives and false negatives.
β€’ Al v. Al v. Al by Christine Park, RIPS Law Librarian Blog (Jan 17, 2023)
β€’ Al-text detection tools are really easy to fool by Rhiannon Williams, MIT Technology,
Review (July 7, 2023)
β€’ Why Al detectors think the US
Constitution was written by Al by Benj Edwards, Ars Technica (July 14, 2023)

Al Detectors: Neither Accurate Nor Reliable In theory, Al detectors analyze a piece of writing and assess what percentage of the text is Al-generated versus human-generated. However, multiple studies have shown that Al detectors were "neither accurate nor reliable,".producing a high number of both false positives and false negatives. β€’ Al v. Al v. Al by Christine Park, RIPS Law Librarian Blog (Jan 17, 2023) β€’ Al-text detection tools are really easy to fool by Rhiannon Williams, MIT Technology, Review (July 7, 2023) β€’ Why Al detectors think the US Constitution was written by Al by Benj Edwards, Ars Technica (July 14, 2023)

lawlibguides.sandiego.edu/c.php?g=1443...

03.03.2026 16:26 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Yep 100%!

03.03.2026 16:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Everyone, please pick up this 🧡on Minnesota’s US Attorney subjecting himself to humiliation by getting all fight-y with a federal judge. The USA (Rosen) must have a BDSM kink.

03.03.2026 16:34 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

fly high, sweet Mango. 🌈

03.03.2026 03:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A male Red-winged Blackbird patrolling the marsh.

03.03.2026 00:11 β€” πŸ‘ 357    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Total lunar eclipse Tuesday morning; spring preview this week A total lunar eclipse happens Tuesday morning. Fewer clouds in northern Minnesota may make for better viewing than in the south. Get ready for a mild week ahead.

Northern Minnesota you may have better eclipse viewing Tuesday morning with fewer clouds.
All of us get a Spring Preview this week.
50s this week. First 60F of the year in the Twin Cities Sunday?? 🌑️
#mnwx
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

02.03.2026 22:56 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I'm glad people can admit it. Finally. 1/

I really wish more couples would have this conversation before they get engaged, and make THEIR decision for THEIR reasons, and not for their parents or societal pressure.

archive.ph/xdBg5

02.03.2026 20:17 β€” πŸ‘ 64    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 3