Disappointed Vet
@dwnels83.bsky.social
Navy/LE vet, StP-er, YIMBY, sarcastic. Cis, He/him.
Breaking my social hiatus for this. So extremely disappointed with SPPD and Mayoral leadership.
November 25, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Breaking my social hiatus for this. So extremely disappointed with SPPD and Mayoral leadership.
Queue up “My Way” and pour some Mich Golden Light onto a tile floor for a legend.
Shigeichi Negishi, the inventor of the world's first commercially-available karaoke machine, has died in Japan. He was 100 years old.
Karaoke inventor Shigeichi Negishi dies at 100
Negishi was in his 40s when he came up with the idea of prototyping a mass-produced, coin-operated karaoke machine, branded "Sparko Box" in 1967.
www.npr.org
March 16, 2024 at 1:22 AM
Queue up “My Way” and pour some Mich Golden Light onto a tile floor for a legend.
To quote Bob Fletcher, “can you care about us before we’re dead?”
At least 54 Minnesotans were killed in police chases between 2017 and 2022, according to a first-of-its kind national database compiled by the @sfchronicle.bsky.social
Dozens of Minnesotans have been killed in high speed police chases since 2017 • Minnesota Reformer
At least 54 Minnesotans were killed in police chases between 2017 and 2022, according to a first-of-its kind national database compiled by the San Francisco Chronicle. About half of those killed were...
minnesotareformer.com
March 5, 2024 at 6:39 PM
To quote Bob Fletcher, “can you care about us before we’re dead?”
John drove up one day, saw the tuba player on Grand, cried and lamented the fall of American democracy, and then drove to Woodbury to get his meatloaf.
February 24, 2024 at 3:52 PM
John drove up one day, saw the tuba player on Grand, cried and lamented the fall of American democracy, and then drove to Woodbury to get his meatloaf.
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::taps the sign::
February 23, 2024 at 3:32 PM
::taps the sign::
February 23, 2024 at 3:50 PM
Speaking of tech bro nonsense, remember when a bunch of NFT dorks bought Jodorowski’s Dune storyboards, started hyping up all the projects they were going to make, and only then realized they just bought a (very cool) book and owned zero rights?
I think about that a lot.
I think about that a lot.
February 12, 2024 at 2:20 PM
Speaking of tech bro nonsense, remember when a bunch of NFT dorks bought Jodorowski’s Dune storyboards, started hyping up all the projects they were going to make, and only then realized they just bought a (very cool) book and owned zero rights?
I think about that a lot.
I think about that a lot.
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Still giving us viruses all these years later.
February 12, 2024 at 1:13 AM
Still giving us viruses all these years later.
This campaign will just be a greatest hits album of the shittiest positions taken in ‘23 by MPLS and StP Council candidates.
My latest in the Spokesman: Don Samuels is running against Ilhan Omar again. He talks about why he’s the best and addressed the tweet and comments he made.
Don Samuels to run against Ilhan Omar again | Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
Don Samuels, a two-time Northside city councilmember and one-time school board member, is running for the 5th Congressional District race again to unseat Rep. Ilhan Omar.
spokesman-recorder.com
January 30, 2024 at 11:56 PM
This campaign will just be a greatest hits album of the shittiest positions taken in ‘23 by MPLS and StP Council candidates.
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This apartment, built on an empty lot in St. Paul, was originally going to have 91 homes and 88 parking spots.
It was ultimately built with 114 homes and 82 parking spots.
The difference? St. Paul's City Council ended parking minimums, enabling more places for people to live.
It was ultimately built with 114 homes and 82 parking spots.
The difference? St. Paul's City Council ended parking minimums, enabling more places for people to live.
January 30, 2024 at 7:36 PM
This apartment, built on an empty lot in St. Paul, was originally going to have 91 homes and 88 parking spots.
It was ultimately built with 114 homes and 82 parking spots.
The difference? St. Paul's City Council ended parking minimums, enabling more places for people to live.
It was ultimately built with 114 homes and 82 parking spots.
The difference? St. Paul's City Council ended parking minimums, enabling more places for people to live.
An East-coast transplant friend discovered “whippin shitties” today. He asked about other ridiculous slang. If you overhear a bald New Englander saying “pop that buster” while staring at your twist-top grainbelt, roll with it. I couldn’t help myself.
January 5, 2024 at 12:48 AM
An East-coast transplant friend discovered “whippin shitties” today. He asked about other ridiculous slang. If you overhear a bald New Englander saying “pop that buster” while staring at your twist-top grainbelt, roll with it. I couldn’t help myself.
My wife continues to demolish me in our annual ornament gift.
December 2, 2023 at 6:58 PM
My wife continues to demolish me in our annual ornament gift.
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My short story that came out last week in Uncanny was partly inspired by discussions of how most people in a crisis want to form a community with their neighbors, not turn on them.
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...
The Year Without Sunshine - Uncanny Magazine
During one of the much smaller disasters that preceded the really big disaster, I met a lot of my neighbors online. I can’t remember if we set up the WhatsApp group because of the pandemic or the ci...
www.uncannymagazine.com
November 13, 2023 at 3:12 AM
My short story that came out last week in Uncanny was partly inspired by discussions of how most people in a crisis want to form a community with their neighbors, not turn on them.
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...
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This group is working in StP too, Ward 3 especially.
Want to talk a bit about the historical sophistry of this letter from former Frey spokesperson & current Hennepin sheriff spokesperson Jacob Hill, who basically promotes a new red scare & subsequent purge which he claims will help civil rights & the DFL party. 1/
October 21, 2023 at 8:13 PM
This group is working in StP too, Ward 3 especially.
I’m like 1 day into Bluesky and my feed is so fucking wholesome I don’t know what to do.
September 26, 2023 at 5:36 PM
I’m like 1 day into Bluesky and my feed is so fucking wholesome I don’t know what to do.