Jim Gruman
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Long Jan 1st hike to kick the year off right. Your moment of zen:
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To paraphrase Dave Barry, someone who is nice to you, but cruel to most of America, is not a nice person.
Narcissists tend to like superficially charming but awful people because the superficial charm satisfies their need for admiration.
Narcissists tend to like superficially charming but awful people because the superficial charm satisfies their need for admiration.
Clarence Thomas is apparently one of the nicest people you’ll ever meet, and famously knows the name of every single employee at the Supreme Court, down to the night janitors. His character is still bad! Not sure what “Alito is a kind in interpersonal situations” has to do with this.
January 29, 2026 at 3:21 PM
To paraphrase Dave Barry, someone who is nice to you, but cruel to most of America, is not a nice person.
Narcissists tend to like superficially charming but awful people because the superficial charm satisfies their need for admiration.
Narcissists tend to like superficially charming but awful people because the superficial charm satisfies their need for admiration.
Blocks tear gas from BOTH Federal and Local law enforcement
January 29, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Blocks tear gas from BOTH Federal and Local law enforcement
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People are organizing We Ride in Unity rides on Saturday, January 31, in memory of Alex Pretti.
Here's an article with a map of where rides are happening. I'm also posting info for rides in this thread. You're welcome to post for your own area in the comments.
Here's an article with a map of where rides are happening. I'm also posting info for rides in this thread. You're welcome to post for your own area in the comments.
This Weekend, We Ride in Remembrance of Alex Pretti (+ Event Map)
Bike shops and groups across the United States are hosting memorial rides this weekend for slain bikepacker Alex Pretti...
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January 28, 2026 at 8:24 PM
People are organizing We Ride in Unity rides on Saturday, January 31, in memory of Alex Pretti.
Here's an article with a map of where rides are happening. I'm also posting info for rides in this thread. You're welcome to post for your own area in the comments.
Here's an article with a map of where rides are happening. I'm also posting info for rides in this thread. You're welcome to post for your own area in the comments.
Watched it live, in Algebra II class.
The subsequent investigation was a live case study for a whole generation of engineers and product managers
The subsequent investigation was a live case study for a whole generation of engineers and product managers
40 years after the Challenger disaster, NPR explores the engineers' last-minute efforts to stop the launch, their decades of guilt and the vital lessons that remain critical for NASA today.
40 years after Challenger: Lingering guilt and lessons learned
Forty years after the Challenger disaster, NPR explores the engineers' last-minute efforts to stop the launch, their decades of guilt and the vital lessons that remain critical for NASA today.
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January 28, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Watched it live, in Algebra II class.
The subsequent investigation was a live case study for a whole generation of engineers and product managers
The subsequent investigation was a live case study for a whole generation of engineers and product managers
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my vision of the US is I wake up in my neighborhood and all my neighbors are still in it, and all the kids feel safe to go to school, and I go to work and and no one’s waiting at the door to see if I’m someone coming to take them away, and I go to bed knowing the next day will be the same
@whstancil.bsky.social I would love for Mr Stancil, the Hero of Minnesota, to write a short story about a day in his vision of USA as it should be. I want to see Will’s Vision.
January 27, 2026 at 2:46 PM
my vision of the US is I wake up in my neighborhood and all my neighbors are still in it, and all the kids feel safe to go to school, and I go to work and and no one’s waiting at the door to see if I’m someone coming to take them away, and I go to bed knowing the next day will be the same
A short @ragbrai.bsky.social this year.
January 25, 2026 at 2:36 AM
A short @ragbrai.bsky.social this year.
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Thousands of Minnesotans marched in downtown Minneapolis to protest ICE. The wind chill was 30 below during the march.
Hundreds of businesses closed their doors Friday in support of the protest as activists urged Minnesotans to abstain from economic activity.
Hundreds of businesses closed their doors Friday in support of the protest as activists urged Minnesotans to abstain from economic activity.
January 24, 2026 at 12:20 AM
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h/t Marco Te Brömmelstroet
January 23, 2026 at 2:09 PM
h/t Marco Te Brömmelstroet
The whole thing needs to be shut down immediately.
In our conservative estimate, 41 percent of Grok’s images — or 1.8 million — were sexualized depictions of women. Separately, CCDH analyzed how many were sexualized images across genders and ages. Their findings: an estimated 3 million images, including more than 23,000 of children.
January 22, 2026 at 3:30 PM
The whole thing needs to be shut down immediately.
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I've been using a map by Mercator.
Huh. I thought Greenland was greater!
It's really quite small.
I don't want it at all.
Let's take some stuff on the equator.
Huh. I thought Greenland was greater!
It's really quite small.
I don't want it at all.
Let's take some stuff on the equator.
This would be a very good week for anyone who has not already abandoned the Mercator projection for maps of the world to do so
January 21, 2026 at 10:43 PM
I've been using a map by Mercator.
Huh. I thought Greenland was greater!
It's really quite small.
I don't want it at all.
Let's take some stuff on the equator.
Huh. I thought Greenland was greater!
It's really quite small.
I don't want it at all.
Let's take some stuff on the equator.
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The @landeranalytics.com blog is back.
We'll be writing about what happens when AI meets real systems: legacy stacks, production constraints and practical tradeoffs that don’t show up in demos.
landeranalytics.com/post/welcome-back-to-the-lander-analytics-blog
#DataScience #AI #Analytics #databs
We'll be writing about what happens when AI meets real systems: legacy stacks, production constraints and practical tradeoffs that don’t show up in demos.
landeranalytics.com/post/welcome-back-to-the-lander-analytics-blog
#DataScience #AI #Analytics #databs
January 21, 2026 at 5:13 PM
The @landeranalytics.com blog is back.
We'll be writing about what happens when AI meets real systems: legacy stacks, production constraints and practical tradeoffs that don’t show up in demos.
landeranalytics.com/post/welcome-back-to-the-lander-analytics-blog
#DataScience #AI #Analytics #databs
We'll be writing about what happens when AI meets real systems: legacy stacks, production constraints and practical tradeoffs that don’t show up in demos.
landeranalytics.com/post/welcome-back-to-the-lander-analytics-blog
#DataScience #AI #Analytics #databs
YES, WE ARE HUMBLE. WE ARE VERY HUMBLE. AND PIOUS.
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They certainly want to believe that everyone else wants to become one of them, if only they knew. As if a knowledge deficit was the only issue.
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January 21, 2026 at 10:37 PM
YES, WE ARE HUMBLE. WE ARE VERY HUMBLE. AND PIOUS.
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January 19, 2026 at 2:49 AM
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Check the January 2026 issue of The PFLAG Banner, a bi-annual newsletter that shares all of the news from PFLAG National!
Read on at pflag.org/pflagbanner 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Read on at pflag.org/pflagbanner 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
The PFLAG Banner - PFLAG
The PFLAG Banner is a bi-annual newsletter that shares all of the news from PFLAG National.
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January 16, 2026 at 2:31 AM
Check the January 2026 issue of The PFLAG Banner, a bi-annual newsletter that shares all of the news from PFLAG National!
Read on at pflag.org/pflagbanner 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Read on at pflag.org/pflagbanner 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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a few things I want people to get from this:
-how tense it is here. I was death-gripping the steering wheel during this, even watching it makes me tense up
-how organized the community is. the rapid response networks are ENORMOUS and highly effective
-how completely the city is united against ICE
-how tense it is here. I was death-gripping the steering wheel during this, even watching it makes me tense up
-how organized the community is. the rapid response networks are ENORMOUS and highly effective
-how completely the city is united against ICE
January 17, 2026 at 12:59 AM
a few things I want people to get from this:
-how tense it is here. I was death-gripping the steering wheel during this, even watching it makes me tense up
-how organized the community is. the rapid response networks are ENORMOUS and highly effective
-how completely the city is united against ICE
-how tense it is here. I was death-gripping the steering wheel during this, even watching it makes me tense up
-how organized the community is. the rapid response networks are ENORMOUS and highly effective
-how completely the city is united against ICE
Note the dude on the bike in Minneapolis in January
January 17, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Note the dude on the bike in Minneapolis in January
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January 17, 2026 at 12:49 AM
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Another critical piece of missing context in this story: tax dollars flow from the MSP metro to rural Minnesota. People in the city subsidize the lifestyles of people living in the country minnesotareformer.com/2023/12/04/t...
January 15, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Another critical piece of missing context in this story: tax dollars flow from the MSP metro to rural Minnesota. People in the city subsidize the lifestyles of people living in the country minnesotareformer.com/2023/12/04/t...
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Who honestly supports this shit?
They gave this woman about 8 conflicting commands, broke her window and drug her out of her car.
They gave this woman about 8 conflicting commands, broke her window and drug her out of her car.
Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.
January 13, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Who honestly supports this shit?
They gave this woman about 8 conflicting commands, broke her window and drug her out of her car.
They gave this woman about 8 conflicting commands, broke her window and drug her out of her car.
sweet memories
Bloom County too. Imagine being ten and having the following poem running through your head
"The wind doth taste of bittersweet, Like jasper wine and sugar. I bet it's blown through others' feet, like those of Caspar Weinberger."
"The wind doth taste of bittersweet, Like jasper wine and sugar. I bet it's blown through others' feet, like those of Caspar Weinberger."
January 13, 2026 at 6:41 PM
sweet memories
A look back at 2025 demonstrated that biking in Illinois received plenty of coverage, both positive and negative, not just in this Ralph Banasiak column but across other media. 1/3
January 13, 2026 at 3:49 PM
A look back at 2025 demonstrated that biking in Illinois received plenty of coverage, both positive and negative, not just in this Ralph Banasiak column but across other media. 1/3