Shaun
@shauninmpls.bsky.social
"the important drinking hasn't started yet." Minneapolis devotion/rage, managing editor for hire and all things word-adjacent, musician and music lover, libertine papist. Trying not to panic. she/her
Update: it works but possibly has too much cooked milk taste
Happy Thanksgiving (to everyone who wants one)!
We're trying something new with the potatoes this year. Wish me luck!
We're trying something new with the potatoes this year. Wish me luck!
November 27, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Update: it works but possibly has too much cooked milk taste
My mom is 78 and has lived in South Dakota for the last 50+ years but she still goes hard for her hometown.
I already knew she was a huge Jack White fan but I wasn't expecting the big cheer for Eminem.
#Detroit4Eva
I already knew she was a huge Jack White fan but I wasn't expecting the big cheer for Eminem.
#Detroit4Eva
November 27, 2025 at 7:59 PM
My mom is 78 and has lived in South Dakota for the last 50+ years but she still goes hard for her hometown.
I already knew she was a huge Jack White fan but I wasn't expecting the big cheer for Eminem.
#Detroit4Eva
I already knew she was a huge Jack White fan but I wasn't expecting the big cheer for Eminem.
#Detroit4Eva
Happy Thanksgiving (to everyone who wants one)!
We're trying something new with the potatoes this year. Wish me luck!
We're trying something new with the potatoes this year. Wish me luck!
November 27, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Happy Thanksgiving (to everyone who wants one)!
We're trying something new with the potatoes this year. Wish me luck!
We're trying something new with the potatoes this year. Wish me luck!
That is one of the prettiest Weimaraners I've ever seen
November 27, 2025 at 5:29 PM
That is one of the prettiest Weimaraners I've ever seen
❤️🍰 HBD to my BFF, aka @rexparker.bsky.social, seen here already being kinda Minnesotan. 🎉❤️ xo miss you
November 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM
❤️🍰 HBD to my BFF, aka @rexparker.bsky.social, seen here already being kinda Minnesotan. 🎉❤️ xo miss you
"Sanctuary City"
We don't have law enforcement here, just heavily armed rogue militias that answer to no one.
We don't have law enforcement here, just heavily armed rogue militias that answer to no one.
Photos from St. Paul today captured by MPR photojournalist Kerem Yücel. He filed them even after being hospitalized after being injured by a less lethal munition.
November 26, 2025 at 4:15 AM
"Sanctuary City"
We don't have law enforcement here, just heavily armed rogue militias that answer to no one.
We don't have law enforcement here, just heavily armed rogue militias that answer to no one.
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This is also correct.
You know what food I hate? Your personal favourite food. Inedible garbage.
November 26, 2025 at 1:51 AM
This is also correct.
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
Now that BlueSky is in its pie era, allow me to share a recipe for the actual best pie, courtesy of Al's Oasis outside Chamberlain, South Dakota.
agupdate.com/tristateneig...
agupdate.com/tristateneig...
Recipes: Al's Oasis shares popular lemon pie recipe
If you've traveled Interstate 90 in South Dakota in the last 58 years, then you've probably heard of Al's Oasis in Oacoma, S.D.
agupdate.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Now that BlueSky is in its pie era, allow me to share a recipe for the actual best pie, courtesy of Al's Oasis outside Chamberlain, South Dakota.
agupdate.com/tristateneig...
agupdate.com/tristateneig...
I know we all know this, but oh my God nobody who knows anything about LLMs thinks they're conscious. Media has failed us so hard on AI.
November 25, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I know we all know this, but oh my God nobody who knows anything about LLMs thinks they're conscious. Media has failed us so hard on AI.
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Hey @mayorcarter.bsky.social what the hell? @mayorher.bsky.social are you going to take a stance on this?
November 25, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Hey @mayorcarter.bsky.social what the hell? @mayorher.bsky.social are you going to take a stance on this?
Neighbors' bumper sticker report (when you see that flag you have to investigate)
November 25, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Neighbors' bumper sticker report (when you see that flag you have to investigate)
Whole Foods Uptown fog report
November 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Whole Foods Uptown fog report
Sweet lord of winter weather, please make all activities be cancelled tonight. Amen.
All of the Twin Cities right now, with this season’s first winter storm warning:
a woman is sitting on a couch and saying i 'm so freakin ' excited .
Alt: a woman is sitting on a couch and saying I’m so freakin’ excited .
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Sweet lord of winter weather, please make all activities be cancelled tonight. Amen.
If you're that type of person, get your cheaper state fair tickets today. I'm that type of person and it gave me a significant mood boost.
www.mnstatefair.org/tickets/admi...
www.mnstatefair.org/tickets/admi...
Admission Tickets
Purchase admission tickets for the Minnesota State Fair!
www.mnstatefair.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
If you're that type of person, get your cheaper state fair tickets today. I'm that type of person and it gave me a significant mood boost.
www.mnstatefair.org/tickets/admi...
www.mnstatefair.org/tickets/admi...
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This guy fucking rules. I need to throw a lasagna party.
November 25, 2025 at 2:18 AM
This guy fucking rules. I need to throw a lasagna party.
Some people say Road House is a bad movie, but I could a bad movie do this?
November 24, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Some people say Road House is a bad movie, but I could a bad movie do this?
Super fun show with The Beths tonight!
November 23, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Super fun show with The Beths tonight!
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“To be honest that task sucked, so I’ve been fucking off instead” is the Turing moment.
November 22, 2025 at 11:43 PM
“To be honest that task sucked, so I’ve been fucking off instead” is the Turing moment.
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this is like when that screenwriter asked AI to write a screenplay, and all it did was ask him for more time to complete it. Took a while before he figured out that it wasn't a complex task; "need more time" was the predicted response to "write a screenplay"
November 22, 2025 at 9:15 PM
this is like when that screenwriter asked AI to write a screenplay, and all it did was ask him for more time to complete it. Took a while before he figured out that it wasn't a complex task; "need more time" was the predicted response to "write a screenplay"
So sad. He was such a big part of the Minneapolis Sound, and it keeps slipping away.
Jellybean Johnson, the often top-hatted drummer for The Time, has died at age 69.
https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-lifestyle/jellybean-johnson-key-figure-in-the-minneapolis-sound-dies-at-69
https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-lifestyle/jellybean-johnson-key-figure-in-the-minneapolis-sound-dies-at-69
November 22, 2025 at 11:07 PM
So sad. He was such a big part of the Minneapolis Sound, and it keeps slipping away.
Good point, and also so much fodder for the TBR pile!
“Perhaps one thing AI is revealing is that a certain percentage of the population has no real interest in doing, learning, or enjoying anything at all.” countercraft.substack.com/p/short-litt...
Short Little Difficult Books
Novels that challenge with style, story, or form that you can read in a day.
countercraft.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Good point, and also so much fodder for the TBR pile!
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Police Defund Minneapolis Again
The city of Minneapolis is settling a lawsuit with the family of Leneal Frazier, a 40-year-old man who was killed when a speeding Minneapolis police car collided with him in 2021.
Minneapolis council OKs $475,000 settlement of lawsuit over fatal collision with speeding officer
Leneal Frazier died after his SUV was broadsided by a speeding Minneapolis police officer in 2021.
bit.ly
November 21, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Police Defund Minneapolis Again