Stacey Burns
@wentrogue.bsky.social
Once inspired the NYT Science Times to "try harder,” and now I post about my cats from my perch in the Witch District of Minneapolis. she/her
Pinned
CALL THE MIDWIFE | no paywall
Over 30,000 Miles, a Midwife Navigates West Virginia’s Maternity Deserts
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:39 PM
CALL THE MIDWIFE | no paywall
ALSO, today’s 1,200 word front page story by the Strib’s retail reporter (the Strib doesn’t have a labor reporter) devotes exactly one sentence to Target’s blunders, implying that the boycott was brief.
I wonder whether the retail reporter ever reads the letters to the editor; this one ran on Sat.
I wonder whether the retail reporter ever reads the letters to the editor; this one ran on Sat.
November 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
ALSO, today’s 1,200 word front page story by the Strib’s retail reporter (the Strib doesn’t have a labor reporter) devotes exactly one sentence to Target’s blunders, implying that the boycott was brief.
I wonder whether the retail reporter ever reads the letters to the editor; this one ran on Sat.
I wonder whether the retail reporter ever reads the letters to the editor; this one ran on Sat.
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Texas high-speed Rail 🚈
A seemingly sci-fi, nearly technologically impossible alien marvel that China and Mexico have mastered, but that Texas still dreams about as an off world perk of a mystical travel species
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
A seemingly sci-fi, nearly technologically impossible alien marvel that China and Mexico have mastered, but that Texas still dreams about as an off world perk of a mystical travel species
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Where Train Dreams Meet Reality in Texas
Dallas and Houston are 250 miles apart. But if you want to take a train between them, prepare for a 23-hour odyssey that says a lot about where US passenger rail is heading.
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Texas high-speed Rail 🚈
A seemingly sci-fi, nearly technologically impossible alien marvel that China and Mexico have mastered, but that Texas still dreams about as an off world perk of a mystical travel species
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
A seemingly sci-fi, nearly technologically impossible alien marvel that China and Mexico have mastered, but that Texas still dreams about as an off world perk of a mystical travel species
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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At this point, the Washpost edit page is just trolling its readers.
This is today's actual house editorial.
This is today's actual house editorial.
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
At this point, the Washpost edit page is just trolling its readers.
This is today's actual house editorial.
This is today's actual house editorial.
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Working overtime at the Holding The Powerful To Account Factory today
November 25, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Working overtime at the Holding The Powerful To Account Factory today
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Daphne be like: would you rather be alone with a man in the woods or would you rather be wood?
November 25, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Daphne be like: would you rather be alone with a man in the woods or would you rather be wood?
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Gift duck article
wapo.st/4ogYQyq
wapo.st/4ogYQyq
These ducks are local celebrities and walk the red carpet daily
“We’ve got to march with purpose,” duck master Kenon Walker tells the ducks each morning in a pep talk.
wapo.st
November 25, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Gift duck article
wapo.st/4ogYQyq
wapo.st/4ogYQyq
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I read the last line and gasped.
In Memoriam
Melissa Hortman
Alumna, Class of 1995, University of Minnesota Law School
- Minnesota Law, Fall 2025
In Memoriam
Melissa Hortman
Alumna, Class of 1995, University of Minnesota Law School
- Minnesota Law, Fall 2025
November 25, 2025 at 1:01 AM
I read the last line and gasped.
In Memoriam
Melissa Hortman
Alumna, Class of 1995, University of Minnesota Law School
- Minnesota Law, Fall 2025
In Memoriam
Melissa Hortman
Alumna, Class of 1995, University of Minnesota Law School
- Minnesota Law, Fall 2025
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i'm on PTO this entire week, so I went to the Como Zoo, where I found out on Mondays, they give all the big cats bones to play with an chew on. I shall now post some of that.
November 24, 2025 at 9:57 PM
i'm on PTO this entire week, so I went to the Como Zoo, where I found out on Mondays, they give all the big cats bones to play with an chew on. I shall now post some of that.
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I believe that Hegseth has miscalculated because the reporting suggests that he is not respected and in fact is despised at the Pentagon.
November 24, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I believe that Hegseth has miscalculated because the reporting suggests that he is not respected and in fact is despised at the Pentagon.
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I like cursing and research suggests that people who curse are highly intelligent. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
November 24, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I like cursing and research suggests that people who curse are highly intelligent. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
a walk down memory lane before I haul all these to the Hennepin County recycling center
November 24, 2025 at 8:24 PM
a walk down memory lane before I haul all these to the Hennepin County recycling center
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“We won’t have to keep voting on whether or not Planned Parenthood can be funded in any one program, such as Medicaid, if they’re not eligible to be funded at all,” said Kristi Hamrick of Students for Life of America.
New from me:
Letters from anti-abortion activists and Republican elected officials show stated goals of barring Planned Parenthood health centers from receiving any federal money and pulling them from the 340B drug pricing program, which allows for significant discounts on prescription drugs.
Letters from anti-abortion activists and Republican elected officials show stated goals of barring Planned Parenthood health centers from receiving any federal money and pulling them from the 340B drug pricing program, which allows for significant discounts on prescription drugs.
Anti-abortion groups, lawmakers push feds for more permanent ‘defunding’ of Planned Parenthood
Anti-abortion organizations and Republican elected officials are searching for more ways to prevent Planned Parenthood from receiving federal resources after congressional Republicans successfully cut...
www.newsfromthestates.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:23 PM
“We won’t have to keep voting on whether or not Planned Parenthood can be funded in any one program, such as Medicaid, if they’re not eligible to be funded at all,” said Kristi Hamrick of Students for Life of America.
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I have sweatshirts older than ICE.
November 24, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I have sweatshirts older than ICE.
Thankful to not be driving anywhere this Thanksgiving
November 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Thankful to not be driving anywhere this Thanksgiving
She should sell a line of merch: BIKING PEAKED IN 1980 bumper stickers! Tshirts! Tote bags! Bike decals!
Internet advisory: Carol Becker continues to spam reddit with "biking peaked in 1980" under at least three usernames: MplsPokemon, MplsSpaniel, and MplsDoodleDoodle.
Pictured are just the search results for MplsPokemon.
Pictured are just the search results for MplsPokemon.
November 24, 2025 at 3:21 PM
She should sell a line of merch: BIKING PEAKED IN 1980 bumper stickers! Tshirts! Tote bags! Bike decals!
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apex predator
November 24, 2025 at 2:18 AM
apex predator
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If not for the posts in the pond, it would be hard to tell which way is up and which is down.
November 23, 2025 at 10:15 PM
If not for the posts in the pond, it would be hard to tell which way is up and which is down.
Jason Chavez For the People
Here's my latest in MSR: Three Minneapolis Council Members said signaled that they would support local police arresting ICE agents: spokesman-recorder.com/2025/11/23/m...
November 23, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Jason Chavez For the People
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Star, Star, Star A
1969
Yoshida Chizuko (1924-2017)
Woodblock print, color on paper with embossing
On view today at @artsmia.bsky.social as part of the exhibition “The Abstract Worlds of Yoshida Hodaka and Chizuko”
1969
Yoshida Chizuko (1924-2017)
Woodblock print, color on paper with embossing
On view today at @artsmia.bsky.social as part of the exhibition “The Abstract Worlds of Yoshida Hodaka and Chizuko”
November 23, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Star, Star, Star A
1969
Yoshida Chizuko (1924-2017)
Woodblock print, color on paper with embossing
On view today at @artsmia.bsky.social as part of the exhibition “The Abstract Worlds of Yoshida Hodaka and Chizuko”
1969
Yoshida Chizuko (1924-2017)
Woodblock print, color on paper with embossing
On view today at @artsmia.bsky.social as part of the exhibition “The Abstract Worlds of Yoshida Hodaka and Chizuko”
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Damn, dude looks like he just saw a new integrated school open
November 23, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Damn, dude looks like he just saw a new integrated school open
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One great reason to destigmatize disabilities—aside from just that disabled people are human—is that able bodied people become disabled EVERY DAY and there are systems in place that disabled people fought HARD for. USE THEM
November 23, 2025 at 8:22 PM
One great reason to destigmatize disabilities—aside from just that disabled people are human—is that able bodied people become disabled EVERY DAY and there are systems in place that disabled people fought HARD for. USE THEM
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seen on WT Harris in E Charlotte
November 23, 2025 at 3:35 AM
seen on WT Harris in E Charlotte