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Alli DeJong
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climate, adaptation, decision analysis, flood risk, insurance, resilience, BCAs. planning & policy jack of all trades at the Water Institute. (personal account)

also sports, birds, हिंदी, cities, etc.

chicago via new orleans via chicago
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Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondsman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said "the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether."
January 24, 2026 at 5:47 PM
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LIFE BIRD: WHOOPING CRANE
January 22, 2026 at 5:25 PM
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miss this dude
ari, in a coat and boots
January 21, 2026 at 4:03 PM
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Still mad
Two guys floating near the Hotel Monteleone sign which is partially submerged and the dialogue reads “Thing is though, if the ref had thrown the flag, we’d have had a first & goal and that’d be it!”
January 18, 2026 at 1:28 AM
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Great place great times we love you Minnesota!
An old grain silo with wildflowers in foreground prairie plants on UMN campus more prairie plants on UMN campus. a statue of a feminine figure kneeling is shaded by a tree more UMN campus. it’s a really beautiful campus!
January 17, 2026 at 10:33 PM
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i was cool but not that cool
baby alli playing the trumpet with what they’re calling the worst home hair dye job of all time
January 17, 2026 at 5:03 PM
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What a day to finally see the Elizabeth Catlett exhibit at the Art Institute
Design for a Peace Poster. woodblock print of giant hand holding back bayonets above a woman sheltering her child in her shawl Central America Says No. woodblock print Peace. woodblock print I can’t remember the name but it’s a woodblock print of two children of different races reading together in front of the Cuban flag.
January 3, 2026 at 9:41 PM
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Pathetic
In the 2025 legislative session, Allemand sponsored a successful bill to clarify in state statute that gunning prairie dogs and some other species from trucks is legal on private land in Wyoming.
December 30, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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coach stealie
steal your face but it’s the san francisco 49ers logo in it
December 29, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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It’s Pizza Night In Ravenswooooood
two neapolitan pizzas sitting on a table
December 28, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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liquid meds. 4x a day. for like three years
can you believe this little asshole angel dog wouldn’t let us give him pills once he got to be older than like 14
December 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Christmas ribs!
December 25, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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The commissioned carol this year is bird-themed 😭🫶🏻
CAROL § The College commissioned this carol for today's service. I LEANT upon a coppice gate When Frost was spectre-grey, And Winter's dregs made desolate The weakening eye of day. The tangled bine-stems scored the sky Like strings of broken lyres, And all mankind that haunted nigh Had sought their household fires. The land's sharp features seemed to be The Century's corpse outleant, His crypt the cloudy canopy, The wind his death-lament. The ancient pulse of germ and birth Was shrunken hard and dry, And every spirit upon earth Seemed fervourless as I. At once a voice arose among The bleak twigs overhead In a full-hearted evensong Of joy illimited; An aged thrush, frail, gaunt, and small, In blast-beruffled plume, Had chosen thus to fling his soul Upon the growing gloom. please turn the page quietly So little cause for carolings Of such ecstatic sound Was written on terrestrial things Afar or nigh around, That I could think there trembled through His happy good-night air Some blessed Hope, whereof he knew And I was unaware. 'The Darkling Thrush' Thomas Hardy Rachel Portman
December 24, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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hell yeah man one of the art highlights of my year was getting to see the matisses at the Barnes in Philly
December 23, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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we know how it ends. we’re all ready for it.
December 16, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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My wintertime MVP so far is the Delonghi oil filled radiator that I bought to supplement our furnace and help deal with cold spots. This thing is great and cuts down how often our furnace runs by a lot.
December 15, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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Tonight I found a community space that I’ve been looking for for years: an Urdu/Hindi language club for all levels, a safe space to actually try speaking conversationally, a desi space where I actually felt welcome. It was so nice. I am a bit overwhelmed.
Salaam, mera naam Alli hai. Mere pronouns she/her/hers
December 12, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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I love snowy winter sorry not sorry
snowy street scene Damen Brown stop in the snow giant conifers in a courtyard covered in snow
December 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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I was walking through my neighborhood earlier all bundled up and enjoying the snow when a small subcompact car rolled down the street with all its windows down, blaring the Super Bowl Shuffle. It is 30 degrees
A snowy street scene
December 7, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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Yeah which one feels more welcoming to people? Hmm
December 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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“Focused on city planning” is kind of an understatement
December 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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I love snow so much. Everything about winter is better with snow
A huge tree with snow on every branch next to a sidewalk and a fence
December 3, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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Not bad for my first attempt?
Tahdig - crispy rice
November 30, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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🎶 must be the season of the beeeean 🎶
the inside of a pot. large white beans (giant limas) and chunks of smoked turkey are simmering in a rich bean broth
November 28, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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hour of the ham
ham, at night
November 28, 2025 at 3:39 AM