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@antoonen.bsky.social
Eccentric thousandaire. Certifiably midwestern (mn → chicago). Design and creative miscellanies, accessibility, bicycles, and other shenanigans. Pax et justitia. she/her
Any news that includes “Ye Old Pickle Factory” as a location where alleged events occurred = top tier banger of a story, 137,482% worth my time
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UPDATED: Nisswa mayor's assault claim case reopens with additional witness
Jennifer Carnahan said woman who sent her an email assaulted her at City of Lights; Sophie Foster denied assaulting Carnahan.
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December 10, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Any news that includes “Ye Old Pickle Factory” as a location where alleged events occurred = top tier banger of a story, 137,482% worth my time
www.brainerddispatch.com/news/local/n...
www.brainerddispatch.com/news/local/n...
Can I ask where you got this? Mostly trying to figure out my work situation for tomorrow and where to get the most up to date info
December 4, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Can I ask where you got this? Mostly trying to figure out my work situation for tomorrow and where to get the most up to date info
Lost an entire day of work because they kept stringing us along. My corner of Chicago is also a Verizon dead zone without a wi-fi booster, so I kept having to walk to the end of the block to coordinate rescheduling meetings. Brutal
December 4, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Lost an entire day of work because they kept stringing us along. My corner of Chicago is also a Verizon dead zone without a wi-fi booster, so I kept having to walk to the end of the block to coordinate rescheduling meetings. Brutal
Co-worker in city government once advised, “Never send an email that should be a phone call. Never make a phone call that should be a meeting.” Wild to see powerful ppl committing crimes with even less communication discipline than someone responsible for designing municipal park signage
November 12, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Co-worker in city government once advised, “Never send an email that should be a phone call. Never make a phone call that should be a meeting.” Wild to see powerful ppl committing crimes with even less communication discipline than someone responsible for designing municipal park signage
If you need to fill a morning with a short road trip, I don’t think anything quite captures the midwestern obsession with mundane eccentricities like the largest ball of twine in Darwin
August 30, 2025 at 5:30 AM
If you need to fill a morning with a short road trip, I don’t think anything quite captures the midwestern obsession with mundane eccentricities like the largest ball of twine in Darwin
Bonus Wolf Lake content: There are swans! And, if you return via the Cargill/overpass route, a jaunty octopus mural!
August 25, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Bonus Wolf Lake content: There are swans! And, if you return via the Cargill/overpass route, a jaunty octopus mural!
A few years back, there was an installation in my local neighborhood park of giant clown eggs. If the point of art is to make you ~feel~ something I guess they were wildly successful because there are few pieces of art I more viscerally hated
August 23, 2025 at 12:22 PM
A few years back, there was an installation in my local neighborhood park of giant clown eggs. If the point of art is to make you ~feel~ something I guess they were wildly successful because there are few pieces of art I more viscerally hated
A devastating blow dealt by the wine mom militia
August 14, 2025 at 2:11 AM
A devastating blow dealt by the wine mom militia
With Wout’s actual factual wife lurking in the background, looking extremely unthreatened by the whole situation
July 21, 2025 at 4:56 AM
With Wout’s actual factual wife lurking in the background, looking extremely unthreatened by the whole situation
can confirm it tastes like the kind of solvent you’d use to clean a lawnmower
May 9, 2025 at 5:56 AM
can confirm it tastes like the kind of solvent you’d use to clean a lawnmower
Very excited about this. As for the namesake, the night heron who hangs out in the Garden of the Phoenix, seemingly unbothered by humans, is an extremely charming lil fellow.
April 28, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Very excited about this. As for the namesake, the night heron who hangs out in the Garden of the Phoenix, seemingly unbothered by humans, is an extremely charming lil fellow.
Really aren’t enough people named Hieronymus these days
April 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Really aren’t enough people named Hieronymus these days
Ghhhhhhh. Thank you for the PSA. Couldn’t figure out what the heck was going on. So unnecessary
April 13, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Ghhhhhhh. Thank you for the PSA. Couldn’t figure out what the heck was going on. So unnecessary
Phenomenal ride. Reapplied after finish before podium.
April 12, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Phenomenal ride. Reapplied after finish before podium.
I’m just in the orchestra. Why should I care?
April 7, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I’m just in the orchestra. Why should I care?
Make me an entire network dedicated to priests who solve murders.
March 15, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Make me an entire network dedicated to priests who solve murders.
My partner once admitted, “I have a confession. It wasn’t a wild animal that got its paws in the peanut butter. It was a partially domesticated animal.”
February 22, 2025 at 6:05 AM
My partner once admitted, “I have a confession. It wasn’t a wild animal that got its paws in the peanut butter. It was a partially domesticated animal.”
Depending on the nature of the incident, we blame a series of intruders like ghosts (open cupboards) and raccoons (fork marks in the peanut butter).
February 22, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Depending on the nature of the incident, we blame a series of intruders like ghosts (open cupboards) and raccoons (fork marks in the peanut butter).
Not long after moving to IL, we visited the Motherland (MN) and my partner noticed his driving had become downright aggressive compared to the locals. For the past 15+ years, whenever he maneuvers the vehicle in a tricky situation, he’ll half-apologetically announce, “It’s ok, we’re from Chicago.”
February 22, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Not long after moving to IL, we visited the Motherland (MN) and my partner noticed his driving had become downright aggressive compared to the locals. For the past 15+ years, whenever he maneuvers the vehicle in a tricky situation, he’ll half-apologetically announce, “It’s ok, we’re from Chicago.”
An EXTREMELY SERIOUS accusation.
February 11, 2025 at 1:23 AM
An EXTREMELY SERIOUS accusation.
Went too far by making him… *checks notes* “question his chili.”
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February 11, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Went too far by making him… *checks notes* “question his chili.”
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Stares into the distance recollecting the engineered wood installed like tile using wood filler as grout in all our closets, crooked curtain rods hastily screwed into the casings on every drafty window, and the numerous unwanted species that had taken up residence in place of humans
February 6, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Stares into the distance recollecting the engineered wood installed like tile using wood filler as grout in all our closets, crooked curtain rods hastily screwed into the casings on every drafty window, and the numerous unwanted species that had taken up residence in place of humans
This is a real smorgasbord board of options for a restaurant called “eat the rich”
February 5, 2025 at 7:22 PM
This is a real smorgasbord board of options for a restaurant called “eat the rich”