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Catherine Partsch Conlan
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Editor of a Labor newspaper. Union card, clinic escort, Nebraska roots, now Minnesota. Hockey, abortion, cake, abolition, liberation. I love it when goalies lose in OT. She/they. Radicalizing over time. Banner photo: IG @havington
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MOM’S CHEESE BALL (OBSV)
A cheese ball covered in chopped pecans, sitting on a white plate
November 27, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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just put the tree up before Thanksgiving for the first time in my LIFE
A spruce tree in a tree stand in a corner of a room. It’s not decorated or lit yet, I’m not a monster
November 25, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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current mood
National Weather Service map showing expected snow totals for northeastern Minnesota and Northwestern Wisconsin. The area where I live is marked 6-8 inches; across the region, 8-12 and 12-18 inches are expected.
November 25, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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🫡 MnDOT
An electronic sign over a road reads EAT PIE, DRIVE SOBER
November 25, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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a nuthatch is yelling at me
I’m in the woods wearing a blaze orange hoodie and shooting vest with a rifle over my shoulder. I got up way too early on a Sunday and it shows
November 23, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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added five pounds to every lift this afternoon and then ate supper like this about it
No Face from the movie Spirited Away is a human-ish shaped figure in black with an ominous, expressionless white mask. In this screenshot, he is sitting at a massive table full of food with his arms spread wide; he is about to eat all of it
November 23, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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also my parents met and got engaged while working on their university newspaper; it was my destiny
Newspaper headline that says "Dirty Old Man Abandons Closet To Join Crusader"
November 23, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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HOTDISH Militia is the abortion fund with arguably the best name in the country. It stands for Hand Over The Decision It'S Healthcare and is a partner to the clinic where I escort. Its annual fundraiser -- a hotdish bakeoff -- is this weekend. If you're in Duluth, go! If not, plz consider donating.
A photo from the 2022 Hotdish Bakeoff: Three plates, two with like a couple dozen samples of various hotdishes and one with cookies/dessert hotdishes on it. I served as a judge that year and it was ridiculous, tasty and in some cases horrifying.
November 21, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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as we fight through to the weekend please do enjoy this photo of Moose sucking his wrist in his sleep 🥹
a brindle pitty mix is sleeping on a couch with his wrist in his mouth
November 21, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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me after I've completed one (1) routine task
a black text bubble on a pink background with the white text "Admire Puzzle" from the NYT Pips game
November 19, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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I saw some ducks on Gitchigami/Lake Superior and it helped
Light blue lake water with the alpenglow/Belt of Venus pink effect in the evening sky. There are some tall grasses in the foreground and the whole effect is calming
November 18, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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The ladies from the Landing brought a lil Eddie Vedder to the photo shoot
Three women in Pearl Jam shirts and jeans are standing by the Pearl Jam Jamboni Zamboni, with a (slightly smaller than?) life-size cutout of Eddie Vedder
November 13, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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holy shit you guys look at the zamboni at my local hockey rink; the arena manager reached out to Pearl Jam for a sponsorship and got it and now we have a JAMBONI ZAMBONI
ice-cleaning machine with a crest painted on the side that says PEARL JAM with a big PJ and two crossed hockey sticks. The arena manager is grinning in the driver's seat. On the wall is a sponsorship sign from the Landing Sports Bar, the muni bar in town; credit to them for the photo
November 13, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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Worth the wait
the Aurora/northern lights, looking like a shadowy ghostly figure in the sky, sprinkled with stars The Aurora/northern lights swooping in reddish/green streamers across a starry sky The Aurora/northern lights, mostly green shimmers, with trees and a dark farm light silhouetted along the bottom The Aurora/northern lights starting to form “curtain” shapes
November 13, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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Okay!!
Green pillars of northern lights stretch above a tree line
November 13, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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if the clouds are this bright without a moon, that display must be incredible
glowing cloud cover with black trees silhouetted along the bottom of the photo
November 12, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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lil frozen particle can’t decide if it’s a graupel or a snowflake
A piece of firewood, covered with tiny pieces of frozen precipitation, wood shavings, dirt and other organic debris. Most of the precipitation is simply tiny white frozen pellets, but one, right in the center, is like a six-sided star, like a holiday cookie for a fairy
November 9, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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henlo we are with the dmnir and we are here to check ur tag
Two dogs are on a woodland trail in the fall. One is a black staffy mix with a white chest, the other is a brindle pitty mix. They are both wearing blaze orange vests with reflective tape for SAFETY during deer season
November 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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"Welcome to Target!!"
Screenshot from Shoresy S1E1. The b'ys are about to get in a fight with a bouncer. Ted Hitchcock (if you say it fast it sounds like Ten Inch Cock), a Newfie in a fisherman's sweater, is baring his teeth (except for a big gap in the front). Goody, an absolute beauty, is removing his bridge. Dolo (un foi) is in a hoodie and stocking cap, his face impassive. All three are facing a big bald bouncer, who has his back to us and clearly doesn't understand he's about to get his ass kicked, as if he had looked someone in the eye and smiled at them at Target.
November 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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pondering additional anarchy to loose upon the world (except its kind of cold so maybe not right now)
A brindle pittie mix is lying on a (decrepit) dog bed, looking out a window by a front door. He is unrepentant about barging on the rug earlier
November 9, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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judge my poutine
Fries covered with brown gravy, cheese curds and green onions. Glass of cab sav almost done next to it. Curds were nicely melted and this was a big plate
November 8, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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I don’t hear from my nibbling often but when I do it’s extremely urgent
Text message: the one and only Kings Hand poster has been to Two Harbors. Attached are a couple of tweets, one from cool becky: I’m in Two Harbors, Minnesota
November 7, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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I posted this one when we finally got rural broadband here at the house (less than 10 years ago)
A WPA poster showing a stylized house (black with white windows) on a red hill with a blue background. Three giant white arrows are pointing at the house, with the word RADIO over the top and RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION at the bottom
November 7, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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moonlight walk (on leashes because it’s porcupine weather)
blurry darkish photo with some dramatic full moon lighting: two dogs on leashes have stopped to sniff the air
November 6, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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The Workers Aid committee of one of the unions at the Labor Temple had a Solidarity Food Table out yesterday. The cage on the table is to keep crows off the supplies. I LEARNED THAT THEY ARE BEING FED ELSEWHERE AT THE TEMPLE 🥹
A folding table at the edge of a parking lot in front of a 1930s building. The table has various dried, canned and packaged foods on it and a sign that says "Solidarity Food Table: Free. THis table is set up by the Workers Aid committee of USW Local 9460." Some of the packaged food is under a wire drawer turned upside down to protect it.
November 4, 2025 at 6:07 PM