Pete Rivard
peterivard.bsky.social
Pete Rivard
@peterivard.bsky.social
Semi-retired graphics pro & teacher. Active musician. I pay attention. I DO recall. And I vote.
130,000 is inflated. The Business section of this morning's Star Tribune places the number at 80,000.

Which, of course, makes your point all the more relevant.
January 19, 2026 at 1:12 AM
...lunatic we have in the Oval Office. He just stated that "we're going to run" Venezuela and fix their oil infrastructure to "make us lots of money."
January 3, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Wow that's shitty photo compositing, or more likely unexamined AI.
September 4, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Idiots. Quacks. Mandatory manslaughter charges the minute the first child dies of a preventable disease.
September 4, 2025 at 1:56 AM
My two granddaughters love three foods above all others: mussels, calamari, and crab cakes.
July 21, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Hey that's recyclable and biodegradable. Dig a shallow hole, bury the cardboard in the dirt, and in a few weeks it'll be soil.
March 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Is her ensemble an homage to Barack Obama?
March 8, 2025 at 11:03 PM