Kari Coad
@pinecone99.bsky.social
Saint Paul, MN
came here from https://twitter.com/pinecone99
also at https://mastodon.online/@pinecone
came here from https://twitter.com/pinecone99
also at https://mastodon.online/@pinecone
Greyhound play date 😂
November 26, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Greyhound play date 😂
Last 10# of carrots from the garden
November 22, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Last 10# of carrots from the garden
Another disappointing quest to find decent bread in Saint Paul for stuffing. I can't believe I'm the only one making it from scratch. Does everyone just use an instant mix?
November 22, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Another disappointing quest to find decent bread in Saint Paul for stuffing. I can't believe I'm the only one making it from scratch. Does everyone just use an instant mix?
I'm generally not a white bean fan, but these are special.
A perfect and versatile cannellini bean for whatever the holidays throw your way.
www.ranchogordo.com/products/mar...
www.ranchogordo.com/products/mar...
November 22, 2025 at 3:50 AM
I'm generally not a white bean fan, but these are special.
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Socialism is cool now.
November 21, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Socialism is cool now.
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Chicago: Did you know that police departments in the Chicago area coordinate on Slack? Now that I know it's accessible to public records requests, request away:
Their server is called CHI-INTEL and requests should be sent to the department that runs it, the Cook County Sheriff.
Send away!
Their server is called CHI-INTEL and requests should be sent to the department that runs it, the Cook County Sheriff.
Send away!
It *is* possible to get cross-jurisdictional and multi-police department Slack chats out of departments via public records requests. Here's a glimpse at the Chicago-area police Slack chat with people responding with the 👀 emoji to the news that there's been an ICE-involved shooting.
November 20, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Chicago: Did you know that police departments in the Chicago area coordinate on Slack? Now that I know it's accessible to public records requests, request away:
Their server is called CHI-INTEL and requests should be sent to the department that runs it, the Cook County Sheriff.
Send away!
Their server is called CHI-INTEL and requests should be sent to the department that runs it, the Cook County Sheriff.
Send away!
Cold weather arriving just in time to keep my porch at optimal temps for brining turkey and chilling down leftovers 😎
Cold Turkey? 🦃
A frigid air mass looks likely to invade Minnesota by Thanksgiving.
Looks like you can keep the beverages on the porch this Thanksgiving. Just make sure they don't freeze.
#mnwx
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
A frigid air mass looks likely to invade Minnesota by Thanksgiving.
Looks like you can keep the beverages on the porch this Thanksgiving. Just make sure they don't freeze.
#mnwx
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
Cold Turkey? Frigid air mass likely to arrive by Thanksgiving weekend
The season’s coldest air mass so far looks likely to arrive by Thanksgiving weekend.
www.mprnews.org
November 18, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Cold weather arriving just in time to keep my porch at optimal temps for brining turkey and chilling down leftovers 😎
This is great. Love that the pics for the winter months actually have color instead of what few of us want to see more of (white and gray).
So, tiny announcement…
one of the things I’ve been working on recently is “The REAL landscapes of Minneapolis” 2026 wall calendar.
I love this city and these images are all from the past 12 months:
www.lulu.com/shop/riley-b...
one of the things I’ve been working on recently is “The REAL landscapes of Minneapolis” 2026 wall calendar.
I love this city and these images are all from the past 12 months:
www.lulu.com/shop/riley-b...
The Real Landscapes of Minneapolis
The images in this first annual calendar are created to highlight the beauty of my hometown of Minneapolis. There have been countless column inches devoted to issues here, however those columns do not...
www.lulu.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:39 PM
This is great. Love that the pics for the winter months actually have color instead of what few of us want to see more of (white and gray).
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This is a textbook example of how infrastructure built to monitor exceptional circumstances (football games with 100,000 attendees) can easily be co-opted into becoming a tool of political surveillance.
Public records show DHS is deploying the "Homeland Security Information Network" at college protests and football games.
DHS Is Deploying a Powerful Surveillance Tool at College Football Games
Public records show DHS is deploying the "Homeland Security Information Network" at college protests and football games.
www.404media.co
November 11, 2025 at 4:53 PM
This is a textbook example of how infrastructure built to monitor exceptional circumstances (football games with 100,000 attendees) can easily be co-opted into becoming a tool of political surveillance.
Fucking guns. It's never an actual intruder.
"They have four children, the youngest 11 months old..." abcnews.go.com/US/cleaning-...
Cleaning worker who mistakenly went to wrong home fatally shot: Police
The shooting victim died from a gunshot wound to the head, the coroner's office said.
abcnews.go.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Fucking guns. It's never an actual intruder.
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Is this making your grocery bill lighter? www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/p...
Supreme Court allows Trump to limit passport sex markers for trans and nonbinary Americans | CNN Politics
The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the Trump administration to require the sex designation on US passports to align with a traveler’s biological sex, a blow to transgender and nonbinary Americans w...
www.cnn.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Is this making your grocery bill lighter? www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/p...
64A expecting a special primary in mid-December and a special election before February. Remember this was Erin Murphy's seat before her run for Governor.
So who's running in the 64A special election?
November 6, 2025 at 8:19 PM
64A expecting a special primary in mid-December and a special election before February. Remember this was Erin Murphy's seat before her run for Governor.
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Getting the shackles ready for today's ICE flight at MSP. Operated by Denver Air Connection as TYSON58 on N974DC. I counted 20 people, wearing said shackles, getting loaded today. Tracking data: adsb.lol?icao=ad92cf&...
November 5, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Getting the shackles ready for today's ICE flight at MSP. Operated by Denver Air Connection as TYSON58 on N974DC. I counted 20 people, wearing said shackles, getting loaded today. Tracking data: adsb.lol?icao=ad92cf&...
So who's running in the 64A special election?
November 5, 2025 at 6:15 AM
So who's running in the 64A special election?
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“We should have banned government use of face recognition when we had the chance because it is dangerous, invasive, and an inherent threat to civil liberties,” EFF’s @MGuariglia.bsky.social told @404Media.co. www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp...
ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples’ Faces on the Street To Verify Citizenship
Videos on social media show officers from ICE and CBP using facial recognition technology on people in the field. One expert described the practice as “pure dystopian creep.”
www.404media.co
October 29, 2025 at 8:03 PM
“We should have banned government use of face recognition when we had the chance because it is dangerous, invasive, and an inherent threat to civil liberties,” EFF’s @MGuariglia.bsky.social told @404Media.co. www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp...
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These AI features are always so half-baked.
I’m starting to wonder if the people who come up with them, (and who code and test them, etc) are letting their dumb AI tools do most of the work. Like I expect rough edges but this goes so far beyond rough edges.
lifehacker.com/health/i-tri...
I’m starting to wonder if the people who come up with them, (and who code and test them, etc) are letting their dumb AI tools do most of the work. Like I expect rough edges but this goes so far beyond rough edges.
lifehacker.com/health/i-tri...
I Tried Google’s New AI Health Coach, and It Left Me Utterly Baffled
Google's new Fitbit personal health coach can have a nice conversation with you about your fitness goals, but it fails to make workouts that are easy to follow. It also hallucinated that the Pixel Wat...
lifehacker.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:52 AM
These AI features are always so half-baked.
I’m starting to wonder if the people who come up with them, (and who code and test them, etc) are letting their dumb AI tools do most of the work. Like I expect rough edges but this goes so far beyond rough edges.
lifehacker.com/health/i-tri...
I’m starting to wonder if the people who come up with them, (and who code and test them, etc) are letting their dumb AI tools do most of the work. Like I expect rough edges but this goes so far beyond rough edges.
lifehacker.com/health/i-tri...
Deer shoulder stew with mushrooms, peas, and carrots from the garden
October 26, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Deer shoulder stew with mushrooms, peas, and carrots from the garden
Our 2025 tomato harvest reflects this
We enjoyed a Kansas City growing season in the Twin Cities this year. 🍂
It hit 30F at MSP this morning. 1st freeze since April 8.
Our 199 day growing season looks like it will end up as the 4th longest on record.
Record is 219 days set in 2016.
#mnwx
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
It hit 30F at MSP this morning. 1st freeze since April 8.
Our 199 day growing season looks like it will end up as the 4th longest on record.
Record is 219 days set in 2016.
#mnwx
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
4th longest growing season in the Twin Cities finally ends
The temperatures dropped below freezing at MSP Airport for the first time this fall Friday morning.
www.mprnews.org
October 24, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Our 2025 tomato harvest reflects this
I've never met Saint Paul mayoral candidate Yan Chen but last night I dreamt we pulled up the car in front of the house and she (along with an unknown assistant) was digging a large hole next to our oak tree in the boulevard. I have no idea what this means but it made me angry.
October 24, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I've never met Saint Paul mayoral candidate Yan Chen but last night I dreamt we pulled up the car in front of the house and she (along with an unknown assistant) was digging a large hole next to our oak tree in the boulevard. I have no idea what this means but it made me angry.
My sister just reminded me of the time our dad made clam chowder and accidentally used powdered sugar to thicken it instead of flour. Instead of throwing it out, he ate the whole batch.
October 23, 2025 at 10:43 PM
My sister just reminded me of the time our dad made clam chowder and accidentally used powdered sugar to thicken it instead of flour. Instead of throwing it out, he ate the whole batch.
They want you to know there is no cuddling happening here. Large cat is extremely territorial. Small cat doesn't give a shit
October 22, 2025 at 4:58 PM
They want you to know there is no cuddling happening here. Large cat is extremely territorial. Small cat doesn't give a shit
Terrifying
October 21, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Terrifying
Update: Indeed, I saw a porcupine! Expected it to be up in a tree but instead got to watch one amble across the forest floor for about a minute
Hoping this is the weekend I see a porcupine in the wild🤞
October 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Update: Indeed, I saw a porcupine! Expected it to be up in a tree but instead got to watch one amble across the forest floor for about a minute
I've spent approximately 40% of the last 10 days in the woods. Need to find a way to make this a regular thing during at least 5 months of the year.
October 20, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I've spent approximately 40% of the last 10 days in the woods. Need to find a way to make this a regular thing during at least 5 months of the year.
Hoping this is the weekend I see a porcupine in the wild🤞
October 17, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Hoping this is the weekend I see a porcupine in the wild🤞