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Patrick McDougle

@pmcdougl.bsky.social

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Minnesotan, Software Engineer, Aspiring Aviator, City Nerd. He/Him/His. Opinions are my own and not official statements of any organization I am a member or employee of.

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Wedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live · 16h

I've ranked Frey in prior elections bc I was dubious about rounding out my ballot with a crank. Won't surprise anyone that I haven't included him this year. I've seen too much. Even if you can't "not rank Frey" I hope you examine your options and drop him as low as you feel comfortable.

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Patrick McDougle @pmcdougl.bsky.social · 1h

We need more of this messaging, especially down in my neck of the woods (ward 13)

Patrick McDougle @pmcdougl.bsky.social · 2h

Were we this helpless when we were learning? This feels egregious. We're so busy teaching this generation knowledge, we forget to teach thinking.

Patrick McDougle @pmcdougl.bsky.social · 2h

Evil snow people?

a snowman wearing a top hat and glasses is holding a broom

Alt: Snow people melting in a similar style to the Nazis being melted in Raiders of the Lost Ark

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Patrick McDougle @pmcdougl.bsky.social · 13h

And get fired to take on these ghouls.

Patrick McDougle @pmcdougl.bsky.social · 13h

Certainly could have wished for a bigger fine, but now we have court testamony that this ghoul lives in Wayzata and shouldn't be meddling in our city's conventions.

Patrick McDougle @pmcdougl.bsky.social · 13h

Homeowner achievement unlocked: fixed my leaking toilet. Pray for no drips for the next few days.

Patrick McDougle @pmcdougl.bsky.social · 19h

Same. But I did light the pilot on my fireplace.

Patrick McDougle @pmcdougl.bsky.social · 20h

Won't comply with moving or the responsibility of being a door opener in case of an emergency? One of those feels much more severe than the other.

Patrick McDougle @pmcdougl.bsky.social · 1d

Apt that this uses a bubble chart.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

NVIDIA and OpenAi:

Concerns that their “increasingly complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar AI boom.“

@bloomberg.com $NVDA 👀
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Patrick McDougle @pmcdougl.bsky.social · 1d

It's clearly one of their fond memories.

Patrick McDougle @pmcdougl.bsky.social · 1d

"Candidates" + geolocation of Minneapolis are likely targeting criteria for those ads.

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 2d

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

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Patrick McDougle @pmcdougl.bsky.social · 2d

Also, congrats on your win. Blob Rushmore is pretty good. Though Roosevelt needs his glasses.

Patrick McDougle @pmcdougl.bsky.social · 2d

what game is this?

Patrick McDougle @pmcdougl.bsky.social · 3d

And if you rush over to southwest high school afterwards you can push back on copaganda in person.

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 3d

Really, truly amazing that OpenAI wants us to believe that they are worth a trillion dollars but also they are so desperate for revenue that they created an infinite SlopTok app that opens them up to a billion lawsuits just so that they can maybe someday make it even worse by filling it with ads.

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Patrick McDougle @pmcdougl.bsky.social · 3d

How long did you look for a 1000 question test?

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Patrick McDougle @pmcdougl.bsky.social · 3d

Note: This has not passed and could be amended. agendasuite.org/iip/mprb/fil...

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Patrick McDougle @pmcdougl.bsky.social · 3d

MPRB's next agenda has a resolution to talk about how to fill the empty Thompson seat through the remainder of the year. Some bodies would normally just promote the next elected to just serve a little early, but Rucker is the only one running and he's already on the board in an at-large position.

Patrick McDougle @pmcdougl.bsky.social · 4d

Maybe he knows that he's better off putting the shovel down. Not talking is likely better for his campaign. People pay attention when the crowd loudly boos a candidate.

Patrick McDougle @pmcdougl.bsky.social · 4d

Hyper local "land doesn't vote"

Patrick McDougle @pmcdougl.bsky.social · 4d

It's also our job to teach media literacy and critical thinking. So much work to do.

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Patrick McDougle @pmcdougl.bsky.social · 4d

Trust must be earned and media continues to betray us. This is easy...if you want to be trusted, be trustworthy.

Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 6d

Gen Z, millennials, and Republicans drive trust in media to the lowest ever recorded, a shocking collapse of 40 percentage points since 1972

fortune.com/2025/10/02/g...

Gen Z, millennials, and Republicans drive trust in media to the lowest ever recorded, a shocking collapse of 40 percentage points since 1972 | Fortune

Trust in media has never been lower, Gallup says. A shocking 70% of U.S. adults have “not very much” confidence or “none at all” in what they see and hear.

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Patrick McDougle @pmcdougl.bsky.social · 5d

Isn't the mathematically impossible check run on each round? How would someone be mathmatically viable if all their votes are blocked behind a top vote getter? Or is that your point?