Tom Dixon
@twdixon.bsky.social
Work, weekend, repeat. Then retire and go hiking
Twin Cities, MN
Twitter @twdixon
Instagram @dixontomw
Trying to make Bluesky my primary place
Twin Cities, MN
Twitter @twdixon
Instagram @dixontomw
Trying to make Bluesky my primary place
Daily, sometime multiple times daily, they engage in activities that make Nixon's Watergate look like minor clerical error and yet... no consequences. They just get up the next day and do it again.
February 7, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Daily, sometime multiple times daily, they engage in activities that make Nixon's Watergate look like minor clerical error and yet... no consequences. They just get up the next day and do it again.
Great 2 page layout for the five mountains.
Love the "Buck Hill for scale" on each of the cross sections 😂😂
Love the "Buck Hill for scale" on each of the cross sections 😂😂
February 7, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Great 2 page layout for the five mountains.
Love the "Buck Hill for scale" on each of the cross sections 😂😂
Love the "Buck Hill for scale" on each of the cross sections 😂😂
@ottergoose.net I just bought a year of JetTip to support your efforts (and get Jet Tips)
February 6, 2026 at 8:51 PM
@ottergoose.net I just bought a year of JetTip to support your efforts (and get Jet Tips)
Or just do the ol'
an old man with a beard says " these aren t the droids you 're looking for "
Alt: GIF of Obi-Wan Kenobi saying "these aren't the droids you're looking for"
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February 5, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Or just do the ol'
Love this part of the article. After being stuck for 5 hours...
Lutsen also supplied evacuees with pizza and hot chocolate. After a quick snack, Schultz and his friends headed back onto the slopes for a "few more runs before calling it a day."
That's about as Bold North as it gets.
Lutsen also supplied evacuees with pizza and hot chocolate. After a quick snack, Schultz and his friends headed back onto the slopes for a "few more runs before calling it a day."
That's about as Bold North as it gets.
January 19, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Love this part of the article. After being stuck for 5 hours...
Lutsen also supplied evacuees with pizza and hot chocolate. After a quick snack, Schultz and his friends headed back onto the slopes for a "few more runs before calling it a day."
That's about as Bold North as it gets.
Lutsen also supplied evacuees with pizza and hot chocolate. After a quick snack, Schultz and his friends headed back onto the slopes for a "few more runs before calling it a day."
That's about as Bold North as it gets.
I know, I know... it doesn't fit today's cans but if you has for a can opener, this is where my boomer brain is going to go 😀
January 11, 2026 at 8:39 PM
I know, I know... it doesn't fit today's cans but if you has for a can opener, this is where my boomer brain is going to go 😀
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Settings--> Content Preferences--> Snooze suggested posts in feed
Ya gotta flip that switch every 24 days. Can't make it permanent. It's clear when the setting times out because the garbage floods back into your feed
“For You” algorithms let others decide what you see and poison social media
Ya gotta flip that switch every 24 days. Can't make it permanent. It's clear when the setting times out because the garbage floods back into your feed
“For You” algorithms let others decide what you see and poison social media
December 30, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Settings--> Content Preferences--> Snooze suggested posts in feed
Ya gotta flip that switch every 24 days. Can't make it permanent. It's clear when the setting times out because the garbage floods back into your feed
“For You” algorithms let others decide what you see and poison social media
Ya gotta flip that switch every 24 days. Can't make it permanent. It's clear when the setting times out because the garbage floods back into your feed
“For You” algorithms let others decide what you see and poison social media
100%
Curate your following list with a diverse set of voices. If something matters, the right people will be talking about it and it’ll reach your timeline.
The “For You” algorithms let others decide what you see. That’s what broke social media.
Curate your following list with a diverse set of voices. If something matters, the right people will be talking about it and it’ll reach your timeline.
The “For You” algorithms let others decide what you see. That’s what broke social media.
December 29, 2025 at 1:32 AM
100%
Curate your following list with a diverse set of voices. If something matters, the right people will be talking about it and it’ll reach your timeline.
The “For You” algorithms let others decide what you see. That’s what broke social media.
Curate your following list with a diverse set of voices. If something matters, the right people will be talking about it and it’ll reach your timeline.
The “For You” algorithms let others decide what you see. That’s what broke social media.
Absolute perfect
Both Joan Jett and your post 🙂
Someone should look into NBC's license
Both Joan Jett and your post 🙂
Someone should look into NBC's license
December 29, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Absolute perfect
Both Joan Jett and your post 🙂
Someone should look into NBC's license
Both Joan Jett and your post 🙂
Someone should look into NBC's license
I’ve been a subscriber forever, but the print (and eEdition) increasingly gives me day(s) old news. It’s feeling very irrelevant. Which is a bummer.
Clicking headlines online just isn’t as satisfying as a reading a professionally, thoughtfully laid-out newspaper.
Clicking headlines online just isn’t as satisfying as a reading a professionally, thoughtfully laid-out newspaper.
December 28, 2025 at 3:59 AM
I’ve been a subscriber forever, but the print (and eEdition) increasingly gives me day(s) old news. It’s feeling very irrelevant. Which is a bummer.
Clicking headlines online just isn’t as satisfying as a reading a professionally, thoughtfully laid-out newspaper.
Clicking headlines online just isn’t as satisfying as a reading a professionally, thoughtfully laid-out newspaper.
Again with your ridiculous maps? Land does not vote. People vote. Here's a map that better represents the actual 1988 presidential vote.
December 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Again with your ridiculous maps? Land does not vote. People vote. Here's a map that better represents the actual 1988 presidential vote.
My grandfather has you covered... Owner, Dixon Drug in Hector, MN circa 1936. Here he's posing for a photo at the soda fountain.
December 21, 2025 at 8:02 PM
My grandfather has you covered... Owner, Dixon Drug in Hector, MN circa 1936. Here he's posing for a photo at the soda fountain.
New line of code required.
If the stoplights are out, call the 4 way stop routine.
There. I fixed.
You're welcome Waymo
If the stoplights are out, call the 4 way stop routine.
There. I fixed.
You're welcome Waymo
December 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
New line of code required.
If the stoplights are out, call the 4 way stop routine.
There. I fixed.
You're welcome Waymo
If the stoplights are out, call the 4 way stop routine.
There. I fixed.
You're welcome Waymo
Well Congressman, if Congress can’t or won’t check the Executive Branch, it’s time for the courts to step up. Ask the Judicial Branch to rule on this and EVERY questionable or illegal White House action. #ChecksAndBalances #RuleOfLaw
December 17, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Well Congressman, if Congress can’t or won’t check the Executive Branch, it’s time for the courts to step up. Ask the Judicial Branch to rule on this and EVERY questionable or illegal White House action. #ChecksAndBalances #RuleOfLaw
An oldie but a goodie? 9 seasons of 24 streaming on Hulu. Does it hold up after all these years?
www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/24
www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/24
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December 16, 2025 at 10:25 PM
An oldie but a goodie? 9 seasons of 24 streaming on Hulu. Does it hold up after all these years?
www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/24
www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/24
Your map (again) misrepresents reality. People vote, land does not. Here's a map that represents people, not acreage.
December 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Your map (again) misrepresents reality. People vote, land does not. Here's a map that represents people, not acreage.
Google AI Overview: As of November 2025, a tracker maintained by Boston University epidemiologist Brooke Nichols estimated that the dismantling of USAID had already caused the deaths of approximately 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children.
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Impact Dashboard - Impact Counter | Impact Counter
Visualize the human impact of funding changes for aid and support organizations.
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December 15, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Google AI Overview: As of November 2025, a tracker maintained by Boston University epidemiologist Brooke Nichols estimated that the dismantling of USAID had already caused the deaths of approximately 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children.
www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi...
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counting down five fav articles from my year of reporting at @wired.com, starting with number five…
the Monday afternoon blog that Elon Musk hated so much he posted about it
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
the Monday afternoon blog that Elon Musk hated so much he posted about it
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
Elon Musk's Grokipedia Pushes Far-Right Talking Points
The new AI-powered Wikipedia competitor falsely claims that pornography worsened the AIDS epidemic and that social media may be fueling a rise in transgender people.
www.wired.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Quite a quote... Are we just living in an SNL skit? WTH
"As you probably know, we’ve just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela," Trump said. "Large tanker, very large, largest one ever seized actually."
"As you probably know, we’ve just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela," Trump said. "Large tanker, very large, largest one ever seized actually."
December 10, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Quite a quote... Are we just living in an SNL skit? WTH
"As you probably know, we’ve just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela," Trump said. "Large tanker, very large, largest one ever seized actually."
"As you probably know, we’ve just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela," Trump said. "Large tanker, very large, largest one ever seized actually."
Love @philplait.bsky.social I do wonder if his telescope advice 5 years on from this post would be different with the recent introduction of auto telescopes? 🔭
Phil, you out there? Updated thoughts??
Phil, you out there? Updated thoughts??
December 7, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Love @philplait.bsky.social I do wonder if his telescope advice 5 years on from this post would be different with the recent introduction of auto telescopes? 🔭
Phil, you out there? Updated thoughts??
Phil, you out there? Updated thoughts??
Should we condemn Target until there's reporting that they cooperated with ICE? They say they did not
December 7, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Should we condemn Target until there's reporting that they cooperated with ICE? They say they did not
People vote, land does not.
Here's a much better representation of the 2016 US Presidential election.
Source "Helping Introductory Statistics Students Find Their Way Using Maps" - Scientific Figure on ResearchGate
Here's a much better representation of the 2016 US Presidential election.
Source "Helping Introductory Statistics Students Find Their Way Using Maps" - Scientific Figure on ResearchGate
November 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
People vote, land does not.
Here's a much better representation of the 2016 US Presidential election.
Source "Helping Introductory Statistics Students Find Their Way Using Maps" - Scientific Figure on ResearchGate
Here's a much better representation of the 2016 US Presidential election.
Source "Helping Introductory Statistics Students Find Their Way Using Maps" - Scientific Figure on ResearchGate
