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The Minnesota No(ICE)s

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  • We’re having trouble getting the word press app to add photos. Will edit previous posts once it’s figured out!

  • BS Detector, Redux

    I’m sure that I posted about this before, but this is still awesome!

  • Finch egg

    One of our zebra finches (Indie and Aussie) laid an egg! Both are female, so no future chicks, and we removed the egg from the feeding box as instructed by the Finch Forum Folk. Isn’t that egg adorable! Lily wants us to get some fakes for the ladies to care for, and we might give…

  • The Easter …turkey?

    We haven’t seen the neighborhood turkey since last fall, but this morning there were tracks through our yard. A neighbor texted to say that the turkey was at our front door a few minutes ago, but by the time I checked it was across the street.

  • Aqua Girl

    Lily put together her own costume for CVA spirit week Super Hero Day, including a pair of my old boots, which she wore all day. Impressive! I guess warm blood is her other super power. She’s like Elsa… “the cold never bothered her anyway”

  • Even the software is racist and sexist

    because facial recognition AIs have a hard time with darker complexions and female features.  Article.

  • March for Our Lives

    We exercised our civic voice and joined the rally at the state capital to support the marching students. It was awesome to see such a motivated generation! We all tear’d up and chanted “enough!” despite the cold.  In the meantime, I’ll leave you with some #truth reading.

  • Super-interesting Article on “Political Correctness”

    My thing about “political correctness” is that it’s not a constraint on free speech at all.  It’s simply acting civilized.  When somebody who is a particular thing asks you to refer to them a certain way, that’s just being civilized to accommodate them.  When people say “I hate all this political correctness”, I like to…

  • Hah!

    This made me laugh hard!  “Finger-likin’ Bad”!

  • Still in search of civilized commuting

    I wasn’t wholly satisfied with Birchwoods morning pastries – they are more a restaurant. So I’m trying Blue Moon cafe. So far so good. The mocha is as I like (not too sweet with a decent feather instead of whip cream) and the pastries are pretty good.