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Katerrific @katetichy.bsky.social · 15h

Someone finally spelled it out in a Letter to the Editor, hell yes. I am a little concerned bc this landlord kid has a lot of signs out there.

Screenshot of St Louis Park Sun Sailor: “As a voter in Ward 3 I believe we have a clear choice between a proven community leader and a landlord who is upset about increasing fees on rental properties.”

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Katerrific @katetichy.bsky.social · 20h

Gotta tell my neighbors their real estate agent apparently hates them

Real estate listing photo of a basement bathroom showing a toilet and a cheap stall shower. Partially torn toilet paper is dangling from the roll on the wall. The shower pan has suspicious gray spots. The shower head looks to be held on with masking tape. Basically a competent agent would be artfully shooting around these issues.

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Elle Ess @viamarsala18.bsky.social · 4d

Read these takeaways from an interview with the Strib CEO, and then head to @racketmn.com and click “subscribe”!!!!

Rev. Angela Denker @angeladenker.bsky.social · 4d

Takeaways from the @startribune.com CEO Steve Grove interview at the Westminster Town Hall Forum tonight.

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Katerrific @katetichy.bsky.social · 4d

When I had a lot of free working hours while anticipating a layoff, I used a seam ripper to undo the company logo embroidered into an otherwise fine sweater. No one ever inquired what I was doing but if they had, I was prepared to say I was "working on the brand."

Chris Steller @chrissteller.bsky.social · 4d

What's everybody supposed to do between now and Tuesday?

+ The Minnesota Star Tribune
BREAKING NEWS
Target eliminating 1,800 positions, laying off 1,000 workers
The Minneapolis-based retailer said changes were not made to cut costs but to make operetions more agile and improve decision-making. Affected employees won't find out their status until Tuesday.
Read more

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Katerrific @katetichy.bsky.social · 5d

Everything feels bad but you can set up a standing donation to your local food shelf. Also find and fulfill their non-food asks. I never feel more like a Disney fairy than when I order Costco wool socks to be delivered to mine.

jenn m. jackson @jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social · 6d

I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.

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Katerrific @katetichy.bsky.social · 5d

Had to do a CTRL+F to make sure someone had said wagon wheel. 👍

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 9d

Political parties must shift immediately and dramatically to the left to avoid alienating these frustrated and abandoned young women. Am I doing this right?

19thnews @19thnews.org · 9d

Our recent poll found that women 28 and younger skew substantially more left than the national average. Nearly 80 percent of Gen Z women want abortion to be legal and seven in 10 want gender-affirming care to be accessible for trans adults.

Gen Z women are the most liberal group in the country

On issues like abortion and gender-affirming care, women 28 and younger skew substantially more left than the national average.

19thnews.org

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Katerrific @katetichy.bsky.social · 13d

The Knollwood hack is parking in the back and walking through the open air corridor by TJ Maxx or the enclosed hall by the med supply place! Like Costco, not really saving steps but definitely saving sanity.

Google Maps view of Knollwood Mall in St. Louis Park, MN. The front parking lot has a red X. Areas in the back parking lot are circled in green with green arrows showing the walking paths to the front of the building.

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Katerrific @katetichy.bsky.social · 13d

The hack, of course, is entering via the Home Depot parking lot from the southwest. Only chumps turn directly into the Costco lot from Gamble Drive.

I should gatekeep this but there's enough cruelty in the world already. If anyone likes this I will also share the Knollwood hack.

Google Maps screenshot of the St. Louis Park, MN, Costco parking lot and surrounding streets. Red Xs are over the entrances from Gamble Drive. Green circles are around the entrances from the adjacent Home Depot.

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Katerrific @katetichy.bsky.social · 13d

First and foremost, you must release the idea of getting a "good" parking spot. We are simply maintaining our dignity as we get "a" spot. Jockeying for position... that way madness lies.

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Katerrific @katetichy.bsky.social · 13d

The Tiktok realtor finally did St. Louis Park and naturally the top point of discussion is the hellscape of the Costco parking lot. As a local I will once again share How It's Done.

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Katerrific @katetichy.bsky.social · 15d

And you don’t want to turn off alerts bc what if there’s an emergency but 90% of the alerts are like “Tuesday’s lunch will be a chickwich 👍”

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Katerrific @katetichy.bsky.social · 15d

My daughter’s friend dropped out so I had to take her place for the beading store reservation

A bracelet beading tray setup. The white tray has the store’s printing on it: “little words project” and “The words you tell yourself matter.” An elastic band is on the tray with black lettered beads spelling CRONE bracketed by hearts.

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 18d

A billion dollars is the socio-political equivalent of a loose nuke, and we should work as ruthlessly and diligently to prevent the acquisition of the former as we do the latter.

Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 18d

“The problem with billionaires isn’t that they’re hoarding money that would otherwise pay for a Scandinavian social utopia. It’s that their money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.”

Billionaires Are Hoarding Power, Not Money

Billionaire money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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Katerrific @katetichy.bsky.social · 19d

I am old enough to remember when John Thune unseated Tom Daschle on the message that Daschle was too much of a Washington insider and put his party before his duty to the state

Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social · 19d

Lemme guess. He's gonna show it to us in two weeks. Just like last time. He was asked over and over, and the answer was always the same: two weeks.

I wish a journalist would ask this of Mr. Thune, or anyone else who tells us that Trump has a plan to overhaul the ACA: "Do you think we're stupid?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19d

Thune: "The president would like to overhaul Obamacare and give people health insurance that is higher quality and more affordable."

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Katerrific @katetichy.bsky.social · 20d

It is still dahlia season.

A full bouquet of dahlias on a glass patio table with late evening light in the background. The blooms are hot pink (Jowey Frambo), peachy (Linda’s Baby and Levi’s Blue Smoke), very pale pink (Coralie and Daddy’s Girl), and one collarette style that is hot pink with white petaloids and a yellow center (Bumble Rumble).

The opposite side of the bouquet, with mostly Jowey Frambos and one giant Break Out, which is a huge pale yellow bloom.

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Mitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.social · 21d

My daughter @madepn.bsky.social has invented a great scale for the triviality - importance spectrum. It goes from “nothing burger” to “everything bagel”.

I doff my hat in tribute to genius.

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Katerrific @katetichy.bsky.social · 21d

You have to be so so intentional about maintaining your friendships and communities, especially as people in your circle get married and have kids. If I could do it over I would beg all my kickball friends to buy duplexes in the same neighborhood. Support is worth more than square footage.

essencesimmone.blacksky.app @essencesimmone.blacksky.app · 25d

Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?

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Katerrific @katetichy.bsky.social · 22d

Snowplow naming contests are over; we have all had our fun naming the snowplows.

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Katerrific @katetichy.bsky.social · 24d

I must co-sign the review from Tara Giancaspro, highlighted by @hunterh.bsky.social: “This is an album for women who watch Mr. Beast videos with their boyfriends.”

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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 25d

Can’t decide whether these Statue of Liberty rubber chickens that say “squeeze me to hear me scream” are a little too on-the-nose for these times or if they’re perfect

A yellow cardboard carton on a CVS shelf with brightly colored letters that say “squeeze me to hear me scream” and “statue of liberty chicken.” Inside the carton are hot pink, teal, and royal blue rubber chickens with googly eyes rendered like the Statue of Liberty, with their faces distressed and frozen in a shriek. They have tags around their necks that say “squeeze me to hear me scream”

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Katerrific @katetichy.bsky.social · 27d

I keep getting political donation requests addressed to “Kather” which is an absolutely accurséd and nonexistent abbreviation of Katherine

Katerrific @katetichy.bsky.social · 29d

If I had recently written a widely panned column in the paper of record and then Ta-Nehisi Coates was like yeah we should have a public discussion I would vanish into the woods

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Katerrific @katetichy.bsky.social · Sep 27

Pics from my recent solo trip to war-ravaged Portland. Was lucky to escape with my life.

The Japanese Garden in Portland, Oregon. Green tree limbs arching over a peaceful path.

A busy flower stand at the bustling Saturday market

A cocktail in a martini glass in the foreground. In the background you see out the window to a charming outdoor patio.

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Katerrific @katetichy.bsky.social · Sep 24

You guys I just learned that Djo is Joe Keery 🤯

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