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Kari Coad @pinecone99.bsky.social · 7h

Our 2025 tomato harvest reflects this

Paul Huttner @paulhuttnerweather.bsky.social · 8h

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...

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

Kari Coad @pinecone99.bsky.social · 7h

Good luck

Kari Coad @pinecone99.bsky.social · 12h

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.

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Kari Coad @pinecone99.bsky.social · 1d

There was also the time he tried to make spare ribs on the grill. This can work if you know how to use indirect heat, but these turned out completely desiccated. He 'ate' them all. I say 'ate' because it was hard to distinguish meat from bone but he made an strong effort.

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Kari Coad @pinecone99.bsky.social · 1d

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.

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Kari Coad @pinecone99.bsky.social · 2d

Haven't met the owner but people seem to enjoy working there and I've always had good experiences. Dog friendly, too!

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Kari Coad @pinecone99.bsky.social · 2d

They want you to know there is no cuddling happening here. Large cat is extremely territorial. Small cat doesn't give a shit

A large silver, long haired tabby curled up next to a tiny black calico who is licking his ear. They are both in a small dog bed on a couch. There is another empty dog bed next to them

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Kari Coad @pinecone99.bsky.social · 3d

Terrifying

Seth Wickersham @sethwickersham.bsky.social · 3d

Please read:

Kari Coad @pinecone99.bsky.social · 3d

Didn't get a pic of the creature but here is the setting

Kari Coad @pinecone99.bsky.social · 4d

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.

View from a red pine grove with fallen aspen leaves on the ground. Just a bit ago I watched a porcupine amble across the area in the frame. It walked suspiciously like an ROUS

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Kari Coad @pinecone99.bsky.social · 3d

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

Kari Coad @pinecone99.bsky.social · 8d

Hoping this is the weekend I see a porcupine in the wild🤞

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Kari Coad @pinecone99.bsky.social · 4d

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.

Kari Coad @pinecone99.bsky.social · 7d

Can Minnesotans enter?

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Kari Coad @pinecone99.bsky.social · 8d

Hoping this is the weekend I see a porcupine in the wild🤞

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Matthew Guariglia @mguariglia.bsky.social · 8d

Come for the stories of cybertruck owners being flipped off, stay for the causal reference to the fact that their exterior cameras “record everything 24/7”

Spit On, Sworn At, and Undeterred: What It’s Like to Own a Cybertruck

“We were the targets.” WIRED spoke to seven Tesla Cybertruck owners about their most controversial purchase and why they're proud to drive it.

www.wired.com

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Kari Coad @pinecone99.bsky.social · 9d

Cover and add liquid as necessary. Add any garden veg you have (beets/kale are nice) and maybe some mushrooms. A splash of wine is also nice and also some fresh herbs at the end. After a long hike this will be the best thing you've ever eaten.

Kari Coad @pinecone99.bsky.social · 9d

Feel free to include my favorite fall camping recipe. In a cast-iron dutch oven, brown some sausage meat and aromatics (onion/carrot/celery/garlic, etc.). I do this over the camp stove. Then transfer to the campfire and add lentils (French green are nice), water, woody herbs (bay/thyme) 1/

Steve Sando and the Rancho Gordo staff @ranchogordo.bsky.social · 9d

We have a huge announcement. We are proud to announce The Lentil Book. It will be a while before it’s available, but it will be the definitive book on lentils. From Norton.

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Kari Coad @pinecone99.bsky.social · 10d

So handsome

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Kari Coad @pinecone99.bsky.social · 10d

Totally agree! It was a great weekend to be up there

Kari Coad @pinecone99.bsky.social · 10d

I was camping at Jay Cooke over the weekend. Never have I seen the park so busy with day visitors. Parking lot full, cars all along 210. Yet we saw virtually no one on our longer hikes. The leaf peepers rarely stray far from pavement.

Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) @mndot.mn.gov · 10d

Fall colors are peaking in parts of Minnesota 🍁 Use the @mnstateparks.bsky.social fall color map to plan your trip and 511mn.org to check traffic and construction before you head north on I-35!

Map showing the percentage of past peak fall colors in Minnesota State Parks and Trails as of October 14, 2025. Color coding indicates various percentages: brick red for past peak, bright red for 75 - 100%, orange for 50 - 75%, yellow for 25 - 50%, lime green for green for 10 - 25%, and green for 0 - 10%. Most areas of the state are between 25% and past peak. Major cities like Minneapolis, Saint Paul, Duluth, Rochester, Saint Cloud, and Bemidji are marked.

5 1 1 M N highway camera image of Minnesota 61 near Grand Portage showing a few cars driving along. The landscape features grassy areas and trees with changing leaves in the background under a clear sky.

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Kari Coad @pinecone99.bsky.social · 11d

How fun! That rock formation looks amazing

Kari Coad @pinecone99.bsky.social · 11d

Jealous (of the latter)

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Kari Coad @pinecone99.bsky.social · 11d

This must be your old one? mastodon.social/@brynstar7
I'm at mastodon.online/@pinecone and also have another one at mastodon.social/@pinecone99 because I still don't really get how the federation works

Ellie is tired (@[email protected])

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Kari Coad @pinecone99.bsky.social · 14d

Dang!

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Kari Coad @pinecone99.bsky.social · 14d

Well this sucks. Open to WI residents only

Kari Coad @pinecone99.bsky.social · Sep 16

I love this, definitely going to think on it and submit an entry.

“Typically, only 40% of the fish is used, and that’s the fillet. Finding ways to use the remaining 60% will help us reduce waste and create new economic opportunities in Wisconsin.”

Wisconsin Sea Grant @uwiscseagrant.bsky.social · Sep 16

Could this whitefish be a hat? A drink? The elixir of life? 🧪

Submit your ideas on how to use the whole fish to the 100% Wisconsin Fish contest for a chance to win a #GreatLakes prize pack!

www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/submit-...

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Matthew Guariglia @mguariglia.bsky.social · 15d

In 2019 when I was interviewing for the job of anti-surveillance activist at EFF I was asked what is biggest civil liberties threat that no is talking about yet---and my answer at the time was Ring. Given the general climate and its capabilities, it's even worse now.

Get. Rid. Of. Your. Ring.

Ring's Facial Recognition Sparks Privacy Backlash Among Customers - Phandroid

Amazon's new Ring feature uses facial recognition to identify visitors, prompting customers to cancel subscriptions over privacy concerns.

phandroid.com

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