Fred Beukema
@beukema.bsky.social
In Minneapolis. Structural engineer, mostly lapsed improvisor, 3 day Jeopardy! champ. Happily married to a public school teacher. Two kids, a cat, and a dog.
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The editorial isn’t as bad, but it focuses too much on fraud prevention. I get that fraud has to be fought & subject engaged but NOW is the time for the state’s largest newspaper to thunderously condemn the terror being brought upon our most vulnerable. www.startribune.com/trump-admini...
Editorial | Trump’s anti-Somali rampage thrusts Minnesota into the national spotlight
The president’s racist, divisive rhetoric will do nothing to actually prevent fraud, the Editorial Board writes.
www.startribune.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The editorial isn’t as bad, but it focuses too much on fraud prevention. I get that fraud has to be fought & subject engaged but NOW is the time for the state’s largest newspaper to thunderously condemn the terror being brought upon our most vulnerable. www.startribune.com/trump-admini...
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“In 1999, I interviewed Prince for TIME and he told me to leave my tape recorder off because he didn’t trust what future technology might do with unauthorized recordings of his voice.
At the time, I thought Prince was being paranoid.”
time.com/7338205/rage...
At the time, I thought Prince was being paranoid.”
time.com/7338205/rage...
It's Time to Rage Against the AI Music Machine
If AI music takes over "humans will begin to echo the machines, and there will be a downward spiral into slop."
time.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:14 PM
“In 1999, I interviewed Prince for TIME and he told me to leave my tape recorder off because he didn’t trust what future technology might do with unauthorized recordings of his voice.
At the time, I thought Prince was being paranoid.”
time.com/7338205/rage...
At the time, I thought Prince was being paranoid.”
time.com/7338205/rage...
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- I scolded 64 other users (top 72% of Bluesky users)
- I was scolded by 112 users (top 54% of Bluesky users)
- I explained the joke to the original poster 14 times (top 62% of Bluesky users)
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November 18, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Here's my Bluesky Wrapped for 2025
- I scolded 64 other users (top 72% of Bluesky users)
- I was scolded by 112 users (top 54% of Bluesky users)
- I explained the joke to the original poster 14 times (top 62% of Bluesky users)
Get yours at bskywrapped2025.bsky.app
- I scolded 64 other users (top 72% of Bluesky users)
- I was scolded by 112 users (top 54% of Bluesky users)
- I explained the joke to the original poster 14 times (top 62% of Bluesky users)
Get yours at bskywrapped2025.bsky.app
Dammit, was it snowing while I was distracted by basketball, radio fuckups, and Democratic electoral swings?
December 3, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Dammit, was it snowing while I was distracted by basketball, radio fuckups, and Democratic electoral swings?
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This has been my whole freaking life. Every time Republicans take power people are like goddamit this is awful, they get voted out, then two years later people are like hmmm Republicans again
Cosmically funny that, the American public has had less than a year of uncut republican governance, and they’ve decided that they absolutely hate this shit, spit it out
December 3, 2025 at 4:14 AM
This has been my whole freaking life. Every time Republicans take power people are like goddamit this is awful, they get voted out, then two years later people are like hmmm Republicans again
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Rudy Gobert shot 8/10 from free throws.
The Wolves won by 7.
The Wolves won by 7.
December 3, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Rudy Gobert shot 8/10 from free throws.
The Wolves won by 7.
The Wolves won by 7.
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It was that night that the Cities 97’s DJ fell asleep
Her name was Shawny or Maddie or Lonnie or Smitty
She said she was from Minneapolis but she was really from Arvada
Her name was Shawny or Maddie or Lonnie or Smitty
She said she was from Minneapolis but she was really from Arvada
December 3, 2025 at 4:00 AM
It was that night that the Cities 97’s DJ fell asleep
Her name was Shawny or Maddie or Lonnie or Smitty
She said she was from Minneapolis but she was really from Arvada
Her name was Shawny or Maddie or Lonnie or Smitty
She said she was from Minneapolis but she was really from Arvada
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Rich Lowry is a bigoted piece of shit whose existence makes America a worse place. He's vapid patrician gentility used to mask gutter racism. He's a Brooks Brothers pocket square used to wipe Nick Fuentes' ass.
December 2, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Rich Lowry is a bigoted piece of shit whose existence makes America a worse place. He's vapid patrician gentility used to mask gutter racism. He's a Brooks Brothers pocket square used to wipe Nick Fuentes' ass.
Still going at 9:41 CST
Cities97 has been playing the last two bars of the @maxmcnown01.bsky.social song “A Lot More Free” for over 7 minutes. lol methinks this is in error
December 3, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Still going at 9:41 CST
Ads for Catan on the floor of an NBA game crack me up.
December 3, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Ads for Catan on the floor of an NBA game crack me up.
December 3, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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When the president sends federal agents after a class of people who are mostly citizens, the vast majority with permanent legal status, calls them "garbage" and says, "let them go back to where they came from." It makes you suspect this could be a racial thing.
December 2, 2025 at 10:40 PM
When the president sends federal agents after a class of people who are mostly citizens, the vast majority with permanent legal status, calls them "garbage" and says, "let them go back to where they came from." It makes you suspect this could be a racial thing.
Exciting stuff, though I hope they'll continue the cross-programming relationship with the Trylon.
BIG NEWS! We are excited to welcome the HEIGHTS THEATER to the Music Box family!
In January 2026, we will be taking over ownership of the iconic Columbia Heights cinema. We're excited to add to the legacy of the Heights, and bringing a touch of the Music Box to Minnesota🎞️
In January 2026, we will be taking over ownership of the iconic Columbia Heights cinema. We're excited to add to the legacy of the Heights, and bringing a touch of the Music Box to Minnesota🎞️
December 2, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Exciting stuff, though I hope they'll continue the cross-programming relationship with the Trylon.
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This means that the northern Kingfield/Lyndale/Whittier neighborhoods in my area need to be carrying whistles because we’re going to be increasingly likely to encounter situations in our own neighborhoods.
Federal authorities plan operation in Minnesota focusing on Somali immigrants, AP source says
Federal authorities are preparing an immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota, focusing on Somali immigrants living unlawfully in the U.S.
apnews.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:14 PM
This means that the northern Kingfield/Lyndale/Whittier neighborhoods in my area need to be carrying whistles because we’re going to be increasingly likely to encounter situations in our own neighborhoods.
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With SCREEN Act and KOSA on the legislative block this week, there couldn't be a better time for Fight's "Stop Online ID Checks" Week of Action.
Today's action: Share and sign the petition.
Find out more here: www.stoponlineidchecks.org
Today's action: Share and sign the petition.
Find out more here: www.stoponlineidchecks.org
December 1, 2025 at 5:31 PM
With SCREEN Act and KOSA on the legislative block this week, there couldn't be a better time for Fight's "Stop Online ID Checks" Week of Action.
Today's action: Share and sign the petition.
Find out more here: www.stoponlineidchecks.org
Today's action: Share and sign the petition.
Find out more here: www.stoponlineidchecks.org
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Losing Buck would be a devastating blow. If it happens, will anyone attend a game in 2026?
Jeff Passan of ESPN is reported that Minnesota Twins superstar center fielder Byron Buxton is now willing to waive his no-trade clause. #twins #minnesota #mntwins
Passan: Buxton Willing To Waive No-Trade Clause
Jeff Passan of ESPN is reported that Minnesota Twins superstar center fielder Byron Buxton is now willing to waive his no-trade clause.
dlvr.it
December 2, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Losing Buck would be a devastating blow. If it happens, will anyone attend a game in 2026?
I would sprig for pay-per-view to get to see Matthew Weiner scream at David Zaslav for 5-10 minutes.
HBOMax has started showing a 'remastered' 4K Mad Men and they’ve messed things up so during Roger’s oyster vomit scene you can now see the crew men with the vomit hose on the right
December 2, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I would sprig for pay-per-view to get to see Matthew Weiner scream at David Zaslav for 5-10 minutes.
I hate the TV remastering results we've been getting in recent years. I've been picking up 2006 X-Files DVDs because what they have on Hulu for the early seasons is high frame rate and has the top and bottom of the frame chopped off.
Compare with the original scene and not only can you see how they used an alternate or pre-FX version where they haven’t digitally removed the crew, you can also see how horrible the colours and the lighting looks in this new one.
youtu.be/qvRHzvoCf_s?...
youtu.be/qvRHzvoCf_s?...
December 2, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I hate the TV remastering results we've been getting in recent years. I've been picking up 2006 X-Files DVDs because what they have on Hulu for the early seasons is high frame rate and has the top and bottom of the frame chopped off.
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HBOMax has started showing a 'remastered' 4K Mad Men and they’ve messed things up so during Roger’s oyster vomit scene you can now see the crew men with the vomit hose on the right
December 2, 2025 at 11:28 AM
HBOMax has started showing a 'remastered' 4K Mad Men and they’ve messed things up so during Roger’s oyster vomit scene you can now see the crew men with the vomit hose on the right
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Tag yourself. I'm the plan view inexplicably transitioning to an elevation of storefront windows and doors.
December 1, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Tag yourself. I'm the plan view inexplicably transitioning to an elevation of storefront windows and doors.
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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This They Might Be Giants TONIGHT SHOW performance of "Birdhouse In Your Soul" from 1990 remains firmly lodged in my noggin thanks to the Tonight Show Band's full commitment and Doc Severinsen's incredible trumpeting... It took an already great song and made it transcendent.
August 23, 2025 at 8:44 AM
This They Might Be Giants TONIGHT SHOW performance of "Birdhouse In Your Soul" from 1990 remains firmly lodged in my noggin thanks to the Tonight Show Band's full commitment and Doc Severinsen's incredible trumpeting... It took an already great song and made it transcendent.
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[Dave Letterman at 12:25 when the second guest is a dud] Hey Paul, we still on to see Hamnet tomorrow?
December 1, 2025 at 2:53 PM
[Dave Letterman at 12:25 when the second guest is a dud] Hey Paul, we still on to see Hamnet tomorrow?
Locked my only key fob in the running car this morning. 75-105 min estimated for roadside assistance to arrive. How's your day?
December 1, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Locked my only key fob in the running car this morning. 75-105 min estimated for roadside assistance to arrive. How's your day?