Brad Koehn
@brad.koehn.com
Private pilot, entrepreneur, husband, father. Travel, flying, nature, technology, living.
Likewise. Mastodon/Fediverse is just better at avoiding the rage-bait. The design just discourages “reach,” making it much less attractive to rage-bait bots, which in turn makes it a nicer place to be.
It’s not that there aren‘t people being wrong there as much as they don’t hit my timeline.
It’s not that there aren‘t people being wrong there as much as they don’t hit my timeline.
This year, for my mental health, I'm going to practice just letting people be wrong on the internet.
January 5, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Likewise. Mastodon/Fediverse is just better at avoiding the rage-bait. The design just discourages “reach,” making it much less attractive to rage-bait bots, which in turn makes it a nicer place to be.
It’s not that there aren‘t people being wrong there as much as they don’t hit my timeline.
It’s not that there aren‘t people being wrong there as much as they don’t hit my timeline.
I finally got a perfect score on #Quartiles!
January 5, 2026 at 5:08 AM
I finally got a perfect score on #Quartiles!
According to the Brookings Institute we should privatize airports because they’ll heat the runways so you’ll experience better service, except a century of evidence shows that privatization of public services always leads to worse outcomes for the public. #aviation
www.wsj.com/opinion/priv...
www.wsj.com/opinion/priv...
Opinion | Private Airports Could Beat Snow Delays
The profit motive would lead them to install heaters to melt ice on the runways.
www.wsj.com
January 1, 2026 at 2:45 PM
According to the Brookings Institute we should privatize airports because they’ll heat the runways so you’ll experience better service, except a century of evidence shows that privatization of public services always leads to worse outcomes for the public. #aviation
www.wsj.com/opinion/priv...
www.wsj.com/opinion/priv...
#Dependabot alerted me to a high-severity defect in a transient dependency (the dependency is from Stripe!). The same day a user reported a defect in the system that's apparently been there for quite some time. Both are now fixed in production.
So that's how my #NYE is going.
So that's how my #NYE is going.
December 31, 2025 at 2:37 PM
#Dependabot alerted me to a high-severity defect in a transient dependency (the dependency is from Stripe!). The same day a user reported a defect in the system that's apparently been there for quite some time. Both are now fixed in production.
So that's how my #NYE is going.
So that's how my #NYE is going.
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Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
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A core source for the article that prompted Trump’s tirade against Somalis now calls the story “bullshit” and claims he was misquoted.
Key source says story that prompted Trump tirade against Somalis is erroneous
The writers of a City Journal story alleging a connection between Minnesota fraud and al-Shabab say they stand by their story.
bit.ly
December 29, 2025 at 3:21 PM
A core source for the article that prompted Trump’s tirade against Somalis now calls the story “bullshit” and claims he was misquoted.
It’s disgusting to watch the bots descend on Minnesota politics. Don’t get your news from social media; don’t form your opinions based upon social media; it’s an unreliable cesspool.
December 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
It’s disgusting to watch the bots descend on Minnesota politics. Don’t get your news from social media; don’t form your opinions based upon social media; it’s an unreliable cesspool.
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St. Paul enacted rent controls. Housing construction plummeted. Next-door Minneapolis generated a downtown boom without regulating rent. on.wsj.com/3YO4Gg5
What the Twin Cities Tell Us About Fixing the Housing Crisis
St. Paul enacted rent controls. Housing construction plummeted. Next-door Minneapolis generated a downtown boom without regulating rent.
on.wsj.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:08 AM
St. Paul enacted rent controls. Housing construction plummeted. Next-door Minneapolis generated a downtown boom without regulating rent. on.wsj.com/3YO4Gg5
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It’s 1986 and you’re driving through the night to make it home for the holidays
#nostalgia #80s #synthwave
#nostalgia #80s #synthwave
December 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
It’s 1986 and you’re driving through the night to make it home for the holidays
#nostalgia #80s #synthwave
#nostalgia #80s #synthwave
#ICE agents spotted in Hopkins, #Minnesota near Walgreens on Hwy 7 & Hopkins Crossroad. Stay alert!
December 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
#ICE agents spotted in Hopkins, #Minnesota near Walgreens on Hwy 7 & Hopkins Crossroad. Stay alert!
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It's Day 19 of the ICE occupation of MSP.
Today thousands of Minnesotans poured onto Lake Street to rally in support of our immigrant neighbors and against ICE.
Take a moment to look at this crowd of you and your neighbors rallying in below zero windchill.
📸 @roblevine82.bsky.social
Today thousands of Minnesotans poured onto Lake Street to rally in support of our immigrant neighbors and against ICE.
Take a moment to look at this crowd of you and your neighbors rallying in below zero windchill.
📸 @roblevine82.bsky.social
December 20, 2025 at 8:52 PM
It's Day 19 of the ICE occupation of MSP.
Today thousands of Minnesotans poured onto Lake Street to rally in support of our immigrant neighbors and against ICE.
Take a moment to look at this crowd of you and your neighbors rallying in below zero windchill.
📸 @roblevine82.bsky.social
Today thousands of Minnesotans poured onto Lake Street to rally in support of our immigrant neighbors and against ICE.
Take a moment to look at this crowd of you and your neighbors rallying in below zero windchill.
📸 @roblevine82.bsky.social
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December 18, 2025 at 1:54 PM
We watched Jay Kelly. I found it quite mediocre. The story, the acting, the whole thing.
December 14, 2025 at 4:00 AM
We watched Jay Kelly. I found it quite mediocre. The story, the acting, the whole thing.
Winter is just getting started and we’ve had what, 10” of snow so far? And -15°F/-26°C this weekend. This is getting real. Stay safe, stay warm. #mnwx #minnesota
December 10, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Winter is just getting started and we’ve had what, 10” of snow so far? And -15°F/-26°C this weekend. This is getting real. Stay safe, stay warm. #mnwx #minnesota
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"If ICE removed every brown, Black and yellow person from this country, the economy would collapse," Ka Vang writes.
Vang: Somalis don’t contribute anything? How about $8 billion to the Minnesota economy.
"If ICE removed every brown, Black and yellow person from this country, the economy would collapse," Ka Vang writes.
bit.ly
December 10, 2025 at 12:30 AM
"If ICE removed every brown, Black and yellow person from this country, the economy would collapse," Ka Vang writes.
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Don’t sleep on Rep Casten as a communicator. Bitcoin explainers via Beverly Hills Cop is what we Gen Xers were born to do.
When the House and Senate marked up stablecoin legislation, we raised all of these concerns - their anonymity, their nearly perfect design for money laundering. All the barn doors were left wide open. It’s used for crime because that is its purpose. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/t...
How a Cryptocurrency Helps Criminals Launder Money and Evade Sanctions
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Don’t sleep on Rep Casten as a communicator. Bitcoin explainers via Beverly Hills Cop is what we Gen Xers were born to do.
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Wow that sucks. Remember aviators: it’s better to be on the ground wishing you were in the air than to be in the air wishing you were on the ground. Don‘t run out of gas.
#aviation
Wow that sucks. Remember aviators: it’s better to be on the ground wishing you were in the air than to be in the air wishing you were on the ground. Don‘t run out of gas.
#aviation
QTPods Service Interruption Extended - AvBrief.com
More than 1,000 self serve avgas pump at airports across the country remained inoperable as of 7:30 p.m. EST Saturday after a planned software upgrade
avbrief.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:53 AM
avbrief.com/qtpods-servi...
Wow that sucks. Remember aviators: it’s better to be on the ground wishing you were in the air than to be in the air wishing you were on the ground. Don‘t run out of gas.
#aviation
Wow that sucks. Remember aviators: it’s better to be on the ground wishing you were in the air than to be in the air wishing you were on the ground. Don‘t run out of gas.
#aviation
Always delighted to watch Dallas get humbled on the national stage.
December 5, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Always delighted to watch Dallas get humbled on the national stage.
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"The president’s comments about Somali Americans aren’t just racist. They’re wildly disconnected from the reality known to those of us who live in Minnesota," writes columnist Laura Yuen.
Yuen: Has Trump actually ever met a Somali Minnesotan?
The president’s comments about Somali Americans aren’t just racist. They’re wildly disconnected from the reality known to those of us who live in Minnesota.
bit.ly
December 4, 2025 at 9:20 PM
"The president’s comments about Somali Americans aren’t just racist. They’re wildly disconnected from the reality known to those of us who live in Minnesota," writes columnist Laura Yuen.
It’s -23°C and I am not ready for this.
December 4, 2025 at 11:38 AM
It’s -23°C and I am not ready for this.
Tonight we watched Baltimorons, a sweet little Christmas movie.
December 4, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Tonight we watched Baltimorons, a sweet little Christmas movie.
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December 4, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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Pilot Safe After USAF Thunderbirds F-16 Crashes in California
The pilot of a U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds F-16C Fighting Falcon is in a stable condition after ejecting from the aircraft before it crashed into a lakebed near Trona, California.
Story: theaviationist.com/2025/12/03/p...
The pilot of a U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds F-16C Fighting Falcon is in a stable condition after ejecting from the aircraft before it crashed into a lakebed near Trona, California.
Story: theaviationist.com/2025/12/03/p...
Pilot Safe After USAF Thunderbirds F-16 Crashes in California
The pilot of a U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds F-16C Fighting Falcon is in a stable condition after ejecting from the aircraft before it crashed into a
theaviationist.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Pilot Safe After USAF Thunderbirds F-16 Crashes in California
The pilot of a U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds F-16C Fighting Falcon is in a stable condition after ejecting from the aircraft before it crashed into a lakebed near Trona, California.
Story: theaviationist.com/2025/12/03/p...
The pilot of a U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds F-16C Fighting Falcon is in a stable condition after ejecting from the aircraft before it crashed into a lakebed near Trona, California.
Story: theaviationist.com/2025/12/03/p...