Larry Rubinow
@elrubino.bsky.social
I used to be a lawyer. I got better.
Greater Twin Cities area. Definitely not the lesser Twin Cities, those guys suck.
Greater Twin Cities area. Definitely not the lesser Twin Cities, those guys suck.
Pinned
Larry Rubinow
@elrubino.bsky.social
· Feb 24
Otis says to sleep in today - in exactly the way he didn't let me sleep in.
So there are work crews standing by like firefighters with 5-foot-tall letters, ready to leap into action whenever a board acts to rename some building for Trump even though renaming wasn't even on the meeting agenda and it was a total surprise.
(But we can't afford health insurance.)
(But we can't afford health insurance.)
December 20, 2025 at 2:01 PM
So there are work crews standing by like firefighters with 5-foot-tall letters, ready to leap into action whenever a board acts to rename some building for Trump even though renaming wasn't even on the meeting agenda and it was a total surprise.
(But we can't afford health insurance.)
(But we can't afford health insurance.)
December 20, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I wouldn't tell you when I'm buying fresh inkjet cartridges, but there would be cyans.
I can't tell the world I'm the biggest Geoffrey Rush fan,
but there are definitely some Shines.
but there are definitely some Shines.
December 19, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I wouldn't tell you when I'm buying fresh inkjet cartridges, but there would be cyans.
The #1 movie when you were 10 is how your 2026 is going to go.
Doesn't necessarily bode well.
Doesn't necessarily bode well.
December 19, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The #1 movie when you were 10 is how your 2026 is going to go.
Doesn't necessarily bode well.
Doesn't necessarily bode well.
For all the money Meta is spending on AI, you think they'd be able to avoid reminding me that it's a dead friend's birthday and encouraging me to send him good thoughts.
December 19, 2025 at 3:16 PM
For all the money Meta is spending on AI, you think they'd be able to avoid reminding me that it's a dead friend's birthday and encouraging me to send him good thoughts.
Embarrassing that I never put this together.
It's best to understand that fascists see hypocrisy as a virtue. It's how they signal that the things they are doing to people were never meant to be equally applied.
It's not an inconsistency. It's very consistent to the only true fascist value, which is domination.
It's not an inconsistency. It's very consistent to the only true fascist value, which is domination.
December 19, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Embarrassing that I never put this together.
Reposted by Larry Rubinow
Required reading. Let's get these Republican pricks out of government.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life
Melissa Hortman died in a shocking act of political violence. This is her story
www.rollingstone.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Required reading. Let's get these Republican pricks out of government.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Reposted by Larry Rubinow
My dog when she threw up and knows I am about to find it:
December 18, 2025 at 5:22 AM
My dog when she threw up and knows I am about to find it:
Welp, that sucks.
Dakota County Library is discontinuing access to Hoopa on the 30th. Not replacing with Kanopy - no digital movies or music at all anymore, just the books, magazines and audiobooks on Libby.
Dakota County Library is discontinuing access to Hoopa on the 30th. Not replacing with Kanopy - no digital movies or music at all anymore, just the books, magazines and audiobooks on Libby.
December 17, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Welp, that sucks.
Dakota County Library is discontinuing access to Hoopa on the 30th. Not replacing with Kanopy - no digital movies or music at all anymore, just the books, magazines and audiobooks on Libby.
Dakota County Library is discontinuing access to Hoopa on the 30th. Not replacing with Kanopy - no digital movies or music at all anymore, just the books, magazines and audiobooks on Libby.
Fuck, and I cannot say this strongly enough, this shit.
“Mozilla says Firefox will evolve into an AI browser, and nobody is happy about it —
‘I've never seen a company so astoundingly out of touch’”
🤦🏼♀️ Welp.
‘I've never seen a company so astoundingly out of touch’”
🤦🏼♀️ Welp.
Mozilla says Firefox will evolve into an AI browser, sparks major backlash
Mozilla's new CEO has confirmed that Firefox will evolve into an AI browser over the next three years, and the internet is not happy about it.
www.windowscentral.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Fuck, and I cannot say this strongly enough, this shit.
Just one day after Apple Valley high school students walked out in protest of ICE.
Threats prompt school cancellation in Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan district
Classes at Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan high schools are canceled Tuesday after the district reported possible threats.
kstp.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Just one day after Apple Valley high school students walked out in protest of ICE.
"We're running out of good ideas," say the guys with the worst idea ever.
America, you have spoken loud and clear: You do not like AI. But what if AI is the way to restart the world’s idea machine?
We’re running out of good ideas. AI might be how we find new ones.
What if the best use of AI is restarting the world’s idea machine?
www.vox.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
"We're running out of good ideas," say the guys with the worst idea ever.
Reposted by Larry Rubinow
will every NFL game have a moment of silence or is that only for white supremacists who were presenting a racist rationale for our unfettered gun massacre culture when shot
I'm having trouble finding the "America Mourns Rob and Michelle Reiner" piece from the NY Times Editorial Board.
December 16, 2025 at 10:58 AM
will every NFL game have a moment of silence or is that only for white supremacists who were presenting a racist rationale for our unfettered gun massacre culture when shot
Add, remove, or change a letter for your favorite sitcom to get rebooted in 2026 with an entirely different premise.
Barley Miller
Barley Miller
Add, remove, or change a letter for your favorite sitcom to get rebooted in 2026 with an entirely different premise.
I'll start:
Perfect Stranglers
I'll start:
Perfect Stranglers
December 16, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Add, remove, or change a letter for your favorite sitcom to get rebooted in 2026 with an entirely different premise.
Barley Miller
Barley Miller
Reposted by Larry Rubinow
His one genuine skill in life is somehow always finding a way to stoop lower than you thought he could.
December 15, 2025 at 3:30 PM
His one genuine skill in life is somehow always finding a way to stoop lower than you thought he could.
Spent too much time yesterday trying various ways to write to a microSD card that wouldn't let me do it. Mac problem? Windows didn't help. File-system perms? Not the issue.
Turns out the hardware write-protection switch on the adaptor was broken. Put it in a different adaptor, problem solved.
Turns out the hardware write-protection switch on the adaptor was broken. Put it in a different adaptor, problem solved.
December 15, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Spent too much time yesterday trying various ways to write to a microSD card that wouldn't let me do it. Mac problem? Windows didn't help. File-system perms? Not the issue.
Turns out the hardware write-protection switch on the adaptor was broken. Put it in a different adaptor, problem solved.
Turns out the hardware write-protection switch on the adaptor was broken. Put it in a different adaptor, problem solved.
Reposted by Larry Rubinow
🎶 I heard there was a secret Ford
That bargain shoppers all ignored
But you don’t really care for savings, do ya 🎶
Hello. This is the ghost of Leonard Cohen, inviting you to come on down to Ghost of Leonard Cohen Used Cars.
I, of course, didn’t expect the afterlife to be this way.
That bargain shoppers all ignored
But you don’t really care for savings, do ya 🎶
Hello. This is the ghost of Leonard Cohen, inviting you to come on down to Ghost of Leonard Cohen Used Cars.
I, of course, didn’t expect the afterlife to be this way.
December 14, 2025 at 2:43 PM
🎶 I heard there was a secret Ford
That bargain shoppers all ignored
But you don’t really care for savings, do ya 🎶
Hello. This is the ghost of Leonard Cohen, inviting you to come on down to Ghost of Leonard Cohen Used Cars.
I, of course, didn’t expect the afterlife to be this way.
That bargain shoppers all ignored
But you don’t really care for savings, do ya 🎶
Hello. This is the ghost of Leonard Cohen, inviting you to come on down to Ghost of Leonard Cohen Used Cars.
I, of course, didn’t expect the afterlife to be this way.
Natural selection.
JFC. This right wing influencer (based in Montana, but mostly focused on Oregon politics) is encouraging his 50K followers to nuke their lungs with hydrogen peroxide.
December 14, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Natural selection.
Reposted by Larry Rubinow
Damn, she lies badly.
December 14, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Damn, she lies badly.
The shootings are bad enough, but the misinformation or disinformation just makes it worse.
December 13, 2025 at 11:32 PM
The shootings are bad enough, but the misinformation or disinformation just makes it worse.
Went to the European Christmas Market at Union Depot this morning, and all I can tell you is that Europe is fucking cold.
December 13, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Went to the European Christmas Market at Union Depot this morning, and all I can tell you is that Europe is fucking cold.
December 13, 2025 at 9:16 PM
@farmaid.org more like "far made" amiright
@farmaid.org Should explain why the t-shirt I bought was made in India when their whole marketing campaign was about all US and union made apparel.
December 13, 2025 at 2:01 PM
@farmaid.org more like "far made" amiright
I strongly suggest you read this whole speech by Cory Doctorow. pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
December 12, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I strongly suggest you read this whole speech by Cory Doctorow. pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
Mentally tuned out Morning Edition on MPR today, and dropped back in in the middle of a story about the prospect of repairing the Metrodome roof, and I was like ... has this whole Trump thing been a terrible nighmare? IS THIS COUNTRY STILL MODERATELY SANE?
Sadly it was just a retrospective.
Sadly it was just a retrospective.
December 12, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Mentally tuned out Morning Edition on MPR today, and dropped back in in the middle of a story about the prospect of repairing the Metrodome roof, and I was like ... has this whole Trump thing been a terrible nighmare? IS THIS COUNTRY STILL MODERATELY SANE?
Sadly it was just a retrospective.
Sadly it was just a retrospective.