Maggie Koerth @maggiek.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Hot Take: I think we need to RETVRN to a time when everyone just wrote English however the fuck they wanted with no grammar or spelling rules and your own name could be spelled three different ways depending on how you felt that day. 4362
Reposted by Maggie KoerthKittens MLT (ASCP) @warkittens.makeitbouncy.net · 24/09/2026Holy shit, AP, you brilliant bastards. YES to this entire thread. We love this. Internalize this. All news and media should embrace this. 116951
Maggie Koerth @maggiek.bsky.social · 13/09/2026If anyone was wondering how the economy was doing, I just had to explain plasma donation to my kids because we saw an ad for it on Disney+. 47212
Reposted by Maggie Koerthsmcgee @smcgee.bsky.social · 03/09/2026There will be short growl tests all month per a facebook post. 153
Maggie Koerth @maggiek.bsky.social · 06/08/2026How I Met Your Mother hasn’t aged well and I don’t really think about it much at this point. And yet, every time Siri starts butting in without my explicit request I find myself screaming “NOBODY ASKED YOU, PATRICE!” 2191
Reposted by Maggie KoerthRandall Munroe @xkcd.com · 06/08/2026I really recommend the 2022 documentary “It’s Quieter in the Twilight,” which profiles the scientists working in relative obscurity to keep the Voyager spacecraft operating—many of them past retirement age, but unwilling to quit until the Voyagers do. It was very sweet and thought-provoking. 383683477
Reposted by Maggie KoerthNatalie Weiner @natalieweiner.bsky.social · 06/08/2026the american paradox 615423782
Maggie Koerth @maggiek.bsky.social · 06/08/2026I saw a recipe for boiling sweet corn in a mixture of milk, butter, honey and jalapeños. And I will say … I am intrigued 2180
Maggie Koerth @maggiek.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Okay everyone, my dad had an issue of Popular Science from the month of his birth and it’s time to take a little adventure through the history of advertising … 16011
Maggie Koerth @maggiek.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Happy Ray Bradbury’s “There Will Come Soft Rains” Day to all! Celebrate by letting your roomba continue to clean while you, yourself, dissolve into dust. 4433
Maggie Koerth @maggiek.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Today, in a conversation about glass art, my boyfriend asked if I had ever been to the Chartres Cathedral … and we learned that I am an absolute child. Literally still grinning about it hours later. Also this was at dinner with my mom and I had to explain both “Chartres” and “shart” to her. 1310
Maggie Koerth @maggiek.bsky.social · 24/07/2026So I don’t normally commute, but my kids had a camp in Bloomington all week and if there’s one thing I learned from a week’s worth of rush hours it’s that a lot of y’all call in sick on summer Fridays. 6360
Reposted by Maggie Koerthgeoffrey @parsnip.bsky.social · 24/07/2026but then how will we know we're not mad at each other 516722
Reposted by Maggie KoerthRacket @racketmn.com · 24/07/2026We asked fishermen, regulators, fishmongers, historians, documentarians, restaurateurs, and biologists.racketmn.comMinnesota’s on the World’s Largest Lake—Why Don’t We Eat More Lake Superior Fish? - RacketWe posed that verbatim question to fishermen, regulators, fishmongers, historians, documentarians, restaurateurs, and biologists. 0223
Maggie Koerth @maggiek.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Best part about having middle schoolers so far: their new favorite show is Last Week Tonight 1480
Reposted by Maggie Koerthceej @ceej.online · 23/07/2026say what you will about the internet, but it’s undeniably the best way to find new stupid stuff to be insane about every day 313217569
Maggie Koerth @maggiek.bsky.social · 23/07/2026The 12 year old just found out that artificial gravity isn’t a real thing and would like to file a complaint with all the science fiction writers who failed to properly explain that part was (as of yet) fiction. 5361
Maggie Koerth @maggiek.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Ancient Cat Update: She lives! Back for another oil change and am relieved to discover that my mechanic’s 25 year old cat is still (however implausibly) with us. Thank god. I don’t know that I could have taken her death at this time. 3683
Reposted by Maggie KoerthPaul Guinnessy @paulguinnessy.bsky.social · 18/07/2026It's because they did it by boat.... 2355
Reposted by Maggie KoerthSarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 18/07/2026A quick word on Taco Bell: That's where we found the suspected lettuce, and it's not bc Taco Bell is gross. It's bc Taco Bell is REALLY GOOD at tracing product! Keeping track of exactly where they got their ingredients, & exactly what restaurants each shipment of ingredients went to! 438249775141
Maggie Koerth @maggiek.bsky.social · 18/07/2026You guys, I just spent 10 minutes wandering through my house sniffing thinking there was a gas leak but it wasn’t coming from anywhere near the gas lines … only to realize the smell was the durian cream wafers my kid bought from the Asian grocery 5672
Maggie Koerth @maggiek.bsky.social · 18/07/2026I KNEW there was gonna be bad news about her that came out eventually 0361
Maggie Koerth @maggiek.bsky.social · 18/07/2026There is an 11th birthday slumber party taking over my living room and I am realizing I do not have the space for entertaining. This is never a problem with adults. 2330
Reposted by Maggie KoerthPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 17/07/2026Escorting the nine-year-old to a friend’s birthday pool party, I told him I wasn’t going to swim in part because I’m dressed for work. He told me I could just jump in like Mamdani did. This is what socialism does to our children. 312172111966
Maggie Koerth @maggiek.bsky.social · 17/07/2026My 11-year-old has plastered her bedroom with pictures from National Geographic like it’s Tiger Beat and this Incan mummy is Donnie Osmond. 3772
Reposted by Maggie KoerthDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 15/07/2026I wonder, if you polled people, how much extra they would pay each year to have their city *not* be covered in thick, choking wildfire smoke for days at a time. I wonder if that might give you more insight into "willingness to pay" vis a vis climate change than asking in the abstract. 21770132
Reposted by Maggie Koerthkate @katewandering.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Minneapolis: Skyline a few weeks ago Skyline today 729271
Reposted by Maggie Koerthdisgruntled lesbian of Minneapolis @phoenix-rights.bsky.social · 16/07/2026really thinking about this tweet as i’ve been struggling to breathe through nausea for the last 5 hours 3161022358
Maggie Koerth @maggiek.bsky.social · 15/07/2026I am now 45 and can’t handle all the sugar in soda, but otherwise same. 0180
Reposted by Maggie KoerthJon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 15/07/2026emptying a clip into my lettuce 432556376
Reposted by Maggie Koerthjentrification ♎ @jentrification.com · 15/07/2026Two Minnesota solar farms seeded native wildflowers under their panels, and 5 years of counting revealed native bees had multiplied twentyfold, then crossed the fence to pollinate the neighbour's soybeansshare.googleTwo Minnesota solar farms seeded native wildflowers under their panels, and 5 years of counting revealed native bees had multiplied twentyfold, then crossed the fence to pollinate the neighbour's soyb...Two Minnesota solar farms planted 66 native species under their panels. Five years of counting revealed a staggering result that nobody had written into the engineering plan. 157621904
Reposted by Maggie KoerthJonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Brits are like “Look who’s boiling vegetables now.” 694044524
Reposted by Maggie KoerthSean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Why I’m a fan of the Oxford comma. 845222213629
Reposted by Maggie KoerthPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 15/07/2026Proposed midterm poll question: are you voting out of generalized anger or righteous anger? 4617316
Reposted by Maggie Koerthsaffi 🎃 @saffisarasa.bsky.social · 12/07/2026my body is a MACHINE that turns CHOCOLATE BANANA ICE CREAM into SORRY I CAN'T COME INTO WORK TODAY 731721
Maggie Koerth @maggiek.bsky.social · 03/07/2026The final scene where the robot is in hell or something is fixed in my mind forever. Scared the shit out of me as a kid. 6240
Reposted by Maggie KoerthIan Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 03/07/2026Raising rent relief funds for a Minneapolis family in need. We’re still here helping our neighbors! Total need is $1800. Every bit helps! V: @Ian-Coldwater CA: $iancoldwater PP: @coldwater We keep us safe and housed 💛 Please share and help if you can! Thank you! 010191
Reposted by Maggie KoerthMónica C. Camacho @mc2x.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Everything is terrible but tonight I saw fireflies for the first time this season 21194
Maggie Koerth @maggiek.bsky.social · 15/06/2026In Minnesota, it’s also worth noting that CUB stores usually have some kind of bulk spices in the produce area that half the cost of anything in the spice aisle. And they have smoked garlic powder — a revelation 0291
Reposted by Maggie KoerthMark E. Poasts @lolphillies.bsky.social · 14/06/2026“Scots discovering tailgating” could be a real Prometheus stealing fire moment 170165203833
Reposted by Maggie Koerthlauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 10/06/2026few american cities have a better origin story than lawrence's "fuck slavery and fuck missouri" founding principles 281350128
Reposted by Maggie KoerthElizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · 10/06/2026this is the ideal newspaper columnist. you may not like it but this is what peak performance looks like 294286594
Maggie Koerth @maggiek.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Today, I got my news from an entirely new source: DoorDash customer service. They called to inform me that my order had to be canceled because of a hostage situation. When I said “sorry, what?” They helpfully explained that swat team was not letting drivers through. 411712
Reposted by Maggie KoerthYour Local Epidemiologist @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social · 10/06/20267/ Human infections are rare and usually treatable when caught early. Pets can be affected too, especially in agricultural areas. Ensure pets are on flea & tick prevention from the FDA-approved list, as products containing afoxolaner (dogs) or esafoxolaner (cats) can prevent NWS infection. 352589
Reposted by Maggie KoerthYour Local Epidemiologist @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social · 10/06/20261/ Five cases of New World screwworm have now been confirmed in the U.S., Texas has declared an emergency, and Canada immediately restricted livestock imports. Most people had never heard of screwworm until last week (or maybe just now). That's because we eradicated it from the U.S. in 1966.🧵 372045881