Aunt Fancy @auntiefancy.bsky.social · 4hArguably the civil war was as much about northern states not wanting to be legally required to enforce the slavery laws of southern states as it was about the south wanting to continue enslaving people. Just mentioning that for no particular reason. 14513
Aunt Fancy @auntiefancy.bsky.social · 5hDamn it would be so cool to rent this space and have a weird little store that opened out to the Greenway. Too bad it's over $5k/month :( www.loopnet.com/Listing/2836... 270
Aunt Fancy @auntiefancy.bsky.social · 5hI saw Coyote Vs. Acme last night, it was delightful, but I'm left with one big confusion... I always thought the road runner was saying "meep meep." YOU'RE TELLING ME IT WAS BEEP BEEP ALL ALONG? 170
Reposted by Aunt FancyAunt Fancy @auntiefancy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I am for this. More housing is good. But it also makes all the Roof Depot bs crystal fucking clear: Frey did not want to give up a piece of land that would one day be desirable for development, he wanted the city to have an excuse to hang on to it until the local gentry came calling. 2164
Reposted by Aunt FancyTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This is fantastic cultural geography. Very strong lede. Even if you don’t read it all (you should; remember we are working on our brains) the first three paras do the work. Thanks to the person who shared it. www.queergeographies.com/stuck-on-the...queergeographies.comWhy We’re Stuck on the Last DitchWhy does the public delight in watching lesbian bars unravel? 113848
Reposted by Aunt FancySewzinski @sewzinski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026AI is another tool of misogyny and this photo is proof. These men want to steal from you until you have nothing. 0123
Aunt Fancy @auntiefancy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I am for this. More housing is good. But it also makes all the Roof Depot bs crystal fucking clear: Frey did not want to give up a piece of land that would one day be desirable for development, he wanted the city to have an excuse to hang on to it until the local gentry came calling. 2164
Reposted by Aunt FancyKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 27/09/2026Remember the random dude who got 49020939 articles of uncritical media coverage in the space of two days because he quit anthropic based on his fears of existential AI risk? Yeah..........he's a climate denier. So is the whole AI industry. www.crikey.com.au/2026/09/22/a... 11587245
Aunt Fancy @auntiefancy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I worked at a nonprofit tracking donations in a database. Easy in theory but there are a lot of different platforms that do donation processing, and none of them talk to each other. Theoretically a great job to automate but there was so much sensitive financial info it had to be done by a human. 140
Aunt Fancy @auntiefancy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026So I looked it up and was like, wait, I have actually heard this... And the only reason was that it was on Todd in the Shadows best of 2025 list. So if you are also an old that wants to stay moderately up to date on popular music, watch Todd. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ic_8...youtube.comThe Top Ten Best Hit Songs of 2025YouTube video by Todd in the Shadows 110
Aunt Fancy @auntiefancy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026What the heck is it about how engineering is taught that makes ppl educated in it often think they know everything and/or can master any subject with minimal work? Is it just the idea that once a problem is solved that's it and you do not need to continue considering alternate solutions? 030
Aunt Fancy @auntiefancy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I've been thinking about how weird it is that the Hollywood beauty standards keep getting more extreme when we're all spending many hours a day looking at regular degular ppl on social media. TV seasons are so short now our parasocial relationships are mostly w very normal looking ppl online. 192
Reposted by Aunt FancyAunt Fancy @auntiefancy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Omg guys let's come together as a community and buy the popcorn wagon! (Looks like it got a really sad remodel at some point, unfortunately) 163
Aunt Fancy @auntiefancy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Omg guys let's come together as a community and buy the popcorn wagon! (Looks like it got a really sad remodel at some point, unfortunately) 163
Reposted by Aunt Fancyem cassel @biketrouble.bsky.social · 25/09/2026here's something that's brought me a lot of joy over the last two weeks while apparently pissing off some of my neighbors lolracketmn.comAn Interview With the Person Who Put Hundreds of ‘Wedding Crashers’ DVDs in South Mpls Little Free Libraries - Racket'It is 100% a queer art installation,' Sable Adelaide tells us. 1022240
Aunt Fancy @auntiefancy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026new profile pic from my trip to MA where I got to revisit the greatest photbooth I've ever used, the one inside Thornes in downtown Northampton. 090
Reposted by Aunt FancyTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Most people have no idea how much international students are the lifeblood of higher education. But they’re about to learn. Sigh. 322234585
Reposted by Aunt Fancyjames. @abacadabber.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Every single one of those investments that came before are reaching the end of their projected lifespan and require immediate investment, and instead if that, we’re lighting money on fire in a foolish quest for rich losers to develop a computer god. The dumbest timeline. 061
Aunt Fancy @auntiefancy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Ppl are sharing this bc of how ridic Huang sounds but I think Klein not knowing how to get anywhere without a mapping system is as bad as not knowing your own phone number. It's wild to me how many people are totally comfortable w permanent cognitive surrender to turn by turn directions. 350
Aunt Fancy @auntiefancy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Trying to understand the MA lesbian bar story w/out actually paying for the article and it all made sense when I saw the bar started as a Div III (akin to a senior thesis) at my alma mater Hampshire College. Hampshire is itself about to close forever bc they can't pay the bills w lefty idealism! 250
Aunt Fancy @auntiefancy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026We need better commercial vacancy fines, too. It's not as cruel as leaving residential units empty long term, but the fact that speculators can just unilaterally blight an area w empty storefronts is bad for everyone. Both these bldgs have been empty for 6+ years. 47525
Reposted by Aunt FancyMichael Tyznik @tyznik.com · 23/09/2026Finally someone has invented a machine that can do my hobbies for me so i finally have time to sit in silence and stare at the wall. 05310
Aunt Fancy @auntiefancy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Trying to find ethical producers of baby bibs and christmas stockings with low minimums and it's so confounding. Trying to use Faire and their platform is almost as bad as etsy in terms of having dubiously produced slop. The filtering doesn't even seem to work >:( 160
Reposted by Aunt Fancyphilippos42 @philippos42.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Y'all're just reinventing Millerism. A lot of AI has been mechanical turks and glitchy autocomplete. There's no superintelligence there, let alone a Supreme Intelligence. The Singularity in full apocalyptic mode is largely a human delusion. The belief is more dangerous than the non-existent tech. 042
Aunt Fancy @auntiefancy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Purchased w forfeiture funds? So they were bought with stolen money. Cool. "The motorcycles cost about $136,500 to purchase and outfit, department spokesman Sgt. Garrett Parten said, which he called an “unbudgeted expense using federal forfeiture funds.”" 12811
Aunt Fancy @auntiefancy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Can someone lend me a few thousand bucks real quick so I can buy a tiny ceramic cat? Thanks. www.bonhams.com/auction/3258... 261
Reposted by Aunt FancyDavid Brauer @dbrauer.net · 21/09/2026So bad the Strib is even taking it seriously 312514
Aunt Fancy @auntiefancy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026First morning using my moka pot for coffee in months (it's above 60º I only drink iced). Honestly I wouldn't mind a little more summer weather but this feels very cozy. 060
Aunt Fancy @auntiefancy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026As someone who is very happy to pay extra for no ads (although I don't personally have a Disney+ account) this feels like a very bad precedent. 4100
Aunt Fancy @auntiefancy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Some cute embroidery projects stitched this weekend! Got an idea you want me to stitch for you? Come see me Fridays from 12-5 at Audrey Rose Vintage in Longfellow. 0180
Aunt Fancy @auntiefancy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Y'all remember how heinously bad the weather was when we had the super bowl here? I feel like mother nature wants to ensure these kinds of big corporate events fail in Minnesota (fine with me) 2112
Reposted by Aunt FancyRobert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 18/09/2026It's vastly more comforting to believe in an imminent robot apocalypse than the truth: the things that will destroy us are extensions of the unsexy but obvious problems all around us. We are not doomed in one grand way, but a thousand petty small ways. 803182571
Aunt Fancy @auntiefancy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I really think someone should open a bathhouse at Bloomington and Lake and call it PowderHorny 1262
Aunt Fancy @auntiefancy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Good lord. Yet another we need to make sure Waymo is not welcome in Minneapolis! (or anywhere - but with no functional federal regulators we need to handle this within our local communities) 2133
Reposted by Aunt FancyIan Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 17/09/2026I for one think it’s critically important to national security for us to beat China at high speed rail. We must invest in this race immediately 734759
Aunt Fancy @auntiefancy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I cannot overstate how good this video is. Gonna go try to enjoy myself. youtu.be/-TqouS7Zy7Q?...youtu.beThis is why nothing feels fun anymoreYouTube video by Hazel Thayer 3124
Reposted by Aunt FancyFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 15/09/2026I’m sorry folks, but if you are among those who both understand how insane the Rationalist AI Sex Cult currently running the U.S. AI industry and who can explain it to others, you have a patriotic duty to do so now. Even though reading their writing absolutely does cause brain damage. 48766119
Reposted by Aunt FancyKathryn Brightbill ✒️ @kebrightbill.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Tech bros have invented Computer Calvinism with the apocalyptic fervor of the Left Behind novels, built from Harry Potter fanfic, and it sounds insane to even say it. 2244
Reposted by Aunt FancyElizabeth Sandifer @eruditorumpress.com · 15/09/2026The problem is that "while you weren't looking the tech industry was comprehensively taken over by a cult based around a piece of Harry Potter fanfic" is self-evidently an absolutely ridiculous claim that can't possibly have happened, which is a real problem given that it 100% did happen. 4429451010
Reposted by Aunt Fancycageyratfish (UTC-7) 🐟🏳️⚧️ @cageyratfish.bsky.social · 15/09/2026this is one of those things that sounds completely bogus, "terminally online" & "not relevant " but news media & others are doing us all a *dangerous* disservice when they ignore this whole huge chunk of the A.I. plague story. This is where they get that "kill all humans" shit from, & it MATTERS... 25721
Aunt Fancy @auntiefancy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I keep trying to talk about this but they keep thinking I must be misunderstanding conspiracizing but I swear I'm not, this shit is truly crazy making. 25311
Aunt Fancy @auntiefancy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I need whoever designed our airport bathrooms to redo the ones at the state fair bc they are truly so awful 1100
Aunt Fancy @auntiefancy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I like it. We need more poorly dressed celebrities. Helps us remember that they are simply fallible humans like the rest of us. 2110
Aunt Fancy @auntiefancy.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Last week I went to see the current Met Costume Institute show and the small section of plus size garments (which were almost all kind of grotesque and made fat bodies seem like monstrous deformities) was labeled "The Corpulent Body" and I cannot get over the old timey offensiveness of CORPULENT 180
Reposted by Aunt FancyBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Every other headline now is "Huge liar who's financially motivated to lie says" 2266171257
Reposted by Aunt FancyAunt Fancy @auntiefancy.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I'm an artist, AI is not my area of expertise or academic focus, but the feeling "what you are claiming you will build simply does not seem possible" hit me hard as I learned anything beyond the surface level about LLMs. It surprises me every day how much ppl take claims about AI at face value 151