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Elliot Mann @elliotmann.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Chet Holmgren when he puts on a watch:

Ed Mylett has changed and manipulated time… screenshot meme from when Mylett talked on a podcast about how he plans his days.

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Elliot Mann @elliotmann.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Everything dies, that’s a fact. Maybe everything that dies, some day comes back.

Information about a long time Richfield Chinese, Cambodian and Vietnamese restaurant that is reopening.

RED PEPPER
Chinese Cambodian Vietnamese
(612)328-9343
6700 Penn Ave. S.
Richfield, Mn 55423

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Elliot Mann @elliotmann.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Argentina does not get to complain about a possible hand ball

The “Hand of God” by Maradona in the 1986 World Cup

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Elliot Mann @elliotmann.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

The House website says that is, sadly untrue: www.house.mn.gov/sessiondaily...

From the Minnesota House of Representatives:

Legend: Farmers tipped a cow over the House Gallery railing
An enduring, and entirely unsubstantiated, legend about the Capitol is that farmers tipped an emaciated cow over the railing of the public gallery in the House Chamber during the Great Depression.
During that time, farmers did bring starving livestock to the Capitol grounds to showcase dire farm conditions, but none made it inside.
The legend dates to the Great Depression itself when farmers were said to have thrown rotten vegetables at representatives from the gallery.
These stories lack evidence.
"You would think that there would be a newspaper article,"
Pease said.
Over the years, events were conflated and the legend grew
"from vegetables to livestock," Pease said. Farmers throwing vegetables shifted into throwing manure, which eventually became tipping a cow over the railing.
Pease has heard visitors reference the closure of seating in the gallery behind the speaker's dais as evidence for the rumor - that's from where the farmers supposedly threw the vegetables. In fact, the space was renovated for offices, rather than as a response to any incident.

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Elliot Mann @elliotmann.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Continuing to wear my Knicks Sprewell jersey after the Knicks take a 2-0 Finals lead is NOT stolen valor, in this essay I will—

A middle aged man who still wears jerseys from decades ago like an idiot, and his poor dog.

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Elliot Mann @elliotmann.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Kurt Rambis couldn’t coach this team to a loss.

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Elliot Mann @elliotmann.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Why would they even allow 81-1 to be an option. It’s entrapment, frankly. This is the best I’ve gotten; I feel pretty good about it with Cliff Robinson at PF.

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Elliot Mann @elliotmann.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Me: “You are looking LIVE at the printing of your summer algebra readiness packet!” Children: extreme groans for several reasons

Print screen for a child’s summer algebra readiness packet, which made me think of the famous “You are looking LIVE” sports call.

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Elliot Mann @elliotmann.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

We’re dancing animals! Kurt Vonnegut on the exact topic:

"Oh, she says, well, you're not a poor man. You know, why don't you go online and buy a hundred envelopes and put them in the closet?
And so I pretend not to hear her. And go out to get an envelope because I'm going to have a hell of a good time in the process of buying one envelope. I meet a lot of people. And see some great looking babies. And a fire engine goes by.
And I give them the thumbs up. And I'll ask a woman what kin
d of dog that is. And, and I don't know. The moral of the story is - we're here on Earth to fart around. And, of course, the computers will do us out of that. And what the computer people don't realize, or they don't care, is we're dancing animals. You know, we love to move around. And it's like we're not supposed to dance at all anymore.

- Kurt Vonnegut tells his wife he's going to buy a single envelope

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Elliot Mann @elliotmann.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Did Ramstad do an accidental dril? It feels like maybe the copy desk gave him a bit of the old “Crash Davis tells the batter what pitch is coming” here with the headline treatment.

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Elliot Mann @elliotmann.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

(In 2009, this was an incredible cell phone photo.)

The Hold Steady at Basilica Block Party in 2009. What now seems like a poor quality photo was actually INCREDIBLE at the time considering it was low light on a cell phone. Or maybe it was just me. Whatever. The concert rocked.

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Elliot Mann @elliotmann.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

May your spot line up with the sunny spot.

A dogo argentino dog with a teal collar laying down on her dog bed, with the sun illuminating her face and upper torso.

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Elliot Mann @elliotmann.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

@normcharlatan.bsky.social If the Gov. would’ve thrown in a “FEDERAL WAY,” you would be the polling leader for the 2026 gubernatorial ticket. A toast - good on you, Norm.

A can of Guaraná Antártica zero, a Brazilian soft drink.

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Elliot Mann @elliotmann.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

After a year and half, my dog would like to update her Official Thunderstorm Rankings from “generally whatever” to “incredibly terrifying.”

A dogo argentino puppy who is about 1.5 years old lays down in a crate on top of a foam dog bed.

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Elliot Mann @elliotmann.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

When I finish the three-mile dog walk five minutes before a thunderstorm comes

A very large man named Ed Mylett went on a podcast and said he fits three days into one day, and has “changed and manipulated time.” This is a screen cap of him saying this.

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Elliot Mann @elliotmann.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

It is kind of odd for him to say he misses Durham since during his short time there, he was reportedly very homesick: (From The Athletic:)

However, inside, Knueppel was struggling with homesickness. All his life, he had done nearly everything with his four younger brothers and parents. Watching the Green Bay Packers on Sundays. Rebounding for each other after school. Eating breakfast together. He felt so isolated when his parents left him at Duke during his first week that he asked if he could FaceTime during the family breakfast. He missed his friends from back home, too, who mostly stayed in the area.
"That was hard," Knueppel says, "being away from people that you care about."
He was also being pushed to his limit physically. He was playing well - and his coaches even told him so. Still, Knueppel didn't agree. "I was being hard on myself," he says.
The homesickness wouldn't subside, either, as the summer turned into fall. The official season would start soon. Chari was close to driving the family Ford Expedition to Durham, N.C., and temporarily moving there. "We were really worried," says Dildy, the Duke coach,
"that Kon would go home before the year started and decide not to come back."

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Elliot Mann @elliotmann.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

She looks like she’s ready to run into the ring and hit Ric Flair over the head with a steel chair while the ref’s head is turned, so she can run out of the arena with the Big Gold Belt.

Ric Flair debuting the NWA/WCW “Big Gold Belt” world heavyweight championship belt.

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Elliot Mann @elliotmann.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Last year when we brought Pearl home, she was *aghast* at the February circumstances.

A dogo argentino puppy goes outside in February and wonders, “why hath God forsaken me?”

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Elliot Mann @elliotmann.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Anyway, pics of dogs wearing winter coats? Pics of dogs wearing winter coats!

A dogo argentino puppy wears a Carhartt chore coat. Begrudgingly.

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Elliot Mann @elliotmann.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

One of my favorite moments from a perfect day several years ago:

Two young kids play bubble hockey at Bull’s Horn in south Minneapolis, a neighborhood bar/restaurant. Taken in summer 2019.

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Elliot Mann @elliotmann.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Also, this is why people do not trust Simon Rosenberg. The “L” in DFL still means a lot to some of us.

Simon Rosenberg, a political consultant who is starting a political fundraising campaign in Minnesota while people are under attack from the federal government and are in need of basic services, explained on Wikipedia:

“According to the 2002 book How to Hack a Party Line: The Democrats and Silicon Valley, Rosenberg and NDN were instrumental in shifting control of the Democratic Party away from labor unions and toward Silicon Valley businesses.[3] Rosenberg said in 1999, "Our problem as a party is that the biggest source of our venture capital now comes from labor, which is a group that's becoming less and less important, and representing less and less of a percentage of American voters. ... We have to replace labor's investment in the party with investment from another source, and hopefully from a source that's growing."

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Elliot Mann @elliotmann.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Shout out to the woman who scolded my wife for “not being calm” in her Facebook video about the illegal secret police kidnapping people, shooting people, going into hospitals, etc. Real “the doctor is the patient’s mom!” hours here. Surprised she didn’t tell my wife to smile more.

Screen shot from the Facebook feed of state Senator Dr. Alice Mann, where a constituent scolds her for being outraged (?) and not calm (?) about the ICE occupation in the Twin Cities.

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Elliot Mann @elliotmann.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

To be clear, there are plenty of people who *have* done those things who also have no business running for Governor! It’s a tough job! Too many times, my first response when hearing so and so is running is one of these two:

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Elliot Mann @elliotmann.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Apologies to my kids and my dog, but my camera roll is primarily northern lights now.

Photo of the northern lights, with a basketball hoop in the foreground, and tips of pine trees in the background.

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Elliot Mann @elliotmann.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Aurora borealis in the driveway!

Aurora borealis, with a basketball hoop in the foreground.

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Elliot Mann @elliotmann.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

I am raising a child who has perpetually chapped lips. And perpetually loses lip balm. ChapStick. Blistex. Carmex. EOS. Burt’s Bees. We’re tired. So tired. And dry season is just beginning.

The meme of a fast food worker who is exhausted.

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Elliot Mann @elliotmann.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Her recovery vest gives off a certain air of “… so I heard on NPR this morning about the election…”

Dogo Argentino puppy sits on a wood floor, wearing a black recovery vest that looks like a mock turtleneck.

Dogo Argentino puppy sits on a dog bed on a hardwood floor, wearing a black recovery vest that looks like a mock turtleneck. The Cone of Shame rests behind her.

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Elliot Mann @elliotmann.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

For her first Halloween, the new puppy went as the satellite dish from “The Cable Guy.” (She got spayed on Monday. She discovered that if she shakes her head violently, the cone of shame would fly off. Had to double our collar efforts.)

An extremely disappointed Dogo Argentino lays down while wearing an e-collar.

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Elliot Mann @elliotmann.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

11 year old: i’m going to make pancakes. How many should I make? me: *looks at box* why would the people at krusteaz pancakes do this to us

A pancake box that is v online, apparently.

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Elliot Mann @elliotmann.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

This is a throwback to when Petco gave out these Yoda ears. They were *extremely* over it within seconds.

Two Dogo Argentino puppies wearing Yoda ears on a hardwood floor. They are extremely unamused at being dressed up.

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Elliot Mann @elliotmann.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

It would seem that per Tecmo Bowl rules, Purdue called the Gophers’ offensive play:

The Purdue Boilermakers have engulfed the Minnesota Golden Gophers quarterback, while five Gophers offensive linemen stand watch.

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Elliot Mann @elliotmann.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

We are so back. At levels of back that have never been experienced.

Gatorade Citrus Cooler is BACK. (apparently through some “stranger things” tie-in?) Four plastic bottles of Gatorade Citrus Cooler are pictured.

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Elliot Mann @elliotmann.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

No one is going to want to hear about Edina handles a similar situation, BUT! Lake Cornelia has a similar path between private backyards: (photo from 66th street, looking south)

The southwest side of Lake Cornelia has a woodchip path between the lake and private backyards. The land is owned by Edina.

The southwest side of Lake Cornelia has a woodchip path between the lake and private backyards. The land is owned by Edina. This is the view of the earthen path from 66th Street, looking south.

The Hennepin County plat map around the southwest side of Lake Cornelia in Edina.

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Elliot Mann @elliotmann.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

I’m not huge on lows to play in — absolutely shredded my ankle in Kobe XIs — but this was a really fun shoe to play in. And had good traction durability for outdoors!

Jordan 32 lows with white elephant print.

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Elliot Mann @elliotmann.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

I loved these, but for some reason they made my knee balky when I played in them. But they got me back into checking for sneakers again after years of wearing Nike Frees and whatever. And I bought them in an actual store! The joy of trying on a shoe and walking out with a new pair. Undefeated.

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Elliot Mann @elliotmann.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

My inner monologue arguing with itself when thinking about last night’s Wolves game:

Rick Pitino’s famous “The negativity in this town sucks” press conference:
““Larry Bird is not walking through that door, fans. Kevin McHale is not walking through that door, and Robert Parish is not walking through that door. And if you expect them to walk through that door, they’re going to be gray and old. What we are is young, exciting, hardworking, and we’re going to improve. People don’t realize that, and as soon as they realize those three guys are not coming through that door, the better this town will be for all of us because there are young guys in that (locker) room playing their asses off. I wish we had $90 million under the salary cap. I wish we could buy the world. We can’t; the only thing we can do is work hard, and all the negativity that’s in this town sucks. I’ve been around when Jim Rice was booed. I’ve been around when Yastrzemski was booed. And it stinks. It makes the greatest town, greatest city in the world, lousy. The only thing that will turn this around is being upbeat and positive like we are in that locker room ... and if you think I’m going to succumb to negativity, you’re wrong. You’ve got the wrong guy leading this team.”

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Elliot Mann @elliotmann.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

The new Memphis coach is going to lead his team against the Warriors tonight, and then go back to his regular day job, finding and killing Detective John McClane.

The new Memphis Grizzlies coach, Tuomas Iisalo, looks like a “Die Hard” villain.

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