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Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

You know your day is looking up when the cat throws up exactly in his food dish! Rather than the usual carpet, behind the couch, or down the heating register in the floor

A pleased looking black and white cat lying on the floor

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Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

My wife is frustrated as she exclaims, “What’s the point of buying baskets to declutter things, when I can’t actually put anything in the baskets??”

A tuxedo cat stealing my wife’s basket for storing things in the bedroom to use as yet another sleeping spot

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Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Took a pic of a vending machine in Germany. It literally had packages of sausage, tubes of wurst, jars of liver and goulash, beer, mustard, Capri Sun, kinder bueno ice cream sandwiches, pig knuckles, and soda. It was also patched with masking tape.

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Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Surprisingly there was quite a strong contingent of cephalopod entries in the #MNStateFair. See @sarahmackattack.bsky.social even the Midwest loves squid

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Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Kind of fun to do. And for me I count ‘visiting’ as a state as one I’ve either stayed overnight or spent extensive time in. For example, a dozen day trips all across Vermont means it counts. Driving across the edge of Indiana to go from Illinois to Michigan, does not count.

Map of states I’ve visited. Large gap in the south.

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Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

It hasn’t been the most productive variety for me, but the stripey sure does look nice as a squash

A green zucchini and a striped zucchini from the home garden

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Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I snapped this pic of a west suburbs zip code when taking out the dog last night. Highest I’ve ever experienced

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Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Took the dog out and could see streams of smoke in the lights. The #airquality is not safe in #Minnesota

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Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Here’s the #wildfire smoke boundary as it crosses the west suburbs of #Minneapolis. Panning is from south to northeast

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Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Our native #MN #pollinators at work. And note the chicken wire fencing to protect our coneflowers from the native rabbits…that love eating this and everything else in our garden.

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Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

First #squash of the season. Of course barring this and one other, all flowers have been male so far

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Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Got to see a very cool hummingbird moth on our bee balm. Wish I could have gotten a better pic, but their similarities to real hummingbirds are uncanny. Always a treat to see the variety of native #insects in your garden

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Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

In Minnesota and absolutely covered with tiny sweat bees

Pink and purple bee balm covered in tiny sweat bees

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Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

At my kids softball tourney in Buffalo, MN and there was a very very noisy killdeer squawking at all the kids going by a rear fence. After a bit of searching found the reason for its agitation. Probably a great place for a nest most of the time, but not during tournament weekend #birding #Minnesota

Four speckled eggs from a killdeer in a ground nest alongside a chain link fence

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Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Post the best picture you have ever taken of your pet (if you feel like it):

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Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

First #strawberry harvest of the year! Only took 3 years of plant growth and about $40 worth of rabbit/chipmunk proof fencing material to grow this half pint of strawberries

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Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Of course my daughter was reading Calvin and Hobbes and really liked this response from Calvin’s dad. So that’s always an option

Calvin and Hobbes comic where Calvin’s dad says everything works through magic

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Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

I needed to do some work, but plans are impeded by the true ruler of the house #caturday

My cat sleeping on the office work chair, preventing me from being productive

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Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

The #cat clearly knows the good spot to plop themselves down

Black and white tuxedo cat lying on a carpet perfectly within the sunspot from a window

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Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Daughter saved these hatchlings off the road in Minnesota

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Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

So my daughter heard I found a baby #turtle on the road and decided to go looking for her own in the pouring rain. She got very wet, but also saved all these guys from traffic

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Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

It’s baby #turtle season. Keep an eye out! Picked this painted turtle hatchling off the road while walking my kid to the bus. Let it go in the nearby marsh. How could a turtle be hatching so early you ask? Well in colder climates, eggs laid in late summer often overwinter and emerge early spring

Baby painted turtle at the edge of a marsh

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Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

At least someone isn’t struggling either overwork on his #caturday

The cat twisted backward and upside down in a ridiculous pose as he’s sleeping in the cat condo

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Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

How this message popped up in my feed. Kinda appropriate.

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Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Let’s go throwback with a Paul Pozluszny pic

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Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

On a related note, the cat is helping me finalize this last push of grants for current study section. It’s excellent motivation, as I can’t get up to procrastinate

Tuxedo cat sitting on a blanket atop someone’s legs

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Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Was doing some work in the bedroom chair and got up to get some lunch. I come back to this #caturday

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Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

The #cat dealt with a crisis this morning, as the kids are off from school and we were slow to get up: Do you stay awake and demand to eat? Or give in to your desire to nap? We see which won this round

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Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Fortunately, planetary axial tilt remains a recurring phenomenon and springtime sun is finally hitting the cat condo #caturday

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Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

I can’t recall if the backlash larger over the Kanye comment? Or Obama wearing a tan suit?

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Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Wife: The cat is really disturbing my sleep. He woke me at 7am cause he was hungry Me: Really? That’s surprising cause he already got me up at 4:30am to be fed. Needless to say, someone’s pleased with his early #caturday shenanigans

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Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Even in MN, you still have to live your life (especially w/kids), so spending some time on the real ice enjoying our mild afternoon of 2 degrees. Note the deep contraction cracks in the ice literally splitting apart from the cold temps

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Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

At least the weather gods have drummed up a quality visit for him

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Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

The last of the harvest before the #MN cold hits next week. Till next year veggie garden

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Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

The ‘pet accessory’ business is the biggest racket in the world. Convince hapless #cat owners to buy a ‘pet tent’ that will forever be unused in favor of an old shoe basket and dirty sweater

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Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

As part of for the course, we had a hard frost last night in MN and the catalpa tree decided to drop its leaves. All at once. In the driveway. #fall

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Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

A pleased #cat who ate his lunch, then took advantage of a closed door Zoom meeting to convince the other owner (who just arrived home) to feed him a second meal

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Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

The cat has decided that my post lunch productivity should be delayed

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Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Found this fellow staring at me in the bathroom. A house pseudoscorpion that’s smaller than a sesame seed, but apparently deadly to dust mites. Never thought my house would have apex predators (of micro fauna) running around with massive claws. #Nature

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