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@mckenzee.bsky.social
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Cloud Appreciation Society member #3,801. For fun, I redesign bad branding, research strange historical coincidences, suck at guitar and bonsai, excel at raising powerful kids. Current location: MPLS, formerly TX, NC, FL, CA, France, Scotland.

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
You've seen fireworks that look like jellyfish, but what about a jellyfish that looks like fireworks? The E/V Nautilus filmed this rare Halitrephes maasi jellyfish glowing like a firework at a depth of 4,019 feet (1,225 meters) off the coast of Baja California, Mexico. (📷: Ocean Exploration Trust)
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Something amazing, a boy falling from the sky… @mckenzee.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Got a small square skillet recently, so excited to try making Japanese style fried eggs. This one has thin slices of red onion and is wrapped around a slice of cheddar (as I am American). I attempted to write めし in sriracha.
Rectangular fried egg on blue-green plate with red scribble of hot sauce.
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Something amazing, a boy falling from the sky… @mckenzee.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
13yo has been making me watch JJK (dub) and acting like they’re teaching me something. Took them to see Akira (sub) in the theater today. If they’re cool, I’ll show them FLCL.
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Something amazing, a boy falling from the sky… @mckenzee.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Improvised tomato soup last night. Sautéed onion, garlic, and bell pepper in butter until edges started to brown, then covered with chopped tomatoes (red, yellow, and green). A little salt, pepper, paprika, and a dash of sambal oelek, simmered for ten minutes. Then puréed with heavy cream.
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Something amazing, a boy falling from the sky… @mckenzee.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Attended Koh (where rivers merge) today and it merged my favorite musics! Andalusia strings, baroque, African polyrhythms, and throat singing.
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SPCO Program
SPCO digital program book
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Something amazing, a boy falling from the sky… @mckenzee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Found my new yard sign.
Blue yard sign with red outline of Minnesota and bold white text that reads:
Demuth Wilson takes the last slice.
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 19/09/2026
The Kennedy Center crowd is singing America The Beautiful. This is what democracy looks like.
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Something amazing, a boy falling from the sky… @mckenzee.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Really wishing some historian would write about Lincoln's assassination through the eyes of his and Booth's doctors. Mainly because Mudd & Stone would be an awesome title.
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Something amazing, a boy falling from the sky… @mckenzee.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Red onion slivers ‘pickled’ overnight in salty orange juice is my new Caribbean secret ingredient.
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Something amazing, a boy falling from the sky… @mckenzee.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
TL;DR: Patrick De Hann, the chief of petroleum analysis for GasBuddy, said that $9.99⁹⁹ figure is “basically as high as it can go – the pump literally can’t display the extra digits.”
audacy.com
Gas prices surge, maxxing out some displays with highs around $9.99
Gas prices hit $9.99/gallon. Discover how global conflicts in Ukraine and Iran are driving up fuel and diesel costs nationwide. | WWL
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Something amazing, a boy falling from the sky… @mckenzee.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
*pouring one out for Lil’ Sebastian*
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Something amazing, a boy falling from the sky… @mckenzee.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
RIP Peter Max and Bob Mackie. The world is a little less groovy.
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Something amazing, a boy falling from the sky… @mckenzee.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Going as Mitch for Halloween because the undead are scary and my kids will have to push me around in a wheelchair all night while I eat candy.
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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The article names three men, students at UF, who spread the (nonconsensual) video: Kamran Ahmed and Brendan Pitfield, members of the Theta Chi frat, and Jacob Gomberg, a pitcher for the school's D1 team, who has since transferred to Indiana University. I wanted their names to be searchable on here.
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Something amazing, a boy falling from the sky… @mckenzee.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
They should just kick England out and use the name United Kingdoms.
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Something amazing, a boy falling from the sky… @mckenzee.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Listening to an Economist podcast, Georgia Banjo is interviewing Brett Money and I feel like Dickens named everyone in this episode.
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Something amazing, a boy falling from the sky… @mckenzee.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Maybe, if everyone working in A.I. is freaking out about it gaining sentience and turning on us, we could hit pause on armed drones, robot dogs, and self-driving cars?
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Something amazing, a boy falling from the sky… @mckenzee.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Swiss chard tart and fried green tomatoes with a quick remoulade.
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Something amazing, a boy falling from the sky… @mckenzee.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Buy one. Then buy one for me.
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Something amazing, a boy falling from the sky… @mckenzee.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I mean, yeah, it's a theater group that puts on improve with a special guest every week... but also Kermit and 'Ms' Piggy have to keep their marriage secret to avoid charges of nepotism. And Gonzo is the love child of Grover and Little Bird.
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Something amazing, a boy falling from the sky… @mckenzee.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
My favorite desert station, Najah's Hi Sahara Oasis in Essex CA is currently charging $9.59 for Regular, $9.99 for Diesel.
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Something amazing, a boy falling from the sky… @mckenzee.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
So California, Texas, and Florida lose Representatives?
theguardian.com
Trump officials push to exclude undocumented immigrants from US census
Census Bureau also considers race and ethnicity questions in overhaul that would have dramatic effect on voter maps
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Something amazing, a boy falling from the sky… @mckenzee.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The Royal National Lifeboat Institute is one of my favorite organizations. For Americans, imagine if the volunteer fire department ran the Coast Guard. 250 years of denying the sea’s appetite, I believe they are the only organization that can fly a flag with the Crown in the Republic of Ireland.
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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I am the very model of a modern day typographer I know the type tonalities from elegant to jocular I am a master tracker and my kerning is harmonical I know the sacred swatches and can name the hues Pantonical (Full version of Modern Day Typographer now on my YouTube channel)
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Modern Day Typographer - Elle Cordova
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Something amazing, a boy falling from the sky… @mckenzee.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Just finished this. Excellent, understated unease, captures the lethargy of liminal spaces along with some horror tropes. Would recommend.
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Something amazing, a boy falling from the sky… @mckenzee.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
"Everyone who meets me says they are embarrassed to be from the state I represent" is not the flex she thinks it is.
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Gregg Parmentier @gggmn.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
One of the things I like about Minnesota: I don't have to worry about being removed from being a registered voter. Minnesota allows registering at the polls on election day.
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Something amazing, a boy falling from the sky… @mckenzee.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Danny Devito and Peter Dinklage should have been there.
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Paul C. @clrksn.com · 20/01/2025
Feeling this today.
I’M GOING BACK TO MINNESOTA WHERE SADNESS MAKES SENSE

BY DANEZ SMITH

O California, don’t you know the sun is only a god
if you learn to starve for him? I’m bored with the ocean
I stood at the lip of it, dressed in down, praying for snow
I know, I’m strange, too much light makes me nervous
at least in this land where the trees always bear green.
I know something that doesn’t die can’t be beautiful.
Have you ever stood on a frozen lake, California?
The sun above you, the snow & stalled sea—a field of mirror
all demanding to be the sun too, everything around you
is light & it’s gorgeous & if you stay too long it will kill you
& it’s so sad, you know? You’re the only warm thing for miles
& the only thing that can’t shine.
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Something amazing, a boy falling from the sky… @mckenzee.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
They say all words are made-up but I feel this one in particular was autogenic.
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Something amazing, a boy falling from the sky… @mckenzee.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Whoa, I know three of them and am possibly related to a fourth.
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Something amazing, a boy falling from the sky… @mckenzee.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Not exactly following the meme, but the best little musical thing I noticed is when Arcade Fire sampled XTC on SNL. In “The Sprawl II”, they used the breaking light bulb effect from “In My Room”. As far as I’ve found, that is the only time they did that.
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Something amazing, a boy falling from the sky… @mckenzee.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I have no idea who they are, but when they stopped like this right in front of me I couldn't resist.
Couple at Minnesota State Fair, striking a pose on the Midway
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Something amazing, a boy falling from the sky… @mckenzee.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Several kinks actually. Let's just start with feeder voyeurism. But, personally, I'm most bothered by eating shredded cheese from a crock. That is a softened cheese container.
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Something amazing, a boy falling from the sky… @mckenzee.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Aren't "bayesian priors" just a measure of ignorance? Like, it literally means "what I believed before I learned". They are the opposite of knowledge.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 03/09/2026
Republicans gave the Education Department an extra $1 billion to manage federal student loans. Since then, student loan defaults have hit record highs —and the agency won't tell us how it’s spent the money. I’m pressing for answers.
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Something amazing, a boy falling from the sky… @mckenzee.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Time for an Alamo/Waffle House crossover. I want a scattered-smothered-and-covered in the theater.
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Something amazing, a boy falling from the sky… @mckenzee.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
As I mentioned:
mpr.org
How MPR News' "Bathrobe Lady" Sam Stroozas became State Fair art | Minnesota Public Radio
MPR News journalist Sam Stroozas became known as “Bathrobe Lady” after she ran outside in a bathrobe and slippers to document breaking news and start reporting. Now, the viral moment has inspired art...
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Something amazing, a boy falling from the sky… @mckenzee.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Active shooter at 15 E Grant, multiple victims according to Citizen App.
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Something amazing, a boy falling from the sky… @mckenzee.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I counted 4 crafted versions of @samstroozas.bsky.social at the State Fair. I'm sure I missed a few.
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 01/09/2026
“I have never awarded a prize to a queer sex shop. That is a surprise.” -Martin Schultz, former head of the EU
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Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
A note re Warren Ellis: I've seen the narrative floating around that the process of transformative justice between Warren and SoManyOfUs fell apart for reasons outside of Warren's control, sometimes with an implication that these reasons were on the side of SMOU. This is not true.
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Something amazing, a boy falling from the sky… @mckenzee.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
No studies I can find, but lots of anecdotal evidence that vaccine for herpes zoster inhibits herpes simplex.
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Something amazing, a boy falling from the sky… @mckenzee.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Owls in the Family.
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Something amazing, a boy falling from the sky… @mckenzee.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
No Thirst
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Something amazing, a boy falling from the sky… @mckenzee.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Not sure how well this link will work here, but this is my Tim Curry/Dolly Parton mashup.
drive.google.com
Clear Blue Sky.mp3
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Something amazing, a boy falling from the sky… @mckenzee.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Tim/Dolly mashup shaping up since wife and daughter forbid me sampling Ozzy as well.
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Your Canadian Girlfriend @yourcanadiangf.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
saw a report on a school that's giving each student a backpack. This seemed nice until I realized that it means the school can search the backpacks without any due process because they're school property and don't belong to the students.
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Something amazing, a boy falling from the sky… @mckenzee.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Cartoon of multiple zoo animals staring straight ahead. Large speech bubble says "Sorry the leopards ate your face!" Small bubble in corner, coming from leopard says "I'm not."
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Something amazing, a boy falling from the sky… @mckenzee.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Got the STEMs, gonna work on this. Of course I meant Clear Blue Morning. Songs already in same key and those choruses work so well as a call-and-response.
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