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Customer: explaining something important to me My mind:

submitted 3 hours ago • 1 comment

TIL the original take of Low Rider was 9.5 minutes long and had extra verses, solos, etc oh and it slaps of course www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjgY...

submitted 4 hours ago • 1 comment

It's probably because I've read one and not the other but I feel like Fahrenheit 451 is much more analogous to the present day than 1984

submitted 10 hours ago • 0 comments

All the US urbanists should find a small to mid size city to move to and take over, turning it into a model city for the rest of the country to follow I vote we all move to Duluth

submitted 11 hours ago • 1 comment

Rainville continues to do the right thing for entirely the wrong reasons

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The heartbreaking statement from Jonathan Joss’s husband about his death.

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The only number I knew was my parents landline but they got rid of it so now I'm just fucked

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"your honor I am smol bean" lmao

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Nothing worse than seeing the bus pull away right as you get to the stop

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One of those deep ear cleans would fix me right now

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

Yeah, Rubber Duck to Sod Buster C'mon there Yeah, Ten-Four Sod Buster Listen, you wanna put that microbus In behind that suicide jockey? Yeah, he's haulin' dynamite and he needs all the help he can get

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

The feminine urge to dress up cute and take photos at the local art museum

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We hope you’ll join us for a toast to the retirement of Route 21 at 3 p.m. on Friday, June 13, at our Nicollet Garage. Hosted by Tane Danger and with remarks by 21A playwright Kevin Kling, this is a retirement party you won’t want to miss! RSVP for the event here: www.facebook.com/share/16NRc5...

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

Congratulations to the next president of Poland, Rafal Trzaskowski

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

1. lmao Axios 2. what the hell does this even mean

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Tiktok has reinvented the YouTube poop

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Maryland you got it easy, the one speeding ticket I've gotten was for 8 over and it was $130

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

For some reason I always read "clean coal" in the "steamed hams" voice

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

The real reason bluesky is failing is because we haven't got the porn over here yet

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

"Mom can we have Summit Avenue?" "We have Summit Avenue at home" Summit Avenue at home:

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They should make candy cigarettes with nicotine in them

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Who out meandering their med city? #mcm #medcity

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

The one about throwing a potato in the oven even when you don't want a baked potato because by the time it's done who knows

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Imagine being able to take the Northstar up to Anoka, getting crossfaded in public, and then take it home

submitted 11 days ago • 2 comments

As someone who went through the job search hell recently all of this rings true,but I cannot stress how much HR automation is getting in the way. 99% of my applications got no or an automated response The only reason I have my new job is because a recruiter - an actual human being - contacted me

submitted 11 days ago • 2 comments

Minneapolis’ Twenty-Ninth Street Railroad Depression Part One: Legal Battle and Construction: https://streets.mn/2025/05/23/minneapolis-twenty-ninth-street-railroad-depression-part-one/ Archival photos and century-old headlines bring to life the fight to lower train tracks through the heart of M...

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

"Smoke on the Water is based on a true story" sounds insane but is 100% true

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

Yes I get it it's a good cover good lord

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

Isn't it obvious?

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

Uber's gonna discover the hard way that public transit isn't profitable, either

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

Happy birthday to the Borealis! Over 220k people rode it in the first year (including myself 3 times so far) smashing all ridership estimates, despite equipment and capacity problems

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DON'T KNOW???

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

North Dakota just became the first state to commit funds ($150K) to support the Big Sky North Coast Corridor, Chicago to Seattle, with ND stops in Fargo, Jamestown, Bismarck, Dickinson, and Medora. Story via The Dickinson Press (subscription may be required): tinyurl.com/39b66bsw

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