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🐚 Shell-bee 🐝 Cap-HOT-cio 🥵🚫🧊 [Disability Pride Edition]@virtuistic· 27d

And it gets worse!

IQAir crop showing a hazardous AQI reading of 581 at my nearest sensor as of 11 pm in Minneapolis.

🐚 Shell-bee 🐝 Cap-HOT-cio 🥵🚫🧊 [Disability Pride Edition]@virtuistic· 27d

Gods damnit.

Screenshot of IQAir reading showing a hazardous AQI of 503 in Minneapolis, MN as of 10 pm

🐚 Shell-bee 🐝 Cap-HOT-cio 🥵🚫🧊 [Disability Pride Edition]@virtuistic· 27d

I've never seen it this bad, and I don't want to ever again.

Screenshot of IQAir showing a hazardous AQI reading of 403 for Minneapolis, MN

🐚 Shell-bee 🐝 Cap-HOT-cio 🥵🚫🧊 [Disability Pride Edition]@virtuistic· 27d

This is bad, not good. 😭

Screenshot of IQAir reading showing a Very Unhealthy AQI reading of 229 as of 8 pm

🐚 Shell-bee 🐝 Cap-HOT-cio 🥵🚫🧊 [Disability Pride Edition]@virtuistic· 28d

⚠️😷 Heads up from your friendly, neighborhood asthmatic: Heavy smoke from the wildfires up north is on the way, and air quality is expected to get bad fast when it does. Get those air filters ready! If you're in the Twin Cities and need help getting N95 masks, reach out to @maskblocmsp.bsky.social!

Map showing the Air Quality Alert covering Minneapolis and the Twin Cities Metro to the north and south in grey. Text reads: AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CDT FRIDAY...

* WHAT...The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has issued an Air
Quality Alert for fine particles pollution. The Air Quality Index
(AQI) is expected to reach the Red or Unhealthy category.

* WHERE...East central, central, west central, southeast, north
central, and northwest Minnesota.

Alert text continues: WHEN...Until 11 AM CDT Friday.

* IMPACTS...Some members of the general public may experience
health effects. Sensitive groups, such as people with lung
disease (including asthma), heart disease, and children and older
adults, may experience health effects.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Very heavy smoke is expected across the
Arrowhead today, as large wildfires continue to spread. Hot
temperatures, when combined with the air pollution, will
exacerbate health impacts. A frontal boundary will then spread
heavy smoke further south this evening into Wednesday morning, as
it moves across northern and central Minnesota. The onset of
smoke will be rapid. This boundary eventually passes through the
Twin Cities and into southeastern Minnesota on Wednesday or
Wednesday evening, bringing heavy smoke even further south.
Additional rounds of heavy smoke are possible from Thursday
through Friday morning across the alert area.

🐚 Shell-bee 🐝 Cap-HOT-cio 🥵🚫🧊 [Disability Pride Edition]@virtuistic· Jul 12

Heads up Minnesotans: We are entering another extended heat wave, which means the AQI may reach Yellow (moderate) on Sunday and Monday afternoons due to ozone in the Twin Cities. N95s can't filter ozone, but do help with smoke. Otherwise, stay cool, filter the air, and check on vulnerable folks! 🫶

Updated Sat, Jul 11, 2026; Detailed discussion

A strong ridge will build over the north central US over the weekend. It will be sunny and hot, and Yellow (moderate) AQIs due to ozone are forecast for tomorrow through Tuesday for central Minnesota. Southerly flow will keep smoke north of the border through Monday. A cold front will push into northern Minnesota on Tuesday, and wildfire smoke may lead to a degradation in air quality. The amount of smoke will depend on fire growth.

Today's MPCA forecast (July 12) showing a yellow cluster of counties surrounding the Twin Cities metro.

Tomorrow's forecast (July 13) showing yellow (moderate) AQI expected for the counties around the Twin Cities metro and several extending south to the southern border of Minnesota.

Day 2 forecast (July 14) showing yellow (moderate) AQI expected for the North Shore of Lake Superior and along the northern border to the center of the state in addition to the areas from the previous day, around the Twin Cities metro and down to the southern border.

🐚 Shell-bee 🐝 Cap-HOT-cio 🥵🚫🧊 [Disability Pride Edition]@virtuistic· Jul 8

"Your last saved celebrity pic on your phone is your therapist." Same caveats as Sigrid, and honestly, I'm pretty sure my actual therapist would be delighted by this.

Danny Devito in It's Always Sunny saying "You would have to be a real lowlife piece of shit to be proud to be an American."

🐚 Shell-bee 🐝 Cap-HOT-cio 🥵🚫🧊 [Disability Pride Edition]@virtuistic· Jul 5

I mean, come on...

Storm clouds uplit bright pink and purple by the sunset above buildings with downtown Minneapolis in the background on the right.

🐚 Shell-bee 🐝 Cap-HOT-cio 🥵🚫🧊 [Disability Pride Edition]@virtuistic· Jul 4

Where did you get that adorable kitty bed? I need one for your cat's cousin:

Chili, a black and white tuxedo cat with a pink nose, is being a little baby on her catctus.

🐚 Shell-bee 🐝 Cap-HOT-cio 🥵🚫🧊 [Disability Pride Edition]@virtuistic· Jun 30

This pleases me, though I do think that I'm more of a combo of skeptic + organizer. Zitron and Doctorow definitely are the voices I trust most on this topic. *Also, I want to clarify that I'm very pro-Robin Hood/Leverage-esque theft.

My quiz results, with the dot all the way down the bad axis. Text reads:

"You are...
The Union Organizer
patron saint: Cory Doctorow
AI is a real tool being used to extract real labor value from real people without paying them. You don't care about the singularity — you care about the artists, writers, and workers getting strip-mined by capital. You're not anti-technology. You're anti-theft."

🐚 Shell-bee 🐝 Cap-HOT-cio 🥵🚫🧊 [Disability Pride Edition]@virtuistic· Jun 20

If you click the play music bubble, you hop up onto the DJ deck. The song at the top of your list will play when the spotlight reaches you. In this room I've hosted for +10 years, we play A-Z, with one round on deck per letter. Anything goes as long as the artist name/track title starts with it.

🐚 Shell-bee 🐝 Cap-HOT-cio 🥵🚫🧊 [Disability Pride Edition]@virtuistic· Jun 20

🦄🍿✨ The perfect snack to go with sharing some of my favorite tunes for Pride Month! Join me on DJ deck: deepcut.live/alphabeats_soup It's been so long since I've done this silly collaborative Internet radio/literally musical chairs game I enjoy so much. It's free to join, tho not needed to listen.

Unicorn popcorn from Sweet D's on a slatted wooden bench. It is loaded with colorful star shaped sprinkles, and drizzled with pink vegan white chocolate

🐚 Shell-bee 🐝 Cap-HOT-cio 🥵🚫🧊 [Disability Pride Edition]@virtuistic· Jun 20

Excellent Midtown Farmers Market haul: 💚 Doubles from Channa 💚 Pakora from Krishna's Delight 💚 Sesame Rice Balls 💚 Vegan candy popcorn 💚 First bag full of seasonal organic produce from my pals at Foxtail Farm It is such a joy to start Saturday this way and come home with a super delicious lunch.

Overhead photo of the delicious doubles from Channa at the Midtown Farmers Market

Photo from inside the first Farmer's Choice mini CSA bag of the season from Foxtail Farm, showing all organic green veg. Bag contains garlic scapes, kale, two heads of lettuce, oregano, and sweet mokum carrots

🐚 Shell-bee 🐝 Cap-HOT-cio 🥵🚫🧊 [Disability Pride Edition]@virtuistic· Jun 19

Please don't hail on our shit. Please don't hail on our shit. Please don't hail on our shit.

Screenshot of Severe Thunderstorm Warning showing an orange rhombus of danger heading toward Minneapolis. Text reads:

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR
ANOKA, DAKOTA, NORTHWEST HENNEPIN, NORTHEAST HENNEPIN, CENTRAL
HENNEPIN, AND EAST HENNEPIN AND RAMSEY COUNTIES...

At 450 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Maple Grove, or
15 miles northwest of Minneapolis, moving east at 25 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

Minneapolis Severe Thunderstorm Alert text continues:

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Maple Grove, Champlin, Brooklyn Park, Plymouth, Brooklyn Center,
Coon Rapids, Golden Valley, Blaine, Fridley, Minneapolis, New
Brighton, Roseville, Shoreview, St. Paul, Maplewood, White Bear
Lake and Oakdale.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Seek shelter inside a well-built structure and stay away from
windows. This storm is capable of producing damaging winds and large
hail.

🐚 Shell-bee 🐝 Cap-HOT-cio 🥵🚫🧊 [Disability Pride Edition]@virtuistic· Jun 17

Appreciate you trying! Unfortunately, this is what I see within seconds of opening, and my usual workarounds get stuck in a captcha loop. I tried copying and pasting the text too, but it only gives me the first couple paragraphs. 🫠

NYT screenshot of their website being coercive and obstructive

🐚 Shell-bee 🐝 Cap-HOT-cio 🥵🚫🧊 [Disability Pride Edition]@virtuistic· Jun 12

Mood.

Color frame from a Poison Ivy comic, showing a man in a suit bound in vines and in apparent discomfort, saying "AHHRRGH!" Poison Ivy's back is to the viewer as she says to him, "The world can't survive without the the bees... but the world will never miss a greedy CEO."

🐚 Shell-bee 🐝 Cap-HOT-cio 🥵🚫🧊 [Disability Pride Edition]@virtuistic· Jun 8

New day, new Air Quality Alert about ozone in the metro that will last until tomorrow night. *heavy sigh* I am just an asthmatic, looking at sunny summer days, wishing I could go outside and breathe.

Cropped map showing a grey Air Quality Alert around Minneapolis and the Twin Cities metro, reaching from the Wisconsin border and northward toward St Cloud

NWS Air Quality Alert details:

AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT TO 9 PM CDT
TUESDAY...

* WHAT...The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has issued an Air
Quality Alert for ozone pollution. The Air Quality Index (AQI) is
expected to reach the Orange or Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
category.

* WHERE...East central and central Minnesota.

* WHEN...From noon CDT to 9 PM CDT Tuesday.

* IMPACTS...Sensitive groups, such as people with lung disease
(including asthma), heart disease, children and older adults, and
people who are active outdoors, may experience health effects.

Alert detail continues:

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Ground-level ozone is expected to be high
on Tuesday afternoon in the Twin Cities metro area and central
Minnesota. Mostly sunny skies, warm temperatures, and low
humidity will provide a favorable environment for two types of
pollutants (volatile organic compounds and nitrogen oxides) to
react with sunlight in the air to produce ground-level ozone.
Ozone is expected to reach unhealthy levels during the afternoon
and will subside in the early evening.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Sensitive groups, such as people with lung disease (including
asthma), heart disease, children and older adults, and people who
are active outdoors, should limit prolonged or heavy outdoor
exertion.

Reduce or eliminate activities that contribute to air pollution,
such as outdoor burning, and use of residential wood burning
devices. Reduce vehicle trips and vehicle idling as much as
possible.

🐚 Shell-bee 🐝 Cap-HOT-cio 🥵🚫🧊 [Disability Pride Edition]@virtuistic· Jun 6

Minnesota PSA from your friendly, neighborhood asthmatic: Most of the state is currently in an Air Quality Alert through 11pm on Sunday. 😮‍💨 Ozone can't be filtered by N95 masks, so the safest move is to stay in and avoid prolonged exposure, especially for kids, elders, and folks with heart disease.

Map showing the grey Air Quality Alert covering most of Minnesota, except for the Northeast.

AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT SUNDAY

* WHAT...The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has issued an Air
Quality Alert for ozone pollution. The Air Quality Index (AQI) is
expected to reach the Orange or Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
category.

* WHERE...Southern, central, and western Minnesota.

* WHEN...Until 11 PM CDT Sunday.

* IMPACTS...Sensitive groups, such as people with lung disease
(including asthma), heart disease, children and older adults, and
people who are active outdoors, may experience health effects.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Ground-level ozone is expected to be high
Saturday and Sunday afternoon across much of Minnesota. Mostly
sunny skies, warm temperatures, and low humidity will provide a
favorable environment for two types of pollutants (volatile
organic compounds and nitrogen oxides) to react with sunlight in
the air to produce ground-level ozone. The ozone levels will
decrease after sunset Saturday and be lower Sunday morning before
increasing again Sunday afternoon. Consider moving outdoor
activities outside of the afternoon hours.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Sensitive groups, such as people with lung disease (including
asthma), heart disease, children and older adults, and people who
are active outdoors, should limit prolonged or heavy outdoor
exertion.

Reduce or eliminate activities that contribute to air pollution,
such as outdoor burning, and use of residential wood burning
devices. Reduce vehicle trips and vehicle idling as much as
possible.

🐚 Shell-bee 🐝 Cap-HOT-cio 🥵🚫🧊 [Disability Pride Edition]@virtuistic· Jun 6

Tickets are on sale now! app.opendate.io/e/still-on-t... 🎵 Still on the Hook: A Benefit Concert Helping Neighbors Funds go to The Greater Longfellow Neighbor Relief Fund! 🎶 DONATE: NeighborReliefFund.org 🌟 Come together for an unforgettable evening of music, generosity, and community spirit. 🌟🎉

Purple and green graphic for a concert fundraiser on June 11 at Hook and Ladder Theater & Lounge supporting the Greater Longfellow Neighbor Relief Fund, sponsored by the Longfellow Community Council

STILL ON THE HOOK | A benefit concert helping neighbors + SINGING RESISTANCE

Featuring: Color Chord, DJ Jacques, Lucy Michelle, & Jack Klatt

Doors @ 5:30; Show @ 6 PM

🐚 Shell-bee 🐝 Cap-HOT-cio 🥵🚫🧊 [Disability Pride Edition]@virtuistic· Jun 4

Heads up Minneapolis folks who may be thinking of going for a swim or a paddle at Lake Nokomis - there's a blue green algae advisory that can be especially risky for kids and pets. I also am once again asserting that the chain of lakes area would benefit from more rewilding and less golf course.

Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board

Beaches and Lake Water Quality

Blue-green algae advisory in effect for both Lake Nokomis beaches

The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) has issued a hazardous algae advisory for both Lake Nokomis Main Beach and Lake Nokomis 50th Street Beach, based on its seasonal monitoring of blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) toxins in Minneapolis lakes.

The amount of microcystin, a chemical that blue-green algae can produce, exceeded the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency recommended standard for safe swimming at both beaches in this week's samples.

Hot weather, sunny skies and water temperatures higher than 75°F
are all ideal conditions for the growth of blue-green algae.“

There’s also a table of risk levels for various beach activities. Highest risk are children and pets in the water. High risk is swimming/diving, tubing/water skiing, and paddleboarding. Moderate risk is canoeing/kayaking, sailing, and personal watercraft. Low risk are boating, fishing, and fish consumption.

🐚 Shell-bee 🐝 Cap-HOT-cio 🥵🚫🧊 [Disability Pride Edition]@virtuistic· Jun 3

Mantou has discovered that she can cozy up inside my winter coat now that it's hung up for the summer and she has learned how to open the closet. 😅

Mantou, a black and white tuxedo cat, of hiding inside my winter coat.

🐚 Shell-bee 🐝 Cap-HOT-cio 🥵🚫🧊 [Disability Pride Edition]@virtuistic· Jun 1

Right in front of my salad. How very dare.

Photo of my actual salad in a bowl with crostini and agua kefir behind

🐚 Shell-bee 🐝 Cap-HOT-cio 🥵🚫🧊 [Disability Pride Edition]@virtuistic· May 18

Gotta say, it's deeply ironic and tone deaf for the Guardian to run a rotating carousel of garbage AI ads in this of all articles... Honestly, I can't even tell what most of these are supposed to do, and I genuinely couldn't care less. I hope this cursed bubble pops soon and ends the boondoggling.

Screenshot of an AI ad by Informatica cajoling voters to "see the real ROI of CLAIRE GPT" next to an ugly, misshapen, multicolored gear head.

The ad appears directly above a quote from Charlie Berens: “I will stick to comedy when our politicians stick to policy and stop protecting big tech and start protecting the people that put them into office,” said Berens, to applause.

Screenshot showing a very low effort and opaque Cielo ad that says "Humans + AI = Your New Manufacturing Workforce, Click Here for More Information; Don't miss this content from our sponsor; Ad by Sponsor" with two buttons, one to "Learn More" and "See More"

This ad also appears directly above a quote from Charlie Berens: “I’m asking for transparency. I’m asking for honesty. I’m asking for people to get informed,” said Berens. “I’m trying to facilitate that and if that at the end of the day means I lose everything, then so be it.”

🐚 Shell-bee 🐝 Cap-HOT-cio 🥵🚫🧊 [Disability Pride Edition]@virtuistic· May 4

Even though I'm always incredibly sneezy and wheezy this time of year, I absolutely love it when it's just blossoms all the way down the street, as far as the eye can see. Minneapolis is so beautiful. 🌸💖

The view from the crosswalk at 32nd and Haha. There is a small rainbow reflection from the sun shining on the street sign in front of rows of pink flowering trees lining the road under a blue sky with no clouds

Close-up photo of pink blossoms in the sunlight. They cover most branches with the blue sky behind

Color photo with the sun shining through clusters of pink flowers along the trunk

Flower-filled branches in the sunlight, with light pink petals on the blooms and deeper magenta on the blossoms that have yet to open. A few green leaves peek through.

🐚 Shell-bee 🐝 Cap-HOT-cio 🥵🚫🧊 [Disability Pride Edition]@virtuistic· May 2

NOW IN MINNEAPOLIS: Get you to the bake sale that runs til 1 pm @ El Nuevo Campo and enjoy some unreasonably delicious treats while raising funds to help keep neighbors housed. 💸🏘️✊🏻 My partner made dozens of these amazing cookies. 🍪 Can't make it? You can donate directly at NeighborReliefFund.org

Join us for a bake sale at:
Greater Longfellow Neighborhood Day
With Longfellow Community Council
Bake Sale* on May 2, 10am-1pm
El Nuevo Campo - 2709 Lake Street
Come get delicious treats with a donation to Greater Longfellow Neighbor Relief Fund

Organic vegan peanut butter chocolate chip cookies made with love

🐚 Shell-bee 🐝 Cap-HOT-cio 🥵🚫🧊 [Disability Pride Edition]@virtuistic· May 1

🫡 Genuinely surprised it took this long, but I'm proud to be among such great company. *sipping on haterade whilst polishing my hater badge*

Screenshot of text: @antiantiai.bsky.social has added you to the "AI Haters" moderation list and a link to the list of absolute champions

🐚 Shell-bee 🐝 Cap-HOT-cio 🥵🚫🧊 [Disability Pride Edition]@virtuistic· Apr 30

#MaskUp #MayDay #WeProtectUs

A gay AF dinosaur is telling you to wear a mask in public for May day events. The flyer has a vibrant background with the atmosphere of a 1980s party with a dinosaur wearing a KN95 vibing out. Top of the flyer has two boxes. Box #1 says "Mask Up for Twin Cities May Day Activities." Box #2 says "Make Space Accessible for Immunocompromised and Other Disabled People!" Below these 2 boxes, this queer dinosaur shouts "Combat Ableism!" Under the dinosaur is another box (Box #3). Box #3 says "Stop the Indoor and Outdoor Spread of Airborne Viruses Like COVID (Not Over), Measles, ETC. Prevent a Super-Spreader May Day!"

🐚 Shell-bee 🐝 Cap-HOT-cio 🥵🚫🧊 [Disability Pride Edition]@virtuistic· Apr 22

Who could have possibly predicted this entirely predictable snafu?

🐚 Shell-bee 🐝 Cap-HOT-cio 🥵🚫🧊 [Disability Pride Edition]@virtuistic· Apr 18

💸🏘️ UPDATE: Goal 🆙 to $375K Donate: NeighborReliefFund.org Many families in Minnesota are in crisis and need help now. Our local #MutualAid fund alone has $41,000 in requests for rent relief that are overdue. Please share widely! Thank you to everyone who is helping us keep our neighbors housed. ✊🏻

Green and purple update graphic from the Greater Longfellow Relief Fund:

The "Secondary Crisis" is Here
When neighbors are detained or deported, the loss of income creates an immediate threat of eviction.

THE REALITY:
Families can't afford to leave, but they also can no longer afford to stay.

NeighborReliefFund.org

Green and purple update graphic from the Greater Longfellow Relief Fund:

2-3 Families Every Day.
That is the average number of requests for aid we receive.

THE RISK:
We are fulfilling most needs, but delays put neighbors in a precarious position. We need to move faster to prevent evictions.

NeighborReliefFund.org

Green and purple update graphic from the Greater Longfellow Relief Fund:

IMPACT TO DATE:
$297,767 distributed to 173 families.
Community generosity has been life-changing, but the work isn't done.

THE DATA:
⚠️$41,000+ in unmet requests right now. ⚠️
The long-term effects of Operation Metro Surge will be felt for years.

NeighborReliefFund.org

Green and purple update graphic from the Greater Longfellow Relief Fund:

HELP US REACH $375,000
We are increasing our goal to ensure no neighbor faces a crisis alone.

Please give if you're able and, also just as powerful, spread the word.

Let's keep our community safe.

NeighborReliefFund.org

🐚 Shell-bee 🐝 Cap-HOT-cio 🥵🚫🧊 [Disability Pride Edition]@virtuistic· Apr 16

More "upstream timeout" errors on Bluesky this morning because of "an incident with service in one of our reginos..." I'm sure this has nothing to do with their vibe-coded AI abomination for feeds, even though app performance has been markedly worse since the unwelcome introduction of Attie...