Shaun

@shauninmpls

"You can stay up late cuz baby you're a full-grown man." Minneapolis devotion/rage, managing editor for hire and all things word-adjacent, musician and music lover, libertine papist. she/her

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Shaun@shauninmpls· 20d

Gonna tell my grandkids this was THE ODYSSEY

A standard Schnauzer dog in an orange life vest seemingly fused with a human holding her, whose face cannot be seen. She's mostly upright with only her back legs in a lake; standard Northwoods tree lined shore is in the background

Shaun@shauninmpls· 20d

When you work remotely in Wisconsin

A laptop with Zoom running propped on top of a shoebox, a bluetooth keyboard below. On either side of the keyboard are 2 large bottles of white rum (both half full), a boat speaker and Hendrick's Gin, and heading into the background, Crown Royal, a Lagavulin box, Grenadine, Captain Morgan, two bottles of Skyy Vodka, and a dartboard. Also a coffee mug.

Shaun@shauninmpls· 20d

first image in your camera roll that makes you laugh out loud

The back of a car with a bumper sticker that reads "I ❤️ Aging and Dying" and another that says "How an I driving? How does an engine even work? How can a loving God cause such agony?"

Shaun@shauninmpls· 22d

Ain't nothin' like the real thing, baby. I've Asana-ed, I've Trello-ed, I've Smartshat. (So far I have mostly avoided Jira.) But now I'm hauling out my stack of real notebooks and going analog.

A messy desk top, with one small pocket-size notebook (grid paper) stacked on top of a larger a5 (dots), with a sticker book and another pocket-size in the background.

Shaun@shauninmpls· 22d

I know, I know, it's really serious

Phoebe in a life vest

Phoebe is a standard schnauzer dog wearing a yellow-orange doggie life vest with teal trim and buckles. She is standing on a living room carpet, looking at the camera with an expression of skepticism (What now?) or possibly a glimmer of hope (I guess it's possible this could lead to something fun)

Shaun@shauninmpls· 25d

OTOH, here are two portraits from this morning that I aspire to resemble

A smiling standard Schnauzer dog sitting on a living room sofa

Amazing portrait of the feminist, socialist art patron Rosa Schapire in the style of German expressionism. She is wearing something akin to a white sailor suit layered necklaces and a pinkish brooch, sitting in a wooden chair, with a blue almost ocean-like background. One hand is at her chin and she looks down her nose at you with the cold stare that German artists made famous.

Shaun@shauninmpls· 25d

Really a trip to see THE ODYSSEY and the MIA Modern Art and Politics in Germany 1910-45 one after the other. Very much anti-war, but also about the reevaluation of warrior heroism and the way a piece of art looks different before and after horrific events.

Fallen Man: bronze sculpture of a nude man on all fours with his head bent down and pressed to the ground. He looks like he is crawling and has a dagger in his hand.

Woodblock print of a mother shielding her small child from leering evil men whose faces are the background

Shaun@shauninmpls· 25d

More new tiny baby eggplants! They are so cute, and so pleasant to cook with.

Close up of green leaves, eggplant flowers, and two small eggplant, one about 1 in Long, one maybe 2 in long

Shaun@shauninmpls· 28d

I didn't know AQI over 500 was even a thing

Screenshot of Airnow.gov showing an AQI of 530 for 11pm CDT on July 15. The chart is a meter pointing all the way to the right, indicating the air is hazardous.

Shaun@shauninmpls· Jul 11

Haven't ventured to the punk fest yet, but another high school classmate was in town running a chamber music festival so I went there. "You look Good!" he said once I reintroduced myself. To be fair, this is what he was comparing me to

A very 80s senior picture of a teenager with an inexplicable perm

Shaun@shauninmpls· Jul 9

Western South Dakota politics report: 79yo mom shows off pins she got for herself and friends.

Shaun@shauninmpls· Jul 9

Apologies all around, but I will always remember these sculptures from the Tate Modern, which were made by the artist and her male partner peeing in the snow and then using the indentations as a mold. The curation suggested the resulting patterns had something to do with gender.

Nine round white tables, about the size of a small coffee table, but instead of a flat top they each have a bumpy top that looks like a scale model of a mountain range or a volcano surrounded by hills. One looks a little like the Space Needle

Shaun@shauninmpls· Jul 4

Happy Fourth of July from the only American King!

Verified not-AI image of Elvis Presley in his classic white jumpsuit. He is riding an eagle flying directly at the viewer with wings spread. Elvis is pointing at you with one hand, holding an American flag in the other, and wearing a guitar over his shoulder. There are red firework-like sparks behind him and the eagle, on a black background. (If you look close you can see wrinkles suggesting that this is on a t-shirt)

Shaun@shauninmpls· Jul 3

Minnesota welcomes me! Vacation is great, but it's also great to get back to the splendors of my hometown.

The Minnesota-shaped welcome sign sitting between 2 lone evergreens, as seen from the passenger side of a car windshield

Shaun@shauninmpls· Jun 28

On vacation in NE Michigan w/ BFF, pictured here as gremlin photobomber.

Foreground: woman in sunglasses in a selfie with a metal sculpture of a bald eagle head

Background: man in a green shirt standing right to the eagle

Zoom in on the background of the other photo, showing the man sticking out his tongue at the camera.

Shaun@shauninmpls· Jun 28

Dammit if I am not a sucker for the idea that art, and especially literature, not only Can change the world but is Necessary to changing it.

ONE ALADDIN TWO LAMPS

Shahrazad sees past what is into what is not. She has done so from the very first night and, over three years, woven a world of life out of scraps of death.

Imagination is our only way to see beyond the present emergency. Imagination allows compassion, even to those who do not deserve it. Imagination is willing to tell the story again.

Imagination is the power of change.

King of the World, what follows is more marvellous yet.

Shaun@shauninmpls· Jun 26

Hey, I'm on vacation too!

Results of an internet quiz that evaluates you on a scale of Woke to Chud, Techbro to neo-luddite, hopepilled to doomed, and Davos to Dubai. My closest match is Leo XIV

Shaun@shauninmpls· Jun 25

Look at my dog

Close up of a standard Schnauzer dog looking into the camera with one eye.

Shaun@shauninmpls· Jun 23

I got to hang out with a very cute baby today but I can't post his picture, so here's my dog looking very cute instead.

Close up of the face of a salt and pepper standard schnauzer, her chin resting on the photographer's leg, one eye visible and looking directly at.

Shaun@shauninmpls· Jun 21

Always post The Bridge And Good evening, Great Lakes!

View from inside a car while crossing the Mackinac Bridge. The bridge is lined on both sides with the cables that hold it up, and 2 of the central pillars are in the center of the frame. A bright blue sky with scattered white clouds fills the background.

Shaun@shauninmpls· Jun 11

Mamdani, Leo, and the Universe knew you needed this

A screenshot of a blue sky timeline with many people exclaiming about the Knicks win.

One person says HAIM sisters are witches who can reverse curses?

Darth says, did anybody die of holding their breath??

Shaun@shauninmpls· Jun 10

I replied to this like a fool. I blame it on being out on a Tuesday night for a jazz jam session that has not even started.

A mansplaining incident in which someone wants to ask me questions to help me better understand the business of headline writing, a job I have done for almost 40 years.

Shaun@shauninmpls· Jun 2

Do you guys remember how there used to be a store at the mall where you could get heat-transfer stuff on a shirt—band logos, anything you felt like spelling out in block letters? Do stores like this exist anymore?

Parker Posey in Dazed and Confused wearing a white jersey with SENIORS printed on the front in blue letters. She's shaking ketchup bottles and smiling because she's about to make incoming freshmen suffer.

Shaun@shauninmpls· May 28

I liked the soft serve beer last year (whatever @stpauligrrrl.bsky.social may say about it) and cheese curd tacos are reliable. My 100% must have is the Corn Roast, ideally followed up by a trip down the Giant Slide.

A state fair regular and lauded crop artist expressing her feelings about the soft serve beer

Shaun@shauninmpls· May 27

Oh hell yes, picking some up on my way home tomorrow.

Trickster Taco food truck schedule showing the Food Truck at MIA family night 5-8pm on 5/28 and the Prior Lake Powwow 12-5 on 5/30, plus some private events.

Shaun@shauninmpls· May 27

Interesting. Anyway, psyched to see The Time and a bunch of other folks at the Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis show at the real State Fair.

Screen shot of a Facebook post from a verified Morris Day and The Time account. The post says "It's a No For Me" with sunglasses smiley face emoji, and there is an image with a big red "No Entry" symbol that also reads, "Contrary to Rumor, Morris Day& The Time Will Not be Performing at the 'Great American State Fair'"

Shaun@shauninmpls· May 23

This is a pretty interesting history of the bizarre relationship between the Libertarian Capitalist right and Christianity. Pulls together some familiar threads into a scarily coherent narrative--worth a read. Conclusion:

Peter Thiel recently complained that Christianity “always takes the side of the victim,” and characterized “wokeness” as an “ultra-Christianity” extended from this compassion. He may not foam at the mouth over the “woke mind virus” the way Elon Musk does, but he and the right more broadly agree that it has to be destroyed “for us to go back to a society that’s progressing.” The Silicon Valley right has invented its own gospel and even its own idea of the soul: Hayek’s conception of the mind was incongruous with human psychology but describes well the tech right’s vision for AI. Behold. From the industry that brought you libertarianism without civil liberties and currencies without value come minds without will and a Gospel without mercy.

Shaun@shauninmpls· May 22

I finally tried the LA burrito at Lito's at Lake and Bryant and it is The Shit. The Bomb. So incredibly delicious and absolutely HUGE. Everybody please go there!

A cross section of a burrito on foil with rice, beans, beef, guacamole, and fries.

A wall covered in a wide assortment of anti-ICE posters.

Shaun@shauninmpls· May 22

One of the most apt analogies I've seen on the topic.

Screenshot of highlighted text reading, "Colbert began his late show analogizing Trump jokes to a sleeve of cookies; now we're all like Homer Simpson in hell's ironic punishment Division, being force-fed Donuts for eternity."

Shaun@shauninmpls· May 21

My alarm went off so my dog, who was sleeping on the bed with me, got up and barked and fully laid across my legs so I can't move. Thursday is canceled. Mug shot