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Post on Jamie Thingelstad - Jamie Thingelstad

2026-02-12T03:11:34.000Z

I hit 10k in Clash Royale! Go POAP KINGS!

Post on Patrick Rhone - Patrick Rhone

2026-02-11T04:26:29.000Z

Bethany and I are in our bottle of wine a night era.

As you know if you’ve been following along at all, my daughters... - Barry Hess

2026-02-10T17:28:10.000Z

As you know if you’ve been following along at all, my daughters are huge K-pop fans. Pink Floyd has always been my favorite band, so it feels right that we now have a pretty great cover of “Wish You Were Here” by FIFTY FIFTY.

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Post on Jamie Thingelstad - Jamie Thingelstad

2026-02-10T17:23:40.000Z

POAP 7563511 at SPS MAX Introduction.

Prizefighter - Patrick Rhone

2026-02-09T13:00:27.000Z

Sometime shortly before Beatrix was born, Bethany being prescient asked me, “So if there’s a problem during delivery, do you stay with me or go with the kid?”

“What is this? This is like a Cosmo test, right?”

*Does Your Baby Daddy Love You? Find Out With This One Simple Trick!”

“I stay with you, of course!”, I answered.

It was the wrong answer.

So when it came to pass that, after a long arduous labor, many attempts to get Beatrix to come out, finally leading to a c-section, and a heart issue was detected within the first few seconds, Beatrix was whisked away by the team of nurses to the NICU and I followed.

She looked like a prizefighter. One that had gone the full 12 rounds and won only by split decision. Her face was puffy and swollen, one eye a bit blackened, her mouth in a resting scowl.

So there we were, just staring at each other, her first 6 hours on this planet were just Beatrix and me (and the occasional nurse to check in) while we waited for various tests to be run. Bethany was not allowed to be in the NICU. Due to the c-section she was not sterile. They wheeled her down from recovery briefly, a couple of hours in, and I was allowed 5 minutes to bring Beatrix out so her mother could hold her for just a bit before being wheeled back.

It sounds so cliche to say that I remember it as if it was yesterday, because it seems like it was. It’s burned into my memory because for that tenuous six hours, unsure really what the heart issue was and what it all meant, I knew I only had one thing to do — look at her. Look at every eyelash surrounding her blue eyes, every tiny wrinkle on her hands and feet, even her sort-of-black eye.

Beatrix was wide awake too. Blue eyes darting all around intensely interested. A look almost of shock but likely wonder as to how it could be that she wen’t from the relative comfort and security of her mother’s womb to… This! Bright lights and beeps and voices and whirring machines. From safety to life. Her heart may not be perfect but she was going to use every bit of it to survive. She was a fighter.

That was 18 years ago today.

And here is Beatrix now. Still rolling with the punches life keeps throwing at her and her peers. Covid and the George Floyd Uprising and now the Siege of her City. Still surviving each and every round. Keeping her guard up but landing plenty good ones herself.

And here her Mother and I are, on the cusp of sending her once again from safety to life. Just as uncertain as to what the future will hold. Only certain that no matter what she’ll take every hit and survive every round and in the end the judges will rule in her favor. She trained her whole life for this. She’s a fighter.

What a Super Bowl halftime show... - Barry Hess

2026-02-09T01:40:58.000Z

What a Super Bowl halftime show. I teared up from the middle during the wedding celebration to the end. Bad Bunny, NBC and the NFL just made a giant statement about humanity and love to those that are doing such bad things to our country.

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Post on Patrick Rhone - Patrick Rhone

2026-02-07T15:45:55.000Z

Last night we drank a whole bottle of sparkling rosé with buttered popcorn while watching a cheesy show and it was perfect. No notes.

Post on Jamie Thingelstad - Jamie Thingelstad

2026-02-07T01:26:49.000Z

Mason Jennings show at The Dakota tonight. Lovely. 🎶

Post on Jamie Thingelstad - Jamie Thingelstad

2026-02-06T00:25:30.000Z

POAP 7562293 at POAP KINGS Founder.

Post on Jamie Thingelstad - Jamie Thingelstad

2026-02-06T00:03:10.000Z

POAP 7562288 at SPS Ignite 2026.

Post on Patrick Rhone - Patrick Rhone

2026-02-04T18:43:12.000Z

Pursued by federal agents, suburban ICE observers remain resolved | MPR News

If I am killed doing this, throw my body at the White House, martyr the shit out of me and raise hell. Do not be sad. Do not think I would do anything differently. I would do it over and over again — this is too important to sit down and shut up and not do anything.

Big Minnesota energy.

Sierra Hull – Mad World (Tears For Fears) | DelFest (2022) - Patrick Rhone

2026-02-04T17:54:01.000Z

Post on Patrick Rhone - Patrick Rhone

2026-02-04T15:08:44.000Z

The miscalculation they made here: There are no strangers in Minnesota. Only neighbor’s you’ve never met.

This has been a reason and opportunity to meet many more of them.

And we are made better and stronger by it.

Post on Jamie Thingelstad - Jamie Thingelstad

2026-02-04T14:59:01.000Z

Excited to kick off SPS Ignite 2026! Today is going to be amazing.

Post on Benji Encalada Mora - Benji Encalada Mora

2026-02-04T00:33:07.000Z

O: "Mama, why don't we donate to thecurrent.org"

Do all the online recipe and influencer chefs really prefer Better Than Bouillon... - Barry Hess

2026-02-03T03:51:39.000Z

Do all the online recipe and influencer chefs really prefer Better Than Bouillon? Or have we all been slow-played by the company?

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Post on Jamie Thingelstad - Jamie Thingelstad

2026-02-02T23:47:59.000Z

Om Malik has been writing incredible blog posts lately! Velocity was amazing, Evidence continued, Tech & Media, and now FOMO. Delights me that he is still sharing his writing and thoughts with us — long after the days of Gigaom. 👏

Post on Jamie Thingelstad - Jamie Thingelstad

2026-02-02T15:07:55.000Z

POAP 7561204 at The Molt Epoch Begins.

Post on Patrick Rhone - Patrick Rhone

2026-02-02T14:58:26.000Z

Dara, inside the economic blockade

What do you know about cities inside economic blockades? I know about the Prussian siege of Paris, when the trapped Parisians had to eat their zoo elephants. I know about the Dutch Hunger Winter, when the Nazis were, as ever, acting like Nazis and starving babies and everyone.

But here’s what an economic blockade looks like in a 21st century American city.

Another must read if you want to know what life is (still) like here.

Post on Patrick Rhone - Patrick Rhone

2026-02-02T14:42:06.000Z

Opinion | This Is Not a Drill – The New York Times

A president who doesn’t care about the law, who commands an obedient Congress and is supported by a radicalized base of tens of millions of people who believe his lies, represents a threat to the next election. I fear that millions of citizens are still too complacent. They aren’t aware of the peril we face.

I’ve been beating this drum for a while now.