Jamie Thingelstad

Writer of The Weekly Thing. Explorer of tech, the open web, AI, and a good escape room. Minneapolis is home.

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Last night we finished watching Season 7 of Young Sheldon. We watched this show mostly as a family, except Mazie mostly being off to college. It didn’t warm to me right away, which is true for most TV shows. But over time I came to really like it. Will miss these characters!

Eight people posing outdoors in a sandy landscape looking up at the camera, one holding a newborn baby

We saw Tina Schlieske’s Birthday Show at The Dakota and it was incredible! She was joined by her sister Laura and they hit a ton of great songs and pulled in a bunch of covers too. It got so fired up by the end that people were standing up and dancing, at a jazz club, and she sang from a table! 🔥

Band performing on a small club stage at The Dakota, with two lead singers at microphones, guitarist, keyboardist, drummer, and bassist, lit in purple and red Overhead view of a packed jazz club with a woman singing at a red keyboard, a guitarist on stage, and audience members standing and dancing in purple stage light

Waited until it was cold enough before swapping this light out. New light should prohibit access by hornets attempting to build nests again.

Recessed ceiling light fixture on gray siding soffit with a hornet nest visible inside the open housing Multiple abandoned hornet nests with empty hexagonal paper cells built around an old outdoor light fixture socket. Recessed porch ceiling light above a yellow front door, with a Werner ladder leaning against the house below