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After months of little to no rain, it comes in buckets.

Radar map showing a large storm system stretching across Minnesota and the Dakotas with heavy precipitation in red, yellow, and green.
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Just helped my brother escape his overpriced and bloated hosted email service and move his custom domain and all saved mail to Fastmail. 🤩

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We visited the Van Gogh Experience and we all enjoyed it. It is an immersive experience built on Van Gogh’s artwork. I found it very captivating and engaging. My only complaint was the lack of seating. It was a long time to sit on a cement floor. I might consider going again and watching it a couple of times.

Visitors sit on chairs and the floor inside a dark room with Van Gogh paintings projected floor-to-ceiling on all walls. Immersive projection of Van Gogh self-portrait with straw hat covering darkened room walls as silhouetted visitors sit on the floor Visitors wearing masks sit on the floor and small stools inside an immersive Van Gogh projection exhibit with swirling gold artwork covering walls and floor
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I’m a huge fan of Cook. Crazy big pay day. $750M. 💰

Tim Cook, Apple’s chief executive, received more than 5m shares in the firm and sold most of them, pocketing over $750m this week. The stock grant—part of a compensation package set in 2011—was contingent on the tech firm meeting various financial targets, which it did. Under Mr Cook’s tenure, Apple’s market capitalisation has risen more than seven-fold. — Economist Espresso, Saturday, August 28.

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I first heard of Rivian via The Long Way Up. Their trucks look pretty amazing. The valuation seems crazy high, but this might be a good investment still.

Rivian, a California-based electric-vehicle startup, filed confidentially for a public listing, seeking a valuation between $70bn and $80bn. Among its planned offerings are a sport-utility vehicle and a pick-up truck. Like Tesla, it wants to bypass dealerships and sell directly to customers. Deliveries were meant to start in June but have been delayed due to the pandemic. — Economist Espresso, Saturday, August 28.

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What do you do when a hard rain comes right as you put the smash burgers on the flat top? Get the umbrellas! ☔️

Man with glasses smiling at camera holds umbrella over a flat top grill with smash burgers cooking in the rain while two others stand nearby.
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Our garden at the lake has gone wild! The tomatoes have pulled their cages out of the dirt! The tomatoes and squash are escaping to take over the yard. The strawberries are sending advanced troops out of the beds. Order must be restored. 🚨

Raised cedar planter boxes overflowing with tomatoes, squash, zinnias, and celosias on a gravel pad beside a lawn, with a decorative metal sculpture behind them.Raised cedar and corrugated metal garden beds overflowing with tomatoes, squash, kale, zinnias, and herbs on a gravel pathOverflowing raised cedar garden beds bursting with cherry tomato plants, pink flowers, and squash vines, with a gray barn-style house behindRaised cedar and corrugated metal garden beds overflowing with tomatoes, squash, and flowering plants on a gravel base in a lush yard

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I’ve been experimenting with Literal.club to connect and discover books and reading connections. If you are on Literal, I am jthingelstad. Lets connect! 📚

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Getting ready for our biggest Things 4 Good candle project! 110 lbs of soy wax. 144 vessels. 🤩 Lots of Wooden Wick boxes.

Stacks of cardboard boxes labeled with candle vessel colors including Black, Blue, Copper, Yellow Matte, and Iridescent Pink on a wood floor.
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MN Nice Cream. 🍦

Neon sign of an ice cream cone with blue swirled soft serve on a yellow cone, mounted on a colorful painted brick wall.