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Commanding performance by Verstappen to take the lead on the first turn and never let up the entire Las Vegas GP — winning by 17 seconds. Impressive!

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Tyler and I opened our first Pokémon Ultra-Premium Collection tonight. No big pulls but some good fun.

Mega Charizard X ex Ultra Premium Collection box on a white marble surface, black and blue with gold foil dragon artwork.Mega Charizard X Ultra-Premium Collection box with booster packs, a playmat, deck box, coin, and dice spread on a table.Pokemon Trading Card Game playmat displaying about a dozen holographic cards including Cetitan ex, Mimikyu ex, Arcanine, and Zacian, with blue dice and a coin nearby.

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After we’ve made hundreds of candles for the Candle Fundraiser it is fun to casually pour a bunch of individual scents to try out. Ten scents poured tonight for the 2025 Scent Survey.

Dozens of handmade candles with wooden wicks in purple and green containers labeled Things 4 Good, arranged on an apple-print tablecloth.
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“Oh, I know I have that Pokémon card in here somewhere. Just let me look in this pile.” 😳😆 at MN Poke Pulls TCG.

Tables covered in thousands of loose and stacked trading cards including Pokemon cards at a card shop or convention vendor booth.
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I don’t know when or what app did this but I finally purged a bunch of Twitter “profile” values from my Contacts database. Little housecleaning. Related.

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POAP 7521420 at Horizon Oracle Finance Go Live.

Circular badge with orange-to-red gradient, rocket ship, stars, reading Horizon Oracle Go Live Nov. 17 2025
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MnTech Elevate was hosted in the Delta Sky360° Club at U.S. Bank Stadium and we got to take tours of the stadium including the locker room, going onto the field, seeing the Gjallarhorn, and the nicest couches you could watch a football game from.

Minnesota Vikings locker room with wood-paneled lockers bearing player nameplates and a Legends Start Here mural aboveMinnesota Vikings locker room ceiling with a large Viking horn sculpture and Legends Start Here mural with team logo on the wall belowMan in a navy vest taking a selfie on the field at U.S. Bank Stadium, home of the Minnesota Vikings, with other visitors behind himMinnesota Vikings logo painted on the turf at U.S. Bank Stadium with the empty field and goalposts in the background.Purple player benches on the sideline of U.S. Bank Stadium field with Minnesota Vikings branding visible in the stands behindGjallarhorn suspended by ropes inside U.S. Bank Stadium overlooking the Minnesota Vikings football field and purple seating bowlLuxury suite seating with dark leather couches and glass railings overlooking the Vikings field at U.S. Bank StadiumHundreds of miniature football helmets from various college and pro teams mounted in a grid on a white wall at U.S. Bank Stadium

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We had a great TeamSPS presence at MnTech Elevate tonight celebrating the local technology community and recognizing Tekne award winners! 🏆

Group of about 13 colleagues posing together at MnTech Elevate event inside a stadium venue with Vikings field visible in background
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Selfie with Joel Crandall, CEO of MnTech, moments before we kick off the very first MnTech Elevate event!

Two men smiling for a selfie inside US Bank Stadium at the MnTech Elevate event, one wearing a Vikings jersey and blazer
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Paragraph has now merged with Mirror and I decided to set up cross-posting to give it a try. Paragraph will pull posts from my RSS feed to show on my publication there as well.