Andrew Byron

Land Surveying, MN Ag, GNSS, Water, LIDAR, the West.

Face it, freedom failed. -Dr. Evil

[The Onion @TheOnion]

Trump: ‘The Cat On Television Says His Lasagna Was Eaten By Haitians’

[Destiny Wells @TheDestinyWells]

U.S. Army Reserve officer of a 4yr-old here, with multiple military tours and 21 years of service going strong. I’d like to make a point about MSG Walz (Retired) I feel everyone is overlooking…

He mobilized to Italy in support of OEF from Aug 2003- to Apr 2004. That would be when his long awaited IVF baby, Hope, was 2 and 3-yrs-old.

Walz came home with over 23 years of service, and relatively soon after he dropped his well-earned retirement paperwork. He did not miss Hope’s 5th.

My husband just retired from the Guard with 23 years of service—we are both at those years in our life, but also older with young children, including our own 4-year-old. We’re also in a transition of trying to make service beyond uniform our future (yeah, I’m also running for office).

It’s up to all citizen-Soldiers to make the best decisions for their family. Sometimes those are decisions where public service leaves the uniform and family is a priority. We may even retire at the lesser rank (MSG versus SGM) because it’s THAT important.

My two cents: unless you’ve been in this position, it’s truly not yours to judge.

[Jared Yates Sexton @JYSexton]

I am begging you, in an incredibly unstable and dangerous environment, to remember that social media prioritizes misinformation as a means of profit and that AI is a completely novel technology with the power to absolutely derail reality.

We’re in a hinge point. Treat it as such

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

In this era of calling college students "kids" and concerns about elderly presidential candidates, it’s amazing to look at the ages of the Founding Fathers on July 4, 1776. Can you guess them? Burr, Hamilton, Madison? 20, 21, 25. Jefferson, Adams, Washington? 33, 40, 43! 🇺🇸

[Shahbaz Khan @ShahbazMKhan]

a credentialed outlet putting out an incredibly stupid opinion piece that can be summarized by “yeah, I know he’s been through a lot, but I think he’s annoying” is a great marker of general NBA media coverage these days. embarrassing use of your platform.

[Rob Perez @WorldWideWob]

defensive possession of the year by the league’s #1 rated defense all season.

[Kyle Theige @KyleTheige]

Not to be a prisoner of the moment but this was legitimately one of the greatest basketball moments of my life.

Anthony Edwards is the fucking truth.

[Ben Goldfarb @ben_a_goldfarb]

I want to live in a world where sturgeon are once again so abundant that they pose a navigational hazard.

[Kyle Theige @KyleTheige]

The Timberwolves (essentially) traded Andrew Wiggins and Jonathan Kuminga for Mike Conley, Nickeil Alexander-Walker, and Leonard Miller.

Good deal? Or great deal?

[Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D @RVAwonk]

“Western governments’ handle on the disinformation crisis seems to be getting weaker by the day. […] Perhaps they cannot see the conceptual link between information war & military war—and refuse to recognize that the West is already at war with Russia…”
https://t.co/JGEKPhqBpj

[Dave Troy @davetroy]

3/Theirs is a nihilistic quest for absolute power by any means necessary. There are no boundaries, no political goal or ideology — besides subversion, total subjugation of the enemy, the attainment of total control. Keep this in mind as we toil to keep our republic.

[Rural Indexing Project @ruralindexing]

See other side
Yutan, NE

[Chenue Her @ChenueHer]

This is Ahmir Jolliff. At home, he was known as “Smiley”.

Ahmir loved soccer, played the tuba and sang in choir. He had a habit of touching people on their shoulder and asking them how their day was.

On Thursday morning, Ahmir was killed at school in Perry, IA.

[Simpsons Quotes @Simpsons_tweets]

"Will this horrible year never end?" #HappyNewYear

[Terrible Maps @TerribleMaps]

Does their state flag have toes?

[jakes graphs @jakesgraphs]

30 years has been undone in 2 months. No offense to whom this offends.

[Andrew Byron @abyronTBF]

@Timberwolves @MichelobULTRA Naz Reid

[Canis Hoopus @canishoopus]

If the NBA actually cares about player safety, they would call this a Flagrant 2 with a massive fine attached