{"id":3883,"date":"2026-01-31T21:21:53","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T21:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/?p=3883"},"modified":"2026-01-31T21:23:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T21:23:28","slug":"angry-catfish-and-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/2026\/01\/31\/angry-catfish-and-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Angry Catfish and Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-31-at-11.07.26-AM.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"845\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-31-at-11.07.26-AM-776x1024.png?resize=640%2C845&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3884\" style=\"width:591px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-31-at-11.07.26-AM.png?resize=776%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 776w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-31-at-11.07.26-AM.png?resize=227%2C300&amp;ssl=1 227w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-31-at-11.07.26-AM.png?resize=768%2C1014&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-31-at-11.07.26-AM.png?w=930&amp;ssl=1 930w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We talked with son Todd yesterday and he was describing how recent events in Minneapolis\/St Paul have made him homesick. His family lived in South Minneapolis and he had what he called a one-step removed familiarity with both shooting victims (Good and Pretti). Todd is a big bike guy and frequented a <span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">bike-and-coffee shop called the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.startribune.com\/popping-up-by-the-hour-bike-rides-to-honor-alex-pretti-going-global\/601572511\" target=\"_blank\">Angry Catfish<\/a>\u00a0to talk bikes, enjoy coffee, and get some work done<\/span>. Alex Pretti did the same thing. Bike clubs around the country are now engaged in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.startribune.com\/popping-up-by-the-hour-bike-rides-to-honor-alex-pretti-going-global\/601572511\">rides to honor Alex Pretti<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We talked with son Todd yesterday and he was describing how recent events in Minneapolis\/St Paul have made him homesick. His family lived in South Minneapolis and he had what he called a one-step removed familiarity with both shooting victims &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/2026\/01\/31\/angry-catfish-and-community\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"federated","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3883"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3888,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3883\/revisions\/3888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}