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kelsey lewin
@kelslewin.bsky.social
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“Compact and laser-focused” - The New Yorker.
Video game history enthusiast and Wonderswan evangelist. LFGM⚾️
Co-Owner: @pinkgorillagames.com
Also at @minnmax.com and @pewpewbang.bsky.social
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kelsey lewin @kelslewin.bsky.social · Nov 17
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Hi I’m Kelsey! I’m the co-owner of @pinkgorilla.bsky.social, a retro game store chain in Seattle, author of @bossfightbooks.com’s Animal Crossing, and a Cohort at @minnmax.bsky.social. Previously on YouTube, previously at The Video Game History Foundation.
a selfie of me with a small bow in my hair and wearing a grey New York Mets jersey
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jacobgeller.com
One last boost for the evening crowd. This has raised a truly staggering amount of money, thank you all!! Also a couple people have said this is one of their favorite videos of mine, which is very nice to hear.
January 25, 2026 at 1:01 AM
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jeffrueter.bsky.social
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.

"Please get the truth out about our son."
Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti “We are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the ‘hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed. Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.
January 25, 2026 at 12:43 AM
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bencollins.bsky.social
I wonder if I’ll ever stop being angry all of the time.
January 24, 2026 at 10:48 PM
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minnmax.com
Tune in now for @leovader.com's fundraiser for the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee, he's playing Hitman all day! www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TVP...

Or you can donate directly here! bit.ly/LeoMIRAC
January 24, 2026 at 2:16 PM
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jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social
“I was hit so hard with the fact that this man would not do this for me"...“We were willing to do for this man, this human, what they were not willing to do for Renee Good,” Zemien said.
January 23, 2026 at 11:28 PM
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lizzieohreally.bsky.social
genuinely stunning image
Thousands of protesters shut down parts of Minneapolis and St. Paul on Friday as hundreds of businesses closed their doors. David Guttenfelder/The New York Times
January 24, 2026 at 1:37 AM
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sarahpodz.bsky.social
It was SO cold but the sense of community was overwhelming. Every corner had people handing out hand warmers, warm drinks, and snacks to protestors. My toes were numb and my lashes were frosty but it's nothing compared to the pain our immigrant neighbors are enduring. MN Strong 💙
January 24, 2026 at 12:27 AM
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minnmax.com
ICE OUT! You shared the post 7,529 times in 1 hour, here's MinnMax's donation to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota. bit.ly/minnmaxgives

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January 23, 2026 at 5:06 PM
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chriswarcraft.bsky.social
No fucking way. The Pope just called in some massive favors for that one.
January 19, 2026 at 2:36 AM
kelslewin.bsky.social
chronicles of the average chargers fan
me looking absolutely defeated on the couch with my hand on my forehead me with my face in my hands looking very upset Me completely covering my face with my hands because I have just seen the chargers do something very dumb and bad me again with my face in my hands but this time I’m kind of laughing about how bad the chargers are
January 12, 2026 at 5:10 AM
kelslewin.bsky.social
I have turned off the chargers game
January 12, 2026 at 3:44 AM
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quentinocama.bsky.social
ICE totaled this car, abducted a woman, and then left it in the middle of Snelling Avenue, one of the busiest streets in the Twin Cities.

This isn’t law and order, this state sanctioned terrorism. It’s fucking disgusting.
January 11, 2026 at 9:23 PM
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charalanahzard.bsky.social
Twitter is the world’s largest generator of CSAM & non-consensual porn by a margin of about 8000%, and somehow… MSM isn’t even reporting on it.

(also includes advice for reporting ‘deepfake harassment’ to police if it escalates to a point where restraining order is necessary)

youtu.be/p71qQKmIGhQ
I'm angry.
YouTube video by Charalanahzard
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January 11, 2026 at 7:07 AM
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nicholasbednar.bsky.social
I can't describe how bad Minneapolis feels right now. My neighbors are pulling kids out of school. The public schools are offering remote learning until 2/12. We are having conversations in our alleys about how to protect ourselves. It feels like a military occupation with a blockade.
chadbourn.bsky.social Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 15d
The US Department of Agriculture suspends all federal funding to Minnesota, effective immediately.
January 9, 2026 THE HONORABLE TIM WALZ Governor of Minesota 130 State Capitol 75 Rev Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Bivd. St. Paul, MN 55155 THE HONORABLE JACOB FREY Mayor of the City of Minneapolis City Hail 350S. Fifth St., Room 330 Minneapolis, MN 55415 Dear Governor Walz and Mayor Frey, It is my responsibility as Secretary of Agriculture to ensure sound stewardship of taxpayer dollars by climinating fraud, waste and abuse in all programs funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The widespread and systemic fraud associated with federal benefit programs in the State of Minnesota and the City of Minneapolis demonstrate an inability to handle federal resources without additional oversight and accountability measures in place. During your tenures as Governor of Minnesota and Mayor of Minneapolis, numerous non-profits and businesses have defrauded the federal government in what a federal prosecutor in Minnesota called "a staggering, industrial-scale fraud".! Most notably, a Minneapolis-based nonprofit— Feeding Our Future defrauded U.S. taxpayers of nearly $250 million in federal funds given to them by the Minnesota Department of Education.? This fraud scheme involved USDA funding provided to the State of Minnesota to feed hungry children under the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) and the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP). As of late November, 78 defendants had been charged in what the Department of Justice characterized as the largest COVID-19 fraud scheme in the country? Other recent examples of'alleged fraud in Minnesota include exploitation of the Small Business Administration Paycheck Protection Program", a scheme to defraud the Housing Stabilization 1-Whut te know about Minnesoca' "industrial-scale fraad" scandal, as more charges are fled and Trump weighs in, "CES Nows (Dic. 19, 3025) available at ht:/www.cbsnews.com/news/atas-do-know-alonesota-frawf-candal were-changes-fled- tump-water. /Federal Jury Finds Feeding Our Future Masternind and Co-D… Services Program", and alleged fraud in daycare centers*, Your Administrations have refused additional accountability and oversight, claiming that criticism of rampant fraud and abuse is "racist." While the full extent of fraud in Minnesota is not yet known, it is clear that, under your leadership- or lack thereof fraudsters can take advantage of federal funds and the American taxpayer with impunity. This necessitates federal action to protect taxpayer dollars until adequate safeguards can be established. Despite a staggering, wide-reaching fraud scandal, your Administrations refuse to provide basic information or take common sense mcasures to stop fraud. In fact, rather than conlin your SNAP rolls are accurate to prevent continuing fraud, you asked the courts to block USDA's directive to recertify the State's SNAP recipients. Recent news reports also emerged that the Minnesota Department of Human Services repeatedly reported incorrect information about SNAP to the federal government.? The Trump administration refuses to allow such fraud to continuc. Therefore, because of your failed Icadership and abysmal financial management oversight, 1 am notifying you that, effective immediately, I am suspending payments on all active awards and any future awards from USDA to the State of Minnesota and the City of Minneapolis, currently totaling over $129.18 million. Within 30 days, you shall provide USDA with payment justifications for all federal dollar expenditures from January 20, 2025, to the present. Going forward, all transactions on awards to the State of Minnesota or the City of Minneapolis will require such payment justification. If those payment justifications are not received, awards will remain suspended. While your Administrations have turned a blind eye to documented fraud, the Trump Administration has made clear that fraud, waste, and abuse are unacceptable. The American people deserve to know that their taxpayer dollars are helping those in need-not criminals. …
January 10, 2026 at 4:29 PM
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cooperlund.online
The past couple days have made it clear that arresting and prosecuting Johnathan Ross isn’t just the right thing to do, it is necessary to prevent future violence by ICE who have interpreted the situation as “we can do that to whoever we want”
dominicervolina.com Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 14d
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."

The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"

"Learned what?" she asks

Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
January 10, 2026 at 3:25 PM
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zoehhannah.com
I'm launching a new gaming website! Sometime after everything happened last year I convinced my former boss @midimyers.com to come on this journey with me, and I could not be more grateful. I'm so proud to make something I love, something I stand by, something I OWN. Learn more at the link below :')
January 9, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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pewpewbang.bsky.social
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January 9, 2026 at 5:23 PM
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midimyers.com
hi! i'm co-founding a new gaming website with my former polygon colleague @zoehhannah.com. it's called mothership.blog. i made it for someone like me... the kind of website i always wished we had in our space. watch the video to learn more :D
January 9, 2026 at 5:04 PM
kelslewin.bsky.social
one of my goals this year is to really hunker down and practice my Spanish every day. any chance anyone can recommend some Spanish language podcasts? Video games or baseball as the subject would be extra cool.
January 8, 2026 at 5:54 PM
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alexbaumhardt.bsky.social
A friend in Minneapolis just sent me this video. Looks like thousands have come together for a vigil after an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. This was my neighborhood for several years before coming to Portland.
January 8, 2026 at 1:05 AM
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oniongames.bsky.social
You can see @kelslewin.bsky.social talk about #StrayChildren (note: SUPER spoilery!) as they create this list, right over here! 👇

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIQd...
Game Of The Year 2025 (The Final Debate) - The MinnMax Show
YouTube video by MinnMax
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January 7, 2026 at 5:51 PM
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sundaereign.bsky.social
I know I've talked about it a lot recently on streams, but wanted to share on here my current read ahead of the Animal Crossing update! Shout out @kelslewin.bsky.social and @bossfightbooks.com I can't wait to read more Boss Fight Books in the future! 📖💞
Photo of the Animal Crossing Boss Fight Book written by Kelsey Lewin. The cover has a large green leaf at the center and a GameCube controller on the bottom left. The book is resting on a pink background with cherry designs.
January 6, 2026 at 8:38 PM
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kashana.blacksky.app
30 years ago they were like we have to ban song lyrics for the children but it’s full steam ahead for the here’s how to do drugs until you die machine
drewmagary.bsky.social Drew Magary @drewmagary.bsky.social · 19d
“ChatGPT started coaching Sam on how to take drugs, recover from them and plan further binges. It gave him specific doses of illegal substances, and in one chat, it wrote, ‘Hell yes—let’s go full trippy mode’”
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
A Calif. teen trusted ChatGPT for drug advice. He died from an overdose.
"Who on earth gives that advice?"
www.sfgate.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:30 PM
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manuelte.bsky.social
@kelslewin.bsky.social, I'm going on a journey. Thx for the recommendation!
January 5, 2026 at 9:22 PM
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brendelbored.bsky.social
The closest comparison for the Grok thing we can imagine right now is if cereal made a bunch of people ill and the news put a microphone in front of some cereal boxes at the grocery store and was like “well they didn’t admit guilt, not sure who else we can ask”
January 2, 2026 at 8:24 PM