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Alex
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South Minneapolis resident, library employee.
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The poster for the Coen Brother's "A Serious Man" with the TV antenna on the house replaced with a Taco John's sign.
August 19, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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"Ty France Leading the Franchise," Oil on Canvas, 2025
The painting "Liberty Leading the People" with Ty France's face placed over Lady Liberty's face
April 14, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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Not only did their EIC get added to a group chat, but now the Atlantic gets to hit the White House PRESS SECRETARY with two [sic]s in one quote that was SENT BY EMAIL.

www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
A paragraph from the Atlantic: "Late yesterday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt emailed a response: “As we have repeatedly stated, there was no classified information transmitted in the group chat. However, as the CIA Director and National Security Advisor have both expressed today, that does not mean we encourage the release of the conversation. This was intended to be a an [sic] internal and private deliberation amongst high-level senior staff and sensitive information was discussed. So for those reason [sic] — yes, we object to the release.” (The Leavitt statement did not address which elements of the texts the White House considered sensitive, or how, more than a week after the initial air strikes, their publication could have bearing on national security.)"
March 26, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Spring has arrived, which means you’re finally allowed to ride your bike to Wisconsin and smuggle some spotted cow back to Minneapolis.
Two bikes in front of a sign reading “Wisconsin Welcomes You.” A shot from a cyclist’s perspective in front of a “Welcome to North St. Paul” sign. Four cans of beer are holstered over the top tube of the bike.
March 22, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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cjzero.bsky.social
Calling @amyklobuchar.com to vote no on cloture and Kwesi Adofo-Mensah to vote no on Aaron Rodgers
March 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM
lunargiraffe.bsky.social
The Uptown Minneapolis Cub was built on the site of the Millers Hockey Arena. I have to admit: I was dangerously close to forgetting their deeds.
February 28, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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After great consideration, I will be amending my opinion from “The Yankees should get with the times and let players have beards” to “The Yankees are fickle cowards who have changed one of the few charming things about their franchise.”

It is always the appropriate time to hate the Yankees.
February 21, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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In a small act of defiance, this old sign has been hung up again in the Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. (h/t @lunargiraffe.bsky.social)
A black and white informational sign titled "Should we help people in other countries?" It includes pictures of starving people and pictures of of efforts to help. It includes this text "No de felly ore perfeet ha Huber es. phren. But he neer foured it hard so, he beliered, were human aspirations for a decent, productive life. If you chose to criticize him, you could even argue that he failed to realize the many ways in which other people, other cultures, were different from Americans in what they wanted from life and from society. But at the most basic level people were alike. They feared hunger and sought dignity wherever they lived, and Humphrey felt an intense obligation to do what he could to help. In his view, it was the special responsibility of Americans to share their prosperity. But the world's needs were endless. Has there any limit to our obligation- and to our resources?" as well as this quote: "This is the first generation in all of recorded history that can do something about the scourge of poverty. We have the means to do it. We can banish hunger from the face of the earth."
February 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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as a guy who actually *likes* going into the office, working at a company with a good wfh policy rocks. it's monday and there's no one here, i have the whole place to myself. i'm using like ten monitors and five desks. i ate lunch at 11 am. created something i call "mega chair"
January 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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bikemn.bsky.social
Visionary changes can shift the course of what's possible in short order.

The Midtown Greenway pre-2000 vs modern day.

#BikeSky
Two photos of the Midtown Greenway. One is while it was still abandoned rail lines running under bridges, the image is bleak grays and browns. The other photo is of the greenway as a bike and pedestrian trail. The trail is crowded by bikers and walkers. The foliage around the trail is lush green.
January 27, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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This is just "Snowpiercer" meets "Triangle of Sadness."

The Torment Nexus has never been more created.
A tweet from Alex Blechman: Sci-Fi Author: In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale. Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from the classic sci-fi novel Don't Create the Torment Nexus
November 19, 2024 at 12:06 AM