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@spyguitar.net

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February 17, 2026 at 4:00 PM

Josh

@spyguitar.net

I made a steakhouse dinner at home, and now my wife and I are drunk and listening to Nirvana real loud. Happy Valentine’s Day, folks

February 15, 2026 at 3:20 AM

Josh

@spyguitar.net

Get yourself a wife who wants to lie on the floor and listen to loud pop punk

February 15, 2026 at 2:37 AM

Josh

@spyguitar.net

1. Rogue
2. Rose Cotton
3. Green Lantern
4. Dax

Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 4d

You are unattached and can date one choice each from the following categories.

Whom do you pick?

1) A Marvel mutant

2) A Tolkien character

3) A Justice Leaguer

4) A Star Trek Character

One choice for each category, GO!

February 15, 2026 at 2:36 AM

Josh

@spyguitar.net

Man I gotta watch The Frighteners again

Crystal Frasier @amazonchique.bsky.social · 10d

The definitive Ghostbusters film ranking:
1) Ghostbusters (1984)
2) Ghostbusters (2016)
3) Frighteners (1996)
4) Practical Magic (1998)
5) Ghostbusters 2 (1989)
6) Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)
7) Evolution (2001)
8) Casper (1995)
9) Ghostbsuters: Frozen Empire

February 9, 2026 at 3:57 AM

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Crystal Frasier

@amazonchique.bsky.social

The definitive Ghostbusters film ranking:
1) Ghostbusters (1984)
2) Ghostbusters (2016)
3) Frighteners (1996)
4) Practical Magic (1998)
5) Ghostbusters 2 (1989)
6) Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)
7) Evolution (2001)
8) Casper (1995)
9) Ghostbsuters: Frozen Empire

February 9, 2026 at 2:15 AM

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Dril Eulenspiegel

@texannolongerinnyc.bsky.social

Damn imagine making Prince second at something

February 9, 2026 at 1:32 AM

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🏳️‍⚧️The Milkmaid of Human Kindness🎶

@josie.zone

Just saw this pic of what The Proclaimers look like now and I am dying of joy

They are the most adorable old twins ever

February 3, 2026 at 2:17 PM

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Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl

@deardara.bsky.social

Greetings from inside the economic blockade zones of Minneapolis and St Paul! Don’t look away, please. We need you. It’s been a month and they’re trying to destroy us.

Bill Childs @billchilds.bsky.social · 17d

@deardara.bsky.social is awfully good.

deardara.com/so/adPmSCLoz...

Dara's Guide to Handling Reality

Minneapolis, inside the economic blockade zone where we are pioneering nonviolence, whistle edition

deardara.com

February 2, 2026 at 12:25 PM

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Bob

@bumbledan.bsky.social

Holy cow this is fantastic.

Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 18d

February 1, 2026 at 6:09 AM

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Mallorie Malcontent ✨

@sweetbeanscomix.bsky.social

This rules.

The Moon Theme (Ducktales NES) SKA cover

YouTube video by Ska Tune Network

youtu.be

January 31, 2026 at 5:20 PM

Josh

@spyguitar.net

Out bowling with the kiddo to try to escape the horrors, and someone just put on a bunch of RATM and then a bunch of Prince and, y’know, it ain’t much but it ain’t nothin’

January 25, 2026 at 12:54 AM

Josh

@spyguitar.net

Barely holding it together while I let my son play five more minutes of Zelda before we go grocery shopping for his schoolmate’s family who’s afraid to leave the house. I don’t know what we’re supposed to do either

Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 25d

I found out when I picking up ice for the cooler with the juice boxes for my kid's fourth birthday party today. I went back to the car and he was laughing hysterically over my window scraper. How are we supposed to do this? But if we love our kids, how are we supposed to let their friends get taken?

We keep us safe @thequeengeek.bsky.social · 25d

Sobbing at another senseless act of extreme violence by ICE while simultaneously on hold trying to get my kids registered for summer camp.

Parenting in America.

January 24, 2026 at 4:31 PM

Josh

@spyguitar.net

Five shows with a woman lead singer

Molly Tuttle
Margo Price
Alabama Shakes
Wet Leg
Garbage

The Gurgling Cod (he/him) @thegurglingcod.bsky.social · 26d

First Aid Kit
Margo Price
Margo Cilker
Come
Le Tigre

Moist Owlet (Disinfecting) @g-sharp-major.bsky.social · 26d

Five concerts you’ve seen with women lead singers

Imogen Heap
No Doubt (and Gwen Stefani solo)
Evanescence
Destiny’s Child
Louise Mandrell

January 24, 2026 at 1:23 PM

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Doug Mack

@douglasmack.bsky.social

Beautiful people, beautiful city

Thousands of Minnesotans at the ICE OUT protest

January 23, 2026 at 10:22 PM

Josh

@spyguitar.net

Hundreds of Beavers With Big Naturals

Unnamed Jeb-Like Doll @namelesswrench.bsky.social · 28d

Improve a movie title by adding "With Big Naturals"

January 22, 2026 at 2:37 AM

Josh

@spyguitar.net

Is there a car modder in MSP who can do a K24 engine swap on Will Stancil’s Fit?

January 22, 2026 at 1:38 AM

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Andy D

@yourlamentablefriends.com

Credit: TopZ-Undercover (Reddit)

Holy shit.

A concrete pillar with graffiti showing the Statue of Liberty, slumped against the pillar, blood pouring from her head, pooling between her feet, torch on the ground. Four bullet holes are painted above with blood spatter.

January 21, 2026 at 1:57 AM

Josh

@spyguitar.net

If you are looking for ways to help families in Minnesota, here’s one: www.gofundme.com/f/support-a-...

Donate to Support a Mother of 3 After Husband's Deportation, organized by mandeep gill

Need to raise money for rent for the mother of 3 children Milenka, Itha… mandeep gill needs your support for Support a Mother of 3 After Husband's Deportation

www.gofundme.com

January 19, 2026 at 4:51 PM

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Prisonculture

@prisonculture.bsky.social

Good morning. I read this dispatch from a comrade in Minneapolis this morning and thought that some of you might appreciate it too.

TEXT: Out on patrol with two friends this morning and I kept seeing the beautiful web being woven in Minnesota right now. Not with new materials but woven with wisdom into what was already here. I could feel this net with my hands, this connection as we passed that group of three on the corner of Cedar and Lake, this connection as we listened to someone doing dispatch while their kid yelled in the room behind them. I thought of this today stopping by a locally beloved Mexican restaurant to grab some food for the family and having the owner step up with tears in his eyes and reflect on how much they feel cared for and then the security guard stepped over and asserted that this is what we do, we care for our own. He said, tell people we have them, we've got them and we will keep them safe. All of the worst stories you read are true and there are more of them than what shows up on social media, but there is also this, everything I am writing here in the same morning, driving over to northeast and a junior high has just done a walk out, they are lining a major road in their "are those pants they look like pajamas" clothes and all are holding signs and I am on the phone with someone and I burst into tears when I pass them. This is a net and I remember this very old fishing net someone showed me years ago, guiding my fingers to feel where the net had been repaired over and over again, like scars in the fibers that strengthen rather than break. ICE is sharp, knives that cut with small knicks and sometimes great full arm thrusts that shove and tear through this connected set of scars and fresh material and there are wounds and this is violence and some of you beloveds are being stopped on the road because of how you are read and I am not being stopped and none of this is ever ok and still, I feel the pull and tug of the net that is larger than anything I have experienced

TEXT: before. Is there anyone in these cities not showing up in some way? I can't remember the last time I saw or heard anyone have words other than how can I show up? There is a net and it has always been here, it is always here, it's just that sometimes it's hard to see and all that is happening in Minneapolis is that some of the confusion is fading and what is visible is the link and weave and stumble and steady between us. May we keep repairing it as it frays, from those outside and from the rising tension we hold within and may this net grow with wisdom and may bodies tired of holding themselves up alone someday feel like they can relax into the steady certainty of something much bigger than the size of their skin.

January 17, 2026 at 12:29 PM

Josh

@spyguitar.net

The world’s a dumpster fire but my wife and I got these stupid complementary tattoos and they’re so dumb and I love them so much

Two white people’s arms intertwined, you can’t see it but they’re holding hands. The arm on top is tattooed on the upper arm with Scratchy (from Itchy and Scratchy on the Simpsons), a dark gray cartoon cat with an overbite, visible incisors, and its tongue sticking out. The cat is holding a “Flaming Moe”, an alcoholic drink which has been lit on fire. The cat is looking down and to the right.

The other arm is tattooed on the forearm with Itchy, a cartoon mouse. This tattoo isn’t finished and is still covered by a sheer plastic dressing, and is just an outline. Itchy also holds a Flaming Moe, and is looking up and to the left.

The tattoos are arranged so that, when the couple holds hands, the cat and mouse’s eyes meet and they’re toasting each other, it’s very very silly

January 17, 2026 at 4:09 AM

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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL AKA PRESIDENT FOOTBALL

@edsbs.bsky.social

If you vote for Gavin Newsom, I will kick you in the fucking dick, if you give a dollar to Matt Yglesias, I will kick you in the fucking dick, there is no negotiation with fascism, you do not need advice on fighting a dragon from someone who’s never even smelled the fire

January 16, 2026 at 1:41 PM

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I and My Cloud

@bottleimp.bsky.social

Supremely pissed at Klobuchar for her weak stance on ICE murdering and assaulting Minnesotans and for continuing to vote for Trump admin nominees, but she could win it all back by clubbing Schumer like a baby seal. 🔨🦭

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jan 15

Schumer as a major American metro is being brutally occupied by Trump goons: "The affordability crisis will be our focus throughout 2026 because that's what the American people are demanding"

January 16, 2026 at 12:42 AM

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Doug Mack

@douglasmack.bsky.social

"Those of us in Minneapolis-St.Paul and throughout the state have, in clear conscience, no choice but to resist through activation and observation—distractions to our daily lives be damned."

Please take a few minutes today to read this essay by my friend @taylorcarik.bsky.social