Vic Thorstenson
@vthorstenson.bsky.social
East Bank, Minneapolis.
Former long-time MN legislative and state government staffer. I take pictures.
Former long-time MN legislative and state government staffer. I take pictures.
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City limits sign
University Avenue, Saint Paul
April 19, 1929
Detail of image via Hennepin County Library; digitalcollections.hclib.org/digital/coll...
University Avenue, Saint Paul
April 19, 1929
Detail of image via Hennepin County Library; digitalcollections.hclib.org/digital/coll...
February 15, 2026 at 5:27 PM
City limits sign
University Avenue, Saint Paul
April 19, 1929
Detail of image via Hennepin County Library; digitalcollections.hclib.org/digital/coll...
University Avenue, Saint Paul
April 19, 1929
Detail of image via Hennepin County Library; digitalcollections.hclib.org/digital/coll...
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ICE is still active all across Minnesota, even parking at observers homes this morning. But we’ve been showing up all weekend with massive food drives, placing hearts where were abducted, at singing marches, and there’s another big protest at Jackson Square Park today at noon. Let’s keep showing up!
February 15, 2026 at 5:08 PM
ICE is still active all across Minnesota, even parking at observers homes this morning. But we’ve been showing up all weekend with massive food drives, placing hearts where were abducted, at singing marches, and there’s another big protest at Jackson Square Park today at noon. Let’s keep showing up!
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😭😭😭 a community member just handed this off to a patroller in our neighborhood
February 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
😭😭😭 a community member just handed this off to a patroller in our neighborhood
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with alt text, because everyone needs to be able to read this 😭
February 15, 2026 at 6:24 PM
with alt text, because everyone needs to be able to read this 😭
And all these years I *completely* misunderstood the lyrics to that song.
February 15, 2026 at 4:34 PM
And all these years I *completely* misunderstood the lyrics to that song.
Pickleball breeds hoodlums. Time to rip the courts out of our parks and put in basketball.
Anthony Sapienza and his wife Julianne Sapienza face felony battery charges following a heated pickleball brawl, officials said.
Florida pickleball brawl involving up to 20 people results in paddles to the face and felony charges
Anthony Sapienza, 63, and his wife Julianne Sapienza, 51, were arrested after multiple people sustained injuries, including a 70-year-old man.
nbcnews.to
February 15, 2026 at 3:44 AM
Pickleball breeds hoodlums. Time to rip the courts out of our parks and put in basketball.
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The Art of Bob Peak
February 14, 2026 at 9:03 PM
The Art of Bob Peak
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Absolutely beautiful Steve Sack
February 14, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Absolutely beautiful Steve Sack
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Peter Tork is my favorite Monkee
February 14, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Peter Tork is my favorite Monkee
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Rex Hardware and Glass Signage (1970s; 1980s; 1990s)
2601 Lyndale Ave. S
Source: Hennepin County Library
2601 Lyndale Ave. S
Source: Hennepin County Library
February 14, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Rex Hardware and Glass Signage (1970s; 1980s; 1990s)
2601 Lyndale Ave. S
Source: Hennepin County Library
2601 Lyndale Ave. S
Source: Hennepin County Library
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Up until today, I hardly heard anyone say “Minneapolis Strong”
February 14, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Up until today, I hardly heard anyone say “Minneapolis Strong”
Winter Olympics, where *all* the sports involve cold slippery surfaces.
February 13, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Winter Olympics, where *all* the sports involve cold slippery surfaces.
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Dylan Alley, Dinkytown, Minneapolis.
February 13, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Dylan Alley, Dinkytown, Minneapolis.
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right wingers have been very mad at rep brad tabke for openly helping ICE resistance and everything they share just makes him look cool as hell
and don’t forget he won this seat by only 14 votes!
and don’t forget he won this seat by only 14 votes!
February 13, 2026 at 5:22 PM
right wingers have been very mad at rep brad tabke for openly helping ICE resistance and everything they share just makes him look cool as hell
and don’t forget he won this seat by only 14 votes!
and don’t forget he won this seat by only 14 votes!
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all the media being stenographers for the feds and just repeating the drawdown nonsense should go to the whipple building today so they can see the same amount of masked men leaving in convoys of vehicles, and whatever this is too, and report accurately what’s happening on the ground in minnesota
So this is weird. The National Guard is staging at the Whipple building this morning. This is what you do when preparing for a mission.
February 13, 2026 at 4:13 PM
all the media being stenographers for the feds and just repeating the drawdown nonsense should go to the whipple building today so they can see the same amount of masked men leaving in convoys of vehicles, and whatever this is too, and report accurately what’s happening on the ground in minnesota
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"But if we just give them better training"
"'She is dead,'" Officer Auderer told Officer Solan, before bursting out laughing.
"'No, it’s a regular person,' Officer Auderer said, adding: 'Yeah, just write a check — $11,000. She was 26, anyway. She had limited value.'"
"'No, it’s a regular person,' Officer Auderer said, adding: 'Yeah, just write a check — $11,000. She was 26, anyway. She had limited value.'"
Seattle to Pay $29 Million to Family of Woman Fatally Struck by Police S.U.V.
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:07 PM
"But if we just give them better training"
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“my ‘we’re not out scouring the streets to disappear people or deny people their civil rights or due process’ shirt is raising a lot of questions that are answered by the shirt”
Homan: "ICE is a legitimate federal law enforcement agency. We're not out scouring the streets to disappear people or deny people their civil rights or due process."
February 12, 2026 at 2:44 PM
“my ‘we’re not out scouring the streets to disappear people or deny people their civil rights or due process’ shirt is raising a lot of questions that are answered by the shirt”
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The bathrobe ICE news photo from Saint Paul reminds me of the Visby Window at the American Swedish Institute in Minneapolis, depicting the Battle of Visby, Sweden in the year 1361
February 13, 2026 at 9:54 AM
The bathrobe ICE news photo from Saint Paul reminds me of the Visby Window at the American Swedish Institute in Minneapolis, depicting the Battle of Visby, Sweden in the year 1361
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Anders Folk — the favored Hennepin County Attorney candidate of the Strib editorial page because he’s the favored candidate of the Frey All of Mpls faction — writes a nothingburger for the page basically to keep his prosecutorial background in the public eye. www.startribune.com/immigration-...
Opinion | Minnesota’s U.S. Attorney’s Office has been asked to do the wrong job
"The current exodus should serve as a cautionary tale of what happens when political objectives take priority over public safety needs," Anders Folk writes.
www.startribune.com
February 13, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Anders Folk — the favored Hennepin County Attorney candidate of the Strib editorial page because he’s the favored candidate of the Frey All of Mpls faction — writes a nothingburger for the page basically to keep his prosecutorial background in the public eye. www.startribune.com/immigration-...
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There are 87 counties in Minnesota. I'm ranking them from 87 to 1 for the next 87 Thursdays, give or take holidays.
Eat shit, Wilkin County. And please subscribe to my newsletter. midwest-excellence.ghost.io/minnesota-co...
Eat shit, Wilkin County. And please subscribe to my newsletter. midwest-excellence.ghost.io/minnesota-co...
February 12, 2026 at 2:26 PM
There are 87 counties in Minnesota. I'm ranking them from 87 to 1 for the next 87 Thursdays, give or take holidays.
Eat shit, Wilkin County. And please subscribe to my newsletter. midwest-excellence.ghost.io/minnesota-co...
Eat shit, Wilkin County. And please subscribe to my newsletter. midwest-excellence.ghost.io/minnesota-co...
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Kids frantically pushing aside the new Pokemon and Mandalorian LEGO sets in Target to purchase the ANE MÆRSK container vessel
February 12, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Kids frantically pushing aside the new Pokemon and Mandalorian LEGO sets in Target to purchase the ANE MÆRSK container vessel
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There has been no draw down today. ICE snatched someone off Central Ave out of his car because he looked Latino before then letting him go a couple hours later. They were stopping people in Blaine on highway 65, they were all around Fridley, and were in the parking lot of the St Anthony liquor store
February 12, 2026 at 11:53 PM
There has been no draw down today. ICE snatched someone off Central Ave out of his car because he looked Latino before then letting him go a couple hours later. They were stopping people in Blaine on highway 65, they were all around Fridley, and were in the parking lot of the St Anthony liquor store
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The Minnesota flag flying at the State Capitol today.
February 12, 2026 at 8:18 PM
The Minnesota flag flying at the State Capitol today.
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Lowry Hill East should be the neighborhood on Lowry between Central and Johnson
Fire me
Fire me
February 12, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Lowry Hill East should be the neighborhood on Lowry between Central and Johnson
Fire me
Fire me