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Alan A Hockert
@alanhockert.bsky.social
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Minnesota stuff
Land of Sky-tinted waters, and I would like to keep it that way.
Small Business owner 🍕

Came here for the skeets.
Stayed for the Wheel of Time.
Once upon a time, I was Artur P. Hawkwing in another realm.
He/Him
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True power of the shire #Tolkien
Some believe it is only great power that can hold evil in check. But that is not what I have found. I've found it is the small things, everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay. Simple acts of kindness and love. Why Bilbo Baggins? Perhaps because I am afraid and he gives me courage." -Gandalf
October 30, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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#Paramount+ #Canceled #ByeFelicia
Image of a blue Paramount plus mountain logo with the words "Your Subscription has been canceled."
July 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Good morning, summertime.
A dirt path leads into a park with soccer nets and some oak trees on the right. The horizon is trees. The park is filled with a misty fog that is illuminated by the rising Golden sun one sun length above the horizon trees.
July 14, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Can I just say we skipped summer and went straight into fall.
"And winter gave spring and summer a miss" gif of animated person uncovering in a snow bank.
May 17, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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I was going to reskeet but couldn't compell myself...
Screenshot of op. Comments at 106 Reskeets at 666. Likes 7k
May 12, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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This storm is so dense near St Cloud, MN that it's blocking the radar signal. Damn!
A screenshot of a weather dappled radar. A line of yellow and red stretches down the middle with greens and yellow filling out the storm. There's a blank spot in the green radiating in a line from the red spot away from the radar site in Chanhassen mn.
April 28, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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What I see
Toddler in a pink bunny suit is in a car that is driving down a neighborhood street, and the kid is holding up their middle finger and is flicking off the world out their window.
April 11, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Quote with a title card that is important to you.
An old timey drawing of 19th century revelers with the word "Cheers" in golden stylized lettering front and center covering over the drinkers.
April 8, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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The one silver lining in this economy I'm taking this week is that I wouldn't have ever discovered reusing my Reese's Puff cereal milk in my coffee, and it's making me high. It could be the weed, but this coffee is hitting hard too. 😊
A blue Coleman camping metal coffee cup with a milky coffee inside. Some plants and an orange toadstool "house with window" decorate the background... skull bic lighter thinks it's out of the shot, but it's in under a pot tray.
March 27, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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MyRadar app is still 😎 #GulfOfMexico
Radar image screenshot of a body of water labeled "Gulf Of Mexico"
February 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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When in Brussels
Current US Sec Def Pete Hegseth is preparing to wet his whistle with a low ball dirnk at a live NATO press conference.
February 15, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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Just a little guy
US Sec Def Pete Hegseth having a lowball at a NATO press podium.
February 15, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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Lake of the Woods in Northern Minnesota.
The frozen landscape of Lake of the Woods at dusk. A lone fishhouse sits in the encroaching darkness on the icy expanse under a distant crescent moon.
January 8, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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He gets it... give him all of my money now.
Image of text "The beauty of baseball is that it's not about a star or two," Ishbia told The Athletic's Brian Hamilton in September. "It's truly a team sport, and it's a team sport over a long period of time. It's a grind and it's a discipline. It's life. Life is the discipline of doing the same thing over and over again consistently. And that's what the long summer of baseball is all about."
December 14, 2024 at 3:52 PM
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Basically a Tropical Storm with cold damage blowing through Minnesota today.
Image of text: "As for winds, as the colder air arrives, lapse rates will remain very steep through the evening. Wind speeds at the top of the boundary layer will range from 45-52 kts, highest across western MN. These can be considered the expected peak surface gusts, with routine gusts about 5 kts lighter. Expanded the Wind Advisory eastward into WI after coordination with DLH and ARX. Some patchy blowing snow is likely in parts of west central MN where snow depth is greatest. The mixed boundary layer will keep temperatures from dropping too much tonight, but the elevated winds will maintain wind chills in the -10s through Thursday morning." Image of text: "According to the National Hurricane Center, tropical force winds are defined as sustained winds between 34 knots (39 mph) and 63 knots (73 mph), signifying a tropical storm."
December 4, 2024 at 3:03 PM
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Their destiny will soon be fulfilled. #Thanksgiving
Closer shot of the same buns in a round pan but cooked to a goldeny brown. Honey glaze is glistening.
November 28, 2024 at 5:29 PM
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Al's Honied-buns anyone...

Not for you tho, Unc. They're for the kids and people who voted for, you know, democracy. 😆
3 round pizza pans filled with 20 small glistening doughballs each.
November 28, 2024 at 3:58 PM
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I'm part Polish. My head will not pronounce #WoTskies the way everybody else does. 😄
GIF of Four folks at a bar about to drink four shots from a ski. The ski is lifted to their mouths to take the shots in unison. The small blonde girl in the middle can't reach the ski as it is flipped to the taller people, and she is left with dark drink on her face. She chases it with beer anyway.
November 16, 2024 at 4:09 PM
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Hello Blue Sky
#BoundryWaters
Scenic pic of Boundry Waters in Minnesota. The water is mirror still reflecting a blue sky with scattered cumulus clouds. The trees in the distance are starting to turn yellow
November 11, 2024 at 10:26 PM