Brian
@bribri-singel.bsky.social
Lives in Minneapolis, does Math and spoon carving
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I've lived in the MAC zone long enough to be able to gauge the temperature from how the planes sound
December 13, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I've lived in the MAC zone long enough to be able to gauge the temperature from how the planes sound
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“Still Life with Potatoes” by Mike Lynch (1982), seen at the Tweed Museum of Art in Duluth last October.
December 13, 2025 at 4:29 AM
“Still Life with Potatoes” by Mike Lynch (1982), seen at the Tweed Museum of Art in Duluth last October.
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I never know how to react to the latest news, so let me just say one more time: immigration is good. It helps immigrants and it helps native-born people. It makes the world richer, culturally and financially.
December 11, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I never know how to react to the latest news, so let me just say one more time: immigration is good. It helps immigrants and it helps native-born people. It makes the world richer, culturally and financially.
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To clarify, the ancient Greeks were very concerned about making money, and were mostly rational interest-maximizers in the way that modern people are; but the point of making money was to live well, not to continue accumulating money.
December 11, 2025 at 5:44 PM
To clarify, the ancient Greeks were very concerned about making money, and were mostly rational interest-maximizers in the way that modern people are; but the point of making money was to live well, not to continue accumulating money.
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I read a book on making money in ancient Athens recently (by Michael Leese, it's great), and the Greeks absolutely believed that the endless pursuit of wealth was a serious moral defect and personality issue no different than being a drunk or sexual deviant.
If you make a billion dollars — or $500 million or even $100 million dollars — and you keep trying to make more, then there is something seriously wrong with you. It's a mental illness akin to hoarding or drug addiction.
December 11, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I read a book on making money in ancient Athens recently (by Michael Leese, it's great), and the Greeks absolutely believed that the endless pursuit of wealth was a serious moral defect and personality issue no different than being a drunk or sexual deviant.
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SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
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Unless you're the state of Minnesota
If you even own a confederate flag you are without doubt a gigantic piece of shit. Like you are objectively just a bad person and you should be shunned from society
Display of Confederate flags at North East Christmas parade called ‘inexcusable’
December 9, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Unless you're the state of Minnesota
Our son needing more milk than my wife made was *extremely* traumatic.
We still have frozen breastmilk in the freezer and he's 9 (she can't bear throwing it and I'm not going to)
We still have frozen breastmilk in the freezer and he's 9 (she can't bear throwing it and I'm not going to)
Anyone who has paid a moment of attention to spouses or friends who have gone through nursing and lactation knows how very fucked up it is to shame people for "choosing" formula.
RFK Jr: "All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is the infant formula in a mother's breast."
December 9, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Our son needing more milk than my wife made was *extremely* traumatic.
We still have frozen breastmilk in the freezer and he's 9 (she can't bear throwing it and I'm not going to)
We still have frozen breastmilk in the freezer and he's 9 (she can't bear throwing it and I'm not going to)
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Anyone who has paid a moment of attention to spouses or friends who have gone through nursing and lactation knows how very fucked up it is to shame people for "choosing" formula.
RFK Jr: "All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is the infant formula in a mother's breast."
December 8, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Anyone who has paid a moment of attention to spouses or friends who have gone through nursing and lactation knows how very fucked up it is to shame people for "choosing" formula.
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Biggest overspender for 2025: MPD is projected to be 19.5 million over budget. Boosted from $226m to $246m.
Biggest underspender: The department of Neighborhood Safety will be nearly $11 million under budget. Over half their $17m budget.
Biggest underspender: The department of Neighborhood Safety will be nearly $11 million under budget. Over half their $17m budget.
December 8, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Biggest overspender for 2025: MPD is projected to be 19.5 million over budget. Boosted from $226m to $246m.
Biggest underspender: The department of Neighborhood Safety will be nearly $11 million under budget. Over half their $17m budget.
Biggest underspender: The department of Neighborhood Safety will be nearly $11 million under budget. Over half their $17m budget.
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Police Continue Defunding Minneapolis bsky.app/profile/arli...
This marks the sixth straight year of record overtime costs for the Minneapolis Police Department.
Council Vice President Aisha Chughtai called MPD's overspending "negligent."
Council Vice President Aisha Chughtai called MPD's overspending "negligent."
Minneapolis police blows budget by $19.6 million; council leaders call it ‘mismanagement’
Police Chief Brian O’Hara says it’s costly to replenish the ranks, since new hires need training while existing officers still rack up OT.
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December 5, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Police Continue Defunding Minneapolis bsky.app/profile/arli...
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Aurin Chowdhury rebutting Michael Rainville on his "defund the police" accusation. MPD has done nothing but ramp their budget off the chart. And then overspent that budget by $20 million. "That's the opposite of defunding the police. So let's give it a break."
December 5, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Aurin Chowdhury rebutting Michael Rainville on his "defund the police" accusation. MPD has done nothing but ramp their budget off the chart. And then overspent that budget by $20 million. "That's the opposite of defunding the police. So let's give it a break."
When my son was a baby he was sick - we had finally gotten him comfortable and asleep.
Amazon was piloting its food delivery business (sorry, didn't know the downsides at the time) and delivery was free.
My wife and I ate Hola Arepa on our bed. Perhaps the best tasting food in our entire lives.
Amazon was piloting its food delivery business (sorry, didn't know the downsides at the time) and delivery was free.
My wife and I ate Hola Arepa on our bed. Perhaps the best tasting food in our entire lives.
December 5, 2025 at 3:10 PM
When my son was a baby he was sick - we had finally gotten him comfortable and asleep.
Amazon was piloting its food delivery business (sorry, didn't know the downsides at the time) and delivery was free.
My wife and I ate Hola Arepa on our bed. Perhaps the best tasting food in our entire lives.
Amazon was piloting its food delivery business (sorry, didn't know the downsides at the time) and delivery was free.
My wife and I ate Hola Arepa on our bed. Perhaps the best tasting food in our entire lives.
A second pair of socks has done wonders for my ability to appreciate this weather
December 5, 2025 at 2:46 PM
A second pair of socks has done wonders for my ability to appreciate this weather
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Jon Collins is always right in the thick of things. He was there in 2020 and he’s there today. One of the main reasons I tune in to MPR.
Anyway, these anti-ICE tactics are working, even in the dead of winter.
Anyway, these anti-ICE tactics are working, even in the dead of winter.
We encountered an ICE immigration enforcement action on Park Ave. in Minneapolis today. When my colleague Ben Hovland and I arrived there were only a couple observers, but there were dozens blowing whistles by the time ICE agents left without making an arrest.
www.instagram.com/reel/DR3DO1I...
www.instagram.com/reel/DR3DO1I...
MPR News on Instagram: "Nearly two dozen community members surrounded a house on the 3100 block of Park Avenue in Minneapolis when Homeland Security Investigations officers detained an East African ma...
Residents of Minneapolis's Park Avenue neighborhood respond to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation with a community watch, as reported by MPR News. The community watches as federal agents...
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December 5, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Jon Collins is always right in the thick of things. He was there in 2020 and he’s there today. One of the main reasons I tune in to MPR.
Anyway, these anti-ICE tactics are working, even in the dead of winter.
Anyway, these anti-ICE tactics are working, even in the dead of winter.
This is why it is also all pointless.
The racists are too late, they aren't going to win. They are just going to cause a lot of suffering in the meantime.
The racists are too late, they aren't going to win. They are just going to cause a lot of suffering in the meantime.
95% of MN Somalis are US citizens. 58% were born in the US. The only reason to target this community with immigration agents is for the sake of racial profiling and harassment - which the US supreme court says is legal now.
www.npr.org/2025/09/13/n...
www.npr.org/2025/09/13/n...
December 4, 2025 at 2:50 PM
This is why it is also all pointless.
The racists are too late, they aren't going to win. They are just going to cause a lot of suffering in the meantime.
The racists are too late, they aren't going to win. They are just going to cause a lot of suffering in the meantime.
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95% of MN Somalis are US citizens. 58% were born in the US. The only reason to target this community with immigration agents is for the sake of racial profiling and harassment - which the US supreme court says is legal now.
www.npr.org/2025/09/13/n...
www.npr.org/2025/09/13/n...
December 4, 2025 at 2:22 PM
95% of MN Somalis are US citizens. 58% were born in the US. The only reason to target this community with immigration agents is for the sake of racial profiling and harassment - which the US supreme court says is legal now.
www.npr.org/2025/09/13/n...
www.npr.org/2025/09/13/n...
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Stole this from the Cedar Cultural Center’s page since they aren’t here. ♥️♥️♥️
December 3, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Stole this from the Cedar Cultural Center’s page since they aren’t here. ♥️♥️♥️
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Of the 80,000 Somalis who live in the twin cities, only 4000 are non-citizens. And the OVERWHELMING MAJORITY of those 4000 non-citizens are NOT undocumented—they are here legally.
There is no immigration issue to enforce here.
I know racists don't care about this, but these facts do matter
There is no immigration issue to enforce here.
I know racists don't care about this, but these facts do matter
December 3, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Of the 80,000 Somalis who live in the twin cities, only 4000 are non-citizens. And the OVERWHELMING MAJORITY of those 4000 non-citizens are NOT undocumented—they are here legally.
There is no immigration issue to enforce here.
I know racists don't care about this, but these facts do matter
There is no immigration issue to enforce here.
I know racists don't care about this, but these facts do matter
It's starting to get cold - the snow is getting squeaky
December 3, 2025 at 11:24 PM
It's starting to get cold - the snow is getting squeaky
North: Reykjavik, Iceland
South: Cusco, Peru
I was a bit sad when I realized furthest north wasn't in MN. It is the furthest north I've been in the US
South: Cusco, Peru
I was a bit sad when I realized furthest north wasn't in MN. It is the furthest north I've been in the US
What is the farthest north and south you have ever been?
NORTH: St. Petersburg Russia
SOUTH: Sydney, Australia
(For western hemisphere I got Saskatoon & Rio)
NORTH: St. Petersburg Russia
SOUTH: Sydney, Australia
(For western hemisphere I got Saskatoon & Rio)
What is the farthest north and south you have ever been?
NORTH: Denali National Park, Alaska, USA
SOUTH: Cusco/Machu Picchu, Peru
NORTH: Denali National Park, Alaska, USA
SOUTH: Cusco/Machu Picchu, Peru
December 1, 2025 at 3:15 AM
North: Reykjavik, Iceland
South: Cusco, Peru
I was a bit sad when I realized furthest north wasn't in MN. It is the furthest north I've been in the US
South: Cusco, Peru
I was a bit sad when I realized furthest north wasn't in MN. It is the furthest north I've been in the US
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just brainstorming but i think a good political slogan would be "genuinely, we should have a taco truck on every corner."
November 30, 2025 at 7:34 PM
just brainstorming but i think a good political slogan would be "genuinely, we should have a taco truck on every corner."
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We did a lot of stuff outside, particularly with a group of 4 boys all the same age as my son. We still do get together that same group but not as often. Life tends to get in the way - the advantage of that time was life was basically paused in other ways
November 29, 2025 at 11:06 PM
We did a lot of stuff outside, particularly with a group of 4 boys all the same age as my son. We still do get together that same group but not as often. Life tends to get in the way - the advantage of that time was life was basically paused in other ways
Bull's Horn was great tonight
November 28, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Bull's Horn was great tonight