Cole
@colefortner.bsky.social
Saint Paul, MN
Wolves/Lynx/Vikings/Crop Art
Wolves/Lynx/Vikings/Crop Art
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Really glad to see this; and especially glad that it's coming out of the Public Health & Safety Committee. It is a public health issue but it's also safety. Thank you CM @jchavezmpls.bsky.social and the rest of the committee! Please don't let it stay a report.
Minneapolis looking at bringing more public restrooms to downtown
City leaders in Minneapolis are discussing the need for more public bathrooms downtown, supported by new research highlighting the demand and potential costs.
kstp.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Really glad to see this; and especially glad that it's coming out of the Public Health & Safety Committee. It is a public health issue but it's also safety. Thank you CM @jchavezmpls.bsky.social and the rest of the committee! Please don't let it stay a report.
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If you can't handle us at our Aurora photos, you don't deserve us at our Seed Art photos.
November 12, 2025 at 5:18 AM
If you can't handle us at our Aurora photos, you don't deserve us at our Seed Art photos.
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Hi Minnesotan Bluesky:
The DFL has a well-known transphobia problem. I'm organizing to change the party platform in 2026 to be explicitly supportive of trans people in Minnesota. This will provide a basis for expelling transphobia from our party.
Join me: abetterdfl.org.
The DFL has a well-known transphobia problem. I'm organizing to change the party platform in 2026 to be explicitly supportive of trans people in Minnesota. This will provide a basis for expelling transphobia from our party.
Join me: abetterdfl.org.
November 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Hi Minnesotan Bluesky:
The DFL has a well-known transphobia problem. I'm organizing to change the party platform in 2026 to be explicitly supportive of trans people in Minnesota. This will provide a basis for expelling transphobia from our party.
Join me: abetterdfl.org.
The DFL has a well-known transphobia problem. I'm organizing to change the party platform in 2026 to be explicitly supportive of trans people in Minnesota. This will provide a basis for expelling transphobia from our party.
Join me: abetterdfl.org.
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man, share the memories you have about your people now. don't wait; just, like make that a regular thing. tell them why they matter to you all the fucking time. and tell them beautifully, poetically, the way you would reminisce about them. because that beauty is important.
November 8, 2025 at 6:03 PM
man, share the memories you have about your people now. don't wait; just, like make that a regular thing. tell them why they matter to you all the fucking time. and tell them beautifully, poetically, the way you would reminisce about them. because that beauty is important.
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We still have a few spots for this weekend’s workshop! Workshop: State Fair Seed Art with Nick Rindo, Saturday, November 1 + Sunday, November 2 | 9a - 4p daily.
All tools, materials, and seeds are provided… just bring your creativity! Register now! mmam.org/calendar2/se...
All tools, materials, and seeds are provided… just bring your creativity! Register now! mmam.org/calendar2/se...
Workshop: State Fair Seed Art with Nick Rindo — Minnesota Marine Art Museum
Join Minneapolis-based artist Nick Rindo for an all-inclusive introduction to Minnesota State Fair Crop Art. This workshop provides all the tools and knowledge required to submit your first entry in n...
mmam.org
October 31, 2025 at 3:32 PM
We still have a few spots for this weekend’s workshop! Workshop: State Fair Seed Art with Nick Rindo, Saturday, November 1 + Sunday, November 2 | 9a - 4p daily.
All tools, materials, and seeds are provided… just bring your creativity! Register now! mmam.org/calendar2/se...
All tools, materials, and seeds are provided… just bring your creativity! Register now! mmam.org/calendar2/se...
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Fun Saturday story about kindness, amaranth, and Keanu 🌞
"It’s hard to explain crop art to people who’ve never watched a Minnesotan take their feelings and a bunch of beans and glue them all together on a board"
"It’s hard to explain crop art to people who’ve never watched a Minnesotan take their feelings and a bunch of beans and glue them all together on a board"
“In the end, it was a low-tech solution that brought Beanu to Keanu. Just a human, waiting outside a stage door so share something they liked with someone they liked.”
#cropart
#cropart
@stribrooks.bsky.social you’ve done it again! Katherine Erickson’s Keanu/Seed crop art is amazing and this story makes me smile.
www.startribune.com/seed-meets-s...
www.startribune.com/seed-meets-s...
October 25, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Fun Saturday story about kindness, amaranth, and Keanu 🌞
"It’s hard to explain crop art to people who’ve never watched a Minnesotan take their feelings and a bunch of beans and glue them all together on a board"
"It’s hard to explain crop art to people who’ve never watched a Minnesotan take their feelings and a bunch of beans and glue them all together on a board"
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Finally finished my Fargo 30th anniversary crop art!!! it took about 60 hours to complete this piece and I love how the “Elmers glue” turned out.
October 20, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Finally finished my Fargo 30th anniversary crop art!!! it took about 60 hours to complete this piece and I love how the “Elmers glue” turned out.
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"Disabled people are peers not charity cases" - Dr. Michele A. Williams
Mic drop
#A11yTOconf #A11y @a11yto.bsky.social
Mic drop
#A11yTOconf #A11y @a11yto.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 2:21 PM
"Disabled people are peers not charity cases" - Dr. Michele A. Williams
Mic drop
#A11yTOconf #A11y @a11yto.bsky.social
Mic drop
#A11yTOconf #A11y @a11yto.bsky.social
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I wrote about whether people in the Twin Cities simply lack the culture and habit of walking to places. (I think we do.) Here are some tips from two avid pedestrians.
www.minnpost.com/cityscape/20...
www.minnpost.com/cityscape/20...
Too many of us are missing the benefits of walking
Even in good weather in parts of the Twin Cities with nice sidewalks and close destinations, people aren't walking as much as they could.
www.minnpost.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I wrote about whether people in the Twin Cities simply lack the culture and habit of walking to places. (I think we do.) Here are some tips from two avid pedestrians.
www.minnpost.com/cityscape/20...
www.minnpost.com/cityscape/20...
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For any Lynx fans interested, there is a Lynx discord that a number of folks here are part of and if you are interested in joining send a DM and I'll send the link. It's a very fun community, little adhd at times but also very refreshing place.
October 2, 2025 at 9:37 PM
For any Lynx fans interested, there is a Lynx discord that a number of folks here are part of and if you are interested in joining send a DM and I'll send the link. It's a very fun community, little adhd at times but also very refreshing place.
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Every time I’ve been to a hospital I’ve noticed incredibly passionate and professional immigrants at every level of care, from janitorial staff to nurses to midwives to MDs. I *quite literally* want my taxes to pay for people to be cared for and not die.
ER doc here! This is a lie. Wait times are up because the American healthcare system is an unsustainable business model and a for-profit national healthcare system just doesn’t work. These problems will continue to get worse until we change that system. It literally has nothing to do with immigrants
Vance: "If you're an American citizen & you've been to the hospital in the last few years, you've probably noticed wait times are especially large & very often somebody who's there in the ER is an illegal alien. Why do those people get healthcare benefits at hospitals paid for by American citizens?"
October 1, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Every time I’ve been to a hospital I’ve noticed incredibly passionate and professional immigrants at every level of care, from janitorial staff to nurses to midwives to MDs. I *quite literally* want my taxes to pay for people to be cared for and not die.
First: ZZ Top
(some random car show, St. Louis)
Best: Bjork
(First Ave, Minneapolis 95)
Last: Brandi Carlile, Big Freedia
(Gasparilla, Tampa 20)
Need to see: Tank and the Bangas, Japanese Breakfast, Ethel Cain, First Aid Kit and Iris Dement
(some random car show, St. Louis)
Best: Bjork
(First Ave, Minneapolis 95)
Last: Brandi Carlile, Big Freedia
(Gasparilla, Tampa 20)
Need to see: Tank and the Bangas, Japanese Breakfast, Ethel Cain, First Aid Kit and Iris Dement
What was your:
First Concert:
Best Concert:
Last Concert:
First Concert:
Best Concert:
Last Concert:
October 1, 2025 at 3:08 PM
First: ZZ Top
(some random car show, St. Louis)
Best: Bjork
(First Ave, Minneapolis 95)
Last: Brandi Carlile, Big Freedia
(Gasparilla, Tampa 20)
Need to see: Tank and the Bangas, Japanese Breakfast, Ethel Cain, First Aid Kit and Iris Dement
(some random car show, St. Louis)
Best: Bjork
(First Ave, Minneapolis 95)
Last: Brandi Carlile, Big Freedia
(Gasparilla, Tampa 20)
Need to see: Tank and the Bangas, Japanese Breakfast, Ethel Cain, First Aid Kit and Iris Dement
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Napheesa Collier's full statement at the beginning of her exit interview.
She directly quotes conversations with Cathy Englebert that legitimately call into question how the WNBA is being led. (Part 1/2) #WNBASky
She directly quotes conversations with Cathy Englebert that legitimately call into question how the WNBA is being led. (Part 1/2) #WNBASky
September 30, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Napheesa Collier's full statement at the beginning of her exit interview.
She directly quotes conversations with Cathy Englebert that legitimately call into question how the WNBA is being led. (Part 1/2) #WNBASky
She directly quotes conversations with Cathy Englebert that legitimately call into question how the WNBA is being led. (Part 1/2) #WNBASky
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Did you know that a big portion of the Pioneer Press archives are now online? A century of searchable news starting in 1861, that was previously relegated to microfische.
www.twincities.com/2025/09/25/m...
www.twincities.com/2025/09/25/m...
Minnesota Historical Society launches online Pioneer Press archive
Earlier this month, the Minnesota Historical Society launched a searchable online database of archival Pioneer Press issues spanning a century of state and local history beginning in 1861.
www.twincities.com
September 28, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Did you know that a big portion of the Pioneer Press archives are now online? A century of searchable news starting in 1861, that was previously relegated to microfische.
www.twincities.com/2025/09/25/m...
www.twincities.com/2025/09/25/m...
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Today's news cycle is going to be overwhelming.
If you're feeling a drive to action, Trans Pizza is in the red, and I can't afford to hold it aloft myself. Consider lifting up a trans community today.
Link in bio.
If you're feeling a drive to action, Trans Pizza is in the red, and I can't afford to hold it aloft myself. Consider lifting up a trans community today.
Link in bio.
September 11, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Today's news cycle is going to be overwhelming.
If you're feeling a drive to action, Trans Pizza is in the red, and I can't afford to hold it aloft myself. Consider lifting up a trans community today.
Link in bio.
If you're feeling a drive to action, Trans Pizza is in the red, and I can't afford to hold it aloft myself. Consider lifting up a trans community today.
Link in bio.
I feel like the color is off on MNF, the Bears coach looks like Kramer when he played Cirrhosis at the teaching hospital
September 9, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I feel like the color is off on MNF, the Bears coach looks like Kramer when he played Cirrhosis at the teaching hospital
New Dr question “Have you traveled to any foreign countries lately…. or Florida?”
September 4, 2025 at 3:32 AM
New Dr question “Have you traveled to any foreign countries lately…. or Florida?”
This would be awesome, can’t wait to see it! Help this person
Wanted: any and all photos you have of the #mnstatefair Crop Art area.
I'm trying to build a 3D reconstruction of the exhibit and I'm missing a few spots with the ~1200 photos I took myself. I'll look through Bluesky, IG, Twitter, but share any you have or come across too. Weird angles are helpful!
I'm trying to build a 3D reconstruction of the exhibit and I'm missing a few spots with the ~1200 photos I took myself. I'll look through Bluesky, IG, Twitter, but share any you have or come across too. Weird angles are helpful!
August 31, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This would be awesome, can’t wait to see it! Help this person
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TWIN CITIES! TOMORROW! BACKSTORY COFFEE ROASTERS IN ST. PAUL. TRANS. ARTIST. MARKET.
August 29, 2025 at 11:19 PM
TWIN CITIES! TOMORROW! BACKSTORY COFFEE ROASTERS IN ST. PAUL. TRANS. ARTIST. MARKET.