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Michael Corey
@mikejcorey.bsky.social
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Geospatial, Technology, and Data Lead, Mapping Prejudice. Previously: Star Tribune, Reveal. Racial covenants, public history, mapping, data journalism. Team St. Paul.
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The editor of St. Paul's KKK paper, "The Call of the North," has thoughts about those things your kids are learning in public schools, Aug. 31, 1923.
A news clipping: "TEXTBOOKS. Do you realize that there are books used in the public schools of America that are instruments of propaganda of a most un-American kind? Our boys and girls are taught things that tend to destroy all sparks of love for our great institutions, principles, ideals and traditions. Investigate the textbooks used in your school."
September 23, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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We deserve this... theonion.com/throwback-an...
A black-and-white cartoon showing a man with pointed teeth and a t-shirt labeled "SISQOS" leaning against a window labeled "DANCE CLUB." He says: 'YES ... HA HA HA ... YES!'
September 22, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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Peak cringe boosterism and wishful thinking to boot.
An online news headline: "BREAKING 12 MINUTES AGO Live: Downtown Minneapolis abuzz with Target and other workers called back to the office"
September 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Fuck you, dude.
"Rep. Tom Emmer is calling for Minnesota to repeal its transgender refuge law following the deadly Annunciation Catholic Church shooting."
August 29, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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When I was still at the Strib there was a lot of talk of reforming how police stories are covered. But apparently tweeting the scanner is still fair game. Look, I want details ASAP too, but there's nothing to distinguish this from spammy crime apps.
August 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Should I drop public history and give my life to "thermal spray?"
A screenshot from an email, reading: "SEMI: Symposium on Emerging Materials and Innovations in Thermal Spray, Melbourne, Australia, December 1-3, 2025, Save the Date!"
August 15, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Today is not like when I was a kid.
A screenshot of a newspaper headline reading "Eden Prairie wants residents to name the city's new THC gummy"
July 17, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Look what my friend @alletson.bsky.social has been up to!
A photo of a comic book cover with a red background. A dark-skinned, muscular man faces away from the viewer, looking back and pointing at the back of his leather jacket, where "Terrific" is embroidered. The cover of a DC comic book entitled "Mr. Terrific Year One." A dark-skinned man with a black mask covering the front of his face seems to juggle 3 ball-shaped objects suspended in midair, each with an orange "T" emblazoned on them. A close-up of the credits on the comic book cover: "Al Letson, Valentine De Landro, Marissa Louise"
May 31, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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Fixed this homer headline...
A marked-up newspaper headline. The original reads: "Target's executive signals newfound urgency on fixing problems" The end of the text is crossed out and replaced so that the edited headline reads "Target's executive shakeup signals things are going quite badly"
May 21, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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OK so maybe concave_hull was not a good choice here...
A map of an urban area overlaid with crazy mishmash of jagged pink boundaries criss-crossing each other chaotically, along with unintelligibly small labels. Useless. All is folly.
April 25, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Doing initial processing on 8.7 million pages of Contra Costa County records to find suspected racial covenants. Currently running at 35 pages per second.
March 21, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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I got into the board room, the police presence is more than a bit much. The whole 6-story building is mostly empty, but they weren't letting more than a few people in because they're "at capacity."
Four University of Minnesota police officers stand in a mostly empty hallway outside the Board of Regents board room on the 6th Floor of McNamara, while a few people walk past. A mostly full, wood-paneled board room at the Board of Regents meeting.
March 14, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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A cross-section view of a delicious breakfast sandwich on a brioche donut bun with pink Hmong sausage, a hash brown, and soft egg.
February 17, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Merry Christmas from this giant Great Dane baby.
A giant Great Dane head: white with black spots and droopy eyes, resting on someone's leg.
December 25, 2024 at 3:12 PM
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Dispatch from the in-laws: This is Daisy, the good cat. Oscar the hissy orange one doesn't get a photo.
A tiny black and white Siamese cat with its eyes closed faces the camera, paws tucked under its body. A tiny black and white Siamese cat fully curled up into a circle on a plaid beanbag.
December 25, 2024 at 3:35 AM
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Yup, still slaps.
2 delicious frybread-style tacos topped with lettuce and Cheddar cheese in a Tasty Tacos basket.
December 24, 2024 at 7:03 PM
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It's a Christmas miracle!
The exterior of a Tasty Tacos restaurant
December 24, 2024 at 6:37 PM
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Damn spotted in the wild...
A newsstand with a Vita.mn logo
December 17, 2024 at 3:17 PM
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Well, he's in the right aisle.
A sparrow on the floor of a Menards in front of a shelf of suet and other bird feeder supplies.
December 15, 2024 at 7:17 PM
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See also:
A bag of taco cheese curds, 6-year Cheddar, and 3-pepper Colby from Nasonville Dairy in Curtiss; plus a Colby jack from Eau Claire Cheese & Deli.
December 15, 2024 at 4:08 PM
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On it!
4 blocks of Marieke Gouda cheese from Luck, Wisconsin. I highly recommend the 6-9 original.
December 15, 2024 at 4:02 PM
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A goose chasing a person meme. Panel one text: "WHO DECIDES WHAT CONSTITUTES BIAS?" Panel two text: "WHO DECIDES????"
December 5, 2024 at 3:54 PM
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Shhhhhhhhhhhh
A screenshot of the "Add muted words and tags" screen, with "Matt Yglesias" added with duration set to "Forever."
December 2, 2024 at 5:02 PM
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We are prepared.
A roasting pan filled with the ingredients for a large amount of green bean casserole: 8 cans of green beans, 1.5 bags of crispy onions, and 3 cans of cream of mushroom soup.
November 28, 2024 at 2:55 AM
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Post a ship that's neither Star Wars nor Star Trek.
A dirty red spaceship with an inverted cone shape front: 3 million years from Earth, the mining ship Red Dwarf.
November 24, 2024 at 1:59 AM