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.
Pinned
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I regularly bike on a riverside path named after James I. Rice, onetime county park commissioner and state representative. The Transit app calls this path the "James the First Rice Parkway Trail" and I hope they never fix it.
November 14, 2025 at 3:57 AM
I regularly bike on a riverside path named after James I. Rice, onetime county park commissioner and state representative. The Transit app calls this path the "James the First Rice Parkway Trail" and I hope they never fix it.
NOW I know what was missing from my childhood.
Day #160: United States Postal Service (1969)
November 14, 2025 at 1:26 PM
NOW I know what was missing from my childhood.
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Sorry, "Merganser" is the title of a mid-1970s police-detective TV pilot.
November 13, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Sorry, "Merganser" is the title of a mid-1970s police-detective TV pilot.
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The way to really stir the pot is to ask upper management in either camp about the Najarian scandal, the psychiatric research scandal, or why they never merged with Mayo.
November 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The way to really stir the pot is to ask upper management in either camp about the Najarian scandal, the psychiatric research scandal, or why they never merged with Mayo.
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Local restaurants
November 13, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Local restaurants
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a “Space Force”, if you will
November 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
a “Space Force”, if you will
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On this date: November 13, 1963. The Trashmen released their hit single, “Surfin’Bird.” Recorded at Kay Bank Studio, it spent 13 weeks on the Billboard charts.
November 13, 2025 at 3:09 PM
On this date: November 13, 1963. The Trashmen released their hit single, “Surfin’Bird.” Recorded at Kay Bank Studio, it spent 13 weeks on the Billboard charts.
All I need now is a scissors to remove the scissors from the blister pack.
November 13, 2025 at 4:03 PM
All I need now is a scissors to remove the scissors from the blister pack.
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I didn't see any aurora tonight, probably too much light pollution. But the city still looks great.
November 13, 2025 at 5:14 AM
I didn't see any aurora tonight, probably too much light pollution. But the city still looks great.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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#OnThisDay Nov 12, 1977: Steve Carter’s blistering saga "Eden" is the first production at Penumbra Theatre in St Paul, an African-American company founded by Lou Bellamy. The theater is recognized for its key role in launching playwright's careers, including Pulitzer Prize-winner August Wilson.
November 12, 2025 at 6:13 PM
#OnThisDay Nov 12, 1977: Steve Carter’s blistering saga "Eden" is the first production at Penumbra Theatre in St Paul, an African-American company founded by Lou Bellamy. The theater is recognized for its key role in launching playwright's careers, including Pulitzer Prize-winner August Wilson.
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Book Cover of the Day:
November 12, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Book Cover of the Day:
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Witch’s Hat in Tower Hill Park
November 12, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Witch’s Hat in Tower Hill Park
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Put these at every LRT and BRT station
The self-cleaning sanisettes in Paris are a marvel. www.paris.fr/en/pages/par...
November 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Put these at every LRT and BRT station
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The self-cleaning sanisettes in Paris are a marvel. www.paris.fr/en/pages/par...
November 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
The self-cleaning sanisettes in Paris are a marvel. www.paris.fr/en/pages/par...
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The East Bank Neighborhoods Partnership is holding their Annual Meeting + Board Elections next week. Check out our Candidate Guide and learn about people running for our next board of directors:
www.eastbankmpls.org/news/2025-ca...
www.eastbankmpls.org/news/2025-ca...
November 10, 2025 at 11:42 PM
The East Bank Neighborhoods Partnership is holding their Annual Meeting + Board Elections next week. Check out our Candidate Guide and learn about people running for our next board of directors:
www.eastbankmpls.org/news/2025-ca...
www.eastbankmpls.org/news/2025-ca...
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“chicken painting” - Doug Argue
July 1, 2023 at 7:11 PM
“chicken painting” - Doug Argue
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For the midnight crew on this #EdmundFitzgwtald50 anniversary, I have added more markups to the Newsweek article that gave Gordon Lightfoot his template for His "Wreck of" song lyrics.
November 10, 2025 at 6:29 AM
For the midnight crew on this #EdmundFitzgwtald50 anniversary, I have added more markups to the Newsweek article that gave Gordon Lightfoot his template for His "Wreck of" song lyrics.
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Senate Republicans and Democrats RN
November 10, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Senate Republicans and Democrats RN
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Reminds me of this 1910 postcard, depicting St Paul as the "center of the earth"
November 10, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Reminds me of this 1910 postcard, depicting St Paul as the "center of the earth"
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I am at a Walgreens in a particularly kinda shitty part of St. Louis where I grew up (south city) and not a single thing is locked up. And it is open till 9pm.
Now I gotta know if the lockdown on all things is a Mpls thing? Like some franchise owner shit?
Now I gotta know if the lockdown on all things is a Mpls thing? Like some franchise owner shit?
November 10, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I am at a Walgreens in a particularly kinda shitty part of St. Louis where I grew up (south city) and not a single thing is locked up. And it is open till 9pm.
Now I gotta know if the lockdown on all things is a Mpls thing? Like some franchise owner shit?
Now I gotta know if the lockdown on all things is a Mpls thing? Like some franchise owner shit?
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Sorry, The Minnesota Star Tribune is going to have to retract today's entire print run, collect every copy from every newsstand and home-delivery address, bring them back to the Heritage Plant and grind them up into a pulpy slurry. "Al's Diner"? "Al's DINER"??
November 9, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Sorry, The Minnesota Star Tribune is going to have to retract today's entire print run, collect every copy from every newsstand and home-delivery address, bring them back to the Heritage Plant and grind them up into a pulpy slurry. "Al's Diner"? "Al's DINER"??
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am I waiting by this persons car hoping to be friends, yes
November 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM
am I waiting by this persons car hoping to be friends, yes