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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 2d

So I’ve been following an undercover ice vehicle from Franklin Ave South towards the Greenway for the last five minutes or so roughly 12:30 PM central time this is a picture of the vehicle and the inhabitants of the car who opened the window when they saw I was taking photos of them.

Photo of a license plate reading PY352 Minnesota license plate and it is an undercover vehicle

Two very tasty ice undercover agents in their undercover vehicle waving to the camera

More blurry image of the driver of the vehicle a very, very bald, very angry, looking older gentleman

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briguy @datbriguy.bsky.social · 3d

I grew up in Buffalo NY which is basically just "what if St Paul but more snow" and people there are way more willing to walk places than they are here.

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briguy @datbriguy.bsky.social · 3d

feels like they could do a solid business with after-church lunches

briguy @datbriguy.bsky.social · 3d

🚨 the new diner (Corner Cafe) at GFS is giving away balloon animals today to celebrate its grand opening 🚨

also, the food is pretty good! a much appreciated addition to the woefully short list of places in this town that do good, simple diner food without a dumb schtick.

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briguy @datbriguy.bsky.social · 5d

horrifying!

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Daniel Connerton @lordnad.bsky.social · 11d

@govpritzker.illinois.gov

37 and Kedzie, East Garfield, Illinois.

This is assault.

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AHHH! real meghan!! 나영지 🇵🇸 @ruemcclammyhand.bsky.social · 10d

zero prevent surprised to read they are roundly abusing greta thunberg while she’s in detention but making her kiss the israeli flag is just sick. what sick people.

"They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others," the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.

Lorenzo D'Agostino, a journalist and another flotilla participant, said after returning to Istanbul that Thunberg was "wrapped in the Israeli flag and paraded like a trophy" - a scene described with disbelief and anger by those who witnessed it.

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briguy @datbriguy.bsky.social · 12d

they should invent a type of biking to other places

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briguy @datbriguy.bsky.social · 12d

the only bad thing about biking to work is that eventually you end up at work

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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 12d

NEW: ICE is planning to hire a team of nearly 30 people to surveil social media 24/7, build dossiers on people, and flag them for arrest and deportation. @dell.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ice-so...

ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team

Documents show ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.

www.wired.com

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 12d

The most powerful enemies of our first amendment rights in our nation's history

Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 12d

NEW: ICE is planning to hire a team of nearly 30 people to surveil social media 24/7, build dossiers on people, and flag them for arrest and deportation. @dell.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ice-so...

ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team

Documents show ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.

www.wired.com

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Dan Samorodnitsky @dsamorod.bsky.social · 14d

NEWS: Boneshaker Books is moving! And we need your help to pull it off! We are looking to raise $15,000 to get us there and set up. $6,000 of that needs to be raised by 10/17. Please share! Radical bookstores forever! @boneshakerbooks.bsky.social

www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...

Help Boneshaker Move to Our New Home!

After fourteen years in our current space, we have made the decision that it’s time for Boneshaker Books to move. While we treasure the time we've spent in Seward, and will miss existing as a communit...

www.zeffy.com

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briguy @datbriguy.bsky.social · 13d

they even did curb-level bike lanes by the always-busy Somali mall by 10th Ave to try and reduce driver-cyclist conflict zones! it's slick as hell!

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briguy @datbriguy.bsky.social · 13d

the city is planning similar upgrades on 9th and 10th downtown which means nearly all the worst parts of my commute will likely be protected bike lanes by next year

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briguy @datbriguy.bsky.social · 13d

nice to remember sometimes Minneapolis just builds really nice bike infrastructure that goes totally under the radar because we've normalized it. say hello to the new E. 24th Street through Phillips.

street with two traffic lanes and a concrete-protected, two-way bike lane

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briguy @datbriguy.bsky.social · 14d

it took until late September but taus market is now open

briguy @datbriguy.bsky.social · Mar 28

he estimated they would be opening next month. as a longtime Minneapolis busybody and restaurant-opening watcher, I will plan on attending a grand opening in July.

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briguy @datbriguy.bsky.social · 22d

a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a desk and saying really ?

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a desk and saying really ?

media.tenor.com

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briguy @datbriguy.bsky.social · 26d

go off, Luxembourg

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briguy @datbriguy.bsky.social · 26d

My wife is also applying for citizenship in Luxembourg!

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 26d

I am biased but I don’t think there is a better website on the internet today than TheOnion.com.

Nation Grateful to GOP for Protecting It From TV

Report: You to Be Fired for Reading This Headline About Charlie Kirk

Trump Spends Entire UK Trip Trying to Figure Out Where He Knows Prince Andrew From

Charlie Kirk, Not In His Own Words: We Honor The Right-Wing Activist By Making Up Quotes That Sound Much Better, Given The Moment

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · Sep 14

korean reporting is nightmarish on the conditions Korean workers were contained in

Their waists and hands were tied together, forcing them to bend down and lick water to drink. The unscreened bathrooms contained only a single sheet to cover their lower bodies. Sunlight barely penetrated through a fist-sized hole, and they were only allowed access to the small yard for two hours. Detained by US immigration authorities for eight days, the workers and their families expressed shock, describing human rights violations and absurdities they could not have imagined as ordinary Koreans living in 2025.

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briguy @datbriguy.bsky.social · Sep 12

agreed. it's almost certainly true that Kim and other female restauranteurs is/are held to a higher standard than men, but supporting that premise by leaning on quotes from convicted wage thief kim bartmann is quite funny

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · Sep 12

dinner du nord is downtown as playground: the elites dine on steak on nicollet mall while cops collect OT looking at their phones and an 81 year old woman asks me why buses are gone and she had to walk home to loring

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briguy @datbriguy.bsky.social · Sep 11

EDDINGTON (2025)

News story titled "Are Minnesota cities secretly building data centers? Residents deserve to know."

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briguy @datbriguy.bsky.social · Sep 10

nothing exciting going on in the world rn time for a cute pic

me wearing holding my Chihuahua and wearing a shirt with his face on it

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