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Nate Miller @atarifan2600.bsky.social · 20h

Minneapolis- not burning but kind of radiant

A skyline shot of downtown Minneapolis, looking up and south east.

The sky is dark and misty. Capella tower is surrounded by a halo of purple and pink lights, and Wells Fargo tower has a huge yellow glow, both mingling in the mist.

The glow in the sky is framed by strikingly dark towers and buildings that have their own rectangular windows piercing the dark.

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snackerü @snackeru.bsky.social · 21h

Haunted hotspots of Minneapolis. Spooky!

Haunted Hotspots of Minneapolis
The Black Forest Inn
The historic restaurant is said to haunted, with staff reporting mysterious noises in the basement.

Haunted Hotspots of Minneapolis
Mill Ruins Park
Now a public park, the site was once the world's largest flour mill, where two major accidents sparked today's ghostly reports.

Haunted Hotspots of Minneapolis
Cuzzy's Downtown
This North Loop dive bar is known for its dollar-covered walls, crispy tater tots and a friendly ghost named Betsy said to give occasional spectral hugs.

Haunted Hotspots of Minneapolis
First Avenue
Famous for its music, the iconic venue also has its share of ghost stories. DJs have reported hearing growls and other
strange noises through their headphones.

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Tammy @tbobrowsky.bsky.social · 2d

Heavily edited, but.

Deserted road sunset with trees in fall colors.

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snackerü @snackeru.bsky.social · 2d

I can’t imagine having this strong of an opinion on Christopher Columbus. Is this guy a relative?

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Nissa Mitchell @nissamitchell.com · 3d

Favorite. Night. Of. The. Year.

The start of the pumpkins at the Pumpkin Spectacular at the Minnesota Zoo. Carved fake pumpkins hand from trees around a paved path lit by colored lights.

Further on the path toward the pumpkins. A blurry child is in the foreground.

A collection of hundreds of fake carved pumpkins arranged off the side of the path. Multiple different colors light up the silly/spooky faces.

Another pumpkin display with a posed scarecrow pumpkin “behind bars.”

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Christy Klancher @stpauligrrrl.bsky.social · 4d

Somehow I got a Chad Smith drumstick?

Chad Smith, a tall guy in white sleeveless coveralls and a backwards maroon and gold baseball cap, walking with two drumsticks on the sidelines of a football field

Chad Getting ready to throw drumsticks into the audience

Me, in maroon and gold MN gopher sweatshirt, with with one of those drumsticks. No I didn’t catch it but my friend gave it to me

Me holding the drumstick with endzone behind it, which says “Chad Smith’s Funk Blaster”

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snackerü @snackeru.bsky.social · 5d

Encyclopedic knowledge and the best friend of Goldy Gopher!

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 5d

cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 6d

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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snackerü @snackeru.bsky.social · 5d

Are you a Mac grad?

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snackerü @snackeru.bsky.social · 5d

I guess Gunn has said that Foxy Shazam is “objectively the best band in America.” Ha!

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snackerü @snackeru.bsky.social · 5d

I read it. I did not enjoy it. I am male.

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snackerü @snackeru.bsky.social · 5d

Yes, it an old Lunds.

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Wedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live · 5d

Lake of the Isles Pencil is dressed as Vikings wide receiver Justin Jefferson for Halloween.

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Pete Nikolai @neatpickleye.bsky.social · 6d

Last time there was a No Kings protest in Minnesota the speaker-emerita, her husband and dog were murdered, a state senator and his wife were shot, the gunman was at large and 25,000 people still showed up. All you fascists are bound to lose.

Micah @rincewind.run · 6d

they are clearly trying to terrify everyone out of showing up to the No Kings protest and I simply do not think it is going to work

see you all there

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

Sen. Roger Marshall: "October 18 is when the protest gets here. This will be a Soros paid-for protest for his professional protesters. The agitators show up. We'll have to get the National Guard out. Hopefully it will be peaceful. I doubt it."

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Chris Steller @chrissteller.bsky.social · 6d

Fact: Mikhail Gorbachev visited the Twin Cities June 3-4, 1990 and on Oct. 15, 1990 he won the Nobel Peace Prize.

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snackerü @snackeru.bsky.social · 6d

Don't get me started on the Twin Cities connections of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Kofi Annan.

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snackerü @snackeru.bsky.social · 6d

Fact: Jimmy Carter spoke at the University of Minnesota on May 17, 2001 during the dedication of Mondale Hall. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in October 2002.

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snackerü @snackeru.bsky.social · 6d

Boom!

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snackerü @snackeru.bsky.social · 6d

Sounds like causation to me.

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spooky smcgee @smcgee.bsky.social · 6d

Today I learned there is a giant pumpkin regatta in Stillwater on Sunday.

Pumpkin Regatta | Home

On Sunday watch as "pumpkin pilots" paddle giant pumpkins down the St. Croix River at 2:30pm. Before the regatta, watch our paddlers compete in a friendly competition called the Battle to Paddle at n...

www.harvestfeststillwater.com

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SUGAR @sugarcopperblue.bsky.social · 6d

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Vince Mpls @vincempls.bsky.social · 6d

#OnThisDay Oct 9, 1949: The Leif Erikson statue is dedicated on the grounds of the Minnesota State Capitol on "Leif Erikson Day." The monument was part of a Scandinavian American campaign to credit their ancestors - and definitely not Christopher Columbus - with the “discovery” of North America.

A 13' high bronze statue of a viking holding a sword stands atop a tall marble plinth. The white dome of the Minnesota State Capitol is in the background.

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snackerü @snackeru.bsky.social · 6d

Did you meet him on a hike?

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