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Chris Steller @chrissteller.bsky.social · 1d

As a young boy in 1940s Duluth, Minnesota, Bobby Zimmerman lived around the corner from Albert Woolson, who would soon become the oldest surviving Union soldier from the Civil War. Both played guitar professionally.

map showing houses less than 500 feet apart

Woodson as an old man in the1950s with a young girl, playing a drum as he did in the Civil War

Bob Dylan's home in Duluth, where he lived until age 6

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Chasing Aphrodite @chasingaphrodite.bsky.social · 15h

The Pushkin job: unmasking the thieves behind an international rare books heist

As many as 170 rare and valuable editions of Russian classics were stolen from libraries across Europe. Were the thieves merely low-level opportunists, or were bigger forces at work?

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

The Pushkin job: unmasking the thieves behind an international rare books heist

The long read: Between 2022 and 2023, as many as 170 rare and valuable editions of Russian classics were stolen from libraries across Europe. Were the thieves merely low-level opportunists, or were bi...

www.theguardian.com

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amy brown (spooky edition) @amybrown.xyz · 1h

my early prediction for 2026 is that katy perry writes a sexually explicit song about justin trudeau

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Jackie Seidel @jackieseidel.bsky.social · 1h

I teach a university course about stress.
Last week we did a group activity where groups brainstormed lists of stressors under different categories. Under "external" stressors (ie. not in our control) EVERY single group listed traffic ...

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 11h

NEW: “Toderian says it’s easy to be distracted by futuristic innovations like electric cars, drone delivery networks & hyperloops. ‘The real solutions are a lot less sexy and a lot more common sense… Tech won’t save us if we get the fundamentals wrong.”

I was 1 of 3 urban experts asked to weigh in.

A world without traffic? Three urban experts rethink how cities move

Gridlock is costing us billions, but bold solutions like bus-only lanes, congestion charges and flexible work hours could get cities moving again

www.theglobeandmail.com

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batkaren @batkaren.bsky.social · 1d

Mash up bands:

Captain Beefheart & Tennille

Jake_Vig @jakevig.bsky.social · 1d

Mash up bands:

Guns 'N Oates

Robyn D @koparafallskid.bsky.social · 1d

Mash up bands

Pink Purple

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Vic Thorstenson @vthorstenson.bsky.social · 1h

Time for some 3-D Fun Pix of our quick Wisconsin trip.
You'll need red/blue glasses to see the stereo images.

Taken with a regular camera with two exposures offset left to right. Color separations, removing the red and green/blue channels of the separate images is done in Photoshop. #birds
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An exquisitely carved bird at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum.

"Corvid 19" - Nineteen crows arranged on a wooden rack on the grounds of the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum.

A bronze crow cries out on the roof terrace of the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum.

Rocky outcrops of the dalles of the Eau Claire River in Marathon County.

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Knew Nic @knewagirlnic.bsky.social · 4h

Spending time on the ‘Discover’ feed just to feel something

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mpls photo bot @mplsphotobot.bsky.social · 3h

William T. Hartman (1939)
4416 46th Ave. S
Source: Hennepin County Library

President of the Northwest Coin Club

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Chris Steller @chrissteller.bsky.social · 4h

Minneapolis Fire Department helped a guy stuck on the riverbank who could make a phone call from his watch but had no idea where he was or what happened

Technical Rescue Riverbank near 158 E. River Pkwy
October 11, 2025
At approximately 8:24 pm, fire crew were dispatched to an adult male calling from his
watch stating that he thinks he fell down a steep riverbank and was stuck in a bunch of
brush and trees but does not know his location. Caller said he was at east river flats
park earlier but doesn’t remember what happened after that. Fire crews and University
of Minnesota Police (UMNPD) responded to the area and worked to locate the male.
They used sirens, spotlights and UMNPD’s infrared lights to try to locate the male
buried deep in the steep river bluff. Fire crews set up a rescue rope static line and
repelled approximately 20 feet down the embankment to reach the male. Minneapolis
Fire Rescue Boat 19 was launched in the river to pick up the victim at the lower
riverbank versus pulling the injured male back up the steep embankment. Fire crews
packaged the male in a rescue basket and loaded him into the boat. The male was
transferred to HCMC paramedics waiting on the U of MN shoreline near the rowing club.
The male was in stable condition and transported to the nearby hospital for medical
evaluation. No rescue personnel injuries were report.

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Chris Steller @chrissteller.bsky.social · 4h

hold up I made a crucial error in my summary gotta repost

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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 9h

Please nobody tell professional writer praising professional journalists Caitlin Flanagan what "out of whole cloth" means

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Not now but soon enough, there will be major stories about The Free Press being the creation of three female founders who constructed a hugely successful digital business out of whole cloth.

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100 years ago news @100yearsagonews.bsky.social · 8h

Oct. 12, 1925: The Chicago police chief threatens to arrest the owners of a theater for showing “Her Sister From Paris,” a film starring Constance Talmadge as a dancer named Lola. City censors “think Connie is ‘indecent and immoral’ in the way she does her hot mama stuff.” 1/2

Talmadge and John Gilbert in a scene from “Her Sister From Paris;” she also played Lola’s twin, a frumpy housewife

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Charlie @fliegel.bsky.social · 1d

Picturing decisive moments in history but with AJ Pierzynski leaning in to tell someone to bunt.

Before Gaugamela:
Parmenion - “I would accept the terms the Persians offer, if I were Alexander”

Alexander - “I would too, if I were Parmenion”

Pierzynski - “I would bunt here, if I were batting”

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Chris Steller @chrissteller.bsky.social · 9h

If I'm reading Wikipedia right, there have been maybe as many as 750,000 copies of Lorde's cover of "Swingin' Party" sold worldwide as a b-side to her "Royals" followup single, "Tennis Court." Add in the 100,000s who've heard her sing it live or streaming and I believe it's the Mats' biggest hit.

Chris Steller @chrissteller.bsky.social · 9h

Oh interesting. I only looked up last night's.

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Jamie Schwesnedl @schwesbomb.bsky.social · 9h

Maybe she’ll do it tonight - night 2 seems like a good night to roll out the deeper cuts.

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Chris Steller @chrissteller.bsky.social · 9h

Lorde had "Swingin' Party" in her live set as recently as 2021 m.youtube.com/watch?v=wkQ-...

Lorde – Swingin Party Live @ Tivoli Vredenburg

YouTube video by loveless generation

m.youtube.com

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Chris Steller @chrissteller.bsky.social · 9h

Once again, Lorde forgot to perform her cover of the Replacements' "Swingin' Party" in Minneapolis

Star Tribune Going Out @stribgoingout.startribune.com · 14h

Lorde performing her first of 2 sold-out nights at the Armory in Minneapolis last night 🎶🎤

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Evan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social · 11h

Housing prices in Minneapolis are so high there is an encampment of Lorde fans in downtown

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Chris Steller @chrissteller.bsky.social · 9h

You'd be better off walking from Cedar Rapids.

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Jamie Schwesnedl @schwesbomb.bsky.social · 12h

Lorde concert showcased excellent stage/lighting design w a relatively small amount of equipment used in different ways to keep my attention for 23 songs by (imho) a not very dynamic or charismatic (sorry!) performer. I would have been at Stereolab, but had a great time taking my 13 y.o. to Lorde!

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Paul Haine @paulhaine.bsky.social · 15h

I am once again begging filmmakers to start lighting their night scenes again. Moonlight and starlight are both available, as are torches, campfires, and any number of plausible light sources! What I'm watching right now may as well be a podcast

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Stephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 15h

One battle after another really suffers I think from taking a Pynchon novel out of the 80s into something resembling present day. That 16 year time skip makes a lot more sense when the radicals are weather underground stand ins forced to live in Reagan's America.

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Matt Weiner @mattweiner19.bsky.social · 15h

"Monkey Man" (Toots and the Maytals) and "Monkey Man" (The Rolling Stones) are a nice pair of bangers that arrived at their titles independently (Stones recorded theirs a few days before Toots & the Maytals released theirs)

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Rose Ruane @regretteruane.bsky.social · 15h

Excellently threatening energy from Deborah Findlay’s entry to the Puffin Post’s Concrete Poetry Competition.
A superb, subtle, sarcastic little poetic diss to the moon

Detail from a page from puffin post magazine black text on white reads, Deborah finally 13, the moon above a black outline of a crescent moon inside which is a poem that reads “poor moon, will you really shine so well when men step upon you and break your spell” under which italicised text reads a black and white copy of a charming painting by Deborah Findlay

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