Erik Ostrom
@erikostrom.bsky.social
Musician, improviser, urban biker, web developer, Minneapolitan.
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“People are not ok out here” seems like a valid and crucial operating principle for this whole era tbh
This is great!
So happy to support an affordable housing trust fund award to trellis for their adaptive reuse of the flour exchange building in ward 7. More housing coming downtown in a former office, a beautiful building right by city hall!
November 13, 2025 at 6:20 PM
This is great!
Why did it never occur to me until this moment that the DSA was something I could join?
my life in ward 7 has been 13 years of lisa goodman, 2 years of katie cashman, next up: 4 years of something worse than goodman: elizabeth shaffer
fuck it. i have no plans to leave this ward so i joined DSA lmao. RADICALIZED
fuck it. i have no plans to leave this ward so i joined DSA lmao. RADICALIZED
November 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Why did it never occur to me until this moment that the DSA was something I could join?
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"babies are born worshipping unknown gods" is one of the most incredible dwarf fortress bugs i have heard of. its poetry.
November 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"babies are born worshipping unknown gods" is one of the most incredible dwarf fortress bugs i have heard of. its poetry.
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I was gonna release 20,000 documents today but I guess I have to wait now.
November 12, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I was gonna release 20,000 documents today but I guess I have to wait now.
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Happy to be of service. I once got into a taxi in Dublin wearing a cool new outfit. I was nervous about deviating from the norm but did it anyway.
The taxi driver was on the phone when I got in. First thing he did was finish his phone call saying "I have to go, this fella's wearing dungarees"
The taxi driver was on the phone when I got in. First thing he did was finish his phone call saying "I have to go, this fella's wearing dungarees"
November 12, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Happy to be of service. I once got into a taxi in Dublin wearing a cool new outfit. I was nervous about deviating from the norm but did it anyway.
The taxi driver was on the phone when I got in. First thing he did was finish his phone call saying "I have to go, this fella's wearing dungarees"
The taxi driver was on the phone when I got in. First thing he did was finish his phone call saying "I have to go, this fella's wearing dungarees"
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Great piece by Zadie Smith. When the right talks about classics or "Western" culture, these works are only important to the extent that it demonstrates their superiority, they have no interest in art in and of itself beyond that www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Great piece by Zadie Smith. When the right talks about classics or "Western" culture, these works are only important to the extent that it demonstrates their superiority, they have no interest in art in and of itself beyond that www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Usually it’s solitary dread that keeps me up too late, so it’s nice when every once in a while it’s communal joy
November 12, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Usually it’s solitary dread that keeps me up too late, so it’s nice when every once in a while it’s communal joy
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From a very well lit exit ramp looking straight up.
November 12, 2025 at 3:44 AM
From a very well lit exit ramp looking straight up.
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We drove about a mile to a park large enough to be pretty dark even on the road and several people stopped just to see why people were out and there was so much sharing wonder with strangers. We should all get to do that more.
November 12, 2025 at 3:57 AM
We drove about a mile to a park large enough to be pretty dark even on the road and several people stopped just to see why people were out and there was so much sharing wonder with strangers. We should all get to do that more.
I’m thinking of books that changed how I read and books that changed how I see, and I think Mrs. Dalloway is the sweet spot.
performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO!
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
November 12, 2025 at 4:18 AM
I’m thinking of books that changed how I read and books that changed how I see, and I think Mrs. Dalloway is the sweet spot.
November 12, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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Say their names cemetery
Minneapolis, MN
11/11/25
Minneapolis, MN
11/11/25
November 12, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Say their names cemetery
Minneapolis, MN
11/11/25
Minneapolis, MN
11/11/25
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This is a small snow plow for bike lanes.
If your city plows roads but leaves bike lanes, your city hates cyclists.
If your city plows roads but leaves bike lanes, your city hates cyclists.
November 11, 2025 at 7:51 PM
This is a small snow plow for bike lanes.
If your city plows roads but leaves bike lanes, your city hates cyclists.
If your city plows roads but leaves bike lanes, your city hates cyclists.
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i think of myself as mostly normie, and this is one of the demands i arrived at in the past month or so:
November 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM
i think of myself as mostly normie, and this is one of the demands i arrived at in the past month or so:
Which reminds me, a month or two ago I talked to a nurse friend who was thinking about moving to clinic work because he was pretty sure the US hospital system was on the brink of collapse.
Listen to those workers closest to day-to-day realities, so we don’t need a 50th anniversary remembrance of the next preventable disaster. 🚢🌊
SS Edmund Fitzgerald had a structural defect in its keel. Sailors on that ship had complained about the ship bending and flexing during storms, especially when it was overloaded, which it usually was. They had also found old keel weld breaks due to structural fatigue, which were never repaired
November 10, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Which reminds me, a month or two ago I talked to a nurse friend who was thinking about moving to clinic work because he was pretty sure the US hospital system was on the brink of collapse.
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I am caucusing for @peggyflanagan.bsky.social on February 3 and you should too if you want a fighter in the US senate who wouldn’t have sold out working families.
Is she perfect? No, but politicians do not save us. We do.
We hold our leaders accountable to the promises they make.
Is she perfect? No, but politicians do not save us. We do.
We hold our leaders accountable to the promises they make.
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 AM
I am caucusing for @peggyflanagan.bsky.social on February 3 and you should too if you want a fighter in the US senate who wouldn’t have sold out working families.
Is she perfect? No, but politicians do not save us. We do.
We hold our leaders accountable to the promises they make.
Is she perfect? No, but politicians do not save us. We do.
We hold our leaders accountable to the promises they make.
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Hi Minnesotan Bluesky:
The DFL has a well-known transphobia problem. I'm organizing to change the party platform in 2026 to be explicitly supportive of trans people in Minnesota. This will provide a basis for expelling transphobia from our party.
Join me: abetterdfl.org.
The DFL has a well-known transphobia problem. I'm organizing to change the party platform in 2026 to be explicitly supportive of trans people in Minnesota. This will provide a basis for expelling transphobia from our party.
Join me: abetterdfl.org.
November 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Hi Minnesotan Bluesky:
The DFL has a well-known transphobia problem. I'm organizing to change the party platform in 2026 to be explicitly supportive of trans people in Minnesota. This will provide a basis for expelling transphobia from our party.
Join me: abetterdfl.org.
The DFL has a well-known transphobia problem. I'm organizing to change the party platform in 2026 to be explicitly supportive of trans people in Minnesota. This will provide a basis for expelling transphobia from our party.
Join me: abetterdfl.org.
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Today, LaTonya Reeves is announcing that she is primarying Ilhan Omar, my current representative.
When asked what LaTonay's pronouns are, LaTonya replies "Black/Queen" because Queen believes that being non-binary is a white thing.
This is a big part of why I'm working to unfuck the DFL.
When asked what LaTonay's pronouns are, LaTonya replies "Black/Queen" because Queen believes that being non-binary is a white thing.
This is a big part of why I'm working to unfuck the DFL.
A Better DFL
abetterdfl.org
November 9, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Today, LaTonya Reeves is announcing that she is primarying Ilhan Omar, my current representative.
When asked what LaTonay's pronouns are, LaTonya replies "Black/Queen" because Queen believes that being non-binary is a white thing.
This is a big part of why I'm working to unfuck the DFL.
When asked what LaTonay's pronouns are, LaTonya replies "Black/Queen" because Queen believes that being non-binary is a white thing.
This is a big part of why I'm working to unfuck the DFL.
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Normalize "I don't know"
November 10, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Normalize "I don't know"
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This thread is extremely funny, I hope you enjoy every part of it as much as I did
I can believe people musk has paid to fluff him up or i can believe reports on the team at space x who are paid to jangle keys in front of him so that he doesn’t get involved in any technical decisions
November 9, 2025 at 3:15 AM
This thread is extremely funny, I hope you enjoy every part of it as much as I did
Two undergrads next to me on what seems like a coffee date are listing everyone they know with a nickname. There are a lot of them!
November 8, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Two undergrads next to me on what seems like a coffee date are listing everyone they know with a nickname. There are a lot of them!
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Happy Four Seasons Total Landscaping day to those who celebrate.
reposting here bc it’s only on the other site but…
5 years ago, I worked at Four Seasons Total Landscaping.
5 years ago, I worked at Four Seasons Total Landscaping.
November 7, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Happy Four Seasons Total Landscaping day to those who celebrate.
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For me Jazz was also helpful because he reminded me there are centrists who want to do work and make change. Like Im so used to Frey, Schaffer, Millard who are straight up lying, it was an important reframe to have someone I didn’t fully agree with but could vote for without feeling gross
November 7, 2025 at 6:04 PM
For me Jazz was also helpful because he reminded me there are centrists who want to do work and make change. Like Im so used to Frey, Schaffer, Millard who are straight up lying, it was an important reframe to have someone I didn’t fully agree with but could vote for without feeling gross
One thing I do when I’m not being mad about local elections is improvise a live orchestral score for Star Trek: The Next Improvisation. We’re live in Saint Paul for the next three weekends!
Tickets: www.thehivecollaborativemn.com/events/star-...
Tickets: www.thehivecollaborativemn.com/events/star-...
November 7, 2025 at 3:27 PM
One thing I do when I’m not being mad about local elections is improvise a live orchestral score for Star Trek: The Next Improvisation. We’re live in Saint Paul for the next three weekends!
Tickets: www.thehivecollaborativemn.com/events/star-...
Tickets: www.thehivecollaborativemn.com/events/star-...
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"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk