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Wendy @hyssop.bsky.social · 2h

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekPforPink This apartment is ready for poodle skirts and a sock hop! This is the apartment that Prince’s parents brought him home to after he was born.

A vibrant pink and teal apartment building. 2201 5th Ave S, Minneapolis.

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Soraya Nadia McDonald @sorayanadiamcdonald.com · 13h

"I helped!" meowed Wendy.

Security camera catches cat dropping mouse into human family's dinner

Animal rescuers in California shared security camera stills showing the moment a foster kitten spiced up her human family's dinner with a dead mouse.

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Wendy @hyssop.bsky.social · 1d

#31daysofgraves “Damaged” Every year the elements damage this faithful dog a little more, but he still waits for his mistress. Cimetiere de Solliès-Toucas

A tawny ceramic greyhound rests alongside his mistress’s grave. A plaque reads “Chien lévrier veillant sur le repos de sa maîtresse” (Greyhound watching over his mistress’s rest)

A tawny ceramic greyhound rests alongside his mistress’s grave. His back is losing its paint, and his ear has been repaired.

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Wendy @hyssop.bsky.social · 2d

#31daysofgraves “Inside” I always love to see a mausoleum that is meant to be looked into. Calvary Cemetery, St. Paul

A stain glass window of Jesus is backlit at the end of a marble mausoleum.

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Wendy @hyssop.bsky.social · 2d

Great shot!

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Wendy @hyssop.bsky.social · 3d

Lakewood Cemetery, and some of the older cemeteries in St Paul (Oakwood, Calvary, Elmhurst) are much more interesting on the whole, but the Minneapolis Jewish Cemetery is really well maintained and has its own charm.

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Wendy @hyssop.bsky.social · 3d

#31daysofgraves “Notable Woman” Pauline Phillips AKA Abigail Van Buren AKA Dear Abby. Minneapolis Jewish Cemetery

A granite headstone for Pauline Esther Phillips and Morton Bernard Phillips. On top of the stone are two piles of rocks.

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Wendy @hyssop.bsky.social · 5d

#31daysofgraves “Military” Fort Snelling Cemetery at dusk.

A row of military gravestones stands sentry below a beautiful sunset.

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Wendy @hyssop.bsky.social · 5d

#31daysofgraves St Mary’s Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN

A stone angel sits on a bench reading a book. She looks like a romantasy fan to me. Someone has tied a festive pink green and blue scarf bandana-style around her head.

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Bradley Whitford @bradleywhitford.bsky.social · 6d

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Jay Mills @millcitythreads.bsky.social · 7d

Not to toot my own horn, but I think this rocks

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 8d

The first episode of Collateral Damage, my reported podcast with The Intercept, went up today.

Hope you’ll check it out and, if you enjoy it, give it a favorable rating or review.

Eternal thanks to my producers @lauraflynn.bsky.social and Andrew Stelzer for making it happen.

Ep. 1 Dirty Business: The Atlanta Narcotics Unit’s Deadly Raid on 92-year-old Kathryn Johnston.

Podcast Episode · Collateral Damage from The Intercept · 10/08/2025 · 55m

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 8d

doomscroll break

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Adam Sternbergh @sternbergh.bsky.social · 9d

this is why you need to take an unplugged, off-the-grid vacation, there's a tiny chance that if you do you'll win a Nobel Prize

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 9d

Fred Ramsdell was parked at a campground in Montana on Monday when his wife suddenly started shouting. He first thought that maybe she had seen a grizzly bear. Instead, she had regained cell service and had seen a flood of text messages with the same news. “You just won the Nobel Prize!” she yelled.

Winning a Nobel Prize Interrupted His Off-the-Grid Vacation

Fred Ramsdell found out about his Nobel Prize nearly 12 hours after it was announced because he was on vacation in the Rockies.

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Wendy @hyssop.bsky.social · 10d

Seeing Le Negresco Hotel in Nice, France always feels like stepping back in time to a different era. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekOforOpulent

A luxurious French hotel is lit up in the early evening light. It has a pink dome with its name, Le Negresco.

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 11d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Wendy @hyssop.bsky.social · 11d

This looks delightfully like something straight out of Overgrowth by Mira Grant/ @seananmcguire.bsky.social

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Rocketengine @rocketengine.bsky.social · 12d

Druzhba Sanatorium
www.behance.net/gallery/1146...

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Wendy @hyssop.bsky.social · 13d

It’s the best of both worlds – a bookmobile, and a dog stick library! #LittleFreeLibrary.

A yellow and orange school bus shaped library, with a dog stick library below

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 14d

RIP Jane Goodall, by all accounts a wonderful woman who loved this Far Side cartoon

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Sarah Finn @romanceofbooks.bsky.social · 15d

Opossum and snake from ‘Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri’ (often shortened to Thesaurus). The four volume set of books is based on Dutch apothecary Albertus Seba’s cabinet of curiosities. Published in Amsterdam, 1734-1765.

Newberry Library 📚

#animalart #naturalhistory #bookhistory

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Wendy @hyssop.bsky.social · 16d

Looking down over the village at night. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekNForNight #Photography #Provence

Golden lights from above along village streets at night with hills in the background.

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Pete Calandra @petecalandra.bsky.social · 16d

Some #streetart in Brooklyn Bridge Park. East River and BBridge in background. #tagtuesday #tidesouttuesday #photography #art #brooklyn #eastcoastkin

This image has a wooden-pier like structure rising up on the right. There are metal objects attracted to it including 7 round metallic and rusted objects that have see thru spiraling designs in the center of each. in the background you can see part of the Brooklyn Bridge and part of lower Manhattan. The sky is partly cloudy.

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Wendy @hyssop.bsky.social · 16d

This looks like it is either a potato or bread, which makes it even more delightful.

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Wendy @hyssop.bsky.social · 16d

I admire you for continuing to champion artists and introducing me to great ones via your posts. They are a much needed breath of fresh air!

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