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Ryan O'Horo @redteamwrangler.bsky.social · 1m

Person in an inflatable t-rex costume with a sign on a stick that says "I AM ANTIFA"

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daviss @chaddavis.photography · 13m

Very first light rail vehicle through West 21st Street Station in Minneapolis!

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Ryan O'Horo @redteamwrangler.bsky.social · 12h

land back land back land back

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Jessica Kerr @jessitron.bsky.social · 14h

More information, more summaries, more information, more summaries, and more entropy at every crank of the handle. It’s a singularity, yes, but a singularity of busywork.

- Duncan Brown

mechanicalsurvival.com/blog/team-dy...

Team dynamics after AI

Small giants and real giants

mechanicalsurvival.com

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Ryan O'Horo @redteamwrangler.bsky.social · 13h

> Denver Mayor Johnston unilaterally extended the previously expired contract with Flock Safety on July 7, 2025 for $498,500, skirting just under the council threshold for contract approval after council unanimously voted down the contract extension on May 5, 2025.

www.aclu-co.org/press-releas...

Coalition of Civil Rights and Advocacy Organizations Deeply Opposed to Use of Flock Cameras for ICE Surveillance - ACLU of Colorado

Newly obtained audit logs show more than 1,400 searches were done on behalf of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Colorado

www.aclu-co.org

Ryan O'Horo @redteamwrangler.bsky.social · 13h

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 20h

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 15h

Superior's looking pretty fine this evening

Lake Superior! Live! @lake-superior.live · 15h

Current* conditions near Two Harbors, MN:

View looking west of the Split Rock Lighthouse sitting on the rugged shoreline of Lake Superior. // Image captured at: 2025-10-13 22:48:15 UTC (about 1 min. prior to this post) // Current Temp in Two Harbors: 55.32 F | 12.96 C // Precip: clear sky // Wind: W at 7.963 mph | 12.81 kph // Humidity: 49%

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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 16h

Shutdown news: USDA using a tariff slush fund to help nutrition program for women, infants and children stay afloat through end of month minnesotareformer.com/2025/10/13/r...

Nutrition program for women, infants and children to stay afloat through end of month • Minnesota Reformer

USDA is transferring $300 million into WIC from its child nutrition programs account, which has long been funded in part by tariff revenue from prior years.

minnesotareformer.com

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Ryan O'Horo @redteamwrangler.bsky.social · 17h

Today's Art Challenge: Gastrointestinal illness vs the creative spirit.

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Ryan O'Horo @redteamwrangler.bsky.social · 17h

One line Miami Vice jet ski rental hut stand-in looking motherfucker.

"Hey you have to pay for those!!!"

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Emily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 17h

Way too many writers took the easy out by simply handing over their manuscripts and dying rather than e to face an editor. Looking at you, Thomas Wolfe

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Jeff Brady @jeffbradynews.bsky.social · 1d

Natural gas prices are relatively low now, but residential gas utility rates are nearing record highs. Customers are paying more for infrastructure, construction, utility costs and taxes than they are for the actual fuel. My @npr.org story: www.npr.org/2025/10/13/n...

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Ryan O'Horo @redteamwrangler.bsky.social · 20h

Chad Smith plays with the University of Minnesota marching band to benefit a foundation established by his parents to benefit music programs. Chad was born in St. Paul.

youtu.be/TK7dBfkSY0E

10/11/25 - Halftime: Red Hot Chili Peppers feat. Chad Smith

YouTube video by The University of Minnesota Marching Band

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Ryan O'Horo @redteamwrangler.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like I shouldn't be embarrassed to ask if airplane mode actually stops your phone from communicating with the cellular network entirely?

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Ryan O'Horo @redteamwrangler.bsky.social · 23h

Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day, especially to Minnesota, one of 14 states that doesn't recognize the other holiday.

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Ryan O'Horo @redteamwrangler.bsky.social · 1d

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Jam @jamfish728.blacksky.app · 1d

This is one of the reasons why he's ranking first for me.

David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 1d

9/ That’s right — Jacob Frey wanted a “black friend” to run cover for him. Davis refused; the mayor acted like Davis owed him something for appointing him to the committee, in a cynically transactional calculation that twisted Davis’s volunteer public service into political fealty.

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Ryan O'Horo @redteamwrangler.bsky.social · 1d

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Ryan O'Horo @redteamwrangler.bsky.social · 1d

Yes but... does it?

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Ryan O'Horo @redteamwrangler.bsky.social · 1d

It's like many other buttons now, which have become functionally meaningless because there's some profit motive in making sure the button does not do what it saysnit does.