Ryan Ricard
@firewally.bsky.social
When I was driving once I saw this painted on a bridge:
"I don't want the world, I just want your half"
"I don't want the world, I just want your half"
Light up MN! Pre-paying my donation because I'm a believer ($1 per correct answer + credit card feeds)
November 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Light up MN! Pre-paying my donation because I'm a believer ($1 per correct answer + credit card feeds)
Chased the aurora last night about an hour outside the Twin Cities with my nice camera and a tripod. I'm no @mvinge.bsky.social but I got some pretty decent shots!
November 13, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Chased the aurora last night about an hour outside the Twin Cities with my nice camera and a tripod. I'm no @mvinge.bsky.social but I got some pretty decent shots!
Only in Saint Paul can a celestial electromagnetic phenomenon and a malfunctioning streetlight combine for such a beautiful display
November 12, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Only in Saint Paul can a celestial electromagnetic phenomenon and a malfunctioning streetlight combine for such a beautiful display
Last night’s fundraiser for @moreneighbors.org and @sustainstpaul.bsky.social was great - love to be in a room full of people who will lose their absolute shit for @blindeke.bsky.social
September 26, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Last night’s fundraiser for @moreneighbors.org and @sustainstpaul.bsky.social was great - love to be in a room full of people who will lose their absolute shit for @blindeke.bsky.social
My most naive and idealistic political opinion is you shouldn’t lie to people while you ask them for money
September 16, 2025 at 1:48 PM
My most naive and idealistic political opinion is you shouldn’t lie to people while you ask them for money
What I found is a Kneipp pool, named after Sebastian Kneipp a 19th century priest-turned-naturopath with a following in Germany and Slovenia. Kneipp developed a deep interest in water cures and such after contracting (and recovering from), wait for it, Tuberculosis! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebasti...
August 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
What I found is a Kneipp pool, named after Sebastian Kneipp a 19th century priest-turned-naturopath with a following in Germany and Slovenia. Kneipp developed a deep interest in water cures and such after contracting (and recovering from), wait for it, Tuberculosis! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebasti...
I discovered this odd little shallow pool on a hike/bike trail near Pullach, Germany and hey @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social I bet you'll *never* guess which horrible disease led to the construction of this and many similar pools in Germany
August 26, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I discovered this odd little shallow pool on a hike/bike trail near Pullach, Germany and hey @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social I bet you'll *never* guess which horrible disease led to the construction of this and many similar pools in Germany
That's it for now! Time to crack open a nice can of hot dogs I got at the duty free shop
August 24, 2025 at 8:10 PM
That's it for now! Time to crack open a nice can of hot dogs I got at the duty free shop
The Bavarians are extremely proud of their alpine water, not least of which for being the first step in all that delicious Bier they make in München. Wandering around the bike/hiking trails along the Isar and you'll find all sorts of monuments and fountains with unlimited mountain-fed Trinkwasser
August 24, 2025 at 8:10 PM
The Bavarians are extremely proud of their alpine water, not least of which for being the first step in all that delicious Bier they make in München. Wandering around the bike/hiking trails along the Isar and you'll find all sorts of monuments and fountains with unlimited mountain-fed Trinkwasser
Instead of a smashed penny in Germany you can get a souvenir 5-eurocent coin and you don't even need to supply your own 5-eurocent coin
August 24, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Instead of a smashed penny in Germany you can get a souvenir 5-eurocent coin and you don't even need to supply your own 5-eurocent coin
"Cigarette machine with contactless payment" feels like something out of a Philip K Dick story and not a functioning piece of infrastructure in actual timeline 2025
August 24, 2025 at 8:10 PM
"Cigarette machine with contactless payment" feels like something out of a Philip K Dick story and not a functioning piece of infrastructure in actual timeline 2025
Spotted in Munich:
* Adorable yellow mail bike
* UPS truck distributing packages to a small army of brown e-bikes
* Adorable yellow mail bike
* UPS truck distributing packages to a small army of brown e-bikes
August 24, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Spotted in Munich:
* Adorable yellow mail bike
* UPS truck distributing packages to a small army of brown e-bikes
* Adorable yellow mail bike
* UPS truck distributing packages to a small army of brown e-bikes
I sometimes wonder if the residents of Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland are aware of existence (and local pronunciation) of New Ulm, Minnesota, USA
August 24, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I sometimes wonder if the residents of Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland are aware of existence (and local pronunciation) of New Ulm, Minnesota, USA
Brussels has a number of murals celebrating the city's rich history of comic art - we didn't have time for the official "Comic Strip Trail" but we did catch a few by coincidence
August 24, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Brussels has a number of murals celebrating the city's rich history of comic art - we didn't have time for the official "Comic Strip Trail" but we did catch a few by coincidence
Our E-Bike tour from Amsterdam out to the countryside (delightful!) happened upon Broek in Waterland's annual festival, featuring a performance by local legends Het Kapiteinskoor
August 24, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Our E-Bike tour from Amsterdam out to the countryside (delightful!) happened upon Broek in Waterland's annual festival, featuring a performance by local legends Het Kapiteinskoor
I wonder how much you gotta pay Samuel L. Jackson to do your campaign for Dutch seaweed snacks
August 24, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I wonder how much you gotta pay Samuel L. Jackson to do your campaign for Dutch seaweed snacks
This is the ideal automobile body. You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like
August 24, 2025 at 8:09 PM
This is the ideal automobile body. You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like
Seems like most basement apartments in Amsterdam come with a little bike ramp for an easier time getting your feets and your Fiets up to street level
August 24, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Seems like most basement apartments in Amsterdam come with a little bike ramp for an easier time getting your feets and your Fiets up to street level
You can get photos of beautiful castles and art everywhere, but you can only get these LITTLE OBSERVATIONS OF NORTH-CENTRAL EUROPE right here (or on the other open-ish social network)
For example, this view of Move-In Day in Amsterdam
For example, this view of Move-In Day in Amsterdam
August 24, 2025 at 8:09 PM
You can get photos of beautiful castles and art everywhere, but you can only get these LITTLE OBSERVATIONS OF NORTH-CENTRAL EUROPE right here (or on the other open-ish social network)
For example, this view of Move-In Day in Amsterdam
For example, this view of Move-In Day in Amsterdam
Heartbreaking: Area Man Visits Europe, Returns Even More Insufferable About Bikes and Transit
August 24, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Heartbreaking: Area Man Visits Europe, Returns Even More Insufferable About Bikes and Transit
Quote post with a picture of you from the 80s.
Prep the Bert & Ernie slippers with the trike
Prep the Bert & Ernie slippers with the trike
June 29, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Quote post with a picture of you from the 80s.
Prep the Bert & Ernie slippers with the trike
Prep the Bert & Ernie slippers with the trike
Picked up “Voices of Rondo”, really cool oral history project by Kate Cavett, and hey @melvincarter.bsky.social your grandfather seems like a great guy
April 6, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Picked up “Voices of Rondo”, really cool oral history project by Kate Cavett, and hey @melvincarter.bsky.social your grandfather seems like a great guy
Pro tip: turns out you can just buy ice skates! And what a lovely day to do so
January 25, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Pro tip: turns out you can just buy ice skates! And what a lovely day to do so
I try to follow the principle of Live and Let Live, especially about food, but then these horrible fiends went and added glitter to maple syrup
January 5, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I try to follow the principle of Live and Let Live, especially about food, but then these horrible fiends went and added glitter to maple syrup
Something I didn't fully understand as a child, but do now: every collection of Christmas songs needs Hippies and Muppets and a Beach Boys cover and solemn poems and verses in German and songs about death.
December 21, 2024 at 10:09 PM
Something I didn't fully understand as a child, but do now: every collection of Christmas songs needs Hippies and Muppets and a Beach Boys cover and solemn poems and verses in German and songs about death.