P & D Close
@pdclose.bsky.social
Video gamers, board gamers, puzzlers, engineering and science, arts and culture, food and book nerds.
@chetom.bsky.social #WizardFrog blends in quite nicely with grandfather's owl. Yup, he's right at home here!
February 3, 2026 at 12:19 AM
@chetom.bsky.social #WizardFrog blends in quite nicely with grandfather's owl. Yup, he's right at home here!
@chetom.bsky.social The #FrogWizard has materialized in #Minnesota, atop his trusty #Loon steed! Such a fun creation!
February 2, 2026 at 9:53 PM
@chetom.bsky.social The #FrogWizard has materialized in #Minnesota, atop his trusty #Loon steed! Such a fun creation!
A short 5 minute video on the history of Minnesota's "resistance" aka its deep community social supports, all done to a real-time landscape watercolor painting session. www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6ic...
Why Are Minnesotans So Resilient?
YouTube video by Painting The Past
www.youtube.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:13 PM
A short 5 minute video on the history of Minnesota's "resistance" aka its deep community social supports, all done to a real-time landscape watercolor painting session. www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6ic...
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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“We just got tear-gassed over a dildo.
Not a brick. Not a Molotov. Not a weapon.
A rubber dick.
That is how fragile federal masculinity is in 2026.”
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Not a brick. Not a Molotov. Not a weapon.
A rubber dick.
That is how fragile federal masculinity is in 2026.”
open.substack.com/pub/closerto...
January 26, 2026 at 6:16 AM
“We just got tear-gassed over a dildo.
Not a brick. Not a Molotov. Not a weapon.
A rubber dick.
That is how fragile federal masculinity is in 2026.”
open.substack.com/pub/closerto...
Not a brick. Not a Molotov. Not a weapon.
A rubber dick.
That is how fragile federal masculinity is in 2026.”
open.substack.com/pub/closerto...
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Got the real best of the best here, don't we
ICE may have just caused an international incident as they illegally tried to enter the Ecuadorian Consulate in Minneapolis without a warrant to abduct someone (1/26/26)
www.reddit.com/r/ICE_Watch/...
ICE may have just caused an international incident as they illegally tried to enter the Ecuadorian Consulate in Minneapolis without a warrant to abduct someone (1/26/26)
www.reddit.com/r/ICE_Watch/...
From the ICE_Watch community on Reddit: ICE may have just caused an international incident as they illegally tried to enter the Ecuadorian Consulate in Minneapolis without a warrant to abduct someone ...
Explore this post and more from the ICE_Watch community
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January 27, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Got the real best of the best here, don't we
ICE may have just caused an international incident as they illegally tried to enter the Ecuadorian Consulate in Minneapolis without a warrant to abduct someone (1/26/26)
www.reddit.com/r/ICE_Watch/...
ICE may have just caused an international incident as they illegally tried to enter the Ecuadorian Consulate in Minneapolis without a warrant to abduct someone (1/26/26)
www.reddit.com/r/ICE_Watch/...
Excellent thoughts from gamer Liz Davidson, about living in Minneapolis, our current state of things here, and meeting those moments head on, plus where gaming and joy fit into your life during these trying times.
I don't like being this vulnerable in public but I also felt like I had to say something. youtu.be/1qlEn8ob2ns
Thoughts from a Minnesota Gamer
YouTube video by Beyond Solitaire
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January 27, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Excellent thoughts from gamer Liz Davidson, about living in Minneapolis, our current state of things here, and meeting those moments head on, plus where gaming and joy fit into your life during these trying times.
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Hey Minnesotans. Have your bosses sent you a mealy-mouthed email about how to remain productive during these troubled times or some other example of non-committal, faux-concerned corporate-speak? We want to publish a bunch of these. Send examples to keith at racketmn.com. You will NOT be identified.
January 26, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Hey Minnesotans. Have your bosses sent you a mealy-mouthed email about how to remain productive during these troubled times or some other example of non-committal, faux-concerned corporate-speak? We want to publish a bunch of these. Send examples to keith at racketmn.com. You will NOT be identified.
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They are going to throw someone under the bus beyond Bovino and we shouldn’t be fooled by this. Even if Noem or others go Miller and Trump are still there to ensure this won’t be over until they are all gone and held accountable for their crimes.
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
January 27, 2026 at 1:42 AM
They are going to throw someone under the bus beyond Bovino and we shouldn’t be fooled by this. Even if Noem or others go Miller and Trump are still there to ensure this won’t be over until they are all gone and held accountable for their crimes.
PNPArcade is closing down! Your files will disappear after January 29th, so be sure to grab them before then. @kevinwilson42.bsky.social don't know if you also use these guys, but here's a heads up.
Turns out PNPArcade is closing down, more information about that can be found on their homepage:
www.pnparcade.com
If you've purchased from them before, please make sure you've downloaded your games! as the last day to do so will be 29th January (5 days from writing this)
🖨️
#BoardGames #PnP
www.pnparcade.com
If you've purchased from them before, please make sure you've downloaded your games! as the last day to do so will be 29th January (5 days from writing this)
🖨️
#BoardGames #PnP
PNPArcade
PNPArcade
www.pnparcade.com
January 24, 2026 at 9:33 PM
PNPArcade is closing down! Your files will disappear after January 29th, so be sure to grab them before then. @kevinwilson42.bsky.social don't know if you also use these guys, but here's a heads up.
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Each place attacked by ice has its own personality, and uses it as a beautiful form of resistance.
25 local drummers lined the Stone Arch Bridge in Mpls earlier today for a Drum In:
www.instagram.com/reel/DT3UMha...
www.instagram.com/reel/DT3UMha...
John Fields on Instagram
584 likes, 56 comments - strawberrius on January 23, 2026
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January 24, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Each place attacked by ice has its own personality, and uses it as a beautiful form of resistance.
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Of course we all ended up dancing to Prince when we got to First Avenue.
Because Minnesota.
And oh yeah, and fuck ICE.
Because Minnesota.
And oh yeah, and fuck ICE.
January 24, 2026 at 12:58 AM
Of course we all ended up dancing to Prince when we got to First Avenue.
Because Minnesota.
And oh yeah, and fuck ICE.
Because Minnesota.
And oh yeah, and fuck ICE.
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Canada Lives Because…
January 23, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Canada Lives Because…
One of my favorite local watercolorists, Jess Buhman, has made some #Minnesota-related #art #free to download.
State image: jessicabuhman.com/products/we-... and Skyline image: jessicabuhman.com/products/we-...
State image: jessicabuhman.com/products/we-... and Skyline image: jessicabuhman.com/products/we-...
We Stand for Good Minnesota Digital File
We Stand for Good Minnesota Digital FileThis is for a high resolution, digital download of my watercolor "We Stand for Good" print in 8" x 10" size. This is not for a physical item that will be shippe...
jessicabuhman.com
January 23, 2026 at 4:43 PM
One of my favorite local watercolorists, Jess Buhman, has made some #Minnesota-related #art #free to download.
State image: jessicabuhman.com/products/we-... and Skyline image: jessicabuhman.com/products/we-...
State image: jessicabuhman.com/products/we-... and Skyline image: jessicabuhman.com/products/we-...
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As of 2:30am, over 1000 closing
2 more and we have FIVE HUNDRED businesses shut down for the Minnesota General Strike.
bringmethenews.com/minnesota-li...
bringmethenews.com/minnesota-li...
List of Minnesota businesses closing for Jan. 23 anti-ICE strike
First announced by faith leaders and unions on Jan. 13, Minnesota businesses have begun announcing plans to join the action.
bringmethenews.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:05 PM
As of 2:30am, over 1000 closing
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From November 2020, when murder hornets were killing the bees in the US
![1 [Title panel] BEE TALK [News-type magazine show, with bees]
2 ANCHOR BEE: Tonight: America Divided
3 Will bees and murder hornets ever find a path to reconciliation?
4 Cheryl?
CHERYL BEE: Well, on the one hand this is partly caused by social media...
5 Algorithms are making us *hyper-aware* of insects who have different values to us, and this is having a polarising effect.
ANCHOR BEE: Mmm.
6 Also the murder hornets want to chew off my head and eat my kids.
7 ANCHOR BEE: Jason?
8 JASON MURDER HORNET: You see, this is what debate has *become* in this country.
9 Bees pretend to be all fuzzy and nice, but they simply *won’t accept* different worldviews!
10 I mean, ultimately we're all the same, right?
You want to buzz around, gather pollen and make honey...
11 I want to chop off your head and legs, gather your thorax and nibble your kids.
12 CHERYL BEE: [GETTING UP]: I’m leaving
JASON MURDER HORNET: Oh she’s *triggered*
[Ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreibukfsyoqusz2x7szzs34baovn5m2f5r6qdxqrengf3jdun4htfem@jpeg)
January 19, 2026 at 10:10 AM
From November 2020, when murder hornets were killing the bees in the US
The perfect #StressApp for today's environment! ;)
January 18, 2026 at 6:49 PM
The perfect #StressApp for today's environment! ;)
Zing!
January 18, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Zing!
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Nice thing about Minneapolis being kinda small is that it’s hard to convince us protesters are being paid because you’d go out and oh there’s that kid from my high school who played Sancho Panza in Man of La Mancha one year, and is that the pharmacist at my CVS over there, and there goes our realtor
January 17, 2026 at 6:10 AM
Nice thing about Minneapolis being kinda small is that it’s hard to convince us protesters are being paid because you’d go out and oh there’s that kid from my high school who played Sancho Panza in Man of La Mancha one year, and is that the pharmacist at my CVS over there, and there goes our realtor
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Every Minnesotan is getting more Minnesota-pilled as the Occupation goes on. Soon, it won't just be Minnesota shaped wall art in every house. It'll be tattoos on everyone. Winter 2026 going to be mentioned in the same breath as the Halloween Blizzard.
January 16, 2026 at 4:15 AM
Every Minnesotan is getting more Minnesota-pilled as the Occupation goes on. Soon, it won't just be Minnesota shaped wall art in every house. It'll be tattoos on everyone. Winter 2026 going to be mentioned in the same breath as the Halloween Blizzard.
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Really happy to see this! So nice not to burden these families even further.
Vehicles that are abandoned due to an ICE kidnapping and towed to the City's impound lot will be released to their owners or a representative at no cost.
Learn more: www.minneapolismn.gov/getting-arou...
Learn more: www.minneapolismn.gov/getting-arou...
January 16, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Really happy to see this! So nice not to burden these families even further.
If you need uncured, low-fat lightbulbs, this week's #Aldi's #WeeklySpecials has you covered! Love the German-themed naming, very #IKEA. 🤣
January 7, 2026 at 3:24 PM
If you need uncured, low-fat lightbulbs, this week's #Aldi's #WeeklySpecials has you covered! Love the German-themed naming, very #IKEA. 🤣
Being the Invisible Man doesn't work so well in winter...
December 30, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Being the Invisible Man doesn't work so well in winter...