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Alex Magnolia

@alexmagnolia.bsky.social
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Public Historian, Minnesota Historical Society Ph.D., University of Minnesota Voted "The Cat Whisperer," 2026 (Feline Rescue)

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 13/10/2026
in an alternate universe where storefront space remained cheap and wealthy people were taxed at a sane rate this man is a moderately successful trading card game store manager and outside the handful of shop regulars he subjects to his petty tyrannies he's leaving everyone else well enough alone
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Vince Mpls @vincempls.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
#OnThisDay Oct 5 1869: As William W. Eastman and John L. Merriam near completion on their 2500-foot tailrace beneath Mississippi River to extract even more water power from St Anthony Falls, the tunnel collapses and nearly destroys the waterfall for good. Repairs take over 10 years.
collapsing mills going into the river as a group of men look on. HCLIBsepia toned photo of about 30 men standing with tools on a huge, canted, timber framework. Hennepin History Museum.
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Jene O'Ween @luckymud.myatproto.social · 05/10/2026
Just a constant stream of Julies to block
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High Country News @highcountrynews.org · 01/10/2026
Some stories refuse to stay in the past. Our October issue is out and we’re resurrecting 3️⃣ stories from the archives that offer some surprising context for the West we’re living in now. buff.ly/9H0SmkF
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ETX Gov @etxgov.myatproto.social · 01/10/2026
This.
 As a share of the budget, state funding has plummeted over the decades, falling to about 15%, compared to 39% in 1997. If that’s what you want, then fine. But did we ever have a public debate about whether that’s what Minnesotans actually want?
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Keith Ellison, Minnesota Attorney General @keithellison.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Today, we remember the Native children taken from their families and communities and sent to boarding schools. We honor their memory by protecting Native children today — including defending the Indian Child Welfare Act and tribal sovereignty. As AG, I have and will keep fighting to uphold both.
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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If you want "personalized music" made just for you pick up a fucking guitar. Or else break the heart of someone who already has.
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Omigod, this is the most heartwarming story possible! Backpack (bear 89) is the son of the 2019 winner of Fat Bear Week, Holly (bear 435). In 2007, he injured his foot & a practice of riding on momma's Holly's back had a new meaning: he was mobility-restricted while it healed. So Holly moved him.
From DISCVR blog's Facebook page, a momma bear & a yearling cub on her back in the shallow water.  I think the background has been swapped out, and I can't rule out some AI use there?  God, Facebook has become the social media for AI slop : (

The title of the article, which I link below, is "How Bear 89 earned the name Backpack"
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Keith Ellison, Minnesota Attorney General @keithellison.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Minnesotans deserve an AG who will fight for them, not for Palantir, Amazon, or Exxon Mobil. minnesotareformer.com/2026/09/29/m...
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Minnesota AG candidate’s stock portfolio presents 174 potential conflicts of interest • Minnesota Reformer
If Republican Ron Schutz wins the attorney general’s race in November, he will be responsible for enforcing Minnesota’s laws against the country’s biggest and most powerful corporations. His own perso...
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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 24/09/2026
remember when the University of Minnesota agreed to pay consultants $15 million for brand bullshit and their first effort was a slogan so bad they dropped it 3 months later? please note for when UMN claims they need to cut my $78k salary which goes towards suing bad landlords on the students' behalf
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UMN ‘Leave a Future’ tagline scrapped by officials following public response
The University of Minnesota has cut its new slogan, ‘Leave a Future’, after University officials deemed it unfit for an attempted brand rollout.  Having been introduced in mid-March, the tagline was m...
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Matt DeLong @mattdelong.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
University of Minnesota announces $225 million in budget cuts across all campuses
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University of Minnesota announces $225 million in budget cuts across all campuses
It comes after the U approved a budget in June raising students’ tuition by 3.8%, the sixth consecutive year of increases for the U.
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Tony Zombie-ano 🎃 @tonydamiano.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Good question! State appropriations have dropped from 39% of the University budget since 1990 down to 16% in 2025 and I have also not heard a peep about this from state leaders. www.house.mn.gov/comm/docs/ZF...
Chart showing state share of U revenue dropping from 39% in 1990 to 16% in 2025
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The "fine intellectual dexterity" of knowing where you live
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Wes Burdine @wesburdine.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Your regular reminder that hard times café is the only good coffee shop in the Twin Cities.
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Alex Magnolia @alexmagnolia.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
From my just-published article on Red Wing Pottery: "Red Wing pottery is literally Minnesota. [...] The pottery produced in Red Wing is a tangible, material record of Minnesota’s history."
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Red Wing Pottery | MNopedia
The pottery produced in Red Wing is a tangible, material record of Minnesota’s history. In the late nineteenth century, Red Wing stoneware supported agriculture. In the early twentieth century, Red Wi...
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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
For Earth 🌍 , Wind 🌪️, and Fire 🔥 Day—we never forget the 21st night of September—here is a depiction of the Four Elements in a manuscript from Bruges, 1470-1480, fr. 137, fol. 1r. (© BnF) : « Dieu Créateur et Ovide avec l’œuf » @labnf.bsky.social. See: journals.openedition.org/crmh/13890?l...
manuscrit fr. 137, fol. 1r.

(© BnF) : « Dieu Créateur et Ovide avec l’œuf »
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
If you're still on the fence about whether AI is good or bad for society, consider this: The fascists desperately want it
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Stellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 18/09/2026
Share if you agree
Fat little chihuahua puppy (maybe?) looking extremely round and smiling lying on a tan fleece blanket
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Eric Klug @klugalters.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Ilharg hand painted after an ancient vessel depicting the Calydonian Boar of Greek mythology.
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Matt Bors @mattbors.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It was exactly ten years ago today, on my 33rd birthday, that I posted this comic online.
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
My body is approximately 17% green chile after five days in Southern Colorado and Northern New Mexico. Pork green chile. Chicken green chile. Green chile grilled cheese. Chile beer. Chile lime beer. Green chile enchiladas. Eggs with green chile. And, of course, a Slopper.
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Sebas @ohlookbirdies.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
If you're not using asbestos yet, you are being left behind. Everyone is using asbestos, there's no point in trying to fight it. Asbestos is the future.
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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Current state of things: there's crop art of Signal at the Minnesota State Fair www.cropart.com
A white hand with Signal-blue painted nails holds a cellphone with a near-dead battery, with the Signal icon the only app on screen. Crop art by Molly Gehrke
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Stacey Burns @wentrogue.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Jennifer Nelson’s entry to this year’s Minnesota State Fair crop art
A localized version of Guernica with a loon at the center and a person holding an ICE OUT sign 

“My piece was inspired by Picasso's Guernica, a work that was his response to the Nazi's bombing of the Basque town. I thought there was a fitting parallel between these incidents about the high price paid by ordinary people when aggressive regimes try out new tactics of war, as well as a fitting juxtaposition of the darkness of living such an experience and the light we shone through it in our own resistance and care for one another. The patterns near Renee Good and Alex Pretti’s mouths are actually their last words in Morse code: ‘I’m not mad at you,’ and ‘Are you okay?’” 

Jennifer Nelson
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Alex Magnolia @alexmagnolia.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
St. Paul Pioneer Press, 20 September 1955. "Doctor Says—Emotions Can Cause Diarrhea" (!)
A screenshot of the St. Paul Pioneer Press, 20 September 1955. The headline reads: "Doctor Says—Emotions Can Cause Diarrhea" (!)
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Thomson Reuters, which owns news agency Reuters, has signed a $125M deal giving ICE access to its databases of personal data. USA Today has partnered with Palantir to gain "actionable intelligence" on its audiences. The media should be opponents of Trump's police state — not collaborators.
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Kyle Stokes @kystokes.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Lil neighborhood SCOOPlet: Yet another big chunk of St. Paul's Midway will soon be up for sale. Fairview's moving out of its huge empty admin campus on University Ave "Midway is clearly experiencing long-overdue change and investment," @mollycoleman.bsky.social says >> www.axios.com/local/twin-c...
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Fairview selling St. Paul Midway campus
It's another redevelopment opportunity for a neighborhood full of cranes.
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 17/08/2026
how are these people not dying of embarrassment? if somebody wrote a story like this about me I would change my name and flee the country
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404 Media @404media.co · 17/08/2026
SCOOP: 404 Media placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it. What did we find? It ended up at an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. Yes. This is literally the logo outside the Amazon warehouse door. Read now:
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We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility
We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.
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Toastie @btoastie.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Many Americans have never read or even seen a treaty. So we picked one and asked its heirs -- tribal leaders and treaty experts from Western Washington -- to chat about it with us. Here's how they explained it, in their own words.
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dave @gloomfather.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
yeah man "woke 1" sucked ass. I "woke 1" morning from uneasy dreams to find myself transformed into a giant insect
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Chef Kennedy🐸🏳️‍🌈 @kennedy.northsky.social · 11/08/2026
R2-D2 is a militant trans ally
R2-D2, who is in the streets with the balaclava on every day until trans people are free
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Alex Magnolia @alexmagnolia.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I hope this is the case! But, I fear that the 65+ vote, relentless negative ads, fraud-obsession, polling, and money/establishment backlash against the insurgent left will make this a very close 50-50 race. I want to be proven wrong!
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Congratulations @abdulelsayed.bsky.social! Outspent 11 to 1, Abdul proved that people-powered campaigns can still beat big money. Michiganders chose hope over fear, and a future rooted in dignity, justice, and opportunity.
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Bill Childs @billchilds.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
"My friend here is waving at all of our other friends. They're all just out of frame, waving back at us." --Angie Craig
A screenshot of an Angie Craig Instagram post. She is standing by a guy in plaid, who is waving at...god, I dunno. The lake? one of the bushes?
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Ali D. @aliinmpls.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
My name is Ali Daniels. I took the photo of Liam Ramos, and the PAC North Star Dawn is using that photo in paid advertisement to spread lies about Peggy Flanagan. They do not have my consent to use the image, and I am prepared to take legal action if it is not taken down. @angiecraigmn.bsky.social
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
A U.S. government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a state department presentation at a ⁠global conference www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
A U.S. government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a state department presentation at a ⁠global conference
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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 29/07/2026
what the fuck do you mean "everyone is using AI and nobody admits it." what the fuck do you mean. who are you talking to. you have allowed a demon to devour your soul. begone
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Mateusz Fafinski @calthalas.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Half the planet is having a massive fight about how to correctly interpret an Ancient Greek poem but go ahead, close some more humanities departments.
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Roger Giner-Sorolla @rogerthegs.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Michelangelo: "All this sculpture! This painting! Returning to the classics! It's like a rebirth of civilization!" Rabelais (turning to the camera): "Oui, a Renaissance!"
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Joschka Meier @josserme.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
When I first heard about the bronze age line, I thought it was a joke! "Our age of bronze is collapsing" is like one step above having a character saying something like "Our era, in the 12th century BC"
"But writing dialogue is not one of Nolan’s talents. The language is relentlessly expository, humourless and flat. Attempts at vigorous speech – ‘My dad’s coming home’ or ‘Let’s get off this fucking beach’ – sit uncomfortably next to grandiose meditations: ‘Yes, my queen. The breaking of Zeus’ law, spreading like plague. Our age of bronze is collapsing, and maybe he couldn’t bear to see the ruins of what he’d done. Anywhere. Least of all, his home."
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Casey Stegman @caseystegman.com · 27/07/2026
People who think Emily Wilson is being mean have clearly never presented a paper at an academic conference
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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 27/07/2026
angie craig would not say israel is committing genocide in gaza on MPR debate just now. she called that language "unhelpful" cowardly. now she's talking about "palestinians who died in the war on gaza." who killed them, angie?
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solomons.bsky.social @solomons.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
“Is there a genocide in Gaza?” Craig: I don’t think terminology is helpful to a two state solution. Flanagan: It’s a genocide. 21,000 children are dead. Taxpayer dollars should not be going to more bombs when entire communities are leveled.
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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 27/07/2026
- Craig was already going to have tough sledding to explain her constant dabbling with Republicans and entanglements with cryptocurrency/health insurance companies/AIPAC in a state that goes solid blue for federal office, but the Laken Riley vote was the nail in her coffin. She is despised for that.
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🎃 Phantom Screamenson 👻 @patiomensch.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
If somebody's in an ICU after a traumatic experience, you should not be asking them to do anything except take care of themselves and get better. This is gross!
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Seth D. Michaels @sethdmichaels.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
imagining a four-hour cut of the Odyssey that is exactly the same except for 67 additional minutes of Robert Pattinson cowering behind a pillar and yelling the names of different weapons
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Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham @govmlg.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
We've surpassed our 2030 renewable energy goal five years early, with 52% of our electricity generation now coming from renewable sources. That's supporting 14,000+ clean energy jobs, attracting billions in private investment, and building a stronger economy and a healthier future for New Mexico.
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jentrification ♎ @jentrification.com · 15/07/2026
Two Minnesota solar farms seeded native wildflowers under their panels, and 5 years of counting revealed native bees had multiplied twentyfold, then crossed the fence to pollinate the neighbour's soybeans
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Two Minnesota solar farms seeded native wildflowers under their panels, and 5 years of counting revealed native bees had multiplied twentyfold, then crossed the fence to pollinate the neighbour's soyb...
Two Minnesota solar farms planted 66 native species under their panels. Five years of counting revealed a staggering result that nobody had written into the engineering plan.
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EMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
On the language of Homeric Greek, and the language of a certain forthcoming film: here are a few simple observations.
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