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Victor Stefanescu @vstef.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

No candy company is a failure that has friends.

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Scoop: A group of local investors including a longtime former owner is making a play to save Pearson’s Candy, a beloved Minnesota confectioner slated to halt production this week. www.startribune.com/pearsons-can...

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As Pearson’s Candy crafts its last Salted Nut Roll, local investors make a play

A group including former co-owner Larry Hassler is trying to convince the confectioner’s private equity owner to sell.

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Rain, party of scattered showers, your Minneapolis is waiting. Please proceed to the city limits.

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SHOEGAZE COMMANDO @bornwithatail.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Someone stuck a gummy bear to the skyway glass and now OH GOD THERE'S A GIANT GUMMY MONSTER IN THE STREET.

A gummy bear stuck to a window with a second floor view of Hennepin Avenue in the background, looking south from 8th Street.

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The main thing I know about Bari Weiss is that she was at the forefront of propaganda effort to justify the murder of my neighbors by the United States

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Ben Tallen @bentallen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This Keenum fella seems like a pretty good quarterback.

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Gosh, lotta coaches with poor records getting let go lately...

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Ben Tallen @bentallen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This morning I thought the window in my study was really dirty but then I realized it was just foggy out. Then the fog cleared and I realized my window is really dirty.

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Ben Tallen @bentallen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"DOS Santos? En esta economía?!" -LAFC, probably

I have concerns about Kyler Murray playing the position of quarterback. #Vikings

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What specific steps will @mnufc.com take this off-season to turn this club around? Until a convincing answer is forthcoming, I just don't see a reason to spend any money to support this team.

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Callender once again parries the ball directly to an attacking player. *shrug* #MNUFC

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Ben Tallen @bentallen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Feminize a band name Queen Missile

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I don't know who needs to hear this but you should be putting up your Halloween decorations this weekend.

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Ben Tallen @bentallen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Wisconsin gift shops be like, "Oh, going to explore a cave? You prolly need booze." (At Crystal Cave.)

A cooler of alcoholic drinks including New Glarus beer, Mike's hard lemonade, and wine. It is in the gift shop at Crystal Cave in Wisconsin.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong.

When the Department of Homeland Security sent Nevada a list of 185 names last month that it claimed identified noncitizens who had been improperly allowed to register to vote, state election officials got to work.
On Tuesday, the state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen.
"As for the 185 individuals, our records indicate that they were citizens," Greg D. Ott, a deputy attorney general in Nevada, wrote, according to a copy of a letter sent to Department of Homeland Security officials obtained through open records requests.
"You have provided nothing of substance to suggest otherwise."

Following the meeting, Ms. Vogt sent a clarifying email to Nevada officials. "I also wanted to be sure I clarified that we did not reduce the 15,903 to 185," she wrote. "We've manually reviewed some of the 15,903 and confirmed 185 are not U.S. Citizens."
Now, Nevada officials are saying even that 185 number is wrong. They also took issue with a letter D.H.S. sent them in early September, in which the agency reiterated its initial claims about nearly 16,000 noncitizens on the rolls and pressured state officials to review each case in a letter to Nevada officials in early September.

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Ben Tallen @bentallen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

1. I want to audition for shows. 2. I've found shows to audition for! 3. Now I have to actually sit down and memorize audition monologues/sides.

A pink ghost-type dude saying "oh no". Cartoon by Alex Norris.

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Ben Tallen @bentallen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I actually have a couple of auditions lined up! I'd practically forgotten that was a thing I can do.

Ben Tallen @bentallen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"Mom, can we go catch a concert at The Turf Club?" "We have The Turf Club at home." The Turf Club at home:

A sign for "Turf Club at SPS Tower". The outdoor patio area of that building in downtown Minneapolis.

NJB/North Minneapolis They/Them @knittingdyke.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

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Skipping this ballot question is equivalent to a NO vote. PLEASE vote YES! It will cost taxpayers NOTHING to increase school funding, and do nothing to the state budget. Please read! voteyesmnstudents.org

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Vote Yes: Boost Funding for Minnesota Public Schools

Vote Yes for a constitutional amendment to boost Minnesota public school funding without raising taxes, benefiting every student statewide.

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If Puerto Rico became a state do you think Republicans would throw a hissy fit about adopting the new 51 star flag?

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Both of the opponents the #Vikings have faced had very Vikingish games. We somehow infected them with Vikingsitis.

The universe has reiterated today that I do not deserve nice things. As such I am in no way surprised at the way this game is going. #MNUFC

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Ben Tallen @bentallen.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

My bike was stolen from my garage today. I'll watch the #MNUFC match, that will cheer me u- oh.

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Welp. Someone broke into our garage and stole our bikes.

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Ben Tallen @bentallen.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Look we all know that 1986 is incredibly different from 2006, but come on, 2006 and 2026 are pretty much the same. In both years there's Internet and musicians I don't know.

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Ben Tallen @bentallen.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Hey, has anyone else noticed that our species is hopelessly defective?