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Blinky Watts

@blinkywatts.bsky.social
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Radical bureaucrat.

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Ross Raihala (Alpha Male) 🌈 @rossraihala.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I wrote a column about The Jacket. “There are a lot of people wearing it who have been through a thing, you know? Even if they weren’t doing it together, we went through it together.” (gift link)
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Ross Raihala: Here’s the story of the St. Paul Saints jacket that went viral
The Saints sold 37 of the jackets, designed to look like a thrift store find. Then came the Stump Party.
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Blinky Watts @blinkywatts.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Turn 50 today. Took the day off. About to start Dread Zeppelin: A Song of Hope @cbbworld.bsky.social @scottaukerman.bsky.social @pftompkins.bsky.social
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Screamer Jim @screamerjim.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Ross Raihala (Alpha Male) 🌈 @rossraihala.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Finn Wolfhard talked to Billboard about his Replacements biopic. The Stranger Things star said, to him, the Mats are "the best rock band of all time." Here's my story (gift link):
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‘Stranger Things’ star Finn Wolfhard talks about his impending Replacements biopic
Wolfhard admits the band is a tricky sell for a feature film.
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Men in Blazers Media Network @meninblazers.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
MATCHDAY 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
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ESPN FC @espnfc-m.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
CUCHO HERNANDEZ WITH AN ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE INDIVIDUAL EFFORT TO SEAL IT FOR COLOMBIA 😱 He just wouldn’t give up before providing the assist 👏
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Kyle Marquis @moochava.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
It is funny to be in the middle of an energy and medicine revolution while the part of the tech industry that draws attention to itself is entirely devoted to scams and exploding rockets.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 16/04/2026
Sen. Tina Smith plans marathon speech to oppose reopening mining near the Boundary Waters: “I am going to hold the Senate floor for hours to give them every opportunity to change their minds and do the right thing," Smith said.
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Live: Smith plans hours-long Senate speech against measure to open mining near the Boundary Waters
If passed, the legislation would head to President Donald Trump’s desk for a signature.
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Frederick Melo, Reporter (TwinCities.com, Pioneer Press) @frederickmelo.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
For taxes due in 2027, residences are gaining 1% value; industrial sector about 5.5%. If anything could help lower your tax bill, it’s industrial land. St. Paul needs to maintain what it has of it, if not add more…at least, so sayeth the St. Paul Port Authority. www.twincities.com/2026/04/09/s...
twincities.com
St. Paul Port Authority report tallies value of city’s industrial land
A 17-page analysis finds that every $1 in tax revenue spent on services to industrially-zoned land yields $1.80 in tax revenue for the city.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 07/03/2026
One thing I feel ought to be discussed more is the fact that basically all rural and suburban places in the US are subsidized by cities. They resent cities. They insult cities. They elect politicians who abuse cities. But none of them could survive without cities.
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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Remember when Trump yanked funds from Mississippi after learning that the state's welfare chief had directed millions in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds to sports celebrities, including not only Brett Favre, but the Million Dollar man and his two pro-wrestler sons? Wait. He didn't.
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Wedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live · 11/02/2026
They crush the local economy, deplete city budgets, illegally withhold congressionally allocated funds. In exchange we get masked Texans running wild in the streets, paid for with tax money that was supposed to be used on our healthcare. Thank you to our federal partners.
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Blinky Watts @blinkywatts.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Makes sense to send the guy who stole $50,000 of FBI money to head up an operation that’s ostensibly about fraud.
Tom Homan scratching his head and looking puzzled as if he’s pondering “what happened to those $50 Gs?”
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Blinky Watts @blinkywatts.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
General counsel for the MN Gun Owners Law Center
An X post from the general counsel of the MN Gun Owners Law Center saying “Clearer look. I never see the man touch his firearm, and it looks like he's disarmed before being shot.” And a clip from a video showing the victim is disarmed before being murdered.
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sydder @sydder.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
We had 50K people downtown yesterday, no ICE and zero incidents. ICE is the fucking problem.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 24/01/2026
Here's a time-lapse from yesterday as thousands of people marched through downtown Minneapolis to protest ICE. 📷️: Sydney Lewis/The Minnesota Star Tribune
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Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
I have been actively involved in protest movements for 24 years. I have never seen anything approaching this scale. Minneapolis is not accepting what's happening here. ICE fucking murdered a woman for participating in this, and all that did is bring out more people, from more walks of life.
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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
I keep thinking about the number of people that have to be involved to kidnap a small child, transport him to one facility or another, then an airport, then a plane, then another facility. Did no one on that chain stop and say hey what the fuck?
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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 20/01/2026
Pretty clear to me that if Vance is coming to prance in front of the ICE church, savvy folks should organize a news conference of all the faith leaders whose houses of worship have been surveilled & parishioners too scared to attend. At least the ICE church folks could worship where they wanted.
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Blinky Watts @blinkywatts.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Food assistance and home energy assistance payments for our most vulnerable families are under threat with the federal shutdown, while the president builds a $300M ballroom. If you can’t win the messaging battle on that one, you should get out of electoral politics.
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Karoline Leavitt should resign. They try to make us hate each other to distract from the fact that they're robbing us all blind. It's sick.
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Tinman - Beardo Weirdo Wimp @bcmfietser.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
I think about this a lot. These results aren’t derived from some flashy (or fashy) program, but the result of smart and effective leadership. It’s one reason why @melvincarter.bsky.social should have another term as Mayor of our fine city.
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Mayor Melvin Carter @mayorcarter.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
We treat every non-fatal shooting in Saint Paul with the same urgency as a homicide. We’re solving more cases, cutting crime by double digits, and producing a record-low homicide rate—proving this action-driven approach creates safer outcomes.
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St. Paul solved more crimes, had drastically fewer homicides in 2025
A remarkable shift is under way in St. Paul. The city is on track for a 70 percent drop in homicides by the end of 2025. And they’re solving more than 70 percent of crimes.
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Miriam IRL @miriam.blacksky.app · 13/08/2025
This sounds going viral here’s the original Sinéad O’Connor performance
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Blinky Watts @blinkywatts.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
When I have to work in the office.
A comic panel close up of the Marvel villain Mephisto, saying “So long have I dwelled in my dark domain, that the sordid stench of human life is almost more than I can bear!”
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
I almost can't believe that Elon Musk's AI called for the extermination of the Jewish people yesterday, and today not a single Congressional Democrat announced they were leaving his media network. A party that often claims to act against antisemitism didn't do jack shit about straight up Nazism.
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 27/06/2025
Mark and Melissa lie peacefully at the center of our state and our hearts today. Their memorial, guarded by service dogs and men and women in uniform, casts a momentary shadow over L'Étoile du Nord as we honor their life’s work to make Minnesota shine brighter for all.
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 15/06/2025
The most consequential Speaker in state history.
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Blinky Watts @blinkywatts.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Little less than 16 hours of intermission left before @themagfields.bsky.social retake the stage at the Fitzgerald Theatre. Make sure to hit the merch table #69LoveSongs
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Blinky Watts @blinkywatts.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
m.youtube.com/watch?v=0vwR...
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Prince - Sometimes It Snows In April (Musicology Live)
YouTube video by Music Royalty Vault
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Blinky Watts @blinkywatts.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Thanks Trump. www.forbes.com/sites/andrew... #garmin #bootloopbug
forbes.com
Garmin Issues Warning About Watch Boot Loop Bug
Garmin watch down or bricked? There's a nasty bug going around afflicting Fenix, Epix, Forerunner watches and more. Here's what you need to know.
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Blinky Watts @blinkywatts.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
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Blinky Watts @blinkywatts.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Waiting for Vampire Weekend to start at 3Arena. Appreciate the Time Crisis deep cut of Words by F. R. David while the Tunnel Crew sets up.
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