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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 14h

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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musicianapolis @generalmusician.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

generalmusician.bandcamp.com/merch/my-kin... In case you don't have the funds to buy my new mini-album on Friday, it's streaming for free on Friday afternoon! Just show up at this link at noon CT.

generalmusician.bandcamp.com

"my kin" listening party from general musician

Listening Party from general musician.

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Electric Fetus @electricfetusmpls.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Thank you to MT Jones for stopping by to sign some Joy vinyl last Thursday before his happy hour for @thecurrent.org and 7th St. Entry gig! These are in our signed records display (we're open again at 10am Tuesday) and we can ship a few too. One per person. electricfetus.com/UPC/50609667...

Musician MT Jones is pictured in the Electric Fetus basement alongside vinyl copies of Joy he signed.

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D. M. S. Fick - now with more cake! @dmsfick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Pining for the glory days of Globe Trekker? Justine and Ian have a podcast. www.ourlooneyplanet.com

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Our Looney Planet

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D. M. S. Fick - now with more cake! @dmsfick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This is a phantasmagorical photo! It's like the leaves turned into birds and the reflection of the buildings is moss or ivy.

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The English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Every other living thing including deer, badgers, rabbits, humans & velociraptors use our paths, but because foxes are the mammal equivalent of 00 Agents they walk ON the logs to not leave paw prints

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 26/09/2026

more than this

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D. M. S. Fick - now with more cake! @dmsfick.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

These will be my word-a-day for the next year.

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D. M. S. Fick - now with more cake! @dmsfick.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Smothers Brothers writer MTM writer/producer Carlton the Doorman Voice of Garfield #LocalAngle d.umn.edu/news/lorenzo...

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Lorenzo and Henrietta Music

Two bright stars get their start at UMD.

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Nicole M. Wolverton (she/her/hers) @nicolemwolverton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

No reason, but I was thinking this AM of that time in 2024 when I was invited to IcelandNoir and within a 24-hour period, I watched a volcano erupt, spoke with Dr. Noir and @hildur.bsky.social in a lovely church, & saw the aurora borealis from my hotel balcony. I miss days like that. #travelsky

View from Reykjavik, with a volcano erupting in the distance

View from a balcony in Reykavik, with the aurora borealis visible

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D. M. S. Fick - now with more cake! @dmsfick.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The Esmerelda character on The Paper bothered me the first season. I now enjoy her antics in the second season. I wonder if it's something akin to Wile E. Coyote. Once we know their actions taken in hopes of causing trouble don't work, we can enjoy their efforts.

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D. M. S. Fick - now with more cake! @dmsfick.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The tornado episode of The Paper is wonderfully unhinged. I do hope there is a real Jamie Farr Park in Toledo.

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Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Cookies have very few vitamins. That’s why you have to eat so many of them.

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🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.

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Dr. Amber A. Logan @amberalogan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Goodbye summer, hello autumn 🍂

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

1/ People keep saying AI is inevitable. History disagrees. Plenty of technologies were called unstoppable, and societies stopped them or shrank them down to a niche. A thread 🧵

evitable
adjective
uk /ˈev.ɪ.tə.bəl/ us /ˈev.ə.t̬ə.bəl/

able to be avoided or prevented:
He believes that world war is evitable.
Inevitable suffering due to persecution is to be distinguished from evitable sickness.

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Dr Florence H R Scott @florencehrscott.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Bayeux Tapestry good but massively upstaged by seeing a cat in a ruff right before

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D. M. S. Fick - now with more cake! @dmsfick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I've been watching an episode per night of The Diplomat for the last couple of weeks. My husband doesn't watch it and I just need to point something out to someone who does. In an earlier episode, Celia Imrie says to Kate something like, "I suppose you pour your milk in first, like a barbarian." 1/2

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Johnny Normality @probgobl.in · 20/09/2026

With alt:

A cat is standing on an entertainment center an d staring towards the camera with an intent cat like focus.

Directly behind the cat is a television screen with a video game on it. The game is set in an arena dramatically encircled by torches with one of the characters in the middle of screen talking via a word bubble. The label on the word bubble says the speaker is named "Zeto the Butcher".

Because of the position of the cat in front of the screen it looks as if the cat is the one talking.

The word bubble that looks like it's coming from the cat says:
"Nothing personal, but this isn't over until one of us is dead."

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D. M. S. Fick - now with more cake! @dmsfick.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

20 works from the state fair crop art exhibit at the MIA, including 5 best in show. new.artsmia.org/exhibition/c... No food on a stick though. You'll have to leave that at coat check.

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D. M. S. Fick - now with more cake! @dmsfick.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I can honestly say this is something I've never seen before.

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D. M. S. Fick - now with more cake! @dmsfick.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It's true. We did look forward each week to see what Cher would wear. He certainly made the world more fun and interesting.

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D. M. S. Fick - now with more cake! @dmsfick.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Just finished reading Anne Youngson's Narrowboat Summer and had envisioned Stephanie Cole as the perfect Anastasia. The woman made an impression whenever she acted.

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D. M. S. Fick - now with more cake! @dmsfick.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Brave to stand by a tree while it's eating another tree.

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Traces of Texas @tracesoftexas.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Texas leads the U.S. in terms of propane production, with close to 52% of all propane produced annually. Of course, not just propane, but propane accessories. 😉

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D. M. S. Fick - now with more cake! @dmsfick.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Hey, you get a free terrarium! Winter will be here soon enough and you can have some green in your house.

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jennieother1.bsky.social @jennieother1.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Husband is happy that he is getting lunch again on Thursday because they are having a "hokey-pokey tiger" meeting. I don't know what he said but that's what I heard. Corporate meetings are dumb.

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D. M. S. Fick - now with more cake! @dmsfick.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I thought the mushrooms were sliced hotdogs.

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 15/09/2026

a new study shows that closing schools does not save money in the end, as students withdraw from the district entirely to attend school elsewhere www.edweek.org/leadership/c...

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Closing a School? Don't Expect to Save Money, a New Study Warns

The hope is that closing schools can reduce fixed costs. A new study looks into whether that happens.

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D. M. S. Fick - now with more cake! @dmsfick.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I know it's hard to know how to get viewers now-a-days, nevermind viewers for awards shows, but moving the Emmys® to Monday night with the red carpet on TikTok isn't a great way to do it. Plus, making it hard to find out where to watch the red carpet isn't going to make any TV friends.

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Jess Nevins @jessnevins.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

TIL I learned that the genus-species name for water buffalo is "Bubalus bubalis," and I'm just going to be humming that to myself the rest of the day.

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Laurel Krahn @windowseat.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Tuned in to the Saints game on FOX 9+ and that's how I learned Access Hollywood is still a thing (it was on before the game). Have lost touch with what's actually aired on broadcast TV these days. (It's weird and refreshing considering how I used to know when everything was on.)

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Soapy @soapy2019.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

"Place your bets,which car is going to win." I love the fact that everything except the cars is made out of recycled cardboard boxes. Fabulous !!! 🤩

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🚲 🥜scoops 🥜🚲 @scoopsstp.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

POV it is 80 degrees in Lowertown

The Norman Rockwell Freedom of speech / brave poster meme except everyone is wearing the St Paul Saints throwback corduroy jacket

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