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Ryan Ricard

@firewally.bsky.social
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When I was driving once I saw this painted on a bridge: "I don't want the world, I just want your half"

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Regina Burstein @mplsfietser.bike · 10h
Who's doing the 38 mile ride of the Twin Cities Bike Tour on Saturday? I may need a group to join since many of my friends are doing the longer (50 mile) route. #TCBT
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Ryan Ricard @firewally.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
MISSED CONNECTIONS: You parked your blue Prius C next to my orange Prius C in the Sibley Plaza parking lot. Never saw you but I noticed the drum gear in the back - let’s start a band!
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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 01/10/2026
If I'm going to be critical of the St. Paul City Council when they make bad legal decisions (e.g. tanking Right to Repair), I have to be fair when they make the right ones. A vote to hire an outside law firm is not an endorsement of Her's conduct. It's the best choice among a bad slate of options
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Tom Basgen, Mr. Saint Paul @tombasgen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Good morning Bayfield Queen.
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Ryan Ricard @firewally.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Congratulations on your blessed child of Saint Paul: www.minnpost.com/education/20...
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St. Paul set to kickstart a college savings account for every newborn
Research has shown that children from low- and moderate-income families with a college savings of $500 or less are three times more likely to attend college and four times more likely to graduate than...
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Hooper @hoopermn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Friends near Selby! Please turn out on Wednesday! Selby is already an underrated and wonderful avenue, but it could be better still!
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Ryan Ricard @firewally.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Many interesting possibilities open up when you consider that you have access to the same LLMs as basically every megacorporation
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Ryan Ricard @firewally.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I can tell I’m nearing 40 because every time an application transforms a copy/pasted URL into the title of the linked web page or something, I wish it wouldn’t do that. URLs are good and pure, leave them be
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🚲🕸️𝖘𝖈𝖔𝖔𝖕𝖘🕸️🚲 @scoopsstp.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Is anyone I know an illustrator? Like, cartoon style pen and ink? I have a silly idea I'd like to commission drawn. DM me or whatever
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Ryan Ricard @firewally.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
no idea whether it’s a bluesky problem or an iOS problem but yes, happens to me too
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Ryan Ricard @firewally.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Straight to jail
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Goodnews @goodnews.computer · 04/09/2026
Take a break from being depressed that everything you love is being destroyed by slop for a moment and let me tell you about the beautiful symbiotic relationship between graffiti writers, train yard workers, and model train enthusiasts.
A hand holding a model train with a replica of the same graffiti on the full scale train car behind it.A model train with two graffiti pieces on opposite sides.
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Dan Marshall @danmarstp.marshallwords.com · 04/09/2026
My latest for @streets.mn. Just an appreciation of a great bike ride.
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Biking Through the Woods of Walker, Minnesota
Exploring the bike trails and towns near Walker, Minnesota, on the shores of Leech Lake.
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 03/09/2026
How Mr. T got his name
I think about my father being called "boy", my uncle being called "boy", my brother, coming back from Vietnam and being called "boy”'. So I questioned myself: "What does a black man have to do before he's given respect as a man?" So when I was 18 years old, when I was old enough to fight and die for my country, old enough to drink, old enough to vote, I said I was old enough to be called a man. I self-ordained myself Mr. T, so the first word out of everybody's mouth is "Mr."
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Ryan Ricard @firewally.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
People are saying
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Ross Raihala (Alpha Male) 🌈 @rossraihala.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Friday's attendance number at the Minnesota State Fair set a new record at 204,065. The previous high was 171,233 in 2024. Minnesotans sure are ready to celebrate Minnesota after the ice occupation!
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Ryan Ricard @firewally.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Oh geez I’m a doofus and just realized my mistake. My apologies for mixing up two cool journalists that I respect a lot
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Ryan Ricard @firewally.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
In my extremely well-informed opinion, the state fair urgently needs: * Twice as much bike parking * Twice as many @metrotransitmn.bsky.social A-Line buses at the end of the night * A new building dedicated to Crop Art
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madi mcvan @madisonmcvan.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
MPR shared a bunch of them on instagram! www.instagram.com/p/Dcl3FQ1oHR...
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Ryan Ricard @firewally.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
God this really does capture it
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Anders @derzquist.net · 16/11/2025
Saint Paul Issue Polling Should the city dramatically increase taxes in order to abolish poverty within the city for all time? Yes - 89% No - 6% Unsure - 5% Should the city continue paving roads? Yes - 41% No - 39% Unsure - 20%
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Ryan Ricard @firewally.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
👋🏻 The man’s still got it! I have no idea how I lucked into those seats
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Matthew Vinge @mvinge.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Lunar Eclipse on the first day of the 2026 Minnesota State Fair First time in 167 year history that a lunar eclipse visible during open hours It wasn't until after doors closed that I had idea to take these pics. A friendly security guard escorted me back in!
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Ryan Ricard @firewally.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Signed or not, the book kicks ass, go read it
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Rachel Leggett @rleggos.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I got the shot. I've been scheming and hoping the conditions would work out for this for two weeks!! 🪶
A broad-tailed hummingbird hovers next to an anise hyssop plant framed by purple blooms and with a rainbow behind it!!! The bird also has a little bead of water on its bill because it is raining.
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Leah Temple for MN Senate @voteleahtemple.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Thank you @dbrauer.net for sharing, and thank you for being a fellow voice for democracy! SD30 is growing & changing and we're here for it 💙 The time is now!!
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TallFroGuy - Shape Decider @tallfroguy.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
I like their little red pope hats #critterposting
Crude drawing of two black and white birds hanging out in a blue puddle in front of a yellow field of doritos. Shaped like shapes.
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Wendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Good morning! 🪶
Burrowing owlet taking off.
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Ryan Ricard @firewally.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I need a suburbs-knower to explain to me what’s going on in St Louis Park/Crystal vs. Golden Valley/Edina
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Ryan Ricard @firewally.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Same with Minneapolis - far more uniform than any mayoral map I can remember (but no big secret as to why!)
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Sandy Horne @sandyhorne.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
A willie wagtail on the farm near Quorn, South Australia.
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Ryan Ricard @firewally.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Rosemount Debate, still Among The Best. Nice work, Matt!
A photo of a newspaper clipping inside a trophy case - headline is Among The Best, the article is about Matt Little and Josh Oie’s deep run in the National Forensics League debate tournament in spring 2003. Notably, Matt has the exact same haircut
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Ryan Ricard @firewally.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Come play my game, I’ll test ya. Probably an Atlantic ghost crab in Virginia Beach, VA
A sandy yellow crab with dark brown eyes on little stalks above its shell. We’re on a fine sand beach on a bright sunny day. Crab has its one larger claw extended above the ground somewhat
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Ryan Ricard @firewally.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Ughhhhhh oh no
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Ryan Ricard @firewally.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Unknown Artist, 2026 On view at the Mattocks Park Museum of Art
A very intricate and lovely sidewalk chalk art of a moth, maybe Venomoth or some other bug-type Pokémon? A nice pink and yellow color scheme
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Ryan Ricard @firewally.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Procrastinators of Saint Paul! You have 24 HOURS to provide feedback on the safety of Snelling Ave. Leave a comment here: talk.dot.state.mn.us/snelling-mon... If you’d like some talking points, here’s the comment I sent in: write.as/02t0850li0jo...
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Hwy 51/Snelling Ave. and Montreal Ave. study – St. Paul
Hwy 51, Snelling, St. Paul, Transportation, MnDOT, Montreal Ave, pedestrian, bicycle, drivers, construction
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Ryan Ricard @firewally.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Sun also did a great interview on Ezra Klein’s podcast if you like learning with your ears overcast.fm/+AAoiPW-nlek
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The A.I. Revolt Is Here — The Ezra Klein Show
What’s big and ugly and has united Republicans and Democrats? A.I. data centers. An overwhelming majority of Americans say they’d oppose a data center being built near where they live. In New York, Go...
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Ryan Ricard @firewally.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I found this piece clarifying: opposition to data centers is much more about betrayal of trust than in any engineering or economic pro/cons (a little sad for a guy curious about both, but alas) jasmi.news/p/no-data-ce...
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No Data Centers In My Backyard
money, power, and populism in the AI buildout
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Ryan Ricard @firewally.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
The Snelling Comment Map also has an upvote feature! Travel up and down the corridor and mark your agreement with neighbors who are saying “it should be safe to cross here” talk.dot.state.mn.us/snelling-mon...
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Snelling Ave. and Montreal Ave. comment map | Let's Talk Transportation - MnDOT
We want to hear from you! Share your input on the Snelling Ave. and Montreal Ave. comment map. The comment map closes 11:59 p.m. on Wed, Aug. 5.To place a comment: Z...
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Bill Lindeke @blindeke.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
It's kind of funny to "mark places on a map" where you think Snelling Avenue is unsafe*... but you have until tomorrow to do this activity. Please take a few minutes and weigh in! * ALL OF IT www.sustainstpaul.org/news/mndot/s...
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Tell MnDOT to make safety improvements on Snelling and Montreal Avenues - before August 5th — Sustain Saint Paul
By Sustain Transportation Committee Co-Leader Kevin Gallatin MnDOT is soliciting public feedback about Snelling and Montreal Avenues from Dayton Avenue to Hwy 5/West Seventh St . in St. Paul in adv...
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🚲🕸️𝖘𝖈𝖔𝖔𝖕𝖘🕸️🚲 @scoopsstp.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
MNDOT is soliciting improvements to Montreal from W7th to Snelling and Snelling from Montreal to Dayton. Comments due tomorrow! www.sustainstpaul.org/news/mndot/s...
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Tell MnDOT to make safety improvements on Snelling and Montreal Avenues - before August 5th — Sustain Saint Paul
By Sustain Transportation Committee Co-Leader Kevin Gallatin MnDOT is soliciting public feedback about Snelling and Montreal Avenues from Dayton Avenue to Hwy 5/West Seventh St . in St. Paul in adv...
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Ryan Ricard @firewally.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Taking the OP’s clarification of ~75 years, I get to pick between nearly dying in a war, various factory jobs, or the US Postal Service. Sign me up for mail sorting 🫡
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Ryan Ricard @firewally.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Thank you for attending! Any particularly interesting feedback/Qs from the online audience?
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Ryan Ricard @firewally.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
SNELLING AVE PALS, there is another public meeting tomorrow (Weds) at 6PM over Zoom. Register here and learn more about MNDOT’s plans for this corridor: talk.dot.state.mn.us/snelling-mon...
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Meetings and events
Public meetings and eventsUpcomingInformation on upcoming meetings will be posted as details become available. Sign up for email updates to receive information on upcoming meetings and opportunities t...
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Ryan Ricard @firewally.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
The weather in the Twin Cities today is perfect if you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to be a soup dumpling
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Ryan Ricard @firewally.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
No - do whatever fits your schedule and/or sparks joy
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Laurel Krahn @windowseat.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Keep an eye out for this bike, MSP! (Also fuck this, hate that someone stole this bike.)
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Ryan Ricard @firewally.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
SAINT PAUL if you live, work, or regularly visit around Snelling south of 94, you can use this map to tell MNDOT where the problem spots are. We shouldn’t need to risk our lives crossing the street or catching the bus! talk.dot.state.mn.us/snelling-mon...
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Snelling Ave. and Montreal Ave. comment map | Let's Talk Transportation - MnDOT
We want to hear from you! Share your input on the Snelling Ave. and Montreal Ave. comment map. The comment map closes 11:59 p.m. on Wed, Aug. 5.To place a comment: Z...
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Ryan Ricard @firewally.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
I was pleasantly surprised by the @mndot.mn.gov public meeting on Snelling Ave last night - staff consistently re-iterated their intent to make meaningful safety improvements here for walking/biking/transit. Learn more and Respond here! talk.dot.state.mn.us/snelling-mon...
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Hwy 51/Snelling Ave. and Montreal Ave. study – St. Paul
Hwy 51, Snelling, St. Paul, Transportation, MnDOT, Montreal Ave, pedestrian, bicycle, drivers, construction
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