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Marzipan @marzi-panz.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Youth Performance Company is the most underrated youth theater around here. They are currently doing Beetlejuice Jr, super fun for the t(w)eens!

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Marzipan @marzi-panz.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Beauty from the St Paul farmer's market. Once you get the hang of accessing the free parking lot it's actually pretty easy to go there.

A bouquet of fall flowers, red and orange with lots of greenery

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Marzipan @marzi-panz.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Thanks to Twin Cities Skaters and Saint Paul for a wonderful season of free skate events at Rice Park. Such a beautiful venue for a fun, free event for all ages.

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Marzipan @marzi-panz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Fancy Dancer at the History Theatre is really amazing! My tween thought so too. Interesting, multi-faceted story and incredible one-woman performance by Larissa FastHorse.

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JRho @jrho.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The most absolutely massive flex from the state fair exhibit. This quilt is made of 40 years of prize ribbons from various categories at the New Mexico State Fair won by Carol St. Clair Johnson. She also won a prize for this quilt.

Massive quilt made of prize ribbons in blue, red, yellow, and white

Center square of quilt made of yellow and red ribbons and yellow rosettes

Block of quilt made of blue, yellow, red, and white ribbons. Ribbons state the year. Some have the prize winning object written on in marker

Carol St. Clair Johnson
born 1954; resides Albuquerque, NM

O Fair New Mexico-41 Fair Years
2023
satin ribbons

After unexpectedly winning her first blue ribbon for a sewn cape in 1981, Carol St. Clair Johnson developed an enduring love for the New Mexico State Fair. The quilt Fair New Mexico-41 Fair Years incorporates more than six hundred of the ribbons she won at the fair every subsequent year except 2020 (when the fair was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic). Johnson earned ribbons for needlework, knitting, crochet, pies, cookies, cakes, canning, jewelry, flowers, vegetables, and potted plants. The title of the quilt is a reference to the state song, and the design places the state's Zia sun symbol at the center. The quilt earned Johnson yet another ribbon: Best in Category (miscellaneous quilt) at the 2023 New Mexico State Fair.

Courtesy of Carol St. Clair Johnson

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Marzipan @marzi-panz.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

It started as a pandemic project, with the kids and I thinking we might do a patch or two to ward off boredom. It ended five years later with us stepping off the boardwalk at Big Bog hand in hand, earning this! Would highly recommend!

ALL Miles patch from MN State Parks and Trails (the patch you get for finishing the Hiking Club)

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Marzipan @marzi-panz.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Time to switch to MapQuest and to not let the homeschooled kid use Google Maps for quick reference anymore. I need them to learn accurate geography.

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Marzipan @marzi-panz.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Don't believe the lady who manages the crop art line. It did not take us two hours to get in despite her prognosis, more like 50 minutes. We got in line shortly after 9am today. The art is amazing, it was well worth the wait!

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mimi smartypants @mimismartypants.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Every time you check out a library book instead of ordering from Amazon, ask a friend instead of an LLM, cook a meal instead of ordering from an app, or go for a walk instead of scrolling social media, you interrupt the cash flows of insane CEOs. Do it! Ruin their day!

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Marzipan @marzi-panz.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Go Peggy! So happy about those primary results.

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Marzipan @marzi-panz.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

This looks useful. I turn AI off wherever possible.

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Marzipan @marzi-panz.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

This thread helped me catch up on some disturbing aspects of this. At this point I think the Mayor should resign.

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Thinking about why women might not want to use a product that has forced itself into every software interface to confidently shout things that are wrong

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ISAIAH @isaiahmn.org · 14/07/2026

📣 From Minnesota to Texas to Maine, we refuse to look away. We know what it's like when ICE abducts our neighbors, tears apart our families, & kills people we love. We won't stop organizing until ICE is out of all our communities. #ICEOut #ICEOutNow #LoveThyNeighbor

Graphic showing a photo of people protesting ICE in background. Text reads: To our neighbors in Maine & Texas: We grieve with you. We stand with you. We refuse to look away. We won't stop organizing until ICE is out of all our communities. With love, Minnesota.

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Marzipan @marzi-panz.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Twin Cities, come see Big Fish the musical at Como Park Pavilion! It's funny and moving, plus you're supporting Rosetown Playhouse, a great local arts org that is super welcoming and inclusive. app.arts-people.com/index.php?sh...

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Big Fish

This enchanting, larger-than-life story follows Edward Bloom, a man who has lived an extraordinary life filled with giants, witches, mermaids, and seemingly impossible adventures. But when his son Wil...

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 12/07/2026

At a time when contraceptives could be banned, it can feel like there are only two camps: those who champion birth control and those who criticize it with hopes of making it go away. But there is a third camp: People scrutinizing birth control not to get rid of it, but to make it better.

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Did birth control make my depression worse?

What I wish I'd known about my IUD.

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Humanizing Through Story @yourstorymatters.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Funeral processions for the 51 people who have died in ICE detention. These are recorded deaths and there could be more. Happened this morning on July 4th, in Minneapolis. @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social @mn50501.bsky.social

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Sasha Costanza-Chock @schock.cc · 19/06/2026

The most dangerous thing about AI is not that the machines might one day think. It is that we are being trained, by men with enormous financial gains riding on our acquiescence, to stop thinking for ourselves.

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Marzipan @marzi-panz.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Gone too soon. RIP Marjane Satrapi.

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Marzipan @marzi-panz.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Shout-out to our amazing St Paul Public Library. Just got the pics from one of their free headshot events, and now my aspiring theater kid is all set with a fresh audition pic!

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Marzipan @marzi-panz.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Mayday is my favorite, and I am so bummed that I missed it this year, especially this year! That's what you get for having kids in the performing arts (it's choir concert season - 4 for us in the past 2 days...). Thank you for the excellent🧵

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🎃ℌ𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔬𝔴 ℑ𝔞𝔫👻 @mplsnightmayor.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Wanted to share this powerful project by public historians at UMN to document the artwork and signage of ICE abduction sites around the Twin Cities. z.umn.edu/HereandGone

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Google Site

Here & Gone is a public archive of art and signs that memorialize where ICE abducted neighbors

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primevil @primordial.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

They shot Alex Pretti ten times while he was face down in the street.

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Marzipan @marzi-panz.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Things like that should not surprise me anymore but wow

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Marzipan @marzi-panz.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

smARTpass is exactly how I saw this exhibit at MIA yesterday. It is a must see, super relevant today, and incredibly high quality (star-struck German immigrant here but hopefully anyone would appreciate)

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Kenneth Kovacs @kenkovacs.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

“Tell the world... to keep this energy going. Let's invest in togetherness.” ~Victor Glover, Artemis II crew member

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Prof. Nicole Holliday @mixedlinguist.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Humanity did that. Science did that. Publicly-funded research did that. Excellent universities did that. Diversity did that. International cooperation did that. Artemis II is a perfect example of what we can do at our best. Welcome home, Integrity crew!

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Marzipan @marzi-panz.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Happy No Kings to all who celebrate! We're the flagship!

Protest sign showing a group of people singing "Do you hear the people sing?" with crossed out crowns scattered above

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MPR News @mprnews.org · 19/03/2026

The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation said it chose to honor Twin Cities residents “for risking their lives to protect their neighbors and immigrant community members from an unprecedented federal law enforcement operation."

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Twin Cities residents to receive Profile in Courage Award

The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation announced Thursday that it’s presenting one of its 2026 Profile in Courage Awards to the “people of the Twin Cities of Minnesota” for their actions during the fe...

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 09/03/2026

oh good i was worried it was white supremacy and capitalism

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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

NEW, from me: I talked to Aliya Rahman, who was dragged out of Tuesday's State of the Union + arrested for... standing up. Really. Rahman, who is autistic and has disabilities, was a guest of Rep. Ilhan Omar + was previously brutally detained by ICE in Minneapolis. www.huffpost.com/entry/aliya-...

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‘I Just Stood Up’: The Stunning Arrest Of Aliya Rahman At The State Of The Union

Rahman, who was Rep. Ilhan Omar’s guest, suspects she was targeted after testifying to Congress about her brutal ICE detention in Minneapolis.

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Dr. Ismail Küpeli @ismail-kuepeli.de · 22/02/2026

"So ein herrlicher Tag, und ich soll gehen. Aber was liegt an unserem Leben, wenn wir es damit schaffen, Tausende von Menschen aufzurütteln und wachzurütteln" (Sophie Scholl) Heute vor 83 Jahren wurden Sophie Scholl, Hans Scholl und Christoph Probst von den Nazis ermordet.

Sophie Scholl, Hans Scholl und Christoph Probst

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Dave R, photographer @daverphotog.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

I'm very grateful to have captured this image of Minneapolis related in the Mississippi at sunset

Skyline of Minneapolis, framed by a suspension bridge, reflected in smooth water at sunset

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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Since December 2025, “Operation Metro Surge” has had a devastating impact on Minneapolis. It’s disrupted our local economy, broken families apart, and worsened already existing disparities our neighbors face. An additional 76,200 people citywide may now be experiencing food insecurity. 1/

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Elliott Payne @elliottpayne.org · 12/02/2026

Someone was abducted at 10 AM by ICE on Central Ave. Their coworker says they’ve lived here for over 20 years, are documented, and have 3 kids who were born here. Don’t be fooled by headlines when they’ve been lying to us the whole time. We still need you out patrolling until every agent is gone.

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Andrew Karre @andrewkarre.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/02/2026

1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken. Hundreds of kids are still detained. We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵

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Becca Esche @beccasaintpaul.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Lake Phalen last night. East Side Pride!!! Including a Hmong heart. 💛

an aerial shot of a frozen lake with luminary that spells out MN is greater than ice with a heart that has spirals which is a hmong symbol! The words are surrounded by a circle of people

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Marzipan @marzi-panz.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Beautiful memorial, lit up again tonight

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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 09/02/2026

How did we get the NFL in the national divorce?

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