Reposted by Matt GrupaJordan Witt @jordannwitt.bsky.social · 31/10/2024Happy Halloween! I drew fanart. 2489118
Matt Grupa @mattgrupa.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The Hastak Chair by Kinoku is a great example of a chair with clean lines but lots of interesting details. The brass knobs on the back are for hanging a bag. Found via the Australian Wood Review magazine @woodreview on instakinoku.inKinoku - For your Precious Home 010
Reposted by Matt GrupaDuncan Mackay @theduncanmackay.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Sometimes you see an artefact where myth, magic & reality all seem to converge… Behold, the Iron Age Torrs Pony Cap; pulled from a Scottish bog in the 19thC & dating to the 3rdC BC, the horns were still attached when found. Chariot ponies knew they were cool. National Museum Scotland #FindsFriday 9498114
Reposted by Matt GrupaSardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 02/10/2026“Caras y Caretas” Luis Macaya, 1920 archive.org/details/cara... 15615
Reposted by Matt GrupaSimkaye 🌈 @simkaye.bsky.social · 01/10/2026anyone else feel like this 5868832127
Reposted by Matt GrupaGilly @gillyarcht.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I will happily repost any useful tips on avoiding giving tax-evaders Bezos/Amazon any of your hard earned💲💵. The more esoteric the sources, the more mom & pop, the more shop-local the better. There are, sadly, unavoidable use-cases. Tragic that Amazon owns One Medical, Whole foods, Abe Books. #PSA 096
Reposted by Matt Grupadaviss @daviss.org · 30/09/2026MINNESOTA NICE HAS ITS LIMITS We came across these vote early posters last night 26213
Reposted by Matt GrupaNick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 25/09/2026And I finally realised, when she said it, how much it matters to be unclassifiable, because it's another word for human. 224519
Reposted by Matt GrupaBriony Neilson @brionyneilson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The AGA Prisma 4368 television set – designed in Sweden c.1964, its sharp triangular-shaped wooden back allowed it to fit snugly into the corner of a room 🗃️ 39624
Reposted by Matt Grupadaviss @daviss.org · 23/09/2026At the Alex Pretti Memorial: Anonymous Kid says "Keep Fighting Minnesotans!" and a 1937 photo of Madrid "MINNESOTA WILL BE THE TOMB OF FASCISM". Minneapolis, September 2026 312642
Reposted by Matt Grupaqdot @buttplug.engineer · 23/09/2026Welp. It happened. Fly brain teledildonics with @buttplug.io I wonder what level of hell is now reserved for the things I have enabled, and if it is actually any worse than having to work with Bluetooth. Code at github.com/paoloo/flybr... 1324343
Reposted by Matt GrupaMPR News @mprnews.org · 22/09/2026Schools across the state started offering free breakfasts and lunches to all students in the fall of 2023. The number of students eating school lunch went up 15 percent the first year. The number of kids eating breakfast at school went up 40 percent.mprnews.orgFewer skipped meals, less stigma: New data on the impact of Minnesota’s universal school mealsA trio of new studies shows Minnesota’s universal school meals program is providing a sense of relief to Minnesota families and students who are no longer skipping lunch and worrying less about family... 15547171
Matt Grupa @mattgrupa.bsky.social · 22/09/2026kottke.org/26/09/gorgeo...kottke.orgGorgeous Nerikomi PotteryOh my goodness, I love the look of these cups. They were made by Indonesian potter Nabila Nareswari using the nerikomi technique. From her about page: Nerikomi 000
Reposted by Matt Grupac3rmen @c3rmen.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Losing my mind while doing some research for my creature design lecture that the closest relative to the maned wolf is the bush dog. Like there has gotta be a fable where the maned wolf took all the leggie from its cousin 14278702106
Reposted by Matt GrupaMara 👻 aBOOlish I.C.E. @mauratwit.bsky.social · 17/09/2026This statement from Greta Callahan at the School Board meeting the other night is worth your time, MPS fam. 14015
Reposted by Matt GrupaKate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The SCOTUS ruling today prevents the USPS from not delivering ballots based on directives from the Trump admin. BUT, the late postmarks issue remains. To make sure your ballot gets counted, return it early and, even better if you can, drop it off in an official ballot dropbox to ensure it’s on time. 6257133
Matt Grupa @mattgrupa.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I just received a batch of their 75 x 75mm and 75 x 100mm bins and I'm very happy with them. Good sizes for longer screws and hard to pack things like rivets. The print quality is very good, slightly sturdier than the originals. #Tanos #Festool #systainer #organizer forg3d.store/collections/...forg3d.storeSYS-ORG Organizers | Modular Small Parts Storage for SystainersOptimize your workflow with SYS-ORG. Modular bins and organizers for Tanos Systainer3, SYS-GRD, and SYS-FIT. Precision small parts storage for shop or jobsite. 000
Reposted by Matt Grupapmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 13/09/2026 "I Remember You" created by American artist Sara Swink 71590217
Reposted by Matt GrupaDwuff 🇿🇦✨ @dwuff.com · 06/09/2026People who make high-quality hyper niche fan art of like one or two things and post regularly: you have no idea how much you're keeping a good chunk of the internet well-nourished and sane, thank you for your service 0293106
Reposted by Matt GrupaMinnesotan Kaiju @whisperingpines.bsky.social · 01/09/2026When the story of Metro Surge is told in media, don't for a moment, through the outpouring of solidarity and community building, despite the heroism, forget that it sucked ass every single day and some days it was like the sun had been blocked from the world 5800161
Matt Grupa @mattgrupa.bsky.social · 01/09/2026The long exposure photos in Alexey Titarenko's series 'City of Shadows' are haunting and a touch menacing. People reduced to churning motion, climbing endlessly. Only ghostly, individual hands on a solid railing discernible from the blurred mass. www.alexeytitarenko.com#/cityofshado... 000
Matt Grupa @mattgrupa.bsky.social · 31/08/2026So called "Precision Strike Missiles" turn out to not be at all precise airwars.org/prsm-lamerd-...airwars.orgNew U.S. munition has damage radius of at least 170 metres, Airwars findsVisual analysis of first usage of PrSM missile during Iran war reveals scale of civilian threat 000
Reposted by Matt Grupamagpie TRICKS @magpie.tips · 29/08/2026It's done! It's a banana slug bag! I love it so much. It was so fun to start this project by weaving the strap. I dyed the fabric and yarn, wove the strap, and hand stitched the front details. 37623105
Reposted by Matt GrupaDoug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 28/08/2026I hadn't seen this one yet but damn it resonates (Crop art by Aurora Jacobsen via MPR's Instagram) www.instagram.com/p/Dcjtl3AEw7... 631363
Reposted by Matt GrupaStacey Burns @wentrogue.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Jennifer Nelson’s entry to this year’s Minnesota State Fair crop art 6342561314
Reposted by Matt GrupaErin "Skeleton Factory" Ryan @eringloriaryan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026she was PERFECTyoutube.comDolly Parton "Mule Skinner Blues"YouTube video by Samm1909 2647
Reposted by Matt GrupaAda Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Waiting for society to acknowledge that Wikipedia is the real paper of record. 123937
Reposted by Matt GrupaFelt Mistress @feltmistress.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Difficult to photograph all these guys in a group shot together as my studio is so small but here’s a few photos of the four. Now planning number 5 414930
Reposted by Matt GrupaLiesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social · 18/08/2026HELLO YES HI, ALL #EARLYMODERNISTS WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE ONE OF THESE FOR THEIR CONFERENCE OUTFIT, PLEASE AND THANK YOU, DIOR. Via @erinannmcc.bsky.social, reliable champion of #MakeRuffsGreatAgain www.instagram.com/p/DcKFnfxCNE... 912426
Reposted by Matt GrupaUnder-caffeinated hippopotamus @ellenjyd.bsky.social · 12/08/20261) MPD got a 22% raise in their latest contract. 2) MPD has apparently not managed to stay in budget for SEVEN YEARS. 3) They are blowing their budget by tens of millions of dollars a year. We are draining Minneapolis dry to pay for an MPD that refused to answer the phone all winter. 07623
Reposted by Matt GrupaElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 10/08/2026I mean in the U.S. we’re in the midst of the worst measles outbreak in decades and the President decides that it’s critical, right at this very moment, to further undermine trust in the MMR vaccine. 571316388
Reposted by Matt GrupaThomas [DARK MODE], DO @tom.medsky.social · 09/08/2026Going through my parents' stuff and found this weird little gal. She's a transistor radio. Her right eyeball is tuner and her left eyeball is power/volume. 1784792752
Reposted by Matt GrupaJasmine 🌌🔭 @astrojaz.bsky.social · 06/08/2026CURIOSITY HAS BEEN ON MARS FOR 14 YEARS!! HAPPY LANDIVERSARY CURIOSITY!! 904101704
Reposted by Matt GrupaGreg van Eekhout @gregvaneekhout.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Wikipedia remains one of the most useful things online. No subscription fees, no ads, no stupid pursuit of AI, all curated by relentless nerds. Maybe remember to throw them a few bucks every now and again. 15612154
Reposted by Matt GrupaVictoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 04/08/2026'You'll choke too' - an aerial embroidery landscape inspired by all the wildfires happening right now... I'm upset every time I smell smoke outside and somehow we have people starting them maliciously too! But we all breathe the same air so they'll choke too (1/2 - see thread for close-ups) 7866632394
Reposted by Matt Grupapmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 04/08/2026The "Broken Pearl Necklace" art piece created by designer Sung Young Huh. 0151
Matt Grupa @mattgrupa.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Half way done. I have no idea what I'm going to do with this when I'm done gluing the whole circle together, but I like it so far. Bloodwood, ebony, and maple. 7" x 3/4" #woodworking #procrastinating #offcuts 040
Reposted by Matt GrupaᵀᴴᴱꀤNGᒪOᖇIOᑌᔕ¹🇨🇦 @inglorious.bsky.social · 07/07/2026We're so screwed. Unprecedented, record-smashing, norm-ending El Nino. Deviation of 3.5°. For maximum fear, Google 'methane calthrates'. 53674303
Reposted by Matt GrupaZeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 02/08/2026I'm not sure folks have realized just how crazy the second half of 2026 and 2027 will be for global temperatures – on the back of a record-smashing El Niño event. Here is my latest estimate of where both years will end up compared to global temperatures since 1850. 9035111732
Matt Grupa @mattgrupa.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Daniel Brush, “Ten Butterfly Box”, 1991-1993 This steel box and its 10 magnetically attached gold butterflies is an intricate, hand made masterpiece by artist Daniel Brush. Photography by John Bigelow Taylor via almostarts.tumblr.com/post/8236061... 100
Reposted by Matt GrupaTim Maughan @timmaughan.bsky.social · 01/08/2026reminder that They Reminisce Over You is actually the fabled great american novel youtu.be/9Dr3_-pqJK4?...youtu.beC.L. Smooth Performs “They Reminisce Over You” Inside the CaddyYouTube video by CadillacChroniclesTV 0111
Reposted by Matt Grupadaviss @daviss.org · 31/07/2026Pretty crazy both the US and Iran are attacking Minnesota 48824
Reposted by Matt GrupaPete, the Antifascist Nisse 🌈🔨🌈 @nanou2.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Why, that's the same amount we spent on Police overtime pay in 2025! 318949
Reposted by Matt GrupaRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 26/07/2026forest service plans $10m worth of work to create fire breaks in superior national forest in minnesota. trump allows his top donor -- a self-proclaimed expert on everything -- to ixnay that funding because... reasons! superior national forest now on fire. www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026...washingtonpost.com‘We were shovel-ready’: A Minnesota forest hit by DOGE cuts is now ablazeOfficials said losing out on the ability to do vital prevention work at a perilous time for the region hindered them from being as prepared as they could have been. 15328661498
Reposted by Matt GrupaIan Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 24/07/2026For my own future reference and yours: NOBODY will cover stolen ebikes unless you get dedicated ebike insurance. Homeowners and renters insurance and AMEX Purchase Protection all consider them motorized vehicles and exclude them from coverage. Learn from my mistakes: GET DEDICATED EBIKE INSURANCE 34634202
