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📚 Hybrid lit mag & art zine 💌 New print issue every month 📬 Submissions always free & open ⚡️ Proud to pay contributors 📍 Minneapolis, MN linktr.ee/paranoidtree

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Paranoid Tree Press @paranoidxtree.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
🫶 rooting for you, always! ⚡️
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Emorra (EM-er-uh) @wordsfromemorra.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
@paranoidxtree.bsky.social has nominated my story for Best of the Net (as well as other awards previously)! I'm so humbled and honored with how much they've championed my story, which is one of my favorites. Thank you, thank you!
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Paranoid Tree Press @paranoidxtree.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
We're so lucky to have a poem from Ifrah Mansour in our new micro-anthology. It inspired us so much, we named the whole book after it. May this poem also inspire you to stay loud in the face of injustice, wherever you are in the world. 🎺 🥁 📣 Preorder your copy: paranoidtree.com/silence-neve...
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Paranoid Tree Press @paranoidxtree.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Paranoid Tree Press @paranoidxtree.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Thank you for the shoutout 🫀
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Jan Stinchcomb @janstinchcomb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I'm sick today but I still want to celebrate #LitMagWeek: @trampset.bsky.social @centaurlit.bsky.social @villaineralit.bsky.social @paranoidxtree.bsky.social @crowkeys.bsky.social @bourbonpenn.bsky.social @poolpartymag.com Monkeybicycle
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Paranoid Tree Press @paranoidxtree.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Thank you for boosting!! Hope you’re doing well 💕⚡️
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Christina Ladd @christinaladd.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The world may have moved on, but MN is still picking up the pieces of our occupation. If you have a few bucks and want to support a great zine + a great cause, consider @paranoidxtree.bsky.social 's upcoming chapbook! www.paranoidtree.com/silence-neve...
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SILENCE NEVER SAVED ANYONE — Paranoid Tree Press
A micro-anthology of stories and poems by Minnesota writers, honoring the immigrants and resilience in our communities during the ICE occupation in the winter of 2026.
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Paranoid Tree Press @paranoidxtree.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Huge news: We made a tiny book. With these stories about the 2026 ICE occupation of Minnesota, we honor the immigrants and community action that make us proud to call MN home. We hope it inspires you to keep speaking up for what's right. 💌 Preorder & more info: paranoidtree.com/silence-neve...
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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
“We pulled the moon down, tucked the darkness of night into its own box to sleep” New prose poetry from Alexa Brockamp Hoggatt in @paranoidxtree.bsky.social www.paranoidtree.com/read/vol-67
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VOL. 67: Packing Up the Streetlights — Paranoid Tree Press
Alexa Brockamp Hoggatt | Michayla Grbich
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Paranoid Tree Press @paranoidxtree.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
"When I get bored, get on a chair. I’m all business. You want to talk to me? Talk to me later." We're so charmed by the strong voice of poet Pam Williams, paired with Sharaya Reetz's brilliant flower artwork. Volume 66 is out now. Read the poems online & in print: paranoidtree.com/read/vol-66
A copy of volume 66, featuring two poems by Pam Williams and artwork by Sharaya Reetz. The artwork depicts a large flower rising up through the center of the page, and a tiny woman curled up upon its petals.Another view of volume 66, showing off the author and illustrator bios on the back side of the zine.A close-up of the cover of Volume 66, featuring the titles of the poems "Can't Move, Stay Down, Like I'm Dead or Something" and "I Want to Write It More, Need Paper for That" by Pam williams
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Paranoid Tree Press @paranoidxtree.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
"When I get bored, get on a chair. I’m all business. You want to talk to me? Talk to me later." We're so charmed by the strong voice of poet Pam Williams, paired with Sharaya Reetz's brilliant flower artwork. Volume 66 is out now. Read the poems online & in print: paranoidtree.com/read/vol-66
A copy of volume 66, featuring two poems by Pam Williams and artwork by Sharaya Reetz. The artwork depicts a large flower rising up through the center of the page, and a tiny woman curled up upon its petals.Another view of volume 66, showing off the author and illustrator bios on the back side of the zine.A close-up of the cover of Volume 66, featuring the titles of the poems "Can't Move, Stay Down, Like I'm Dead or Something" and "I Want to Write It More, Need Paper for That" by Pam williams
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Paranoid Tree Press @paranoidxtree.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
⚡️⚡️⚡️ congrats, James!
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Split/Lip Press @splitlippress.com · 15/06/2026
Excited to share the next acquisition for our Lost/Found imprint: EDGE OF THE KNOWN BUS LINE by @jamesrgapinski.bsky.social, a reissue of their award-winning 2018 novella which follows a woman’s gruesome fight for survival after a city bus drops her in a brutal wasteland of cannibals and cultists!
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Duotrope @duotrope.com · 15/06/2026
Today's listing of the day is: Paranoid Tree Press @paranoidxtree.bsky.social #WritingCommunity
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Listing of the Day
Today's listing of the day is: Paranoid Tree Press @paranoidxtree.bsky.social #WritingCommunity
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Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
One of my favourite stories I’ve written (and one of the weirdest) is out in Paranoid Tree Press! Read it to finally understand all of my nonsense Maritime slang
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Paranoid Tree Press @paranoidxtree.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Thank you for sharing!! It’s such a banger 😎
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Paranoid Tree Press @paranoidxtree.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Thank you for sharing! Glad you enjoyed ✨
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Tara Campbell @taracampbell.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Another banger up at @paranoidxtree.bsky.social VOL. 65: A Glossary of Terms You Will Need While Uncovering the Long-Buried Secrets of a Small Town in Atlantic Canada www.paranoidtree.com/read/vol-65
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VOL. 65: A Glossary of Terms You Will Need While Uncovering the Long-Buried Secrets of a Small Town in Atlantic Canada — Paranoid Tree Press
Janel Comeau | Jess Stanley
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Lori Sambol Brody @lorisambolbrody.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
I liked this hermit crab mystery in @paranoidxtree.bsky.social
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Paranoid Tree Press @paranoidxtree.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
’magine (verb) ...The locals will say this when you talk about what you found in the woods behind the old Landry place, but you’ll see in their eyes that they know exactly what you’re talking about. Can you solve this mystery by @verybadllama.bsky.social? Full story: paranoidtree.com/read/vol-65
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Paranoid Tree Press @paranoidxtree.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
⚡️⚡️⚡️💚💕
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Ani King (they/them) @aniking.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Huge thanks to @paranoidxtree.bsky.social for publishing and nominating “Feels Like Rain” for @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social, and to @megpokrass.bsky.social, Gary Fincke, and @dseuss.bsky.social for choosing this as one of the winners! You can grab a copy at www.bestmicrofiction.com
Image has a blue background with an orange banner strip that says bestmicrofiction 2026 WINNER! 

Under the orange banner there is a line drawing  of white and brown people reading and drinking coffee, the image has been colored in with a soft colored pencil style. 

On the left, white text says:
Ani King
“Feels Like Rain”
(Paranoid Tree Press)

“…outside ALDIs I see a guy I know sitting on the curb under the overhang, with a guitar and a cup, says brother, I’m having a hard time, then he plays me a slow version of ‘Even Flow’…

Available at www.bestmicrofiction.com, ISBN 978-1-962702-09-6
The Pelekinesis logo is at the bottom on a dark teal background, and next to that it reads Meg Pokrass and Gary Fincke, series editors, Dian Seuss, guest editor
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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
"Maybe I wake up still dreaming about peeling a pile of tangerines..." 🍊 ICYMI: Contributor @aniking.bsky.social was published in @paranoidxtree.bsky.social! 👏 buff.ly/bzIwimT
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Paranoid Tree Press @paranoidxtree.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Thank you, Tara!!!
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Tara Campbell @taracampbell.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Another absolute stunner from @paranoidxtree.bsky.social
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Paranoid Tree Press @paranoidxtree.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
TODAY! Get your subs in!
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Paranoid Tree Press @paranoidxtree.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
TODAY! Get your subs in!
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Paranoid Tree Press @paranoidxtree.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
"We throw jokes at the pain & hope it doesn’t throw back. When someone asks how we’re doing, we say I’m alright, like it’s a shield, like it’s not a lie soaked in yesterday’s silence." —from "We Don't Talk About That" by Oladosu Michael Emerald. Read the full poem: paranoidtree.com/read/vol-64
The artwork for the zine featuring the poem "We Don't Talk About That." The imagery features a young black man soaring through space, holding the world in his hand, propelled by a pair of butterfly wings.A close-up of the cover of the zine featuring the poem "We Don't Talk About That."
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Paranoid Tree Press @paranoidxtree.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Minnesota writers: We're looking for stories & poems under 400 words in response to the ICE occupation of our state. Submissions close THIS THURSDAY, APRIL 30. 📣 ⚠️ Submit & more info about our chapbook project: bit.ly/MN-pride-zine
A call for Minnesota writers

Seeking stories & poems in response to the 2026 Minnesota ICE occupation

Deadline: April 30
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Paranoid Tree Press @paranoidxtree.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Minnesota writers: We're looking for stories & poems under 400 words in response to the ICE occupation of our state. Submissions close THIS THURSDAY, APRIL 30. 📣 ⚠️ Submit & more info about our chapbook project: bit.ly/MN-pride-zine
A call for Minnesota writers

Seeking stories & poems in response to the 2026 Minnesota ICE occupation

Deadline: April 30
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Paranoid Tree Press @paranoidxtree.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Hey, Minnesota writers! We're looking for stories & poems under 400 words in response to the ICE occupation of our state. Send us your writings of resilience, strength, joy, grief, and healing. Deadline is April 30! Submit & more info: bit.ly/MN-pride-zine
A CALL FOR MINNESOTA WRITERS: SEEKING STORIES & POEMS IN RESPONSE TO THE 2026 MINNESOTA ICE OCCUPATIONWHAT WE WANT:

GENRE: FICTION, PROSE POETRY & CREATIVE NONFICTION
THEME: RESILIENCE, STRENGTH, JOY, GRIEF, AND HEALING IN RESPONSE TO THE MN ICE OCCUPATION
WORD LIMIT: UP TO 400 WORDS, MAX
DEADLINE: APRIL 30
PAYMENT: $50 PER PIECE + 2 COPIES OF THE CHAPBOOKWHO CAN SUBMIT:

- MUST BE BASED WITHIN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA
- ANYONE AGE 14 OR OLDER
- WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE WORK FROM PEOPLE OF COLOR, AND OF IMMIGRANT AND NATIVE COMMUNITIES IMPACTED BY ICE
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Paranoid Tree Press @paranoidxtree.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Hey, Minnesota writers! We're looking for stories & poems under 400 words in response to the ICE occupation of our state. Send us your writings of resilience, strength, joy, grief, and healing. Deadline is April 30! Submit & more info: bit.ly/MN-pride-zine
A CALL FOR MINNESOTA WRITERS: SEEKING STORIES & POEMS IN RESPONSE TO THE 2026 MINNESOTA ICE OCCUPATIONWHAT WE WANT:

GENRE: FICTION, PROSE POETRY & CREATIVE NONFICTION
THEME: RESILIENCE, STRENGTH, JOY, GRIEF, AND HEALING IN RESPONSE TO THE MN ICE OCCUPATION
WORD LIMIT: UP TO 400 WORDS, MAX
DEADLINE: APRIL 30
PAYMENT: $50 PER PIECE + 2 COPIES OF THE CHAPBOOKWHO CAN SUBMIT:

- MUST BE BASED WITHIN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA
- ANYONE AGE 14 OR OLDER
- WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE WORK FROM PEOPLE OF COLOR, AND OF IMMIGRANT AND NATIVE COMMUNITIES IMPACTED BY ICE
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Paranoid Tree Press @paranoidxtree.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Calling all Minnesota-based writers! We're creating a chapbook of art and writing in response to the illegal ICE occupation of our state. Send us your poems, stories and essays under 400 words — by April 30. Submit & more info: bit.ly/MN-pride-zine
What we want:

GENRE: FICTION, PROSE POETRY & CREATIVE NONFICTION
THEME: RESILIENCE, STRENGTH, JOY, GRIEF, AND HEALING IN RESPONSE TO THE MN ICE OCCUPATION
WORD LIMIT: UP TO 400 WORDS, MAX
DEADLINE: APRIL 30
PAYMENT: $50 PER PIECE + 2 COPIES OF THE CHAPBOOK
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Paranoid Tree Press @paranoidxtree.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Calling all Minnesota-based writers! We're creating a chapbook of art and writing in response to the illegal ICE occupation of our state. Send us your poems, stories and essays under 400 words — by April 30. Submit & more info: bit.ly/MN-pride-zine
What we want:

GENRE: FICTION, PROSE POETRY & CREATIVE NONFICTION
THEME: RESILIENCE, STRENGTH, JOY, GRIEF, AND HEALING IN RESPONSE TO THE MN ICE OCCUPATION
WORD LIMIT: UP TO 400 WORDS, MAX
DEADLINE: APRIL 30
PAYMENT: $50 PER PIECE + 2 COPIES OF THE CHAPBOOK
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Paranoid Tree Press @paranoidxtree.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
This new micro does in 400 words what Grey's Anatomy barely accomplishes in 22 seasons. Get your paws on "Between Dog & Wolf," a real-life, high-stakes medical drama by Lorraine Hanlon Comanor—paired perfectly with clocklike art by Eloise Koltun. New issue out now 🐾 paranoidtree.com/read/vol-63
The new issue of Paranoid Tree, featuring the full unfolded zine alongside a small, folded copy tucked into an envelope.A close-up on the artwork. A sleeping dog sits at the top of the page, in the 12:00 position.Another close-up. A shadowy wolf sits at the bottom of the page in the 6:00 position.
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Paranoid Tree Press @paranoidxtree.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
This new micro does in 400 words what Grey's Anatomy barely accomplishes in 22 seasons. Get your paws on "Between Dog & Wolf," a real-life, high-stakes medical drama by Lorraine Hanlon Comanor—paired perfectly with clocklike art by Eloise Koltun. New issue out now 🐾 paranoidtree.com/read/vol-63
The new issue of Paranoid Tree, featuring the full unfolded zine alongside a small, folded copy tucked into an envelope.A close-up on the artwork. A sleeping dog sits at the top of the page, in the 12:00 position.Another close-up. A shadowy wolf sits at the bottom of the page in the 6:00 position.
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Paranoid Tree Press @paranoidxtree.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
The Pitt ✖️ werewolves 🟰 this month's micro. When was the last time you were this riveted by a piece of creative nonfiction? Thanks to Lorraine Hanlon Comanor and Eloise Koltun for keeping us on the edge of our seats. 🐺 🩻 Read the full story: paranoidtree.com/read/vol-63
The story is titled "Between Dog & Wolf," written by Lorraine Hanlon Comanor, with art by Eloise Koltun.A quote from the story: "Across the hall outside OR 13, world-renowned cardiac surgeon Dr. Shumway is already scrubbing. His assistant, but several years my senior, helps me steer, as I’m also juggling a ventilator and myriad IVs with cardiac meds. The anesthesiologist for this car-crash victim, I’m responsible for controlling his erratic pulse and blood pressure, keeping his heart in optimal shape until the moment of harvest, the moment it’s transferred from his brain-dead body into one whose life is hanging by a thread. Outside the OR entrance, the recipient’s wife clings to the arms of her chair. We’ve just rolled past her when my patient, unresponsive for over twenty-four hours, grabs my forearm. I jump, his lines spaghetti, his alarms howl."
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Paranoid Tree Press @paranoidxtree.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Rent is due on Monday and many in our Twin Cities community are still trapped at home, meaning they can't work to pay rent. Can you help us keep our neighbors housed? Donate $10+ to one of these rent relief funds & we'll send you a free zine as thanks. 💌 Fund links: linktr.ee/paranoidtree
Keep our neighbors safe from ICE! Donate $10 or more to a MN rent relief fund & get a free zine. Email your receipt to hello@paranoidtree.com by February 28.
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Paranoid Tree Press @paranoidxtree.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Rent is due on Monday and many in our Twin Cities community are still trapped at home, meaning they can't work to pay rent. Can you help us keep our neighbors housed? Donate $10+ to one of these rent relief funds & we'll send you a free zine as thanks. 💌 Fund links: linktr.ee/paranoidtree
Keep our neighbors safe from ICE! Donate $10 or more to a MN rent relief fund & get a free zine. Email your receipt to hello@paranoidtree.com by February 28.
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Jude P @judepickledplum.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Oh wow, how fab.
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Emorra (EM-er-uh) @wordsfromemorra.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Ah!! What an honor to be nominated! <3 thank you so much
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Jan Stinchcomb @janstinchcomb.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Oh, I haven’t had one of these in so long I hardly know what to do with it. 💕💕💕 Thanks @paranoidxtree.bsky.social and congrats to all. Subscribe if you want a soul-saving zine in your mailbox!
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Paranoid Tree Press @paranoidxtree.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Cc’ing @janstinchcomb.bsky.social & @heyhaylimay.bsky.social & @melissajorndwrites.bsky.social & @judepickledplum.bsky.social!
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Paranoid Tree Press @paranoidxtree.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Cheers to our Best Small Fictions nominees! We're honored to be the home for each and every one of these stories. 💌 ⚡
Best small fictions nominees:

GANG OF BABIES
by jan stinchcomb

MULBERRIES & MOLTS
by hayli cox

THE CULLING OF THE FOREST, IN THREE PARTS
by melissa jornd

A PIRATE'S LOVE IS A RUM DO
by jude potts
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Joaquin Castro @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning. Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 30/01/2026
❤️
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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 27/01/2026
brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
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SMokiWuff @smokiwuff.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
I'm a resident of the Twin Cities. A small team and I spent 3 days sculpting this for a competition/festival in extremely cold temperatures. We were disqualified for political messaging and one of the organizers defaced it. I have no regrets and I have never been more proud to be Minnesotan. (cont)
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Paranoid Tree Press @paranoidxtree.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
We know what's happening here in the Twin Cities is happening across the entire US—and to a far greater extent, in Gaza too. The support we've seen arise out of this moment inspires us to hope for a safer and more loving world for everyone, everywhere. Thank you for joining us in solidarity. ⚡💚
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