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Mike Reynolds @piiskoor.bsky.social · 3h

Tom Cruise was unrecognizable in this! What a performance!

A movie poster for the film "Digger," showing three big heads at the top (one smiling kid, one smiling older woman, one grimacing older man) and at the bottom two different-sized boys walking toward a huge sun, which is I think a symbol for climate change.

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Mike Reynolds @piiskoor.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Midway Music and Arts — today and tomorrow. This afternoon — arts show at Hamline Park!

A panoramic view of a park filled with tents displaying arts for sale. Many folks wandering about.

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Earlier this week, I agreed to interviews with two USA Today journalists. They wrote fantastic articles about the Cornell case that I'm proud to have been a part of. What I did not know is that their employer considers interviews to proprietary and opens up recordings to be used by any journalist.

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Mike Reynolds @piiskoor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Which version of modern punditry do you prefer: "This thing I do is [secretly] the cheat code for everything" OR "This thing most other people do is [secretly] misguided hogwash"?

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Mike Reynolds @piiskoor.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Feeling really Friday today. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQls...

A tabby on a lap has had enough, and swats at the camera, while looking with disdain to the right at the person responsible.

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Mike Reynolds @piiskoor.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Join us at Hamline University for a conversation between Deb Olin Unferth and Patrick Cottrell, on Thursday, October 1st, from 7-9pm in Sundin Hall. You can find an overview and registration info at www.hamline.edu/vane. FREE and open to all--please share broadly!

The cover of Deb Olin Unferth's wonderful novel, _Earth 7_, which depicts the Earth floating in a big blue space, with a lifeline drawn from the world around the moon and out to a spaceship, zipping elsewhere through the text of the title.

The cover of Patrick Cottrell's wonderful novel, _The Afternoon Hours of a Hermit_, with a photo of the author laid over the image of a fingerprint's whorls, in the shape of an apple, with a small fuzzy black caterpillar near the apple's stem. There is text announcing "Hamline Homecoming Happy Hour" at The Black Hart, on Friday October 2, from 5-7pm.

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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

St. Paul has a Right to Repair ordinance on the ballot after a bunch of shenanigans where the ordinance got pulled from the ballot by the City Council after a petition and then a judge put it back on.

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Mike Reynolds @piiskoor.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Same. Access to the broad horizons at the public library opened up my world when "age appropriate" work at school left me cold. (Finding Stephen King when I was 9 made me, eventually, an English major & then teacher; King was my gateway drug to Roth, Morrison, Vonnegut in my early teens...)

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Ayana Elizabeth Johnson @ayanaeliza.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Is it strategic to publish my 2,000+ word manifesto about a UN climate report on Sunday night of a holiday weekend? Nope! Here ya go. Does the UN call for a “renewable energy revolution” and “transformational change” of our society? Yep! Here for it. ayanaelizabeth.substack.com/p/i-read-the...

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I read the new UN climate report so you don't have to.

TL;DR they are calling for radical transformation of our society.

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Benjamin Riley @benjaminjriley.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

What is Alpha School? It is three things: 1) A small private school network 2) A single charter school in Arizona 3) An aspiring ed-tech company What if I told you I can see the future of these endeavors, and disaster looms? I know this world. I know what's coming (or already here). THREAD

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

this entire post is a lie.

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Josh Eyler @josheyler.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Major kudos to MIT, who just put out a report about AI on their campus that lucidly explains the threat posed by AI to cognition and the student experience, while at the same time prioritizes learning, students, and the value of education. 1/x aiandeducation.mit.edu/report/

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Report – AI and Education

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Mike Reynolds @piiskoor.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Among my frustrations here: the absence of community engagement. I serve on the Midway neighborhood transportation committee. We have met with MNDOT frequently trying to get action on that bridge.

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Mike Reynolds @piiskoor.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

We're really excited about a public reading/conversation with Deb Olin Unferth, facilitated by Patrick Cottrell, on October 1st. And the big announcement and registration page just went up. More coming soon! www.hamline.edu/Vane PS. Read Earth 7 *and* Afternoon Hours of a Hermit.

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Vane Creative Artist Series | Hamline University - Minnesota

The October 26, 2026, lecture will be "Reading and Writing When the World Seems Lost" with visiting writer Deb Olin Unferth in conversation with Patrick Cottrel

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Anne Trubek @atrubek.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

As someone who wrote a book about handwriting, I’ve been watching profs here turn to handwriting for higher ed assessment with dismay (though understanding why they are doing so). But the science ain’t good (not to mention my historical/cultural take. Here’s an actual scientist on this

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Whatever you call it, you just made all the goods we buy that come across our border more expensive. Michigan, he’s asking us to pay for his vanity trade war with our money.

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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

"Again and again, it seems that after decades of underrepresentation, women have, in recent years, approached or just achieved parity, which is the backdrop against which we hear about fears that literary men are disappearing."

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Mike Reynolds @piiskoor.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Was just going to say this! Great thread and post; one my favorite places to visit in the world.

A woman and a younger boy stare away from the camera, framed on a narrow road between green hills layered with large gray rock shelves and boulders. A lake is in the center, just a short walk ahead for the two (and the photographer).

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

LMAOOOOOOOOOO somebody finally asked the transphobes if they know any WNBA players besides and NOPE

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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 17/08/2026

I still carry some concerns about Minneapolis' speeding camera program, but early results from the city's pilot program are promising. As of last week, 44% fewer folks going 10+ mph over, and 74% fewer going 20+. www.minneapolismn.gov/media/-www-c...

Speeding continues to be significantly lower at camera locations
For the first six months of 2026, average speeding at 10+ mph over the speed limit was down 42% at camera locations compared to the
launch month in October 2025. This means there were nearly 70,000 fewer drivers speeding at all the camera locations in the first half of
2026. Speeding at 20+ mph over the limit was down 69%, which means about 8,000 fewer drivers at this speed in the first half of 2026. There
has been less speeding at every camera location (details next page).
3.22%
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Location Oct. 2025* Jan. 2026 Feb. 2026 Mar. 2026 Apr. 2026 May 2026 June 2026
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18th Ave NE near
Central Ave (WB)
0.7% 0.02% 0.3% 0.00% 0.6% 0.0% 0.6% 0.02% 0.5% 0.01% 0.5% 0.01% 0.6% 0.01%
991 29 215 3 575 10 647 20 516 7 551 9 594 7
18th Ave NE near
Central Ave (EB) N/A** 1.6% 0.10% 2.3% 0.1% 2.3% 0.12% 2.2% 0.10% 1.8% 0.07% 2.1% 0.08%
1324 83 2239 117 2570 133 2014 90 2249 91 2340 96
Fremont Ave N near
Broadway Ave W (SB)
2.8% 0.15% 1.8% 0.12% 2.0% 0.1% 2.1% 0.10% 1.6% 0.06% 1.9% 0.08% 1.5% 0.07%
2519 132 1233 84 1384 93 1617 80 1512 60 1802 89 1498 75
Chicago Ave near
Franklin Ave (NB)
3.2% 0.15% 1.7% 0.09% 2.7% 0.1% 2.5% 0.11% 2.0% 0.08% 1.5% 0.07% 2.1% 0.09%
3253 155 1191 63 2214 107 2389 107 2102 83 2138 79 2289 97
Chicago Ave near
Franklin Ave (SB)
3.0% 0.14% 1.7% 0.08% 2.6% 0.1% 2.0% 0.08% 1.5% 0.05% 1.7% 0.06% 1.3% 0.07%
3875 183 1465 73 2677 105 2753 106 2399 82 2514 104 2236 112
3rd St N near 1st Ave
N (WB)
2.6% 0.08% 1.5% 0.06% 1.8% 0.1% 1.6% 0.04% 1.6% 0.03% 5.2% 0.04% 1.6% 0.04%
6345 199 3161 114 3669 113 3653 94 4001 80 4374 116 4069 113
Nicollet Ave near 46th
St (SB)
9.8% 1.29% 2.9% 0.25% 3.2% 0.2% 4.8% 0.21% 5.1% 0.20% 5.2% 0.19% 5.2% 0.15%
8400 1111 2108 180 1806 94 2695 117 2463 98 3191 116 2844 84
Nicollet Ave near 46th
St (SB) N/A** 1.6% 0.04% 2.5% 0.1% 3.7% 0.08% 3.7% 0.06% 3.3% 0.06% 3.1% 0.05%
1034 26 1531 42 1866 40 1492 25 1783 33 1431 25
Total all locations 3.2% 0.23% 1.6% 0.09% 2.1% 0.09% 2.1% 0.08% 1.8% 0.06% 1.9% 0.06% 1.8% 0.06%
25383 1809 11731 626 16095 681 18190 697 16499 525 18602 637 17301 609

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Mike Reynolds @piiskoor.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Truly -- devastating. _Catch the Devil_ is remarkable, thorough, humane, impassioned -- and horrifying. 💙📚

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Plenty to reflect about re: the Arday affair, but I'm going to repeat this one thing. The playbook the right used here is effective even though it's not especially sophisticated, as it relies on the audience to do the dirty work. I've been calling it "Trojan horse propaganda", let's go with that. 1/

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Mike Reynolds @piiskoor.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Off to “The End of Oak Street.” tinyurl.com/yu2aze5e

A turkey seen from the side, strutting on a sidewalk in front of and near brick walls.

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Molly Coleman @mollycoleman.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

If you're in Saint Paul and agree with this, I'd consider calling your state legislators—the state needs to add us to the pilot program in order for us to have speed cameras like Minneapolis and Mendota Heights do.

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Mike Reynolds @piiskoor.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Excellent edition of an always-incisive newsletter. Directed me to an (also great) essay by Henry Farrell which is going into the hopper for conversations with colleagues and students about critical literacies.

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Lyta 🐅 Dangerous Fictions is OUT 🐅 Gold @lytagold.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

*taps earpiece* we’re getting word that every editor at the Atlantic has died

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

This is absolutely WILD. Here's the dashboard video posted by @fritschner.bsky.social. Fast forward to about 1 minute. An ICE officer jumps out of a van and pulls a gun on this woman immediately before lying and claiming she "almost ran us over." *profanity warning if watching in public.

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Mike Reynolds @piiskoor.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

So many different ways to shape climate fiction. Great novels by Nick Fuller Googins, Mary Annaïse Heglar, Ali Smith, Alexander Starritt, and Kawai Strong Washburn. 📚💙

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Mike Reynolds @piiskoor.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

New Douthat? Time for me to activate my tried and true "Don't read Douthat" plan.

Balding older white man, with beard, mustache, pointy nose, and evil smirk. He is in a brown room, with a window and drapes, a clock, and a map on the wall behind him. Some text is glitching in front of him; this is from a "credits sequence" in "Too Many Cooks."

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Safe Homes Saint Paul @safehomessaintpaul.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

"We followed the process, and the city did not," said Taylor Sibthorp, Committee Chair for Safe Homes Saint Paul. "This is a common sense measure, which is why it won in Duluth. We are pursuing legal resolution of the council's decision on behalf of all of our petitioners and signatories."

Safe Homes Saint Paul has filed suit in Ramsey County District Court (Case # 62-CV-26-5594) to compel the city of St. Paul to place Right to Repair before voters in November, after the city council declined to advance a certified petition.
"We followed the process, and the city did not," said Taylor Sibthorp, Committee Chair for Safe Homes Saint Paul. "This is a common sense measure, which is why it won in Duluth. We are pursuing legal resolution of the council's decision on behalf of all of our petitioners and signatories."
Safe Homes Saint Paul looks forward to an expeditious resolution to this matter.
In solidarity,
Safe Homes Saint Paul

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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Over the last couple years reading, and especially collective modes of reading, have come to mean ever more to me. @tressiemcphd.bsky.social’s challenge from earlier this week helped me see why. I’m going to double down on building community around books. I hope you will too.

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Neuroplasticity As A Praxis

We Can Read Our Way Out Of Autocracy

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Mike Reynolds @piiskoor.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I appreciate this thoughtful background on my councilmember's vote on this ballot initiative -- and I appreciate even more her commitment to making sure the City moves quickly and productively to achieve the initiative's goals (to better support renters).

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Mike Reynolds @piiskoor.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

A reflection on the fall of the Assad regime, by a student I've been lucky enough to work with recently. She plans to expand and develop this account, to bear broader witness to experiences under that brutal dictatorship and where the country goes next. www.revivingsisterhood.org/expressions/...

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Era of Peace: A Reflection on Syria's Liberation — Reviving the Islamic Sisterhood for Empowerment

On the 1st of December, 2024, I was out with my cousin when we had just started hearing about the resistance in Aleppo. We’d gathered our political information the same way we always had, via conversa...

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 04/08/2026

Yep. Earlier this year I was interviewed by Sharyn Alfonsi of 60 Minutes about my Epstein investigation. Subsequently, CBS pulled the segment and fired the reporter. The MAGA buyout of media is aiding the Trump administration’s Epstein cover up.

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Mike Reynolds @piiskoor.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

The only 3rd grader in lake-effect upstate NY telling everyone who asked what a parapsychologist was.

A frame from the credits of the '70s TV show "In Search Of." It includes pictures of Amelia Earhart, Stonehenge, the Milky Way, Loch Ness, statues from Rapa Nui, and the gloriously-coiffed and shirt-collared host, Leonard Nimoy, staring intensely at the viewer.

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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 03/08/2026

On Jan. 11, Gregory Bovino watched as his Border Patrol agents dragged a man out of his car at a St. Paul Speedway, knelt on his back until he lost consciousness, and dragged his limp body into the back of a van. The man's name is Orbin Mauricio Henriquez Serrano and this is his story.

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Orbin Mauricio Henriquez Serrano survived a violent arrest in St. Paul. It still haunts him. • Minnesota Reformer

The morning of Jan. 11 began for Orbin Mauricio Henriquez Serrano with an ominous warning: The gas light on his Jeep Cherokee was glowing yellow on the dashboard. He didn’t want to go to work at the r...

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Minnesota’s Superior National Forest received a $10 million grant in 2024 to cover wildfire prevention efforts, then DOGE delayed funding. now, parts of that area are burning. I spoke with a former wildland firefighter who says the cuts made the fire worse. youtu.be/0cbI9_CNZmM?...

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Fmr. fire ranger: DOGE DELAYED a $10 million wildfire grant. It ‘would’ve really helped us’

YouTube video by MS NOW

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Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Chicago teen shares his experience in ICE detention centers: I am 18 years old and I just graduated from high school in Chicago. I was in ICE detention for 2 months and 10 days. They kept me in solitary for 2 days for no reason, alone in a room with just a toilet. They never let us go outside.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/07/2026

Reminder that on his last day of his first term, Trump awarded a commendation to Dr Fauci "in recognition of his exceptional effort on Operation Warp Speed"

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Mike Reynolds @piiskoor.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Another crash, Hewitt and Snelling — in the Midway. Good grief. Various partners are working to get something done about this mid-neighborhood, multi-school-adjacent highway — but it sure feels more urgent to some of us than it does to MnDOT. (Photo credit: K. Deffenbacher)

Aftermath of a car crash at a busy intersection (Hewitt and Snelling). A tanker truck is in the crossing, while a blue sedan is stuck in the median, with a traffic light pole down in front of it.

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Dex Anderson @dexanderson.com · 25/07/2026

If you were wondering if the story about Angie Craig asking Senator Hoffman for his endorsement while he was in the ICU is true, @erinmayequade.bsky.social has video.

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