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Riley Bruce @rileybruce.bsky.social · 16h

Thank you for the music! The songs I'm singin'

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MPR News @mprnews.org · 08/10/2026

Olivia Miles’ breakout rookie season did more than put the Lynx guard in the spotlight. For young Minnesota athletes, she’s become a relatable role model — from wearing glasses on the court to showing that it’s OK to make mistakes and be yourself.

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How stars like Olivia Miles are changing the game for youth sports

Olivia Miles set in motion more than just a record-breaking rookie season on the Minnesota Lynx. She inspired youth athletes and coaches like those at Community School of Excellence in St. Paul with e...

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Riley Bruce @rileybruce.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

You can't get 10 members of the Minneapolis City Council to agree on anything but... They do agree that MPS fucked up. lims.minneapolismn.gov/Download/RCA...

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Riley Bruce @rileybruce.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

You know, I'm beginning to suspect that the Emperor may have no clothes...

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Riley Bruce @rileybruce.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The incentives just don’t make sense any other way.

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Riley Bruce @rileybruce.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Gotta keep the “bad guy” factory running. Otherwise you don’t need overpaid “good guys”

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little john @littlejohn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Why does the US attorney's office keep radicalizing children?

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Riley Bruce @rileybruce.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

They were very important training data for the plagiarism machine.

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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 07/10/2026

When I went to college it was considered critically important for blogs to be integrated into every curriculum, because blogs were the future. We had to maintain a separate blog for every class. I guarantee you that not a single student ever looked at a single one of those blogs ever again

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Riley Bruce @rileybruce.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Are we still doing “Waterfall Wednesday?” October in Lutsen, MN. Outside is the good place.

A northern Minnesota waterfall is framed by autumn leaves.

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Riley Bruce @rileybruce.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The message calendar mandates that the “good guys” highlight the work of the “bad guys” in the days leading up to the public’s decision about who will control the “good guys’” exorbitant budgets.

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 06/10/2026

people are so mortified by the idea of a firing squad, but they’re fine with lethal injection, like it isn’t actual torture. god forbid we be confronted with the real, grizzly nature of murdering people at the hands of the state.

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Riley Bruce @rileybruce.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I don’t often like photos of myself. I do like this one.

A person in a vest and puffer jacket looks out over a valley full of fall leaves.

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Riley Bruce @rileybruce.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

It’s such a lovely piece of goofiness and yes I have run into this IRL.

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Riley Bruce @rileybruce.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Sorry Paul, it seems like trying to do ANYTHING in the cities this morning was a mistake.

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Riley Bruce @rileybruce.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Outside is the good place. Go find it. Lutsen, MN 2026

The sun breaks the horizon across lakes and a valley filled with the colors of autumn.

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Riley Bruce @rileybruce.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

No one needs a billion dollars. Ever.

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Cartilage Pizza @cartilagepizza.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Cops call themselves a fraternity

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Riley Bruce @rileybruce.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

St. Paul, Y’all ok over there?

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bowie deschanel @raisingonebrow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I would like everyone in St. Paul to resign.

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Elizabeth Wrigley-Field @wrigleyfield.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Good and gutting. (No, really, it is very good—you should read it) David Perry, UMN student advisor, on what the university is for and how deeply the planned budget cuts will mess with that www.startribune.com/umn-cuts-sta...

And mostly, it’s worked out for the best. Even if we just assess for dollar value, a 2025 analysis found that for every $1 invested in the U, the state reaped $16.75. In other words, every Minnesotan benefits from our robust systems of public higher education.
It’s been striking to me that while conversation about the budget inside the U has been substantial, I haven’t yet seen Minnesotan politicians addressing these potential cuts as a crisis. Part of that is because public universities like the U have made a trade-off, growing increasingly corporate and independent (despite publicly appointed regents) as public funding has collapsed. As a share of the budget, state funding has plummeted over the decades, falling to about 15%, compared to 39% in 1997. If that’s what you want, then fine. But did we ever have a public debate about whether that’s what Minnesotans actually want?
If you don’t want to more significantly fund the university, which bits are you eager to cut away? If it’s instruction and student services, here’s what happens.

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Jason Garcia for MPRB District 4 @jason4parks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I encourage everyone to attend and participate in these public hearings! You are also invited to attend MPRB Budget hearings at our meetings on October 21 and November 18- meetings start at 5pm at MPRB headquarters. www.minneapolisparks.org/public-meeti...

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Public Meetings - Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board

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Riley Bruce @rileybruce.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It’s like those saucers in Queens at the World’s Fair site.

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 28/09/2026

mukhtar ibrahim, founder of the sahan journal, and ubah ali, a former WCCO reporter, have just launched the somali brief, an independent media outlet where somali americans can tell their own stories www.thesomalibrief.com

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The Somali Brief

The Somali Brief is a digital-first media platform covering the stories shaping Somali American life.

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Riley Bruce @rileybruce.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The capella is out there! A shot from yesterday’s Sunday Sunrise Club with Levi, Lisa, Bobby, Blaise, Jaclyn, Kcid and 潘嘉宏 Outside is the good place.

The illuminated crown of the Capella tower can be seen surrounded by pink tinted fog.

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Pedaling Professor @pedalingprof.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Mississippi River is so dang beautiful.

Fall colors cover a gorge wall above a river with rowing teams on it

A moody scene with a foggy river and railroad bridge

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 27/09/2026

they are celebrating beavers in northeast minneapolis

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Riley Bruce @rileybruce.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

“Wake me up when September ends” - The leaves Outside is the good place.

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Cartilage Pizza @cartilagepizza.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The amount of resources the city invests in its kids should be a flex not an embarrassment

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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 27/09/2026

Seward Cafe is the oldest cooperatively run restaurant in the United States, and they’re still about 12k short of the funds they need to stay open. It’s such a special place, and that’s honestly not that high a number! Let’s all pitch in to save the community center!

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Buy Seward Cafe a Coffee

Become a supporter of Seward Cafe today!

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Riley Bruce @rileybruce.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Minneapolis is magnificent. Outside is the good place.

A view of downtown Minneapolis shrouded in mist with a yellow-to-green tree canopy in front of it.

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Ben Schleuss @benschleuss.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Listed under ‘attractive nuisance’ in the dictionary.

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Riley Bruce @rileybruce.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Let’s start a fight: How many holes does a straw have?

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Jason Garcia for MPRB District 4 @jason4parks.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

New op-ed from @olsenforparks.bsky.social in the Strib talking about why funding our park system is a win for Minneapolis! Please check it out. BET votes on the levies this Wednesday, 9/23 at 4pm! Room 350, Public Service Center 250 S 4th St, Minneapolis, MN www.startribune.com/mpls-green-s...

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Park Board president: Minneapolis parks are among the best in the nation. Fund them accordingly.

The Minneapolis Board of Estimate and Taxation must vote to fully fund the park board’s levy request of 5.86%, which is far below what the city is asking for itself, Park and Recreation Board presiden...

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World Bollard Association™️ @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Never seen a fried egg bollard? YOU HAVE NOW. #WorldBollardAssociation 🍳

A bollard painted to look like a fried egg.

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