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🚲 🥜scoops 🥜🚲 @scoopsstp.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

She doesn't want you to know that in 1893 Minnesota was secretly reincorporated by a coterie of Masons in the basement of the Pioneer Endicott building, in order to retain the approval of the world spirit Amarath, and fend off the worst financial effects of the 1893 financial panic

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Smell Gibson @smellgibson.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

11:12PM peak? The darn thing needs another 2 minutes of cooking

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Smell Gibson @smellgibson.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

High stakes political thriller about the rise and fall of Jay Cooke & Co. Ideally, 1st half would be set on some day during the civil war, then the 2nd half on the market crash that took it all away

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Smell Gibson @smellgibson.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Minneapolis did good, but Saint Paul did better. I stand for the flag and kneel for the cross!

A vulcanic red glowing 1st National Bank sign

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Smell Gibson @smellgibson.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Ain't no rust on the happiness bus!

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Smell Gibson @smellgibson.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

You killed the man... not the idea.

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Smell Gibson @smellgibson.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Very interested to see if Demuth can pull off a win here. Strong rebuke of Trump amongst MNGOP mainliners if it does happen, either way not a real threat to the Klobmentum

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Smell Gibson @smellgibson.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Election night fare at the Smell Gibson Decision Desk: - Zup's Porchetta - locally grown fruit salad - Voodoo Ranger Imperial IPA

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Smell Gibson @smellgibson.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I really despise this sort of naive half-joking idea that pops up now and then. In no uncertain terms I consider this author a traitor and a fool. www.minnpost.com/community-vo...

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A Minnesota secession? It's not as impossible as you might think.

Sure, there are significant hurdles to joining Canada through secession, but Minnesotans have shown the power of local organizing.

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Smell Gibson @smellgibson.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Even if Harris said she agreed with everything I believe, at this point I don't really trust her. Glad to support her in '24, but we will have far smarter, kinder, and trustworthy options in 2028.

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Smell Gibson @smellgibson.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I feel like MPR broadcasts have become increasingly reliant on listener call-in programs/segments (1A, Nina Moini and Angela Davis), which I am sure are great for getting donations but really kind of suck

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Smell Gibson @smellgibson.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

It's long past time for the met council to say not one step further. Our children and their children will view us collectively as anachronistic boobs for continuing to grow outwards so long after we knew better

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Smell Gibson @smellgibson.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I heard Frey has announced a new policing initiative to help combat shootings and homelessness called Operation Endeavor II. Any person without a safe place to sleep will be given a police uniform, squad car, and will be assigned to a corner of uptown.

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Smell Gibson @smellgibson.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

The City, Meet Minneapolis, and the Minneapolis Renaissance Coalition all have slightly different definitions of where the Warehouse District is. We need answers. Chief Toponym Delineator @dbrauer.net , what say you?

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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Niche Minnesota gripe/theory incoming, please discuss: "Ope" is not a Minnesota expression with any longstanding history. It wasn't considered part of the stereotypical Minnesota vernacular until 10-15 years ago when it took off on social media. It's just a misinterpretation of "oops," THAT'S IT

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Dave Kamper @dskamper.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Angie Craig supporters like to tout her "electability," so I looked into it. Tl;dr: Angie Craig's electoral success is because the Twin Cities suburbs moved towards the DFL after 2016. She did neither better nor worse than other DFLers on the same turf. #MNSen Read here: And a thread... 1/

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The Myth of Angie Craig's Unique Electability.pdf

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Evan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Thanks to @smellgibson.bsky.social for posting the “Little Minnesota” bike route which I just did as a run. It was a good 36k route. Though the 5k of concrete sidewalks on Lake St, not so fun after 28km and a high mileage week week. It might be better as a run anti-clockwise

A red outline of the shape of Minnesota drawn over Minneapolis by running 36km

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Smell Gibson @smellgibson.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Do we think Marge Gunderson became a trumper, or is the one of the three remaining democrats west of the Range and north of St. Cloud? She'd be like 70 today.

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Smell Gibson @smellgibson.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Happy Lent. This Friday we're learning tofu.

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Smell Gibson @smellgibson.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

I need a bumper sticker that says "Honk LOUDER, I'm listening to Bob Dylan's hit 31st Album, Love and Theft, released on 9/11"

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Smell Gibson @smellgibson.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

How it feels being a Wild fan in the big 26:

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ken @baalofamerica.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Stump!

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Smell Gibson @smellgibson.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

I generally don't like to use Lyft or Uber in the city unless I really have to. When there's a public transit agency I sorta feel like I already Have A Guy For That ready to go.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

some of you are looksmaxxing when you need to be booksmaxxing

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Smell Gibson @smellgibson.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

As Bono says, "we love you more than hate loves war"

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Smell Gibson @smellgibson.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Metro Surge sounds like a new flavor of Mountain Dew

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

In 1854, after watching the federal government deploy 2000 federal troops and spend $40,000 sending Anthony Burns back into slavery, Boston's Amos Adams Lawrence said “we went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.”

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Smell Gibson @smellgibson.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

I wonder if concentration camp warehouses will be remembered as the ultimate goal of the suburban experiment and the federal government's colonization of our urban spaces

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Smell Gibson @smellgibson.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

My take on a Minnesota iceberg

Iceberg type meme/classification:
Surface/top- Twin Cities, Vikings, MSP
- Lakes, MOA, Duluth, Snow
- Hot Dish, Iron Range, Mayo Clinic, Itasca
- SPAM, "the Cities", Saint Cloud, Paul Bunyan
- Twine Ball, Metrodome, Grey Duck, Northwest Angle
- BWCAW, 28th VA Flag, Halloween Blizzard, 11,842
- St Urho, St Peter Street width, Pig's Eye, Minnesota 13
Deepest Depth- Bolt Weevils, Cruncho the Red, CdS 1953, Aquarium I & II

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Smell Gibson @smellgibson.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Super Bowl ad verdict: - Grand Prize goes to Hellmann's. Meal Diamond is a good pun, and who doesn't like Andy Samberg and Elle Fanning? - Honorable mention to Budweiser. I am a sucker for America and cute animals. - No other awards will be given tonight as the rest were unremarkable or evil.

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Smell Gibson @smellgibson.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

I for one await the day we nationalize Starlink as a public utility of the United Nations

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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 09/02/2026

Ring camera search party™️ hits different with slavecatchers in your town

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Smell Gibson @smellgibson.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

I can see the neighbors' tv out the window and they must be streaming the game because what they're watching is clearly 10-12 sec behind broadcast tv

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Smell Gibson @smellgibson.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

I am always fascinated by people who love to talk about the settler-colonial mindset of suburbs &highways and yet don't consider the colonial nature of bike lane & transit expansion

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/02/2026

Mamdani: "I speak of Renee Good, whose final words to the man who murdered her were, 'I'm not mad at you.' I speak of Alex Pretti who died as he lived, caring for the stranger. ICE shot him bc he did something they could never fathom ... let us offer a new path: one of defiance through compassion."

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Smell Gibson @smellgibson.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

I'm starting to think that whatever trials are held might need to include the Senior Senator from New York as a defendant.

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Smell Gibson @smellgibson.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

The Klobuchar Question has gone from a joking whisper to a sharp ringing that will hang in people's ears as they go home tonight.

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Smell Gibson @smellgibson.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Tired: You Want What You Can't Have Wired: Lily, Rosemary, and the Jack of Hearts Retired: I Want To Hold Your Hand Inspired: Open The Door (To Your Heart)

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