Alex

Alex

@cono.bsky.social

Photographer, teacher, toddler dad, basketball enthusiast, backyard gardener.

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Here is the really nice selection of popcorn seasonings available at the theater on St. Anthony Main. I went with Old Bay.

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Jesse Ventura to Piker: "Here's what pisses me off -- I did 2 tours, 17 months. So did my brother. Southeast Asia. That was at the same time Donald Trump was running and hiding like the coward he is. Why didn't he join us in the Vietnam War? I've heard him talk. He said he should be a general!"

I’m sure this speech will not be xenophobic at all

Nick Benson@ottergoose.net

An FAA notice issued a few minutes ago implies JD Vance will be in St. Cloud on Friday, Oct 30.

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Sign+share! Union proposals our newspaper's parent company has rejected: Content under a reporter’s name must be their work, not AI; AI content must be reviewed by a human journalist and LABELED as AI; AI may not be used to generate deepfakes; Pioneer Press may not lay us off and replace us w/AI

Stop the bots! The Pioneer Press union is fighting for AI protections in our contract. If you don't want a bot clone of your favorite reporter writing stories under their byline, tell our bosses to keep our coverage human: act.aflcio.org/letters/tell...

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In case you’re wondering what the Outkick guy is up to with the Finals credential WNBA PR gave him: He saw two WNBA PR employees sitting at their desks during the national anthem and posted their photo to Twitter and has followed up with additional posts attempting to dox them

Pitch Mr. Perfect@michaelwaterloo.bsky.social

Outkick has been granted a credential for the #WNBA Finals, per source.

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“She told them she would give a vote, give a vote for the gun safety package. Allow for a vote no matter how she voted on it, and she did not. She lied to them in their own living room,” Klobuchar said in a debate with Demuth Wednesday night.

mprnews.orgParents of girl killed in Annunciation shooting endorse Klobuchar, say Demuth 'lied to us'The parents of Harper Moyski, who was killed in the August 2025 shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church and School in Minneapolis, said they’re backing Amy Klobuchar for her commitment to gun violenc...

Somebody somewhere is saying to their therapist "yeah my dad keeps getting kicked out of his town meetings for being too rowdy and throwing dead animals around" lol

Whoever was making Britney Spears’ beats was a juggernaut. Just listened to Toxic with my 3-year-old and sheesh, I never realized how interesting the instrumentation is.

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Replying to @vincempls.bsky.social

This is what the Hennepin side of block E looked like in 1969 vs the exact spot today. I don't think it's hyperbole to say this is an abject failure of urban renewal. Like today's Nicollet Mall, we keep designing these dehumanizing places, then get baffled why people don't want to to there.

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Some of the dopes of this website are mad that Peggy Flanagan said “replace”. But uh,,,,we’re still going to need some agency to prosecute human, drug or weapons traffickers. Those are not made up problems

Peggy Flanagan@peggyflanagan.bsky.social

This year, federal agents terrorized our streets, killed our neighbors, and detained our children. Minnesotans were changed forever. Michele Tafoya thinks ICE treats kids “really well.” I think ICE should be ripped apart and replaced by a system grounded in dignity and due process.

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I’m a teacher in Minnesota and I’m going to offer a helpful peek behind the curtain: this doesn’t actually happen

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "They want to cut your children. It's unbelievable what they do. Your son leaves as Jimmy and comes home in three days as Janet, and they don't even ask you. They can take your child out of school and do whatever the hell they want. Minnesota is one of those states."

Extremely important. Thank you for writing, @startribune.com @laurayuen.bsky.social

Minnesota Star Tribune@startribune.com

Many Somali Minnesotans have watched with worry in recent days as attention again gathers around crimes committed by a few in their community. It’s a feeling all too familiar for those trying to live productive lives in the place they call home.

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I do not like Marjorie Taylor Greene, but this is absolutely insane from Trump. Horrendous. And it will fly completely under the radar amid everything else going on.

The New York Times@nytimes.com

Serving in public office in the U.S. is dangerous. A new normal of violent threats is making it worse, dozens of elected officials told the New York Times. nyti.ms/4ydVlgU

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I do not think an exec branch led by a man who thinks he is entitled to treat federal agents as an arm of his firm, refers to Somali Americans as “garbage” and has said racist things specifically about Omar is capable of neutrally applying the law to her, to put it mildly apnews.com/article/ilha...

apnews.comFederal agents search Rep. Ilhan Omar's home as part of a criminal investigation, AP sources sayFederal agents have searched Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home as part of a criminal investigation. That's according to people familiar with the matter.

Seems bad

Brad Johnson@climatebrad.hillheat.com

My god. A Virginia data center ran backup diesel generators full blast for 24 hours, creating a giant cloud of toxic smoke that choked its human neighbors. The government claimed there was nothing they could do.

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objectively pro-diarrhea regime

Bloomberg Law@bloomberglaw.com

The nation’s leading food regulator plans to relieve pressure on small food retailers and restaurants subject to regulations designed to speed up investigations of foodborne illness outbreaks.

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so I am in China but had a new concrete driveway poured in Minneapolis this morning so I checked the Ring camera and a loose dog walked all over it

Did more than praise Metro Surge, she arguably helped start it by feeding "information" to Nick Shirley. Not really a great person to lead MN IMO

Project True North@projtruenorth.bsky.social

Lisa Demuth’s campaign for governor, in review: -$13M from a MAGA megadonor to a super PAC backing her -Couldn’t name a single Trump policy she disagreed with -Praised Kristi Noem and Trump’s ICE operation in Minnesota -Supports Trump’s health care cuts

I know this is kind of a played-out answer, but it seriously had me shook at an early camp-out. The art is elite. Also remember being really scared during ET.

Sleepy Hollow Reviews 🎃🐎@sleepingvillage.bsky.social

In honor of scary media month: what is the first piece of media you remember truly frightening you as a child?

Starting to make more sense to me why I saw several disturbing shirts/patches like this at the airport last weekend from guys who looked like they were cosplaying Chris Kyle

Peter Montgomery@petemontdc.com

Christian nationalist zealot Pete Hegseth appears to be advancing his dream of turning the U.S. military into a trillion-dollar instrument for waging holy war www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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one of my crank beliefs is that jeezy probably won obama a non-trivial number of votes with "my president is black"

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Having a hard time with the news that a former student is likely to go to prison for an estimated "20 years."

Saw a guy with this patch on his backpack at the airport today. Wearing something like this should probably put you on some kind of domestic terrorism watch list. What is the implication here, exactly...?