Erik Ostrom
@erikostrom.bsky.social
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Musician, improviser, urban biker, web developer, Minneapolitan.
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Iām going to try to learn something every day. Or, because humans are always learning: Iām going to try to *be aware of* learning something every day. And to document it here. Letās see how this goes.
24 days ago
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Faine Greenwood
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The Arlington National Cemetery Memorial apparently has deleted references and information on everyone interred there who wasnāt a white straight man from their database - attempting to sweep their existence under the rug. My thoughts on this obscenity cannot legally be shared on this platform.
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Missing in Action: Women Service Members āDelistedā from Arlington National Cemetery Website
When visiting Arlington National Cemetery this Memorial Day you wonāt find Purple Heart recipient Nicole Leanne Gee, U.S. Marine Corps (1998-2021) on itās website despite being interred there andā¦
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/5/22/800043010/community/missing-in-action-women-service-members-delisted-from-arlington-national-cemetery-website/
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The Guardian
1 day ago
Trump self-deals, lies and seems to fall asleep in meetings. The media treats it all as āpriced inā | Margaret Sullivan
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Trump self-deals, lies and seems to fall asleep in meetings. The media treats it all as āpriced inā | Margaret Sullivan
As the outrages continue, mainstream outlets just see Trump being Trump
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/22/trump-mainstream-media-coverage?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1779447299
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I mean this is awful but also itās very funny that even in his fantasies heās a terrible dancer
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about 14 hours ago
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punished brian
about 20 hours ago
imagine if all those people were in cars. now when you see traffic, imagine if all those people were on bikes.
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Dex Anderson
1 day ago
I've been speaking to a lot of candidates for office in Greater MN and every single one has talked about this as an emergency.
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max nesterak
1 day ago
bracing story from my colleague
@madisonmcvan.bsky.social
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Smƶrhuvud (he/surprise me)
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The Atlantic
21 days ago
The worldās richest men āhave clearly left the world of consequences behind,ā Noah Hawley writes. āTheir actions are only ever judged by themselves.ā Hereās what Hawley learned about the ultra-wealthy at Jeff Bezosās Campfire retreat:
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What I Learned About Billionaires at Jeff Bezosās Private Retreat
For the richest men on Earth, everything is free and nothing matters.
https://bit.ly/4umpfy3
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Well, Iām back. Hereās a blog post about my last month in Europe:
www.erikostrom.com/arts/words/t...
Featuring eight cities, two more improv festivals,
@beyondtellerrand.com
, and some friends.
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the month in me: Aprilish 2026 ā Erik Ostrom
https://www.erikostrom.com/arts/words/the-month-in-me-aprilish-2026/
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MPR News
3 days ago
Meghan Wolff and Maria Bartholdi have turned their love for a nerdy pastime into a professional podcast and content creation business in Minnesota. Theyāve also brought new enthusiasts into the popular trading game Magic: The Gathering and diversified the professional coverage of tournaments.
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Minnesota-based Good Luck High Five podcast brings Magic to new players
Meghan Wolff and Maria Bartholdi have turned their love for a nerdy pastime into a professional podcast and content creation business in Minnesota. Theyāve also brought new enthusiasts into the popula...
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/05/20/minnesota-based-good-luck-high-five-podcast-brings-magic-to-new-players
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ash š¦āā¬
4 days ago
Please read and sign on to this open letter calling for the stepping down or removal of Latonya Reeves for malfeasance, per Article 7 of the DFL Constitution and Bylaws. SIGN HERE:
forms.gle/UjsMCUrRWKKj...
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Abolish the DFL Code of Conduct Committee
4 days ago
I donāt think I have ever seen something as insulting as this during my time in the DFL. Our DNC members should be protecting and defending our DFL ENDORSED elected officials, not using a politicized DOJ investigation in an attempt to fundraise against her DFL ENDORSED primary opponent.
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amityf
4 days ago
Lisa Demuth ads going hard on local tv; talks about how her kids survived a school shooting. Weirdly, they don't say that she blocked gun violence prevention legislation from even being voted on the House floor.
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Stinamo
4 days ago
Please take action š
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Forget sharing the last picture you saved, I want to see the very first picture on your phone. Twig Child backstage mirror selfie, 2022
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During the Hennepin Avenue closure I thought A LOT about how the people still patronizing those businesses were the ones arriving on foot or on bikes And how it was A CHOICE by business owners to antagonize those people who wanted to walk and bike there safely when it was over
5 days ago
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Moth
5 days ago
Dive bars being pro driving/parking is always such a frightening thought. So they want more people to drive to their bar, drink enough to make the place profitable, then drive home with bikes mixed into traffic Seems dangerous
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āš¼Indigiqueer Hummingbird
5 days ago
Just because you lack both empathy, imagination, & the ability to listen to people fully willing to explain things to you doesn't mean you're right.
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Daniel Suitor
5 days ago
I don't know how much it broke through to people who weren't on the ground in the Twin Cities during Metro Surge, but ICE agents were so horned up for violence that they did shit like shoot through closed doors and into childrens' bedrooms. It was all a power fantasy come to life for them.
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I did this. Filling out the form was easy. The hard parts were: - Finding and reading the PDF document I intended to comment on. Itās here:
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-08624.pdf
- Deciding I was okay with my name, address, and comment being publicly searchable.
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5 days ago
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NPR
6 days ago
A study establishes that "social ties" ā a fancy way of saying being nice to other, even those you don't know ā has benefits. A teacher asked her students to test the thesis in real life.
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Why saying hello to strangers can be good for you
A study establishes that "social ties" ā a fancy way of saying being nice to other, even those you don't know ā has benefits. A teacher asked her students to test the thesis in real life.
https://n.pr/4tFNruC
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Butch O'Blivion
5 days ago
tonight Tonight TONIGHT!!! The last NUDGE of the season and I get to be in it!!! We are so very, very dumb together
www.openeyetheatre.org/nudge
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Nudge ā Open Eye Theatre
Long form improv comes to Open Eye Theatre! Veteran group Nudge (Taj Ruler, Katy Kessler, Rita Boersma, Butch Roy, Tim Hellendrung, and Jen Scott) create one long mono scene of improvised comedy: grou...
https://www.openeyetheatre.org/nudge
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ms. maas
8 days ago
Shelisa Demuth > her mom
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
8 days ago
"I don't have any children, and I don't have any dinosaurs." Pool fences are still important because they protect other people's children and dinosaurs.
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Travel tip: If youāre going to eat at the Dublin airport, do it before U.S. Customs preclearance. Especially if vegetarian. Currently eating $20 no-bean āchili.ā
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The amazing thing is that even this is a level of nuance unreachable by most of the administration he belongs to, and will probably get him fired.
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14 days ago
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Carlton Reid
15 days ago
āIf I can bicycle, I bicycle.ā Sir David Attenborough. Happy 100th birthday to a legend. He has never passed a driving test and doesnāt own a car.
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Keith Harris
16 days ago
Guys. Don't.
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taylr
17 days ago
"weāre announcing Free Friday Nights in Uptown, meaning that if you go to Uptown on Friday, you can park for free." so this means we've got a new B line on lake st, new bike lanes on hennepin, but we're STILL subsidizing drivers
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Nate Pentz
18 days ago
Hello from Minneapolis.
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Emily Atkin
18 days ago
Yesterday the Trump Department of Justice sued Minnesota to stop its climate deception lawsuit against some of the worldās most powerful fossil fuel interests. The DOJ filed the lawsuit at the *exact* moment the case was cleared to move into discovery, after 6 years of procedural purgatory.
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UPDATE: Trumpās DOJ swoops in to save Big Oil
Trumpās DOJ just sued Minnesota to stop its climate deception case, right as it was finally allowed to move toward discovery.
https://heated.world/p/the-dojs-new-climate-lawsuit-is-built
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Gratitude for the Glasgow Film Theatre: My first week here I saw six screenings at
@glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social
. My last week here I saw six regular screenings. In between there were scattered features and the
@glasgowshort.bsky.social
, and I liked or loved almost every film.
18 days ago
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Finally got around to releasing music I wrote and performed for a beautiful theater/movement piece called Persephone eight years ago:
zonkyflay.bandcamp.com/album/music-...
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Music for Persephone, by Zonky Flay
7 track album
https://zonkyflay.bandcamp.com/album/music-for-persephone
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Maria Bartholdi
18 days ago
I'm bringing my musical to the
@edfringe.bsky.social
this summer! We'll be there all of August! I hope to see some of my UK listeners over there. š
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Robert Reich
19 days ago
In the past year alone, Jeff Bezos's net worth has increased by $75 billion. Thatās $205,479,452 per day $8,561,643 per hour $142,694 per minute $2,378 per second The median Americanās weekly earnings is $1,235 ($64,220/yr).
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This was a project for me to learn about Junie (by
@jetbrains.com
), Solid (
@solidjs.com
), and Elementary Audio which is not on BlueSky but is very cool:
www.elementary.audio
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18 days ago
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I made a sliding block puzzle, and learned some things.
www.erikostrom.com/code/words/t...
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ToneBlock ā Erik Ostrom
I built a toy app with Solid and Elemental (and Junie).
https://www.erikostrom.com/code/words/toneblock/
19 days ago
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Molly for Minneapolis
19 days ago
At MN Senate gallery.
@zaynabmmohamed.bsky.social
ās bill was introduced, a large group of kids Fletcher and Harperās age filed in, on a field trip. My instinct was to protect them from hearing about the Annunciation shooting and the danger to their lives. But they know this better than anyone
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I think the most quietly unsettling news Iāve heard in 2026 ā as opposed to the very loud terrifying news, of which thereās no shortage ā is that a shoe brand I once liked has pivoted into an āAI company.ā
19 days ago
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
over 1 year ago
Is there REALLY that much going on in space. It is full of empty rocks. Have you ever stared into the heart of a hoverboard it contains the endless unknown.
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functional moron
20 days ago
i think one common thing about the minneapolis events that feel so special to me (mayday, pencil sharpening, etc.) is that thereās a real like, lack of worry about appearing cringe to all of them. itās just people unapologetically seeking joy wherever it is to be found
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Take that, German person who recently offered the opinion that āItās a very ugly city, I must say.ā
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20 days ago
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Erik Noonan
23 days ago
No bicycle is capable of this amount of destruction. Literally every car is. During this legislative session hours were spent debating the potential dangers of e-bikes. Our societal threat assessment ability continues to suffer heavily from autonormativity.
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Bookmarking this just for Trotskyās argument that āindividual terrorismā Is counterrevolutionary.
www.unpopularfront.news/p/the-shooti...
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The Shooting That Wasn't
Reflections on the White House Correspondents Dinner
https://www.unpopularfront.news/p/the-shooting-that-wasnt
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Dr Robert Bohan
23 days ago
In Ireland, support for trans ppl has increased to 75%. Although Irish media does present false conspiracies, pseudoscience & false conspiracies like its UK mentors, the volume is significantly lower. Boycotts of one paper & the state broadcaster* reflect public attitudes.
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Iām going to try to learn something every day. Or, because humans are always learning: Iām going to try to *be aware of* learning something every day. And to document it here. Letās see how this goes.
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25 days ago
Today is day 148 of the ICE occupation of MN. This morning, neighborhoods across the Twin Cities woke up to raids on daycare centers, with families confronted by armed federal agents when arriving for the day. Children that have already been through so much are experiencing renewed trauma. 1/2
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Today is my last time at Schiphol for the known future. My dream did not come true, but I got as close as I could get: no line, no wait, and I didnāt have to talk to anybody. Thank you, modern world!
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24 days ago
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Wes Burdine
25 days ago
I need to tell a little story about St Paul Police. A month ago I was woken at 1AM because someone called in a bomb threat to my bartender. I raced over & the police came. We emptied the bar & found nothing. But the caller ID was on the phone. 1/
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Lauren Celenza at
#btConf
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25 days ago
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