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@mabbattista

lurker with somewhat greater aspirations. spreadsheets & stories. minneapolis.

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solidarity from south minneapolis ❤️🫠 we are doing what we can

07.02.2026 21:11 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

that place is amazing. the fresh salsas are so good

05.02.2026 21:13 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

this is glorious

22.01.2026 16:21 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I get rolling eyes at outside commentators for their surprise, and I agree that MN exceptionalism is unhelpful, but I'm not sure what it accomplishes to take Minnesotans to task for... appreciating that other people are noticing?

22.01.2026 15:09 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

strongest possible endorsement

22.01.2026 00:15 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

thank you from powderhorn, I did in fact go from 0-100 this morning and this helped a lot

15.01.2026 14:37 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Every person on Bluesky should know:
* Every post on Bluesky is PUBLIC forever
* Every post on Bluesky is archived by ICE, NSA, and many other agencies
* Even if you delete a post, it’s already been captured
* Judges don’t care if you were “kidding” or being ironic

www.404media.co/the-200-site...

16.03.2025 18:24 👍 23780 🔁 12672 💬 1252 📌 1133

this sounds like the plot of a @pushtheroll.com arc

05.01.2026 03:12 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

a special bookend (heh) to a reading year that started with Everything for Everyone: Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune, 2052–2072. both books for anyone who could use some sustenance for the journey onwards, whatever that journey may look like.

31.12.2025 20:03 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

this collection and this conversation reminded me that I'm as sure of that as I am of anything, even when I have such a hard time holding onto it in the midst of all the nonfictional horrors.

31.12.2025 20:03 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

near the end of the interview Annalee says "I would love to see more people thinking of fiction not just as an escape, but as a tool... Fiction has this really vital political role in our lives."

31.12.2025 20:03 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Preview
We Will Rise Again w/ Karen Lord, Annalee Newitz, and Malka Older - Write On! Radio | News | KFAI | Minneapolis & Saint Paul We Will Rise Again is an anthology of stories, essays, and interviews that offer inspiration for the social justice movements of tomorrow.

truly a joy to discuss We Will Rise Again: Speculative Stories and Essays on Protest, Resistance, and Hope with @annaleen.bsky.social @older.bsky.social @drkarenlord.bsky.social for my first-ever interview on @kfai.org's Write On! Radio kfai.org/we-will-rise...

31.12.2025 20:02 👍 23 🔁 11 💬 2 📌 0

This is what makes Frey a conservative. He sees a slippery slope down instead of a hand up.

30.12.2025 23:59 👍 69 🔁 15 💬 2 📌 0

done!

09.12.2025 01:00 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I'd love to interview you for Write On! Radio, the books podcast/radio show out of KFAI in Minneapolis! just starting on the show but will be on the spec fic/sci fi/fantasy beat. also: an actual play would rule. new frontier of book trailers??

08.12.2025 23:48 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

listening to Behind the Bastards this morning and learned that at least one Manhatten Project scientist had read a 1914 H.G. Wells novel involving speculative atomic weapons. longtime occupational hazard for spec fic writers apparently

05.12.2025 15:05 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

hi!! amazing, sent you a DM

30.11.2025 20:23 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

yes! exactly what I'm looking for. thank you!

24.11.2025 20:18 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Recommendations for new or upcoming speculative fiction/sci fi/horror/paranormal works, in general but especially by Minnesota authors, or presses that publish in these genres? I'm joining @kfai.org's venerable literary interview show, Write On! Radio, and starting to build a wishlist of guests 📚🎙️📻

24.11.2025 16:44 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0

appreciate it!! another audio friend recommended a YouTube tutorial series, but written resources are even better for me so this is great. I've been enjoying learning from the Obsidian user cult so that sounds fine to me 😄

20.11.2025 16:44 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

do you like Reaper/would you recommend it to someone brand new to DAWs (and mostly interested in interviews and actual play)?

20.11.2025 15:21 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I had a burger from Lowbrow for the first time recently and it ruled

16.11.2025 22:48 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

my pal Katie!! www.etsy.com/shop/kcbshop

13.11.2025 20:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

when there's enough trust at the table for players to make big, risky choices that change the course of the story, and then we all get to see how they play out

12.11.2025 15:43 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Three books from Button Poetry: A Love Song A Death Rattle A Battle Cry by Kyle "Guante" Tran Myhre (joining Not a Lot of Reasons To Sing But Enough on my shelf - also bonus activism 101 zone bundle), You Better Be Lightning by Andrea Gibson, Shapeshifter by L.E. Bowman

Three books from Button Poetry: A Love Song A Death Rattle A Battle Cry by Kyle "Guante" Tran Myhre (joining Not a Lot of Reasons To Sing But Enough on my shelf - also bonus activism 101 zone bundle), You Better Be Lightning by Andrea Gibson, Shapeshifter by L.E. Bowman

Antifa Splatterpunk, an antifascist horror collection from Cursed Morsels Press

Antifa Splatterpunk, an antifascist horror collection from Cursed Morsels Press

Blue and white bookmark from CityCast Twin Cities, a new daily podcast and newsletter, with a line art outline of the Minneapolis and St Paul skylines

Blue and white bookmark from CityCast Twin Cities, a new daily podcast and newsletter, with a line art outline of the Minneapolis and St Paul skylines

first time at the Twin Cities Book Fest highlights!! 📚
1. met @guante.info at @buttonpoetry.bsky.social, we figured out he knows my high school theatre director
2. learned about @cursedmorsels.bsky.social
3. said hi to Sean McPherson of @citycasttwincities.bsky.social

08.11.2025 19:16 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

done! happy early birthday, excited to read this book :)

07.11.2025 17:14 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

there's a virtual 101 on 11/22! actionnetwork.org/events/tcdsa-101-13

05.11.2025 20:11 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

great stories in From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death by Caitlin Doughty

26.10.2025 13:17 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

@uepodca.st season one has some very non-cozy Ghibli vibes. the bonus arc Small Gods Scatter, which just won Best Actual Play Podcast at Sydney Web Fest, is a good intro. deeply connected to the rest of the story but also works as a standalone

18.10.2025 21:35 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

At the Ward 8 for a New Mayor rally last Saturday, Commissioner Angela Conley said the county's been trying to work with the mayor on homelessness for seven years and he's shut them out.

16.10.2025 01:05 👍 73 🔁 19 💬 0 📌 4