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Matthew from Minnesota

@218hiker.bsky.social

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Polyjamorous music fanatic, ESO fam, aspiring wine connoisseur and 📸 hike enthusiast from the Brainerd Lakes Area! 📎

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Matthew from Minnesota @218hiker.bsky.social · Apr 13

Looks like I'm headed back to Instagram for record/music posts. If you're still on there too, say hi 👋

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Matthew from Minnesota @218hiker.bsky.social · Apr 20

Laufey with the L.A. Philharmonic 🫠

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#couchella

Outdoor Theatre - Live from Coachella 2025

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Matthew from Minnesota @218hiker.bsky.social · Apr 19

Alok is phenomenal 🔥🔥🔥

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#couchella

Sahara - Live from Coachella 2025

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Matthew from Minnesota @218hiker.bsky.social · Apr 18

Chris Lorenzo is killing it rn ... www.youtube.com/live/67f9t5b...

#couchella

Sahara - Live from Coachella 2025

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Matthew from Minnesota @218hiker.bsky.social · Apr 14

How Record Store Day Became The Stupidest Day In Music - defector.com/how-record-s...

How Record Store Day Became The Stupidest Day In Music | Defector

Like all worthwhile endeavours, the (semi)annual celebration of independent record store culture called Record Store Day started with an idea. Specifically, it started with a dashed-off email with a s...

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Matthew from Minnesota @218hiker.bsky.social · Apr 13

Looks like I'm headed back to Instagram for record/music posts. If you're still on there too, say hi 👋

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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · Apr 11

This is insane. Completely corrupt. These idiots have lost their damn minds.

Democrats @democrats.org · Apr 11

Trump is forcing Americans who are seeking their earned benefits to sign up for Elon Musk's app.

Pure corruption.

WIRED: The Social Security Administration Is Gutting Regional Staff and Shifting All Public Communications to X

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Stereogum @stereogum.bsky.social · Apr 11

Lana Del Rey's country album — formerly known as 'Lasso' and 'The Right Person Will Stay' — has yet another new title. And it won't be out by May 21 as promised.

Lana Del Rey's Country Album Is Apparently Getting Yet Another Title And Release Date

For well over a year, Lana Del Rey has been teasing a new country album called Lasso. In November, she finally announced a May 21 release date, at which point we learned the album would actually be ca...

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Matthew from Minnesota @218hiker.bsky.social · Apr 11

Grandma's taking the kids tonight.... 😆

In all seriousness, this movement has been updated with the times to be a Day of (No) Silence -- and it was held last Friday: www.glsen.org/dayofnosilence

#DayOfSilence 🤫

Matthew from Minnesota @218hiker.bsky.social · Apr 10

Sibling relationships can be complicated -- to say the least -- so ... happy National Siblings Day? 😆

#NationalSiblingsDay

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · Apr 9

Unprecedented crimes, requiring immediate impeachment & removal, taking place hourly now, & 🤷‍♂️

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · Apr 9

The President of the United States of America posted this 15 minutes before the announcement of the tariff pause. This would be a straightforwardly criminal message, were the rule of law currently operational in the usual way, for those with insider knowledge of major market shifting policy news

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Apr 9

After years of postponements, the deadline to show a Real ID at airport security checkpoints is now just weeks away. Here's what to know.

The Real ID Deadline Is Coming. Here’s What You Need to Know.

After years of postponements, the deadline to show a security-enhanced Real ID at airport security checkpoints is now just weeks away. What to know.

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Matthew from Minnesota @218hiker.bsky.social · Apr 9

Finally a holiday my girls can get behind ... it's National Unicorn Day! 🦄

#NationalUnicornDay

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spookyrike @rikedraws.bsky.social · Apr 8

HUHU #DrawABirdDay 🪶
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#ausdemarchiv #ink #art
#KleineKunstklasse
#ZeichneEinenVogelTag

eine feder pinsel tinte tuschezeichnung von einem aufrecht stehenden käuzchen, das etwas konsterniert in den tag geht

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Matthew from Minnesota @218hiker.bsky.social · Apr 8

Happy Tuesday, world! It's ... Draw a Bird Day 🐦

#DrawABirdDay

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Vince Tuss @vtuss.bsky.social · Apr 8

Hear 'The Great Gatsby,' every word of it, beat on, borne back ceaselessly into the past” in Thursday read-aloud marathon in St. Paul on the 100th anniversary of its publication. www.startribune.com/hear-the-gre...

Hear 'The Great Gatsby,' every word of it, in Thursday read-aloud marathon in St. Paul

There’s also a Fitzgerald exhibit at the Minnesota History Center.

www.startribune.com

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Kamala Harris @kamalaharris.com · Apr 7

Fear has a way of being contagious.

But courage is also contagious.

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dave roberts, PhD @dr-faustus.bsky.social · Apr 7

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WIRED @wired.com · Apr 7

Bluesky has been a safe haven for users fleeing X and Threads. But while there’s less hate, there’s also fewer lolz.

Bluesky Can’t Take a Joke

Bluesky has been a safe haven for users fleeing X and Threads. But while there’s less hate, there’s also fewer lolz.

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WIRED @wired.com · Apr 7

Nintendo of America president Doug Bowser tells WIRED the company is still figuring out how to address tariffs that could make the company’s priciest console even more expensive.

Nintendo Is ‘Actively Assessing’ What a Trade War Means for the Switch 2

Nintendo of America president Doug Bowser tells WIRED the company is still figuring out how to address tariffs that could make the company’s priciest console even more expensive.

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MAGNET Magazine @magnetmagazine.bsky.social · Apr 7

10 years ago today, Matt And Kim released “New Glow.” We all sing along. Read @davidclowery.bsky.social (Camper Van Beethoven, Cracker) in MAGNET on @mattandkimband.bsky.social: magnetmagazine.com/2009/05/05/f...

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Matthew from Minnesota @218hiker.bsky.social · Apr 6

Whoa ... I must be totally out of the loop ... what is he releasing?!

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Matthew from Minnesota @218hiker.bsky.social · Apr 6

Happy Sunday, world!

#KendrickLamar #hiphopvinyl #recordcollection #nowplaying #nowspinning #spintheblackcircle #mattheartsmusic #vinylcommunity #vinylrecords #skyvinyl #thepluralofvinylisvinyl #livinglegend

Current picture of the Kendrick Lamar LP "Damn." on forest green vinyl (Target exclusive) spinning on an Audio-Technica AT-LP120-USB direct drive turntable.

Matthew from Minnesota @218hiker.bsky.social · Apr 6

Had a blast in Alexandria, Minn., yesterday!

FYI, according to Roadside America, "Big Ole was built in early 1965 as a second-year addition to the 1964-65 New York Word's Fair."

www.roadsideamerica.com/story/19491

#Alexandria #Minnesota #upskirt

The Big Ole statue in Alexandria, Minn., on the shores of Lake Agnes.

Matthew from Minnesota @218hiker.bsky.social · Apr 6

Caffeine addicts: What's your go-to high-energy tea?! This is what I wake up with, but I'm always looking for other fun ones to try! ☕

#tea

Zest Tea Blue Lady (passionfruit citrus) Black Tea out of Baltimore, Md.

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Nate Blouin @nateforutah.bsky.social · Apr 5

This is Utah in case anyone’s wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this.

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