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Brynstar of the North (aka Ellie)
@brynstar7.xyz
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ICE must be destroyed.

Tired, gay, and covered in cat hair. Neurodivergent AF. Possibly five possums in a sundress. She/they.

Nerdy about: music (cello/bass/keys), bikes, snakes, Macs, and the special interest du jour.

Twin Cities (the boring one), MN.
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I pulled more Java moss than I meant to out of my aquarium today and now my rainbow shark is like, "Where is my hidey spot?!"

I'd feel worse about it if that stuff didn't grow so dang fast that I did exactly the same thing like six weeks ago. Also, there is nothing Sharky Boi needs to hide from.
February 14, 2026 at 7:05 PM
brynstar7.xyz
Grapefruit Jarritos is best Jarritos.
February 14, 2026 at 7:01 PM
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majima.club
I don’t know about you, but my favorite Olympic sport is Synchronized Rinsing
Two young gray tabby cats sitting on a coffee table, both licking their paw to wash their face at the same time in the same position. They even both have the same white tips on their toes. They just ate a Churu.
February 14, 2026 at 4:47 PM
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kbspangler.com
Violets are blue
Roses are red
Someday it will happen
And he will be
February 14, 2026 at 5:24 PM
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douglasmack.bsky.social
If anyone's looking for a house in Minnesota, wow do I have one for you

www.zillow.com/homedetails/...
Tall gray building that was once a grain elevator, sitting alongside railroad tracks on a snowy plain Interior view of a house with a very industrial-chic kitchen in the background. In the foreground is a spiral slide from an old playground. Yes, they've installed it indoors. View looking up a flight of stairs but on either side are weird little rooms half-hidden behind red curtains. Half whimsical, half terrifying. Big open rec room space with pool table in middle
February 14, 2026 at 5:04 AM
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mnorthstar82.bsky.social
We all do better when we all do better.
britculpsapp.bsky.social ✨[redacted]✨ @britculpsapp.bsky.social · 16h
we really enjoy taking care of each other here
February 14, 2026 at 2:58 AM
brynstar7.xyz
Two of these things are not like the others.

I usually have the kids put groceries away, and usually stuff ends up in logical places, but I guess they were shelving by form factor rather than contents.
A pantry shelf of alcohol, mostly whiskey, but also a bottle of vegetable oil in the front and a bottle if olive oil hiding in the back. There is a label on the shelf that says “alcohol”.
February 14, 2026 at 3:30 AM
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Kid chauffeur duty is over so I can finally observe Whiskey Friday.
February 14, 2026 at 3:24 AM
brynstar7.xyz
Fuck you! *unfrenches your toast*
February 13, 2026 at 11:27 PM
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spycypossum.bsky.social
Opossum! Also new pfp
#possum #gouache #sketchbook
A photo of an open sketchbook. The art is of a blue opossum painted with gouache. There is a pink and yellow background with red stars drawn on.
February 13, 2026 at 9:00 PM
brynstar7.xyz
Love to be a part of the group of "women and people who identify as women."
brie-skull-emoji.bsky.social brie skull emoji @brie-skull-emoji.bsky.social · 21h
ah my old nemesis "gender identity" strikes again. cis ppl get to have genders, trans ppl only get to have "gender identities"
February 13, 2026 at 9:28 PM
brynstar7.xyz
I just saw the tiniest chocolate lab puppy. Only this 🤏 big!
February 13, 2026 at 9:26 PM
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In the car:

Teen the Younger: *sneezes*

Me: *is focused on driving and the bass line of the song on the radio*

TtY: "Aww, I don't get to be blessed."

Me: "Bless you."

TtY: "Yay! Satan can't get into my nose."
February 13, 2026 at 9:23 PM
brynstar7.xyz
Better a pig than a fascist.
mischieftoy.com Mischief Toy Store @mischieftoy.com · 1d
#Minnesota, choose your fighter!
Die cast Studio Ghibli miniatures
February 13, 2026 at 5:54 PM
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sailorrooscout.bsky.social
Oh to be a little Tardigrade walking around a microscopic volvox algae colony. 🫧🐻🧪
February 13, 2026 at 5:00 PM
brynstar7.xyz
Getting this just so I can turn it sideways in my upstairs hallway whenever I need a pick-me-up.
February 13, 2026 at 4:19 PM
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silmaria.bsky.social
ICE is still very active in my neighborhood this morning. They just grabbed someone nearby. Don't believe the propaganda.
February 13, 2026 at 3:49 PM
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vampire.poncle.games
got a special someone? try sending them one of these cards tomorrow xoxo

(don't do it today, it's friday 13th..)
An image showing Sir Ambrojoe and Antonio from Vampire Survivors. Antonio is facing Ambrojoe. Text at the top of the asset reads: "I love yaoi". Text at the bottom of the asset reads "so much". The "oi" in "yaoi" is a very faint pink colour so it's hard to read and makes it look like "I love ya so much". An image showing Concetta and Poppea from Vampire Survivors. Poppea is facing Concetta. Text at the top of the asset reads: "I love yuri". Text at the bottom of the asset reads "so much". The "ri" in "yuri" is a very faint pink colour so it's hard to read and makes it look like "I love yu so much". An asset with an image of an old man holding a giant onion in both his hands. Poe's head has been edited over the old man's head, and a garlic sprite has been edited over the onion. Text at the top of the asset reads: "I love you more". Text at the bottom of the asset reads "than poe loves garlic". An asset with a sprite of She-Moon Eeta from Vampire Survivors Text at the top of the asset reads: "you're cool".
February 13, 2026 at 3:03 PM
brynstar7.xyz
Good morning, bsky! It's a beautiful day to abolish ICE.
February 13, 2026 at 2:48 PM
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crumplings.bsky.social
Big giraffe!!!

Sculpted from paper mache, painted with acrylics. You can find it and various friends at shop.crumplings.co.uk :)
A large paper mache sculpture depicting a giraffe living in a snailshell. The giraffe-snail is looking at the camera, and its colouring is a mix of greens, purples, yellows and browns. The shell has a speckled appearance, and the sculpture has a slight sheen. It's standing on mulberry paper next to decorative dried plants. A closeup of a paper mache giraffe face with black glass eyes.
February 12, 2026 at 11:59 PM
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jbbartram.bsky.social
Drop some HORSE 🐴

#illustration
Two small ceramic horses based on the horses in ancient cave paintings (eg. Lascaux) sit on a hand
February 12, 2026 at 5:19 PM
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stevoisiak.bsky.social
I made a filterlist for uBlock Origin to remove Generative AI features on websites. Includes blocks for
* Google AI Summaries
* YouTube Ask button & chat summaries
* GitHub Copilot
* Facebook AI chat
* X's Grok buttons
* Deviantart DreamUp
* Booru AI images
* And more

github.com/Stevoisiak/S...
Google with AI buttons Google without AI buttons
February 3, 2026 at 12:30 AM
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Mostly inefficiently cruising the Twin Cities.
An ADS-B Exchange screenshot showing the State Patrol helicopter's path over the Twin Cities this evening. It left Holman Field and buzzed Roseville, then headed west and turned around near Wayzata/Plymouth, headed up to 694 north of Maplewood and did a little spinny there, then headed back to Golden Valley and is doing donuts over the highway interchanges there.
February 13, 2026 at 1:01 AM
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I wonder who's neighborhood the State Patrol chopper is off to buzz around?
February 13, 2026 at 12:03 AM
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taniel.bsky.social
How Trump's withdrawal from Minneapolis is being covered abroad.

In Le Monde, the lead French daily, the homepage article starts with:

"Two people dead, thousands arrested, two cities shaken, and Donald Trump defeated."

www.lemonde.fr/internationa...
"Deux morts, des milliers de personnes arrêtées, deux villes ébranlées et Donald Trump défait. Ainsi s’achève l’opération anti-immigration « Metro surge », conduite par l’Etat fédéral dans les « twin cities », les villes jumelles de Minneapolis et Saint Paul, depuis début décembre. Tom Homan, le « tsar des frontières » de la Maison Blanche, a annoncé jeudi 12 février le retrait prochain des troupes de l’ICE (Immigration and customs enforcement, la police de l’immigration) et de la CBP (Customs and border protection, l’équivalent des douanes)."
February 12, 2026 at 11:09 PM