Komrad Iron
@komradiron.bsky.social
Minneapolis recluse. I like shiny things.
Red Nose Room opens Wednesday as part of Holidays on Hennepin, MPLS. bringmethenews.com/minnesota-li...
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November 15, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Red Nose Room opens Wednesday as part of Holidays on Hennepin, MPLS. bringmethenews.com/minnesota-li...
Snowflake lights are on the light poles on Hennepin Avenue.
November 14, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Snowflake lights are on the light poles on Hennepin Avenue.
Ensuring equity across Minnesota requires revising education policy www.minnpost.com/community-vo...
The PSEO Act is a model for preventing education inequities - MinnPost
We need to revise the Online Instruction Act to prevent inequities like those provided for in the PSEO Act.
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November 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Ensuring equity across Minnesota requires revising education policy www.minnpost.com/community-vo...
Lost child. Possibly Italian on 25th Street near Hennepin in Minneapolis. He's described as concrete and a little bit painted.
November 13, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Lost child. Possibly Italian on 25th Street near Hennepin in Minneapolis. He's described as concrete and a little bit painted.
New Release:
Mysterious Tales of Old Minneapolis
By Larry Millet
OWNER DIES UNDER STRANGE CIRCUMSTANCES AT MINNEAPOLIS MILL!
HOTEL BELLMAN FOUND DEAD IN OSCAR WILDE’S ROOM!
$10,000 REWARD FOR DISCOVERING MY MURDERER!
Mysterious Tales of Old Minneapolis
By Larry Millet
OWNER DIES UNDER STRANGE CIRCUMSTANCES AT MINNEAPOLIS MILL!
HOTEL BELLMAN FOUND DEAD IN OSCAR WILDE’S ROOM!
$10,000 REWARD FOR DISCOVERING MY MURDERER!
November 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
New Release:
Mysterious Tales of Old Minneapolis
By Larry Millet
OWNER DIES UNDER STRANGE CIRCUMSTANCES AT MINNEAPOLIS MILL!
HOTEL BELLMAN FOUND DEAD IN OSCAR WILDE’S ROOM!
$10,000 REWARD FOR DISCOVERING MY MURDERER!
Mysterious Tales of Old Minneapolis
By Larry Millet
OWNER DIES UNDER STRANGE CIRCUMSTANCES AT MINNEAPOLIS MILL!
HOTEL BELLMAN FOUND DEAD IN OSCAR WILDE’S ROOM!
$10,000 REWARD FOR DISCOVERING MY MURDERER!
Because it is Halloween, one of my favorite career questions is, "Why does nobody want to go into Mortuary Science?"
Oh Sweety.
Oh Sweety.
November 1, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Because it is Halloween, one of my favorite career questions is, "Why does nobody want to go into Mortuary Science?"
Oh Sweety.
Oh Sweety.
And the ribbon is cut and the street is open.
October 31, 2025 at 3:39 PM
And the ribbon is cut and the street is open.
Hennepin Ave ribbon cutting ceremony 10 am (WCCO), buses resume normal routes at 1 pm (MetroTransit).
Hopefully this will end building facades being destroyed by cars, but we are talking modern cars.
Hopefully this will end building facades being destroyed by cars, but we are talking modern cars.
October 31, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Hennepin Ave ribbon cutting ceremony 10 am (WCCO), buses resume normal routes at 1 pm (MetroTransit).
Hopefully this will end building facades being destroyed by cars, but we are talking modern cars.
Hopefully this will end building facades being destroyed by cars, but we are talking modern cars.
There's a lot going on in my formal dining room since the pandemic.
October 30, 2025 at 3:27 AM
There's a lot going on in my formal dining room since the pandemic.
Upholstery leather and turkey feathers. Winter projects will soon begin.
October 29, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Upholstery leather and turkey feathers. Winter projects will soon begin.
BREAKING: Major construction activities are reaching completion and Hennepin Ave is set to re-open on Friday October 31st, 2025.
We did it!
We did it!
October 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM
BREAKING: Major construction activities are reaching completion and Hennepin Ave is set to re-open on Friday October 31st, 2025.
We did it!
We did it!
Damn it. Most of my wool clothes got hit. Threw out a half a dozen tweed sport coats and all my wool sweaters.
Putting the old fashioned mothballs that are banned in the EU into my closets and clothes storage.
Putting the old fashioned mothballs that are banned in the EU into my closets and clothes storage.
October 10, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Damn it. Most of my wool clothes got hit. Threw out a half a dozen tweed sport coats and all my wool sweaters.
Putting the old fashioned mothballs that are banned in the EU into my closets and clothes storage.
Putting the old fashioned mothballs that are banned in the EU into my closets and clothes storage.
Hennepin Ave is scheduled to open up on November 7.
Next week:
-Final paving week
-Bike lane striping
-Signals turned on
-Street furniture installation
Soon: Mature trees will be lighted and the avenue will sparkle. (Photo for reference. Not Hennepin Ave. )
Next week:
-Final paving week
-Bike lane striping
-Signals turned on
-Street furniture installation
Soon: Mature trees will be lighted and the avenue will sparkle. (Photo for reference. Not Hennepin Ave. )
October 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Hennepin Ave is scheduled to open up on November 7.
Next week:
-Final paving week
-Bike lane striping
-Signals turned on
-Street furniture installation
Soon: Mature trees will be lighted and the avenue will sparkle. (Photo for reference. Not Hennepin Ave. )
Next week:
-Final paving week
-Bike lane striping
-Signals turned on
-Street furniture installation
Soon: Mature trees will be lighted and the avenue will sparkle. (Photo for reference. Not Hennepin Ave. )
BIG NEWS: Hennepin Avenue will open to 2-way traffic next week from 24th to 26th for business access.
October 9, 2025 at 4:20 PM
BIG NEWS: Hennepin Avenue will open to 2-way traffic next week from 24th to 26th for business access.
An elephant, chicken, and skunk are all at the watering hole.
October 5, 2025 at 7:38 PM
An elephant, chicken, and skunk are all at the watering hole.
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Milwaukee 261 roared through Nicollet Island around noon today on the way to Hopkins from Minneapolis Junction. Some unwise persons standing on the tracks while fishing from the Mississippi East Channel Bridge got whistled at.
October 3, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Milwaukee 261 roared through Nicollet Island around noon today on the way to Hopkins from Minneapolis Junction. Some unwise persons standing on the tracks while fishing from the Mississippi East Channel Bridge got whistled at.
If I win the lottery, there will be signs.
October 3, 2025 at 11:15 PM
If I win the lottery, there will be signs.
New Bible, er... Idea book just arrived.
October 3, 2025 at 11:12 PM
New Bible, er... Idea book just arrived.
Hennepin Ave Construction Update: ALMOST DONE!!
-Franklin intersection reopens at 3am on Monday
-Final paving begins Oct 13th
-City is scheduling ribbon ceremony
-Concrete medians to be put in place between 24th and 26th streets next Thursday. 1/2
-Franklin intersection reopens at 3am on Monday
-Final paving begins Oct 13th
-City is scheduling ribbon ceremony
-Concrete medians to be put in place between 24th and 26th streets next Thursday. 1/2
October 3, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Hennepin Ave Construction Update: ALMOST DONE!!
-Franklin intersection reopens at 3am on Monday
-Final paving begins Oct 13th
-City is scheduling ribbon ceremony
-Concrete medians to be put in place between 24th and 26th streets next Thursday. 1/2
-Franklin intersection reopens at 3am on Monday
-Final paving begins Oct 13th
-City is scheduling ribbon ceremony
-Concrete medians to be put in place between 24th and 26th streets next Thursday. 1/2
Scenes from West 25th Street, Minneapolis.
September 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Scenes from West 25th Street, Minneapolis.
Electric fireplace in place now under Mde Poison's portrait.
September 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Electric fireplace in place now under Mde Poison's portrait.
Working out ideas for when I rebuild it in oak.
September 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Working out ideas for when I rebuild it in oak.
I want this painting to be real.
September 19, 2025 at 3:00 AM
I want this painting to be real.
The electric fireplace arrived. 'Tis an elegant addition to my reading nook.
September 19, 2025 at 1:11 AM
The electric fireplace arrived. 'Tis an elegant addition to my reading nook.
Sweaty walk around the lake today but I did stop at a garage sale and picked up a picture light for Madam Poison. I was thinking of polishing it and then playing around with brass patinas, but the patina actually matches the frame.
September 13, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Sweaty walk around the lake today but I did stop at a garage sale and picked up a picture light for Madam Poison. I was thinking of polishing it and then playing around with brass patinas, but the patina actually matches the frame.