Floyd the Barberian
@scampmn.bsky.social
Head hacker. 45°N, GMT-6.
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out to dinner with a friend in the suburbs
server mentions they're fundraising for staff affected by ICE surge. no pressure, he says, hesitantly.
i say i get it. i live on the south side.
server pauses. says he's son of immigrants. shows us how he carries his passport at work. he's scared.
server mentions they're fundraising for staff affected by ICE surge. no pressure, he says, hesitantly.
i say i get it. i live on the south side.
server pauses. says he's son of immigrants. shows us how he carries his passport at work. he's scared.
February 7, 2026 at 2:53 AM
out to dinner with a friend in the suburbs
server mentions they're fundraising for staff affected by ICE surge. no pressure, he says, hesitantly.
i say i get it. i live on the south side.
server pauses. says he's son of immigrants. shows us how he carries his passport at work. he's scared.
server mentions they're fundraising for staff affected by ICE surge. no pressure, he says, hesitantly.
i say i get it. i live on the south side.
server pauses. says he's son of immigrants. shows us how he carries his passport at work. he's scared.
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Apparently the FBI's Epstein redaction machine was set to redact "don't" (Don T) for some reason. That would appear to run afoul of The Epstein Files Transparency Act (H.R. 4405)
February 5, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Apparently the FBI's Epstein redaction machine was set to redact "don't" (Don T) for some reason. That would appear to run afoul of The Epstein Files Transparency Act (H.R. 4405)
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With apologies to John, Paul, George, and Ringo…
It’s was 50 years ago today
When Minnesota learned how to play
The beautiful game we’ve come to love
But not the really stinky goalie glove
So may I introduce to you
The team you’ve know all these years
Minnesota Kicks Professional Soccer Teeeaaaam
It’s was 50 years ago today
When Minnesota learned how to play
The beautiful game we’ve come to love
But not the really stinky goalie glove
So may I introduce to you
The team you’ve know all these years
Minnesota Kicks Professional Soccer Teeeaaaam
50 years ago today the professional soccer team in Minnesota was officially named the Kicks.
January 28, 2026 at 5:35 PM
With apologies to John, Paul, George, and Ringo…
It’s was 50 years ago today
When Minnesota learned how to play
The beautiful game we’ve come to love
But not the really stinky goalie glove
So may I introduce to you
The team you’ve know all these years
Minnesota Kicks Professional Soccer Teeeaaaam
It’s was 50 years ago today
When Minnesota learned how to play
The beautiful game we’ve come to love
But not the really stinky goalie glove
So may I introduce to you
The team you’ve know all these years
Minnesota Kicks Professional Soccer Teeeaaaam
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A “gunman … ready to go” ya say?
Running around down the streets of a Midwestern city amid unrest ya say?
Running around down the streets of a Midwestern city amid unrest ya say?
January 25, 2026 at 3:45 AM
A “gunman … ready to go” ya say?
Running around down the streets of a Midwestern city amid unrest ya say?
Running around down the streets of a Midwestern city amid unrest ya say?
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A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
January 25, 2026 at 1:18 AM
A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
Taking notes on this whole thread.
Fun question: Who has the sexiest singing voice? Not singer who is sexy physically? But whose voice alone is sexy.
January 17, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Taking notes on this whole thread.
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Gov. Tim Walz references the 1st Minnesota regiment, credited with saving the Union at Gettysburg: “I think now we may be in that moment, that the nation's looking to us, to hold the line on democracy, to hold the line on decency, to hold the line on accountability...” youtube.com/shorts/DZXdZ...
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz quotes ‘1984’ in aftermath of fatal shooting of woman by ICE agent
YouTube video by MPR News
youtube.com
January 9, 2026 at 3:30 AM
Gov. Tim Walz references the 1st Minnesota regiment, credited with saving the Union at Gettysburg: “I think now we may be in that moment, that the nation's looking to us, to hold the line on democracy, to hold the line on decency, to hold the line on accountability...” youtube.com/shorts/DZXdZ...
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The Mexican restaurant La Madre in Minneapolis is giving away free whistles.
December 21, 2025 at 2:09 AM
The Mexican restaurant La Madre in Minneapolis is giving away free whistles.
The #1 movie when you were 10 is how your 2026 is going to go.
Nuts.
On the bright side, "there's got to be a morning after..."
Nuts.
On the bright side, "there's got to be a morning after..."
December 19, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The #1 movie when you were 10 is how your 2026 is going to go.
Nuts.
On the bright side, "there's got to be a morning after..."
Nuts.
On the bright side, "there's got to be a morning after..."
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2 years ago today
In memory, Shane Patrick MacGowan, former member of the punk band Nipple Erectors, co-founder and lead singer of the Celtic punk band The Pogues, founder of Shane MacGowan and The Popes, died of pneumonia after a long illness.
📸 Gie Knaeps
#ShaneMacGowan #punkrockhistoy
In memory, Shane Patrick MacGowan, former member of the punk band Nipple Erectors, co-founder and lead singer of the Celtic punk band The Pogues, founder of Shane MacGowan and The Popes, died of pneumonia after a long illness.
📸 Gie Knaeps
#ShaneMacGowan #punkrockhistoy
November 30, 2025 at 4:18 AM
2 years ago today
In memory, Shane Patrick MacGowan, former member of the punk band Nipple Erectors, co-founder and lead singer of the Celtic punk band The Pogues, founder of Shane MacGowan and The Popes, died of pneumonia after a long illness.
📸 Gie Knaeps
#ShaneMacGowan #punkrockhistoy
In memory, Shane Patrick MacGowan, former member of the punk band Nipple Erectors, co-founder and lead singer of the Celtic punk band The Pogues, founder of Shane MacGowan and The Popes, died of pneumonia after a long illness.
📸 Gie Knaeps
#ShaneMacGowan #punkrockhistoy
My only excuse for not only missing this, but not even hearing about it until now, is that I would have been busy at work, deep in the throes of Y2K prep at the time.
Happy anniversary to Joe Strummer and Billy Joe Armstrong stopping by the 400 Bar for a Lifter Puller show on November 11, 1999. The event was recounted in a couple of places. @chrissteller.bsky.social
www.thecurrent.org/feature/2013...
www.thecurrent.org/feature/2013...
November 11, 2025 at 9:20 PM
My only excuse for not only missing this, but not even hearing about it until now, is that I would have been busy at work, deep in the throes of Y2K prep at the time.
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designing a new timberwolves jersey after every win 🐺
record: 7-4
record: 7-4
November 11, 2025 at 4:29 AM
designing a new timberwolves jersey after every win 🐺
record: 7-4
record: 7-4
Why does receiving this email at 6PM the day before the election make me think someone got some bad polling data?
November 4, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Why does receiving this email at 6PM the day before the election make me think someone got some bad polling data?
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NEW: Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power.
Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well beyond the borders of his state.
By @dougbockclark.bsky.social
Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well beyond the borders of his state.
By @dougbockclark.bsky.social
“Biblical Justice, Equal Justice, for All”: How North Carolina’s Chief Justice Transformed His State and America
Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well be...
www.propublica.org
October 30, 2025 at 11:32 AM
NEW: Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power.
Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well beyond the borders of his state.
By @dougbockclark.bsky.social
Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well beyond the borders of his state.
By @dougbockclark.bsky.social
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Retired Army Sgt. Brian Wofford spoke to me this morning at the Oklahoma City #NoKings protest. Didn’t expect him to be carrying his DD214 so I asked some warmup questions like when he got out and whether his injury was service-related.
He paused while describing the car bomb in Iraq to say this:
He paused while describing the car bomb in Iraq to say this:
October 19, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Retired Army Sgt. Brian Wofford spoke to me this morning at the Oklahoma City #NoKings protest. Didn’t expect him to be carrying his DD214 so I asked some warmup questions like when he got out and whether his injury was service-related.
He paused while describing the car bomb in Iraq to say this:
He paused while describing the car bomb in Iraq to say this:
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I have taken
the freedom of speech
that was in
the Constitution
and which
you were probably
using
for peaceful protest
Forgive me
the courts said they were
so agitating
and so irritating
the freedom of speech
that was in
the Constitution
and which
you were probably
using
for peaceful protest
Forgive me
the courts said they were
so agitating
and so irritating
Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."
October 8, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I have taken
the freedom of speech
that was in
the Constitution
and which
you were probably
using
for peaceful protest
Forgive me
the courts said they were
so agitating
and so irritating
the freedom of speech
that was in
the Constitution
and which
you were probably
using
for peaceful protest
Forgive me
the courts said they were
so agitating
and so irritating
Lydia Millard, candidate for Minneapolis city council ward 10, rolls down the window of her Limo to briefly engage with the public:
"the best rent control is a thirty year mortgage" is a hell of a thing to say in a ward that's majority renter.
if i could buy a house, i wouldn't need rent stabilization, LYDIA.
if i could buy a house, i wouldn't need rent stabilization, LYDIA.
October 8, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Lydia Millard, candidate for Minneapolis city council ward 10, rolls down the window of her Limo to briefly engage with the public:
I have intentionally avoided all but the first three (chronologically) Star Wars movies, with the exception of Rogue One and the Christmas Special, if that counts.
Seen clips of Seinfeld, never watched it.
Inspired by a post I just saw in which someone admitted they hadn’t seen a single episode of Friends nor the film Love Actually… what cultural hole do you have that’s a bit weird for your generation?
I’ll go first: I haven’t seen Dirty Dancing.
I’ll go first: I haven’t seen Dirty Dancing.
October 6, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I have intentionally avoided all but the first three (chronologically) Star Wars movies, with the exception of Rogue One and the Christmas Special, if that counts.
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QRP your favorite B&W movie.
THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL
1951, 20th Century Fox.
THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL
1951, 20th Century Fox.
September 24, 2025 at 2:26 AM
QRP your favorite B&W movie.
THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL
1951, 20th Century Fox.
THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL
1951, 20th Century Fox.
Oh, geez, Jim done it this time:
www.startribune.com/one-of-minne...
www.startribune.com/one-of-minne...
One of Minnesota’s Hautman brothers wins the Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest again
The three wildlife painting brothers have now won the prestigious contest a total of 16 times.
www.startribune.com
September 21, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Oh, geez, Jim done it this time:
www.startribune.com/one-of-minne...
www.startribune.com/one-of-minne...
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That's all folks
September 15, 2025 at 2:37 AM
That's all folks
And remembered that there are much better things to do on a fall Sunday than watch a Vikings game.
All the uncles in MN just went outside at the reminder of the Gary Anderson game.
September 15, 2025 at 3:16 AM
And remembered that there are much better things to do on a fall Sunday than watch a Vikings game.
Age verification? RU kidding me?
September 10, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Age verification? RU kidding me?