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Perry Areolar
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recovering archivist and museum worker. I have an Instagram for my cats @vitaandbosie
I am an alien
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Perry Areolar @perryodontal.bsky.social · Mar 24
one of my favorite bits of gay Minneapolis history - to set the scene, around about 1979-1980, the Mpls Police Dept. frequently raided gay bath houses. In July 1979, there was a charity softball game between the cops and the gays, and the gays won!

From the 7/30/1979 Minneapolis Tribune
Headline: Gay team defeats police 12-7 in charity softball game. Black and white image shows "gay cheerleaders rooted for their team to victory over the Minneapolis Police Department's Blue team." Gays 12, Police 7.
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PURCHASE CHAIN!

18% off $40 or more, from now until Christmas Eve, with code JULEKATTEN.

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December 8, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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It’s a story of forbidden love you won’t see anywhere else - a turkey and a Public Works truck.
December 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Netscape Navigator
December 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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tillamook. this is a huge mistake. huge. you will regret this.
an ad for Tillamook cream cheese that shows part of a sesame bagel being dipped in a tub of cream cheese in mid-air. it says "it's never about the bagel. the bagel is just a means to an end. an Incredibly rich and creamy end"
December 6, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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wow
December 5, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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retro-commercials.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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I don't like security questions as a form of account security but these for registering for the FindaGrave forums are at least unique
A dropdown menu of security question to answer when registering for an account on findagrave's forums. Questions are 1. Cemetery you would most like to visit? 2. Cemetery you visited as a child? 3. Famous grave you have visited? 4. Favorite famous memorial on FindaGrave? 5. Favorite tombstone you have photographed? 6. Foreign cemetery you have visited? 7. Most unusual surname you have seen on a tombstone? 8. Person whose burial location you'd most like to know?
December 4, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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the new york municipal archives has a project for volunteers to help transcribe records of enslaved people (requires knowing cursive, Dutch a plus) www.archives.nyc/transcribing...
Transcribing-records-of-slavery — NYC Department of Records & Information Services
www.archives.nyc
November 30, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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I just think it's interesting that this Como Park coffee shop is named after Pope JPII, except not literally, it's named after his pre-papal name, so that it's not as obviously Catholic (there is a big painting of him inside) www.ncregister.com/features/kar...
Good Java Inspired by JPII: Faith and Fellowship at Heart of Karol Coffee Co.
The Whipples have been working to make their dream a reality since they started roasting coffee beans in their Minneapolis garage more than three years ago.
www.ncregister.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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math textbook covers for some reason:
sardonicus.eu Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · Jul 9
Robert Patrick on the set of Terminator 2: Judgement Day, 1991
Robert Patrick on the set of Terminator 2: Judgement Day He has lines/squares all over him, even his tighty whitey terminator pants.
November 17, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Born February 22, 1975, Drew Barrymore is 18,530 days old today, matching Wilford Brimley’s age on the day ‘Cocoon’ was released. Congrats Drew! You’ve reached the Brimley/Cocoon Line.
Drew Barrymore in 1984 Drew Barrymore, recently
November 16, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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the nuclear family should be abolished
taliabhatt.itch.io Talia "Estro Junkies" Bhatt ♀︎♀︎ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 24d
"my least woke opinion is---"

That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.

Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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william marvy, st. paul, minnesota, 1984
william marvy, st. paul, minnesota, 1984
November 14, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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HELLO everyone needs to watch the interpretive dance performance - featuring BOBCATS (machinery) - created for the groundbreaking of the weisman art museum at the u of mn @weismanart.bsky.social

www.globalsiteperformance.org/1992/04/28/b...
an interpretive dance outside coffman union at the u of mn for the groundbreaking of the weisman art museum. on the left side is a row of bobcat machines and on the right is a row of dancers in long white skirts and white tshirts. downtown Minneapolis can be seen in the distance an interpretive dance outside coffman union at the u of mn for the groundbreaking of the weisman art museum. on the left side is a row of dancers in long white skirts and white tshirts and behind them is a row of people operating bobcats. downtown Minneapolis can be seen in the distance
November 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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November 12, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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in 1928 "jelly shower" meant something vastly different than it does today.
a newspaper clipping from the 1/13/1928 Minneapolis journal. "Mrs. c. nichols to direct shower for disabled veterans. Mrs. c. nichols, chairman of the state department of the veterans of foreign wars, is in charge of the jelly shower to be given for disabled veterans at the fort selling hospital tomorrow." depicted is a black and white picture of Mrs. c. nichols, an older-looking woman with her hair loosely pulled back and wearing wire rimmed oval glasses.
November 12, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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The Custom Oregon Plate WARHOL is available for reservation. https://dmv2u.oregon.gov/eServices/?link=custom #Oregon #WARHOL #CustomPlate #VanityPlate #OregonPlates #Oregon
November 12, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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I apologise profusely for all the trouble I caused to you. I am prepared for the required punishment.
November 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Ironically, Lightfoot said in a 2015 interview with NPR that he was inspired to write the song after being annoyed by an inaccuracy in a Newsweek article shortly after the Nov. 10, 1975, disaster - in which Edmund was spelled with an "O." He also said the story gave short shrift to the 29 crew members who per-ished.
November 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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a picture of a ship with the words forever in our hearts edmund fitzgerald on it
Alt: a picture of a ship with the words forever in our hearts edmund fitzgerald on it
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November 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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November 8, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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not proud about how long I took making this
a black and white photo of The Replacements (with Bobby still in the band). Above Paul's head is the words "Hennepin County Library Replacement Card" with "Replacement" in the same typeface as the Tim album art.
November 8, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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hennepin county residents can get a[n especially] kickass library card
www.hclib.org/about/news/2...
Celebrate Prince with a Limited-Edition Library Card
Hennepin County Library is honoring one of Minnesota’s most iconic artists with a limited-edition Prince library card, available while supplies last at all 41 Hennepin County Library locations.
www.hclib.org
November 7, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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WYO 130 Green Rock Trailhead,
11/7/2025, 7:04:51 AM
November 7, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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good morning specifically to the FBI agent who introduced Mamdani’s dad to Marx
guy said, “Do you like Marx?” I said, “I haven’t met him.” Guy said, “No, no, he’s dead.” “Wow, what happened?” “No, no, he died long ago.” I thought the guy Marx had just died. So then, “Why are you asking me if he died long ago?” “No, he wrote a lot. He wrote that poor people should not be poor.” I said, “Sounds amazing.” I’m giving you a sense of how naïve I was. After they left, I went to the library to look for Marx. So that was my introduction to Karl Marx. BS: The FBI. MM: The FBI. Then, of course, I took a class on Marx. Couldn’t just get Marx out of the library. But,
November 5, 2025 at 2:21 PM