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Santa Erik Riese
@santaerik.bsky.social
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Ludic Rheologist. Cooperative systems design.
Gamer.(not video games)
Curious. Reader, mostly paper.
Beard pro. Poet.
Goddess.
(He/They/She)
Living on Dakota land near Bdote.
Heart of US.
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Happy Birthday, Emily. 195 years ago.
#poet #EmilyDickinson #birthday
Screen shot of search for Emily Dickinson showing the only authenticated photograph of Emily in the winter of 1847-48 at Mount Holyoke. Her birthday is 10 Dec, 1830.
December 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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That was one huge CME the sun threw off the other day. Clearly visible aurora in the middle of Minneapolis MN.
Image from Matthews Park field, 7:05 PM CST.
#aurora #northernlights
Picture of the night sky with clear bands on turquoise, lavender, rose, and purple above a thin strip of urban lights for scale.
November 12, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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Yes! Love it from over across the river too!
Fall colours on the Mississippi looking west at Marshall/Lake St. bridge from St.Paul.
October 26, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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Just as glorious today as yesterday.
Crescent moon rises followed by Venus just before sunrise in Minneapolis. The image shows an indigo blue sky. A house on the left and a lilac bush in the right foreground in silhouette
October 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Caught the glory of sunrise today. So reminiscent of my twenty years being awake at sunrise while delivering the news in Lynnhurst.
Viewing the sky to the east at sunrise. Pink, purple and orange clouds illuminated above my backyard at 0730 on 17*Oct*25.
October 17, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Found on my way home from disc golf. Bdöte.

#FungiFriends #Mushroom #laetiporus
A half kilo orange and yellow chicken-of-the-woods mushroom (laetiporus) emerges from a stump on a field of grass. A cleaned half kilo laetiporus mushroom processed for eating, cooking in a 30 cm cast iron frying pan.
September 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Miatake or hen-of-the-woods found on the disc golf course.
Grifola Frondrosa
#FungiFriends
Grifola Frondrosa known as hen-of-the-woods, ram's head, sheep's head, or miatake growing on a tree trunk base with oak leaves. Grass extends into the distance on the right of the image.
September 19, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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6:45 AM on the disc golf course, first hole!
This tree, the main hazard on the very easy first hole at Wabun Nine hole pitch & putt, is marked for removal.

The oyster mushrooms seem led excited.

#fungifriends #oystermushroom #pleurotus
Close up of a beautiful three tiered oyster mushroom on live tree bark. Green grass reaches into the distance on the right of the picture Head on close up of a ten tiered oyster mushroom near the heart base of a doomed tree. Mid range image of the doomed tree, seven clusters of oyster mushrooms with disc golf basket in the background. Tree is spray painted with a large orange "x."
August 31, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Desert island. One album.
Cover art from Roxy Music Avalon. Image depicts a sunset on the horizon of a lake. The water is calm and reflects a darkening blue sky. In the immediate foreground the back of a helmeted figure holding a helmeted bird of prey. Above the horizon in orange letters the words: ROXY MUSIC.
August 11, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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Fullmoonshadow on unmade bed.

This scene greeted me after I arose at 2:30 AM to pee.

I'm in awe of the power of beauty in our natural world.
#earth #beauty #nature
Full moon shadow on unmade bed. The moon is obscured by a lacy white curtain which produces a variegated pattern on the bedsheets and pillow cases.
August 10, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Inline skater holding a rainbow flag stand on the Midtown Greenway Sabo Bridge with downtown Minneapolis skyline in background A dramatically lit image from below of the Sabo Bridge on the Greenway looking west near sunset Cyclists on the Greenway. Late night image atop the Sabo Bridge
August 10, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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Hi Lauren, I write to let you know that I am withdrawing from the Park Board District 4 race. Thank you so much to all my neighbors, supporters, and donors - your belief in me has kept me going this long after the Minneapolis DFL convention. Thank you too to the residents of District 4 for giving me their time. I have loved getting to know you all and learning about issues facing our parks, from buckthorn removal to vehicle miles traveled. This is a difficult decision for me - I was so excited about this race leading up to the convention. My team and I had put in the work, and we knew that on convention day we would either block the endorsement or get it ourselves. As many of you know, Jason Garcia received the endorsement after a protracted and disputed mayoral endorsement process and an exodus of delegates that would have voted for me. That day instantly created more work for my team and me, and frankly, left me with a bad taste in my mouth that has been hard to shake. I love this city and our parks, but there are limits to what one person can physically, mentally, and emotionally take on. Politics in Minneapolis feels needlessly divisive right now. I urge everyone to consider that when we call folks we do not agree with "socialists" or "conservatives", we otherize people with whom we often share similar broad goals but who have different strategies and ideas for how to get there. I believe that solutions that stem from dialogue across differences are better than litmus tests that must be 100% adhered to. I am the fourth candidate now to drop out of the District 4 park board race, and the fourth park board candidate to drop out after the contentious city convention. I hope that, together with these other candidates, my departure from this race can raise awareness around the implications of this state of affairs. If you donated to my campaign, thank you - we will be returning as much of your donation as possible, after donating to park board candidates
August 7, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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I'm Teaching
basic Origami skills at @wetpaintart.bsky.social this Thursday 3-4 pm. Sign up now!
A poster pinned with an Origami crane and two photos, one of several folded models one with hands folding a sheet of paper. Partial Poster text: "Wet Paint Classes Origami events and class with Erik Riese. Origami: Foundations of Folding Thursday, July 31 3-4pm $16.00." also mentioned is the remaining skill share on Thursday August 14th 4-5pm. Wet Paint's address 1684 Grand Ave, St Paul, MN 55105 Phone (651) 698-6431
July 28, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Image with Alt Text provided.
Alt Text: CLIP OUT THIS PROGRAM SAVE IT FOR FUTURE REFERENCE! Frank Matulewicz Presents: 'A Program for the People' 1. Efficient and capable administration based on elimination of waste and needless contracts and expenditures to lower the tax burden, without curtail-ing aid to the unemployed and underprivileged. 2. Eliminate juggling of funds alloted in the budget for WPA and welfare purposes. 3. Utilize Federal agencies, such as WPA, FHA, NYA, and PWA to create more jobs and provide the city with necessary improvements, such as a new City Hall and an efficient sewage system. 4. Distribute jobs equally and fairly in the Department of Public Works. Assist employed work-ers by making city purchases only from employers who recognize the right of collective bargaining under the Wagner Act. 5. Enforce the Bill of Rights guaranteeing the people their constitutional privileges of freedom of speech, assembly and press. Protect the right of work-ers to picket without interference by the police. 6. Develop and put into effect a city recreation program with careful planning to provide adequate recreation for young and old. 7. Develop and put into effect a modern health program to make available to all the people the modern advancements in medicine. 8. Strive for better control over public utilities and insist on the reduction of exhorbitant gas rates. 9. Recommend the introduction of such changes in the city Charter as shall be beneficial to the City and its residents.
July 26, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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Wet nights mean #fungifriends emerge in the early mornings!
Close up of several lengths of dead linden branches that fell from our boulevard tree in the rain last night. Moss, lichen, and fungus all populate the various bark and stripped branches. Four large, white mushrooms, appearantly macrolepiota mastoidea, reach out of the wet grass at 7:00 AM in bdöte. (Known as Minneapolis)
July 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Matthew Forsythe's Cover of the The Grammar of Fantasy: An Introduction to the Art of Inventing Stories by Gianni Rodari (©1973) from the 2025 updated translation by Jack Zipes. The subtle, stylized, colorful image includes a wolf, a stag, a giant's foot, a hooded child carrying a basket, fish, a snake, and the title woven together with gradated colors of blue, pink, green, pink, and grey.
July 18, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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Post a book you love from the 1970s!
Matthew Forsythe's Cover of the The Grammar of Fantasy: An Introduction to the Art of Inventing Stories by Gianni Rodari (©1973) from the 2025 updated translation by Jack Zipes. The subtle, stylized, colorful image includes a wolf, a stag, a giant's foot, a hooded child carrying a basket, fish, a snake, and the title woven together with gradated colors of blue, pink, green, pink, and grey.
July 18, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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I knew folks who lived here when I was in grade school.
(Not Harold or his spouse.)
Google streetview of 2456 W 24th Street in Minneapolis. Also, a red outlined bird's eye of the street with a red pin on the selected address.
July 10, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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This is a great idea, Dan. Why? Here's my drawing made while listening to Bran too. Of course, I have a BFA.
A 6x11" sheet of paper with a quick drawing. The words "MERRY Cruise-Mas" and "Christmas at Sea" across the top. Four haphazard arcs criss-cross the page. Each arc is a different color, purple, pink, green, blue. Each is labeled"an arc" "another arc" "another arc" & "This is becoming An - arc - y" One arc shows Moma Kerry's"Hallmark" pass for Wes Brown and Vermeer tears. One shows Donna & Rob Thinking about Nikki DeLoach & Paul Campbell. Another arc says, "Happy Sweet 16 NATE UR GREAT in green and red pencil. The final arc shows Gail and Alice in 10th grade. The bottom left corner includes a Kelly green SantaErik rubber stamp. A dark blue portrait-oriented rectangle meant to look like a door with a Christmas wreath on it is on the right side of the page under the words, "Portal to chaos!"
July 9, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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Change the narrative. Act today.
Blue poster with white text: CALL THESE REPS TELL THEM TO VOTE NO ON THE "BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL". AZ-06, Juan Ciscomani CA-22, David Valadao CA-40, Young Kim CA-41, Ken Calvert CO-08, Gabe Evans FL-07, Cory Mills FL-13, Anna Paulina Luna FL-27, Maria Elvira Salazar IA-01, Mariannette Miller-Meeks IA-02, Ashley Hinson IA-03, Zach Nunn MI-07, Tom Barrett MO-02, Ann Wagner NJ-07, Tom Kean Jr. NY-17, Mike Lawler OH-07, Max Miller OH-10, Mike Turner OH-15, Mike Carey PA-01, Brian Fitzpatrick PA-07, Ryan Mackenzie PA-08, Rob Bresnahan PA-10, Scott Perry TN-05, Andy Ogles TX-15, Monica De La Cruz VA-01, Rob Wittman VA-02, Jen Kiggans WI-01, Bryan Steil WI-03, Derrick Van Orden 501
July 2, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Found a new one to me:
Xylaria.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xylaria...

#fungifriends
Tiny white phalus shaped mushrooms seem to emerge from wood chips. Some green plants balance the image Several phalus shaped white mushrooms emerge past last year's dried pin oak leaves. A small creeping Charlie leaf adds interest to the picture.
June 18, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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On the DiscGolf course with #fungifriends
Cream colored shelf fungi growing from a still standing dead elm or ash tree. Possibly Dryad's Saddle or Elm Oyster.
June 13, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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Iris wild
Make spirits soar
When summer is middling

Heat and water
Meld with soil
Calm hues reveal
Joyous fiddling

#poem #poetry #photopoem
Deep purple and lavender iris flowers against a rich green lawn.
June 6, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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From the Tao Te Ching
(A new English Version
Translation by Stephen Mitchell
Harper Row 1988)

Today, all rivers flow up, according to Trump.
#SneakierSstire
66. All streams flow to the sea because it is lower than they are. Humility gives it its power. If you want to govern the people, you must place yourself below them. If you want to lead the people, you must learn how to follow them. The Master is above the people, and no one feels oppressed. She goes ahead of the people, and no one feels manipulated. The whole world is grateful to her. Because she competes with no one, no one can compete with her.
May 5, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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The middle stanza of #61 from the Tao Te Ching. (Trans. by Stephen Mitchell Harper & Row 1988)

Sounds like one of the truly great men!
A great nation is like a great man: When he makes a mistake, he realizes it Having realized it, he admits it. Having admitted it, he corrects it. He considers those who point out his faults as his most benevolent teachers. He thinks of his enemy as the shadow that he himself casts.
May 2, 2025 at 5:32 PM