Mineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social Which mineral is the best of them all? Campaign & vote in #MinCup each September. Next #OreCup in early 2027! www.MineralCup.org
Kyanite photo credits: Smithsonian Institution
Dessa @dessadarling.bsky.social Writer + Musician.
Dessawander.com
@parksandpower.bsky.social @parksandpower.bsky.social 
Bill Childs @billchilds.bsky.social Not a real doctor; real worm. I've done radio for kids for a weirdly long time. Not your lawyer, but maybe your amusement park law prof. SpareTheRock.com. Wrote a book: RecreationAndRisk.com (Carolina Academic Press). He/him; my views only here.
St. Paul.
Luna Lapidary @lunalapidary.com Lapidarist and jewelry maker. Wire-wrapped polished rocks and semi-precious stones.
Queer/nonbinary owned business.
Website: https://www.lunalapidary.com
Logo by Crowglass Design https://shop.crowglassdesign.com
Mara Abolish I.C.E. @mauratwit.bsky.social Umbraphile. Vaccine enthusiast. Mpls. Interested in police abolition, immigrants rights, MPS and mutual aid.
She/her.
Trans rights are human rights.
Xer Mom to 2.
Free Palestine.
Bluesky joiner #442,075
Canadian.
Posting my way through it.
Akhilesh @akhileshmenawat.bsky.social 
Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org Professional labor photographer. Unions for all. Birds. Whales. Cats. Hydration. Maybe a dash of democratic socialism. Not necessarily in that order. Too much optimism for the current moment.
Cute content skeeted often, not with the news cycle
Hare 🍉 @haredurer.bsky.social 🧿🍀🐇🌻🌒🍉
Shivani T’gai Seth @shivaniswriting.bsky.social Queer Punjabi-American artist, writer and book lover. Ecstatic purveyor of joy and jewelry at Adorned by Shivani!
https://www.adornedbyshivani.com
Proud Romancing the Vote minion.
Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app TV writer. Author of the novels THE PAYBACK and THE SURVIVALISTS. Deadly with a butter knife.
Order THE PAYBACK here 👉🏾 https://kashanacauley.com
Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social Writer of books. Guardian columnist. Newsletter at MeditationsInAnEmergency.com. Board member, Third Act and Oil Change International.
JeanneL @jeannelakso.bsky.social Food, books, my front porch and the view from elsewhere. Car-free transit fan, music listener, pastry lover. Seeker of the ultimate biscuits and gravy. Writer, meditator. Diversity is strength.
Laurel Krahn @windowseat.bsky.social Minneapolis resident, polymath, web pioneer, former 📺 blogger, ⚾️ fan, SF fan, fanfic & fanvid fan, disabled, AuDHD, grey-ace, 💔 widow, COVID cautious. (she/her)
Ways to contact me or help me: https://linktr.ee/LaurelKrahn ❤️🩹
Twin Cities Geek @twincitiesgeek.com Minnesota's geek culture magazine: by MN geeks, for MN geeks. @ us your questions for the MN hive mind!
Web: twincitiesgeek.com
Write or edit for us: twincitiesgeek.com/write
Connect: twincitiesgeek.com/groups
Lynxwyze she/they @lynxwyze.bsky.social Love wins by existing. Community wins by persisting. We will never back down.
Mel Gillman @mgillman.bsky.social Trans cartoonist, colored pencil artist, hideous woodland creature. Author of As the Crow Flies, Stage Dreams, Other Ever Afters, The Goblin Throne. Comics Chair at CCA. They/them
http://thegoblinthrone.com
Ray Delahanty | CityNerd @nerd4cities.bsky.social Plangineer (AICP) when I’m at work, alter ego CityNerd when I’m not. New videos on cities and transportation every Wednesday. Nerd4cities.com | http://linktr.ee/CityNerd
Melanie Mallon @melmall.bsky.social Writer/editor in semirural Minnesota trying to reschedule the end times (she/her)
I do not repost images without alt text, and I will not share your substack article. If I do either accidentally, please call me out.
Cardboard America @cardboardamerica.bsky.social Live from the Midway in the Twin Cities.
Posting since 2008. Collector of way too much but never enough.
cardboardamerica@gmail.com
Willow Nightingale @willowwrestles.bsky.social Spreading smiles through slams & suplexes 💖
Lee Knox Ostertag @leeknoxostertag.bsky.social He/him
Books:
THE WITCH BOY series 🔮🕯️
THE GIRL FROM THE SEA 🦭🌊
THE DEEP DARK 🐉🏜️
The DUNGEON CLUB series 🎲⚔️
STRONG FEMALE PROTAGONIST 🦸💪
WATSON’S SKETCHBOOK 🕵🏼♂️📚
TV:
THE OWL HOUSE & more
www.ostertag.substack.com
www.leeknoxostertag.com
🚫AI
Trylon Cinema @trylon.org The Twin Cities' only year-round full-time revival cinema.
Mikel Maria Delgado, PhD @mikeldelgado.bsky.social Cat behavior expert, Certified Applied Animal Behaviorist, author of Play With Your Cat! (2024, Tarcher Perigee). Vegetarian. Punk. Californian. She/her. Covid conscious.
Lesley Kinzel @lesleylives.bsky.social I've been on the internet too long.
Odd Mart Minneapolis! @oddmartmn.bsky.social The Offical Home of OddMart in Minneapolis Minnesota! The store of the strange, home of Glorp Gum, comics and more! Open every day 12PM-6PM (except Tuesdays) oddmart.com
Fansplaining @fansplaining.bsky.social An independent, subscriber-supported publication of reporting, criticism, and more—all by, for, and about fandom. 🎉 fansplaining.com
(Plus 9 years as a podcast: 250+ episodes in our back catalog!)
Brittney Cooper @profcrunk.bsky.social 
CD5 DFL @cd5dfl.bsky.social Political organizing, volunteer recruitment, and building grassroots power
Email campaign, DFL, & community events to communications@cd5dfl.org
https://www.cd5dfl.org/
Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social Wild bird rehab + emu antics + the occasional yak
Mostly birds, but anything can happen (and usually does)
Art‑funded wildlife rescue • Building our region’s first wildlife hospital one weird day at a time.
Foxloft.com - Vultureconservancy.org
Anthony Maki 🧊🚫 @anthonymaki.com Personal account • Se habla español • @twincitiesdsa.org @mapeunion.bsky.social • My expressions ≠ my union’s, political org’s, or employer’s • 📍 Minneapolis-St Paul • Desde el río hasta el mar, Palestina será libre. 🇵🇸
The Smitten Kitten @smittenkittenmn.bsky.social a s*x shop for EVERY body
🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈✊🏾❤️👉👌😏
education, liberation, and good s*x
Patrick Stephenson @patiomensch.bsky.social Documenting Dad Life in Saint Paul, MN 🌟
🚲 Founded #30DaysofBiking, organizes #JoyfulRidersClub
❤️ Two daughters
🏀⚾️⚽️🥇Loves Timberwolves, Twins, Loons, F1rst Wrestling
💰 Writer by trade
“Patrick is always friendly.” - Anu Li
He/him
Twin Cities Toilet Paper Reviews @twincitiestoiletpaperreviews.com I review toilet paper wherever I go in the Twin Cities. I only review toilet paper. That's it. That's my entire thing.
linktr.ee/twincitiestoiletpaperreviews
✌🏻❤️🧻
Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social They/She.
Wrote some books.
Then didn't.
Love animals, horror, and weird stuff.
Run a cool jewelry store for queer artists.
@peculiarityshop.bsky.social
www.peculiarityshop.com
mollypeonies @mollypeonies.bsky.social Minneapolis Southside question asker. 🐰 Systems-change strategist. Policy research and advocacy. Recovering journalist. Mongoose. Neurodivergent nail biter and hair flipper. 🐶🪐🦄
Antifa List Member. She/They
DFL Progressive Caucus @dfl-progressives.bsky.social The DFLPC is the organizing and community hub of Progressives Members of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Laborer Party! ⏩
Find out more about us at: https://dfl-progressive-caucus.org/
Star Tribune Guild @startribuneguild.bsky.social We represent union members at the Minnesota Star Tribune. Support our laid-off journalists at bit.ly/stribworkers
charlie @charliestdennis.bsky.social student / community organizer / crop artist / stp born and bred / watch women’s sports / avid runner / hot sauce enthusiast / you get what you organize for / views my own / he/him
WhinterQueen @whinterqueen.bsky.social looks up and sighs, wishes she controlled the skies; for up above is where to stand to rule those who walk the land.
queer as in fuck you.
Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social Rabbi/award-winning author.
🌱 Ancient tools for healing + justice: LifeIsASacredText.com
(Always! 100% human-authored + NAZI-FREE!):
New 📚 On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World.
💥 Collective liberation or bust.
she/her
Mixmoji 🤖 @mixmoji.pixigeko.com Uses Google's "Emoji Kitchen" to send a mix of two emojis every two hours 🧑🍳
➡️ @mixmoji-lite.pixigeko.com if you want 2 posts per day (1 post every 12 hours)
Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social Founder/Owner, Iron Circus Comics.
Founder/Owner, Iron Circus Animation.
https://ironcircus.com
Executive/Associate Producer, Lackadaisy.
Writer, Cartoonist.
webcomic: http://blikada.com #blikada
Meteorologist Mandy Thalhuber @mandythalhuber.bsky.social MPR News Meteorologist
John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social TV, comics and film writer. LEVERAGE, JACKIE CHAN ADVENTURES, BLUE BEETLE, MARRY ME, a couple other things. Free newsletter of reviews, recommendations, and general oddities at https://buttondown.email/kungfumonkey
@peculiaritygallery.bsky.social @peculiaritygallery.bsky.social 
Becky @beckymew.bsky.social Circus peanut & unicorn kaiju. They/them, sometimes She. Black lives matter. Disabled & queer people are people. Genocide is wrong, actually. Pay artists.
I want to be a safe space.
Fuck fascists, abolish ICE; this shouldn't be a controversial position.
Sorrowscopes @sorrowscopes.bsky.social Things are terrible
(we follow our contributors)
MN Cargo Bike Library @mcbl.bike The MN Cargo Bike Library is a community-run program made possible through partnerships with @bikemn.bsky.social, @cyclehoop.bsky.social, the Lyndale Neighborhood Association and a grant from the Minneapolis Foundation.
Irene Fernando @hennepind2.com She/her. Learner. Listener. Solutions creator. @hennepin.bsky.social Board Chair. Commissioner for District 2.
ICE OUT State Fan @therealjoro.bsky.social amateur runner, aspiring writer, and all-around dingus. Cyclones and Packers all the way.
Minneapolis, MN
WingsNDNSilver @wingsndnsilver.bsky.social NDN Silver, Indigenous silverwork by Wings, & Wings of the Wind Photography. All content copyright Wings/Aji, all rights reserved. NO USE WITHOUT PERMISSION.
Elizabeth Wrigley-Field @wrigleyfield.bsky.social Sociologist/demographer specializing in mortality, racial inequity, Covid-19. Avid theater-goer, inconsistent powerlifter, and erstwhile operator of an all-volunteer bookstore. Preschool parent. Living not-quite-car-free in Minneapolis. she/her
The Peculiarity Shop @peculiarityshop.bsky.social Ten years of LGBTQIA+ folks making cool stuff.
No one is free until we are all free.
Free US shipping over $50, flat $6 otherwise. Yes, I'll combine/refund.
Shop: www.peculiarityshop.com
Gallery: @peculiaritygallery.bsky.social
Zack Filipovich for MN Auditor @zackformn.bsky.social Accountant running for MN State Auditor. Former Duluth City Councilor. Progressive. Board game enthusiast. Join us at ZackforMN.com
Sean McPherson @twinkiejigggles.bsky.social 
queer & trans bookstore @roomofonesownbooks.bsky.social Your queer and trans owned liberation bookstore in Madison, Wisconsin. We ship anywhere in the US.
Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social Photo sharing bot for planetary and deep space images.
Run by @kevinmgill.bsky.social
Content providers added with permission.
False Knees @falseknees.bsky.social Prints available here: https://store.falseknees.com/
Rethinking Schools @rethinkingschools.bsky.social Nonprofit magazine & book publisher dedicated to sustaining & strengthening public education through social justice teaching and education activism.
rethinkingschools.org
"An Yapist" Ella Tailor @garaktailor.com 🔞MDNI
You can not kill me in a way that matters.
Solidarity is how we Win
Goofs and Graps
Freelancer
Co-Hostess @wnffpod.bsky.social
@itsallgraps.bsky.social
(She/Her)
Tip jar: @JKNotsobad Venmo & Cashapp PP comfortingmoo
garaktailor-shop.fourthwall.com
Trans(it) for Everybody @noisyredbird.bsky.social Twin Cities bike queer and urbanism enjoyer
🏳️⚧️ they/them
✊🏼Indigiqueer Hummingbird @riotousmuse.bsky.social diasporic, urban-dwelling Inuk Indigiqueer woman seeking reconnection;
💍 @phoenix-rights.bsky.social
💸 V: HumanHummingbird
Cover 📸: Christian Spencer
Stacey Burns @wentrogue.bsky.social Once inspired the NYT Science Times to "try harder.” Now I post about my cats from my perch in the Witch District of Minneapolis. she/her
Stop an ICE-inflicted eviction: https://givebutter.com/corcoran-neighbor-fund-2026
Molly Jeffery, PhD MPP @mollyjeffery.bsky.social Eph, Health services research, emergency departments, health economics, regulatory science. #FirstGen she/her pronouns
I post a lot of pictures of my favorite cat and of our other cat, who I also love. And of Minneapolis!
Opinions my own, not my employer's
Flan @flanknits.bsky.social she/her. South Minneapolis
Community organizer. Fiber Artist. Political news junkie. Quaker.
Ibram X. Kendi @ibramxk.bsky.social Carter G. Woodson Endowed Chair in History @Howard.edu • Director @huadvstudy.bsky.social • Editor @TheEmancipator.org • National Book Award Winner • #1 NYT Bestselling Author. #BeAntiracist. 🐍🦁🌱
ibramxkendi.com
Autonomy News @autonomynews.co A worker-owned reproductive rights and justice publication cofounded by @garnethenderson.com and @susanrinkunas.com.
autonomynews.co
Becca Dryden for School Board @beccaforschools.bsky.social Candidate for Minneapolis School Board, District 5
https://linktr.ee/BeccaDrydenD5MPS
More coming soon!
Bring Me The News @bringmethenews.bsky.social The best of Minnesota news, weather, sports and lifestyle from the journalist-owned, non-corporate Twin Cities news service.
Shannon for School Board @shannon-for-d3.bsky.social I'm Shannon Gibney, and I am running for Minneapolis School Board in District 3. https://linktr.ee/shannonforschoolboard
K. A. “Kîck Åß” Pillë @keithpille.bsky.social what in tár nation
Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social I make aerial embroidery landscapes 🧵✈ Queer, autistic and obsessed with green! They/them or other neutral pronouns are preferred. All my current and previous work is on my site: https://linktr.ee/aerialembroidery
Nerd Nite: Twin Cities @nerdnitetc.bsky.social Once a month we gather the nerdy denizens of the Twin Cities to exchange knowledge and consume beer.
Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com Very short science fiction/fantasy stories by O. Westin.
Please repost any you like.
Patreon: https://patreon.com/microsff
Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/microsff
Books: https://microsff.com/books
the-astro-stud @the-astro-stud.bsky.social 🌌 Cosmology PhD student • Writer
📩 inquiries@theastrostud.com
✨ Stay stellar, homies ✌🏾
DSCOVR:EPIC @dscovr-epic.bot.country Pics from the Earth Polychromatic Camera on the DSCOVR spacecraft (unofficial). Formerly @dscovr_epic on twitter.
FAQ: https://russ.garrett.co.uk/bots/dscovr_epic/
Operator: @russ.garrett.co.uk
Care for HCMC @careforhcmc.bsky.social 
Graywolf Press @graywolfpress.bsky.social No longer active here. Find us on IG and TikTok @graywolfpress!
Ravenous @weareravenous.com 🐦⬛ Food media with teeth
✊ Worker-owned
Subscribe and donate now 👇
https://www.weareravenous.com/
Tea Berry-Blue @teaberryblue.net She/they. Queer. Parent. Executive Editor at BOOM! Studios. Goofy as heck. Opinions my own.
http://www.teaberryblue.net
Buffet Magazine @buffetlives.bsky.social An independent digital magazine.
https://lnk.bio/buffetmagazine
Eric Prindle @ericprindle.bsky.social Minneapolis dad; liker of all the good things and disliker of all the bullshit; he/him
🌸ayana🌸 @ayanajsk.bsky.social • Legislative Assistant
• Minneapolis DFL Chair
• Communications Director
https://linktr.ee/ayanajsk
📍Minneapolis
she/her | my views do not reflect those of my employer
"People don't live their lives through statistics." - Zohran Mamdani
Rogelio @rojoleon.bsky.social Biking and gardening enthusiast in MPLS
Chinga la migra.
🚲🌻🌶️ 🇲🇽
Alphonse Mucha @alphonsemucha.bsky.social Fan account of Alphonse Mucha, a Czech Art Nouveau painter and decorative artist, known best for his distinct style (1860-1939). #artbot by @andreitr.bsky.social and @botfrens.bsky.social
Blacksky Algorithms @blackskyweb.xyz Blacksky Algorithms | virtual 3rd places run by users [ blacksky.community ]
@moderation.blacksky.app - moderation
move.blacksky.community - migration
@status.blacksky.community - outages
docs.blacksky.community - for support & info
[ blackskyweb.xyz ]
The Institute for Bird Populations @instbirdpop.bsky.social Since 1989, The Institute for Bird Populations has enabled science-based conservation of species and habitats by studying the abundance, demography, and ecology of birds and other wildlife.
Rage Against The Machine ★ @rageagainst.bsky.social *THE* original Rage Twitter (250k followers) about Tom, Tim, Brad & Zack since 2010 with the band's full blessing has moved to Bluesky ★ Not run by a record company or agency ★ Your anger is a gift
Ian, in the Year of the Bean🫛🫘 @mplsnightmayor.bsky.social Night Mayor of Minneapolis
Twin Cities DSA
he/him
Abolish the DFL Code of Conduct Committee @bundleofsticks7.bsky.social Queer & they/them. Social worker. Chair of Stonewall DFL. Socialist and an aspiring Susan Sarandon fighting for the future we all deserve.
Max Hailperin @maxhailperin.bsky.social max.hailperin@gmail.com
Mr. Zack @thatwordyguy.bsky.social Nerd, former lit major, enjoyer of bitter drinks. "Inauthentic" MPLS Resident. He/Him.
Words & things: thatwordyguy.blogspot.com
RPG Nonsense: antagonistrelations.blogspot.com/
RPG Bluesky: @antagonistrelation.bsky.social
Dr. Emily Friedman @ecfriedman.com Historian of storytellers.
18th century to today & beyond.
J.W.Liles Prof of English
Words: Polygon (RIP), LARB, etc
Next book: THE ACTUAL HISTORY OF ACTUAL PLAY (MIT)
(#TTRPG digital storytelling performance)
(free) patreon.com/ecfriedman
snackerü @snackeru.bsky.social Gopher librarian. Minne/apolis/sota. @thecurrent.org once used my “Coffee Break” suggestion.
The Loft Literary Center @loftliterarycenter.bsky.social The Loft, a nonprofit arts org, advances the artistic development of writers, fosters a thriving literary community, and inspires a passion for literature.
Ezra Fitch Pabody @ezrafitchmpls.bsky.social Ezra Fitch Pabody (1868-1940) lived in Minneapolis and wrote seven diaries between 1882 and 1890. Pabody’s diaries record many of the changes that took place during Minneapolis’s “boom town” years.
Account maintained by @auntiefancy.bsky.social
Good Trailcams @goodtrailcams.bsky.social trailcams
no AI ever
Franchesca Ramsey @chescaleigh.bsky.social writer, comedian, social strategist, living in the city of angels, occasionally singing about leopards. shop.franchesca.net
Lady Christy @ladychristyk.bsky.social Northeast Minneapolitan. 🍒🥄Bibliophile.📚 Shameless nerd. 👓 Plant Lady. 🌱👩🏻🌾
TTRPG & Board game enthusiast. 🎲♟️
Avid Baker. 🥧 Cat-Mom.🐱🐱 She/Her.🖤