Gin
wickedgin.bsky.social
Gin
@wickedgin.bsky.social
She/her, Minnesotan
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formal proposal of a replacement for the vince mcmahon meme format
March 21, 2026 at 7:38 PM
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I went to Minnesota's game notes to look up who the announcers were. The first thing I saw was this picture so I stopped caring about that
February 19, 2026 at 2:14 AM
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The fundamental breaking of the social contract of neighbors helping neighbors feels evil in a way that's very hard to articulate.
Two female ICE agents popped the hood of their car and knocked on the door of a mechanic born in Mexico. He went out to help.

“A bunch of agents jump out and tackle him, essentially restraining him, and take him away...His six kids are now without their father." www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
ICE drawdown? Indications point to steady enforcement activity outside the Twin Cities
Some people who observe ICE activity are skeptical about a large scale drawdown of agents in the state. There are indications that activity has decreased in the Twin Cities, but has continued outside ...
www.mprnews.org
February 19, 2026 at 1:58 AM
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Minneapolis if you are cold or hungry from the march or just want to sit for a bit, some friends just dropped off chicken biryani and several liters of chai at @boneshakerbooks.bsky.social.
January 23, 2026 at 9:24 PM
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ICE getting harassed in the public bathroom instead of trans people
January 22, 2026 at 12:43 PM
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Anyone local have extra YA books? They seem to go fastest at the @supplydepotmpls.bsky.social, and reading is harm reduction
November 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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Food distribution happening at the square today 10:00-2:00.
October 29, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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the cranky unpaid gestapo have been spotted out & about local homies; eyes open

if you see em & have the privilege to fuck around, tell them to get a real job, btw
October 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.

After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵
October 5, 2025 at 9:12 AM
We got a heckuva hailstorm to the east.
I think there was some thunder here in the Twin Cities.
September 22, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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Minneapolis, can you help?
Shorts and hygiene supplies also being requested!
This is an overwhelming and ongoing situation - we love & appreciate all donations, but if you have stuff that isn't on this list & aren't sure if you should bring it, please DM here or @katyrex.meatjacker.social, & anything we can't process today is always welcome at any of our drop off locations!
September 16, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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If want downtown, any downtown, to be a place for ppl before 8:30am and after 5:30pm making is “playground” for suburbanites ain’t it.

You do that by making it a neighborhood where people can actually live. And just for the rich, but for working families as well!
"What we are looking to the future to see is: Downtown will be more of a playground. It’ll be more of an entertainment district. We need to make sure that it’s not just a place where people are coming into work at 8 a.m. and leaving at 5:30 p.m." www.startribune.com/downtown-min...
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey’s strategy, and salesmanship, for a better downtown
Jacob Frey has governed Minneapolis for a decade, starting as a City Council member representing the area. With an election coming, he answers the questions facing Minneapolis’ in-transition core.
www.startribune.com
September 12, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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You can buy this shirt now!! I love it and I hope you do too.

www.visitlakestreet.com/swag/p/21-bu...
August 19, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Help her out and elect a new mayor.
The Mayor's wife is here to tell you it's all fine and well to protest, they just don't want to see it. It's too bad she's not married to a lawyer who can tell her that sidewalks are one of the quintessential public fora.

www.startribune.com/jacob-frey-p...
August 25, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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As non-accusatory as possible, because I'm speaking generally & not solely about this precise instance/encounter:

So nobody's punching ANY of these guys?

Having a hard time understanding why.
There's no line, then? Just... Walking around us unbothered?
state fair is always so good but why do I feel like we really slid extra hard into fascism when I wasn’t looking?

a casual alligator Alcatraz hat like ppl just wear auschwitz merch now??
August 24, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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Hey State Fair goers! If you fancy a bit of a scavenger hunt, my uncle ‘Neil Stoeckel’s memorial bench is somewhere in the livestock area every year. My sweet elderly aunt is planning to go on Monday & would love to know where it is to take her annual photo with it. ❤️ Let me know if you spot it?
August 23, 2025 at 4:24 PM
One last thing about Dobson: I used to feel like maybe I was overreacting re: my MIL giving me & my daughter FOtF books etc, but seeing so many ppl talking about the abuse they suffered as a result of his brand of evil reassures me that I was not.
I hope all the victims are healing. 🫶
August 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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90 Minutes of James Dobson Burning In Hell (2025)
August 22, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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may every child abused at james dobson's direction be loved and protected as adults, if they are still with us💜

one of those days where you wish people got the afterlife they believed in and deserved

a shame it was peaceful at 89. he deserved worse.
August 21, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Oh! What tremendous news!
I'm not in the habit of celebrating a person's death, but this guy suuuuuuuuuuuuuucked. He was an absolute scum-sucking, vile, hateful maggot who actively made this world worse.
www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/08/jame...
August 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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This is the ongoing ramification of the Feeding Our Future fraud and other similar frauds perpetrated on the MN State Government. It is harder to get government grants and those that do exist have less money: www.kare11.com/article/news...
Wildflyer Coffee asks customers to 'Make the Switch' to help young people facing homelessness
The Social Enterprise business has grown to meet demand amid the housing crisis, but it suddenly had a critical grant cut in half.
www.kare11.com
August 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Tomorrow, Minneapolis
Testimony Opportunity! Council continues to lead on reining in the broken MPD off-duty system, and is considering a proposal that would recoup $1.4 million that taxpayers pay so that officers can work private side gigs.
August 12, 2025 at 4:49 PM
LOL, I saw Dead Poets Society that summer at Har Mar 11 (which was something of a special treat, usually we waited 'til films went to the cheap cinema, Roseville 4). I was probably too young for the subject matter, but IDK if my grandma knew what it was about?
The classic summer cinema of 1989
August 12, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Man at store last night was complaining that glue sticks only came in multi-packs. (List must have asked for 1?!) I cannot comment on family's $ sitch, but sir, just buy the multipack. Your 7?yo is going to need more than 1. Contribute to the class or keep them for home. They won't go to waste.
August 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM