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Matthew Vinge

@mvinge.bsky.social

Turning your kids into rock stars, chasing the northern lights and exploring Minnesota. I dig music, guitars, ukulele and stargazing. πŸ“ΈπŸŽΈπŸ”­ St. Paul/Minneapolis/North Shore

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Yea the ICE OUT version

04.03.2026 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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ICE thinks we're dumb but I clocked this dude immediately at Ramsey Sheriff office (skyway) downtown

Every "woke" sticker on a blacked out tinted truck lol

"ICE out"
"Fuck Trump"
"🌈"
"Free Palastine"
πŸ‡²πŸ‡½

Cali plate not in database yet but masked driver floored it when I took pic

They're still here

04.03.2026 19:06 β€” πŸ‘ 111    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2
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The clouds ruined it. Only pic I got of the lunar eclipse was during the partial phase before the full eclipse. The blacked out part of the moon is earths shadow. I only had a few minutes before clouded out the rest of the night.

Next total lunar eclipse visible in MN will be in June 2029 πŸ₯²

04.03.2026 00:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That would be awesome. I have a few spots in mind but I will need to go wherever the clouds are not. That might not be anywhere unfortunately. We'll see!

03.03.2026 04:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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If you get up early & look west, you MIGHT catch the blood moon lunar eclipse 🩸🌚 5am-6am CST

It'll be low on horizon. Makes for cool pic bc able to include a foreground below the blood red moon even w phone camera.

Clouds will be problem in Minnesota 😒😭 but might get lucky??πŸ€žπŸ™

My pic from 3/15/25

03.03.2026 03:48 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Raining Blood
YouTube video by Slayer - Topic Raining Blood

Nobody made a Slayer reference so I have to 🀘

Album: Reign In Blood
Song: Raining Blood

03.03.2026 03:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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ET snowman outside the Union Depot, St. Paul, MN

02.03.2026 18:54 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"We send our love & eternal gratitude to the families of the fallen (American soliders) & sadly, there will likely be more before it ends. That's the way it is."

- Our psyochopathic POTUS who can not satisfactorily explain why he started this war with zero public support.

02.03.2026 00:21 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Nice dude. 16 years + 1 month over here. Feels good to feel good.

23.02.2026 05:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Paul McCartney doc was great. Follows him '69-'81 as he goes solo after the breakup. No surprises but good archival footage and fresh new commentary from Paul & Wings members. Makes for a good addendum to Get Back. Reminds you why & justifies how much we all love him. Starts streaming on Friday.

22.02.2026 23:31 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think you're in S metro. Groth Music is local fav music store on Nicollet Ave. They have lessons. Guitar Center on Penn has good teachers. My buddy owns Anthem Music Academy in Bloomington. He's got dozens of 5 stars on Google. I can help you too but I'm in St Paul & Chaska/Chan

22.02.2026 23:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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JustinGuitar Grade 1 - Beginner Guitar Course - YouTube Hey, welcome to the JustinGuitar Beginner Guitar Course! - the BEST one ever made. :) Are you ready for some fun? 🎸 In Grade 1, you’ll learn all the basics t...

Awesome. If it's totally new or feel like need refresher, try taking advantage YouTube instructionals first to get yourself going on the fundamentals. Couple weeks 15-30min/day, eventually discover difficulty that needs pro help. Quality lessons are expensive & that stuff will be covered either way

22.02.2026 23:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

JNCO jeans are alive and well! I see them on my high school students at least a few times a week. That trend reemerged a couple years ago and is still going strong believe or not

22.02.2026 03:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Anyone see/seeing the new Paul Mccartney doc this weekend?

Unreleased music and making of Band On The Run!

Only a couple showings in MN and only a handful of seats remain in the 3 theaters playing it in the metro area on Sunday.

21.02.2026 03:02 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

They are in downtown St Paul at this very moment casing restaurants that close soon and the 3 hospitals.

Observer friend was followed home into downtown by 2 confirmed ICE plates this morning. Took her pic and drove away, didn't hide it.

This ain't over at all.

21.02.2026 02:16 β€” πŸ‘ 403    πŸ” 205    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 7
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Light pollution maps are so very useful but gotta remember to look at area north of your location, making sure horizon is also free of light pollution

My fav map now has tool to show you that from anywhere

Example: my pic from Finland, MN w/ dark northern horizon as good as it gets (Grey color) 😍

20.02.2026 23:34 β€” πŸ‘ 447    πŸ” 38    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2

I think it's called club level. Section C3

20.02.2026 19:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I got first row club level. Not bad

20.02.2026 19:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

For sure. That's been my move for the last couple of years, and it seems to work most of the time. It's just a little nerve wracking with the high demand shows.

20.02.2026 17:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Ohh I see those are florida tickets. Wow yea that's great seats. I guess I got in the waiting room right on time then for MN 🀞

20.02.2026 17:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh man. lol. Not looking good. Was there a way to get in early? It only let me get in the waiting room 5 min ago.

20.02.2026 17:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you!

15.02.2026 18:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I saw it on Isle Royale cam just before 7pm last night. It was pretty weak most of the night but still made for an ok pic.

15.02.2026 18:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Valentines Day Aurora.

I bought some chocolates on the way north and shoved a stick in the box to make πŸ’ prop. lol

Hinkley, Minnesota 11:00pm CST

15.02.2026 05:33 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Let's not get too excited yet but Valentines Day aurora is possible tonight if she keeps charging up πŸ’šπŸ’ Europe already seen some action in last hour. Isle Royale is seeing it now.

Probably not worth taking a trip but if you're up north already, try taking a pic facing north over the next few hours.

15.02.2026 01:05 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Pop up noise demonstration outside confirmed hotel hosting ICE in downtown St Paul. These smaller demos stop right at 10pm on the dot to avoid breaking noise ordinance. The priority is maintaining visibility over many nights of annoyance. Dedicated protesters make a lot of noise

13.02.2026 06:13 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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I didn't notice on Sunday.

Billie Joe from Green Day was rockin' the Minnesota rebel loon on his Les Paul Junior 🎸 at the Super Bowl.

His wife is from MN and they have a house here. He mentions it everyone they play MN.

12.02.2026 04:45 β€” πŸ‘ 124    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Gotta watch all highlights of Pam Bondi deflecting every single question this morning.

Never been more embarrassing & alarming public crash out from anyone at this level of power in the history of United States.

In any other admin, she'd be fired within hours

They all know they're going downπŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯

11.02.2026 18:58 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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NSA, CIA, FBI, ICE & Police watching the ring camera "lost dog finder" commercial:

09.02.2026 02:12 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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The least viewed sunset of the year is the Super Bowl sunset but I got ya πŸˆπŸŒ…

09.02.2026 00:34 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0