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John Maddening!

@johnmaddening.bsky.social

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Voice of F1rst Wrestling and various other detritus. Movies, traveling, board games, bicycling, women’s sports, Star Wars & 007. Owns more Lego than most children.

🌎: Saint Paul, Minnesota.

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@johnmaddening.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 10:49 PM

I lived in the one next door to the north for a summer, back in 1994.

@johnmaddening.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 10:48 PM

Hell, The Wedge isn’t even in The Wedge. And don’t worry, 26th and 27th are both in The Wedge.

The real, official, and 100% accurate borders of The Wedge, Uptown, and Lyn-Lake. None of these borders are in any way arbitrary, and most importantly, none are official neighborhoods, so it doesn’t matter — what people call The Wedge is actually “Lowry Hill East”, “Uptown” is officially four different neighborhoods, and don’t even get me started on Lyn-Lake.
@johnmaddening.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 7:50 PM

I lived on 26th and Bryant, and at Lagoon and Irving. Only one of the two did I refer to as “Uptown”.

@johnmaddening.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 7:48 PM

There are people who think everything south of 394 and west of 35W is Uptown. Who cares, they’re wrong too.

@johnmaddening.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 6:20 PM

That’s what the business owners’ group that campaigned for that designation back in the 1930s decided the borders would be. There’s an apartment building a mile into Saint Louis Park called “Edge of Uptown Apartments”, is that at least too far for you?

@johnmaddening.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 6:16 PM

Maplewood is part of Saint Paul! Manitoba is part of Minnesota!

@johnmaddening.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 6:14 PM

Uptown is a business district bordered by 28th, Dupont, 31st, and the lakes. Any attempts to embiggen it are because it used to have cachet. It’s like saying the Fairgrounds are in Saint Paul. Or that you’re an astronaut because you’ve been in an airplane.

@fractalchurn.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 2:01 PMReposted by @johnmaddening.bsky.social

you ever see a piece of art that you can't react to without going to prison

variant cover for the Marvel/SW crossover with Obi-Wan using cerebro somehow
@johnmaddening.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 3:01 AM

Just one?

@johnmaddening.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 12:42 AM

You want me to swing by on my way home?

@johnmaddening.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 9:11 PM

Wonder what Nicole Coenen could do with this bad boy.

@johnmaddening.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 7:16 PM

John sounds like a dork.

@dileksayedahmed.bsky.socialSep 19, 2026, 1:38 AMReposted by @johnmaddening.bsky.social

I truly, deeply, sincerely do think the guy flipping burgers at McDonalds should be able to afford rent, bills, and groceries with his paycheck alone. That's kind of the whole point of having a job and I can't believe this is considered a radical position.🤷🏽‍♀️

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@johnmaddening.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 6:46 PMReposted by @johnmaddening.bsky.social

Look ma, I'm in the newspaper!

Thanks to @rossraihala.bsky.social for telling the story of The Jacket™️!

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@dieworkwear.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 6:50 AMReposted by @johnmaddening.bsky.social

good lord how can anyone be this whiny; are you not ashamed

Donald Trump writes on Truth Social: "This is the woman who received the Nobel Peace Prize over the Great United States of America, whose Representative, ME, settled eight Wars, and many other things. I know nothing about this woman, and neither does anyone else! In fact, to the best of my knowledge, no one ever heard of her other than the fact that she, very obviously, hates Israel. I don’t know what the woman has done. I settled 8 Wars, with letters being sent from every President and Prime Minister from the countries that I helped to the Norwegian Nobel Committee, and I’m about to settle, or win, two more, Iran and, Russia/Ukraine. They’re both happening at breakneck speed but, forget them, it’s the 8 that I’ve already settled, any one of which, in particular, Pakistan and India, would be far more than necessary to win the Nobel Prize. In actuality, I should have won 8 Nobel Peace Prizes, not just 1. The 8 Wars are:"Donald Trump writes on Truth Social: "Cambodia and Thailand
Kosovo and Serbia
The Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda
Pakistan and India
Israel and Iran
Egypt and Ethiopia
Armenia and Azerbaijan
Israel and Hamas
Additionally, I stopped Iran from having a Nuclear Weapon, and blowing up the entire Middle East and, ultimately, far beyond! I saved more lives than anyone in History and, as Maria Corina Machado, a truly fine person, stated to the Media when she gave me her Nobel Prize of last year, “Donald Trump settled many Wars, and deserves the Nobel Peace Prize more than any person that has ever received it.” Based on my record of PEACE, a record like no one else has ever achieved, I agree! I got back all of the hostages in Israel, including the final 28, both living and dead, and worked with Hamas to"
Donald Trump writes on Truth Social: "PEACE, a record like no one else has ever achieved, I agree! I got back all of the hostages in Israel, including the final 28, both living and dead, and worked with Hamas to do it — Nobody believed this was possible! I removed the World’s Evil Dictator, Nicolas Maduro, from Venezuela, and am in the process of making Venezuela a rich Democracy. Likewise, with Iran, I stopped them from destroying Israel, the Middle East, and Europe. I am also preventing, on a constant basis, a War between South Korea and North Korea, and Japan and North Korea. Add China and Taiwan, and numerous other hot spots, which have not been involved in Wars, only because of President Donald J. Trump, and the United States of America. I am responsible for having NATO countries increase spending from 2% to 5% of GDP, creating a stronger alliance and defense, another thing that everybody said was impossible to do. I have negotiated the release, and secured the return, of more than 900 political prisoners from multiple countries"Donald Trump writes on Truth Social: "another thing that everybody said was impossible to do. I have negotiated the release, and secured the return, of more than 900 political prisoners from multiple countries in Eastern Europe. Additionally, I have brought 196 hostages HOME from captivity, from all over the World, and did it without having paid a ransom, unlike Biden and Obama who would pay Billions of Dollars. On top of it all, I have created a soon to be very prosperous Arctic. Despite all of this, the Nobel Prize was given today to a liberal person who works at the United Nations, who nobody has ever heard of. In all of the Wars that I have settled, I never spoke to the United Nations—they were of no help. The United States of America, represented by me, as your President, should have received the Nobel Peace Prize, but didn’t. This is an indelible stain on Norway, one that will never be forgotten. The Nobel “Peace” Prize has been forever discredited by a handful of Radical Ideologues who are Anti-Democracy, and Enemies of Civilization! President DONALD J. TRUMP"
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@johnmaddening.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 3:10 PM

👁️

@johnmaddening.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 11:54 PM

Luckily, I only have one awful Mayor, and she’s been in office for a little over nine months. Those poor schlubs in Minneapolis have had one for eight years.

@johnmaddening.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 2:56 AMReposted by @johnmaddening.bsky.social

Well, that was a delight. Thanks to all my compatriots and competitors, as well as the fine folks who did all the logistics work to make a fun event like this happen. It was wonderful to call out Kim Bartmann and Brian Ingram for being awful in front of 160 folks, and trash our awful Mayor as well.

@johnmaddening.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 10:16 PM

Cargill’s post, with an Onion story making fun of Sorkin immediately above it.
@johnmaddening.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 10:00 PM

I love a good walk-and-talk.

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