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   V (miss_rodent@girlcock.club)'s status on Thursday, 25-Jun-2026 01:42:12 JST V

   So not the recent trip to MN, but the pevious one when I was staying in downtown minneapolis for a week, I ended up heading to a small bookshop out there near the hotel,
   And an older man, I think an owner of the shop, asked for help carrying things inside -
   I didn't think much of it, just helped carry it in with him, bought a couple of books.
   But thinking back on it - it stands out, because it was the only time a stranger asked me - a visibly-queer stranger - for help like that in the midwest

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 25-Jun-2026 01:42:01 JST Paul Cantrell

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     This is a very, very normal thing to happen in Minneapolis.

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 25-Jun-2026 01:52:42 JST Paul Cantrell

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     Well, I’m not surprised! Do you remember which bookstore it was?

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     V (miss_rodent@girlcock.club)'s status on Thursday, 25-Jun-2026 01:52:43 JST V

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     • Paul Cantrell

     @inthehands Fair, I've had it happen in several cities in NY, but, I'm also a local here; minneapolis is the only time I've had it happen elsewhere really, lol.

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 25-Jun-2026 02:14:21 JST Paul Cantrell

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     That is a sweet little place! I used to work across the street 20 years ago, but haven’t been there in yeeears. It’s substantially south of the courthouse, but…maybe the place?

     If you’re in town again, be sure to visit Moon Palace (an easy train ride from downtown). I suspect you would feel at home there.

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     V (miss_rodent@girlcock.club)'s status on Thursday, 25-Jun-2026 02:14:22 JST V

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     • Paul Cantrell

     @inthehands not off the top of my head, it was between the courthouse & nicollette mall,
     *searches*
     James & Mary Laurie Booksellers, I think?

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 25-Jun-2026 02:35:59 JST Paul Cantrell

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     Oh wow, what a crappy occasion for a visit! I sure hope your friend came out of that awful experience OK. And I hope you can visit under better circumstances.

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     V (miss_rodent@girlcock.club)'s status on Thursday, 25-Jun-2026 02:36:00 JST V

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     • Paul Cantrell

     @inthehands It was close enough that I walked past it a few times, but, I was also stress-walking around downtown a fair bit because I was there for a friend's trial x.x;; so maybe farther from the courthouse than it seemed