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Bill Childs

@billchilds.bsky.social

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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.

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Bill Childs @billchilds.bsky.social · 19m

Will DM details, but I see a ton of people walking in both Highland generally and also Union Park/Mac Groveland/Cathedral Hill, with sort of Grand as the spine of that

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Bill Childs @billchilds.bsky.social · 24m

I know the original post was nominally about “MSP” but that most of the follow-up is about just the M part of that. St. Paul has at least a few walkable neighborhoods with things to walk *to*; I don’t know if that translates to more pedestrians or not.

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Bill Childs @billchilds.bsky.social · 54m

Absolutely not.

NYT headline

'SportsCenter' For the LinkedIn
Crowd

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Bill Childs @billchilds.bsky.social · 10h

A lot of people don’t know that Ashley Furniture is named after Bruce Campbell’s character in the Evil Dead franchise.

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Bill Childs @billchilds.bsky.social · 11h

Here we goooo

Bill Childs @billchilds.bsky.social · 13h

I subscribe to the actual paper but I try to avert my eyes

Bill Childs @billchilds.bsky.social · 14h

This is also true about Soucheray about bike lanes

Bill Childs @billchilds.bsky.social · Sep 20

A friendly reminder to others in Saint Paul that you are under absolutely no obligation to read Soucheray about police funding or any other subject

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Bill Childs @billchilds.bsky.social · 15h

Had a ticket and then sold it because the younger kid said he’d come home to go see the Evil Dead with a live ensemble and, well, that won out

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Paula W @toomuchbrudders.bsky.social · 16h

Ahh, Bill - we meet again! All it took was a search for all things Madeleine L’Engle after writing about her friendship with my poet mom: toomuchbrudders.com/2025/10/10/m...

Love & blessings, Madeleine L'Engle | Too Much Brudders blog

My mom was dear friends with A Wrinkle in Time author Madeleine L'Engle. Here are some of their letters from over the years.

toomuchbrudders.com

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Bill Childs @billchilds.bsky.social · 15h

Paula!! So great to see you here.

Bill Childs @billchilds.bsky.social · 16h

Also that

Bill Childs @billchilds.bsky.social · 16h

I mean, we’re beating St. John’s in soccer right now

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daviss @chaddavis.photography · 16h

"Thank God law enforcement intervened and arrested Cepeda before he could have potentially shot or killed anyone."

Here's some pictures i've taken at the Minnesota State Capitol, Governor Tim Walz's Residence and Woodbury.

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Bill Childs @billchilds.bsky.social · 16h

Saaame

Bill Childs @billchilds.bsky.social · 18h

The short-lived kerfuffle between two fedora-wearing dudes at a very chill Jason Isbell show was pretty great

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Bill Childs @billchilds.bsky.social · 18h

Saw that guy the other day. Great vibes

Bill Childs @billchilds.bsky.social · 18h

fun little set for next weekend

songs from a radio show:
Justin Roberts - New Haircut
Ants on a Log - Some Girls Have Short Hair
Alex the Astronaut - Haircut
ID
The Replacements - Androgynous

Bill Childs @billchilds.bsky.social · 19h

Gosh, I love this song, and love playing it on the radio for families.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jxym...

Alex the Astronaut - Haircut (Official Video)

YouTube video by Alex the Astronaut

www.youtube.com

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Bill Childs @billchilds.bsky.social · 19h

also does that say "crunchy patriots"

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Bill Childs @billchilds.bsky.social · 19h

anyway subscribe to @racketmn.com

Keith Harris @usefulnoise.bsky.social · 21h

I'm at the Freedom Summit in Alexandria MN today. #pray4keith

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Bill Childs @billchilds.bsky.social · 20h

Come back in time for Evil Dead tonight, just to cleanse the palate

Bill Childs @billchilds.bsky.social · 20h

“Spread truth like a chemtrail” just about ended me

Keith Harris @usefulnoise.bsky.social · 20h

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Bill Childs @billchilds.bsky.social · 20h

That sounds cool as hell

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Nate Patrin @natepatrin.bsky.social · 20h

a lot of my upcoming cover songs book addresses the question of what happens when the biggest change to the song is the demographics of the people playing it, and this definitely makes the cut

Bill Childs @billchilds.bsky.social · 4d

Hadn’t heard it before! Probably my third favorite version after the original and this one:

youtu.be/ZR6mM_zfxwE?...

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Bill Childs @billchilds.bsky.social · 20h

Also Fastball--yes, Fastball!--did a great almost-hardcore version for an Austin tribute to the Replacements:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkQS...

Fastball "Androgynous" (Replacements cover) 1998

YouTube video by EJ Anderson