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Bill Childs @billchilds.bsky.social · 9h

anyway subscribe to @racketmn.com

Keith Harris @usefulnoise.bsky.social · 10h

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

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Racket @racketmn.com · 9h

It's the freakin' weekend:

Freeloader Friday: 121 Free Things To Do This Weekend - Racket

St. Paul Art Crawl happenings, a THC Oktoberfest, outdoor movie screenings, book parties, and a Trekkie bar crawl.

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Racket @racketmn.com · 23h

Plus someone regrets their 'Precarious State' interview, repainting a painted-over mural, and big plans around Allianz Field in today's Flyover news roundup:

Welcome to St. Paul, Where the Cops… Do Their Jobs - Racket

Plus someone regrets their 'Precarious State' interview, repainting a painted-over mural, and big plans around Allianz Field in today's Flyover news roundup.

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Racket @racketmn.com · 1d

“Most food we have here, it’s Somali food, and I don’t want our kids, born here, to forget their culture and the recipes.”

Albi Kitchen Serves Up Somali Sambusas and Sweets in a Super-Cute Space - Racket

This new Loring Park restaurant is full of happy surprises.

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Racket @racketmn.com · 1d

Happy banned books week!

How One MN School District Killed Its Right-Wing Book Ban - Racket

St. Francis School Board members recently restricted certain books to appease conservative ideologues. But the Trump-voting exurban community isn’t as monolithic as the book banners thought.

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Racket @racketmn.com · 1d

Plus someone regrets their 'Precarious State' interview, repainting a painted-over mural, and big plans around Allianz Field in today's Flyover news roundup:

Welcome to St. Paul, Where the Cops… Do Their Jobs - Racket

Plus someone regrets their 'Precarious State' interview, repainting a painted-over mural, and big plans around Allianz Field in today's Flyover news roundup.

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Spencer White @spencer-white.bsky.social · 1d

It's banned book week, so I will now shamelessly ask you to check out this article I wrote a while back for @racketmn.com about one MN school district reversing its right-wing book ban racketmn.com/st-francis-m...

How One MN School District Killed Its Right-Wing Book Ban - Racket

St. Francis School Board members recently restricted certain books to appease conservative ideologues. But the Trump-voting exurban community isn’t as monolithic as the book banners thought.

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Ian @mplsnightmayor.bsky.social · 1d

It took me 5000 words, and Grok just... tweeted it out.
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Racket @racketmn.com · 1d

Where we buyin’ groceries these days?

We're Talkin' Groceries in This Week's Open Thread - Racket

As we do every Friday, we're turning Racket over to you, the readers.

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em cassel @biketrouble.bsky.social · 1d

i've been to albi kitchen twice this week—it's great! you should go!

Albi Kitchen Serves Up Somali Sambusas and Sweets in a Super-Cute Space - Racket

This new Loring Park restaurant is full of happy surprises.

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Racket @racketmn.com · 1d

“Most food we have here, it’s Somali food, and I don’t want our kids, born here, to forget their culture and the recipes.”

Albi Kitchen Serves Up Somali Sambusas and Sweets in a Super-Cute Space - Racket

This new Loring Park restaurant is full of happy surprises.

racketmn.com

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Racket @racketmn.com · 1d

Lookin’ good, Scott!

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Racket @racketmn.com · 1d

Folks, it's almost the freakin' weekend:

Freeloader Friday: 121 Free Things To Do This Weekend - Racket

St. Paul Art Crawl happenings, a THC Oktoberfest, outdoor movie screenings, book parties, and a Trekkie bar crawl.

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Racket @racketmn.com · 1d

Plus let's talk about Betty McCollum, asset seizure on the rise in MN, and signs of Dinkytown's changing in today's Flyover news roundup:

Jason Kelce Shouts Out 'Axiest' in 'Minneanapolis' - Racket

Plus let's talk about Betty McCollum, asset seizure on the rise in MN, and signs of Dinkytown's changing in today's Flyover news roundup.

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Racket @racketmn.com · 1d

Folks grouse that this is "a bad year for music" (a judgment I've heard from somebody for other every year I've been paying attention), but me, I keep hearing new songs I like.

New Music Playlists: Hooligans, Reckonings, Snails, Squirrels, Townies, and the Best Song Ever About Trenton, NJ - Racket

5 great new local songs, 5 great new song from everywhere else, and 1 not-great new song that belongs nowhere

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Racket @racketmn.com · 2d

“It was just so different from any other store, because it's skeletons all over the place.”

Remember When You Could Buy Human Skeletons at the Mall of America? - Racket

BareBones was a true MOA oddity—and a place where Kurt Cobain once reportedly spent $4,000 on replica bones.

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Racket @racketmn.com · 2d

The movies, they've been a-listed.

On the Big Screen This Week: Cine Latino, Channing Tatum, and All Kind of Screams - Racket

Pretty much all the movies you can catch in the Twin Cities this week.

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Racket @racketmn.com · 2d

In today's Flyover news roundup...

Jason Kelce Shouts Out 'Axiest' in 'Minneanapolis' - Racket

Plus let's talk about Betty McCollum, asset seizure on the rise in MN, and signs of Dinkytown's changing in today's Flyover news roundup.

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em cassel @biketrouble.bsky.social · 2d

BRING BACK THE BONE STORE

Racket @racketmn.com · 2d

We used to be a proper country.

Remember When You Could Buy Human Skeletons at the Mall of America? - Racket

BareBones was a true MOA oddity—and a place where Kurt Cobain once reportedly spent $4,000 on replica bones.

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Racket @racketmn.com · 2d

We used to be a proper country.

Remember When You Could Buy Human Skeletons at the Mall of America? - Racket

BareBones was a true MOA oddity—and a place where Kurt Cobain once reportedly spent $4,000 on replica bones.

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Racket @racketmn.com · 2d

you: I don't know what to listen to
us:

New Music Playlists: Hooligans, Reckonings, Snails, Squirrels, Townies, and the Best Song Ever About Trenton, NJ - Racket

5 great new local songs, 5 great new song from everywhere else, and 1 not-great new song that belongs nowhere

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Racket @racketmn.com · 2d

In today's Flyover news roundup... racketmn.com/mpls-crime-v...

Mpls Crime: Violence Down, Vibes Off, Chief Silent - Racket

Plus National Guard in MN?, former Twin's indie-rock connection, and 'Joe Mauer of Mahtomedi' in today's Flyover news roundup.

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Plate Stealer @platestealer.bsky.social · 3d

The work print of this is so disjointed I'm not sure it's even possible to edit it into coherence. But it's interesting anyway and I hope it gets a release. This is also a generally great article about Mitch and his connection to Minnesota and the line cook life

Racket @racketmn.com · 3d

The Minnesota-shot comedy 'Los Enchiladas!' premiered at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival, but never received a proper release. Twenty years after the death of its writer/director/star, that could soon change.

A 25th(ish) Anniversary Oral History of Mitch Hedberg’s Never-Released Movie - Racket

The Minnesota-shot comedy 'Los Enchiladas!' premiered at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival, but never received a proper release. Twenty years after the death of its writer/director/star, that could soon...

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Racket @racketmn.com · 3d

Also: sandwiches. We've gotta talk about the sandwiches. racketmn.com/shepherds-ta...

Shepherds Table: Your MN-Sourced Meat and Cheese Destination Finally Opens in Longfellow - Racket

Also: sandwiches. We've gotta talk about the sandwiches.

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Racket @racketmn.com · 3d

The Minnesota-shot comedy 'Los Enchiladas!' premiered at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival, but never received a proper release. Twenty years after the death of its writer/director/star, that could soon change.

A 25th(ish) Anniversary Oral History of Mitch Hedberg’s Never-Released Movie - Racket

The Minnesota-shot comedy 'Los Enchiladas!' premiered at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival, but never received a proper release. Twenty years after the death of its writer/director/star, that could soon...

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