*play the theme from Cheers...

I’ve got good news…….

The Pineda Tacos 2 location in West St Paul has the sign, too

Scientology Center Speedruns: why not St Paul?

Love agreeing with everybody about a guy who sucks. We're all so right

Whoops! My hunt for a big old TV turned into a 2,200-word feature story.

Subscribing to and reading Racket is like a cheat code to meeting cool people in the Twin Cities and finding cool things to do. If you are new to the area, or are in a moment of transition in your life, truly can't recommend it enough.

we're back with a new episode, tackling the REAL issues: whats the best rob zombie song? how many times did you see grogu this weekend? and whatvif a kid has bad vibes? all this and more on THE CHILD (1977) with @kylenelson.bsky.social! icbymmwt.libsyn.com/the-child-19...

Do we think Shrek is a cryptid in his area or just a guy

I made a frutiger aero soft soap themed xenomorph...

Halloween is in 160ish days fyi

Spoke too soon

The only Red Cow I care about

Angine de Poitrine is polite Meshuggah

May Day pics, a few weeks late: fotoapparatchik.com/photo-archiv...

A lot of people don’t know this, but Slipknot’s hit “Duality” is actually about the experience of being a member of DSA and the Democratic Party at the same time

Under Woke 2, Nu Metal will return and the guitars will have even more strings

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It's Racket's biggest sale of the year! Become a member now and you can win MN Aurora FC tickets, Pride Beer Dabbler passes, and gift cards to local spots like Bench Pressed, Bull's Horn, and more!

HUGE WIN FOR LORING PARK - the state bonding bill is funding the rest of the money needed to complete the berger fountain restoration!! this fountain has sat dry for 6 years and i kinda gave up hope it would ever come back thank you @jason4parks.bsky.social! taylordahlin.com/f/loring-par...

I'm confident there's at least one sicko still wearing The Jacket, sweating through the high-quality corduroy

This Day in Labor History: May 16, 1934. Truckers in Minneapolis went on strike in an action that would lead the way for the Teamsters to represent truckers across the nation and help lay the groundwork for the organization of industrial workers across the nation during the 1930!!!

@chrissteller.bsky.social wellness check

Actually the plural is 'garageS sale'

jpeg is short for Jorts in Winnipeg

Bench Pressed opened the garage door. It's officially summer

Read my article about Streetcar Doubleheaders, and subscribe to Racket, the greatest news outlet on planet earth

i have some friends who do this every year—didn't realize there was a historical precedent for it! loved @scoopsstp.bsky.social's look at the streetcar doubleheaders of yore and the light rail doubleheaders of today

10 years after George Lucas dies, they should release a bad CGI depiction of how it happened

“Rainer is an objective force for good and an advocate for beautiful freaks, nerds, and weirdos," says Conan Neutron, co-founder of Fronz's “heavy, loud, abrasive" Caterwaul music fest.

@mplsnightmayor.bsky.social I am sorry

If you would like to read my AWARD NOMINATED PIECE, I think it is the piece of writing I'm most proud of and I would be delighted for your thoughts and reactions. racketmn.com/whats-the-de...

The Midwest, in this sense, is not simply a story of what has been lost, but of what it takes to hold onto a place when the systems and shared identities that created it no longer exist.

The Twin Cities are in an odd place where SO many people are newly civically activated, but it's the year after major elections. My friends and I are seeing lots of energy with little direction. May I offer some direction? Gift link (but also pay for indie journalism): racketmn.com/get-involved...

Not enough Nu Metal in the current discourse imo

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Rediscovering the thrill of settling on a new Default Shirt

Saw some sick planes fotoapparatchik.com/photo-archiv...

I was recently busted for expressing childlike wonder in public

they're making beautiful people with interesting hobbies work 40 hours a week

bluesky is real life when you’re a member of norm nation 💪🏼

I actually did some minor repairs on the leather camera case for @kylenelson.bsky.social

OUR friend @kylenelson.bsky.social

my friend @kylenelson.bsky.social spent roughly a year messing around with the clarus MS-35 and then wrote one hell of a story about it. part history, part how-to guide, part camera review—i love it so much!

Beyond thrilled: Racket let me geek out on a vintage camera... from Minneapolis racketmn.com/i-tried-the-...

Dead Internet Theory but it's just thousands of Minnesotans skeeting "Norm" at each other