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a guy drops one piece of ham in the snow and he never hears the end of it. co-owner/editor of @racketmn , em @racketmn .com (she/they)
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some personal news!!!
the sun is shining, summer is coming, and i am once again fantasizing about buying a subaru baja
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what if we kissed in the secret garden at the richfield menards
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YOU SIMPLY DO LOVE TO SEE IT
@walkerartcenter
, Minneapolis Schools, and just now
@FirstAvenue
: List cutting ties with MPD grows
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discovered a new way to alienate people at parties last night when i said "i didn't really have legos, we were more of a k'nex family"
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hi! some ~professional news~ is that i'm the editor in chief of
@citypages
now! welp, see ya!
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it's true, CP is done. i'm gutted, obviously. i love my friends and coworkers more than anything. i'm so proud of us and the work we've done.
hey, at least we went out with a middle finger on the cover. love y'all.
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“minneapolis is an apocalyptic hellscape” ok that’s so funny bc my neighbor just brought me a crisp she baked with rhubarb from my garden
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the thing about minneapolis is it’s the greatest city on earth
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i love voting but it always feels a little like i’m a looney toons character who’s about to get tricked into something
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i love ordering spicy food in minnesota!! 9 times out of 10 the hottest option available is mild and scarfable. the 10th time will send you to space
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it is literally the most romantic thing in the world to me to watch minnesotans bundle up on subzero nights just to go to the bar and sit with their friends
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hi everybody! ~personal news thread~: in a twist some are calling "downright shyamalanian," it turns out i'm gonna be the new managing editor of
@citypages
. hoo boy!
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putting a hex on every person who let their sidewalk become a two-inch-thick block of ice!! which is now covered in an inch of snow!!! making it impossible to tell where it’s safe to walk and where you’re all but guaranteed to fall!!!!
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just a thought: racket is a small, relatively cash poor news startup, and we've turned down ads from several musicians, restaurant chains, and breweries who've done harm in the community. saying no is always an option! welp, see ya!
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i truly do not understand why this type of guy lives in a city at all?? walk- and bike-ability is one of the best things urban areas can offer! move literally anywhere else!
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it brings be no joy whatsoever to present the following scoop: after 13 years, the nice ride bikeshare program is effectively done
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sorry are we not going to discuss that the lurline rowing crew circa 1890 was absolutely packing
Lurline Rowing Crew at Lake Calhoun
Date: 1890s
Source: Hennepin County Library.
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got some angry emails about this headline yesterday, and to those people i'd like to say: jesus fucking christ, what was this maskless concert at kmart?
Jesus fucking Christ, what was this maskless concert at Kmart?
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she's burgers is my favorite band in minneapolis right now! they're all 7-10 years old and they write songs about animals and sports and how being a girl is cool! i would die for them!
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i have been waiting to write an op ed about this for a long time: here's why i'm staying in minneapolis after all these years!!!!
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have you ever spent weeks or months avoiding a task that ultimately took you between three and fifteen minutes to complete?
please tell me about it! it's technically for a story but also to make myself feel less bad about being an avoidant ass
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a GOT spinoff where ghost and drogon team up and solve crimes together as unlikely buddies
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north doesn’t deserve grocery stores, kids shouldn’t have free lunch… some of you are really dying on some telling hills this week
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i moved to minneapolis from boston in 2017 and imo a very impactful thing would be to just put real estate listings from coastal cities next to real estate listings from MSP and let people draw their own conclusions ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Minnesota is worth a visit. Better yet, a move here. The state is struggling to share that message, and tourism officials say their old marketing tactics aren't working.
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now at last we can start our long-awaited zine: shitty pages
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your good friend and mine, howie aka bobby cowboy aka robby dogboy aka dr. boyfriend aka hooters mall of america aka the best boy, passed away last night after his battle with cancer. ty everyone who’s walked, played, or snugged with the boy, we’re gonna miss the hell outta him💗
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honestly “jenna falls for a bizarre pillow salesman who’s trying to incite a coup” would be a solid 30-rock b plot
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everyone at
@racketmn
voted for real candidates today
#politicallyHORNY
This is the way I’ve voted in basically every election since I became a journalist: Blank ballot. Only because of the current climate do I feel like sharing publicly.
#PoliticalCelibacy
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we need fund the post office because i sincerely, genuinely love getting mail like this
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i can’t explain it but as a 5’9 girl it’s absolutely a fact
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is this your cat? because they’re in my yard and they’re the coolest looking cat i’ve ever fucking seen
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incredible remarks on the exclusion of voices of color from the city council president who, for example, scheduled a vote on eid so muslim council members wouldn't show up
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you shouldn't call it 'boom island' if you don't want kids to shoot off fireworks there imo
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now that we’re all cool with PUP doing full-on meathead nü-metal breakdowns will y’all please admit sum 41 deserves a redemption arc or
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i know i'll like "tidying up with marie kondo" a minute in because one category encompasses like five rooms of the house and another is just "books"
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when the prevailing narrative is that no one watches women's sports, and your new women's sports bar is packed for about a month straight, i personally think that is worth celebrating or "spiking the ball and dancing" over lol
@RacketMN
I wish them all the luck and I hope they succeed, but spiking the ball and dancing after a few months is silly, especially in the hospitality business. If they can keep a decent crowd when sports are in the doldrums, they have a fighting chance.
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it’s good when the sky at the ballpark looks like this actually
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no mention of the unionization effort or staff turnover but don’t worry: they’re bringing the trout back and the strib is on it
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this kicks so much ass
The original Barneys store on Seventh Avenue, once the most sophisticated department store on earth, is becoming a Spirit Halloween
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one think i've always loved about minneapolis is the way it *looks*, you know? so i talked to some of the city's most prolific sign painters about their disappearing trade. (fair warning: i'm too nostalgic! too romantic!! it's just paint!!)
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could boludo..... be the new pizza luce
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breaking: star tribune announces city pages offices are now a spirit halloween
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good morning, i would like to tell you all that the new thai place on nicollet is very, very good
Did Thai Curry Just Become My New Takeout Thai Go-To in Minneapolis? - Racket
(It did.)
racketmn.com
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this is the most personal thing i've published for
@citypages
or anyone so of course it's a dramatic recap of a
@fleetwoodmac
show
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while other local publications consulted with lawyers, politicians, and medical professionals about the effects of 5 milligram gummies, your buds at racket decided to just… eat ‘em
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not to be dramatic but
@remember_sarah
drops a local-angle BOMBSHELL regarding the origins of
@yourewrongabout
in this interview
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not trying to shame anyone! just seems weird imo!
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the crazy thing about wealthy people is that it's just.... never enough. you already make a million a year, like what hole inside of yourself are you trying to fill
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linkedin just reminded me that i've been at
@citypages
three years this week! not to be dramatic but moving to minneapolis to work for CP is the best decision i've ever made! i hope i'm not fucking it up too much! welp, see ya!
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people who reply to the strib have a really specific kind of brain worm
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if i had a publication right now i’d introduce a segment called MAYOR WATCH that updates folks on how long it’s been since jacob was seen or heard from
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nature really is healing, bands are announcing tours that skip over the twin cities again🥲
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i’ve gathered you all here today to brag about my favorite house DIY to date!! after three-plus years of using this weird space as a junk pile that was hidden behind a crime in stereo banner i turned it into a magical lil bookshelf!!!
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the bike bus is so good! it gets kids outside! it fosters autonomy and independence! it’s a weekly demonstration and a call to action that we need infrastructure that prioritizes our most vulnerable users! and it’s very very cute!!!
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100 degrees out? fuck it, we're ranking the dairy queens
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it’s my birthday weekend and i’m in two harbors please compliment my tiny agate haul thanks
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good morning, everyone look what my mom did to her old city pages sweatshirt
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not to be dramatic but look how cute my bikepacking setup is rn! it’s been many years and tons of trial and error to get here and i love her!
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you can smoke weed openly along 7th street at first ave’s legalized it fest but can’t get a hamm’s at the entry because it’s an all-ages show in here… bizarre energy!
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i am once again asking the important questions
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finally finished hanging stuff in the living room and i guess you could call this a, uh, a *hardcore-ner* am i right folks
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racket isn’t endorsing candidates but i’m happy to tell you how i voted bc the truly objective, opinionless journalist is a falsehood that perpetuates the status quo: NO on 1, YES on 2, YES on 3.
i ranked
@SheilaFTP
#1
and
@kateknuth
#2
and am not ranking frey.
welp, see ya!
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HAHAHA omg i’m sorry just logging on but the fact that liz collin couldn’t even get hired by a real fascist publication, just the local one… beautiful
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lately i've been saying "i'm in my kölsch era!!!" which has surely been annoying friends and loved ones, but fuck it, i'm in my kölsch era
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lately i’ve noticed a lot of local, independent restaurants—bebe zito, slice brothers, boludo, centro, wrecktangle, and loads more—expanding super, super quickly. so i tried to find out why that’s happening!
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i think it’s neat that your “nonprofit” can gut local radio stations while paying your CEO $700k a year! very christian of ya!
Why does MN have 9 near-identical Christian music radio stations? In short: a nonprofit giant that's exploiting FCC loopholes to become a billion-dollar entity.
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scoooop: indigenous food lab is opening a restaurant/tea bar/market at midtown global where you'll be able to get some of the same stuff you can find at owamni👀
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the number of times i’ve narrowly avoided getting smoked while riding on portland this year is HIGH
The Worst Bike Lanes in Minneapolis - Racket
Let’s discuss some of the worst offenders.
racketmn.com
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incredibly,
@RacketMN
is coming up on one full year as a website that exists! that means i'm allowed to do a prompt tweet: what's yr favorite racket story from the last year?
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egg on a roll sandwiches:
- super creative, entirely scratch-made
- $6.99-$8.99 each
- fucking delicious, i would eat one every day if i lived in the north loop
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i know you can't get people to click on a covid story anymore, but against my better judgement i went long on the pandemic's enduring impact on restaurants
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not to be dramatic but my self esteem is uncomfortably high rn
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we've removed the paywall on this resource; fake abortion clinics are evil
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someone stole my beloved, ancient, impossibly loud, barely-running pickup truck out of our driveway last night. if you can keep an eye and ear out that would be nice. feel like pure shit just want her back.
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pints of guinness make you strong, tallboys of high life make you text someone you shouldn’t
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why is the mall of america movie theater not screening oppenheimer??? this is the obvious setting for a barbenheimer experience bc you can shop and drink at the mall in between!!! i feel insane
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in 1999, a pair of east coast-bred, LA-based comedy writers working on a show set in texas wrote an extremely minnesota episode about lutefisk. as one of four people who thinks about this a lot in 2019, i tracked those writers down to ask: sorry but what
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very excited to bring you this story on thrive at aliveness, the first free PrEP clinic in minnesota. this shit is so important!!! PrEP is extremely effective and extremely expensive!!! and it's not just for gay cis men!!!
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finally: some good news about local bike shops!!!
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do you have any memories, fond or otherwise, about the mall of america hooters? please @ or DM me, it's for a story
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one of many ways minnesota gives you worms for brains is you get seven inches of snow and think “nice night to go raftin”
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