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Casey Common

@caseycommon.bsky.social
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Minnesotan. St. Paulite. Native Apple Valleyan. Aspiring journalist.

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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 19h
and Paramount owned by Gulf and Western Industries
Paramount logo with the descriptor “A Gulf+Western Company”
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
When the Vikings win with 5 field goals and no touchdowns
Former Vikings coach Jerry Burns, who famously went on an obscenity-filled rant after his offensive coordinator was booed during a 23-21 overtime victory in which the Vikings’ Rich Karlis kicked seven field goals.
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Jackson Browne’s Running on Empty is not yacht rock.
Norman Rockwell’s Freedom of Speech painting
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Zapf Chancery? Was Marine One designed on a Macintosh II?
Photo of President Trump and China’s Xi Jinping on the new White House helipad

(Associated Press photo)The stairs of Marine One with “Welcome Aboard Marine One” printed in the Zapf Chancery font
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Detroit Lakes, hello
A vista including Detroit Lake in Detroit Lakes, Minn.
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
😢
2022 Google view of 119 N. 1st St., Minneapolis
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
uncermsounily
Story preview with “unceremoniously” misspelled so badly it’s actually hard to do. At least they’re still using humans
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Tim Harlow
AUGUST 27, 2026 AT 7:47 PM

No more pedestrian bridge over Como Av.

The temporary pedestrian bridge over Como Avenue on the south end of the fairgrounds is not in service this year and it's not coming back. The bridge allowing those who park in the lot near the Coliseum and walk over Como Avenue without having to wait for a break in traffic was retired ahead of the 2025 fair. The bridge was installed each year and inspected by a structural engineer, but "we are no longer comfortable installing it," a fair spokesperson said. Access from the parking lot to the fairgrounds remains. "Fair guests can still purchase admission tickets on the south side of Como Avenue and will be directed to cross at the crosswalk and enter through Gate No. 9," the spokesperson said.
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
1988
Minnesota State Fair pedestrian bridge in a still frame from a 1988 KARE-TV report
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
RIP old friend
The pedestrian bridge over Como Avenue at the Minnesota State Fair (2024)
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
They’re making Salted Nut Rolls somewhere, apparently!
Bags of mini Salted Nut Rolls among the Halloween candy selection at Menards
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
New Dogwood Coffee dropping soon in St. Paul
Dogwood Coffee Co. opening early fall 2026
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Is “boulevard” a Minnesota thing?
What gave you away
Answers that point most strongly to Minnesota.

What do you call the area of grass between the sidewalk and the road?
What is your generic term for a sweetened carbonated beverage?
What do you call the thing from which you might drink water in a school?
other
pop
drinking fountain
What do you call it when rain falls while the sun is shining?
sunshower
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Update: We made it
View from the entrance of the crop art gallery at the Minnesota State Fair
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Update
Crop art line at the Minnesota State Fair
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Got in line for crop art and a fair staffer advised us that it’s an hour and a half wait. “We used to tell people that the line is shorter later in the day, but we’re not so sure about that anymore.”
The line for crop art at the Minnesota State Fair
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
RIP: State Fair pedestrian bridge over Como Avenue isn’t coming back 😭
[Star Tribune post, today at 7:47 p.m.]

No more pedestrian bridge over Como Av.

The temporary pedestrian bridge over Como Avenue on the south end of the fairgrounds is not in service this year and it's not coming back. The bridge allowing those who park in the lot near the Coliseum and walk over Como Avenue without having to wait for a break in traffic was retired ahead of the 2025 fair. The bridge was installed each year and inspected by a structural engineer, but "we are no longer comfortable installing it," a fair spokesperson said. Access from the parking lot to the fairgrounds remains. "Fair guests can still purchase admission tickets on the south side of Como Avenue and will be directed to cross at the crosswalk and enter through Gate No. 9," the spokesperson said.
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
I finally got used to that goofy TPT branding and they’re ditching it?
Promo card that reads “Minnesota PBS: Your Home for Trusted Content. New name launching September 1st.”
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Air should be free.
A pay air pump at a Speedway station in St. Paul
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Rose Records, Evanston, fall 1987
Voices in the Sky: The Best of the Moody Blues
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Trying not to obsess over the upside down apostrophe.
Gov. Tim Walz speaking this morning in Afton behind a lectern that reads “Minnesota ❤️’s the Boundary Waters” 

📷: Liz Flores/Minnesota Star Tribune
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
RIP Tommy John
Screen cap from Tommy John page on Baseball Reference showing he missed the 1975 season due to “Eponymous Surgical Procedure”
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Cats in boxes Post ‘em if ya got ‘em
A black cat sheltering in a small cardboard box.
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Event Parkig rates in effect in downtown Minneapolis for tonight’s Noah Kahan show
Sign in downtown Minneapolis advertising “Parkig” for only $40
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
A few days later they played the Detroit Lakes Pavilion (just demolished a few weeks ago 😭)!
Photo of the Yardbirds, 1966
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
List of “Auto repair tips” that says “Distributed by the office of Minnesota Attorney General Hubert Humphrey III”
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Cleaning out my mom’s car. All kinds of uses for this.
Yellow sign with large letters that spell out “SEND HELP”
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
The real estate-industrial complex has apparently designated the southwest Apple Valley neighborhood where I grew up as “Old Town.” I will resist this with every fiber of my being.
Google map from Homes.com showing the “Old Town” area of Apple Valley
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
The post-“M” era begins
A poster displayed at Fairview Ridges Hospital showing a new Fairview logo and the phrase “A new chapter for Ridges.”
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Nope. Just bring back the Snickers ice cream bars, that’s all I want.
“Fried Chicken Ice Cream.” An ice cream treat in the shape of a chicken leg.
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
The Mall of St. Paul in, well, St. Paul
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
It was a whole company!
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
This Sunday, the St. Paul Saints are offering a meet-and-greet with actor Dwier Brown, who, in addition to playing Kevin Costner’s dad in Field of Dreams, was a contestant on the very last episode of the classic game show Tic-Tac-Dough in 1986.
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Karl-Anthony Towns on the floor after winning the NBA championship
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Are they trying to kill me
A package of Reese’s Marshmallow cups —  “artificially flavored” with “marshmallow flavored filling”
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Out of Grape-Nuts! 😭 C’mon Apple Valley Cub
A supermarket shelf with a blank space where the Grape-Nuts should be
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Photo of the Old Man from A Christmas Story (set in northwest Indiana), reading a newspaper, with the text: “More like the Chicago Chipmunks, maybe. But Chicago Bears? Never.”
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Always wondered why they did that.
Photo of new and old Comiskey Park with the old field facing NE and the new one SE
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
My bad for not keeping up with the Current’s weekend programming but I just checked to make sure Bob Dylan isn’t dead.
Promo card for the Current’s “85 Essential Bob Dylan Songs”
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
😭
Phoebe Bridgers
THE AQUARIUM FARGO, ND
TONIGHT, MAY 31ST
—
BOX OFFICE OPENS AT 12 NOON
FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED DOORS AT 6PM

No cellphones, smart watches, smart glasses, cameras, or recording devices allowed. Yondr pouches will be provided.
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Hello.
Apple iMac DV (“grape” color), released in 1999
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Farewell to Simeon “Radial Arch” Woods Richardson
Photo of Simeon Woods Richardson showing his last name arching around the number on the back of his jersey
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Banner going up on the Wellstone federal building just now.
“Freedom 250” banner of George Washington being hung on the Wellstone federal building in downtown Minneapolis.
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Controversy on the proposed H Line in St. Anthony Park
Flyer posted in restaurant window:

DID YOU KNOW...
METRO TRANSIT IS GOING TO MOVE THE BUS STOP BACK TO COMO/DOSWELL??
KEY POINTS:
• WILL CAUSE NOISE AND EXHAUST POLLUTION FOR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES
• WILL ELIMINATE HALF OF THE PARKING ALONG THIS BLOCK OF COMO
• WILL INTERFER WITH TRAFFIC AT COMO/DOSWELL LIGHT
• PLATFORM MAY ELIMINATE BOULEVARD TREES PLANTED ON THIS BLOCK
• A TOTAL WASTE OF TAXPAYER MONEY WHEN THERE IS A STOP ONE BLOCK AWAY
> PREVIOUS BUS STOP WAS MOVED FOR ALL THESE REASONS AND IS ONLY ONE BLOCK AWAY!
THERE IS NO GOOD REASON TO MOVE IT BACK!
HELP THE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES ALONG
THIS BLOCK OF COMO!
TELL METRO TRANSIT TO LEAVE THE BUS STOP WHERE IT IS!
YOUR VOICE MATTERS AND CAN CHANGE THIS!
PLEASE ATTEND THE MEETING TUESDAY, APRIL 28 AT 7:00 PM
SAPCC OFFICE, 2171 UNIVERSITY AVE (CORNER OF VANDALIA)
ZOOM LINK AVAILABLE BY EMAILING DIRECTOR@SAPCC.ORG
PLEASE COMMENT ON PROPOSED BUS STOP FOR COMO & DOSWELL:
WWW.METROTRANSIT.ORG/H-LINE-PROJECT (COMO & DOSWELL STOP)
TELL THEM YOU "STRONGLY DISAGREE" AND LEAVE THE STOP WHERE IT IS!
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
She did an in-store at the @electricfetusmpls.bsky.social a few weeks back! (Their photo not mine)
Amy Grant making an in-store appearance at the Electric Fetus in Minneapolis
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Springsteen performing “Streets of Minneapolis” on Colbert tonight.
Screen cap of Bruce Springsteen performing on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert”
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
:(
Distributed by Promise Confections, Pittsburgh PA 15203
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Go big or go home
A king size Pearson’s Salted Nut Roll
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Twins fans don’t need to ask @millsish.bsky.social what the worst call is 😄
Video clip of 2012 Braves-Cardinals playoff game in which a pop fly that dropped in shallow left field was called out by the infield fly rule. Text from Mike Mills: “Second-worst call I’ve ever seen. Inexcusable.
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Colecovision video game system
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