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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 · 2h
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 · 06/10/2026
RIP to one of the great baseball nicknames: “Sudden” Sam McDowell. (Also inspired the character of Sam Malone on Cheers.)
startribune.com
Cleveland strikeout king Sam McDowell dies at 84, leaving a legacy of redemption
Sam McDowell, a six-time All Star who led the American League in strikeouts four times before becoming a counselor for athletes suffering from addiction issues and depression, died Monday at his home ...
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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 · 05/10/2026
Beauty!
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Tom Basgen, Mr. Saint Paul @tombasgen.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It's that special time of year where we talk about the City Budget. Based on the questions I still receive I should be doing this twice a year. leaflet.pub/dae3de62-299...
leaflet.pub
Tom's 2027 Budget and Tax Thoughts
Let’s talk municipal budgets for 2027. This year I’m writing earlier than usual so folks have more time to digest the process in real time but it means I won’t have my personal tax numbers to share wh...
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
And yet, I listen
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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 · 03/10/2026
The ‘80s channel is playing songs from 1980 and I’ve decided the ‘80s didn’t start until 1981
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Should have known better than to go to the bank at 11:51 am on a Saturday, rookie mistake
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I could do without the Thurston Howell voiceovers
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Welcome to 2026
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I’m a proud Minneapolis Public Schools alum and parent. After talking with MPS families, I’m deeply concerned about the district’s current plan to close 14 or more schools.
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I know it’s marketing but I’m enjoying the pop-up Talking Heads channel on SiriusXM (145)
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🫠 So sorry Gina! I hope they are able to turn things around.
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Hulk meet pope
startribune.com
Hulk star Lou Ferrigno fulfils childhood dream meeting with Pope Leo XIV
The Incredible Hulk fulfilled a childhood dream by meeting with Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday.
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A regional one mostly in Minnesota. I’ve been to the ones in Minneapolis and Apple Valley
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 29/09/2026
HealthPartners and Essentia Health are proposing a merger that would create one of Minnesota’s largest health systems amid a wave of industry consolidation in the state.
bit.ly
HealthPartners, Essentia propose merger to create one of Minnesota’s largest health systems
The deal is the third major hospital-merger proposal in the state in the last year.
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Juice was a staple of FM 103 in Fergus Falls back in the day
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I liked their barbecue chicken pizza (I know, very ‘90s)
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Just give me a decent hot dog.
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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 · 23/09/2026
Also! I liked this story
mprnews.org
North Minneapolis church home to Black and Jewish history turns 100
The First Church of God in Christ building in north Minneapolis, previously home to the Tifereth B’nai Jacob Synagogue, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2024.
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The song Just the Two of Us came out when I was reading the Lord of the Rings for the first time, and you can’t tell me that song isn’t about Frodo and Sam.
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Was not expecting that new roundabout on mainline Highway 10 west of Wadena
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Up North begins at Treasure City
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
My daughter loved Joann, nothing else compares
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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 · 17/09/2026
I saw one earlier and that was one too many.
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Some things I’m OK not knowing.
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Andrew Krammer @andrewkrammer.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Kyler Murray being evaluated for a concussion, team says. He's questionable to return.
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Lotta time left.
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Bills.
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Of course this publishes right after we dropped off our kid 🙃
nytimes.com
Home From College, 2 Weeks Later
Dozens of videos on social media feature freshmen moving out early in the first semester.
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Posting wire pregame stories hours after the game is over
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Yes, I believe a selection of what was at the fair.
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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 · 12/09/2026
See crop art in my hood! The St. Anthony Park Boreal shop on Como.
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The pine trees behind my house are already starting to shed needles and I am not ready.
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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 · 10/09/2026
It’s that time of year: New U students confronted with an out-of-service bus pass scanner for the first time. Just go ahead and get on, it’s fine, happens all the time
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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
AJ Pierzynski is doing an event for John Kelly’s Chicago mayoral campaign
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The freshman dorm tradition of “built in 1955 with little to no updates” still going strong 😂
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Takeaway from dropping kid off at college: the campus dining experience has greatly improved from 40 years ago.
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I can’t talk because my Big Ten school stormed the field after beating Northern Illinois — in 1982, 1985 *and* 1990.
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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Justin Bour: 3 career stolen bases
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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
The span over the street was always put up a few days before the fair and taken down immediately after, at least in recent years
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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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