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Charlie Rybak

@charlierybak.bsky.social
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Lover of local news and Minnesota sports. VP of Innovation @ MSP Communications (Twin Cities Business & Mpls.St Paul Magazine). Co-founded Southwest Voices & Downtown Voices in Minneapolis.

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Charlie Rybak @charlierybak.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Michael Baskins, running for Minneapolis School Board, has a really impressive background and vision. Lots here on transparency and financial responsibility. He's a mechanical engineer and emphasizes collaboration. Seems like exactly what we need. baskinsforschoolboard.com/my-vision/
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Charlie Rybak @charlierybak.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Extremely kid approved.
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Charlie Rybak @charlierybak.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Very fun vibes at the free parts of the Flickr MODE festival on Nicollet Mall. Recommend checking it out.
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Charlie Rybak @charlierybak.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Among the many small details here that look sloppy at best - Lake Harriet Lower is on the list of closures, and two months ago they completed a major HVAC overhaul at the school. That makes no sense at all. www.mpschools.org/departments/...
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Charlie Rybak @charlierybak.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
It’s the best thing there and number 2 isn’t close.
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Charlie Rybak @charlierybak.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Minneapolis and St. Paul both get mentioned in here. Minneapolis had slower growth, while St. Paul’s population actually declined. Also really stark how closely Minneapolis growth track with Chicago, which would lead you to believe they’re both following bigger trends.
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Charlie Rybak @charlierybak.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Interesting data from Brookings - after a few years of post-pandemic growth, most big cities in the U.S. saw their growth slow down or go negative last year. www.brookings.edu/articles/big...
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Charlie Rybak @charlierybak.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Pretty amazing how well you can see the tv markets on the map. The margin in the primary was pretty stunning given the spending gap, even more so when you look at this and see that it looks like the $$ helped in some places.
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Charlie Rybak @charlierybak.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
New top 5 place in Minneapolis to have a drink just dropped
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Charlie Rybak @charlierybak.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Pretty great that General Sports Bar looks like they’re going to bring back the skate sharpening the area lost when General Sports died. Finally an option west of Flanders Bros, which is excellent but not enough for an area this big!
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Charlie Rybak @charlierybak.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
This essay about how hyper-politicization is eating the world around us is one of the best things I’ve read this year: www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
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Charlie Rybak @charlierybak.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Can anyone tell me the name of the band playing a backyard show on the 2500 block of Aldrich? Because they absolutely ripped it.
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Charlie Rybak @charlierybak.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Shout out to the upper deck at Target Center, standing and LOUD all fourth quarter. Really brought it. Wolves in 7.
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Charlie Rybak @charlierybak.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Backup generators > TV
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Charlie Rybak @charlierybak.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Backup generators > TV
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Charlie Rybak @charlierybak.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Happy May Day
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Charlie Rybak @charlierybak.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
An absolute titan of a dead fish in Cedar Lake, rest in power Bottom of the Lake King.
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Charlie Rybak @charlierybak.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Two years ago I read this book. It made me become obsessed with the semiconductors. There are massive vulnerabilities with every piece of electronics, phones, laptops, cars, everything we use for cyber or national security, etc that we have a weak domestic supply chain for.
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Charlie Rybak @charlierybak.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Loved this piece about Mount Olivet’s plans for a coffee shop and brewery, the mechanics of how a thing like that would work, and this beautiful quote tucked at the end. tcbmag.com/church-to-br...
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Charlie Rybak @charlierybak.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Harrison is the most underrated neighborhood in Minneapolis. Getting a brand new spa, already features Animales, Utepils, Milda’s, and a gateway into Wirth Park. A total gem.
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Charlie Rybak @charlierybak.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
I’ve been curious about the business of Minnesota’s summer resorts. When do you fix up a cabin? How do you hire 90 people for the summer? What happens in the winter? I sat down with Abby Oxborough, co-owner of Sugar Lake Lodge outside Grand Rapids, MN. This is what Sugar Lake looks like:
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Charlie Rybak @charlierybak.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
David Adelman and Alf Neuman are twins.
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Charlie Rybak @charlierybak.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
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Charlie Rybak @charlierybak.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
I believe in this man. One of these years is going to be his year. Why not this one?
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Charlie Rybak @charlierybak.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
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Charlie Rybak @charlierybak.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Very cool idea that’s near and dear to my heart - take this survey to help bring an indoor playground to downtown Minneapolis: mplsindoorplaygroundsurvey.netlify.app
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Charlie Rybak @charlierybak.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Company Bar is such a great spot. The kept the Petit Leon burger, which means they have the best burger in Minneapolis. Elite cocktails. They crushed it.
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Charlie Rybak @charlierybak.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Heads up - the Hennepin/94 interchange areas is a nightmare because a bus crashed and closed off the whole street.
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Charlie Rybak @charlierybak.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Lito’s is just stupid good.
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Charlie Rybak @charlierybak.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
This view never gets old.
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Charlie Rybak @charlierybak.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Naz Reid!
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Charlie Rybak @charlierybak.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
You’ve really got to read this piece by Justine Jones. mspmag.com/eat-and-drin...
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Charlie Rybak @charlierybak.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
PSA the rink at Isles has a perfect sheet of ice at the moment.
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Charlie Rybak @charlierybak.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Oh did you miss that Net Proceeds To Support Community??
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Charlie Rybak @charlierybak.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
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Charlie Rybak @charlierybak.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
We are going to win.
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Charlie Rybak @charlierybak.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Scenes from 26th and 27th and Nicollet. The state troopers are at 26th and very calm. The feds are at 27th and wildly shooting gas into the street.
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Charlie Rybak @charlierybak.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Packed bus stop in The Wedge headed towards downtown Minneapolis. A totally full bus just pulled out. People waiting with their signs in -12 degrees.
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Charlie Rybak @charlierybak.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Pineda Tacos Plus this evening. So good.
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Charlie Rybak @charlierybak.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
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Charlie Rybak @charlierybak.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
If you’re a bit enterprising, I’d bet you could skate right down to the beach at Cedar Lake and right out in to the lake right now.
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Charlie Rybak @charlierybak.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Really beautiful section of a statement from Volstead’s in the LynLake/Uptown area of Minneapolis.
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Charlie Rybak @charlierybak.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Hey did you know that this year, amidst and because of all of this, Americans have a more positive view of immigrants than at any point in recorded history?
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Charlie Rybak @charlierybak.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
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Charlie Rybak @charlierybak.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Seen in Loring Park this morning. I love you, Minneapolis.
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Charlie Rybak @charlierybak.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
It’s a compelling pitch.
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Charlie Rybak @charlierybak.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Great article from Melody and Cam: www.southwestvoices.news/posts/big-sp... This chart in particular really blew my mind:
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Charlie Rybak @charlierybak.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Sun dogs are out
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Charlie Rybak @charlierybak.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
It’s time.
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Charlie Rybak @charlierybak.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Elevated Wheel Seat is the most underrated seat on the bus.
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