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Jessica Armbruster, editor at Racket

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Big hamster energy here. You might know me as Jessica Armbruster: founding editor at @RacketMN and City Pages’ last arts editor.

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Jessica Armbruster, editor at Racket @hamatron3000.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Press release of the day: Can 5% ABV Ice Cream Reach a Generation Drinking Less?
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Jay Boller @jayboller.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I've basically only been having conversations about the Minnesota Fighting Pike for the past two weeks. Here's what I heard:
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Jessica Armbruster, editor at Racket @hamatron3000.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Aw yeah! I'm on @citycasttwincities.bsky.social's pod this week, talkin' 'bout stuff to do this fall in the Twin Cities:
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Everything To Do This Fall. Plus, Renée Good’s Brother Speaks Out - City Cast Twin Cities
Racket published a masterlist of what to do in the Twin Cities this fall. Like a leaf pile, we dive in headfirst. Plus, Racket writer Betsy Hoody d...
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Jessica Armbruster, editor at Racket @hamatron3000.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Things I tried this month: weed wine, weed tea, weed soda, and plain ol' green weed.
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Jessica Armbruster, editor at Racket @hamatron3000.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
We're at Moon Palace!
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Racket @racketmn.com · 28/08/2026
We are LIVING for everyone's Minnesota State Fair selfies in The Shirt. Please keep 'em coming!!!!
a man stands in a shirt that reads "if this flag offends you, i'll help you pack," and which has a picture of the new minnesota state flag on it. the sleeves have been cut off, VERY deeply. he's giving peace signs in front of the minnesota republican party state fair booth. two men pose for a selfie; the one of the left wearing a shirt that reads "if this flag offends you, i'll help you pack" and has a picture of the new minnesota state flag on it.a man in a selfie wears the same shirt as in the previous photos. the text from his post reads "in better news, got my first high five for my racketmn.com shirt."
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Jessica Armbruster, editor at Racket @hamatron3000.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Sugar at the fair:
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Jessica Armbruster, editor at Racket @hamatron3000.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The books have arrived!
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Jessica Armbruster, editor at Racket @hamatron3000.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
This is how I've been living lately.
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21 Hours at the Minnesota Fringe Festival - Racket
I’m back from a four-day theater jag to share with you once again what I saw, what I’d  see again, and what I wish I hadn’t.
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Jessica Armbruster, editor at Racket @hamatron3000.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
“We bring the voice of the community to the public... We were a part of helping that push—bringing consent-based, community-centered media rather than the corporate standpoint of, 'Oh, the police said this...'”
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Streaming the Siege: At Every Turn, ICE's MN Invasion Has Been Captured on Video - Racket
As the country’s largest-ever immigration raid hits Minnesota, unprecedented packs of journalists, activists, and influencers upload scenes of the chaos.
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Jessica Armbruster, editor at Racket @hamatron3000.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Gentle creatures, wandering the forest in search of cheese balls for their children.
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Elliott Payne @elliottpayne.org · 12/02/2026
Someone was abducted at 10 AM by ICE on Central Ave. Their coworker says they’ve lived here for over 20 years, are documented, and have 3 kids who were born here. Don’t be fooled by headlines when they’ve been lying to us the whole time. We still need you out patrolling until every agent is gone.
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Jessica Armbruster, editor at Racket @hamatron3000.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Help us raise funds for a mom in need!
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Jessica Armbruster, editor at Racket @hamatron3000.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
I spent my week talking to awesome artists creating anti-ICE art, and I loved hearing their thoughts and stories. It's been a rough 2026 so far, but I love you, Minnesota.
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The Art of the Minnesota Resistance - Racket
'Our love is gonna melt ICE.'
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Jessica Armbruster, editor at Racket @hamatron3000.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Look what Em made this week. Hell yeah, laser loon!
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Jessica Armbruster, editor at Racket @hamatron3000.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
While I spent the weekend celebrating my b-day my colleague Keith spent his in hell with measels enthusiasts:
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What I Saw at This Weekend’s Minnesota MAHA Fest Scared the Hell out of Me - Racket
Over 1,000 Christian opponents of modern medicine descended on Alexandria, MN, to testify that drugs, doctors, and Satan were making us all sick at the 7th annual Freedom Summit.
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em cassel @biketrouble.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
a while ago i became obsessed with the 2013 mayoral race in mpls: 35 candidates, yes, but also the city’s first real test of ranked-choice voting, + the race set up our current political landscape in both predictable and surprising ways. jay & i interviewed lots of people about it—here’s a 🎁 link!
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'Call It the Clown Car': An Oral History of Minneapolis's 35-Candidate 2013 Mayoral Election - Racket
Thirty-five candidates. Three dozen debates. Two unrelated pirate-centric elements. The first real test of ranked-choiced voting and, finally, a new mayor.
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Jessica Armbruster, editor at Racket @hamatron3000.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
All the beers! Our beer expert @nissamitchell.com drank ALL the new beers!
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Doin’ Minnesota State Fair Beers 2025: The Best and Worst of the Year’s New Beers - Racket
Including this year’s big talker—Pryes’ Royal Raspberry soft serve.
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Jessica Armbruster, editor at Racket @hamatron3000.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
I ate some food and photographed it.
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Change Is Good, and So Is the Pita Bread at the Vegan(ish) Matriarch in Uptown - Racket
Yes, the rooftop is open again.
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Jessica Armbruster, editor at Racket @hamatron3000.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Wanna get into the nitty gritty of Racket's financials?
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Racket’s Year in Review: August 2024-July 2025 - Racket
And just like that… a fourth year of Racket is in the books.
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Jessica Armbruster, editor at Racket @hamatron3000.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
I spent a weekend at the THE-A-TER:
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18 Hours at the Minnesota Fringe Festival - Racket
What I saw, what I would see again, and what I wish I hadn’t.
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Jessica Armbruster, editor at Racket @hamatron3000.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
I had such a fun time chatting with and touring these really cool maker spaces/resources. Now I know where to go if I ever need a power washer or cement mixer or steel cutting machine or pottery wheel or welding tools. And, if you read this, you will too!
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Minnesota’s Mighty Maker Spaces - Racket
Need a cement mixer? A 3D printer? A pottery wheel? A laser cutting station? Yeah, these places have got you covered.
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Jessica Armbruster, editor at Racket @hamatron3000.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Wells Fargo: "Have you considered traveling through time to get your bill earlier?"
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Jessica Armbruster, editor at Racket @hamatron3000.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
I never thought a modern version of Clippy, the paperclip from Word, would become my nemesis.
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em cassel @biketrouble.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
i’m here at lake and bloomington where a group of protesters have gathered. officers with DEA and ICE patches have surrounded las cuatro milpas. video slow to upload, apologies.
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Jessica Armbruster, editor at Racket @hamatron3000.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
I love local art galleries and you should too.
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A Guide to Minneapolis Art Galleries for Beginners - Racket
You don’t need a monocle and a million dollars to experience the local scene.
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Jessica Armbruster, editor at Racket @hamatron3000.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Two kids got off the bus today outside my place carrying a heavy-looking deck chair and singing "Hi Ho" from 'Snow White.' Stay weird, children.
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Racket @racketmn.com · 18/04/2025
It's the biggest night in local THC reviews. racketmn.com/weed-weview-...
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Weed Weview Wewards 2025 - Racket
Looking back on a year of weed.
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Racket @racketmn.com · 17/04/2025
A U of M English prof on how his bosses are silencing faculty.
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University of Minnesota to Faculty: Shut Up About Palestine, Please. Also Anything Else. - Racket
Lately, U of M leaders seem determined to snuff out free expression and academic inquiry, writes one faculty member.
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Jessica Armbruster, editor at Racket @hamatron3000.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
In 2025, we take the laughs wherever we can.
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Jessica Armbruster, editor at Racket @hamatron3000.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
This week's music calendar? We got it here:
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Ghanian Highlife, British-Caribbean Jazz, and Bill Murray: It's Your Complete Concert Calendar: April 8-15 - Racket
Pretty much all the music you can catch in the Twin Cities this week.
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Racket @racketmn.com · 04/04/2025
Now more than ever: TGIF.
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Freeloader Friday: 89 Free Things To Do This Weekend - Racket
Protests, open studios, movies, and more.
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Jessica Armbruster, editor at Racket @hamatron3000.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Chuck Tingle, always coming through when we need him.
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Jessica Armbruster, editor at Racket @hamatron3000.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
The drugs of January: racketmn.com/weed-weviews...
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Weed Weviews: 4 Things I Tried in January - Racket
Weed tea, gummies, artsy cans, and more.
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Matt DeLong @mattdelong.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
I shared some thoughts with @hamatron3000.bsky.social about how things are going re: legal cannabis in Minnesota and what to pay attention to in the near future, along with some other very knowledgeable local folks. Good read!
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Jessica Armbruster, editor at Racket @hamatron3000.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
For this week's feature I asked lawyers, journalists, and biz owners what went wrong, what went right, and what's next on the weed horizon in MN.
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Weed in MN: What's Really Going On? - Racket
We spoke to journalists, business owners, and advocates about where THC bubbly, flower, and the law is headed toward in 2025.
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Keith Harris @usefulnoise.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
WE ARE BRUNCH BUDS
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Introducing Brunch Buds, a Recurring Column in Which 2 Buds Go to Brunch - Racket
Our first installment, Khâluna, is on the fancy side, but we have no regrets.
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Jessica Armbruster, editor at Racket @hamatron3000.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
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Jessica Armbruster, editor at Racket @hamatron3000.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Went about two hours with Google Gemini at work before we figured out how to turn it off. Humanity has defeated the robots... for now.
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Jessica Armbruster, editor at Racket @hamatron3000.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
I thought my stomach was growling until I realized the sound was a TikTok of howling wolves playing in the background.
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Jessica Armbruster, editor at Racket @hamatron3000.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
The THCs of December:
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Weed Weviews: 4 Things I Tried in December - Racket
Punches, crispie treats, gummies, and more!
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Jessica Armbruster, editor at Racket @hamatron3000.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Things are getting real dark for the Disney gang this Christmas.
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Jessica Armbruster, editor at Racket @hamatron3000.bsky.social · 25/09/2024
A roundup of the drugs I tried this month, NA beer edition:
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Weed Weviews: 4 Things I Tried in September - Racket
It's Oktoberfest season, so I tried some THC brews.
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Jessica Armbruster, editor at Racket @hamatron3000.bsky.social · 28/08/2024
My neighbors have had people working on their roof off and on over the past couple weeks. I always know it's on "on" day when a guy in a truck arrives blasting Ozzie Osbourne's "No More Tears." He literally comes and goes to that tune every time.
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Jessica Armbruster, editor at Racket @hamatron3000.bsky.social · 23/08/2024
I ate some stuff yesterday. Turns out the triangle-shaped food was the best this year:
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The Best, Worst, and Most Middling New Foods of the 2024 Minnesota State Fair - Racket
This town's most discerning review crew is back with the only fair food takes you can trust.
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Jessica Armbruster, editor at Racket @hamatron3000.bsky.social · 24/04/2024
I did some weeding for @RacketMN:
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Weed Weview Wewards 2024 - Racket
All the things I tried and loved after a year and a half of sampling.
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Jessica Armbruster, editor at Racket @hamatron3000.bsky.social · 08/01/2024
I really do respect my neighbors' vigilance, but busting out the snow blowers for .5" of snow feels a little melodramatic, lol.
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Keith Harris @usefulnoise.bsky.social · 03/01/2024
Wrote about my favorite movies from 2023.
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The 20 Best Movies of 2023 - Racket
Dolls, genocide, child predators, multiverses, Jeff Goldblum as an alien—last year's movies really had it all.
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Jessica Armbruster, editor at Racket @hamatron3000.bsky.social · 22/12/2023
Day before holiday vacation lunch: burned x-mas cookies, off-brand LaCroix, black olives.
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Jessica Armbruster, editor at Racket @hamatron3000.bsky.social · 22/12/2023
Press release of the day: "Jessica, Elevate Your Facility with Premium High-Speed Doors!"
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