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Keith Harris

@usefulnoise.bsky.social
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Creeping socialist. Premature anti-rockist. Oldest living Racket editor. Saving my labor for insane reading. Subscribe to Racket, or at least read it. racketmn.com/author/keith-harris

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Charles Hughes @charleshughes2.bsky.social · 12h
I have been saying this for years. "Drinking the Kool-Aid" sounds a lot less funny/pithy when you realize over 300 people who died there were under eighteen and 150 of them were ten years old and younger.
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Keith Harris @usefulnoise.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
One of those nights where you try to convince yourself that if you'd made better choices you'd just have different regrets.
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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Every thinkpiece about how to fix college is just a galaxy-brained attempt to avoid the one solution that everyone agrees on, which is to fund college.
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AUgetoffmygold @augetoffmygold.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Wrote about all of it. Tried to, anyway. www.billboard.com/music/chart-...
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How Has Ella Langley’s ‘Choosin’ Texas’ Spent 24 Weeks Atop the Hot 100 — And Why Are People So Shocked By It?
Ella Langley's "Choosin' Texas" has topped the Billbaord Hot 100 for 24 weeks, making history and causing backlash. Here's why all of it is happening.
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Meredith Rose @mrose.ink · 29/09/2026
So, fun fact: ever since 1994, and Newt Gingrich's "Contract with America" campaign stunt, Congress has had a SERIOUS problem with subject-matter expertise and institutional memory. It's why Congress has such a deep and complicated relationship with lobbyists. 1/
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Keith Harris @usefulnoise.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Cannot believe I'm hearing this in a coffee shop (Death Disco).
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Ata Kak — Osoowa
YouTube video by Awesome Tapes From Africa
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Keith Harris @usefulnoise.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
love when AI explains my jokes
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🎃ℌ𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔬𝔴 ℑ𝔞𝔫👻 @mplsnightmayor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This should say "Location Closed. Visit us on Grand. Thanks for XX happy years". That's how a small business should communicate. bsky.app/profile/devo...
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Keith Harris @usefulnoise.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
night-biked to these new oldies last night and it was The Right Call
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Keith Harris @usefulnoise.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Give the person who wrote this headline a raise!
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Johnny... Burnsville? 'Jackass' Star Is Minnesotan by Marriage. - Racket
Plus a whole lot of sports, new media outlets, and helping out Maurice Jacox in today's Flyover news roundup.
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Keith Harris @usefulnoise.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Look, I'm just trying to live my life here in a way that allows me to avoid hearing the music opinions of guys who spend 90% of their lives listening to podcasts.
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Carl Wilson @carlzoilus.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
RIP to the greatest, champion of champions, who sang for the underbirds. youtu.be/u6k9U6vQ8Mk?...
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Capitalism Gone Mad
YouTube video by Mighty Sparrow - Topic
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Keith Harris @usefulnoise.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
No matter what else we do, we MUST make Lakeville look like this by 2031.
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Keith Harris @usefulnoise.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
There are new speed bumps in my neighborhood and I've been chortling at the frequent sounds of cars bottoming out.
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Abra / Jessica Conwell, Carmella Creeper's Gender Doula🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽🌼 @pairofclaws.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I have only today learned that they are still making episodes of What Would You Do? and they are so out of ideas that the setups have become spectacular:
	"Episode 15"	April 9, 2025

A husband tries to convince his wife to sell photos of her feet online. The scenario is later replayed, with the wife wanting to post photos of her feet and her husband objecting. A pledge is hazed by two fraternity members. Two college students study for their finals by drinking excessive amounts of energy drinks. A mother disagrees with her daughter's decision to use in vitro fertilization for religious reasons.
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City Cast Twin Cities @citycasttwincities.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Today: @combs0294.bsky.social reports that DHS used an obscure tariff law to subpoena a local journalist's phone logs. Plus, @usefulnoise.bsky.social shares how to watch movies like a real film buff. twincities.citycast.fm/podcasts/dhs...
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DHS Nabs Phone Records of Indie Journalist. Plus, Film Fests! - City Cast Twin Cities
We dive into all the ways to catch a movie in the Twin Cities with Racket co-owner Keith Harris as our Yoda. After the Cities Church protest, DHS s...
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Keith Harris @usefulnoise.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Middlermarch
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Keith Harris @usefulnoise.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The rumors are finally true. RIP to one of the true greats.
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Mighty Sparrow - Sparrow Dead
YouTube video by Patrice Yursik
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 26/09/2026
great piece. man social media is a cancer themomoftheyear.substack.com/p/im-the-mom...
themomoftheyear.substack.com
I’m the Mom in That Viral Giants Clip. Let Me Tell You About My Husband.
You saw me carrying our baby and food. There was more happening in our family that night.
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Morgan Leigh Davies @mldavies.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
WHO. CARES.
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Keith Harris @usefulnoise.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
*walking into an interview with my iced coffee, hearing "Stormy Weather" play*
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Keith Harris @usefulnoise.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"the storm of communism"
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Keith Harris @usefulnoise.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
they're trying to bring Threads discourse over here like an invasive species
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Keith Harris @usefulnoise.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
unrelated to any discourse happening today, I continue to find this from @judyberman.bsky.social a useful resource
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The 50 Most Underappreciated TV Shows of the 21st Century
From 'Undeclared' and 'Bunheads' to 'The Knick' and more, these are TIME's most underappreciated TV shows of the 21st Century.
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🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.
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Keith Harris @usefulnoise.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
you can't sum up the 80s in a single screensh—
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Keith Harris @usefulnoise.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Man, you take your eyes off the charts for a second and next thing Jhene Aiko has a #1 album.
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Keith Harris @usefulnoise.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Cannot say enough good things about Häagen-Dazs White Chocolate Raspberry Truffle.
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Keith Harris @usefulnoise.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
There's a school bus parked outside the CC Club.
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JP @jpbrammer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
it's important to arrive at sturdy ethical principles that you can't be annoyed out of. people are annoying as shit
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Keith Harris @usefulnoise.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
🎵 you may say I'm a dreamer 🎵
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Keith Harris @usefulnoise.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
new (old) photo of me just dropped
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Robert Rubsam @robrubsam.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
My friend who works in education always says that we want education to solve all our society's problems, when we should see those problems as something we must solve in order to have good education
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Keith Harris @usefulnoise.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I caught the Messalina sex contest episode as a Rome-obsessed tween and got very flustered. (PBS was secretly sexy in confusing ways back then.) But I watched the whole thing more recently and it's just a damn entertaining masterwork.
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Chris Ingraham @cingraham.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Incredible Facebook slop ad I just got
Horse pin with an illustration of a horse and the following text:
"Give a man a horse he'll eat in a day, teach a man to horse. and make him drinks water."
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Keith Harris @usefulnoise.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Make the cops ride in Waymos.
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Keith Harris @usefulnoise.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
if you're looking for me today I'll be busy following the Strib's live coverage of its Big Ideas event
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Live: AI debate takes center stage at the North Star Summit
The Minnesota Star Tribune’s second annual ideas festival kicks off in downtown Minneapolis.
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John Lingan @johnlingan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🚨BUZZKILL ALERT🚨 The NYT’s move towards big canon-making feature lists is frankly depressing, a waste of resources for one of the last remaining US newspaper arts sections that has them. Boutique crowd sourcing, online argument starters…who cares?
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Jason Garcia for MPRB District 4 @jason4parks.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
New op-ed from @olsenforparks.bsky.social in the Strib talking about why funding our park system is a win for Minneapolis! Please check it out. BET votes on the levies this Wednesday, 9/23 at 4pm! Room 350, Public Service Center 250 S 4th St, Minneapolis, MN www.startribune.com/mpls-green-s...
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Park Board president: Minneapolis parks are among the best in the nation. Fund them accordingly.
The Minneapolis Board of Estimate and Taxation must vote to fully fund the park board’s levy request of 5.86%, which is far below what the city is asking for itself, Park and Recreation Board presiden...
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Keith Harris @usefulnoise.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
incredible work from Molly here
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Keith Harris @usefulnoise.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
ICYMI over the weekend, my review of Phoebe Bridgers in St. Paul. Topics covered include: being depressed at 23 vs. being depressed at 32, taking the rapid transit bus, acknowledging your popularity and kicking it up a notch, why Yondr bags rule, sick-ass light shows.
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Michaelangelo Matos @matoswk.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Now up, my newest for @rollingstone.com: Private equity firms bought up all the big rock publishing. Now they're going after the indie labels. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
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Private Equity's Next Target Is Indie Music
For years, private equity firms have snatched up the catalogues of music's biggest names. Now they're after independent labels.
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Ken Paulman @kenpaulman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Today I’ve also learned that you can get rice noodles branded with Twin Cities freeway signs.
A package of rice noodles from China with a photo of mountains and a plate of food with an Interstate 35W sign in the upper right corner A package of rice noodles from China with a photo of mountains and a plate of food with an Interstate 694 sign in the upper right corner
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Bring Me The News @bringmethenews.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
All 27 Minnesota Historical Society museums and sites are free on Saturday More: bringmethenews.com/minnesota-lifest…
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Keith Harris @usefulnoise.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Phoebe Bridgers knows how to arena-rock. My review.
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Keith Harris @usefulnoise.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I saw Phoebe Bridgers last night.
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Phoebe Bridgers’ Past Looks Brighter Than Ever at Grand Casino Arena - Racket
Older, wiser, louder, and no, not always sad, the singer-songwriter enraptured a young crowd on her biggest tour yet.
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Keith Harris @usefulnoise.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
this was a great show
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Nathan Bulmer @natemorebikes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Keith Harris @usefulnoise.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The Vatican said "It belongs to Rome" Jody said "it's mine but you can have it for 17 million"
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Mpls Music History @mplsmusichistory.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
On this day: September 18, 1999, Lifter Puller at the Foxfire Coffee Lounge. Ad from City Pages.
FOXFIRE COFFEE LOUNGE ESPRESSO * FOOD * ALL AGES SHOWS
319 FIRST AVE WORTH 338-2360 BOOKING 338-2391
WEDNESDAT SEPTEMBER BIH 13OPA S grab bag
THE YELLOW FINE - SEAN THOMAS FUGEN - MIRE RENE
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BURN IT DOWN WITH SILING LIAR AND HEADRUSH
FRIDA SEPTEMBER TUIH 63OPMTSS
GROTTO WITH CAPITAL CAPITAL
AND OSMAN SHRINE PATROL
SATURDAT SEPTE BER 18TH 8:30PH S5
LIFTER PULLER WITH WALKER KONG &THE DANGERMAKEDS
AND THE FY SEVILE
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 19TH 6:00PM S6
KARATE WITH END TRANSAUSSION PINEHURST KIDS AND NOT THE PILOT
FRIDAYS 12:30 - 300AM *INNER SANCTUA* 18+hub
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