Jazz Sommers
@grainybazzles.bsky.social
MPLS, music and public education.
Northern lights from the remote locale of my south Minneapolis back yard.
November 12, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Northern lights from the remote locale of my south Minneapolis back yard.
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How many Radiohead references can you count?
November 4, 2025 at 11:36 PM
How many Radiohead references can you count?
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I’m raising money for Groveland Emergency Food Shelf, a South Minneapolis nonprofit that provides emergency groceries for those in need. They’re currently struggling to keep up with demand, and they’re getting their first $16k in donations matched.
I’ve got $50 on it! Can anyone match me?
I’ve got $50 on it! Can anyone match me?
Support Groveland Emergency Food Shelf on GiveMN
Groveland Food Shelf is a non-profit 501(c)(3) providing emergency groceries for those in need.
www.givemn.org
November 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I’m raising money for Groveland Emergency Food Shelf, a South Minneapolis nonprofit that provides emergency groceries for those in need. They’re currently struggling to keep up with demand, and they’re getting their first $16k in donations matched.
I’ve got $50 on it! Can anyone match me?
I’ve got $50 on it! Can anyone match me?
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We have a week, guardians of MPS students. Call/email solidarity with the MFE and tell them to Settle all 3 Contracts.
Let’s Avoid a Strike!
Let’s Avoid a Strike!
November 3, 2025 at 1:28 PM
We have a week, guardians of MPS students. Call/email solidarity with the MFE and tell them to Settle all 3 Contracts.
Let’s Avoid a Strike!
Let’s Avoid a Strike!
@jeffrosenstock.bsky.social @ekkoastral.bsky.social @sladkow.bsky.social St Paul tour kickoff on Wednesday seems like a good time to unveil your ensemble cover of No Doubt’s 1995 masterpiece Excuse Me Mr.
August 31, 2025 at 8:54 PM
@jeffrosenstock.bsky.social @ekkoastral.bsky.social @sladkow.bsky.social St Paul tour kickoff on Wednesday seems like a good time to unveil your ensemble cover of No Doubt’s 1995 masterpiece Excuse Me Mr.
Extremely humbling to see the Minnesota Distance Elite team at Lake Harriet absolutely flying by laughing and having a great time while I’m a disaster barely keeping it together at 10 minute pace.
August 12, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Extremely humbling to see the Minnesota Distance Elite team at Lake Harriet absolutely flying by laughing and having a great time while I’m a disaster barely keeping it together at 10 minute pace.
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There is power — and joy — in a union 💪 Congratulations to @spfelocal28.bsky.social on your tentative agreements!
August 8, 2025 at 3:26 PM
There is power — and joy — in a union 💪 Congratulations to @spfelocal28.bsky.social on your tentative agreements!
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Vouchers are ineffective, unaccountable and siphon funding away from the schools more than 90% of students attend. We don't need them in Minnesota -- or anywhere. #mnleg #edmnvotes
Opinion | Gov. Walz, don’t opt in to school choice vouchers
"The drive by the Trump administration to prioritize private education is a bigger signal of its lack of respect for public education," Caroline Siebels-Lindquist writes.
www.startribune.com
July 29, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Vouchers are ineffective, unaccountable and siphon funding away from the schools more than 90% of students attend. We don't need them in Minnesota -- or anywhere. #mnleg #edmnvotes
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PUP at the Tiny Desk???? Now we’re talking with gas!!!
PUP: Tiny Desk Concert
Existential dread never sounded more joyful or uplifting than it does in the hands of PUP. The Canadian pop-punk group confronts world-weary discontent with deadpan humor, hard-earned wisdom and a lot...
www.npr.org
July 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM
PUP at the Tiny Desk???? Now we’re talking with gas!!!
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$65 to $79 million in federal ed funding is frozen across MN, affecting more than 220,000 students.
This is a racialized, economic, and linguistic disinvestment that strikes hardest at those already facing the steepest barriers to a just and meaningful education.
www.mneep.org/2025/07/17/h...
This is a racialized, economic, and linguistic disinvestment that strikes hardest at those already facing the steepest barriers to a just and meaningful education.
www.mneep.org/2025/07/17/h...
How the Federal Education Cuts Undermine Civil Rights and Student Success—And What You can Do to Push Back and Push Forward
www.mneep.org
July 17, 2025 at 10:25 PM
$65 to $79 million in federal ed funding is frozen across MN, affecting more than 220,000 students.
This is a racialized, economic, and linguistic disinvestment that strikes hardest at those already facing the steepest barriers to a just and meaningful education.
www.mneep.org/2025/07/17/h...
This is a racialized, economic, and linguistic disinvestment that strikes hardest at those already facing the steepest barriers to a just and meaningful education.
www.mneep.org/2025/07/17/h...
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Our last test pressing giveaway for today is a beaut! @thirdmanrecords.bsky.social gifted us this @officialjackwhite.bsky.social Live At TMR 04.19.14 (Vault #60) test pressing. Repost to enter to win and we'll pick a winner just before 4pm. Prize must be picked up in the store/no shipping.
July 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Our last test pressing giveaway for today is a beaut! @thirdmanrecords.bsky.social gifted us this @officialjackwhite.bsky.social Live At TMR 04.19.14 (Vault #60) test pressing. Repost to enter to win and we'll pick a winner just before 4pm. Prize must be picked up in the store/no shipping.
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This hour's giveaway is a signed test pressing of Hayden Pedigo's release, I'll Be Waving As You Drive Away. Repost this to enter to win and we'll pick our winner just before 3pm. Prize must be picked up in the store. Thanks to @mexicansummer.bsky.social for sending this one!
July 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
This hour's giveaway is a signed test pressing of Hayden Pedigo's release, I'll Be Waving As You Drive Away. Repost this to enter to win and we'll pick our winner just before 3pm. Prize must be picked up in the store. Thanks to @mexicansummer.bsky.social for sending this one!
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Repost to enter-to-win this signed test pressing of @rilokileyofficial.bsky.social's That's How We Choose to Remember It release! We'll choose a winner just before 11am. Prize must be picked up in the store. Thanks to @saddlecreek.bsky.social for this cool prize!
July 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Repost to enter-to-win this signed test pressing of @rilokileyofficial.bsky.social's That's How We Choose to Remember It release! We'll choose a winner just before 11am. Prize must be picked up in the store. Thanks to @saddlecreek.bsky.social for this cool prize!
Happy hour shark quiz
July 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Happy hour shark quiz
Currently wondering how my wife would play it if I got one of the many Epiphone Sheratons on marketplace and played Oasis songs in the basement for the rest of the summer.
July 5, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Currently wondering how my wife would play it if I got one of the many Epiphone Sheratons on marketplace and played Oasis songs in the basement for the rest of the summer.
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Worked imo:
Ok Boomer
They’re weird
Will you shut up, man
There you go again
Does not work imo:
He’s dangerous
He’s a felon
Most important election ever
Rules don’t apply to him
Stop building up fascists into cool strong outlaws for scared idiots to hide behind. Deflate them. It’s not that hard
Ok Boomer
They’re weird
Will you shut up, man
There you go again
Does not work imo:
He’s dangerous
He’s a felon
Most important election ever
Rules don’t apply to him
Stop building up fascists into cool strong outlaws for scared idiots to hide behind. Deflate them. It’s not that hard
July 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Worked imo:
Ok Boomer
They’re weird
Will you shut up, man
There you go again
Does not work imo:
He’s dangerous
He’s a felon
Most important election ever
Rules don’t apply to him
Stop building up fascists into cool strong outlaws for scared idiots to hide behind. Deflate them. It’s not that hard
Ok Boomer
They’re weird
Will you shut up, man
There you go again
Does not work imo:
He’s dangerous
He’s a felon
Most important election ever
Rules don’t apply to him
Stop building up fascists into cool strong outlaws for scared idiots to hide behind. Deflate them. It’s not that hard
Anyone else get a survey call about Frey today?
June 29, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Anyone else get a survey call about Frey today?
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Today we passed teacher retirement reform, a long and hard fought win for teachers in Minnesota that will advance fairness and stabilize our teaching workforce.
youtube.com/shorts/9xojX...
youtube.com/shorts/9xojX...
Sen. Gustafson: Teacher Retirement Reform is a Promise Kept
YouTube video by Minnesota Senate DFL
youtube.com
May 18, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Today we passed teacher retirement reform, a long and hard fought win for teachers in Minnesota that will advance fairness and stabilize our teaching workforce.
youtube.com/shorts/9xojX...
youtube.com/shorts/9xojX...
I got a Canes gift card good for unlimited $1.49 lemonades for up to 3 months for teacher appreciation week.
Breaking News: President Trump plans to accept a luxury Boeing 747 from Qatar that he will use as Air Force One and will keep using after he leaves office. The plan — involving possibly the biggest foreign gift ever received by the U.S. government — raises substantial ethical issues.
Trump Is to Accept a Luxury 747 From Qatar for Use as Air Force One
www.nytimes.com
May 11, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I got a Canes gift card good for unlimited $1.49 lemonades for up to 3 months for teacher appreciation week.
There’s Twice As Much About Mary
Implement a 100% tariff and ruin a movie
4 Fast 4 Furious
4 Fast 4 Furious
Implement a 100% tariff and ruin a movie
Thirty Nine Sixty Eight
Thirty Nine Sixty Eight
May 5, 2025 at 2:25 PM
There’s Twice As Much About Mary
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happy May Day, support unions + independent workers + make some kind of effort today to stop giving money to the ultra rich
May 1, 2025 at 3:54 PM
happy May Day, support unions + independent workers + make some kind of effort today to stop giving money to the ultra rich
New @prettyrude.bsky.social song has the juice. @stereogum.bsky.social
music.apple.com/us/album/cal...
music.apple.com/us/album/cal...
Call Me, Ishmael by Pretty Rude on Apple Music
Song · 2025 · Duration 3:14
music.apple.com
April 23, 2025 at 4:09 PM
New @prettyrude.bsky.social song has the juice. @stereogum.bsky.social
music.apple.com/us/album/cal...
music.apple.com/us/album/cal...