HJ Hennen
@hjhennen.bsky.social
"The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you're uncool." -Lester Bangs
'Sota sports don't make me sad; they killed me years ago. Pheend, Hockey, 90s emo rock loyalist
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'Sota sports don't make me sad; they killed me years ago. Pheend, Hockey, 90s emo rock loyalist
https://linktr.ee/hjhcreativesolutions
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I had a lot of thoughts about Napheesa Collier reading WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert from Genesis to Revelations. This much is clear: Cathy Engelbert can’t continue as league commissioner www.youtube.com/live/WcbD9BV...
Napheesa Collier ETHERS WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert
YouTube video by Jemele Hill
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October 1, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I had a lot of thoughts about Napheesa Collier reading WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert from Genesis to Revelations. This much is clear: Cathy Engelbert can’t continue as league commissioner www.youtube.com/live/WcbD9BV...
Still haven't picked my jaw up off the floor.
People don't yet understand how impactful Minnesota Lynx forward Napheesa Collier's statement today was for US Labor relations as a whole, but they will soon enough.
AND SHE'LL DO IT AGAIN
#wnba #wnbpa #paytheplayers
People don't yet understand how impactful Minnesota Lynx forward Napheesa Collier's statement today was for US Labor relations as a whole, but they will soon enough.
AND SHE'LL DO IT AGAIN
#wnba #wnbpa #paytheplayers
Napheesa Collier Changed US Labor Relations in Five Minutes
AND SHE'LL DO IT AGAIN
hjhennen.substack.com
October 1, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Still haven't picked my jaw up off the floor.
People don't yet understand how impactful Minnesota Lynx forward Napheesa Collier's statement today was for US Labor relations as a whole, but they will soon enough.
AND SHE'LL DO IT AGAIN
#wnba #wnbpa #paytheplayers
People don't yet understand how impactful Minnesota Lynx forward Napheesa Collier's statement today was for US Labor relations as a whole, but they will soon enough.
AND SHE'LL DO IT AGAIN
#wnba #wnbpa #paytheplayers
Once an equal opportunity offender who was up to denigrate any and everyone, Eric Cartman spent his considerable economic, cultural, and social capital to say one side of the ideological spectrum is out of control.
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Eric Cartman, the Hero We Deserve
I Didn't Wish This On Us
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September 25, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Once an equal opportunity offender who was up to denigrate any and everyone, Eric Cartman spent his considerable economic, cultural, and social capital to say one side of the ideological spectrum is out of control.
hjhennen.substack.com/p/eric-cartm...
hjhennen.substack.com/p/eric-cartm...
I don't share my podcast links over here, but need to add my name to the chorus of those standing on the right side of history as the US dive bombs into authoritarianism.
Writing and creative expression has never been more needed than it is now.
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Writing and creative expression has never been more needed than it is now.
open.spotify.com/episode/7mBN...
Jimmy Kimmel
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September 21, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I don't share my podcast links over here, but need to add my name to the chorus of those standing on the right side of history as the US dive bombs into authoritarianism.
Writing and creative expression has never been more needed than it is now.
open.spotify.com/episode/7mBN...
Writing and creative expression has never been more needed than it is now.
open.spotify.com/episode/7mBN...
If you claim to be a Minnesotan and you haven't yelled - completely out of context - THE SWAN ATE MY BABY, I'm questioning your statehoodship.
hjhennen.substack.com/p/the-quinte...
hjhennen.substack.com/p/the-quinte...
The Quintessential Minnesota Movie
"THE SWAN ATE MY BABY!"
hjhennen.substack.com
September 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
If you claim to be a Minnesotan and you haven't yelled - completely out of context - THE SWAN ATE MY BABY, I'm questioning your statehoodship.
hjhennen.substack.com/p/the-quinte...
hjhennen.substack.com/p/the-quinte...
The story of how a World War Two artifact, once used as home decor in my grandparent’s home, fueled a grade-school global history curiosity and informed my dread about *the world* today.
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hjhennen.substack.com/p/grade-scho...
Grade School Nostalgia Aesthetics
Return to 1943
hjhennen.substack.com
September 4, 2025 at 12:43 AM
The story of how a World War Two artifact, once used as home decor in my grandparent’s home, fueled a grade-school global history curiosity and informed my dread about *the world* today.
hjhennen.substack.com/p/grade-scho...
hjhennen.substack.com/p/grade-scho...
There will be a next school/mass shooting.
For now, I hope you'll take a few minutes to come along with me on a ride-along of my Minneapolis Southside, so you'll remember it once all the news coverage moves on to the next wholly preventable tragedy.
hjhennen.substack.com/p/i-identify...
For now, I hope you'll take a few minutes to come along with me on a ride-along of my Minneapolis Southside, so you'll remember it once all the news coverage moves on to the next wholly preventable tragedy.
hjhennen.substack.com/p/i-identify...
I Identify as Minneapolis Southsider
"close to home"
hjhennen.substack.com
August 27, 2025 at 9:55 PM
There will be a next school/mass shooting.
For now, I hope you'll take a few minutes to come along with me on a ride-along of my Minneapolis Southside, so you'll remember it once all the news coverage moves on to the next wholly preventable tragedy.
hjhennen.substack.com/p/i-identify...
For now, I hope you'll take a few minutes to come along with me on a ride-along of my Minneapolis Southside, so you'll remember it once all the news coverage moves on to the next wholly preventable tragedy.
hjhennen.substack.com/p/i-identify...
When a *nice* celebratory moment recognizing athletic prowess leads to a quasi-detailed, write-funny exploration of the Abolish69 Movement.
"The Nice History of Your Favorite Number"
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"The Nice History of Your Favorite Number"
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The Nice History of Your Favorite Number
When a dumb joke became a referendum on gender politics
hjhennen.substack.com
August 20, 2025 at 11:41 PM
When a *nice* celebratory moment recognizing athletic prowess leads to a quasi-detailed, write-funny exploration of the Abolish69 Movement.
"The Nice History of Your Favorite Number"
hjhennen.substack.com/p/the-nice-h...
"The Nice History of Your Favorite Number"
hjhennen.substack.com/p/the-nice-h...
Want to know why GenXers are so angry all the time? Everything we loved and built our foundation on is labeled a "guilty" pleasure. On behalf of GenXers everywhere, I'm taking pleasure back, one power ballad at a time.
hjhennen.substack.com/p/taking-bac...
hjhennen.substack.com/p/taking-bac...
Taking Back Pleasure from Guilt
The whole decade was a little bit problematic
hjhennen.substack.com
August 7, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Want to know why GenXers are so angry all the time? Everything we loved and built our foundation on is labeled a "guilty" pleasure. On behalf of GenXers everywhere, I'm taking pleasure back, one power ballad at a time.
hjhennen.substack.com/p/taking-bac...
hjhennen.substack.com/p/taking-bac...
One person's altruistic endeavor to support America's youngest entrepreneurs, one 500% tip at a time.
hjhennen.substack.com/p/edinas-new...
hjhennen.substack.com/p/edinas-new...
Edina's Newest Lemonade Enterprise
A 500% tip? In this economy?
hjhennen.substack.com
July 30, 2025 at 1:59 AM
One person's altruistic endeavor to support America's youngest entrepreneurs, one 500% tip at a time.
hjhennen.substack.com/p/edinas-new...
hjhennen.substack.com/p/edinas-new...
It's as if I'm the punk rocker from the dream sequence in Portlandia who discovers yuppies for the first time.
alt title - gentrification is thee worst.
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alt title - gentrification is thee worst.
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A "Dear John" Letter to the North Loop
It's not you, it's me.
open.substack.com
July 22, 2025 at 10:30 PM
It's as if I'm the punk rocker from the dream sequence in Portlandia who discovers yuppies for the first time.
alt title - gentrification is thee worst.
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alt title - gentrification is thee worst.
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After losing my van in May I am currently raising funds for a new one. Please share this post or make a donation if you can! Every dollar counts, we are getting so close to $19k!
gofund.me/3c0b3a1d
gofund.me/3c0b3a1d
Donate to Chanel's Urgent Need for Accessible Transport, organized by Chanel K
Hi my name is Chanel. I am 26 years old. I was born with a physical disability … Chanel K needs your support for Chanel's Urgent Need for Accessible Transport
gofund.me
July 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM
After losing my van in May I am currently raising funds for a new one. Please share this post or make a donation if you can! Every dollar counts, we are getting so close to $19k!
gofund.me/3c0b3a1d
gofund.me/3c0b3a1d
Anyone else have a hard time celebrating the Fourth of July this year?
We beat the Monarchy once. We can do it again.
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We beat the Monarchy once. We can do it again.
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Telling the Monarchy to Pound Sand
Second Verse, Same as the First
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July 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Anyone else have a hard time celebrating the Fourth of July this year?
We beat the Monarchy once. We can do it again.
substack.com/@hjhennen/no...
We beat the Monarchy once. We can do it again.
substack.com/@hjhennen/no...
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Someone who says this should be banished from
the WH.
the WH.
Good to know one of the U.S. President's main influencers on national security policy is calling for actual genocide (65 mil is the total Latino population of the U.S.)
July 2, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Someone who says this should be banished from
the WH.
the WH.
Everyone deserves to have a gay mascot to cheer for.
#wnba #pridenight #minnesotalynx
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#wnba #pridenight #minnesotalynx
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Family By Blood and Family By Love
Everyone deserves a gay mascot
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June 24, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Everyone deserves to have a gay mascot to cheer for.
#wnba #pridenight #minnesotalynx
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#wnba #pridenight #minnesotalynx
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If I had a real-life example of the "Oh shit, here we go again" GTA San Andreas meme specfic to my life, this musical duo would be my Roman Empire.
"The Meteoric Rise and Beautiful Death Spiral of the Civil Wars"
#TheCivilWars #BartonHollow #LiveatEddiesAttic
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"The Meteoric Rise and Beautiful Death Spiral of the Civil Wars"
#TheCivilWars #BartonHollow #LiveatEddiesAttic
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The Meteoric Rise and Beautiful Death Spiral of The Civil Wars
My Roman Empire awakens anew.
substack.com
June 18, 2025 at 11:26 PM
If I had a real-life example of the "Oh shit, here we go again" GTA San Andreas meme specfic to my life, this musical duo would be my Roman Empire.
"The Meteoric Rise and Beautiful Death Spiral of the Civil Wars"
#TheCivilWars #BartonHollow #LiveatEddiesAttic
substack.com/home/post/p-...
"The Meteoric Rise and Beautiful Death Spiral of the Civil Wars"
#TheCivilWars #BartonHollow #LiveatEddiesAttic
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“It was ‘Pet Sounds’ that blew me out of the water. I figure no one is educated musically ’til they’ve heard that album.” - Sir Paul
Thank you, Brian Wilson. Take your time and go check out the late night record shop.
#BrianWilson #PetSounds #writer #writerlife
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Thank you, Brian Wilson. Take your time and go check out the late night record shop.
#BrianWilson #PetSounds #writer #writerlife
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Farewell to the Poet Laureate of Summer
God Only Knows, for my money, is one of the most beautiful pop songs ever written.
open.substack.com
June 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
“It was ‘Pet Sounds’ that blew me out of the water. I figure no one is educated musically ’til they’ve heard that album.” - Sir Paul
Thank you, Brian Wilson. Take your time and go check out the late night record shop.
#BrianWilson #PetSounds #writer #writerlife
open.substack.com/pub/hjhennen...
Thank you, Brian Wilson. Take your time and go check out the late night record shop.
#BrianWilson #PetSounds #writer #writerlife
open.substack.com/pub/hjhennen...
Brian Wilson; musical genius, falliable human being.
God Only Knows is one of the best pop songs ever produced; just listen to the isolated vocals of the last minute of the song. I'll die on that hill.
#writer #brianwilson #thebeachboys #petsounds
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God Only Knows is one of the best pop songs ever produced; just listen to the isolated vocals of the last minute of the song. I'll die on that hill.
#writer #brianwilson #thebeachboys #petsounds
open.substack.com/pub/hjhennen...
Farewell to the Poet Laureate of Summer
God Only Knows, for my money, is one of the most beautiful pop songs ever written.
open.substack.com
June 12, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Brian Wilson; musical genius, falliable human being.
God Only Knows is one of the best pop songs ever produced; just listen to the isolated vocals of the last minute of the song. I'll die on that hill.
#writer #brianwilson #thebeachboys #petsounds
open.substack.com/pub/hjhennen...
God Only Knows is one of the best pop songs ever produced; just listen to the isolated vocals of the last minute of the song. I'll die on that hill.
#writer #brianwilson #thebeachboys #petsounds
open.substack.com/pub/hjhennen...
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Important thing to beat people over the head with: Trump has turned American cities into warzones and for fucking what? Prices are way up, jobs will be way down, the dollar is worth less, and now the highway is blocked off by cops. Maybe the Great Mythical Immigrant wasn’t the problem after all.
June 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Important thing to beat people over the head with: Trump has turned American cities into warzones and for fucking what? Prices are way up, jobs will be way down, the dollar is worth less, and now the highway is blocked off by cops. Maybe the Great Mythical Immigrant wasn’t the problem after all.
Hockey is the one thing I loved that wasn’t a person to the same level of depth that I love people...and I used to believe I would love it my whole life through.
Then loving hockey started to hurt.
#hockeyisforeveryone
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Then loving hockey started to hurt.
#hockeyisforeveryone
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Is Hockey Still for Everyone?
Thank God for Gritty
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June 8, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Hockey is the one thing I loved that wasn’t a person to the same level of depth that I love people...and I used to believe I would love it my whole life through.
Then loving hockey started to hurt.
#hockeyisforeveryone
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Then loving hockey started to hurt.
#hockeyisforeveryone
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A day after federal agents descended on South Minneapolis, we - and by we, I mean me, and the rest of us who live in Southeast Minneapolis - still have no idea what the point was of the armored vehicles and military cosplay.
"Gaslit in South Minneapolis"
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"Gaslit in South Minneapolis"
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Gaslit in South Minneapolis
Make Tacos Not Walls
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June 5, 2025 at 3:33 AM
A day after federal agents descended on South Minneapolis, we - and by we, I mean me, and the rest of us who live in Southeast Minneapolis - still have no idea what the point was of the armored vehicles and military cosplay.
"Gaslit in South Minneapolis"
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"Gaslit in South Minneapolis"
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Thank you, President Biden. Knowing what we know about the historical application of the death penalty, including showing no demonstrated ability to deter crime, that this country should still be using this cruel and unjust punishment.
#abolishthedeathpenalty
#commutetherow
#abolishthedeathpenalty
#commutetherow
Felony Murder Elimination Project joins the many around the world praising President Joe Biden's federal death row commutations, a cruel punishment long applied disproportionally to racially, religiously, ethnically, & politically disfavored groups.
#abolishthedeathpenalty
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#abolishthedeathpenalty
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Biden Commutes 37 Federal Death Sentences
Felony Murder Elimination Project joins the chorus of those around the country in praising President Biden's federal death row commutations. We stand alongside the many who seek the end of the death p...
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December 23, 2024 at 8:07 PM
Thank you, President Biden. Knowing what we know about the historical application of the death penalty, including showing no demonstrated ability to deter crime, that this country should still be using this cruel and unjust punishment.
#abolishthedeathpenalty
#commutetherow
#abolishthedeathpenalty
#commutetherow
Numbers don't lie. The business of the #WNBA is booming. Get on board or get out of the way.
(Amusing subhead is amusing)
www.adweek.com/brand-market...
(Amusing subhead is amusing)
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No Brand Experienced More Growth In 2024 Than the WNBA
More than 54 million unique viewers tuned in for games during the league’s 2024 season.
www.adweek.com
December 9, 2024 at 7:08 PM
Numbers don't lie. The business of the #WNBA is booming. Get on board or get out of the way.
(Amusing subhead is amusing)
www.adweek.com/brand-market...
(Amusing subhead is amusing)
www.adweek.com/brand-market...
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Writing is fine. It's literally the most embarrassing thing on earth to emotionally put yourself on full display for rejection or validation, but it's good. I enjoy it. I find it therapeutic to horrify myself.
December 2, 2024 at 3:30 PM
Writing is fine. It's literally the most embarrassing thing on earth to emotionally put yourself on full display for rejection or validation, but it's good. I enjoy it. I find it therapeutic to horrify myself.