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“Wake Up Dead Man” takes the best parts of the first two “Knives Out” movies and improves on them. #KnivesOut #WakeUpDeadMan
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“Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery” Is the Best Film in the Series So Far
The film is engaging and funny, and also has something to say.
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December 23, 2025 at 4:59 PM
“Wake Up Dead Man” takes the best parts of the first two “Knives Out” movies and improves on them. #KnivesOut #WakeUpDeadMan
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If you, like me, were wondering: I’m sorry to inform you that Minnesota does not have an official state reptile.
“However, the Blanding's turtle was proposed as the reptile of the state in 1998 and 1999.” (via Wikipedia)
“However, the Blanding's turtle was proposed as the reptile of the state in 1998 and 1999.” (via Wikipedia)
December 23, 2025 at 2:40 AM
If you, like me, were wondering: I’m sorry to inform you that Minnesota does not have an official state reptile.
“However, the Blanding's turtle was proposed as the reptile of the state in 1998 and 1999.” (via Wikipedia)
“However, the Blanding's turtle was proposed as the reptile of the state in 1998 and 1999.” (via Wikipedia)
This week’s events include Holiday Movie Trivia, #AkeomeCon, role-playing games for teens, Museum Nights, KPop Demon Hunters Christmas Drag Brunch, DocuLovers Club, and many seasonal events. #TwinCitiesGeeks
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This Week in Geek (12/22/2025–12/28/2025)
Welcome to This Week in Geek, your guide to events of interest to the Minnesota geek community for the week of Monday, December 22, to Sunday, December 28.
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December 22, 2025 at 11:41 PM
This week’s events include Holiday Movie Trivia, #AkeomeCon, role-playing games for teens, Museum Nights, KPop Demon Hunters Christmas Drag Brunch, DocuLovers Club, and many seasonal events. #TwinCitiesGeeks
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As you may know, I have stopped using Twitter, and have decided to reproduce some of my more memorable threads here for posterity. Here’s one I hold wrote after a particularly engaging swordfighting lesson.
Buckle up, swordfighting fans, because I *have* studied my Agrippa!
[BIG ASS THREAD]
Buckle up, swordfighting fans, because I *have* studied my Agrippa!
[BIG ASS THREAD]
a man reading a book to a young boy
Alt: a man reading a book to a young boy
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June 5, 2025 at 11:20 AM
As you may know, I have stopped using Twitter, and have decided to reproduce some of my more memorable threads here for posterity. Here’s one I hold wrote after a particularly engaging swordfighting lesson.
Buckle up, swordfighting fans, because I *have* studied my Agrippa!
[BIG ASS THREAD]
Buckle up, swordfighting fans, because I *have* studied my Agrippa!
[BIG ASS THREAD]
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It's your last day to enter!
Weekend giveaway!
This year's Klingon-language Christmas play is onstage now at the Mounds Theatre. Enter by 7:00 p.m. Sunday for your chance to win a free ticket! #TwinCitiesGeeks twincitiesgeek.com/2025/12/ente...
This year's Klingon-language Christmas play is onstage now at the Mounds Theatre. Enter by 7:00 p.m. Sunday for your chance to win a free ticket! #TwinCitiesGeeks twincitiesgeek.com/2025/12/ente...
Enter to Win a Free Ticket to “It’s an Honorable Life” at the Mounds Theatre
Each winter, Star Trek fans descend on St. Paul's Historic Mounds Theatre for a Christmas story performed in Klingon.
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December 14, 2025 at 6:25 PM
It's your last day to enter!
This week, celebrate the winter solstice, play arcade games for a good cause, explore holiday light displays, and more! #TwinCitiesGeeks twincitiesgeek.com/2025/12/this...
This Week in Geek (12/15/2025–12/21/2025)
Welcome to This Week in Geek, your guide to events of interest to the Minnesota geek community for the week of Monday, December 15, to Sunday, December 21.
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December 14, 2025 at 7:14 PM
This week, celebrate the winter solstice, play arcade games for a good cause, explore holiday light displays, and more! #TwinCitiesGeeks twincitiesgeek.com/2025/12/this...
It's your last day to enter!
Weekend giveaway!
This year's Klingon-language Christmas play is onstage now at the Mounds Theatre. Enter by 7:00 p.m. Sunday for your chance to win a free ticket! #TwinCitiesGeeks twincitiesgeek.com/2025/12/ente...
This year's Klingon-language Christmas play is onstage now at the Mounds Theatre. Enter by 7:00 p.m. Sunday for your chance to win a free ticket! #TwinCitiesGeeks twincitiesgeek.com/2025/12/ente...
Enter to Win a Free Ticket to “It’s an Honorable Life” at the Mounds Theatre
Each winter, Star Trek fans descend on St. Paul's Historic Mounds Theatre for a Christmas story performed in Klingon.
twincitiesgeek.com
December 14, 2025 at 6:25 PM
It's your last day to enter!
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This weekend's set to be a cold one, but we've rounded up some indoor activities to keep you warm! #TwinCitiesGeeks twincitiesgeek.com/2025/12/this...
This Week in Geek (12/8/2025–12/14/2025)
This week, see plenty of lights, stay warm with some indoor activities, and get into the holiday spirit!
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December 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
This weekend's set to be a cold one, but we've rounded up some indoor activities to keep you warm! #TwinCitiesGeeks twincitiesgeek.com/2025/12/this...
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Weekend giveaway!
This year's Klingon-language Christmas play is onstage now at the Mounds Theatre. Enter by 7:00 p.m. Sunday for your chance to win a free ticket! #TwinCitiesGeeks twincitiesgeek.com/2025/12/ente...
This year's Klingon-language Christmas play is onstage now at the Mounds Theatre. Enter by 7:00 p.m. Sunday for your chance to win a free ticket! #TwinCitiesGeeks twincitiesgeek.com/2025/12/ente...
Enter to Win a Free Ticket to “It’s an Honorable Life” at the Mounds Theatre
Each winter, Star Trek fans descend on St. Paul's Historic Mounds Theatre for a Christmas story performed in Klingon.
twincitiesgeek.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Weekend giveaway!
This year's Klingon-language Christmas play is onstage now at the Mounds Theatre. Enter by 7:00 p.m. Sunday for your chance to win a free ticket! #TwinCitiesGeeks twincitiesgeek.com/2025/12/ente...
This year's Klingon-language Christmas play is onstage now at the Mounds Theatre. Enter by 7:00 p.m. Sunday for your chance to win a free ticket! #TwinCitiesGeeks twincitiesgeek.com/2025/12/ente...
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We have another giveaway for you today—but you need to act fast! Visit the link to claim 2 free passes to a 12/16 screening of “Avatar: Fire and Ash” while supplies last. ➡️ gofobo.com/AVATARTCGEEK
December 12, 2025 at 9:00 PM
We have another giveaway for you today—but you need to act fast! Visit the link to claim 2 free passes to a 12/16 screening of “Avatar: Fire and Ash” while supplies last. ➡️ gofobo.com/AVATARTCGEEK
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Our resident fan of both romance and real-life hockey has all the thoughts you need on #HeatedRivalry, the new hockey romance series on HBO. #TwinCitiesGeeks twincitiesgeek.com/2025/12/heat...
“Heated Rivalry” Delivers on Both Romance and Hockey
Picked up by HBO Max in the US and a couple other countries, it’s a spicy hockey romance based on an incredibly popular book, and the show delivers on the promise of the source material.
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December 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Our resident fan of both romance and real-life hockey has all the thoughts you need on #HeatedRivalry, the new hockey romance series on HBO. #TwinCitiesGeeks twincitiesgeek.com/2025/12/heat...
We have another giveaway for you today—but you need to act fast! Visit the link to claim 2 free passes to a 12/16 screening of “Avatar: Fire and Ash” while supplies last. ➡️ gofobo.com/AVATARTCGEEK
December 12, 2025 at 9:00 PM
We have another giveaway for you today—but you need to act fast! Visit the link to claim 2 free passes to a 12/16 screening of “Avatar: Fire and Ash” while supplies last. ➡️ gofobo.com/AVATARTCGEEK
We love the snow plows but also
#Minneaota
#Minneaota
December 12, 2025 at 7:06 PM
We love the snow plows but also
#Minneaota
#Minneaota
This weekend's set to be a cold one, but we've rounded up some indoor activities to keep you warm! #TwinCitiesGeeks twincitiesgeek.com/2025/12/this...
This Week in Geek (12/8/2025–12/14/2025)
This week, see plenty of lights, stay warm with some indoor activities, and get into the holiday spirit!
twincitiesgeek.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
This weekend's set to be a cold one, but we've rounded up some indoor activities to keep you warm! #TwinCitiesGeeks twincitiesgeek.com/2025/12/this...
Weekend giveaway!
This year's Klingon-language Christmas play is onstage now at the Mounds Theatre. Enter by 7:00 p.m. Sunday for your chance to win a free ticket! #TwinCitiesGeeks twincitiesgeek.com/2025/12/ente...
This year's Klingon-language Christmas play is onstage now at the Mounds Theatre. Enter by 7:00 p.m. Sunday for your chance to win a free ticket! #TwinCitiesGeeks twincitiesgeek.com/2025/12/ente...
Enter to Win a Free Ticket to “It’s an Honorable Life” at the Mounds Theatre
Each winter, Star Trek fans descend on St. Paul's Historic Mounds Theatre for a Christmas story performed in Klingon.
twincitiesgeek.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Weekend giveaway!
This year's Klingon-language Christmas play is onstage now at the Mounds Theatre. Enter by 7:00 p.m. Sunday for your chance to win a free ticket! #TwinCitiesGeeks twincitiesgeek.com/2025/12/ente...
This year's Klingon-language Christmas play is onstage now at the Mounds Theatre. Enter by 7:00 p.m. Sunday for your chance to win a free ticket! #TwinCitiesGeeks twincitiesgeek.com/2025/12/ente...
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Sound the alarms: it’s snowplow-naming season!
Have a pun that sparkles? A masterpiece? A name that’ll make Minnesota proud? Submit your ideas online by Dec. 19 at noon: mndot.gov/nameasnowplow
Have a pun that sparkles? A masterpiece? A name that’ll make Minnesota proud? Submit your ideas online by Dec. 19 at noon: mndot.gov/nameasnowplow
December 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Sound the alarms: it’s snowplow-naming season!
Have a pun that sparkles? A masterpiece? A name that’ll make Minnesota proud? Submit your ideas online by Dec. 19 at noon: mndot.gov/nameasnowplow
Have a pun that sparkles? A masterpiece? A name that’ll make Minnesota proud? Submit your ideas online by Dec. 19 at noon: mndot.gov/nameasnowplow
Our resident fan of both romance and real-life hockey has all the thoughts you need on #HeatedRivalry, the new hockey romance series on HBO. #TwinCitiesGeeks twincitiesgeek.com/2025/12/heat...
“Heated Rivalry” Delivers on Both Romance and Hockey
Picked up by HBO Max in the US and a couple other countries, it’s a spicy hockey romance based on an incredibly popular book, and the show delivers on the promise of the source material.
twincitiesgeek.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Our resident fan of both romance and real-life hockey has all the thoughts you need on #HeatedRivalry, the new hockey romance series on HBO. #TwinCitiesGeeks twincitiesgeek.com/2025/12/heat...
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My dog, Finn, celebrating the first Wednesday of the month sirens in the woods by Cedar Lake in Minneapolis. It was great to howl with him.
December 3, 2025 at 7:03 PM
My dog, Finn, celebrating the first Wednesday of the month sirens in the woods by Cedar Lake in Minneapolis. It was great to howl with him.
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📌 for the reading recs
Wheelchair users in Sci-Fi & Fantasy
🦼👩🦽➡️🧑🦼➡️🦽
Wheelchair users in Sci-Fi & Fantasy
🦼👩🦽➡️🧑🦼➡️🦽
Does anyone have suggestions for SF & F in which the main character is a full time wheelchair user?
Literally asking this for a friend who uses a chair and wants to see themselves in a book.
Literally asking this for a friend who uses a chair and wants to see themselves in a book.
December 3, 2025 at 3:09 AM
📌 for the reading recs
Wheelchair users in Sci-Fi & Fantasy
🦼👩🦽➡️🧑🦼➡️🦽
Wheelchair users in Sci-Fi & Fantasy
🦼👩🦽➡️🧑🦼➡️🦽
This week, compete in a LEGO-building contest, learn about the science of forests, and get into the holiday spirit with a plethora of #Minnesota events including the #StarTrek #Klingon fan production of It's an Honorable Life. #TwinCitiesGeeks
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This Week in Geek (12/1/2025–12/7/2025)
Welcome to This Week in Geek, your guide to events of interest to the Minnesota geek community for the week of Monday, December 1, to Sunday, December 7.
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December 1, 2025 at 12:51 AM
This week, compete in a LEGO-building contest, learn about the science of forests, and get into the holiday spirit with a plethora of #Minnesota events including the #StarTrek #Klingon fan production of It's an Honorable Life. #TwinCitiesGeeks
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Our annual guide to #BlackFriday and #SmallBizSat at #Minnesota's indie bookstores is here! It's time to start making your weekend plans with @boneshakerbooks.bsky.social, @redballoonbookshop.bsky.social, @wildrumpusbooktore.bsky.social, and more! #TwinCitiesGeeks
The MN Bookstore Guide to Black Friday and Small Business Saturday 2025
Check out the many Minnesota independent bookstores offering sales and specials this Black Friday and Small Business Saturday!
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November 27, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Our annual guide to #BlackFriday and #SmallBizSat at #Minnesota's indie bookstores is here! It's time to start making your weekend plans with @boneshakerbooks.bsky.social, @redballoonbookshop.bsky.social, @wildrumpusbooktore.bsky.social, and more! #TwinCitiesGeeks
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Exploding Star Orchestra's unique flavor of avant-garde jazz music is coming to the Walker. #TwinCitiesGeeks twincitiesgeek.com/2025/11/expl...
Exploding Star Orchestra Is Bringing Cosmic Jazz to Minneapolis’s Walker Art Center on December 5
The group, founded in 2005 by director and composer Rob Mazurek, will descend upon Minneapolis with an all-star group of musicians “in a flurry of arpeggios and stardust.”
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November 23, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Exploding Star Orchestra's unique flavor of avant-garde jazz music is coming to the Walker. #TwinCitiesGeeks twincitiesgeek.com/2025/11/expl...