Anne Nerison
@annenerison.bsky.social
Here for books, cats, and politics. Twin Cities, MN. She/Her 🏳️🌈 #UglyDogs
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"What if one of YOUR favorite politicians/celebrities/etc is on the list?" Did you all not notice how quickly we dropped Neil Gaiman when we found out about the things he did? Do you know how beloved that guy used to be and how loathed he is now? I think that right there should answer your question.
November 13, 2025 at 5:58 AM
"What if one of YOUR favorite politicians/celebrities/etc is on the list?" Did you all not notice how quickly we dropped Neil Gaiman when we found out about the things he did? Do you know how beloved that guy used to be and how loathed he is now? I think that right there should answer your question.
Tons of people out to vote for school board at my precinct in Andover! I have *never* seen a polling place this busy on an off year. Fingers crossed they're all turning out for Payeur. 🤞
November 4, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Tons of people out to vote for school board at my precinct in Andover! I have *never* seen a polling place this busy on an off year. Fingers crossed they're all turning out for Payeur. 🤞
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If you want or need SNAP benefits, literally the only barrier should be...signing up.
"But what about fraud?" My sibling in red, white, and blue, THE PENTAGON HASN'T PASSED AN AUDIT IN YEARS AND MONEY IS FAKE. I don't care if too many people have food assistance.
"But what about fraud?" My sibling in red, white, and blue, THE PENTAGON HASN'T PASSED AN AUDIT IN YEARS AND MONEY IS FAKE. I don't care if too many people have food assistance.
November 1, 2025 at 4:08 AM
If you want or need SNAP benefits, literally the only barrier should be...signing up.
"But what about fraud?" My sibling in red, white, and blue, THE PENTAGON HASN'T PASSED AN AUDIT IN YEARS AND MONEY IS FAKE. I don't care if too many people have food assistance.
"But what about fraud?" My sibling in red, white, and blue, THE PENTAGON HASN'T PASSED AN AUDIT IN YEARS AND MONEY IS FAKE. I don't care if too many people have food assistance.
10/10 headline, no notes.
“I know they’ll never find me as long as I’m smart,” he said before resuming his texting of incriminating photos and play-by-play of the hate-crime spree he was on.
'They’ll never find me as long as I’m smart,' wrote St. Paul man charged in anti-LGBTQ vandalism spree
Ramsey County prosecutors on Wednesday charged a self-described “right wing libertarian” in connection with a summertime vandalism spree in St. Paul that targeted LGBTQ+ Pride flags and anti-Trump…
www.mprnews.org
October 31, 2025 at 1:56 PM
10/10 headline, no notes.
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For fellow Minnesotans, @bringmethenews.bsky.social is keeping a running list of places that will offer free food to folks with SNAP/EBT or, in some cases, anyone who comes in and asks. bringmethenews.com/minnesota-li...
bringmethenews.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:05 AM
For fellow Minnesotans, @bringmethenews.bsky.social is keeping a running list of places that will offer free food to folks with SNAP/EBT or, in some cases, anyone who comes in and asks. bringmethenews.com/minnesota-li...
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Here to terrify on #Halloween 🦇😱
BL Add MS 18852; the 'Hours of Joanna I of Castile' or the 'Hours of Joanna the Mad'; 1486 CE-1506 CE; f.150r
BL Add MS 18852; the 'Hours of Joanna I of Castile' or the 'Hours of Joanna the Mad'; 1486 CE-1506 CE; f.150r
October 30, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Here to terrify on #Halloween 🦇😱
BL Add MS 18852; the 'Hours of Joanna I of Castile' or the 'Hours of Joanna the Mad'; 1486 CE-1506 CE; f.150r
BL Add MS 18852; the 'Hours of Joanna I of Castile' or the 'Hours of Joanna the Mad'; 1486 CE-1506 CE; f.150r
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"These censures are deemed necessary, notwithstanding the fact that he continues to deny the allegations against him" is quite a sentence.
He has asked us to repeat his denials, and while it is a fact that he does continue those denials, the King does not believe them [and nor does anybody else]
He has asked us to repeat his denials, and while it is a fact that he does continue those denials, the King does not believe them [and nor does anybody else]
October 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
"These censures are deemed necessary, notwithstanding the fact that he continues to deny the allegations against him" is quite a sentence.
He has asked us to repeat his denials, and while it is a fact that he does continue those denials, the King does not believe them [and nor does anybody else]
He has asked us to repeat his denials, and while it is a fact that he does continue those denials, the King does not believe them [and nor does anybody else]
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Soon to be flying near you all on #Halloween ! 🦇
Bodleian Library Exeter College MS 47; The Psalter of Humphrey de Bohun; 1360 CE–1400 CE; England; f.21v @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Bodleian Library Exeter College MS 47; The Psalter of Humphrey de Bohun; 1360 CE–1400 CE; England; f.21v @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
October 30, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Soon to be flying near you all on #Halloween ! 🦇
Bodleian Library Exeter College MS 47; The Psalter of Humphrey de Bohun; 1360 CE–1400 CE; England; f.21v @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Bodleian Library Exeter College MS 47; The Psalter of Humphrey de Bohun; 1360 CE–1400 CE; England; f.21v @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
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These terrifying bats are looking forward to #Halloween 🦇🦇🦇😱
Bodl. Library MS. Ashmole 304; 13th century; England, St. Albans; f.47v @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Bodl. Library MS. Ashmole 304; 13th century; England, St. Albans; f.47v @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
October 29, 2025 at 10:06 PM
These terrifying bats are looking forward to #Halloween 🦇🦇🦇😱
Bodl. Library MS. Ashmole 304; 13th century; England, St. Albans; f.47v @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Bodl. Library MS. Ashmole 304; 13th century; England, St. Albans; f.47v @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
This is a little limited in the north metro, but maybe if more people use it, more restaurants will join 🤷♀️. I haven't used it yet but some friends have scored great deals.
Good time to spread the word about Too Good To Go to people who need cheap food. (Good time for more businesses to get on board with it too or something similar.)
www.toogoodtogo.com
www.toogoodtogo.com
Save Good Food From Going To Waste - Too Good To Go
Too Good To Go app is the world's largest surplus food marketplace. Download now and enjoy good food at 1/2 price or less, help the environment and reduce food waste.
www.toogoodtogo.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:54 AM
This is a little limited in the north metro, but maybe if more people use it, more restaurants will join 🤷♀️. I haven't used it yet but some friends have scored great deals.
I just re-upped my subscription! Looking forward to more excellent reporting this year.
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October 29, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I just re-upped my subscription! Looking forward to more excellent reporting this year.
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“When the Dobbs thing happened and everyone was talking about, ‘I don’t know what to do,’ I just went on Facebook and asked friends, like, ‘I have an airplane, and I can help people move across the country to get where they need to be.’”
Meet the Volunteer Pilots Flying Patients From Red States to Reproductive Care - Racket
Removing barriers to bodily autonomy, one prop plane flight at a time.
racketmn.com
October 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM
“When the Dobbs thing happened and everyone was talking about, ‘I don’t know what to do,’ I just went on Facebook and asked friends, like, ‘I have an airplane, and I can help people move across the country to get where they need to be.’”
I don't know why I continue to be surprised by anything this administration does, but here we are. What a wild story.
EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
October 21, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I don't know why I continue to be surprised by anything this administration does, but here we are. What a wild story.
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I’ve seen just one counter-protester at No Kings San Diego. He’s got a Trump 2024 flag and this guy has been following him around for probably an hour playing Benny Hill and circus music.
October 18, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I’ve seen just one counter-protester at No Kings San Diego. He’s got a Trump 2024 flag and this guy has been following him around for probably an hour playing Benny Hill and circus music.
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J. D. VANCE: We need to end DEI.
MONKEY’S PAW: (raises one finger)
MONKEY’S PAW: (raises one finger)
BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV is set to effectively disband Opus Dei in the coming weeks.
This would be the most sweeping internal reform of his pontificate — and a dramatic continuation of Pope Francis’s legacy.
This would be the most sweeping internal reform of his pontificate — and a dramatic continuation of Pope Francis’s legacy.
NEW: Pope Leo Set To Break Up Opus Dei
If Pope Leo does indeed approves a plan that effectively dissolves Opus Dei’s structure, it would be the most significant internal action of his short pontificate to date.
open.substack.com
October 17, 2025 at 2:48 AM
J. D. VANCE: We need to end DEI.
MONKEY’S PAW: (raises one finger)
MONKEY’S PAW: (raises one finger)
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It's not often you hear a room cheer for the return of chicken pox, let alone measles. Welcome to Freedom Summit 2025.
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.
racketmn.com
October 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
It's not often you hear a room cheer for the return of chicken pox, let alone measles. Welcome to Freedom Summit 2025.
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yearly reminder to people insisting that we view Christopher Columbus as "a man of his time" that *the people responsible for the Spanish Inquisition* thought Columbus was out of pocket
Christopher Columbus was dragged back to Spain in chains by a crusading knight, convicted of tyranny and immeasurable cruelty, pardoned by Isabella but banned from returning to Hispaniola.
Fuck Columbus.
Fuck Columbus.
October 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM
yearly reminder to people insisting that we view Christopher Columbus as "a man of his time" that *the people responsible for the Spanish Inquisition* thought Columbus was out of pocket
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I am seeing a lot of people reposting Lakota Man today bc it's Indigenous Peoples Day. A reminder that he is not well liked amongst many (most?) Natives on social media. Many of us blocked him a long time ago. Some of the reasons why are in this article.
www.dailydot.com/irl/lakotama...
www.dailydot.com/irl/lakotama...
Who is LakotaMan, the user behind one of the most popular Native American accounts on X?
John Martin is adored by white X users—but infamous among Native and Indigenous communities.
www.dailydot.com
October 13, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I am seeing a lot of people reposting Lakota Man today bc it's Indigenous Peoples Day. A reminder that he is not well liked amongst many (most?) Natives on social media. Many of us blocked him a long time ago. Some of the reasons why are in this article.
www.dailydot.com/irl/lakotama...
www.dailydot.com/irl/lakotama...
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It’s important to say if you ever find an injured bird of prey, you should always contact your local wildlife charity / rehab centre before handling them.
That option wasn’t immediately available to us, but as soon as we found a professional willing to help, they were involved each step of the way.
That option wasn’t immediately available to us, but as soon as we found a professional willing to help, they were involved each step of the way.
Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.
After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵
After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵
October 5, 2025 at 11:33 AM
It’s important to say if you ever find an injured bird of prey, you should always contact your local wildlife charity / rehab centre before handling them.
That option wasn’t immediately available to us, but as soon as we found a professional willing to help, they were involved each step of the way.
That option wasn’t immediately available to us, but as soon as we found a professional willing to help, they were involved each step of the way.
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I’m at $150/$800
Im panicking because I spent all my money at his last appointment and he NEEDS this procedure. Please share. Please. He’s my family.
Im panicking because I spent all my money at his last appointment and he NEEDS this procedure. Please share. Please. He’s my family.
-$500 today at the vet. Unfortunately Carrots teeth have gotten worse. He has an infection so his procedure got moved up. If I don’t have the money *before* they will NOT help him. His surgery is now Oct. 15th. for $800. I already put $100 down.
$100/$800
Venmo: @zzz22
CA: $ziizzzii
💜 THANK YOU 💜
$100/$800
Venmo: @zzz22
CA: $ziizzzii
💜 THANK YOU 💜
September 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I’m at $150/$800
Im panicking because I spent all my money at his last appointment and he NEEDS this procedure. Please share. Please. He’s my family.
Im panicking because I spent all my money at his last appointment and he NEEDS this procedure. Please share. Please. He’s my family.
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My employer New York Public Radio just announced that it is offering @onthemedia.bsky.social, @radiolab.bsky.social, and other programs to at-risk public radio stations for free! More info: current.org/2025/09/wnyc...
September 24, 2025 at 6:18 PM
My employer New York Public Radio just announced that it is offering @onthemedia.bsky.social, @radiolab.bsky.social, and other programs to at-risk public radio stations for free! More info: current.org/2025/09/wnyc...
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Dear My Phone, My Computer, My Apps, My Electronic Devices, and so forth:
Please stop asking me if I want to enable AI. Or use your janky AI tool. Or load my documents or pictures with a bunch of useless, off-putting, earth-killing AI junk. I don't want it. I SAID I don't want it. Stop offering.
Please stop asking me if I want to enable AI. Or use your janky AI tool. Or load my documents or pictures with a bunch of useless, off-putting, earth-killing AI junk. I don't want it. I SAID I don't want it. Stop offering.
September 24, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Dear My Phone, My Computer, My Apps, My Electronic Devices, and so forth:
Please stop asking me if I want to enable AI. Or use your janky AI tool. Or load my documents or pictures with a bunch of useless, off-putting, earth-killing AI junk. I don't want it. I SAID I don't want it. Stop offering.
Please stop asking me if I want to enable AI. Or use your janky AI tool. Or load my documents or pictures with a bunch of useless, off-putting, earth-killing AI junk. I don't want it. I SAID I don't want it. Stop offering.