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Minnesotan, dahlia enthusiast, reluctant hockey mom
The bar is in HELL; folks I promise you do not have to praise corporate leaders after you’ve been laid off, even if they do you the “favor” of not immediately escorting you from the building
November 11, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The bar is in HELL; folks I promise you do not have to praise corporate leaders after you’ve been laid off, even if they do you the “favor” of not immediately escorting you from the building
I did not survive the 90s just so my 11-year-old’s hockey coach could give him shamey nutrition advice and tell him to have a Gatorade after every practice
November 11, 2025 at 2:12 AM
I did not survive the 90s just so my 11-year-old’s hockey coach could give him shamey nutrition advice and tell him to have a Gatorade after every practice
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The new British competitive knitting show hosted by Olympic diver Tom Daley has been denounced by the knitting community of the Shetland islands for its imprecise portrayal of fair isle knitting and negative attitude toward a technique known as steeking
Shetland knitting group ‘shocked and saddened’ by representation in Channel 4 show
A GROUP protecting Shetland’s knitting heritage has criticised a new Channel 4 show for spreading “negative misconceptions about Fair Isle knitting...
www.shetnews.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 1:37 AM
The new British competitive knitting show hosted by Olympic diver Tom Daley has been denounced by the knitting community of the Shetland islands for its imprecise portrayal of fair isle knitting and negative attitude toward a technique known as steeking
I genuinely need my kids' schools to communicate with me LESS
November 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I genuinely need my kids' schools to communicate with me LESS
Taxidermied pheasants?
The educated liberal big city US folks outraged at Trump's renovation of Lincoln bathroom really need to scroll some Facebook of their less established relatives and friends to see what kind of aesthetic resonates with Trump's target audience.
November 1, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Taxidermied pheasants?
A woman posted in my Buy Nothing group that she’d just moved to an apartment with a bar height counter and was looking for stools, and I’ve been trying to unload my husband’s bachelor barstools for literally years and I was so so glad to fulfill her ask. Buy Nothing success!
October 30, 2025 at 12:52 AM
A woman posted in my Buy Nothing group that she’d just moved to an apartment with a bar height counter and was looking for stools, and I’ve been trying to unload my husband’s bachelor barstools for literally years and I was so so glad to fulfill her ask. Buy Nothing success!
A platform that cared about writers wouldn't host Nazis; the math isn't hard! So happy to subscribe to @lyz.bsky.social and @annehelen.bsky.social at their new homes on Patreon.
For years, this man has profited of off writers and refused to listen when they said “Hey this platform and its changes aren’t working for us.” Now he’s throwing a tantrum when those writers leave. Because he thinks no other platform will love them as much as him.
October 29, 2025 at 5:20 PM
A platform that cared about writers wouldn't host Nazis; the math isn't hard! So happy to subscribe to @lyz.bsky.social and @annehelen.bsky.social at their new homes on Patreon.
Gotta tell my neighbors their real estate agent apparently hates them
October 27, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Gotta tell my neighbors their real estate agent apparently hates them
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Read these takeaways from an interview with the Strib CEO, and then head to @racketmn.com and click “subscribe”!!!!
Takeaways from the @startribune.com CEO Steve Grove interview at the Westminster Town Hall Forum tonight.
October 24, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Read these takeaways from an interview with the Strib CEO, and then head to @racketmn.com and click “subscribe”!!!!
When I had a lot of free working hours while anticipating a layoff, I used a seam ripper to undo the company logo embroidered into an otherwise fine sweater. No one ever inquired what I was doing but if they had, I was prepared to say I was "working on the brand."
What's everybody supposed to do between now and Tuesday?
October 23, 2025 at 8:53 PM
When I had a lot of free working hours while anticipating a layoff, I used a seam ripper to undo the company logo embroidered into an otherwise fine sweater. No one ever inquired what I was doing but if they had, I was prepared to say I was "working on the brand."
Everything feels bad but you can set up a standing donation to your local food shelf. Also find and fulfill their non-food asks. I never feel more like a Disney fairy than when I order Costco wool socks to be delivered to mine.
I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.
October 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Everything feels bad but you can set up a standing donation to your local food shelf. Also find and fulfill their non-food asks. I never feel more like a Disney fairy than when I order Costco wool socks to be delivered to mine.
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Political parties must shift immediately and dramatically to the left to avoid alienating these frustrated and abandoned young women. Am I doing this right?
Our recent poll found that women 28 and younger skew substantially more left than the national average. Nearly 80 percent of Gen Z women want abortion to be legal and seven in 10 want gender-affirming care to be accessible for trans adults.
Gen Z women are the most liberal group in the country
On issues like abortion and gender-affirming care, women 28 and younger skew substantially more left than the national average.
19thnews.org
October 18, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Political parties must shift immediately and dramatically to the left to avoid alienating these frustrated and abandoned young women. Am I doing this right?
The Tiktok realtor finally did St. Louis Park and naturally the top point of discussion is the hellscape of the Costco parking lot. As a local I will once again share How It's Done.
October 14, 2025 at 5:58 PM
The Tiktok realtor finally did St. Louis Park and naturally the top point of discussion is the hellscape of the Costco parking lot. As a local I will once again share How It's Done.
My daughter’s friend dropped out so I had to take her place for the beading store reservation
October 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM
My daughter’s friend dropped out so I had to take her place for the beading store reservation
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A billion dollars is the socio-political equivalent of a loose nuke, and we should work as ruthlessly and diligently to prevent the acquisition of the former as we do the latter.
“The problem with billionaires isn’t that they’re hoarding money that would otherwise pay for a Scandinavian social utopia. It’s that their money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.”
Billionaires Are Hoarding Power, Not Money
Billionaire money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.
www.liberalcurrents.com
October 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
A billion dollars is the socio-political equivalent of a loose nuke, and we should work as ruthlessly and diligently to prevent the acquisition of the former as we do the latter.
I am old enough to remember when John Thune unseated Tom Daschle on the message that Daschle was too much of a Washington insider and put his party before his duty to the state
Lemme guess. He's gonna show it to us in two weeks. Just like last time. He was asked over and over, and the answer was always the same: two weeks.
I wish a journalist would ask this of Mr. Thune, or anyone else who tells us that Trump has a plan to overhaul the ACA: "Do you think we're stupid?
I wish a journalist would ask this of Mr. Thune, or anyone else who tells us that Trump has a plan to overhaul the ACA: "Do you think we're stupid?
Thune: "The president would like to overhaul Obamacare and give people health insurance that is higher quality and more affordable."
October 9, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I am old enough to remember when John Thune unseated Tom Daschle on the message that Daschle was too much of a Washington insider and put his party before his duty to the state
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My daughter @madepn.bsky.social has invented a great scale for the triviality - importance spectrum. It goes from “nothing burger” to “everything bagel”.
I doff my hat in tribute to genius.
I doff my hat in tribute to genius.
October 7, 2025 at 12:30 PM
My daughter @madepn.bsky.social has invented a great scale for the triviality - importance spectrum. It goes from “nothing burger” to “everything bagel”.
I doff my hat in tribute to genius.
I doff my hat in tribute to genius.
You have to be so so intentional about maintaining your friendships and communities, especially as people in your circle get married and have kids. If I could do it over I would beg all my kickball friends to buy duplexes in the same neighborhood. Support is worth more than square footage.
Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?
October 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
You have to be so so intentional about maintaining your friendships and communities, especially as people in your circle get married and have kids. If I could do it over I would beg all my kickball friends to buy duplexes in the same neighborhood. Support is worth more than square footage.
Snowplow naming contests are over; we have all had our fun naming the snowplows.
October 6, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Snowplow naming contests are over; we have all had our fun naming the snowplows.
I must co-sign the review from Tara Giancaspro, highlighted by @hunterh.bsky.social: “This is an album for women who watch Mr. Beast videos with their boyfriends.”
October 3, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I must co-sign the review from Tara Giancaspro, highlighted by @hunterh.bsky.social: “This is an album for women who watch Mr. Beast videos with their boyfriends.”
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Can’t decide whether these Statue of Liberty rubber chickens that say “squeeze me to hear me scream” are a little too on-the-nose for these times or if they’re perfect
October 3, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Can’t decide whether these Statue of Liberty rubber chickens that say “squeeze me to hear me scream” are a little too on-the-nose for these times or if they’re perfect
I keep getting political donation requests addressed to “Kather” which is an absolutely accurséd and nonexistent abbreviation of Katherine
September 30, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I keep getting political donation requests addressed to “Kather” which is an absolutely accurséd and nonexistent abbreviation of Katherine
If I had recently written a widely panned column in the paper of record and then Ta-Nehisi Coates was like yeah we should have a public discussion I would vanish into the woods
September 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
If I had recently written a widely panned column in the paper of record and then Ta-Nehisi Coates was like yeah we should have a public discussion I would vanish into the woods
Pics from my recent solo trip to war-ravaged Portland. Was lucky to escape with my life.
September 27, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Pics from my recent solo trip to war-ravaged Portland. Was lucky to escape with my life.
You guys I just learned that Djo is Joe Keery 🤯
September 24, 2025 at 10:43 PM
You guys I just learned that Djo is Joe Keery 🤯