the Bad Girl of the Library
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she/her/hers. Always cold, frequently hangry, seldom clever, never fun. Opinions half-baked and own. Trying in every sense.
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An appropriate reaction to the federal government attacking a WHOLE STATE -- murdering, disappearing, brutalizing, kidnapping our neighbors isn't to just haggle over the funding for one agency. It's to stop all business as usual until this ends.
January 26, 2026 at 11:54 PM
An appropriate reaction to the federal government attacking a WHOLE STATE -- murdering, disappearing, brutalizing, kidnapping our neighbors isn't to just haggle over the funding for one agency. It's to stop all business as usual until this ends.
So much love, Chi-Town. 🥹💙 Thank you, friends. Thank you.
The march is now passing the Chicago city hall / Cook County hall building. The chant goes up,
"Minnesota don't you fear, we, the people, are right here"
"Minnesota don't you fear, we, the people, are right here"
January 25, 2026 at 11:16 PM
So much love, Chi-Town. 🥹💙 Thank you, friends. Thank you.
Sending a lot of love to everyone who is working to protect, sustain, and uplift our neighbors in Minnesota. I see a lot of tenderness and gentleness between people, outpourings of generosity and compassion, and boldness in demanding better for our most vulnerable.
We’ll keep it up, friends. 💛
We’ll keep it up, friends. 💛
January 18, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Sending a lot of love to everyone who is working to protect, sustain, and uplift our neighbors in Minnesota. I see a lot of tenderness and gentleness between people, outpourings of generosity and compassion, and boldness in demanding better for our most vulnerable.
We’ll keep it up, friends. 💛
We’ll keep it up, friends. 💛
Today is a good day to take care of our community harmed by ICE. Ways to help:
- Neighborhood House in St. Paul: neighborhoodhousemn.org/donate/
- La Iglesia Cristiana La Viña in Burnsville: give.tithe.ly?formId=9adcb...
Fellow Minnesotans, keep heart. Protect one another. Do good. 💛
- Neighborhood House in St. Paul: neighborhoodhousemn.org/donate/
- La Iglesia Cristiana La Viña in Burnsville: give.tithe.ly?formId=9adcb...
Fellow Minnesotans, keep heart. Protect one another. Do good. 💛
January 12, 2026 at 11:52 AM
Today is a good day to take care of our community harmed by ICE. Ways to help:
- Neighborhood House in St. Paul: neighborhoodhousemn.org/donate/
- La Iglesia Cristiana La Viña in Burnsville: give.tithe.ly?formId=9adcb...
Fellow Minnesotans, keep heart. Protect one another. Do good. 💛
- Neighborhood House in St. Paul: neighborhoodhousemn.org/donate/
- La Iglesia Cristiana La Viña in Burnsville: give.tithe.ly?formId=9adcb...
Fellow Minnesotans, keep heart. Protect one another. Do good. 💛
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Frey: I have a message for ICE: Get the fuck out of Minneapolis
January 7, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Frey: I have a message for ICE: Get the fuck out of Minneapolis
Guilty as charged, your honor.
If you have time to doom scroll, you have time to read books!
January 7, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Guilty as charged, your honor.
How are we still only in the first week of this year?!
January 7, 2026 at 2:11 PM
How are we still only in the first week of this year?!
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The reason why MN is at the top of most quality of life & affordability metrics is because of Tim Walz & Mark Dayton. Dayton rescued our state from Pawlenty's trickle down bs & built the foundation for Walz's success. I can't think of a more successful, progressive governor than Walz in my lifetime.
Here’s what Tim Walz has done as governor of Minnesota • Minnesota Reformer
Democrats have swiftly fallen for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s Midwest dad persona, sharing videos of him working on a car, going on a rollercoaster with daughter Hope at the State Fair, signing a bill r...
minnesotareformer.com
January 6, 2026 at 6:48 PM
The reason why MN is at the top of most quality of life & affordability metrics is because of Tim Walz & Mark Dayton. Dayton rescued our state from Pawlenty's trickle down bs & built the foundation for Walz's success. I can't think of a more successful, progressive governor than Walz in my lifetime.
My upstanding state thrice certified you a loser, you ghastly knob.
Trump: "California is more corrupt than Minnesota. And I won Minnesota." (Trump has lost Minnesota three times.)
January 6, 2026 at 8:40 PM
My upstanding state thrice certified you a loser, you ghastly knob.
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If the House Republicans had any guts, they'd hold an emergency impeachment vote on Trump today.
If the Senate Republicans had any guts, they'd convict Trump of violating the Constitution tomorrow.
The Constitution means nothing it if it can be ignored with impunity.
If the Senate Republicans had any guts, they'd convict Trump of violating the Constitution tomorrow.
The Constitution means nothing it if it can be ignored with impunity.
January 3, 2026 at 2:58 PM
If the House Republicans had any guts, they'd hold an emergency impeachment vote on Trump today.
If the Senate Republicans had any guts, they'd convict Trump of violating the Constitution tomorrow.
The Constitution means nothing it if it can be ignored with impunity.
If the Senate Republicans had any guts, they'd convict Trump of violating the Constitution tomorrow.
The Constitution means nothing it if it can be ignored with impunity.
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We’d be better off if this empty podium were president.
January 3, 2026 at 4:19 PM
We’d be better off if this empty podium were president.
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Can't help but feel like this is one of the reasons why the Constitution says If a dude in office does an insurrection, don't let that motherfucker hold office again
Bc clearly they cannot be trusted with power & control over the levers of government, & they do not care about democratic constraints
Bc clearly they cannot be trusted with power & control over the levers of government, & they do not care about democratic constraints
January 3, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Can't help but feel like this is one of the reasons why the Constitution says If a dude in office does an insurrection, don't let that motherfucker hold office again
Bc clearly they cannot be trusted with power & control over the levers of government, & they do not care about democratic constraints
Bc clearly they cannot be trusted with power & control over the levers of government, & they do not care about democratic constraints
Woke up to learn my country has gone completely lawless on the international stage. Am sick. Every member of this administration, its enablers, its supporters deserve to be brought before the Hague.
Pictured: more highly-evolved beings basking in peace.
Pictured: more highly-evolved beings basking in peace.
January 3, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Woke up to learn my country has gone completely lawless on the international stage. Am sick. Every member of this administration, its enablers, its supporters deserve to be brought before the Hague.
Pictured: more highly-evolved beings basking in peace.
Pictured: more highly-evolved beings basking in peace.
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In 2026 I want all of the decent people to remember one thing.
You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics.
That is all.
You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics.
That is all.
January 1, 2026 at 10:30 PM
In 2026 I want all of the decent people to remember one thing.
You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics.
That is all.
You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics.
That is all.
Had a moment of overwhelm. Laid down. Shut eyes. Took a singular deep breath.
This is what I saw upon opening my eyes again.
This is what I saw upon opening my eyes again.
January 1, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Had a moment of overwhelm. Laid down. Shut eyes. Took a singular deep breath.
This is what I saw upon opening my eyes again.
This is what I saw upon opening my eyes again.
As a reward for almost surviving 2025, please accept this picture of Zelda taken twelve years ago.
You’re welcome, besties. Here’s to better, kinder, and gentler for us all in 2026. 💙
You’re welcome, besties. Here’s to better, kinder, and gentler for us all in 2026. 💙
December 31, 2025 at 1:10 PM
As a reward for almost surviving 2025, please accept this picture of Zelda taken twelve years ago.
You’re welcome, besties. Here’s to better, kinder, and gentler for us all in 2026. 💙
You’re welcome, besties. Here’s to better, kinder, and gentler for us all in 2026. 💙
Inside vs. Outside, the southeastern Twin Cities suburbs edition
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December 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Inside vs. Outside, the southeastern Twin Cities suburbs edition
Home Alone (1990) watches like a absolute horror movie when you are middle-aged.
As soon as Joe Pesci slips off those front stairs, my back screams.
As soon as Joe Pesci slips off those front stairs, my back screams.
December 24, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Home Alone (1990) watches like a absolute horror movie when you are middle-aged.
As soon as Joe Pesci slips off those front stairs, my back screams.
As soon as Joe Pesci slips off those front stairs, my back screams.
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So Bari Weiss’s first real editorial intervention at CBS is to repress coverage of American concentration camps.
December 22, 2025 at 3:05 AM
So Bari Weiss’s first real editorial intervention at CBS is to repress coverage of American concentration camps.
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Trump just brazenly lied about healthcare. This corporate tool has done everything for the benefit of insurance executives and nothing for the wellbeing of Americans who need health care.
Now, he's blaming his political opponents of the premium spikes his policies are causing.
Now, he's blaming his political opponents of the premium spikes his policies are causing.
December 18, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Trump just brazenly lied about healthcare. This corporate tool has done everything for the benefit of insurance executives and nothing for the wellbeing of Americans who need health care.
Now, he's blaming his political opponents of the premium spikes his policies are causing.
Now, he's blaming his political opponents of the premium spikes his policies are causing.
Holiday grief is catching up with me, but my sweet bestie is making sure I don’t spend a single second at home feeling alone. (Her soft whiffly purr is a lovely comfort.) Wishing peace and gentleness to everyone carrying the heavy burdens, seen and unseen. 💛
December 17, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Holiday grief is catching up with me, but my sweet bestie is making sure I don’t spend a single second at home feeling alone. (Her soft whiffly purr is a lovely comfort.) Wishing peace and gentleness to everyone carrying the heavy burdens, seen and unseen. 💛
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When *everyone* annoys me? I take a time out cause it's probably me.
It could all be that simple.
It could all be that simple.
December 16, 2025 at 6:39 PM
When *everyone* annoys me? I take a time out cause it's probably me.
It could all be that simple.
It could all be that simple.
If you see this, we IMPLORE YOU to post a picture from whatever device you're using without explanation.
December 16, 2025 at 6:54 PM
If you see this, we IMPLORE YOU to post a picture from whatever device you're using without explanation.
If you are privileged enough to join a union, please participate. Attend meetings and trainings. Offer input. Join the negotiation team. Run for office. Lead together.
Yes, it is extra effort and it’s not always convenient, but unions only function when the people in them show up and work!
Yes, it is extra effort and it’s not always convenient, but unions only function when the people in them show up and work!
Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
December 15, 2025 at 1:06 PM
If you are privileged enough to join a union, please participate. Attend meetings and trainings. Offer input. Join the negotiation team. Run for office. Lead together.
Yes, it is extra effort and it’s not always convenient, but unions only function when the people in them show up and work!
Yes, it is extra effort and it’s not always convenient, but unions only function when the people in them show up and work!
I miss the garden in full bloom. I miss the bees buzzing and butterflies flitting about. I miss hammock snoozes. I am trying to make peace with this morning’s -12°F/-24.444°C air temp.
December 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I miss the garden in full bloom. I miss the bees buzzing and butterflies flitting about. I miss hammock snoozes. I am trying to make peace with this morning’s -12°F/-24.444°C air temp.