Lia Swope Mitchell
@liaswopemitchell.bsky.social
reader, writer, translator. PhD French. I like running, gardening, baking, and outdoorsy stuff. I live in Minneapolis.
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KREE by Manuela Draeger: out today!
Today is the official release day for Kree by Manuela Draeger, the second post-exotic novel (after Solo Viola) that I’ve had the pleasure and challenge of translating for University of Minnes…
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KREE by Manuela Draeger: out today from @uminnpress.bsky.social ! Here's some of my thoughts about this gnarly abyss of a book
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Pleased to report most of my Longfellow neighbors have been out clearing their walks. The parks department, not so much
November 30, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Pleased to report most of my Longfellow neighbors have been out clearing their walks. The parks department, not so much
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Hitler was bad.
An essay that, you know, I didn’t think I’d need to write.
An essay that, you know, I didn’t think I’d need to write.
Perry: The pro-Hitler problem with the American right
"We need to get back to the basics: Hitler was bad. The people who suggest otherwise are also bad," David M. Perry writes.
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November 29, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Hitler was bad.
An essay that, you know, I didn’t think I’d need to write.
An essay that, you know, I didn’t think I’d need to write.
Oh hey, look what I found in the back of my oven. Leftovers!
November 29, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Oh hey, look what I found in the back of my oven. Leftovers!
I was about to tell everyone that the bike lane along W. River Parkway between 44th St. and Lake Street is mostly clear pavement and good for running (or biking, walking, etc.)! Then I looked at the weather forecast
hey Minneapolitans: Anybody been out on W. River Parkway? pondering a run
November 28, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I was about to tell everyone that the bike lane along W. River Parkway between 44th St. and Lake Street is mostly clear pavement and good for running (or biking, walking, etc.)! Then I looked at the weather forecast
hey Minneapolitans: Anybody been out on W. River Parkway? pondering a run
November 27, 2025 at 4:06 PM
hey Minneapolitans: Anybody been out on W. River Parkway? pondering a run
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Photos from St. Paul today captured by MPR photojournalist Kerem Yücel. He filed them even after being hospitalized after being injured by a less lethal munition.
November 26, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Photos from St. Paul today captured by MPR photojournalist Kerem Yücel. He filed them even after being hospitalized after being injured by a less lethal munition.
this is it, this is the wrongest thing I’ve ever read on the internet.
Apple pie is bad. This is not really debatable. So is key lime pie, while we’re on the topic. Pecan pie is the 🐐 tho.
November 25, 2025 at 8:32 PM
this is it, this is the wrongest thing I’ve ever read on the internet.
75% of Lunds shoppers today are elderly gents who have been sent out with a list and have no idea what to do. Gentle slow-moving bedlam has ensued
November 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
75% of Lunds shoppers today are elderly gents who have been sent out with a list and have no idea what to do. Gentle slow-moving bedlam has ensued
Rainbow Trout is doing Classic Country on WTIP tonight! If those words made any sense to you, or especially if they didn’t, go here to listen: wtip.org
Home | WTIP
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November 24, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Rainbow Trout is doing Classic Country on WTIP tonight! If those words made any sense to you, or especially if they didn’t, go here to listen: wtip.org
my timeline is a world of contrasts
November 23, 2025 at 8:41 PM
my timeline is a world of contrasts
Attention Twin Citizens: this morning I ran across the gathering of a veritable Turkey Army under the Ford Bridge. Cars and cyclists were met with derision and belligerence. I fear they have heard about our Thanksgiving plans and they are preparing an all out Turkey Trot
November 23, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Attention Twin Citizens: this morning I ran across the gathering of a veritable Turkey Army under the Ford Bridge. Cars and cyclists were met with derision and belligerence. I fear they have heard about our Thanksgiving plans and they are preparing an all out Turkey Trot
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I realize there are only like 5 people who may do this but I would strongly suggest giving this a read.
Gift link
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Opinion | How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails
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November 23, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I realize there are only like 5 people who may do this but I would strongly suggest giving this a read.
Gift link
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
Gift link
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
it's really pretty here. Yes, even in November
November 22, 2025 at 1:49 PM
it's really pretty here. Yes, even in November
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Delouse and Guitar
November 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Delouse and Guitar
I read a lot of books about running, and can I just say: Let's stop writing about Pheidippides. Really. He's been dead for thousands of years. Just let that poor man lie already.
November 19, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I read a lot of books about running, and can I just say: Let's stop writing about Pheidippides. Really. He's been dead for thousands of years. Just let that poor man lie already.
Politics aside, some people mistake a change in their own subjective tastes and preferences for a change in the objective quality of things.
When I was younger, I hated cilantro. Now I like it. Did cilantro change? No, my palate did.
Those pizza chains were never all that great.
When I was younger, I hated cilantro. Now I like it. Did cilantro change? No, my palate did.
Those pizza chains were never all that great.
Late-stage MAGA means accepting that things will never be great again
November 19, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Politics aside, some people mistake a change in their own subjective tastes and preferences for a change in the objective quality of things.
When I was younger, I hated cilantro. Now I like it. Did cilantro change? No, my palate did.
Those pizza chains were never all that great.
When I was younger, I hated cilantro. Now I like it. Did cilantro change? No, my palate did.
Those pizza chains were never all that great.
Am I a terrible person if I get really annoyed by prices at the Seward Coop? I mean, yes, I like that their staff is FT with benefits. But no, I don't like paying an extra dollar a pound for chicken
November 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Am I a terrible person if I get really annoyed by prices at the Seward Coop? I mean, yes, I like that their staff is FT with benefits. But no, I don't like paying an extra dollar a pound for chicken
I try explaining to the dog that I've had enough exercise already today, thank you, but no, she insists
November 16, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I try explaining to the dog that I've had enough exercise already today, thank you, but no, she insists
update: sometimes I put a nice runny egg on the toast and set it in the sun and look at it a minute
November 16, 2025 at 4:38 PM
update: sometimes I put a nice runny egg on the toast and set it in the sun and look at it a minute
Sometimes I make a good loaf of bread and then I eat toast every meal for a week
November 15, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Sometimes I make a good loaf of bread and then I eat toast every meal for a week
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OK -- this is a long shot -- but does *anyone* have a copy of either of these two books about Lin Carter? (in the thread) They are hellishly difficult to find; I can't even find them from used sellers or on auction sites at any price!
November 15, 2025 at 7:05 PM
OK -- this is a long shot -- but does *anyone* have a copy of either of these two books about Lin Carter? (in the thread) They are hellishly difficult to find; I can't even find them from used sellers or on auction sites at any price!
tfw everyone got up too early and you just want to sleep a little longer
November 14, 2025 at 12:48 PM
tfw everyone got up too early and you just want to sleep a little longer
Once when I was camping at Lake Maria SP, as I drank my morning coffee in a chilly dawn, six trumpeter swans flew over me, quite low, snowy and massive and so graceful, and it was one of the most beautiful things I'd ever seen.
It's such a thrill to see and hear trumpeter swans go by overhead.
November 13, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Once when I was camping at Lake Maria SP, as I drank my morning coffee in a chilly dawn, six trumpeter swans flew over me, quite low, snowy and massive and so graceful, and it was one of the most beautiful things I'd ever seen.
not quite as exciting as the aurora borealis but a very lovely dawn this morning
November 13, 2025 at 1:01 PM
not quite as exciting as the aurora borealis but a very lovely dawn this morning