A. Banana
@sandshrewd.bsky.social
Minnesota | She / Her | Selectively Pleasant
I devoured SANKOFA by Chibundu Onuzo in 24 hours. You should read it, too!
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Review by banana_hutch - Sankofa
Anna has never known anything about her father beyond his name. But on her mother's passing sh...
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February 9, 2026 at 2:44 PM
I devoured SANKOFA by Chibundu Onuzo in 24 hours. You should read it, too!
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at my son's IEP meeting
7yo: "Mom! I'm doing math with letters!"
Me: "Whoa, bud! That's cool, that's called Algebra!"
7yo: "Yeah, see? E+E = J! Because E is the 5th letter and J is the 10th letter!"
Me: "Ohhh, I see. Yeah, that is cool!"
Husband, helpfully: "That's called Cryptography!"
7yo: "Mom! I'm doing math with letters!"
Me: "Whoa, bud! That's cool, that's called Algebra!"
7yo: "Yeah, see? E+E = J! Because E is the 5th letter and J is the 10th letter!"
Me: "Ohhh, I see. Yeah, that is cool!"
Husband, helpfully: "That's called Cryptography!"
February 6, 2026 at 4:58 PM
at my son's IEP meeting
7yo: "Mom! I'm doing math with letters!"
Me: "Whoa, bud! That's cool, that's called Algebra!"
7yo: "Yeah, see? E+E = J! Because E is the 5th letter and J is the 10th letter!"
Me: "Ohhh, I see. Yeah, that is cool!"
Husband, helpfully: "That's called Cryptography!"
7yo: "Mom! I'm doing math with letters!"
Me: "Whoa, bud! That's cool, that's called Algebra!"
7yo: "Yeah, see? E+E = J! Because E is the 5th letter and J is the 10th letter!"
Me: "Ohhh, I see. Yeah, that is cool!"
Husband, helpfully: "That's called Cryptography!"
Also, just now realizing that more than one book I've loved in recent months have featured people becoming animals and I think what this means is that the Animorphs had a profound effect on me.
February 6, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Also, just now realizing that more than one book I've loved in recent months have featured people becoming animals and I think what this means is that the Animorphs had a profound effect on me.
Finished WHEN WOMEN WERE DRAGONS by @kellybarnhill.bsky.social last night and oh, what a wonderful book.
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Review by banana_hutch - When Women Were Dragons
Wow wow wow, what a beautiful book. Such a lovely journey through love, change, loss, rage, an...
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February 6, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Finished WHEN WOMEN WERE DRAGONS by @kellybarnhill.bsky.social last night and oh, what a wonderful book.
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
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February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
This is so precious <3
Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.”
Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
February 6, 2026 at 1:32 PM
This is so precious <3
"But it is difficult for any propagandic apparatus, no matter how advanced, to counteract the force of millions of eyewitnesses."
-Kelly Barnhill; When Women Were Dragons
-Kelly Barnhill; When Women Were Dragons
February 3, 2026 at 9:13 PM
"But it is difficult for any propagandic apparatus, no matter how advanced, to counteract the force of millions of eyewitnesses."
-Kelly Barnhill; When Women Were Dragons
-Kelly Barnhill; When Women Were Dragons
Finished "THE CORPSE WALKER" by Liao Yiwu last night. Brutal stories of government oppression was maybe not the best choice right now given everything, BUT -- wow, what a book.
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Review by banana_hutch - The Corpse Walker: Real Life Stories, China from the Bottom Up
Boy do I love a blunt recounting of Chinese oppression. This was the first time I read intervi...
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February 3, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Finished "THE CORPSE WALKER" by Liao Yiwu last night. Brutal stories of government oppression was maybe not the best choice right now given everything, BUT -- wow, what a book.
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Over the weekend my community raised nearly $40,000 to help families, in addition to collecting huge quantities of food and hygiene products and toys/games. I am so, so proud to be Minnesotan and of the (mostly) women in my city.
February 2, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Over the weekend my community raised nearly $40,000 to help families, in addition to collecting huge quantities of food and hygiene products and toys/games. I am so, so proud to be Minnesotan and of the (mostly) women in my city.
When my children or grandchildren ask me what I was doing during this time in history, I cannot be ashamed of my answer.
January 30, 2026 at 3:01 PM
When my children or grandchildren ask me what I was doing during this time in history, I cannot be ashamed of my answer.
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Did I mention that large portions of MN’s population are in hiding right now? Kids are missing school. Adults can’t go out to work. People aren’t able to buy food or pay rent, and mutual aid is all keeping everyone going. We keep us safe, on our own, and people are being shot in the street for it
January 29, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Did I mention that large portions of MN’s population are in hiding right now? Kids are missing school. Adults can’t go out to work. People aren’t able to buy food or pay rent, and mutual aid is all keeping everyone going. We keep us safe, on our own, and people are being shot in the street for it
Post a GIF of your favorite game.
January 29, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Post a GIF of your favorite game.
Finished THE BOG WIFE by @kaychronister.bsky.social last night. Really enjoyed this weird trip into the cranberry bog.
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Review by banana_hutch - The Bog Wife
The Bog Wife is a strange tale about a broken and mysterious family, and their pact with the c...
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January 23, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Finished THE BOG WIFE by @kaychronister.bsky.social last night. Really enjoyed this weird trip into the cranberry bog.
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Last night I finished ORGAN MEATS by K-Ming Chang. A bit too much for me, but beautifully written. @worstmillennial.bsky.social I kept thinking you might enjoy it because of its light horror-ness.
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Review by banana_hutch - Organ Meats
The back cover promised "visceral lore" and this story certainly delivered. I feel a bit like ...
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January 20, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Last night I finished ORGAN MEATS by K-Ming Chang. A bit too much for me, but beautifully written. @worstmillennial.bsky.social I kept thinking you might enjoy it because of its light horror-ness.
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Tonight instead of spiraling and doomscrolling I will do a craft with my son and read my book. Tomorrow I will focus on work. And Friday I will grocery shop for my community. Do what you can however you can.
January 14, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Tonight instead of spiraling and doomscrolling I will do a craft with my son and read my book. Tomorrow I will focus on work. And Friday I will grocery shop for my community. Do what you can however you can.
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Law and order means a head in collision, kneeing a man in the face 5 times, then dragging him off to detention where he is finally moved to a hospital because he can’t breath.
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U.S. Border Patrol agent knees man in face in Minneapolis as other agents hold him down • Minnesota Reformer
A U.S. Border Patrol agent kneed a man at least five times in the face while several other agents held him pinned facedown on the pavement in south Minneapolis on Friday, according to multiple witness...
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January 13, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Law and order means a head in collision, kneeing a man in the face 5 times, then dragging him off to detention where he is finally moved to a hospital because he can’t breath.
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It will take so much work and so many years to repair this damage. Targeting schools, jobs, the innocent. Warmongering at home and abroad.
January 8, 2026 at 1:24 PM
It will take so much work and so many years to repair this damage. Targeting schools, jobs, the innocent. Warmongering at home and abroad.
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Actions have consequences.
January 7, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Actions have consequences.
First book of 2026 was a great way to kick things off. THE WOMEN OF WILD HILL by @kirstenmiller.bsky.social was very, very fun (and cathartic).
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Review by banana_hutch - The Women of Wild Hill
Kirsten Miller has done it again - another incredible, mysterious, witchy book about taking do...
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January 7, 2026 at 1:43 PM
First book of 2026 was a great way to kick things off. THE WOMEN OF WILD HILL by @kirstenmiller.bsky.social was very, very fun (and cathartic).
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My 5yo made up a character named "Hairy Legs Cry Cry" that she swears isn't me, but, reader? I feel like it's me.
December 16, 2025 at 3:16 PM
My 5yo made up a character named "Hairy Legs Cry Cry" that she swears isn't me, but, reader? I feel like it's me.
Hey guys? Low-income people are allowed to have phones, eat chips sometimes, and experience joy. Just a heads up!
November 3, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Hey guys? Low-income people are allowed to have phones, eat chips sometimes, and experience joy. Just a heads up!
If I could make anything from TV real it would be the sound-vision glasses from that one episode of Magic School Bus.
October 19, 2025 at 3:30 AM
If I could make anything from TV real it would be the sound-vision glasses from that one episode of Magic School Bus.
"I'm just a little mean when I have a cinnamon roll in my mouth."
-5yo
-5yo
October 18, 2025 at 2:38 PM
"I'm just a little mean when I have a cinnamon roll in my mouth."
-5yo
-5yo
Hot take: Electabuzz was a perfect Pokémon and it was a mistake to introduce Electivire. I won't be taking comments at this time.
October 10, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Hot take: Electabuzz was a perfect Pokémon and it was a mistake to introduce Electivire. I won't be taking comments at this time.