Ann Tandy-Treiber
@anntandy.bsky.social
Brit lit and death studies prof, proud mom of lgbtq+ teens, defund the police already for real this time, my dog is cute but doesn’t photograph well, she/hers
Before modern medicine (sterile surgical techniques, anesthetic, vaccines), roughly 50% of people died before age 10.
What would have killed you?
I would have been still born.
What would have killed you?
I would have been still born.
November 17, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Before modern medicine (sterile surgical techniques, anesthetic, vaccines), roughly 50% of people died before age 10.
What would have killed you?
I would have been still born.
What would have killed you?
I would have been still born.
Oh damn
[stares in Minneapolis]
[stares in Minneapolis]
Wild how the Boy Mayor age for cis white men overlaps with the geriatric pregnancy age
This is some weapons-grade nonsense
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
November 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Oh damn
[stares in Minneapolis]
[stares in Minneapolis]
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Using E.B. White to name the horrible shit they're doing is particularly galling considering
(From his essay "Freedom" published in July 1940, it's available in the collection ONE MAN'S MEAT, but you can find the whole thing online. I recommend picking it up.)
(From his essay "Freedom" published in July 1940, it's available in the collection ONE MAN'S MEAT, but you can find the whole thing online. I recommend picking it up.)
November 17, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Using E.B. White to name the horrible shit they're doing is particularly galling considering
(From his essay "Freedom" published in July 1940, it's available in the collection ONE MAN'S MEAT, but you can find the whole thing online. I recommend picking it up.)
(From his essay "Freedom" published in July 1940, it's available in the collection ONE MAN'S MEAT, but you can find the whole thing online. I recommend picking it up.)
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Remember how just a few years ago during the worst of the pandemic when we saw how the govt can actually do big things and saw that our collective health & well-being are intertwined, and then corporations got mad that they lost a modicum of power and helped fund a backlash of amnesia and fascism?
October 30, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Remember how just a few years ago during the worst of the pandemic when we saw how the govt can actually do big things and saw that our collective health & well-being are intertwined, and then corporations got mad that they lost a modicum of power and helped fund a backlash of amnesia and fascism?
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The effort to make us forget that Covid forced governments round the world to take fast, effective steps for the collective good is probably greater by this point that the efforts taken to contain Covid.
America *ended child poverty*, then voted to reinstate it because it was off message.
America *ended child poverty*, then voted to reinstate it because it was off message.
Remember how just a few years ago during the worst of the pandemic when we saw how the govt can actually do big things and saw that our collective health & well-being are intertwined, and then corporations got mad that they lost a modicum of power and helped fund a backlash of amnesia and fascism?
October 31, 2025 at 5:52 PM
The effort to make us forget that Covid forced governments round the world to take fast, effective steps for the collective good is probably greater by this point that the efforts taken to contain Covid.
America *ended child poverty*, then voted to reinstate it because it was off message.
America *ended child poverty*, then voted to reinstate it because it was off message.
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This mf destroyed homeless' camps with his own hands.
Newsom: The New Testament and Old Testament have one dominant thing in common—Matthew, Isaiah, Luke, Proverbs, go down the list—it’s about food, about serving those who are hungry. It’s not a suggestion; it’s core and essential to what it means to align with God’s will.
October 28, 2025 at 11:52 PM
This mf destroyed homeless' camps with his own hands.
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Just because he's acting like he's never leaving is no reason for you to act like he's never leaving.
October 20, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Just because he's acting like he's never leaving is no reason for you to act like he's never leaving.
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If you want to push back against tech's encroachment into every corner of our lives, you have to read books. They're eager to create a future in which most people are illiterate and hooked on slop, a world without imagination or knowledge. Reading is resistance.
October 20, 2025 at 9:44 PM
If you want to push back against tech's encroachment into every corner of our lives, you have to read books. They're eager to create a future in which most people are illiterate and hooked on slop, a world without imagination or knowledge. Reading is resistance.
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Why does Trump, the larger authoritarian, not simply eat Putin
August 15, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Why does Trump, the larger authoritarian, not simply eat Putin
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[writing the constitution]
Benjamin Franklin: Write down "no dumb fucks as president"
Alexander Hamilton: Stop saying that
Benjamin Franklin: I'm tellin' you. You're gonna regret not writing that down
Benjamin Franklin: Write down "no dumb fucks as president"
Alexander Hamilton: Stop saying that
Benjamin Franklin: I'm tellin' you. You're gonna regret not writing that down
August 15, 2025 at 10:54 PM
[writing the constitution]
Benjamin Franklin: Write down "no dumb fucks as president"
Alexander Hamilton: Stop saying that
Benjamin Franklin: I'm tellin' you. You're gonna regret not writing that down
Benjamin Franklin: Write down "no dumb fucks as president"
Alexander Hamilton: Stop saying that
Benjamin Franklin: I'm tellin' you. You're gonna regret not writing that down
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this is so fucking dumb.
THEY NEVER SOLD IT IN THE FIRST PLACE.
The disinformation is out of control. Worthless media hacks
THEY NEVER SOLD IT IN THE FIRST PLACE.
The disinformation is out of control. Worthless media hacks
Costco to stop selling abortion pill mifepristone at its US pharmacy stores reut.rs/45XgXCr
Costco to stop selling abortion pill mifepristone at its US pharmacy stores
Costco Wholesale said on Thursday it will stop selling abortion pill mifepristone across all its U.S. pharmacy stores, citing low demand.
reut.rs
August 15, 2025 at 12:07 PM
this is so fucking dumb.
THEY NEVER SOLD IT IN THE FIRST PLACE.
The disinformation is out of control. Worthless media hacks
THEY NEVER SOLD IT IN THE FIRST PLACE.
The disinformation is out of control. Worthless media hacks
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Even so our houses, and ourselves, and children,
Have lost, or do not learn for want of time,
The sciences that should become our country,
But grow like savages—as soldiers will
That nothing do but meditate on blood—
Have lost, or do not learn for want of time,
The sciences that should become our country,
But grow like savages—as soldiers will
That nothing do but meditate on blood—
August 14, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Even so our houses, and ourselves, and children,
Have lost, or do not learn for want of time,
The sciences that should become our country,
But grow like savages—as soldiers will
That nothing do but meditate on blood—
Have lost, or do not learn for want of time,
The sciences that should become our country,
But grow like savages—as soldiers will
That nothing do but meditate on blood—
Just caught the cat carrying a mouse in her mouth and when I yelled at her to leave it alone she 100% dropped it and then sat on it and pretended like she didn’t know what I was talking about
August 8, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Just caught the cat carrying a mouse in her mouth and when I yelled at her to leave it alone she 100% dropped it and then sat on it and pretended like she didn’t know what I was talking about
“Careful honey—that’s load-bearing butter.”
August 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
“Careful honey—that’s load-bearing butter.”
It’s Peak Leo Season—the weather is gloriously sultry, my deck and front garden are full of flowers, the tree frogs and crickets are getting busy, our farmers market is full of all the best corn and tomatoes,
August 4, 2025 at 1:13 AM
It’s Peak Leo Season—the weather is gloriously sultry, my deck and front garden are full of flowers, the tree frogs and crickets are getting busy, our farmers market is full of all the best corn and tomatoes,
We have failed Mr. Rogers.
Mr. Rogers successfully defending The Corporation for Public Broadcasting from a threatened $20 million budget cut (67% of their funding) in 1969.
August 2, 2025 at 3:55 AM
We have failed Mr. Rogers.
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"It’s statements like these from Mr. Colbert that have rankled many rightwing fundamentalists over the years because they can’t simply claim he’s being inaccurate or even particularly judgy."
The Inconvenient Faith of Stephen Colbert
The core of why Trump World hates him.
charlotteclymer.substack.com
July 18, 2025 at 8:41 PM
"It’s statements like these from Mr. Colbert that have rankled many rightwing fundamentalists over the years because they can’t simply claim he’s being inaccurate or even particularly judgy."
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The only way to prevent AI-produced slop from becoming the default is to refuse to watch, play, read, or listen to stuff like this.
Netflix uses generative AI in one of its shows for first time
Firm says technology used in El Eternauta is chance ‘to help creators make films and series better, not just cheaper’
www.theguardian.com
July 18, 2025 at 2:46 PM
The only way to prevent AI-produced slop from becoming the default is to refuse to watch, play, read, or listen to stuff like this.
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ranked choice voting question from aurin chowdhury, asks each candidate say what they admire in each other and why the other 2 should be on our ballots too, starting with dewayne davis on jazz hampton and omar fateh @dewayneforminneapolis.com
July 18, 2025 at 1:42 AM
ranked choice voting question from aurin chowdhury, asks each candidate say what they admire in each other and why the other 2 should be on our ballots too, starting with dewayne davis on jazz hampton and omar fateh @dewayneforminneapolis.com
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Yes hi I just walked my dog through a public park here in Minneapolis. The most threatening thing we encountered was the heat.
Stephen Miller: "We have communities all across this nation that 20 years ago, before the era of open borders, were completely peaceful, completely stable. Look at a place like Minneapolis. Post mass migration they're unsafe, they're violent, you cannot use the public parks."
July 15, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Yes hi I just walked my dog through a public park here in Minneapolis. The most threatening thing we encountered was the heat.
Cats just don’t appreciate Wimbledon.
July 13, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Cats just don’t appreciate Wimbledon.
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Hey @themerl.bsky.social, check out this Absolute Unit the wife scored while thrifting. Thanks @anntandy.bsky.social! #AbsoluteUnit
July 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Hey @themerl.bsky.social, check out this Absolute Unit the wife scored while thrifting. Thanks @anntandy.bsky.social! #AbsoluteUnit
Cat: I bite?
Me: no cat leave my ankle alone
Cat: I bite a little?
Me: seriously, no
Cat: jus a lil nibble
Me: NO
Cat: …toe?
Me: DAMNIT
Me: no cat leave my ankle alone
Cat: I bite a little?
Me: seriously, no
Cat: jus a lil nibble
Me: NO
Cat: …toe?
Me: DAMNIT
July 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Cat: I bite?
Me: no cat leave my ankle alone
Cat: I bite a little?
Me: seriously, no
Cat: jus a lil nibble
Me: NO
Cat: …toe?
Me: DAMNIT
Me: no cat leave my ankle alone
Cat: I bite a little?
Me: seriously, no
Cat: jus a lil nibble
Me: NO
Cat: …toe?
Me: DAMNIT
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1. I live in a Blue state, which means that the infrastructure protecting the Public Good is functional and maintained. If a storm threatens a tornado, sirens go off telling us to head to safety. These sirens are tested monthly. When flash floods are warned we get loud alerts on our phones.
July 6, 2025 at 12:57 PM
1. I live in a Blue state, which means that the infrastructure protecting the Public Good is functional and maintained. If a storm threatens a tornado, sirens go off telling us to head to safety. These sirens are tested monthly. When flash floods are warned we get loud alerts on our phones.