That Iowa Ginger
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Meadowlark 'Manda. She/her. I like birds, cats, and puns. Grant pro. Dolphins are the worst actually.
There is nothing like a 12 yo to make you feel like all your parenting decisions were and will always be wrong.
Also, just because it's normal doesn't mean it doesn't suck.
Also, just because it's normal doesn't mean it doesn't suck.
November 17, 2025 at 1:51 AM
There is nothing like a 12 yo to make you feel like all your parenting decisions were and will always be wrong.
Also, just because it's normal doesn't mean it doesn't suck.
Also, just because it's normal doesn't mean it doesn't suck.
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egret extravaganza
November 15, 2025 at 1:59 PM
egret extravaganza
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I beg you to read this thread but only if you promise to read all the alt texts
THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent sheep I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
November 15, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I beg you to read this thread but only if you promise to read all the alt texts
If you see this post a bird
November 14, 2025 at 2:22 AM
If you see this post a bird
Just saw a touring Les Mis. I was unaware the rotating stage was replaced with a video thing in 2009. No shade to the actors, who were all stellar, but the whole production feels less without it. Especially Look Down and Do You Hear the People Sing.
November 13, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Just saw a touring Les Mis. I was unaware the rotating stage was replaced with a video thing in 2009. No shade to the actors, who were all stellar, but the whole production feels less without it. Especially Look Down and Do You Hear the People Sing.
What a fucking headline.
November 13 is World Kindness Day. Its goal is to encourage acts of kindness. (After all, one kind day is better than none.) Here's a look at the nature and nurturing of human kindness. n.pr/49S06UX
If you're going to be kind to another human, today is the day to do it!
November 13 is World Kindness Day. Its goal is to encourage acts of kindness. (After all, one kind day is better than none.) Here's a look at the nature and nurturing of human kindness.
n.pr
November 13, 2025 at 1:40 PM
What a fucking headline.
Bluesky rn:
"So what is wrong with Ameri ... hold on ... OMG NORTHERN LIGHTS BRB."
(I'm a joiner.)
"So what is wrong with Ameri ... hold on ... OMG NORTHERN LIGHTS BRB."
(I'm a joiner.)
November 12, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Bluesky rn:
"So what is wrong with Ameri ... hold on ... OMG NORTHERN LIGHTS BRB."
(I'm a joiner.)
"So what is wrong with Ameri ... hold on ... OMG NORTHERN LIGHTS BRB."
(I'm a joiner.)
I get the strategy behind Sand's approach in a deep red state like Iowa. This both sides crap will resonate with a lot of folks we need to take back the governor's mansion, and most IA dems are blue no matter who.
But I also really, really hate it.
But I also really, really hate it.
November 12, 2025 at 12:20 AM
I get the strategy behind Sand's approach in a deep red state like Iowa. This both sides crap will resonate with a lot of folks we need to take back the governor's mansion, and most IA dems are blue no matter who.
But I also really, really hate it.
But I also really, really hate it.
@catrocketship.bsky.social I just want you to know your art is perfect for my new office space!
November 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
@catrocketship.bsky.social I just want you to know your art is perfect for my new office space!
NGL I saw this photo and thought it was beer and was some sort of commentary about how we all need to self medicate with pints.
If you buy your own health insurance through the ACA marketplaces, how do this year's prices look to you?
Shopping for an Affordable Care Act health plan? NPR wants to hear your experience
If you buy your own health insurance through the ACA marketplaces, how do this year's prices look to you?
n.pr
November 11, 2025 at 12:40 PM
NGL I saw this photo and thought it was beer and was some sort of commentary about how we all need to self medicate with pints.
Moment of zen from an arboretum near me.
November 8, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Moment of zen from an arboretum near me.
This is the content I come to Bluesky for.
Banao, a banana-headed boy who loves bananas comes from Kirishima City, Kagoshima, where bananas are grown.
November 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
This is the content I come to Bluesky for.
Post something random for our collective amusement:)
November 6, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Post something random for our collective amusement:)
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Y'all I'm sitting in a bar watching the returns and I forgot my glasses. I am BEGGING you to post alt text for images with lots of words. Please.
November 5, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Y'all I'm sitting in a bar watching the returns and I forgot my glasses. I am BEGGING you to post alt text for images with lots of words. Please.
Chinese astronauts become the first to grill wings in space, paving the way for future uncstronauts
November 4, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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UPDATE!! MY PRECINCT HAD STICKERS!! Apparently, people in my area abused their sticker privilege and stuck them elsewhere, and polling places were not willing to have voting AND stickers. But now they think stickers have been in time out long enough for us to learn our lesson. Anyway here is proof.
November 4, 2025 at 6:19 PM
UPDATE!! MY PRECINCT HAD STICKERS!! Apparently, people in my area abused their sticker privilege and stuck them elsewhere, and polling places were not willing to have voting AND stickers. But now they think stickers have been in time out long enough for us to learn our lesson. Anyway here is proof.
I just read Katabasis, which says hell is a reflection of the world and values you inhabited in life, in which you are tortured with your greatest anxieties and flaws until you fix your heart (which most don't).
I don't actually believe in hell, but it's a nice thought today.
I don't actually believe in hell, but it's a nice thought today.
November 4, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I just read Katabasis, which says hell is a reflection of the world and values you inhabited in life, in which you are tortured with your greatest anxieties and flaws until you fix your heart (which most don't).
I don't actually believe in hell, but it's a nice thought today.
I don't actually believe in hell, but it's a nice thought today.
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Instead 90% of political coverage is vaguely like: "Congress set fire to fifteen food banks yesterday, amid uproar from Democrats who are still struggling with the scandal caused by the 'crime should be legal' post on Instagram by a freshman undergrad student at Brown Univ."
November 4, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Instead 90% of political coverage is vaguely like: "Congress set fire to fifteen food banks yesterday, amid uproar from Democrats who are still struggling with the scandal caused by the 'crime should be legal' post on Instagram by a freshman undergrad student at Brown Univ."
Another trusted news source bites the dust, it seems.
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Another trusted news source bites the dust, it seems.
And because it's my birthday, a very late season Brown Thrasher (my favorite bird and a summer resident in Iowa) made an appearance while I was out on a birthday nature walk. Friend I am happy to see you but you gotta go south!
November 3, 2025 at 9:29 PM
And because it's my birthday, a very late season Brown Thrasher (my favorite bird and a summer resident in Iowa) made an appearance while I was out on a birthday nature walk. Friend I am happy to see you but you gotta go south!
November 3, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Waffles: You must pet me.
Me: Okay [attempts to pet]
Waffles: NOT LIKE THAT. I don't want to see your hand.
Me: Honey, you are facing me. Look, it's just my hand.
Waffles: [Sniff. Kiss.] Okay you are allowed.
Me: See? Let me just
...
Waffles: How dare you. [Bite.]
#CatSky #Cats
Me: Okay [attempts to pet]
Waffles: NOT LIKE THAT. I don't want to see your hand.
Me: Honey, you are facing me. Look, it's just my hand.
Waffles: [Sniff. Kiss.] Okay you are allowed.
Me: See? Let me just
...
Waffles: How dare you. [Bite.]
#CatSky #Cats
November 3, 2025 at 1:15 PM