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Nancy Yang
@nyang.bsky.social
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Senior editor for audience engagement at @startribune.com. Nap advocate. Send me your k-drama recs. Always looking for spicy food. She/her.
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The reveal 🤣☠️
Text says: To anyone on the 4400 block between (redacted) and (redacted) does anyone know what is in the alley at approximately (redacted)? It’s omething furry that’s not moving. I’m too scared to get out and look but it’s in the middle so I can’t drive around it. I’m backing up Then someone replies: It’s a hat
November 15, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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I've popular on the other place, y'all
A screengrab of trending topics on Twitter, including Nancy
November 5, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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I'm everywhere
A screengrab of a Teams meeting showing myself in the meeting but also on the room's presentation screen
October 8, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Unfortunately, I will not be coming into the office today because my boss needs me.
My dog sitting in my lap.
September 23, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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I disagree with this etiquette guidance on line-cutting. People keep doing it because they know there are no consequences. I'm not saying start a fight but this answer isn't it. www.startribune.com/an-etiquette...
Q: There are also lots of lines at the State Fair. Lining up to get chocolate chip cookies. Lining up to look at crop art. What should you do if someone cuts in front of you? A: In a crowd, it’s easy for someone to accidentally step into the wrong spot. Other times, it’s deliberate. Either way, saying politely and calmly, “Excuse me, the line actually starts back there,” usually does the trick. If they don’t move or things get tense, it’s best to just let it go.
August 25, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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OMG, I’m breathing the same air as Lucy Liu right now!!
Lucy Liu speaking on stage at AAJA
August 3, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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My kid is super excited about this dog toy that she got at a garage sale that she can walk.

We have an actual dog she can walk.
June 13, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Breaking news! The sticker I ordered of my dog has arrived!
A sticker of my dog, while he’s in the background
May 12, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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It’s a little bright here this morning
The bright sun through a window
April 30, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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Thankful to have another birthday with my bestest boy. Happy 17th one of the best dogs of all time ❤️
Me kissing my Jack Russell terrier on the cheek
April 27, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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The best, strangest, most mysterious email I have ever received
Screengrab of an email telling me a colleague had a cookie for me to enjoy
April 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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When you’re in the middle of a news meeting but stumble across this reddit post and have to maintain composure
Screengrab of a reddit post: Bridge closures in North/NE Why the FUCK did they decide to close the Lowry and Plymouth bridges at the same time holy shit I just want to cross the goddamn motherfucking bitch ass Mississippi River. Broadway is open but my dumbass checked the other two bridges first lmao EDIT: My apologies for the misinformation, Lowry bridge is NOT closed. from u/maximumnamedensity “Technically the Lowry Bridge isn't closed... But the placement of the construction project on the North Minneapolis side makes it obnoxious as sin, particularly in the afternoon.
April 23, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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Me setting an OOTO until 4/7
The Nicole Kidman divorce meme
March 14, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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The irrational thing that makes me rage: Whenever someone abbreviates Wisconsin as Wisc. IT IS WIS.

I will die on this hill with AP.
A screengrab of a dateline that says Hayward, Wisc.
February 26, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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AP is getting a little wild with their news alerts
The text says: Scientists cook up a new recipe for the perfect boiled egg
February 6, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Got kicked out of my bed because my husband and kid have the flu. So I’ve been sleeping in the guest bed. But at least the company is good.
My dog sleeping at the foot of my bed, underneath a red blanket.
January 26, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Chants in Minnesotan: LOCAL ANGLE, LOCAL ANGLE

📸 Macall Polay/Searchlight Pictures via AP

www.startribune.com/the-oscar-no...
Timothee Chalamet just got an Oscar nomination for playing Bob Dylan. 'A Complete Unknown' is also up for best picture.
January 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Came back to work and my desk is broken, I quit
Looking out from under my desk
January 22, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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I will not be leaving the house today
Screengrab of the weather forecast. It’s -19 in Minneapolis, but feels like -21
January 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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It me. I'm @laurayuen.bsky.social's friend who told her that my kindergarten teacher used to let us rub her pantyhose at storytime. AMA.

(This was a follow-up column: www.startribune.com/naked-swimmi... | Here's part one: www.startribune.com/80s-90s-weir...)
Reddit screengrab of comments: Sorry, rubbing your teacher’s pantyhose was a rite of passage? What am I missing? Upvote 154 Downvote Reply reply Award Share Share thestereo300 • 1d ago I was also very confused that this line was dropped in here very casually and without elaboration. Upvote 112 Downvote Reply reply Award Share Share NeonCobego • 23h ago emoji:grayduck: Gray duck I’m glad I’m not the only one who heard a record-screech when I read that. Upvote 53 Downvote Reply reply Award Share Share ThatsAllForToday • 23h ago The start of many a pantyhose fetish I’m sure. Upvote 16 Downvote Reply reply Award Share Share u/Usual_Dig_5887 avatar Usual_Dig_5887 • 22h ago It’s in the link at the start of the article, in a previous column: Non-criminal acts of unwanted affection from your teacher. My first-grade teacher planted kisses on our cheek on our birthdays, so much that we’d have to rub her red lipstick off our faces. One of my friends had a kindergarten teacher who, during reading time, would pick two children who could sit at her feet and rub her pantyhose. “It was always such an honor to be selected,” my friend recalled, “or so I thought Upvote 55 Downvote Reply reply Award Share Share SkyWriter1980 • 22h ago Profile Badge for the Achievement Top 1% Commenter Top 1% Commenter 😟
January 8, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Work assistant working hard
A Jack Russell terrier sitting in a man’s arms at a computer
January 6, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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Strong words from @startribune.com columnist Karen Tolkkinen about deportations expected under Trump www.startribune.com/tolkkinen-we...
Personally, I don’t think any industry should be exempted from Trump’s deportation plan. It’s time our nation understands the contribution these undocumented workers make to our well-being, and as they say, absence makes the heart grow fonder. Let us feel the full weight of our decision to send Trump back to the White House. Let us pay more for new roofs, more for home remodels, more for our California strawberries and salads. We have not appreciated the labor that has kept costs low for us. And honestly, we have turned on those workers, so let us pay the price.
January 3, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Team Shoes Off all the way, every day. Who goes to someone's house expecting to leave their shoes on? The default should be to expect shoes off, if the host says otherwise then by all means leave them on.

I will take no questions.
Shoes off was put-off Dear Eric: Recently my husband and I were invited to a dinner party at a new acquaintance’s home. There were five couples in attendance, and we were all dressed nicely (country club casual). When we arrived, we were asked to remove our shoes. Neither of us had worn socks and we were very uncomfortable, as were other guests. I say this was very rude, but I have heard mixed opinions about this. Your thoughts, Eric? Eric says: Rude, I’m not so sure. But if the host’s guests were uncomfortable, that indicates a missed opportunity to provide better hospitality. They might have included a sentence in the invite “we’re a shoes-off household; wear fun socks!” That said, if they’re a shoes-off household, they probably didn’t give your bare feet a second thought.
December 31, 2024 at 12:24 PM
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11/12, please clap (the one I missed is a movie I've never seen before)

If you want to try: www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/s...
A screengrab for a quiz "Can You Guess These 12 Christmas Movies?" that shows I got 11 out of 12 correct.
December 24, 2024 at 12:37 PM
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Humans have gone too far, save us from ourselves
Oreo candy canes
December 22, 2024 at 1:10 AM