Bananie
@ohchicken.bsky.social
Queer. Left-handed lefty. Mom. Spouse. Perimenopausal logophile.
This is such a great book. As a despairing American, it’s one of the few things that’s grounded me this year.
The $2.99 sale for THE LAST AMERICAN ROAD TRIP is still going on today on Kindle! Take advantage of it while you can:
Hours left on the $2.99 sale of THE LAST AMERICAN ROAD TRIP! Some photos of things we saw:
* A lake in Death Valley
* The Burger King Museum of the Navajo Code Talkers
* Samuel Clemens’ teenage signature in Mark Twain Cave
* A memorial to a psychic dog
Get the book! www.amazon.com/Last-America...
* A lake in Death Valley
* The Burger King Museum of the Navajo Code Talkers
* Samuel Clemens’ teenage signature in Mark Twain Cave
* A memorial to a psychic dog
Get the book! www.amazon.com/Last-America...
December 18, 2025 at 5:55 PM
This is such a great book. As a despairing American, it’s one of the few things that’s grounded me this year.
@governorwalz.mn.gov Please release a statement about MN’s plan to stand up against this.
1. The federal government has just attempted to enact a national trans youth care ban.
A new HHS rule would shutter most gender-affirming care for trans youth nationwide.
It violates multiple laws and the constitution, and will likely go into effect in a few months.
Our latest story here:
A new HHS rule would shutter most gender-affirming care for trans youth nationwide.
It violates multiple laws and the constitution, and will likely go into effect in a few months.
Our latest story here:
Nationwide Trans Youth Care Ban Imminent As Trump Admin Announces "Nuclear Option" Federal Rule
The new federal rule formalizes previous threats to hospitals to pull Medicaid funding, and represents a significant legal stretch by this administration.
www.erininthemorning.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:22 PM
@governorwalz.mn.gov Please release a statement about MN’s plan to stand up against this.
Nothing more Minnesota in late 2025 than your local meteorologist apologizing for repeatedly having to say 6-7 while trying to describe snow accumulation
November 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Nothing more Minnesota in late 2025 than your local meteorologist apologizing for repeatedly having to say 6-7 while trying to describe snow accumulation
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“Here is your button!” cried Frog.
November 6, 2025 at 5:37 AM
“Here is your button!” cried Frog.
Live laugh love wine o’clock amirite
November 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Live laugh love wine o’clock amirite
Utterly beautiful.
His self-confidence is incredible. This man knows who he is and embodies his goals and values every single day.❤️
"Others will take time in catching up to that." whew
November 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Utterly beautiful.
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Watching this be proven in real time as result after result comes in is washing away so much of the ever present despair I’ve been feeling for months.
As ever... the vast, vast majority of people don't want the hellscape the right is forcing on us. they really are the minority viewpoint. vocal? yes. powerful? unfortunately, yes. But there are so many more people who don't want to live in the world they're trying to make.
November 5, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Watching this be proven in real time as result after result comes in is washing away so much of the ever present despair I’ve been feeling for months.
Just popping in to scream into the void: THAT DOLL!!!!!! #antiquesroadshow
October 7, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Just popping in to scream into the void: THAT DOLL!!!!!! #antiquesroadshow
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This is a Melissa Hortman appreciation account for the next 24 hours.
Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman remembered as funny, savvy and 'a true leader'
Friends and colleagues remembered her as grounded, kind and compassionate.
www.pbs.org
September 10, 2025 at 11:39 PM
This is a Melissa Hortman appreciation account for the next 24 hours.
And now I’m gonna say right here for a moment.
I guess this has probably already gone viral somewhere but I am simply dying at this picture of a bear that looks like it hired a photographer to do a glamour shoot
September 10, 2025 at 11:49 PM
And now I’m gonna say right here for a moment.
Am same.
sad about future
September 10, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Am same.
I’m just gonna stay here awhile.
September 10, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I’m just gonna stay here awhile.
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Already seeing people excise the essential fact that trans existence was the inciting factor in the Texas A&M professor purge. Don't let them. Our lives are on the line and they want to make this solely about academic censorship.
September 10, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Already seeing people excise the essential fact that trans existence was the inciting factor in the Texas A&M professor purge. Don't let them. Our lives are on the line and they want to make this solely about academic censorship.
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We have a bit of a natural experiment here. Compare the tone, quantity and duration of Charlie Kirk coverage with that of the two Dem lawmakers gunned down in their homes in Minnesota 6 months ago. May be revealing.
September 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
We have a bit of a natural experiment here. Compare the tone, quantity and duration of Charlie Kirk coverage with that of the two Dem lawmakers gunned down in their homes in Minnesota 6 months ago. May be revealing.
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I think it is important to anticipate the rhetoric - and quite possibly lies - coming from right-wing media no matter what the facts turn out to be. It will be anti-left, not anti-gun. It will assert that only right-wing speech is curtailed on campus.
September 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I think it is important to anticipate the rhetoric - and quite possibly lies - coming from right-wing media no matter what the facts turn out to be. It will be anti-left, not anti-gun. It will assert that only right-wing speech is curtailed on campus.
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I encourage everyone to look out for their safety and practice good internet hygiene, of course. But some of the scolding posts I've read suggest we can change the awful aftermath of a fateful event by just holding our tongues and being quiet little mice, and that isn't my experience.
September 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I encourage everyone to look out for their safety and practice good internet hygiene, of course. But some of the scolding posts I've read suggest we can change the awful aftermath of a fateful event by just holding our tongues and being quiet little mice, and that isn't my experience.
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Please, please listen to me:
MAGA world has a lot of money to pay "researchers" to trawl niche social media sites like this one, and take posts that will provoke enormous outrage and plaster them across multiple platforms.
Please think about what you're posting before you hit "Post"
MAGA world has a lot of money to pay "researchers" to trawl niche social media sites like this one, and take posts that will provoke enormous outrage and plaster them across multiple platforms.
Please think about what you're posting before you hit "Post"
September 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Please, please listen to me:
MAGA world has a lot of money to pay "researchers" to trawl niche social media sites like this one, and take posts that will provoke enormous outrage and plaster them across multiple platforms.
Please think about what you're posting before you hit "Post"
MAGA world has a lot of money to pay "researchers" to trawl niche social media sites like this one, and take posts that will provoke enormous outrage and plaster them across multiple platforms.
Please think about what you're posting before you hit "Post"
This is the relationship I have with the Finch app.
August 30, 2025 at 10:23 PM
This is the relationship I have with the Finch app.
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I've said it before and I'll say it again. I hate being right: substack.com/@sarahkendzi...
August 30, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I've said it before and I'll say it again. I hate being right: substack.com/@sarahkendzi...
This song is my mantra, my balm this year. I hope it brings you comfort tonight. (And omg listen to every @krisdelmhorst.bsky.social record ever. Start with Ghosts in the Garden. 💜
youtu.be/nPKt6P6bngw
youtu.be/nPKt6P6bngw
"Not the Only One" - Kris Delmhorst
YouTube video by Kris Delmhorst
youtu.be
June 16, 2025 at 4:53 AM
This song is my mantra, my balm this year. I hope it brings you comfort tonight. (And omg listen to every @krisdelmhorst.bsky.social record ever. Start with Ghosts in the Garden. 💜
youtu.be/nPKt6P6bngw
youtu.be/nPKt6P6bngw
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The Hortman family helped raise and train dogs to partner with veterans. One of the many reasons we will miss Melissa and Mark.
June 15, 2025 at 11:49 AM
The Hortman family helped raise and train dogs to partner with veterans. One of the many reasons we will miss Melissa and Mark.
I love this place.
Probably my favorite tifo ever and hearing Allianz roar as it went up got me choked up.
June 15, 2025 at 4:10 AM
I love this place.
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In another sermon in Matadi that year, Boelter railed against the LGBTQ community. “They're confused,” he said. “The enemy has gotten so far into their mind and their soul.”
Suspect in Minnesota Shooting Linked to Security Company, Evangelical Ministry
The alleged shooter is a 57-year-old white male; according to his ministry's website, he “sought out militant Islamists in order to share the gospel and tell them that violence wasn't the answer.”
www.wired.com
June 14, 2025 at 9:28 PM
In another sermon in Matadi that year, Boelter railed against the LGBTQ community. “They're confused,” he said. “The enemy has gotten so far into their mind and their soul.”
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When Tim Walz became Kamala Harris's running mate, progressives highlighted policies passed. It could not have been possible without Melissa Hortman.
-Free school breakfast and lunch
-Restoring voting rights for felons
-Paid leave
Great piece by @gracepanetta.bsky.social
19thnews.org/2025/06/rep-...
-Free school breakfast and lunch
-Restoring voting rights for felons
-Paid leave
Great piece by @gracepanetta.bsky.social
19thnews.org/2025/06/rep-...
Rep. Melissa Hortman, killed in targeted attack, was a champion for Minnesotan families
Hortman worked closely with Gov. Tim Walz to enact policies that prioritized children and expanded protections for abortion and gender-affirming care
19thnews.org
June 14, 2025 at 8:01 PM
When Tim Walz became Kamala Harris's running mate, progressives highlighted policies passed. It could not have been possible without Melissa Hortman.
-Free school breakfast and lunch
-Restoring voting rights for felons
-Paid leave
Great piece by @gracepanetta.bsky.social
19thnews.org/2025/06/rep-...
-Free school breakfast and lunch
-Restoring voting rights for felons
-Paid leave
Great piece by @gracepanetta.bsky.social
19thnews.org/2025/06/rep-...