Wendy
@wendyrmonkey.bsky.social
Writer (find me at https://wendyrobinson.substack.com/), higher ed nerd, lover of Minnesota . Nothing I post here is meant to reflect any current/future/former employers… it’s all just me yapping
Just a gentle ask... there are more and more people coming into Minnesota to join the resistance against ICE and that's great. But if you are donating money, please donate to established groups in Minnesota. They are doing the work, know the landscape, and you won't accidentally fund any grifters
January 21, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Just a gentle ask... there are more and more people coming into Minnesota to join the resistance against ICE and that's great. But if you are donating money, please donate to established groups in Minnesota. They are doing the work, know the landscape, and you won't accidentally fund any grifters
I keep 2 candy dishes on my office desk - one fruity candy and one for chocolate candy
My chocolate bowl currently has a mixture of Heath, Rolo, KitKat, and Milk Duds.
I’m learning a lot about the dental situations of my coworkers thanks to the presence of Milk Duds 😂
My chocolate bowl currently has a mixture of Heath, Rolo, KitKat, and Milk Duds.
I’m learning a lot about the dental situations of my coworkers thanks to the presence of Milk Duds 😂
January 20, 2026 at 6:51 PM
I keep 2 candy dishes on my office desk - one fruity candy and one for chocolate candy
My chocolate bowl currently has a mixture of Heath, Rolo, KitKat, and Milk Duds.
I’m learning a lot about the dental situations of my coworkers thanks to the presence of Milk Duds 😂
My chocolate bowl currently has a mixture of Heath, Rolo, KitKat, and Milk Duds.
I’m learning a lot about the dental situations of my coworkers thanks to the presence of Milk Duds 😂
My first two thoughts, as a Minnesota mom, seeing this forecast:
1. Ha, suck it ICE
2. This might actually be cold enough that I don’t have to fight with my middle schooler to get her to wear a coat to school
1. Ha, suck it ICE
2. This might actually be cold enough that I don’t have to fight with my middle schooler to get her to wear a coat to school
January 17, 2026 at 5:40 PM
My first two thoughts, as a Minnesota mom, seeing this forecast:
1. Ha, suck it ICE
2. This might actually be cold enough that I don’t have to fight with my middle schooler to get her to wear a coat to school
1. Ha, suck it ICE
2. This might actually be cold enough that I don’t have to fight with my middle schooler to get her to wear a coat to school
Reposted by Wendy
“Do not engage in a winter campaign in bitterly cold areas. You will lose not just your army, but most likely your throne.” - literally every military historian ever
“GET IN THE CAR, LOSERS, WE’RE GONNA INVADE MINNESOTA IN LATE JANUARY” - the Trump administration
“GET IN THE CAR, LOSERS, WE’RE GONNA INVADE MINNESOTA IN LATE JANUARY” - the Trump administration
January 17, 2026 at 5:01 PM
“Do not engage in a winter campaign in bitterly cold areas. You will lose not just your army, but most likely your throne.” - literally every military historian ever
“GET IN THE CAR, LOSERS, WE’RE GONNA INVADE MINNESOTA IN LATE JANUARY” - the Trump administration
“GET IN THE CAR, LOSERS, WE’RE GONNA INVADE MINNESOTA IN LATE JANUARY” - the Trump administration
I’m not good at puzzles but I am trying to do more activities that defrag my brain a little and aren’t attached to the 24/7 doom machines.
This is 1500 pieces and I fear I am out of my depth.
This is 1500 pieces and I fear I am out of my depth.
January 15, 2026 at 6:25 PM
I’m not good at puzzles but I am trying to do more activities that defrag my brain a little and aren’t attached to the 24/7 doom machines.
This is 1500 pieces and I fear I am out of my depth.
This is 1500 pieces and I fear I am out of my depth.
Yes and this shouldn't be a controversial opinion
Murphy: The United States Congress should not fund a Department of Homeland Security that is not obeying the laws of the United States of America
January 14, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Yes and this shouldn't be a controversial opinion
I need to update my resume for the first time in like five years and, wow, I've done a lot in the couple of years. I'm proud of myself and my career, but, ugh, resume updating is so tedious.
January 14, 2026 at 4:45 PM
I need to update my resume for the first time in like five years and, wow, I've done a lot in the couple of years. I'm proud of myself and my career, but, ugh, resume updating is so tedious.
My latest post from my unofficial series called “is heterosexual marriage a scam?”
wendyrobinson.substack.com/p/love-atten...
(If you aren’t already a subscriber, I’d love if you became one!)
wendyrobinson.substack.com/p/love-atten...
(If you aren’t already a subscriber, I’d love if you became one!)
Love, Attention, and Curiosity
The depressing predictability of disappointing Christmas husbands
wendyrobinson.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 8:36 PM
My latest post from my unofficial series called “is heterosexual marriage a scam?”
wendyrobinson.substack.com/p/love-atten...
(If you aren’t already a subscriber, I’d love if you became one!)
wendyrobinson.substack.com/p/love-atten...
(If you aren’t already a subscriber, I’d love if you became one!)
Moments like this are a really great time for people to remember that ChatGPT (and other AI forms as well) is a very, very bad place to turn to for news updates
January 3, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Moments like this are a really great time for people to remember that ChatGPT (and other AI forms as well) is a very, very bad place to turn to for news updates
Hello, I'm childbirth.
January 2, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Hello, I'm childbirth.
Reposted by Wendy
The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story.
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
December 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story.
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
Reposted by Wendy
There is no room for bigotry on our turf.
December 17, 2025 at 8:45 PM
There is no room for bigotry on our turf.
I am DONE with all of my gift buying and 75% of my wrapping.
I have lots of memories of my mom being stressed & mean on Christmas Eve b/c she was barely done shopping and hadn't done wrapping. One of the gifts I give myself & my kids is wrapping one gift a day for most of Dec and shopping early
I have lots of memories of my mom being stressed & mean on Christmas Eve b/c she was barely done shopping and hadn't done wrapping. One of the gifts I give myself & my kids is wrapping one gift a day for most of Dec and shopping early
December 17, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I am DONE with all of my gift buying and 75% of my wrapping.
I have lots of memories of my mom being stressed & mean on Christmas Eve b/c she was barely done shopping and hadn't done wrapping. One of the gifts I give myself & my kids is wrapping one gift a day for most of Dec and shopping early
I have lots of memories of my mom being stressed & mean on Christmas Eve b/c she was barely done shopping and hadn't done wrapping. One of the gifts I give myself & my kids is wrapping one gift a day for most of Dec and shopping early
I plan to handle the eventual death of, well, you know, with the exact amount of grace, compassion, and dignity that he has historically shown to others.
December 15, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I plan to handle the eventual death of, well, you know, with the exact amount of grace, compassion, and dignity that he has historically shown to others.
I know mistakes happen, but getting sent the wrong item from an online store and then having to go to the post office to return it (in December!) is really annoying.
I don’t want to keep a pair of men’s size 14 running shoes but I also don’t want to have to, like, do something to return the. Sigh.
I don’t want to keep a pair of men’s size 14 running shoes but I also don’t want to have to, like, do something to return the. Sigh.
December 9, 2025 at 12:44 AM
I know mistakes happen, but getting sent the wrong item from an online store and then having to go to the post office to return it (in December!) is really annoying.
I don’t want to keep a pair of men’s size 14 running shoes but I also don’t want to have to, like, do something to return the. Sigh.
I don’t want to keep a pair of men’s size 14 running shoes but I also don’t want to have to, like, do something to return the. Sigh.
I love a Christmas stocking (both having one and filling one) and I feel like this is the ideal mixture:
- candy (duh)
- some sort of small toiletry for a purse (hand sanitizer, dental floss picks or good lip balm)
- something that exists for the sole purpose of being cute
- scratcher tickets
- candy (duh)
- some sort of small toiletry for a purse (hand sanitizer, dental floss picks or good lip balm)
- something that exists for the sole purpose of being cute
- scratcher tickets
December 3, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I love a Christmas stocking (both having one and filling one) and I feel like this is the ideal mixture:
- candy (duh)
- some sort of small toiletry for a purse (hand sanitizer, dental floss picks or good lip balm)
- something that exists for the sole purpose of being cute
- scratcher tickets
- candy (duh)
- some sort of small toiletry for a purse (hand sanitizer, dental floss picks or good lip balm)
- something that exists for the sole purpose of being cute
- scratcher tickets
Just unthawing a (wrapped, obvs) Uncrustable in my (clothed, obvs) armpit, like the grown ass adult I am.
December 1, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Just unthawing a (wrapped, obvs) Uncrustable in my (clothed, obvs) armpit, like the grown ass adult I am.
Waiting impatiently for the rain to turn into snow...
a woman singing into a microphone with the words nothing last forever even a cold november rain
ALT: a woman singing into a microphone with the words nothing last forever even a cold november rain
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November 25, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Waiting impatiently for the rain to turn into snow...
I have book club tonight and then NO! OTHER! PLANS! for the weekend and, lo, I am pleased.
Living the middle aged lady dream over here.
Living the middle aged lady dream over here.
November 21, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I have book club tonight and then NO! OTHER! PLANS! for the weekend and, lo, I am pleased.
Living the middle aged lady dream over here.
Living the middle aged lady dream over here.
Chonk the chicken says get back to work
(Chonk is kind of bossy)
(Chonk is kind of bossy)
November 20, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Chonk the chicken says get back to work
(Chonk is kind of bossy)
(Chonk is kind of bossy)
It’s just the four of us for Thanksgiving this year but feeling good about the menu and the amount of cooking I have to do (fairly minimal)
And, yes, that says Snickers salad.
And, yes, that says Snickers salad.
November 19, 2025 at 3:36 PM
It’s just the four of us for Thanksgiving this year but feeling good about the menu and the amount of cooking I have to do (fairly minimal)
And, yes, that says Snickers salad.
And, yes, that says Snickers salad.
Self-care sometimes means ordering more notebooks that I might not technically need and enjoying how pretty the boxes are when it arrives 😍
November 13, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Self-care sometimes means ordering more notebooks that I might not technically need and enjoying how pretty the boxes are when it arrives 😍
Being middle aged means sending an excited text to your bestie after your annual physical to brag about how good your A1C is.
Having middle aged best friends means that the “omg, amazing!” text you get in response is entirely sincere 😂
Having middle aged best friends means that the “omg, amazing!” text you get in response is entirely sincere 😂
November 12, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Being middle aged means sending an excited text to your bestie after your annual physical to brag about how good your A1C is.
Having middle aged best friends means that the “omg, amazing!” text you get in response is entirely sincere 😂
Having middle aged best friends means that the “omg, amazing!” text you get in response is entirely sincere 😂
ICYMI: new post alert wendyrobinson.substack.com/p/the-people...
The People You See at the Starting Line
and the odds that they'll beat me
wendyrobinson.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
ICYMI: new post alert wendyrobinson.substack.com/p/the-people...
I’m on a flight that got moved on to a bigger plane than originally scheduled and the flight is only 50% full and everyone is so happy. It’s a fairly long flight too and my last flight after many weeks of work travel, so this is a nice way to wrap up work travel for the year
October 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I’m on a flight that got moved on to a bigger plane than originally scheduled and the flight is only 50% full and everyone is so happy. It’s a fairly long flight too and my last flight after many weeks of work travel, so this is a nice way to wrap up work travel for the year