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Andy Skildum @askildum.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Mike and I saw the Yayoi Kusama exhibit at the Hirschorn in Washington DC in 2022. What a remarkable artist and human being. Thank you Yayoi! #yayoikusama

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🌈Tyranny🫧Sparkles🏳️‍🌈 @tyranny.sparklenoise.com · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton with Keith Haring in 1985, incredible woman and supporter of LGBTQ people for decades going back to a time when few others dared.

Black and white photo of Dolly Parton with gay artist Keith Haring.

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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 10/08/2026

There’s no U.S. Olympic Curling Team without Minnesota! Great to join Coach Phill, our Mixed Doubles Silver Medalists — MN’s own Korey Dropkin & Cory Thiesse — and their teammates. Can’t wait for the next big win! 🥌 🇺🇸

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Andy Skildum @askildum.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Hey Duluth! Queer kickball today at 1pm! Wheeler Athletic Complex, Field #3. Everyone is welcome— come have fun!

Flyer describing queer kickball on August 9, 2026 at wheeler athletic complex in Duluth

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Andy Skildum @askildum.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Last night a flying squirrel and a masked bandit visited the feeder in #tofte on #lakesuperior. They left enough for the birds this morning. #raccoon

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Andy Skildum @askildum.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

The term wienering is often used as sexual innuendo on the internet. #wienering

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Andy Skildum @askildum.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

It is so nice to open the windows again! #duluth

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biomedicalsciences.bsky.social @biomedicalsciences.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

As wildfires rage throughout northern Minnesota, air quality continues to worsen. Associate Professor Sarah Lacher, PhD, talks about the impact of wildfire smoke exposure on health ➡️: bit.ly/4plxSYD. See less

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Talking wildfire smoke health impacts with University of Minnesota

Wildfire smoke is becoming an increasingly common part of summer across Minnesota. According to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, smoky skies are expected to be even more common this year, with ...

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Andy Skildum @askildum.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Queer Kickball Today!!! LGBTQ+ and friends kickball at Wheeler Athletic Complex, Field #3, from 1-3pm. Come have fun in the sun!

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Andy Skildum @askildum.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

It is Ripley's 12th birthday today!!! Happy birthday to the best boy in Duluth! Pictures are Ripley, ten years ago and today.

A two year old Golden Retreiver on a couch.

A twelve year old Golden Retriever on the floor.

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Andy Skildum @askildum.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

By day, the birdfeeder camera in Tofte is so peaceful! But after dark it is a different story. #bear #lakesuperior

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Andy Skildum @askildum.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Yesterday after work we set up the sauna tent north of Duluth on the shore of #lakesuperior. The lake was calm and ice cold, and the sauna was blazing hot!

Interior of a sauna tent showing the wood fired stove, with lake superior visible out the window.

A sauna tent on the shore of lake superior.

Person in a speedo running out of lake superior.

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Andy Skildum @askildum.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Lots of action this morning at the bird buffet in #Tofte on the north shore of #LakeSuperior.

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Andy Skildum @askildum.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

A chickadee living its best life in Tofte, MN on the shore of #lakesuperior

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biomedicalsciences.bsky.social @biomedicalsciences.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

🧬 Happening TODAY! Join Matthew Slattery, PhD for a deep dive into the “dark matter” of the human genome 🔬✨ Curious minds welcome—don’t miss it! #Science #Genomics

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Andy Skildum @askildum.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

A red squirrel dining on the shores of Lake Superior in Tofte, MN.

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Peggy Flanagan @peggyflanagan.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

To all who celebrate!

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Andy Skildum @askildum.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Not quite as good as the #OlympicDog, but two good boys were spotted on the ice of the Duluth Curling Club last night!

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colin feral @sal.gay · 24/03/2026

A computer can never pack a bowl therefore a computer must never make a playlist

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Andy Skildum @askildum.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Hey Queer Sports Fans! I am part of a small cabal working to start a chapter of Stonewall Sports in the Duluth / Superior area. Stonewall Sports supports local LGBTQ+ leagues that play pickleball, bocce, kickball and many other sports. #gayhockey #duluth

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

DOG AT THE OLYMPICS FULL COMPETITION HIGHLIGHTS

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Andy Skildum @askildum.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Last night league action! I had two nice draws this end to score two. (Lost the game by so so much though.) Love this team and love this club! #duluth #curling

Three guys standing in a house discussing red and yellow stones.

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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 09/02/2026

What an incredible shot and moment! Kory and Corey are making Duluth and Minnesota proud at the Winter Olympics.

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Andy Skildum @askildum.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

And Yuri on Ice was awful. Heated Rivalry was. . . ultimately OK.

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Andy Skildum @askildum.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Today I learned that Prof. Otto Warburg, a German biochemist who first described how cancer cells rely on glycolysis even when oxygen is abundant, was gay. Despite Jewish ancestry, comments against Hitler, and homosexuality, his work was tolerated by the Nazis. medcraveonline.com/SIJ/jacob-he...

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Jacob Heiss and the Gay Nobel Laureate: homosexuality in Nazi Germany

The historical and scientific literature is replete with the extraordinary story of the 1931 winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology, Otto Heinrich Warburg. What all publications have in c...

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Andy Skildum @askildum.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Hello Bluesky! I'm sharing a fundraiser for Moz, a golden retriever, and his life partner @jonbredeson.bsky.social. Moz has a seizure disorder. Treatments have made significant improvements, but they are iexpensive. If you can help with a couple few bucks, please do! gofund.me/79a6283bc

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Donate to Support Mozzarella's Epilepsy Treatment, organized by Bethany Berry

Mozzarella (Moz) is a young, fun-loving pup who began experiencing seizures in A… Bethany Berry needs your support for Support Mozzarella's Epilepsy Treatment

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Andy Skildum @askildum.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Pride Pride Pride! Thank you Minneapolis, Duluth loves you. youtu.be/gzanoSMLxxg?...

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Minnesota Pride

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Twin Ports Rapid Response @twinportsrapidresponse.org · 09/01/2026

End Trump's Terror Justice for Renee!! No ICE on our Streets! No War in Venezuela! Saturday Noon @ Lake & Superior

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Andy Skildum @askildum.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

From now on at college and pro sporting events instead of a Kiss Cam they should have a Heated Rivalry Cam. #gay #hockey #HeatedRivalry

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Stan Kelly @kartoonistkelly.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Outlook for the new year ...

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Andy Skildum @askildum.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Fun shot to score four points in the last end! Unfortunately we were down six at that point. #curling #duluth youtu.be/X64cuiq9Hho?...

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Sheets 3 + 4

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Andy Skildum @askildum.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

What its like to work in the Skildum Lab: youtube.com/shorts/5RLHd... Thanks to all the undergraduates who conduct research, and to the biomedicalsciences.bsky.social department for providing them space to grow. And thanks to UMD Marketing & Public Relations for making this awesome video!

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Undergrad in the Lab: Fighting Breast Cancer

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 14/11/2025

People should be allowed to have a THC seltzer if they want to

Photo of a common meme of a man standing up alone to speak out at a public forum.

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Andy Skildum @askildum.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Having a blast at the Pridespiel at Frogtown Curling Club in St. Paul! We got a win in the first draw and now it’s time for a beverage. #gaycurling

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Andy Skildum @askildum.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

House for sale, looks like boobs. $3.5M. www.zillow.com/homedetails/...

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Andy Skildum @askildum.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Happening this Thursday! If you are in Duluth and want to learn more about breast cancer, I will be giving a Community Education seminar at 6pm on Thursday, Sept. 25 in the Medical School building on the UMD campus. Free and open to the public, but advance registration is appreciated.

Community Education lecture announcement: Dr. Andy Skildum presents 'Breast Cancer: Mechanisms of Malignancy and Opportunities for Treatment 6-7pm Thursday Sept. 25, 2025 in room 142 of the Med School building on UMD campus.

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Andy Skildum @askildum.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

"Hey @ganzfaust.bsky.social, you got queer punk in my biomedical science!" New swag from @dogparkdissidents.com in the lab today. This shirt was something else, now it is better!

A normie gay wearing a Dog Park Dissidents shirt in a research lab.

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Andy Skildum @askildum.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

A skunk walked up to our golden retrievers in the backyard early this morning. Thankfully it didn’t spray— Bosco got up close! #duluth #skunk

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Jay Gabler @jaygabler.com · 02/09/2025

Never mind the hill, what really defines the pedestrian experience in Duluth is being barked at by yard dogs whose owners then yell, from inside the house, for them to shut up.

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Andy Skildum @askildum.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Tabling for University of Minnesota Duluth’s CommissionQT at Duluth / Superior Pride Festival at Bayfront Park. I love this city! #duluth #pride

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Matty! @mattythemouse.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

What people think they 80s were like versus what the 80s was actually like.

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Andy Skildum @askildum.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

I was going to post about this, but @duluthone.bsky.social beat me to it. If you are interested in the science of breast cancer and will be in Duluth on Thursday, Sept. 25, come to the Medical School for a community education talk! It is free, but call 218-726-8851 to register and reserve a spot.

'Department of Biomedical Sciences Research Lecture Series Community Education
Dr. Andrew Skildum presents 'Breast Cancer: Mechanisms of Malignancy and Opportunities for Treatment'
Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025
6-7pm
Medical School, UMD Campus, Room SMed 142
Free and open to the public. Registration required at 218-726-8551'

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

“Go fuck a couch, JD Vance!”

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Andy Skildum @askildum.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

More urban wildlife in the backyard: This time a black bear stopped by for a visit. At the very end of the video at the right edge of the screen, he stands upright and takes down our bird feeder. #bear #duluth

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Andy Skildum @askildum.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

A fox went through the back yard last night. He was in a hurry and didn’t stay to visit. #fox #duluth

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