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Heather Hogan @heatherhogan.bsky.social · 9h

My wife, Liberty super fan, as the buzzer sounded on the Vegas/Indiana game: Aces cheering mode deactivate.

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Heather Hogan @heatherhogan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

BETH MARCH DOES NOT HAVE CANCER!!!!! She’s gonna be on meds for the rest of her life but it is NOT CANCER!

A black cat with the sweetest little face

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Heather Hogan @heatherhogan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I know that Duane Reade, one of my six eternal archenemies, did not just try to nickname me.

A screenshot of a text from Duane Reade calling Ms. Heather Hogan “Heath.”

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The Sick Times @thesicktimes.org · 30/09/2026

While there are no data sources on Long COVID in prison, experts suspect rates of the disease may be higher there than in the general population. They face high reinfection risks and poor access to medical care. Read more from @octoberk.bsky.social: thesicktimes.org/2026/09/29/i...

A graphic shows two images side by side. One are mobility devices, including many walkers, outside of prison cells. Another shows a red SARS-CoV-2 virus contrasted with a black background. The text reads, “The Sick Times. I interviewed five people with Long COVID in prison. They are invisible in the system. By October Krausch.

Meanwhile, her cellmate, Wayland Scott, says he has frequently had problems breathing after COVID-19, and gets winded going up the stairs he must take to get to his cell. Even so, he has not been able to receive an inhaler, despite having one before Long COVID when he first came to prison. “There was a year that they had a big shortage of the albuterol. And when that happened, I got taken off of my inhaler and I’ve never been able to get it back,” he said.

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Heather Hogan @heatherhogan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I made cookies for the guy who rented the garage in our back driveway area. He was like “Damn, thank you, ma’am. No one’s ever given me a welcome like this. I think it’s my tattoos.” I was like “Brother, I’m a lesbian. All my friends have WAY more tattoos than you.”

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Heather Hogan @heatherhogan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Dropping off Beth March for her cancer imaging. Me: She’s very hangry. Reception: We’ll give her a Churu after her scans! Me: Oh she hates Churu. If she even smells it, she’ll be like *dramatic horking gagging noise* Vet tech, running out: Is a cat vomi—ah, good morning, Heather Hogan.

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Heather Hogan @heatherhogan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Socks' sister, Beth March, likely has small cell lymphoma like him. (His cancer is in remission but he's still on treatment.) If you've been thinking to yourself,"What should I do with this $50 I've got lying around?" Maybe a paid newsletter subscription! theheatherhogan.substack.com/p/support-an...

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Support an Endangered Writer and Beth March!

And sign up for the second session of Write With Heather!

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Heather Hogan @heatherhogan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I’ve had a lot of breast biopsies so I’ve got a lot of biopsy markers that glow on images. My mammogram technician this morning was like “Hold still. Hold your breath. Oh these girls are GLOW-ING!” 😂

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Heather Hogan @heatherhogan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It would be so cool if you would take this survey! Instagram is right on your tail with their engagement in our survey, Bluesky! Come on now, don't let META beat you!!!!

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Heather Hogan @heatherhogan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

My wife’s calling these cat treats “Jackie Snackies” 😭

A bag of Halloween special Temptations Mix-Ups cat treats. It shows a witch cat mixing up a human in its evil cauldron.

Jackie Taylor from Yellowjackets. (They ate her.)

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Heather Hogan @heatherhogan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Really incredible week. My book’s back out on submission. I taught my first class since Long COVID got me six years ago, and the feedback has been so uplifting and encouraging. When I first got sick, I never thought I’d get here. Thank you for sticking with me all these years and years. 🧡

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Heather Hogan @heatherhogan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

192 people signed up for the first session of my four-part writing class tonight. I’m excited and SO nervous. This is the first time I’m teaching in six years, first time with Long COVID. There’s space left if you wanna come. The first session is about getting out of your head. luma.com/82xky6de

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Write With Heather Hogan: Get Out of Your Own Head · Zoom · Luma

Join Heather Hogan for the first class in a four-class writing series. This session, Get Out of Your Own Head, will help you stop doubting yourself and empower…

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The Sick Times @thesicktimes.org · 23/09/2026

The Telegraph recently published an article about "sickfluencers" titled “How having a disability became cool." We've republished a piece by Julia Doubleday at The Gauntlet pushing back against the article, which she calls "absurd on its face." thesicktimes.org/2026/09/21/c...

A young woman stands by a staircase with a backdrop of tree canopy. She wears a white, high quality mask and has long dark hair. She wears a teal sweatshirt and black pants. The text reads, “The Gauntlet x The Sick Times. COVID-19 — not TikTok — is disabling young women “Sickfluencers” are symptoms of a mass disabling event. By Julia Doubleday.”

“The country is sicker than it’s ever been before” — now why would that be? Six years after COVID-19 hit, four years after the virus has been allowed to run totally rampant without mitigation, the country is sicker than it’s ever been before, but we can’t come up with any reason why that would be other than “women be faking?”

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Heather Hogan @heatherhogan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

My neighbor drew me a picture of me visiting the Dominican Republic with her family which is the sweetest thing I have ever received. And also the funniest. She colored me “yellow because they don’t make a raw chicken colored crayon.” 😂😂😂😂😂

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Heather Hogan @heatherhogan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I know having kids and having pets is not the same, but I do think there's some signifiant overlap, such as: "What's in your mouth?" And: "Why are you sticky?"

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Heather Hogan @heatherhogan.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

My wife’s working late so Quasar’s trying to get me to feed her early by making all the repetitive clanky crinkle noises that drive my wife bananas, and I’m like “Sorry, that doesn’t work on me, I’m a different kind of neurodivergent than your mama.”

An annoyed orange and white tabby cat sitting on a quilt scowling

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Heather Hogan @heatherhogan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Walking out of Duane Reade and these two NYPDs sitting in their van eating lunch get out and go “Did you pay for that?” And because I have had a very bad week, I said “No I just lifted $40 worth of dishwasher pods looking like a 1960s Batman villain named The Cautious Cyclist.”

A butch lesbian wearing a bunch of bright orange and yellow protective gear.

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Heather Hogan @heatherhogan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I wrote about having to calculate my capacity every minute I’m awake, how hard it is when people blast through “no,” and over-relating to the armadillo building a lair under my dad’s yard. theheatherhogan.substack.com/p/joe-armadi...

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Joe Armadillo

Sometimes I feel like I’m fighting everyone to just let me be okay, in my own way.

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The Sick Times @thesicktimes.org · 15/09/2026

Novel drug bezisterim may help improve fatigue, post-exertional malaise, and neurological symptoms in people with Long COVID, according to preliminary clinical trial results that the treatment’s developer, BioVie, shared this morning. thesicktimes.org/2026/09/15/b...

ID: A hand placing a pill in a weekly organizer. The text reads, “The Sick Times. Bezisterim may help with some Long COVID symptoms, drug’s developer reports in early trial results. By Betsy Ladyzhets. News.” The following slides feature quotes from the story at The Sick Times.

“What really stands out to me about the data that have been presented today is that it shows a very clear direction” toward improving key symptoms, said Ezra Spier, a Long COVID patient-researcher who advised the trial team, during the webinar. “It gives the community some hope, because we’ve been seeing trial fail after fail after fail. Seeing something that provides demonstrated impact, I think is really exciting.”

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Heather Hogan @heatherhogan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I had the TV on the All Women’s Sports Network, walked out of the room, walked back in, and was like “HOLY BANANA PUDDING THERE’S HOW MANY PEOPLE AT THE SOFTBALL WORLD CUP????” But no my wife had turned the TV to Monday Night Football. :(

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Blind Cat Rescue & Sanctuary, Inc @blindcatrescue.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Adopt a Less Adoptable Pet Week! 🐱💙 Seniors, black cats, those with medical needs, and bonded pairs are often overlooked. They deserve love too. Adopt, share, or support your local shelter today! #AdoptALessAdoptablePetWeek

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Heather Hogan @heatherhogan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Today in grifting, someone offered to give me a consultation so I can know the proper planetary alignment to “maximize my altruistic impact.” For the completely reasonable price of $500. !AltruismMaxxing! Our collective brainpower is mashed potatoes at this point.

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Heather Hogan @heatherhogan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Me: This man tried to explain to me about— My dad: Well, that was a mistake.

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Heather Hogan @heatherhogan.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

A hometown friend recently told me a story I had COMPLETELY blocked out of my mind which is: at her wedding, her bouquet was heading directly toward me, and I spiked it to the ground like a volleyball. Everyone was like 😮 and my boyfriend was like 👀. Still took me five more years to come out. 🙃🏐

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Jess Pendley @jesspendley.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Future me watching temporary -productivity-burst me commit to meetings and calls.

A small machine, the front resembles a smiling face, and its back reflected in the mirror behind it resembles a horrified face.

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Heather Hogan @heatherhogan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I never enjoy having to translate my writing into numbers (followers, retention rate, clicks, etc), but I needed to do it today, and you know what? I’ve accomplished so much in the past two years! It’s easy to not know that when your body is constantly shutting down on you. But dang! I’ve done good!

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Heather Hogan @heatherhogan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

You’ll never guess what kind of car I saw parked like such a dickweed that it got an active ambulance stuck.

A cybertruck blocking an ambulance from getting by

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Heather Hogan @heatherhogan.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Honestly, Nathan Fielder sounds kind of exhausting.

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Heather Hogan @heatherhogan.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Nobody can bring the family group chat to a screeching halt like the black sheep lesbian talking about “I think we can all agree Ms. Pac-Man was a victim of patriarchal violence.”

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Heather Hogan @heatherhogan.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Not usually one for applauding men but shout out to the guy who said “cough no worries cough” and jogged off into the night covered in compost because I full-on Miss Piggy HIIIIIIYA-ed him with my trash bin when I thought he was running up nefariously on a lady on my sidewalk. He was just on a jog.

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Schitts Creek Moira Rose Says Oopsy-Daisy

Alt: Schitts Creek Moira Rose Says Oopsy-Daisy

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Heather Hogan @heatherhogan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I've read this at least five times now and cried every single time. @mileswgriffis.bsky.social has the most beautiful heart.

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Heather Hogan @heatherhogan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Wife: Did you take a photo of that book I was thinking about buying the other day? I can’t remember what it was called. Me, handing my wife my phone: Yeah it’s on my camera roll. Wife: This is just like 30 photos of Tina Charles and one kitten in a construction suit.

Tina Charles looking fly as heck and Sue the Cat in her little construction outfit.

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Heather Hogan @heatherhogan.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The bookseller who checked me out at the register today called me “Heather Hogan, friend of the bookstore” so I think I’m living a pretty good life. 😌

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Heather Hogan @heatherhogan.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I feel like I’ve been coping pretty well with *waves hand broadly* but man ESPN trying to keep me from watching Naomi Osaka tonight had me ready to punch a hole in the sun. I think maybe women’s sports is doing the *majority* of the heavy lifting on my mental health. 😂

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Heather Hogan @heatherhogan.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Playing a video game, got my horse stuck in the mud, completely FLIPPED OUT. My wife was like “Whoa babe, whoa whoa whoa what is happening!” And I was like “NO! GOD! ARTAX! ARTAX! DO NOT YIELD TO DESPAIR!” I really don’t think we talk enough about the trauma of growing up on The Neverending Story.

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Heather Hogan @heatherhogan.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

My wife: "What should I text back?" Me: "Just say you're sorry to hear that and thanks for letting you know." My wife, texting back: "Womp, womp."

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Heather Hogan @heatherhogan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Chatting in line with some queers at the bagel shop. I said that orcs are always the best butch lesbian rep (I was reading an orc book), and the pal next to me goes “Yeah, same with nonbinary rep and robots.” We both turned to the beautiful gay man behind us and he said “Bitch. Disney villains.” 😂

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Heather Hogan @heatherhogan.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Nothing visually showcases the difference between mine and my wife’s personalities like a big ol’ delivery of KN95 masks. Hers in colors like “denim” and “khaki” and “olive” and “black on black.” And mine in like “magenta sunbeam” and “zip! zap!” and “cats in bowties” and “LOVE IS LOVE.”

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Heather Hogan @heatherhogan.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I went to submit my book log for AOC’s constituent summer reading challenge because I really love a certificate. The form asked for a parent’s name and I was like “Weird but okay” and as I was texting my dad to tell him I put him down, I was like “Oh wait lol this is for children.” 😭😂😳

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Heather Hogan @heatherhogan.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Kitten at the vet today called Mayor Meowdani. He’s wearing a little tie!

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Heather Hogan @heatherhogan.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

One of the weirdest things about my life is when my wife and I are trying to remember when a queer celebrity came out between 2005 and 2023, I just check my Google Docs because there’s a good chance I wrote the coming out post. 😂

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Heather Hogan @heatherhogan.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

In a bad autoimmune flare, but thankfully I’ve passed days one through five (1. blaming myself for feeling awful 2. reliving every mistake I’ve ever made 3. lying to myself that I’m better and making it worse 4. blame 5. mistakes) and can finally move onto healing (6. heating pad + star trek)

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Heather Hogan @heatherhogan.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I asked Stacy if she thinks Quasar thinks of us as her actual moms, and she said “No, I think she thinks I’m her manager and you’re her biggest fan.”

An orange and white tabby cat sitting on a handmade quilt beside a Kindle

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Heather Hogan @heatherhogan.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Want to support good people doing good work? It's as easy as signing up for @thesicktimes.org newsletter! And yes, you are correct, these doodles of our team are NOT AI. I drew them with my own silly hands. pages.viral-loops.com/share-the-si...

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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 26/08/2026

I've been trying to make sense of the sadness in me around Dolly's death, and so I wrote in my newsletter about my mom, and stories, and how time makes loss so much heavier. www.anxietyshark.ca/walking-in-t...

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Walking in the silence and Cicadas

We lost Dolly Parton today, although it will no longer be today when you read this.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

the thing is like public health child literacy civil rights social justice rural poverty once you personally have become rich and successful, those things only matter if you still have the capacity to care deeply about people outside your immediate circle and that is harder than becoming rich

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Heather Hogan @heatherhogan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton meant everything to me. I wrote this in 2016. theheatherhogan.substack.com/p/my-brunch-...

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My Brunch With Dolly Parton

Rest in peace, my forever queen.

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