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Heather @heatherw24.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I know that there are more serious things going on in the world, but I cannot find the Old El Paso Mexican Rice anywhere and I fear it has been discontinued. This is the worst.

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Heather @heatherw24.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Did anyone else in Minneapolis get a notification from the assessor’s office about a home visit, because absolutely not.

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Heather @heatherw24.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This is killing me. High rates and the fall/winter slowdown is going to make for a very long winter. Make it stop.

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Heather @heatherw24.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I watched all of Widow's Bay yesterday and I have questions for the people that don't think it is a comedy.

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Heather @heatherw24.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

My husband told me that he wants to throw out my vintage Michael Grave's toaster. I told him no. He tried to argue that it was just an old toaster. Joke's on him. They are listed between $170-$240 online used.

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Heather @heatherw24.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

My job gives me the opportunity to talk to lots of different people all around the country. It is interesting because I know that many of them have different political beliefs than me, but most of them seem to be decent people. There are some that aren’t, and some that don’t try to hide it.

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Heather @heatherw24.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I am using my day off to swap my closet over to fall/winter clothes, so when it gets hot again, you know who to blame.

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Heather @heatherw24.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

My husband has decided to try making his own hot sauce and sauerkraut. Hopefully this doesn't end in disaster.

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Heather @heatherw24.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I have mixed feelings about this day, however, my overall opinion has not changed in 25 years, and I am still amazed by the massive gaslighting that has taken place.

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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Susan Sontag's 9/16/01 piece in The New Yorker got her crucified but it's one of the few things from that era that aged well. "'Our country is strong,' we are told again and again. I for one don’t find this entirely consoling. Who doubts that America is strong? But that’s not all America has to be."

The disconnect between last Tuesday’s monstrous dose of reality and the self-righteous drivel and outright deceptions being peddled by public figures and TV commentators is startling, depressing. The voices licensed to follow the event seem to have joined together in a campaign to infantilize the public. Where is the acknowledgment that this was not a “cowardly” attack on “civilization” or “liberty” or “humanity” or “the free world” but an attack on the world’s self-proclaimed superpower, undertaken as a consequence of specific American alliances and actions? How many citizens are aware of the ongoing American bombing of Iraq? And if the word “cowardly” is to be used, it might be more aptly applied to those who kill from beyond the range of retaliation, high in the sky, than to those willing to die themselves in order to kill others. In the matter of courage (a morally neutral virtue): whatever may be said of the perpetrators of Tuesday’s slaughter, they were not cowards.

Our leaders are bent on convincing us that everything is O.K. America is not afraid. Our spirit is unbroken, although this was a day that will live in infamy and America is now at war. But everything is not O.K. And this was not Pearl Harbor. We have a robotic President who assures us that America still stands tall. A wide spectrum of public figures, in and out of office, who are strongly opposed to the policies being pursued abroad by this Administration apparently feel free to say nothing more than that they stand united behind President Bush. A lot of thinking needs to be done, and perhaps is being done in Washington and elsewhere, about the ineptitude of American intelligence and counter-intelligence, about options available to American foreign policy, particularly in the Middle East, and about what constitutes a smart program of military defense. But the public is not being asked to bear much of the burden of reality. The unanimously applauded, self-congratulatory bromides of a Soviet Party Congress seemed contemptible. The unanimity of the sanctimonious, reality-concealing rhetoric spouted by American officials and media commentators in recent days seems, well, unworthy of a mature democracy.

Those in public office have let us know that they consider their task to be a manipulative one: confidence-building and grief management. Politics, the politics of a democracy—which entails disagreement, which promotes candor—has been replaced by psychotherapy. Let’s by all means grieve together. But let’s not be stupid together. A few shreds of historical awareness might help us understand what has just happened, and what may continue to happen. “Our country is strong,” we are told again and again. I for one don’t find this entirely consoling. Who doubts that America is strong? But that’s not all America has to be.

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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

There are already articles circulating trying to rewrite history and say America was great after 9/11 and united and thoughtful and just a reminder that that period was marked by intense and insanely racist hatred, paranoia, and a frothing desire for unhinged violence and oppression.

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Heather @heatherw24.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I wonder what all of those people that said they were going to wait to refinance until the new Fed chief started and lowered mortgage rates are doing these days? Or the lady that had confidence that Trump was going to force rates back to 2%. Wonder how she’s doing.

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Heather @heatherw24.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

We went to dinner tonight and the woman next to us told the sever that she couldn’t eat cheese. I’m really curious how the tortellini she ordered worked out for her.

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Heather @heatherw24.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Today I realized that my husband's credit card was the one stored in my DoorDash account. I really hope he doesn't check his statement and see that I ordered lunch three times this week...

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Heather @heatherw24.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I can’t wait to find out how much the price of Pella doors have gone up due to these stupid tariffs…

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Heather @heatherw24.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

2026 is my year of full on 90s/00s throw back scents. I just added Ralph Lauren Romance to the mix.

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Heather @heatherw24.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I just started watching The Shards on Hulu and I already kind of hate it.

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Heather @heatherw24.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Why does Mike Lindell always look like Ron Swanson after he drank the Snake Juice?

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Heather @heatherw24.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

We have a random squash growing in our garden. It has just started to make fruit. I still have no clue what it is.

Smaller random yard squash with unopened blossom attached.

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 12/08/2026

just another reminder that if you don’t like the idea of amy klobuchar as governor of Minnesota, your best course of action is to head to a swing house or senate district and get on the doors help get those caucuses so strong that Amy’s power as governor means less

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Heather @heatherw24.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Look, I know it is wrong, but I REALLY want to see Lindell as the GOP candidate and watch Amy wipe the floor with him.

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Heather @heatherw24.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Work has been so busy for both of us lately that we end up dining out most nights. My husband had a gout flare recently though so we have been eating at home, and it has honestly been a nice change.

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Heather @heatherw24.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Did I buy the Grillo’s Pickles Liquid IV? Yes I did. Do I like it? Also yes.

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Heather @heatherw24.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

I don’t know who needs to hear this but GAP re-released their 90s perfumes earlier this week. I am once again the owner of GAP Grass and I could not be happier.

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Heather @heatherw24.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

I recently got new glasses with darker frames, and I had my bob cut shorter. Tonight my husband told me that I look like Tina Belcher. 28 years together was a good run…

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Heather @heatherw24.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

You haven’t lived until you have heard the ice cream truck version of On the Floor by J Lo.

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Heather @heatherw24.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

It is Fed week and for the first time in a long time I haven’t had anyone tell me that they want to wait to lock. Wonder why?

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Heather @heatherw24.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Today we had brunch with a friend and his dad. They are from Toronto. It was interesting, yet sad to hear their thoughts on the relationships between our two countries. So much damage has been done, and it is going to take a long time to repair it.

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Heather @heatherw24.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Whenever I reach a number with call screening set up I treat it like VM. I leave a message and hang up.

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Heather @heatherw24.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Tonight at dinner some random dude made a comment about how I should appreciate my breadwinner more. Sir, I do appreciate my breadwinner, because my breadwinner is me.

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Heather @heatherw24.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

My husband: I don’t like this hummus. It has a weird olive taste to it. The hummus:

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Heather @heatherw24.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Tonight a friend from out of town asked if they should go to Butcher and the Boar or Butcher’s Tale. When I said Butcher’s Tale she asked if I was sure. I have never been more insulted in my life.

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Heather @heatherw24.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I love when fashion influencers say things like, "great item for less than $200.00" and then the price is $199.99.

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Heather @heatherw24.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

“Brief and sudden illness?” He was poisoned, right?

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Heather @heatherw24.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

I have been buying glasses from Warby Parker for years, but today is the first time I have gone there for an eye exam. Huge fan of the process. I was also able to get three new pairs of glasses, plus the exam for roughly $600, which is less than what one pair used to cost elsewhere.

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Heather @heatherw24.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

We have a new Black Swallowtail caterpillar in our Dill. I am officially at the age where this excites me. We also have a bunch of Ladybug larvae, which is also super thrilling.

Black Swallowtail caterpillar in one of the early Instars.

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Heather @heatherw24.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Did MnDOT make a Heated Rivalry reference on a traffic board?

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Heather @heatherw24.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Someone please explain the logic behind shooting of giant mortars in the daylight. Some clown near us has been shooting them off since lunch time today, and it is such a waste of money!

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Heather @heatherw24.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Every year on/around this date one of the houses behind us has a big party with a DJ. The noise irritates the shit out of my husband. He did not find it funny when I yelled "turn it up" during DTMF and they did.

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Heather @heatherw24.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

We have a family of Bluejays living in our yard right now (at least 5 birds) and while I love them, they are so effing loud!

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Heather @heatherw24.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Considering the fact that they once forgot to invite me to family Christmas, probably not.

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Heather @heatherw24.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

There are two neighborhood cats that keep hanging out in our yard. They aren’t strays. One is a kitten and I am worried that something is going to happen to him, but I’m also not going to take someone’s cat. I don’t understand people that let their cats roam in the city.

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Heather @heatherw24.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

I have started to drink matcha lattes in the afternoon and really enjoy them, but I cannot stand the grassy aftertaste that lingers forever.

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Heather @heatherw24.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

My parents are from a small town in ND. My dad’s first cousin married my mom’s aunt. Their son and his wife just celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary, and they posted some wedding pictures on FB. The aunt looks like my mom and the cousin like my dad. It makes the whole situation feel weirder.

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Heather @heatherw24.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

I have seen the SWAT BearCat drive by my house more times than I can count, but I have never seen it with lights and sirens until today. Lots of other sirens with it.

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Heather @heatherw24.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Tonight I bet my husband $100.00 that he couldn’t tell me who sang Barton Hollow. Our bartender was very invested in our bet. I won. I was just surprised that it came on. It isn’t something you hear on a standard bar playlist.

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Heather @heatherw24.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

We decided to plant one of our raised beds with mostly dill this year in an effort to attract Swallowtail caterpillars. So far we have found three! The things that excite me as an adult are wild.

Metal raised bed garden full of dill plants

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Heather @heatherw24.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

There is a Cybertruck parked outside of my office building. It is covered in bird shit. Amazing work by whichever birds did it.

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Heather @heatherw24.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

I learned this weekend that the new Graza Hot N Sweet chips are NOT made for people from MN. I say this as someone that loves spicy food. There is no sweet, only hot, and they are uncomfortably spicy.

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Heather @heatherw24.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Dear Men. If you are talking to a woman who is an expert in her field and she is telling you something that you didn’t know, the correct response is to just be quiet. You shouldn’t ask if she knows what she is talking about, because then she will fucking ruin you.

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