Heather Bouwman @hmbouwman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I didn’t realize how much I’d love visiting Camp Halfblood with a whole bunch of other campers, so many years after I read the first series to my kids. 020
Reposted by Heather BouwmanMatthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Latest WSJ poll: "63% want to pause AI development 61% want a billionaire wealth tax 59% want Medicare for All 57% want a $20 minimum wage 58% want to end U.S. military aid to Israel" This is the center of the country politically. it is time all adjust to this political spectrum, esp. media. 9534281072
Reposted by Heather BouwmanShameka ❤️🏀 @shameka23.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Just saw this post from Justine Pissott 💔 Shes so very brave for posting this. Trigger Warning: SA #WNBA 310614
Reposted by Heather BouwmanA secret third thing @secretthirdthing.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I love how the dems that want to throw trans people under the bus are all like "we need to win moderates outside the coasts" Meanwhile the biggest defenders of trans people are the governors of Kentucky, Minnesota, and Illinois 216624
Heather Bouwman @hmbouwman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026People sometimes ask about my writing schedule, and here it is: I want to extract my legs and get up from the sofa but the cats say I have to keep revising. 170
Reposted by Heather BouwmanStpaulighoul @stpauligrrrl.bsky.social · 28/08/2026If you can’t make it to the fair, there will be three other opportunities to see some MN State Crop Art after the fair. First— Sept. 12-28 Boreal, 2276 Como Ave, St. Anthony Park (close to the fair) They have great gallery space and are welcoming crop art from anyone who exhibited at the fair. 610636
Reposted by Heather BouwmanTrevor Burns @burnsiemn.bsky.social · 01/09/2026It's not a mail in voting year this time around. Vote in person, vote early. The system is being broken intentionally. 0117
Reposted by Heather BouwmanRebecca M-O @reduplicater.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Crop art at the Minnesota State Fair! It is what it says it is - art made from various parts of crops, primarily seeds, lentils, and grains, occasionally leaves or flowers. For any non-Minnesotans viewing this, I'll start with mostly less political pieces. It's harder than you might think. 12407148
Reposted by Heather BouwmanDanielle Froom 🏳️🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 03/06/202631% of Democrats polled said being transgender is "morally wrong". Five years ago it would have been a fraction of that. The propaganda is working, the silence from Democrats is deafening, & all of this is why every step backward can't go ignored for even a moment. news.gallup.com/poll/710810/...news.gallup.comU.S. Support for LGBTQ+ Issues Remains Down From PeakSince 2021, fewer Americans have said that gay or lesbian relations and changing one's gender are morally acceptable and have favored legal same-sex marriage. 361529550
Heather Bouwman @hmbouwman.bsky.social · 29/05/2026I want to love Amtrak, but instead I had to cancel my ticket and drive 9.5 hours today because the only train was delayed by three hours and the only “person” I could get ahold of was a chatbot who could not tell me what my options would be if I missed my connection. Ugggghhhh 140
Reposted by Heather Bouwmanquick13 @quick13.bsky.social · 29/05/2026"I typed passports.gov directly into my browser...A sign-in page came up: enter your email and we will send you a six-digit code. The owner of passports.gov is the Executive Office of the President, White House Office...with no privacy notice on file. Linked to your identity through Login.gov"-YIKES 147
Reposted by Heather Bouwmanjesse, head of endorsement deals at BOOingo Wireless @killgoldfish.bsky.social · 19/05/2026my gf works corporate and is on a training about AI and there's a word cloud for "what do you use AI for." the largest word by far is "Nothing" and the trainer is PISSED 8140303101
Reposted by Heather BouwmanDr. Jennessa Hester 🍒 @cherrypoppunk.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Texas Tech is starting to reveal which texts are banned under its new prohibition against "Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity" research. Among them are six books of the Bible: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, and Galatians. 🧵 of other banned works. Yes, this is real. 37566293
Reposted by Heather BouwmanMinnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 04/05/2026The Minnesota Senate passed a sweeping package of gun control measures on Monday, including a ban on assault-style weapons that were used in the Annunciation school shooting.startribune.comLive: Minnesota Senate passes sweeping gun overhaul in response to Annunciation shootingThe centerpiece of the Democrats’ bill is a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. 211231
Heather Bouwman @hmbouwman.bsky.social · 04/05/2026This whole Mayday thread. Thank you, @naomikritzer.bsky.social 040
Heather Bouwman @hmbouwman.bsky.social · 03/05/2026Ohhhhh thank you, msp, for all the Mayday photos and videos. ❤️ 020
Reposted by Heather BouwmanJason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 01/05/2026While Mayor Frey travels the country accepting awards on the backs of immigrants, he’s back in Minneapolis vetoing the very policies meant to protect them. 1/ www.startribune.com/frey-again-v...startribune.comFrey again vetoes measure giving tenants more time to pay rent after Metro SurgeThe mayor of Minneapolis said more time won’t improve outcomes. The council president said residents “deserve solutions, not vetoes.” 6396171
Reposted by Heather BouwmanPeggy Flanagan @peggyflanagan.bsky.social · 23/04/2026You might have been surprised to see an ad this week touting my opponent’s record on ICE. Here’s the truth: 8461216
Reposted by Heather BouwmanMike Spangenberg @mikespangenberg.bsky.social · 18/04/2026I’m not sure I can think of another technology that was this hyped that failed so spectacularly at its core function 091
Heather Bouwman @hmbouwman.bsky.social · 14/04/2026The MSP feed is down, and even though I hardly ever post on here, I feel so lost right now! 120
Reposted by Heather Bouwmanashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 08/04/2026i think we should start a petition to permanently ban pete hegeseth from the minnesota state fair. it feels like that’s how you excommunicate a minnesotan. sweet martha signs the order. fairchild throws you to the curb. 1564994
Reposted by Heather BouwmanAnne @annieoranne.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Well that's good at least www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...cbsnews.comChildren's Minnesota resumes all gender-affirming care after pausing some servicesChildren's Minnesota announced Monday it is resuming gender-affirming care for children just over a month after pausing it amid "threats" from the federal government. 041
Reposted by Heather BouwmanJon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Thanks to a FOIA lawsuit from @deportationdata.org, Minnesota is getting its first credible numbers on arrests during the federal government's surge here this winter. About 3,800 Minnesota residents were arrested. Most from Latin America (only 106 from Somalia). (1) 5853425
Reposted by Heather BouwmanTheHoleHaver @theholehaver.bsky.social · 26/03/2026I refuse to grow numb to the gutter racism the president spews out of his mouth, this shit would have ended political careers for most of my life 052
Reposted by Heather BouwmanAnne Ursu @anneursu.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Mpls friends, Mayor Frey wants to build a $38 million police training facility at a time when we are in crisis. Our hospitals, schools, public resources, small businesses and neighbors are in a state of emergency. Call your council members. Vote is next Tues. www.minneapolismn.gov/government/d...minneapolismn.gov 2219
Reposted by Heather BouwmanAnders @derzquist.net · 13/03/2026Reminder for the first annual #LoonDay 7338113
Reposted by Heather BouwmanNaomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 09/03/2026Some professors at the University of St. Thomas are doing a research project on the effects of the ICE occupation on Twin Cities parents. They're looking for parents who are US citizens, who live in the Twin Cities metro area, and who have kids ages 5-10. stthomas.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...stthomas.az1.qualtrics.comPsychosocial Wellbeing and Parenting Responses during Intensified ICE in MinnesotaThe most powerful, simple and trusted way to gather experience data. Start your journey to experience management and try a free account today. 8236232
Reposted by Heather BouwmanDavid Pakman @davidpakman.bsky.social · 06/03/2026The affordability President just caused the fastest gas price spike in years, and the jobs President just lost 92,000 jobs in February. Are we winning yet? 37687175
Reposted by Heather BouwmanWedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live · 28/02/2026Only 2 months into 2026 and the president has achieved so much. Waging war on Venezuela, Minnesota, and Iran, while covering up his alleged role in a child rape syndicate, is a lot.apnews.comUS and Israel launch an attack on Iran with tensions high over nuclear talksThe U.S. and Israel have launched an attack on Iran, with the first apparent strike happening near the offices of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. 119952
Reposted by Heather BouwmanJason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 27/02/2026It’s time to pass Pause Evictions, Save Lives in Minneapolis. Currently, renters receive a 30-day notice prior to a landlord filing an eviction. This ordinance would temporarily expand this timeline to 60 days through August 30, 2026. The first vote is at Committee of the Whole on Tuesday. 1/ 612440
Reposted by Heather BouwmanN.R. Lines⁷ (she/her) @nrlines.bsky.social · 26/02/2026This. Right here. This. 083
Reposted by Heather BouwmanIan Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 25/02/2026It’s not just Medicaid funding they’re withholding to MN. It’s food assistance, child care assistance, social services, job training, safety testing, public health, disaster relief. SNAP. Free lunch for kids in school. They hate us for loving our neighbors, and are collectively punishing us for it. 23083554090
Reposted by Heather Bouwman👻👹 boo-rit 👹👻 @britculpsapp.bsky.social · 25/02/2026so fun fact: recently during the fraud investigations being redone by this season’s feds, MN’s rate of medicaid/medicare fraud was well below the national average nationally, it’s ≈ 6% each year; in minnesota it’s like ≈ 2.5% we know this is vindictive at this point 82198686
Reposted by Heather BouwmanKC Momkin @kc-momkin.bsky.social · 25/02/2026It seems the racist DHS rampage in MN may be resulting in the dismissal of cases that actually should be prosecuted. Dismissing charges involving a gun because the system was overwhelmed by unconstitutional seizures of people with brown skin... doesn't sound like law and order to me. 092
Reposted by Heather BouwmanKAL @blueflafighter.bsky.social · 23/02/2026The ICE surge in Minnesota cost $280M, to detain 4k people of whom only 30 were accused of violent crimes. $9 million per capture of the "worst of the worst". Plus two citizens murdered. ~ Veterans for Peace 12245992078
Reposted by Heather Bouwman"Horrifying Monster" Ella Tailor 🎃🎃 $275/$700 @garaktailor.com · 21/02/2026Those not living in Minnesota please read and share. The next American Civ War has already begun and they are trying to convince you they've already won. 02316
Reposted by Heather BouwmanAlexis @offalcute.bsky.social · 21/02/2026The fact that the highest profile pediatric gender clinic in Minnesota recently announced they’re shutting down and California has a transphobic governor really underscores how fucked the rest of the country is 😞 164
Heather Bouwman @hmbouwman.bsky.social · 17/02/2026I would have died at five months; my older sister at age ten (bacterial meningitis and appendicitis, respectively). The other two sisters might have lived…? Glad for modern medicine. 020
Reposted by Heather BouwmanNaomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Everyone who worked at this camp should go to prison. 231914537
Reposted by Heather BouwmanNate Pentz @natepentz.bsky.social · 17/02/2026They don't want to acknowledge that they are complicent. We will make sure everyone remembers in November. 27617
Reposted by Heather BouwmanToby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 12/02/2026pure elite capture - the uk just folded to a hardline anti-trans campaign pushed by a tiny number of people www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/n...thepinknews.comNHS closed Tavistock over care complaints – there were only eightAn eye-opening FOI report has revealed that just eight people complained about the Tavistock gender clinic's care provision in 10 years. 171731479
Reposted by Heather BouwmanMdDoogie3 @mddoogie3.bsky.social · 11/02/2026I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it. I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.” 1/ 8452182637
Reposted by Heather BouwmanAndrew Karre @andrewkarre.bsky.social · 11/02/2026This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive. 272113176469