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Heather Bouwman

@hmbouwman.bsky.social
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children's writer, college professor, Minnesotan etc etc (new book in 2025: Scattergood). She/her. Protect trans kids (and adults). hmbouwman.com

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Heather Bouwman @hmbouwman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I 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.
L to R on stage in St Paul: Brandon Mull, Annabelle Oh, Rick Riordan.
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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Latest 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.
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Shameka ❤️🏀 @shameka23.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Just saw this post from Justine Pissott 💔 Shes so very brave for posting this. Trigger Warning: SA #WNBA
Instagram Story from verified account @justinepissott. White text on a black background reads: “This is a vulnerable message but something I want to share. As someone who has been drugged and rap**, the Cornell 7 situation has been really hard for me to see. It hits a place in me that I don’t talk about often.

“When something like this happens to you, it doesn’t just end when that night ends. You carry it with you. The confusion, the pieces you can’t remember, questioning yourself, blaming yourself, and trying to understand how someone could take advantage of you when you weren’t even able to protect yourself.

“And then you see people questioning survivors. Asking why they didn’t speak sooner, why they stayed quiet, why they acted a certain way afterward. But unless you’ve been through it, you really don’t understand what trauma can do to a person. There is no ‘right’ way to respond to something that never should’ve happened to you in the first place.”Continuation of @justinepissott’s Instagram Story, with white text on a black background. It reads: “My heart truly hurts for the survivor in the Cornell 7 situation. I pray God covers her through all of this. I pray He protects her mind and her heart while something so painful and personal is being discussed by people who don’t even know her. I pray He gives her strength on the days where it feels like too much and reminds her that what was done to her will never define who she is.

“I don’t speak about my experience for sympathy. I speak about it because I know how lonely this kind of pain can feel. And if sharing even a small part of my story makes another survivor feel less alone, then it’s worth it.

“To her and every survivor carrying something similar, I see you. I’m praying for you. And I pray we continue creating a world where survivors feel safe enough to use their voice without being torn apart for how they survived. 🤍”
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A secret third thing @secretthirdthing.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I 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
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Heather Bouwman @hmbouwman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
People 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.
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Stpaulighoul @stpauligrrrl.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
If 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.
Boreal gift shop poster 

Nature in Art
Art in the Loft
Featuring: Crop Art from the Minnesota State Fair
Guest Artist: Zosh Tanner, woodblock prints
SEED R FLAX-WING
boréa
2276 Como Avenue
St. Paul, MN
Sept. 12-28
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Trevor Burns @burnsiemn.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
It's not a mail in voting year this time around. Vote in person, vote early. The system is being broken intentionally.
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Rebecca M-O @reduplicater.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Crop 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.
Untitled? by Jenny Lau
A red heart with radiating lines is in the upper half of the piece.  In the middle are two loons, rising up out of the water to either fly or dance.  The words "Forever - MN" appear in black at the bottom.  The piece is edged in a wavy border.  You can see from the seedlist that the inspiration was a Keith Haring drawing on a US "Forever stamp" where people instead of loons are dancing and holding up the heart.

Crops include white sorghum, red sorghum, french lentil, canola, wild rice, garlic skin, and millet.  Any others have been cut off by the photographer's (my) carelessness.Untitled? by Alice Hogan
In the center are two traditional portrayals of Vikings, with horned helmets.  The left is a bearded man with a photo of Governor Tim Walz's face, and the right character is a female with long blond braids and a photo of Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan's face.  She holds a scepter topped by what might be a stalk of wheatand stands next to some miniature ears of multi-colored corn. Below them are the words "WELCOME TO MINNESOTA" in blue and green.  Behind the two Vikings are a lake or river with swans, a pink house I don't recognize, and a stylized version of the Minneapolis skyline with some of its landmark buildings such as the Foshay Tower and the IDS Center.

The seed list is partially hidden and partially too blurry to read due to the photographer's (my) inability to take good photos."Pac-MN" by Meredith Keller
This is a 3 dimensional piece in that the yellow frame of it is moved forward and shaped as if it's an arcade game.  The screen has a black background.  The words "MINNESOTA STATE FAIR 2026" are written in the Pac-Man font at the top left.  the rest of the screen has a map of the fairgrounds making the path that Pac-Man can follow, complete with yellow trails.  Some of the yellow trails have the street names spelled out on the seeds.  The screen also has red and blue ghosts, but instead of the normal bonus icons we see a pickle, an ear of corn, some pronto pups, and a chocolate chip cookie - all popular foods at the MN State Fair.

The seedlist shows yellow painted mustard seed in a Pac-Man shape, and the rest of the seeds are lined up for Pac-Man to eat:  red and blue painted mustard seed, black canola, white, yellow, and green millet, white navy bean, yellow soy bean, and yellow split pea.

This entry was awarded a blue ribbon for first place in its category."Minnesota Welcomes You" by Megan Bell
Paul Bunyan, in brown laced up boots, blue jeans, and a pink and ight blue checked shirt and cap, is neeling on the ground.  He steadies an axe against the ground in his left hand, while his right hand is outstretched to the viewer.  The grass is green, there are autumn colored trees in the background, and a multicolored swirly sky  is above.  The words "MINNESOTA WELCOMES YOU" are in the foreground.

This piece was made with amaranth, hulled barley, black beans, canola, flax seed, millet, rye berries, and wheatberry.  Most of these were painted.
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Heather Bouwman @hmbouwman.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Thank you, Judge Ireland!
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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
31% 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/...
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U.S. Support for LGBTQ+ Issues Remains Down From Peak
Since 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.
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Heather Bouwman @hmbouwman.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
I 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
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quick13 @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
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jesse, head of endorsement deals at BOOingo Wireless @killgoldfish.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
my 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
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Dr. Jennessa Hester 🍒 @cherrypoppunk.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Texas 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.
Image of the Holy Bible with chains locked around it.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 04/05/2026
The 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.
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Live: Minnesota Senate passes sweeping gun overhaul in response to Annunciation shooting
The centerpiece of the Democrats’ bill is a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.
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Heather Bouwman @hmbouwman.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
This whole Mayday thread. Thank you, @naomikritzer.bsky.social
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Heather Bouwman @hmbouwman.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Ohhhhh thank you, msp, for all the Mayday photos and videos. ❤️
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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
While 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...
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Frey again vetoes measure giving tenants more time to pay rent after Metro Surge
The mayor of Minneapolis said more time won’t improve outcomes. The council president said residents “deserve solutions, not vetoes.”
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Heather Bouwman @hmbouwman.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
So glad the msp feed is back!
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Peggy Flanagan @peggyflanagan.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
You might have been surprised to see an ad this week touting my opponent’s record on ICE. Here’s the truth:
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Heather Bouwman @hmbouwman.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Yay!!
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Mike Spangenberg @mikespangenberg.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
I’m not sure I can think of another technology that was this hyped that failed so spectacularly at its core function
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Heather Bouwman @hmbouwman.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
The MSP feed is down, and even though I hardly ever post on here, I feel so lost right now!
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 08/04/2026
i 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.
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Anne @annieoranne.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Well that's good at least www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
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Children's Minnesota resumes all gender-affirming care after pausing some services
Children'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.
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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Thanks 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)
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TheHoleHaver @theholehaver.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
I 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
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Dave Kamper @dskamper.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Disgusting racism.
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Anne Ursu @anneursu.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Mpls 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
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Anders @derzquist.net · 13/03/2026
Reminder for the first annual #LoonDay
Meme showing that the MN flag actually represents a loon with mouth wide emiting some sort of frosty energy beam
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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Some 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_...
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Psychosocial Wellbeing and Parenting Responses during Intensified ICE in Minnesota
The most powerful, simple and trusted way to gather experience data. Start your journey to experience management and try a free account today.
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David Pakman @davidpakman.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
The 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?
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Wedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live · 28/02/2026
Only 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.
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US and Israel launch an attack on Iran with tensions high over nuclear talks
The 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.
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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
It’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/
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Heather Bouwman @hmbouwman.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
All this, yes
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N.R. Lines⁷ (she/her) @nrlines.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
This. Right here. This.
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 25/02/2026
It’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.
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👻👹 boo-rit 👹👻 @britculpsapp.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
so 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
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KC Momkin @kc-momkin.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
It 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.
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Eric Moran @deveric.net · 25/02/2026
Peak Minnesota (via reddit)
A single whistle in a basket
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KAL @blueflafighter.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
The 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
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"Horrifying Monster" Ella Tailor 🎃🎃 $275/$700 @garaktailor.com · 21/02/2026
Those 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.
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Alexis @offalcute.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
The 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 😞
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Heather Bouwman @hmbouwman.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
This whole thread is worth a listen
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Heather Bouwman @hmbouwman.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
I 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.
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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Everyone who worked at this camp should go to prison.
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Nate Pentz @natepentz.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
They don't want to acknowledge that they are complicent. We will make sure everyone remembers in November.
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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
pure 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...
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NHS closed Tavistock over care complaints – there were only eight
An eye-opening FOI report has revealed that just eight people complained about the Tavistock gender clinic's care provision in 10 years.
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MdDoogie3 @mddoogie3.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
I 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/
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Andrew Karre @andrewkarre.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
This 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.
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