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Michelle the Voweler

@michellebird.bsky.social
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Globalist, parent, underachiever, reader, democrat-socialist, gig worker, Iowan abroad in the greater Midwest, she/her

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Michelle the Voweler @michellebird.bsky.social · 2h
Arkansas’s Senator Tom Cotton (up for reelection) says he commends Pete Hegseth’s leadership and Operation Epic Fury. Sen John Boozman (not up for reelection), interestingly, does not compliment Hegseth at all; he keeps it neutral and says he’ll ’continue to monitor’. And he says Dept of *Defense*.
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Michelle the Voweler @michellebird.bsky.social · 19h
Arike Ogunbowale!!
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Michelle the Voweler @michellebird.bsky.social · 20h
It’s almost a certainty that the root of all this pain suffered by all these people for all these years is the sexual abuse of children.
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Michelle the Voweler @michellebird.bsky.social · 20h
There’s more cool stuff where Caitlin Clark came from: The Loess hills! The Missouri and the Mississippi! A really great state fair! The grave of the only guy to die on the Lewis and Clark expedition (probably appendicitis; he has an obelisk now)! La Juanita’s tacos! RAGBRAI! Corn! Beans!
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Michelle the Voweler @michellebird.bsky.social · 21h
Hidden gem of a shirt seen here in a photo in one of Rob Sand’s campaign texts. Makes me want a hot dog real bad. Help make IOWA=COOL by sending a teeny bit via PayPal or Google/Apple Pay or your old fashioned down home debit card to @robsandia.bsky.social at give.robsand.com/sXnCzM
Rob sand speaking to a crowd that includes a guy in a button down collared shirt featuring Jennifer Coolidge as the Statue of Liberty with a hot dog
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Michelle the Voweler @michellebird.bsky.social · 22h
The death penalty is STUPID.
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Michelle the Voweler @michellebird.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Da fuq
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The Wee Owl Studio, Art 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @theweeowl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
⭐️New⭐️ My little animal drawings have been selling so I am working on more for you. This will, I hope be the first new one of many. A little weasel, available now... folksy.com/find/item/87... #Weasel #AnimalArt #OriginalArt #Drawing #ColourPencil #Artwork #GiftIdeas #ShopIndy #WildlifeArt #bsnm
A postcard size drawing in soft colour of a little weasel standing up on his hind legs looking into the distance. He is standing in a field of long grassed with yellow flowers, there is a red toned background.
An original art work, please note that the frame is not included.
Colour pencil on white acid free artist watercolour paper (postcard size).
Approximately 4 by 6 inches (10.16 x 15.24 cm) will fit into a standard 4 by 6 inch photo frame.
The drawing will be in a clear envelope so you can view it before framing.
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Michelle the Voweler @michellebird.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The NY Liberty are the first #8 seed to beat a #1 in WNBA history? Whoa!
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Michelle the Voweler @michellebird.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Speaking of Caitlin Clark did you guys see that sweet new Nike banner in Indianapolis with the photo of CC taken by America’s greatest women’s sports photographer Bri Lewerke? Here is a photo I stole from her Instagram You may think it’s a selfie but NOPE! See how they did it in Bri’s post!
NOTHING SPECIAL
TO SEE HERE*
*Just a girl doing the same things she learned in an Iowa driveway, now in a shoe with her name on it, in buildings full of people, from distances that give commentators enough time to form an opinion about the shot and revise it before the ball reaches the basket.
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Michelle the Voweler @michellebird.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Speaking of Caitlin Clark did you guys see that sweet new Nike banner in Indianapolis with the photo of CC taken by America’s greatest women’s sports photographer Bri Lewerke? Here is a photo I stole from her Instagram You may think it’s a selfie but NOPE! See how they did it in Bri’s post!
NOTHING SPECIAL
TO SEE HERE*
*Just a girl doing the same things she learned in an Iowa driveway, now in a shoe with her name on it, in buildings full of people, from distances that give commentators enough time to form an opinion about the shot and revise it before the ball reaches the basket.
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Michelle the Voweler @michellebird.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
You keep her name outta your mouth, dirtbag! >:(
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
How the Word Is Passed is one of the great books of our time so looking forward to this!
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Michelle the Voweler @michellebird.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Lmfao.
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Michelle the Voweler @michellebird.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I’m so glad Josh Hawley brought up Russian corruption. There have been a few concerning pictures making the rounds lately. I’m sure he’s already investigating.
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Michelle the Voweler @michellebird.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
You guys may not know this, but this is a very big turnout and a lot of young people for an Iowa town hall. Can’t wait for Election Day.
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Michelle the Voweler @michellebird.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Second time this week I’ve seen one of these big chubby caterpillars! 2x good luck probably
Big fat light green caterpillar
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 26/09/2026
Good morning, Mr, @girmayzahilay.bsky.social. Doesn’t it violate King County’s rules to have ICE obscure its loading of migrants from the Boeing Field livestream like this? And can you please find out if the migrants have been on buses on the tarmac all night after yesterday’s plane (N468AW) broke?
A screenshot of the livestream view of Boeing Field’s ICE camera, showing two large buses obscuring the loading area in front of N455AW
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 26/09/2026
This is one of DHS’s stock phrases that they copy-paste into anything they can, regardless of whether it’s true or not, as it obviously isn’t in Seck’s case. Glad to hear she’s been moved to a hospital, but as @nkalamb.bsky.social points out, that only happened after her case made national news.
The Department of Homeland Security told
USA Today on 23 September that Seck "chose to overstay her welcome in violation of our nation's laws", adding, "To be clear: a…
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Alex Gibney @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The trailer for my new film, "Musk," has just been released.
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Michelle the Voweler @michellebird.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
FINE if I can’t move to Europe then I’ll move to the next best thing……des moines!
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Michelle the Voweler @michellebird.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Local news every day is like “gas prices gas prices war and gas prices” and then senator tom cotton’s campaign commercial comes on to warn us that if democrat Hallie Shoffner gets elected we’ll end up paying more at the gas pump. How stupid do you think Arkansans are! Wait don’t answer that
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Michelle the Voweler @michellebird.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Good man. Free Palestine and arrest Netanyahu.
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Michelle the Voweler @michellebird.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Senator “stand by our troops” tom cotton of Arkansas finally wrote me back to say he stands by Pete hegseth and we’re all safer because of him/the war
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sam³⁰⁰⁰ @samgavin.com · 22/09/2026
this is a real pin from a real company designed by a real person and I own it
strikegently.co
Strike Gently - Horse Pin
1.25 inchesHard enamel with gold platingDeluxe clasp backingShipped with love from our warehouse in LA.
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Michelle the Voweler @michellebird.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Raina Telgemeier is my daughter’s favorite author x10
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Michelle the Voweler @michellebird.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Happy three hundred seventy eight thousandth mile(stone) to my minivan <3
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Christ, these people are monsters. Just monsters. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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TrumpsTaxes @trumpstaxes.com · 21/09/2026
Trump approval hits 29% in a poll for the first time ever. 29%. Twenty. Nine.
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Michelle the Voweler @michellebird.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It might actually rain today. I’ll be damned.
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Michelle the Voweler @michellebird.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
What the fuck ARE we doing, people.
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Michelle the Voweler @michellebird.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Sometimes Jane’s back legs give out, but today for the first time she couldn’t get back up again on her own. :’(
German shorthair pointer covered up on her bed
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Angela Collier @acollierastro.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I wish the people actually cared about the safety of children playing sports because I don't think children can consent to playing tackle football and it should be illegal to have it in public schools.
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Michelle the Voweler @michellebird.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
‘She said she wanted the second line of her obituary to acknowledge her role as a shop steward for SAG-AFTRA, the union that represents NPR's editorial workers. She wanted the line to say that her "proudest achievement" was helping convince NPR to increase its paid parental leave.’
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Michelle the Voweler @michellebird.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Sam & Dave Dig a Hole is the best children’s book I’ve ever read. Maybe the best one in existence. Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen are always excellent and I hope they make art together forever. #booksky
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Michelle the Voweler @michellebird.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Wow, what a biography, what a legacy.
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Michelle the Voweler @michellebird.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Surprised the pentagon confirmed it
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Michelle the Voweler @michellebird.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Not surprised the holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy trial is a woman-beating pedo-loving fascist. Post partum healthcare in this country is a JOKE and so is that guy.
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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.northsky.social · 17/09/2026
This is amazing work... each cover illustration transitions to and blends with the next in the series! Beautifully done 😍
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Democratic strategists: Ahhh! What's the right message!!?? Where do we moderate!?!? Jon Ossoff: This administration is horrible. I hate these people. We should put them in jail. I'm pissed Voters: This guy is cool Strategists: I can't figure it out!!!!!
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Michelle the Voweler @michellebird.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Ahmed soliman, spread the word
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Lyse @lyse.myatproto.social · 17/09/2026
I would kill for Tino
I'm fostering Tino, who was feral-trapped last week. He has strong feelings about domestication, me, and the horse 1 rode in on.

Image: an adorably grumpy Siamese cat being held upside down on a pair of crossed legs and glaring up
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Michelle the Voweler @michellebird.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Barbarians barbarians barbarians. How is anything ever gonna get civilized.
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Michelle the Voweler @michellebird.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
You tellin’ me they don’t even have WEED decriminalized? I better stay outta there after all. I should stick to my teenage dream of going to the Netherlands instead.
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Michelle the Voweler @michellebird.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Is it true that in Sweden if your kid is sick you don’t just send them to school so you can make it to your mandatory work shift but instead you get paid to stay home with them? Oh lawd I’m comin’.
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Michelle the Voweler @michellebird.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Jonah Kaplan story for cbs news is just insane. Hegseth should be impeached today and convicted/removed this evening. And in the meantime he shouldn’t be allowed access to electronics or other people.
cbsnews.com
Never-before-seen photos reveal damage to U.S. bases in Middle East
Photos sent to CBS News by active service members are revealing the extent of damage to U.S. bases in the Middle East targeted by Iranian strikes. The visuals come on the heels of a Pentagon report es...
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 16/09/2026
Happy Baby Safety Month.
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Michelle the Voweler @michellebird.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Oh man, they’re so pissed at their leadership right now. And are those trailers where they sleep?!
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Michelle the Voweler @michellebird.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 14/09/2026
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