iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Sandy Ericsson @mnriverotter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

In today's silly "this would only happen in the gay world" news: I went on a date and we have the same first name. I figured whatever, gay guys all have the same ten first names, it's fine. But then found out we also have the EXACT same car. At least he looks less like me than my ex did...

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Sandy Ericsson @mnriverotter.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Not me accidentally sitting on the sunny side of this 90-minute train ride because I forgot what hemisphere I’m in 🙃

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Sandy Ericsson @mnriverotter.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

As much as I hate AI art, AI-written school essays, and AI slop on my feeds, I must say that the Google AI mode has been very helpful in regards to a bunch of problems I have to tackle before and during my upcoming vacation that I've been too busy, anxious, and/or overwhelmed to deal with

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Sandy Ericsson @mnriverotter.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Waking up at 2 PM when my Sunday bedtime is around 9 PM... yikes

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Sandy Ericsson @mnriverotter.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Last night a local hot guy said I have the best jawline in Minneapolis. Someone else said I looked like a 1980s **rn star. I love attention! (Disables replies)

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Sandy Ericsson @mnriverotter.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

If I worked 12.5 hours at the gay bar during Pride and didn’t post “1 down, 2 to go” on social media, did I even really work?

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Sandy Ericsson @mnriverotter.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Quiet night at work so I got out early. Vibing at the apartment with some jams.

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Sandy Ericsson @mnriverotter.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

When “it” happens, we can all be partying like they are in NYC

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Sandy Ericsson @mnriverotter.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

God, New Yorkers are fucking annoying even though I’m happy for y’all because fuck Texas. But anyway lol at the ONLY game the Knicks lost being the one that you-know-who cursed by attending.

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Sandy Ericsson @mnriverotter.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Not a bachelorette party coming into the gay bar on fucking underwear night of all things

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Sandy Ericsson @mnriverotter.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Oh my fucking god get me out of the service industry

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Sandy Ericsson @mnriverotter.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Wordle 1,781 X/6 Oh fuck off 🟨🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Sandy Ericsson @mnriverotter.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Working at a gay bar on a full moon when there is also a nearby D*mi Lov*to concert starting soon. I am this close to saying the f-word

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Sandy Ericsson @mnriverotter.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Broke several of my own usual travel rules and decided to change to aisle seats on most of my flights when I do a little round-the-world jaunt in August. I love a window seat but I have 5 flights over 5000mi and I’m not planning to sleep on them. I’d rather be able to get up whenever I want

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Sandy Ericsson @mnriverotter.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

This is a Brown Line train to Kimball.

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Sandy Ericsson @mnriverotter.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

It’s gym day but I forgot my headphones DURING ROAD WORK SEASON on a Wednesday. This means I get to go straight home through shit traffic only to turn around and head back to the gym and then do it again.

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Sandy Ericsson @mnriverotter.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Got one step closer to dual citizenship today 🦅 🍁 🦬 🫎 🇺🇸 🇨🇦

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Sandy Ericsson @mnriverotter.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

When I was a kid and even well into my 20s, I thought my dad’s sneezes were absurdly loud, mine were nothing like that. Now I think I sneeze as loud as he does. I don’t know how this happened.

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Sandy Ericsson @mnriverotter.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Had to deliver a package to a business next door to a dispensary today. With a shared parking lot and all. I felt like I was at a Trader Joe's parking lot.

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Sandy Ericsson @mnriverotter.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

I guess M**gan Wal**n is in town because literally all of these reports are at the stadium

Screenshot full of notifications from the Citizen App indicating several different “disturbances” and fights taking place at a nearby stadium concert for a controversial but popular country musician

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Sandy Ericsson @mnriverotter.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Every time I fly on a Tuesday morning: basically no lines at the airport anywhere, gate area doesn’t look crowded at all, nice and quiet. Boarding starts and then suddenly “THIS IS A COMPLETELY FULL FLIGHT THIS MORNING”

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Sandy Ericsson @mnriverotter.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

22F degrees in Minneapolis this morning. Quite cold for April. Which is the perfect timing for me to go to Palm Springs where it will be 90F this afternoon. Yes I will be costume changing in an airport bathroom stall.

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Sandy Ericsson @mnriverotter.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

I normally run my errands on Sunday and did not make any adjustments this weekend except oops it's fucking Easter 🤦🏼‍♂️

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Sandy Ericsson @mnriverotter.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

All it takes is ONE random drunk woman at the bar to be constantly screeching every 30 seconds to make the vibes absolutely obnoxious. Like good god get a grip girl

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Sandy Ericsson @mnriverotter.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Lady Gaga is 40! Happy birthday Mother Monster! We’re almost the same age (about a year apart) and I still remember her big break when I was in college. Time flies

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Sandy Ericsson @mnriverotter.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Gonna be hilarious if the stock market skids for five years and Pam Bondi irrelevantly boasting about the Dow hitting 50,000 “dollars” was the exact turning point.

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Sandy Ericsson @mnriverotter.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Wondering why people are out at the bar when a massive snowstorm has begun and I can only go home to the safety of my house if the bar is slow tonight so I can get cut early

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Ferris Bueller Ferris Buellers Day Off GIF

ALT: Ferris Bueller Ferris Buellers Day Off GIF

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Sandy Ericsson @mnriverotter.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Ugh I hate when Chipotle has some promo day going on that I had no idea was happening because I didn’t have time to wait in an endless line to grab a quick bite before work and now I just have no Chipotle

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Sandy Ericsson @mnriverotter.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Sometimes I feel like I went directly from my twenties to my forties when I turned 35.

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Sandy Ericsson @mnriverotter.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Went to bed before SOTU, not that I wanted to hear that man speak anyway. Woke up and somehow didn't get a single political text overnight

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Sandy Ericsson @mnriverotter.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Not an American Airlines ad when watching a YouTube animation of TWA Flight 800...

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Sandy Ericsson @mnriverotter.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Every time this gay bar hosts its monthly country music night, the customers are always extremely feral (and not in the fun sexy sense of the term). It’s guaranteed full moon energy no matter what. I hate mess and I hate the music. Can’t win on nights like this. 🚫🤠

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Sandy Ericsson @mnriverotter.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Important contextual note about Team USA at this Winter Olympics: Minnesota has more athletes on the team than almost every other state (except Colorado).

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Sandy Ericsson @mnriverotter.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

So there are two state house special elections in MN today. However the suburban one is actually unopposed (went 61/39 D last time) and that would have been the most interesting outcome to see. The urban one is being contested but went 83/17 D last time. I am expecting Assad margins this time.

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Sandy Ericsson @mnriverotter.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Thank you Chicago. Minnesota loves you.

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Sandy Ericsson @mnriverotter.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Being gay is hilarious because I can find an Instagram story about the awful things happening in MN and yet somehow the poster added “Treat Me like a Slut” as the accompanying music (possibly unintentionally).

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Sandy Ericsson @mnriverotter.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Despite being mostly civically engaged (have always voted), protests have just never been my thing, until today. I didn’t even have time to make a clever sign but I showed up, marched, and chanted on our coldest day in seven years. I’m so proud of my state.

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Sandy Ericsson @mnriverotter.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

I don’t think people realize how big tomorrow will be in Minneapolis. Tons of people who have never protested before (including the 2020 protests) are going to be there. In a -18F (-28C) wind chill too. People are PISSED. I’ve never seen anything like it.

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Sandy Ericsson @mnriverotter.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Whenever I think I’ve been unsuccessful in life, I realize that at least I’m not the type of person who has to take work calls on vacation, and then I feel a lot better.

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Sandy Ericsson @mnriverotter.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Just read a story online of an extended family going to a restaurant for a Christmas dinner (a couple days early). Someone rented a Santa to bring gifts for the kids. Unfortunately there were other, unrelated children in the same busy restaurant. Santa didn't have gifts for those kids. Chaos ensued.

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Sandy Ericsson @mnriverotter.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

My parents are in The Cult™️ and I guarantee their response to this will be something like "whoever at DOJ leaked these is guilty of high treason and needs to be h*nged on the National Mall" with no regard for the actual revelations that our country is literally led by an evil creep.

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Sandy Ericsson @mnriverotter.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Of course MyFitnessPal is fucking down on the day I want to adjust a bunch of stuff with my diet

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Sandy Ericsson @mnriverotter.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

It’s my Friday, going to the Lynx game, and the bus back to my house was recently enhanced and runs every 30m as late as 12:15. (It used to be like hourly in the evening and end at 10 PM.) So I get to actually go out and be social after the game for once!

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Sandy Ericsson @mnriverotter.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Working at a gay bar with TouchTunes…

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Sandy Ericsson @mnriverotter.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Does anybody else jokingly refer to Discord in your internal monologue as “Disco Road” or just me?

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