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Watching “straight” women realize they’re gay never gets old.

Screenshot of a post on Reddit’s GirlDinnerDiaries subreddit titled “I wish my boyfriend was a girl” A Diet Pepsi and Doritos appear in a picture below the title.

Nissa Mitchell @nissamitchell.com · 27/09/2026

I’m too busy to keep up with my brewing hobby. Anyone in the Twin Cities want to take advantage of this fact by buying my six tap kegerator and/or kegs? You could be the coolest mom (or dad, or person) on your block—with 6 different types of root beer on tap (or other beverages).

A six-tap Komos Kegerator, with stainless steel front and tap “tee.” It’s in fantastic shape, and worth your hard earned dollars.

The back of Nissa’s Komos kegerator showing off an LED light strip that really classes it up, and a back-mounted CO2 canister and dual body regulator.

The inside of Nissa’s Kegerator, with ball lock fittings and brass manifolds/shutoffs for the CO2 lines.

Eight 5 gallon nsf certified ball lock kegs and two 2.5 gallon ball lock kegs. They’re in phenomenal condition, and all purchased new by Nissa as recently as last year.

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Nissa Mitchell @nissamitchell.com · 24/09/2026

I’ve started driving for a midwestern EMS service. Here’s how I’ve outfitted my rig (2010 Toyota RAV4).

The center cupholders of a 2010 RAV4 with two bottles of Bolthouse Farms ranch dressing in them. Parts of the dash are visible.

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Nissa Mitchell @nissamitchell.com · 22/09/2026

This is my child, Thomas. He is the most beautiful and majestic member of my family.

A fawn boxer (Thomas) sleeping on top of a blanket on a couch between Nissa's legs. He is incredibly cute, with his face/jowls smooshing into her leg.

A fawn boxer (Thomas) sleeping on top of a blanket on a couch between Nissa's legs with his head in her lap. He remains incredibly cute.

A fawn boxer (Thomas) sleeping on top of a blanket on a couch between Nissa's legs with his head in her lap. He remains incredibly cute, and now he's fully upside down with his front paws folded down by his chest like a T-Rex.

A fawn boxer (Thomas) sleeping on top of a blanket on a couch between Nissa's legs with his head in her lap. Another angle for the last picture. He again remains incredibly cute, and fully upside down with his front paws folded down by his chest like a T-Rex.

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Nissa Mitchell @nissamitchell.com · 18/09/2026

The cowardice involved in graphically representing a butt on a bidet remote, but switching to “person with hair” for the vulva spray button is unacceptable. I demand a pictographic vulva, Toto.

A wall mounted Toto “Washlet” remote with various buttons to control seat open/close, stop spray, spray butt, spray vulva, air dry, etc. The vulva spray button is pictographically represented by a person with swoopy hair sitting and a spray hitting their crotch. Meanwhile, the butt spray button looks like a god damn butt, as it should.

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Nissa Mitchell @nissamitchell.com · 12/09/2026

My youngest, who is turning 8, made a birthday list. “Creepy doll” is my favorite item on the list and just refers to the “American Girl but cheaper” dolls that they personally find quite creepy.

A birthday list titled “thing’s I Want” written by a child that is turning 8 in a spiral notebook. Items include: “lol house, bean bag, pokemon card’s, lol omg doll, lol doll’s, mini verse, squish mello’s, big lol doll’s, and creepy doll”

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Nissa Mitchell @nissamitchell.com · 31/08/2026

Forgot to post these pics of the bike parking at the Minnesota State Fair on opening day.

Bikes packed in tightly touching each other locked to rows of bike racks. Hundreds of bikes are visible. A fair ride can be seen in the background.

A couple people walk past a sea of bikes locked to bike racks. The Warner Coliseum is visible in the background.

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Nissa Mitchell @nissamitchell.com · 23/08/2026

According to “the Edge” the “sacred masculine” is pretty and has boobs and hips. I mean… I could get behind that. Men, this is the goal.

A copy of “the Edge,” a free magazine that claims to be “a community for higher consciousness.” The cover has what might be an AI illustration if what’s supposed to be the “divine feminine” and the “sacred masculine” personified as people—one that small and red and pretty (in a conventionally feminine way) and another that’s bigger and blue and pretty (in what is also a very feminine way). The magazine advertises restoring harmony and strength—and pretty boys with boobs and hips.

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Nissa Mitchell @nissamitchell.com · 09/07/2026

Their America: Driving a large SUV 20 minutes to the chain grocery store to buy second-rate jarred salsa and sad chips for “couples game night.” My America: Riding a Dutch bike 2 blocks to a Mexican market to get three different fresh salsas, chips, and guacamole to feed my gay-ass tabletop group.

Nissa’s Dutch bike (Gazelle Tour Populair), with her Clarijs panniers loaded down with more chips and salsa than a family could eat in a week, posed in front of La Casa Market in South Minneapolis. The image is evocative of the American dream, and its necessarily socialistic and pluralistic approach to living a good life.

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Nissa Mitchell @nissamitchell.com · 09/07/2026

If anyone is wondering whether @mcbl.bike is still endorsed by the opossum community in south Minneapolis, the answer is: yes. This friendo, who I have named Ossum O’Possum, met me at the door to our garage tonight as I came back from mplsqueerbook.club.

A small, scraggly-haired opossum in a surprised stance standing on a black mat next to Nissa’s garage service door. His name is Ossum O’Possum, and he is very cute.

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Nissa Mitchell @nissamitchell.com · 06/07/2026

Minneapolis isn’t perfect, but I’m very thankful for its relative affordability compared to many other “bikeable” cities, and that our infrastructure—despite gaps—makes running errands, eating dinner, and grabbing groceries with my kids viable by bike. No better bang for your buck in North America.

Two kids sitting in the front of a Bunch bike (front box cargo trike) packed in amidst grocery bags—and with a sun shade stretched over them—going down the Bryant Ave bikeway in south Minneapolis.

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Nissa Mitchell @nissamitchell.com · 05/07/2026

“What’d you do for the 4th?” Oh, you know. @lauragmitchell.com and I went on a bike ride, met our friends’ cute dog, saw some other friends at the park, got Pho in St Paul, went for ice cream in NE Minneapolis, and then took a surprise shower on Hennepin Ave.

A selfie of Nissa and Laura in their garage right after getting home from a ride through a huge downpour. They’re both soaking wet with rain droplets on their skin. Nissa is making a surprised face, and Laura is excitedly waving in the background.

Another selfie of Nissa. Her hair is soaked except for where her helmet was, her tank top is soaked, and she’s covered in rain droplets. She’s making a face that says “holy fucking shit, god damn.”

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Nissa Mitchell @nissamitchell.com · 02/07/2026

How often, when driving a car, do you run across a friend, and then slow down and chat for a bit? It happens kind of a lot when you use bikes for transportation.

Two kids in the front of a (Bunch) cargo bike, next to another child and adult in a bakfiets (front box cargo bike).

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Nissa Mitchell @nissamitchell.com · 02/07/2026

Hey, dads. You uhh… okay? Do you… need to lateral walk about it?

A man in an orange shirt who decided randomly, at soccer practice, to do a lateral walk along the fence. He is crouched down with his hands pressed together in front of him.

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Nissa Mitchell @nissamitchell.com · 01/07/2026

Sorry, still stuck on this. I’ve always thought “born this way” was a shit argument, and I can’t believe people still try it. Regardless of whether attraction and gender are innate and fixed, living a queer life *is* a choice—a choice prioritizing your wellbeing in the face of a hostile society. 1/4

Screenshot of part of an opinion piece. Highlighted section marked by asterisks.

But the broader trend of casting the queer net ever wider has muddled a once-clear public message about who gay people are. Being gay begins to look less like an inborn trait and more like a chosen ideology or aesthetic.

*Subsuming the fixed reality of gayness under the much more malleable banner of queerness undermines a core premise behind gay rights: that sexual orientation isn't chosen.* And polling suggests that premise is, indeed, being weakened; the share of Americans who believe people are born gay has declined over the past decade.

In a time of backlash, this is not a confusion that gay people can afford, especially those of us who live in red states and religious communities. In my work with the Reformation Project, which advocates the acceptance of same-sex relationships in the church, I have watched conservative Christians grow noticeably more guarded in recent years. Even those who had, however reluctantly,

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Nissa Mitchell @nissamitchell.com · 21/06/2026

Some people will say this REI ad was AI generated. I choose to believe that they have finally embraced the power of “reach around bars,” and acknowledged the bourgeois redundancy of having two pedals.

An ad from REI on instagram featuring a bike with garbled branding, drop bars coming off the back of the seat, and only one pedal/crank arm.

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Nissa Mitchell @nissamitchell.com · 21/06/2026

Update: ready to go in the ice cream maker. I feel very justified in my pandemic purchase of an expensive Cuisinart ice cream maker with built-in compressor. Going to run four batches back to back tonight.

A bowl of strawberry ice cream mix and a bowl of strawberry sorbet mix on a black counter with narrow plastic ice cream containers behind them.

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Nissa Mitchell @nissamitchell.com · 20/06/2026

Making two batches of strawberry ice cream and strawberry sorbet with 4 pounds of fresh strawberries. Mmm… maceration.

Two bowls of sliced strawberries mascerating on a black countertop.

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Nissa Mitchell @nissamitchell.com · 16/06/2026

I have reached "My partner is sending me photos of Dutch-style bikes to identify" levels of Dutch bike obsession. If anyone is wondering, pretty sure it's a Public "C" series bike with the same paint job as the current C1.

A screenshot of a message with a photo of someone on a Dutch-style bike. The message reads, "Tour popular or something else?"

Close up of the bike in the original message—a person wearing a tan shirt and rolled up jeans rides the bike away from the camera. It has a front basket and rear rack. It's black, and has a derailleur.

The current Public C1. It has rim brakes, as well as the same striping and slightly swept-back bars as the one in the photo—but the C1 is a single speed, so it's either been modified, or it's a different C-series bike with the same paint job that's just not available currently (only the C1 currently comes in black).

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Nissa Mitchell @nissamitchell.com · 15/06/2026

More unhinged beer opinions on Reddit.

Screenshot of a Reddit post.

Title: No shade being thrown but, does anybody think Arbeiter is overrated?

Body: I visited and can't see them as top 5 brewery. Not even top 10

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Nissa Mitchell @nissamitchell.com · 12/06/2026

Gazelle Tour Populair, now more (chain) glidery.

Nissa’s Gazelle Tour Populair parked in front of Cantern coffee shop on Bryant in Minneapolis. It now has a chainglider instead of its original fabric and frame chain case.

Close up of the chainglider on Nissa’s Gazelle Tour Populair after install.

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Nissa Mitchell @nissamitchell.com · 14/05/2026

Important update: I have bangs now.

Nissa, sitting in a couch with black and white art behind her. She has bangs, and a look on her face that says “Hey, I have bangs now, look at me.”

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Nissa Mitchell @nissamitchell.com · 08/05/2026

I feel like I’m always making this analogy these days:

Nina Turner
@ninaturner
"I don't do politics"
Well baby, politics is going to do you, regardless.

misteranthrope
Voting 101: Nine people on a bus. Three vote to drive over a cliff. Two vote to go get ice cream. Four don't bother to vote. Everyone dies.

Like it or not, you're on the bus with everyone else.
Make your voice heard.

flipocrite
The Harm-Reduction approach means:
• It's not always about the ice cream
• The people abstaining for moral purity reasons ("I'd only vote for a VEGAN ice cream parlor!") are functionally equivalent to those abstaining because they are okay with either option
• The ice cream not being very good does NOT mean driving off the cliff is somehow better

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Nissa Mitchell @nissamitchell.com · 06/05/2026

My new water bottle arrived, and they threw in an extra item! I’m calling it a “wurse” (water purse)—they call it a “bottle sling” because they are allergic to good product names.

Nissa standing in front of the Ramen Kazama mural with a very fetching “wurse” outfitted in teal with a black water bottle.

A close-up of Nissa’s “wurse.” It holds water bottles like a purse holds femininity.

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Nissa Mitchell @nissamitchell.com · 04/05/2026

When your kids know you’re the tooth fairy but insist you still do it, and wear fairy wings while doing it.

Nissa standing in a hallway with pajamas on and gold-lined fairy wings—about to slip some money under her oldest’s pillow.

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Nissa Mitchell @nissamitchell.com · 19/04/2026

I also paid $18 for what is quite possibly the worst Chicago dog (and soda) I’ve ever had. So, that really rounded the experience out nicely.

A lackluster Chicago dog in a to-go box sitting in Nissa’s hand at her gate at O’hare. A teal suitcase is in the background.

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Nissa Mitchell @nissamitchell.com · 16/04/2026

Today, my friends delivered a care package to our house—with flowers, sweet treats, packs of Pokemon cards for my kids, and a beautiful portrait of Marvin—and I started crying. Out of grief, absolutely. But also, the realization that the feeling of love and care was back stronger than ever. 4/4

A pencil and marker portrait of Nissa’s boxer puppy Marvin, who died tragically Monday evening.

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Nissa Mitchell @nissamitchell.com · 14/04/2026

The tree in question (or at least what will fit in a frame with the bark’s details clear):

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Nissa Mitchell @nissamitchell.com · 14/04/2026

Tree people of Bluesky, what the heck are these things? They fall off our neighbor’s tree each spring and end up all over our yard. Located in South Minneapolis.

Small dark red “buds” in Nissa’s hand, from a neighbor’s tree.

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Nissa Mitchell @nissamitchell.com · 23/03/2026

Gonna edit Tom Petty’s Wikipedia to say he was pansexual and source it to the Full Moon Fever album cover.

Tom Petty’s Full Moon Fever album cover with the title and a black and white image of him overlaid on top of bands of pink, yellow, and blue.

The pansexual pride flag, with bands on pink, yellow, and blue.

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Nissa Mitchell @nissamitchell.com · 06/03/2026

Do I know anyone in the Twin Cities who is capable of soldering/repairing small wires? Or, does anyone know someone who is? I got a fun little Android handheld from China (Odin 2 Portal), their QA left something to be desired, and I haven't heard back from them. Happy to pay!

A speaker wire in an Odin 2 Portal that appears to have gotten caught on a screw standoff and cut when the device was assembled.

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Nissa Mitchell @nissamitchell.com · 11/02/2026

Like, look at this. This is art.

A screenshot from a nexplanon ad with a princess-like character looking longingly at a rugged knight like she both does and does not want to have his babies.

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Nissa Mitchell @nissamitchell.com · 27/12/2025

We’ve had one, yes… but what about second Christmas dinner?

Nissa looking curiously at the camera, standing in her kitchen.

Nissa sitting down in front of the oven/stove while cooking second Christmas dinner.

Second Christmas dinner: biscuits courtesy of Laura Mitchell, along with Nissa’s Mac and Cheese; mashed potatoes; from-scratch seitan Norwegian meatballs (kjøttkaker); and garlic, parmesan, and lemon green beans.

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Nissa Mitchell @nissamitchell.com · 18/12/2025

Periodic reminder that the Minneapolis venue that began its life being used by the Minnesota National Guard, eventually became the home of the Minneapolis Lakers, and which later became a parking garage, is not called "The Armory." It is clearly The EARMORYE. It's right there in the logo.

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Nissa Mitchell @nissamitchell.com · 14/12/2025

One of the only perks of having me as a friend/loved one is that sometimes I’ll make you ramen.

From-scratch vegan roasted vegetable tonkotsu ramen in a white bowl. Tofu chasu, roasted tomatoes, roasted potatoes, roasted garlic, and ramen noodles in a dark vegan tonkotsu broth.

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Nissa Mitchell @nissamitchell.com · 10/12/2025

The vibe at Dreamstate Cafe bar is immaculate. Love what they’ve done with the old Common Roots/Hi-Flora space. Showed up right at 5:00 to beat the crowd.

The Dreamstate Cafe bar (dark wood with warm lighting and comfy chairs) seen from the entrance right after opening for dinner service.

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Nissa Mitchell @nissamitchell.com · 07/12/2025

Today’s breakfast was a Chorizo Supreme burrito (with vegan chorizo) from Lito’s on Lake with a side of kicking my oldest’s butt at the Pokémon TCG. Kid had the gall to “go easy on me” at first, and I had to correct them.

Half of a Chorizo Supreme burrito and a bunch of Pokémon cards on a table at Lito’s on Lake.

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Nissa Mitchell @nissamitchell.com · 05/12/2025

RIP Fair State Brewing Cooperative, you deserved so much better than this.

Message from Fair State Board:

Dear members,

It is with deep regret that we share this update regarding Fair State Brewing Cooperative. The Cooperative is no longer operating as a fully functioning business, which is why the board has not held an annual meeting or board elections this year.

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Nissa Mitchell @nissamitchell.com · 23/11/2025

Everyone loves my caked up steaks.

A tray of chicken-fried seitan, made from scratch by Nissa. It looks caked up with breading and delicious.

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Nissa Mitchell @nissamitchell.com · 13/11/2025

Listen—I make pretty okay sushi.

A tray full of vegan sushi rolls—we got kappa maki (cucumber roll), vegan California rolls, spicy tofuna, and roasted sweet potato. A bit o’ wasabi is in the upper right.

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Nissa Mitchell @nissamitchell.com · 26/10/2025

Hi, yes—my youngest is very cute, and I’m fucking killing it as “the cool mom.”

Nissa and her youngest near the Loring Park sport courts for Twin Cities Pride Trunk or Treat. Nissa is dressed as a demon in a red off-the-shoulder dress with a black corset-ish belt. She has white ram horns and fake “fangs.” Her youngest is wearing a Victorian-inspired black and red “vampire” dress costume.

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Nissa Mitchell @nissamitchell.com · 25/10/2025

I take it all back, Joe Biden wasn’t a milquetoast neoliberal out of touch with the political reality of the United States. He was a visionary. An ally of untold measure. The only thing that would improve this is if the woman was topless in the first picture, too.

A copy of the photo posted to whitehouse.gov referencing Transgender Day of Visibility. It’s actually two photos. The one of the left is a selfie of a (presumably) trans woman standing next to Joe Biden. The one on the right is that same woman, still on White House grounds, but with her top off and her hands covering her nipples. It is the single greatest image ever posted to whitehouse.gov, and makes all true American patriots weep from overwhelming pride in our nation.

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Nissa Mitchell @nissamitchell.com · 13/10/2025

Here are my favorite real pumpkins from tonight.

A pumpkin carved to resemble Gomez and Morticia Addams. Raul Julia era.

A pumpkin carved to resemble a poster for Spirited Away.

A pumpkin carved to resemble the painting “American Gothic” but with the couple wearing witch hats and dressed as scarecrows.

A pumpkin carved to resemble the poster for The Lost Boys. Kiefer Sutherland as a vampire is on the right.

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Nissa Mitchell @nissamitchell.com · 13/10/2025

Favorite. Night. Of. The. Year.

The start of the pumpkins at the Pumpkin Spectacular at the Minnesota Zoo. Carved fake pumpkins hand from trees around a paved path lit by colored lights.

Further on the path toward the pumpkins. A blurry child is in the foreground.

A collection of hundreds of fake carved pumpkins arranged off the side of the path. Multiple different colors light up the silly/spooky faces.

Another pumpkin display with a posed scarecrow pumpkin “behind bars.”

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Nissa Mitchell @nissamitchell.com · 12/10/2025

My access to the divine feminine was sacrificed to the great god Dewalt and all I got was this shitty fence. Finished building it today. It just needs to be sealed.

An expanse of a board on board privacy fence with a top 2x6 cap.

One of the gates on the board on board fence—the gate locks with a black mechanical keypad.

The fence on the other side of the yard with a concrete path and retaining wall. Garden beds are in the distance.

The “alley gate” of the fence. Scrap wood sits in the bottom right.

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Nissa Mitchell @nissamitchell.com · 10/10/2025

This is goth mom erasure, and I will not stand for it.

Wirecutter heading "The shirts our style experts think every closet needs" followed by a picture of 6 tops, only one in black, and all of them looking like something boring women would buy at the Gap.

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