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tyrillab.bsky.social

@tyrillab.bsky.social
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An old white woman living in south Minneapolis by the river. Progressive and terrified that none of us will live through the Musk administration.

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tyrillab.bsky.social @tyrillab.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Who knows anything about district 5 school board race. Both candidates, Molly Chase and Becca Dryden sound okay on their websites. I’ve never had children in Minneapolis schools and this is a new area for me.
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tyrillab.bsky.social @tyrillab.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
My cat Buddy loves charging cables. We’ve learned to keep the ends tucked away but now he just chewed through a whole plugged in cable in the middle. My son thinks he gets a tingle from electricity. Anyone else have a cat with an addiction to charge cables?
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tyrillab.bsky.social @tyrillab.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
One thing about all the smoke and bad air this summer is that your HVC has a filter, mine is changed yearly, was in March. Today we checked it and it had so much filth that you could peel it. I use a highly rated filter for cleaner air. I’d recommend checking filters.
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tyrillab.bsky.social @tyrillab.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Grief hits in strange ways. Pearson’s Nut Goodies are going away and my husband would be sad about it but he’s not here to tell and that’s sad.
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tyrillab.bsky.social @tyrillab.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Rain and thunder and lightning in 55406, accompanied by booms of fireworks. Are they lighting them under an umbrella?
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tyrillab.bsky.social @tyrillab.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Instead of Culvers, We went to the Pump and Munch on Energy Park Drive, loaded up on garlic spread and artichoke salad and a lot of other tasty stuff. I don’t care if that’s bougy.
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tyrillab.bsky.social @tyrillab.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
My son has developed neuropathy in both feet and hasn’t been able to work. Does anyone know a good local firm that works with getting social security disability benefits?
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tyrillab.bsky.social @tyrillab.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
My oldest granddaughter graduated from high school last night. It was amazing to watch her get her diploma with my son, my daughter and her siblings. It breaks my heart that her grandfather died and missed it. He would have been so proud.
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tyrillab.bsky.social @tyrillab.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Morris Dancers are here for May Day. Second year for me, I have a bird’s eye view.
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tyrillab.bsky.social @tyrillab.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Driving by the roundabout on 32nd near Powderhorn Park, a group of people had a grill and chairs in the middle, an adaptive neighborhood park.
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tyrillab.bsky.social @tyrillab.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Home from a great night at the Parkway for @jeremymessersmith.bsky.social His new album is out. A great show and some tears as he played Won’t You Be My Neighbor to a crowd that’s had to lean into our neighbors this year.
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tyrillab.bsky.social @tyrillab.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
My sister and I on West River Parkway with about 50 people, a full city uprising.
Two women at a smaller protest.
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tyrillab.bsky.social @tyrillab.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
It’s going to be easier to think ICE has moved when there aren’t planes circling overhead from the time I wake up until I go to sleep.
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tyrillab.bsky.social @tyrillab.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Planes have been constantly circling over south Minneapolis since early morning, no breaks. Fuck ICE
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tyrillab.bsky.social @tyrillab.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
I was at my first action today and blew my whistle for the first time. It wasn’t ICE but MSP. Neighbors had done traffic calming at Bloomington and 35th. Large numbers of police and equipment were removing barricades and shoving people. When I came back, the roundabout was people and MSP tape.
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tyrillab.bsky.social @tyrillab.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Home from Precinct 12-7. Big room, big crowd. Luckily for me,enough people wanted to be delegates that I wasn’t at risk. They didn’t tally the governor votes but my table seemed to think Amy was already set. I wrote in Erin Maye Quade.
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tyrillab.bsky.social @tyrillab.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
If anyone has available funds, this family is vetted by community food delivery providers. images.gofundme.com/IMLapLxde3Y-...
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tyrillab.bsky.social @tyrillab.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
A family of 8 told the person helping them that they just got their power cut off because late payment (which is illegal). It’s the last thing they need. They need $542 as soon as possible. My Venmo is PatriciaA-Thomas. I’ll forward any help so it can’t be connected to the family or their helper.
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tyrillab.bsky.social @tyrillab.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
I turned on the Colbert show I taped last night and got Jacob Frey and it took me several minutes of waiting for the joke to realize that it wasn’t a Colbert cold open.
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tyrillab.bsky.social @tyrillab.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
@rsgursky.bsky.social I see you followed me on Instagram. I’m not there anymore, just here.
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tyrillab.bsky.social @tyrillab.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Today Jazz Hampton (jazzformayor@bluesky.com) dropped by my senior residence, Becketwood for something and then just sat and chatted with a few of us. He was delightful, didn’t even mention he was running for mayor. I’m ranking him for sure.
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tyrillab.bsky.social @tyrillab.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
On the Parkway with friends, a gorgeous day out and lots of honks and waves.
Old woman in bear costume for No Kings Day.
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tyrillab.bsky.social @tyrillab.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
The mayoral forum at Sabathani Community Center, Frey represented by a name sign and a bottle of water. Seems about right.
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tyrillab.bsky.social @tyrillab.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
The mayoral forum at Sabathani Community Center, Frey represented by a name sign and a bottle of water. Seems about right.
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tyrillab.bsky.social @tyrillab.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
I went to see Cabaret @guthrietheater.bsky.social and it reminded me of seeing the Irresistible Rise of Arturo Ui there in 1968 and got the same gut feeling that fascists are here to stay.
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tyrillab.bsky.social @tyrillab.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Went to Aldi today and what we call the fun aisle was almost empty, they’d moved some random food into part of it. Usually it’s full of random items, I bought a potting table there. I think we’re seeing the first effects of tariffs.
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tyrillab.bsky.social @tyrillab.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Yesterday about forty friends and neighbors celebrated John Lewis’ birthday along with similar groups all over the twin cities. Today the Star Tribune noticed none of this.
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tyrillab.bsky.social @tyrillab.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
I’m happily lying on my couch listening to live music outside my window. I was thinking that if I wasn’t old I’d go down to listen. But I remembered one of my favorite memories from my twenties was lying in our makeshift camper listening to BB King. So maybe I have always liked music this way.
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tyrillab.bsky.social @tyrillab.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
I just got a letter from Social Security saying that because of the new bill my SS would no longer be taxed. I know this is a lie but who knows how many people might believe it.
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tyrillab.bsky.social @tyrillab.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
I am missing my husband so much today. Between the T/Musk rumble and Aaron Rodgers forgetting to retire and signing up for the Steelers, there is so much he’d want to discuss.
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tyrillab.bsky.social @tyrillab.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
So I’m canceling my subscription to the Minneapolis Star Tribune as they have quit covering local news and are slipping to full MAGA, I don’t need to pay for fluff and whatever bits of news they can’t avoid. I’ll send that money to local progressives.
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tyrillab.bsky.social @tyrillab.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
I saw the orthopedic doctor yesterday and got cortisone in both knees. I'm not a candidate for new knees which is fine with me. She recommends walking but no stairs. I've been trying to do stairs here but she said use the elevator all the time.
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tyrillab.bsky.social @tyrillab.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
I started on Bluesky trying to replace twitter of 2010, tried Mastadon but was disappointed. But now I’ve gotten Bluesky titrated to the point that it’s better for local news than the Strib by far, equals the MN Post and for truly local news, the neighborhood and ward news is exceptional.
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tyrillab.bsky.social @tyrillab.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
I’m slowly getting rid of Substack, I’m going to miss a lot of the writers but it’s clear I need to leave. I did Venmo one writer their fee but won’t do that again. Hopefully some of them will move.
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tyrillab.bsky.social @tyrillab.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
The League of Women Voters has for the first time in their history gone against their nonpartisan stands. www.lwv.org/newsroom/pre...
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LWV Condemns Trump Administration’s Weaponization of Government Against Americans | League of Women Voters
WASHINGTON — League of Women Voters of the United States CEO Celina Stewart issued the following statement in response to actions taken by the new administration and the impact on voters.
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tyrillab.bsky.social @tyrillab.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
In this time of despair, I’ve been reading Robin Wall Kummerer’s book, The Serviceberry. The first chapter was so full of hope, I decided to read a chapter a day. Now I’m going to reread it, a chapter a day so I can have some positive thoughts.
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tyrillab.bsky.social @tyrillab.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
I just deleted Instagram, they are removing abortion information from all their spaces, imagine Facebook will soon follow.
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