Andrea Hoag
@andreahoag.bsky.social
Dyslexic Book Critic | Writer | Traveler
She/Her
Lawrence Kansas 🌻
She/Her
Lawrence Kansas 🌻
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The ability to actually be funny at a time like this is impressive 🤣
Walz: I think Kristi Noem probably should go back to South Dakota, not have any dogs, and just kind of ride things out
January 28, 2026 at 3:09 AM
The ability to actually be funny at a time like this is impressive 🤣
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Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
January 26, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
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Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
January 25, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
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Bailey Ober recognizing the situation in Minneapolis, the first MLB player to do so
#MinnesotaTwins #TwinsBaseball #MLB
#MinnesotaTwins #TwinsBaseball #MLB
January 26, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Bailey Ober recognizing the situation in Minneapolis, the first MLB player to do so
#MinnesotaTwins #TwinsBaseball #MLB
#MinnesotaTwins #TwinsBaseball #MLB
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The execution of Alex Pretti is playing so badly because you can look at his actions and life story - his last act was helping, boy scout, athlete, health care worker to veterans - and compare those to the men who killed him and know which you would want to be your son, brother, father, uncle.
January 26, 2026 at 4:18 PM
The execution of Alex Pretti is playing so badly because you can look at his actions and life story - his last act was helping, boy scout, athlete, health care worker to veterans - and compare those to the men who killed him and know which you would want to be your son, brother, father, uncle.
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Easy to be cynical but this seems like it’s heading in the right direction
January 26, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Easy to be cynical but this seems like it’s heading in the right direction
Senator _____: I’ll keep calling every day until you stand up against authoritarianism. This is your opportunity to be on the right side of history; when your grandchildren’s grandchildren ask about their illustrious ancestor in Congress back when America was still a democracy, will they be PROUD?
January 26, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Senator _____: I’ll keep calling every day until you stand up against authoritarianism. This is your opportunity to be on the right side of history; when your grandchildren’s grandchildren ask about their illustrious ancestor in Congress back when America was still a democracy, will they be PROUD?
I was silent a few days after—like you—witnessing the execution in real time of a US citizen. Not a video game. Not a scene from a dystopian film. An actual murder of a man who dedicated his life to helping vets in a notoriously thankless job. I feel SHAME today. And like you, I’m shell shocked.
January 26, 2026 at 9:53 PM
I was silent a few days after—like you—witnessing the execution in real time of a US citizen. Not a video game. Not a scene from a dystopian film. An actual murder of a man who dedicated his life to helping vets in a notoriously thankless job. I feel SHAME today. And like you, I’m shell shocked.
This is my favorite Night Hawk number so far! Don’t miss the audio recording of Matthew Warner Osborn breathing modern life into this 200-year-old ancestor of Batman in the latest Substack! ➡️➡️
open.substack.com/pub/mattheww...
open.substack.com/pub/mattheww...
Phantasmagoric Entertainment in Antebellum Philadelphia
The Night Hawk—No. 4, Mechanics' Free Press, September 13, 1828
open.substack.com
January 23, 2026 at 10:25 PM
This is my favorite Night Hawk number so far! Don’t miss the audio recording of Matthew Warner Osborn breathing modern life into this 200-year-old ancestor of Batman in the latest Substack! ➡️➡️
open.substack.com/pub/mattheww...
open.substack.com/pub/mattheww...
Let’s go!
In the words of John Lewis, it's time for "good trouble."
If you're a Minnesotan, I urge you to join tomorrow's Ice Out For Good economic blockout and exercise your collective power.
And if you're not, organize in solidarity and demand our leaders stand up to ICE. https://iceoutforgood.org/
If you're a Minnesotan, I urge you to join tomorrow's Ice Out For Good economic blockout and exercise your collective power.
And if you're not, organize in solidarity and demand our leaders stand up to ICE. https://iceoutforgood.org/
January 22, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Let’s go!
Beetlejuice
Beetlejuice
Beetlejuice
Beetlejuice
Beetlejuice
January 21, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Beetlejuice
Beetlejuice
Beetlejuice
Beetlejuice
Beetlejuice
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Call your representatives today and demand they stop ICE’s abuses of power: (202) 224-3121
January 20, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Call your representatives today and demand they stop ICE’s abuses of power: (202) 224-3121
Just cats. That’s all. That’s the post.
January 20, 2026 at 3:27 AM
Just cats. That’s all. That’s the post.
When a movie like Herzog’s Nosferatu (1979) feels like a vacation from the world, things might be rather grim😆, ps I loved it.
January 20, 2026 at 2:29 AM
When a movie like Herzog’s Nosferatu (1979) feels like a vacation from the world, things might be rather grim😆, ps I loved it.
Baby’s first Substack is up:
I was forbidden from playing “my music” loudly even in my room because my father complained that he was “composing music” and being able to hear anything else distracted him. Back then, this always struck me as a bit phony…
open.substack.com/pub/andreaho...
I was forbidden from playing “my music” loudly even in my room because my father complained that he was “composing music” and being able to hear anything else distracted him. Back then, this always struck me as a bit phony…
open.substack.com/pub/andreaho...
Bob Marley on the Northern Plains
It’s 5 degrees above zero in Vermillion, South Dakota, on the January morning my son, Miles, excitedly texts me from his first class of the new semester.
open.substack.com
January 19, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Baby’s first Substack is up:
I was forbidden from playing “my music” loudly even in my room because my father complained that he was “composing music” and being able to hear anything else distracted him. Back then, this always struck me as a bit phony…
open.substack.com/pub/andreaho...
I was forbidden from playing “my music” loudly even in my room because my father complained that he was “composing music” and being able to hear anything else distracted him. Back then, this always struck me as a bit phony…
open.substack.com/pub/andreaho...
“A highly placed official, who declined to go on the record, admitted that staging the World Cup in the US is going to be a “very delicate” and “difficult” period, in the months leading up to the tournament as well as during the competition itself.”
January 18, 2026 at 10:07 PM
“A highly placed official, who declined to go on the record, admitted that staging the World Cup in the US is going to be a “very delicate” and “difficult” period, in the months leading up to the tournament as well as during the competition itself.”
Usually January takes me OUT mentally and I’ve been trying to figure out why this year is different, especially given what a krumkake the world is right now.
I finally realized it is because I rejoined CHOIR.
You guys, I have been SO much happier! It has made my seasonal “sads” way more manageable
I finally realized it is because I rejoined CHOIR.
You guys, I have been SO much happier! It has made my seasonal “sads” way more manageable
January 18, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Usually January takes me OUT mentally and I’ve been trying to figure out why this year is different, especially given what a krumkake the world is right now.
I finally realized it is because I rejoined CHOIR.
You guys, I have been SO much happier! It has made my seasonal “sads” way more manageable
I finally realized it is because I rejoined CHOIR.
You guys, I have been SO much happier! It has made my seasonal “sads” way more manageable
I’m trying to go super slow through the episodes of Heated Rivalry because I don’t want them to run out! No spoilers but real question were humans THIS ATTRACTIVE in the 90s?
January 18, 2026 at 7:16 PM
I’m trying to go super slow through the episodes of Heated Rivalry because I don’t want them to run out! No spoilers but real question were humans THIS ATTRACTIVE in the 90s?
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Ambassador of Denmark to the United States…
January 18, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Ambassador of Denmark to the United States…
Me, in my head “Dude I could *totally* take an ICE agent if it came down to that.”
Also Me: Nearly gets my shoulder dislodged arm-wrestling with my 26-year-old daughter for funzies.
😆 Why am I like this you guys.
Also Me: Nearly gets my shoulder dislodged arm-wrestling with my 26-year-old daughter for funzies.
😆 Why am I like this you guys.
January 18, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Me, in my head “Dude I could *totally* take an ICE agent if it came down to that.”
Also Me: Nearly gets my shoulder dislodged arm-wrestling with my 26-year-old daughter for funzies.
😆 Why am I like this you guys.
Also Me: Nearly gets my shoulder dislodged arm-wrestling with my 26-year-old daughter for funzies.
😆 Why am I like this you guys.
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The murder of Renee Good by ICE is an atrocity that must face justice. Thankfully, accurate and clear video footage shows that this was a cold-blooded murder. This iteration of the print pays homage to that.
January 17, 2026 at 4:34 AM
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Matthew Warner Osborn @nighthawkog.bsky.social discovered the Night Hawk, 1820s progenitor of Batman, in the archives of America’s first socialist newspaper; now he’s sharing weekly installments on Substack as we count down to his @uchicagopress.bsky.social pub date for his book of the same name!
Matthew Warner Osborn (@nighthawkog.bsky.social)
Historian of early America. Author of Rum Maniacs: Alcoholic Insanity in the Early American Republic, and Night Hawk: A Nineteenth-Century Superhero and the Dawn of American Mass Culture, coming Septe...
nighthawkog.bsky.social
January 17, 2026 at 3:47 AM
Matthew Warner Osborn @nighthawkog.bsky.social discovered the Night Hawk, 1820s progenitor of Batman, in the archives of America’s first socialist newspaper; now he’s sharing weekly installments on Substack as we count down to his @uchicagopress.bsky.social pub date for his book of the same name!