Aprilcots
@aprilcots.bsky.social
“Like a cup of strong coffee mixed with existential dread, her posts are refreshingly bitter with a hint of sweetness.” -Bluesky Roast 😂
Exmo. Musical theater degrees. Avid reader. Med family. Doodle enabler.
Proud Minnesotan.
Not a fan of tyranny.
Exmo. Musical theater degrees. Avid reader. Med family. Doodle enabler.
Proud Minnesotan.
Not a fan of tyranny.
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Aprilcots
@aprilcots.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Hello to all of my new followers! You should know that while I always try to be respectful, I am an Exmormon who sometimes will rant about the actions of the church and its members. I don’t like to criticize someone’s belief systems without their consent, so consider this your warning.
“Sometimes the most faithful thing you can do is stop praying around the pain and start standing inside it. If that makes you uncomfortable, good. Growth always is.”
Word.
Word.
January 26, 2026 at 2:14 AM
“Sometimes the most faithful thing you can do is stop praying around the pain and start standing inside it. If that makes you uncomfortable, good. Growth always is.”
Word.
Word.
My husband will be participating in this show of solidarity. Spread the word, healthcare workers! #medsky
#medsky
Please join us and Minnesota healthcare workers by wearing a black ribbon this week in memory of Alex Pretti.
Let’s show our love and support for Alex’s family, friends, and colleagues.
Pin a black ribbon to your scrubs and white coats. Take a pic and share on social media.
Please join us and Minnesota healthcare workers by wearing a black ribbon this week in memory of Alex Pretti.
Let’s show our love and support for Alex’s family, friends, and colleagues.
Pin a black ribbon to your scrubs and white coats. Take a pic and share on social media.
January 25, 2026 at 11:04 PM
My husband will be participating in this show of solidarity. Spread the word, healthcare workers! #medsky
Compare and contrast. What do you see? What do you notice? Who did it better? (Yes. There’s irrefutably a correct answer) 😠
January 25, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Compare and contrast. What do you see? What do you notice? Who did it better? (Yes. There’s irrefutably a correct answer) 😠
Why yes, I did glare at every single large Bronco type car that I saw just now when we ventured to Taco Bell for game food, just in case they were you know what. And yes, I am now safely and warmly ensconced back at home unironically cheering for the Broncos. I contain multitudes.
January 25, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Why yes, I did glare at every single large Bronco type car that I saw just now when we ventured to Taco Bell for game food, just in case they were you know what. And yes, I am now safely and warmly ensconced back at home unironically cheering for the Broncos. I contain multitudes.
And remember how those same guys are still members of the Mormon church in good standing? (Sorry. Couldn’t resist. The hypocrisy will never cease to infuriate me)
Remember the Bundy insanity during the Obama years? Armed guys occupied a federal office and one of their buddies took position with a sniper rifle aimed at federal agents?
Exactly how many of those guys were shot and killed?
Exactly how many of those guys were shot and killed?
January 25, 2026 at 5:04 PM
And remember how those same guys are still members of the Mormon church in good standing? (Sorry. Couldn’t resist. The hypocrisy will never cease to infuriate me)
And if it isn’t, I hope you have a moment of serious introspection about whether or not you’re attending and paying money to support a church whose teachings actually align with what you know in your heart to be right…
Good morning.
If you attend church this morning, I hope it’s one that addresses the inhumanity of recent executions by ICE.
If you attend church this morning, I hope it’s one that addresses the inhumanity of recent executions by ICE.
January 25, 2026 at 4:55 PM
And if it isn’t, I hope you have a moment of serious introspection about whether or not you’re attending and paying money to support a church whose teachings actually align with what you know in your heart to be right…
Saying the quiet part out loud there…
“There’s been no corresponding uptick of interest in Latter-day Saint. Instead, there’s been an apparent overall decrease in searches for anything to do with the church or its members.” 😆
They’re rapidly losing relevancy unless there’s a reality tv show.
“There’s been no corresponding uptick of interest in Latter-day Saint. Instead, there’s been an apparent overall decrease in searches for anything to do with the church or its members.” 😆
They’re rapidly losing relevancy unless there’s a reality tv show.
What search data reveals about the move to wipe out the forbidden M-word: Mormon — The Salt Lake Tribune
Despite Russell M. Nelson's edict to stop using
apple.news
January 25, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Saying the quiet part out loud there…
“There’s been no corresponding uptick of interest in Latter-day Saint. Instead, there’s been an apparent overall decrease in searches for anything to do with the church or its members.” 😆
They’re rapidly losing relevancy unless there’s a reality tv show.
“There’s been no corresponding uptick of interest in Latter-day Saint. Instead, there’s been an apparent overall decrease in searches for anything to do with the church or its members.” 😆
They’re rapidly losing relevancy unless there’s a reality tv show.
Bear witness. A sworn affidavit.
You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
January 25, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Bear witness. A sworn affidavit.
The best. There’s a reason we chose this state to call our forever home.
Renee Good’s last words were, “I’m not mad.”
Alex Pretti’s last act was trying to help a woman ICE agents had shoved.
Damn, Minnesota. You sure do make good people.
Alex Pretti’s last act was trying to help a woman ICE agents had shoved.
Damn, Minnesota. You sure do make good people.
January 25, 2026 at 12:28 AM
The best. There’s a reason we chose this state to call our forever home.
Had to talk to crazy MIL this afternoon, who very pointedly only talked about the weather and was either completely oblivious to what has transpired here in Minnesota today or was absolutely unwilling to entertain a conversation about it and I was very very close to losing it. Maybe I should have.
January 25, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Had to talk to crazy MIL this afternoon, who very pointedly only talked about the weather and was either completely oblivious to what has transpired here in Minnesota today or was absolutely unwilling to entertain a conversation about it and I was very very close to losing it. Maybe I should have.
This. People internationally keep asking how they can help. Continue your boycotts and expand them. The only language they listen to or care about is money. Boycott all American events, companies, and products. We are trying to do the same here, especially with capitulating big tech and business.
If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
January 24, 2026 at 8:34 PM
This. People internationally keep asking how they can help. Continue your boycotts and expand them. The only language they listen to or care about is money. Boycott all American events, companies, and products. We are trying to do the same here, especially with capitulating big tech and business.
“This storm is being caused by a mass of frigid air from the Arctic hitting warmer, moister air in the US. Colder Arctic air is usually confined to the far northern latitudes by the polar vortex. When the polar vortex weakens or stretches out, the freezing Arctic air can spill out south into the US”
Trump says the big US winter storm is proof of climate hoax – here’s why he’s wrong — Guardian US
US president asks ‘whatever happened to global warming?’ Well, it could be making our winter storms worse
apple.news
January 23, 2026 at 8:25 PM
“This storm is being caused by a mass of frigid air from the Arctic hitting warmer, moister air in the US. Colder Arctic air is usually confined to the far northern latitudes by the polar vortex. When the polar vortex weakens or stretches out, the freezing Arctic air can spill out south into the US”
These are my people. Minnesota is special and we just want to be left alone with our community in our happy little state. Paid agitators my ass. These are my neighbors and they’re sacrificing their warmth and their paychecks to be out in weather more frigid than most you can even comprehend. ICE OUT
Singing
January 23, 2026 at 5:30 PM
These are my people. Minnesota is special and we just want to be left alone with our community in our happy little state. Paid agitators my ass. These are my neighbors and they’re sacrificing their warmth and their paychecks to be out in weather more frigid than most you can even comprehend. ICE OUT
Minnesota is closed. If you want to join us on a national scale, don’t spend any money today if you can help it! Any symbolic gesture helps!
📢ICE GET THE HELL OUT OF MINNESOTA.
Minnesotans please join tomorrow’s ICE Out of Minnesota Day of Truth & Freedom here: iceoutnowmn.com
Minnesotans please join tomorrow’s ICE Out of Minnesota Day of Truth & Freedom here: iceoutnowmn.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Minnesota is closed. If you want to join us on a national scale, don’t spend any money today if you can help it! Any symbolic gesture helps!
Happy frigid Fauci Friday! It feels like -45 degrees here in Minnesota this morning, so don’t forget your coat to keep the ICE OUT!!! #faucifriday (bonus if it’s your daddy’s old white coat that fits strangely well)
January 23, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Happy frigid Fauci Friday! It feels like -45 degrees here in Minnesota this morning, so don’t forget your coat to keep the ICE OUT!!! #faucifriday (bonus if it’s your daddy’s old white coat that fits strangely well)
In case you’re still using it, now’s the time to stop. Cancel your remaining Twitter accounts while you’re at it. Meta too.
Trump's buddies now control TikTok in the U.S. www.cnn.com/2026/01/22/t...
The deal to secure TikTok’s future in the US has finally closed | CNN Business
The joint venture acquiring TikTok’s US assets has been formally established and has announced its leadership team, according to the company, one day before the deadline set by President Donald Trump ...
www.cnn.com
January 23, 2026 at 4:36 AM
In case you’re still using it, now’s the time to stop. Cancel your remaining Twitter accounts while you’re at it. Meta too.
I woke up this morning to an amber alert for a little… white… girl. Thankfully she was found and is now safe, but I can’t help but wonder where the amber alerts were for the other very small children who were kidnapped in Minnesota yesterday. You know. The brown ones. 😡
January 22, 2026 at 8:03 PM
I woke up this morning to an amber alert for a little… white… girl. Thankfully she was found and is now safe, but I can’t help but wonder where the amber alerts were for the other very small children who were kidnapped in Minnesota yesterday. You know. The brown ones. 😡
I tried watching the Jack Smith testimony, but the problem is that no one is actually allowing him to speak. This isn’t a hearing. It’s grandstanding and I can’t tolerate hearing these lying committee members and their straw man arguments and diversionary rhetoric, so I’ll wait for the cliff notes.
January 22, 2026 at 4:39 PM
I tried watching the Jack Smith testimony, but the problem is that no one is actually allowing him to speak. This isn’t a hearing. It’s grandstanding and I can’t tolerate hearing these lying committee members and their straw man arguments and diversionary rhetoric, so I’ll wait for the cliff notes.
Maybe we should all start a 3am group ranting and screaming chat…
I do not have one woman in my friend group who is sleeping through the night anymore.
I get up and wander from room to room. I don’t know what to do with my rage other than to show up every day, but it continues into the night.
I get up and wander from room to room. I don’t know what to do with my rage other than to show up every day, but it continues into the night.
January 22, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Maybe we should all start a 3am group ranting and screaming chat…
Having tacos for dinner. For reasons. Also, he’s such an idiot. 🙃
January 21, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Having tacos for dinner. For reasons. Also, he’s such an idiot. 🙃
“There was a bald eagle that flew overhead. The agent in the passenger seat said to the driver, “Hey, there’s a bald eagle, do you know what that means?” Then the driver said: “God is on our side.”
Don’t look away from Minnesota. We’re being occupied by dangerous and radicalized extremists.
Don’t look away from Minnesota. We’re being occupied by dangerous and radicalized extremists.
‘I’m Witnessing a Lot of Emptiness’: How ICE Uprooted Normal Life in Minneapolis — WIRED
WIRED talks to a postal worker, a teacher, two US citizens detained by federal agents, and six more Minnesota residents about life in an occupied American city.
apple.news
January 21, 2026 at 3:45 PM
“There was a bald eagle that flew overhead. The agent in the passenger seat said to the driver, “Hey, there’s a bald eagle, do you know what that means?” Then the driver said: “God is on our side.”
Don’t look away from Minnesota. We’re being occupied by dangerous and radicalized extremists.
Don’t look away from Minnesota. We’re being occupied by dangerous and radicalized extremists.
I put my phone down for ONE evening, and y’all go completely nuts. 😆 It’s not the orange death watch that really matters, it’s the friends that we made along the way… 😆 (ok, the death watch actually really, really matters. Every single day gets us closer, friends)
January 21, 2026 at 5:29 AM
I put my phone down for ONE evening, and y’all go completely nuts. 😆 It’s not the orange death watch that really matters, it’s the friends that we made along the way… 😆 (ok, the death watch actually really, really matters. Every single day gets us closer, friends)
Ok guys. Remember this post? I take it back. I take it all back. This is the worst winter ever, the wind chill on Friday will be -48, and I’m over it. I need ALL 🧊 to exit Minnesota immediately. Plus it’s the 20th of January and I’ve already read 6 books. I’ve had my hunker and I’m over it.
Unpopular opinion- I look forward to the winter hygge dark season all year long. It’s going to start getting dark in Minnesota at 4:30 soon and I am here for it. Cozy hunker snuggle reading movie gaming season with blankets and fireplaces and cocoa and twinkle lights. Bring it. 🤗 ❄️ 😊
January 20, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Ok guys. Remember this post? I take it back. I take it all back. This is the worst winter ever, the wind chill on Friday will be -48, and I’m over it. I need ALL 🧊 to exit Minnesota immediately. Plus it’s the 20th of January and I’ve already read 6 books. I’ve had my hunker and I’m over it.