Diane Rydrych
@dianemn.bsky.social
Health policy geek by trade, voracious reader, dog lover, occasional pop culture junkie, feminist, hiker, traveler IRL.
Key takeaways from my Brontë reread:
1) I am still 💯 #TeamJane and think Cathy is an asshole.
2) Wuthering Heights is an anti-romance, and pretty much everyone is horrible. It’s grueling. Why do people like this?
3) I would choose Rochester over St. John Rivers any day. St. John is extra horrible.
1) I am still 💯 #TeamJane and think Cathy is an asshole.
2) Wuthering Heights is an anti-romance, and pretty much everyone is horrible. It’s grueling. Why do people like this?
3) I would choose Rochester over St. John Rivers any day. St. John is extra horrible.
November 27, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Key takeaways from my Brontë reread:
1) I am still 💯 #TeamJane and think Cathy is an asshole.
2) Wuthering Heights is an anti-romance, and pretty much everyone is horrible. It’s grueling. Why do people like this?
3) I would choose Rochester over St. John Rivers any day. St. John is extra horrible.
1) I am still 💯 #TeamJane and think Cathy is an asshole.
2) Wuthering Heights is an anti-romance, and pretty much everyone is horrible. It’s grueling. Why do people like this?
3) I would choose Rochester over St. John Rivers any day. St. John is extra horrible.
Important update: my 7-month old coworker is dreaming about what I will taste like the next time he bites me in his excitement about….everything.
November 18, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Important update: my 7-month old coworker is dreaming about what I will taste like the next time he bites me in his excitement about….everything.
Total bullshit. It was all for nothing. Shocked to not see @amyklobuchar.com on the list of folders.
November 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Total bullshit. It was all for nothing. Shocked to not see @amyklobuchar.com on the list of folders.
This is absolute horseshit. Way to squander a great election.
November 10, 2025 at 12:32 AM
This is absolute horseshit. Way to squander a great election.
Breaking news: new puppy! 6 mo old husky/shepherd mix, the sweetest and most playful boy ever. We were dogless for 6 months after many decades of dogs, and that sucked. He has just slid right into our lives already as though he’s always been ours. #DogsOfBlueSky 🐕
October 12, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Breaking news: new puppy! 6 mo old husky/shepherd mix, the sweetest and most playful boy ever. We were dogless for 6 months after many decades of dogs, and that sucked. He has just slid right into our lives already as though he’s always been ours. #DogsOfBlueSky 🐕
One year ago today, my dad died unexpectedly. He was the best and I really miss him, all the time. That’s it, that’s the whole skeet. Here’s a picture of my dad.
September 30, 2025 at 5:48 PM
One year ago today, my dad died unexpectedly. He was the best and I really miss him, all the time. That’s it, that’s the whole skeet. Here’s a picture of my dad.
OMG, how can an earworm stay in my head for 2 weeks? I don’t even like Dire Straits. I forced myself to listen to the whole thing today b/c I heard that sometimes works. If it doesn’t, I might need surgery to excise it.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=vcwl...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=vcwl...
Dire Straits - Skateaway (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by DireStraitsVEVO
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September 9, 2025 at 12:59 PM
OMG, how can an earworm stay in my head for 2 weeks? I don’t even like Dire Straits. I forced myself to listen to the whole thing today b/c I heard that sometimes works. If it doesn’t, I might need surgery to excise it.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=vcwl...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=vcwl...
The revolution starts NOW. Steve says so.
August 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The revolution starts NOW. Steve says so.
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It was the omg what now of times, it was the seriously wtf is happening of times
August 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
It was the omg what now of times, it was the seriously wtf is happening of times
Power is out (55106). Bummer.
July 28, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Power is out (55106). Bummer.
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German literature. And…..nope! My German skills have so atrophied that I have resorted to Duolingo, Love is Blind Germany and tween German audiobooks to try to rebuild.
Serious question: If you got one, do you use your college degree?
July 8, 2025 at 3:06 AM
German literature. And…..nope! My German skills have so atrophied that I have resorted to Duolingo, Love is Blind Germany and tween German audiobooks to try to rebuild.
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“This bill, if enacted, will smother rural communities by closing small-town hospitals, piling on medical debt and stress and laying off thousands of workers right here in Minnesota,” writes columnist Aaron Brown.
Brown: Trump’s Medicaid cuts will close rural hospitals, accelerate health care crisis in Minnesota
"This bill, if enacted, will smother rural communities by closing small-town hospitals, piling on medical debt and stress and laying off thousands of workers right here in Minnesota," columnist Aaron Brown writes.
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July 1, 2025 at 1:29 PM
“This bill, if enacted, will smother rural communities by closing small-town hospitals, piling on medical debt and stress and laying off thousands of workers right here in Minnesota,” writes columnist Aaron Brown.
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Worth noting that not only is this “rural hospital” fund temporary and a fraction of the losses, it’s also designed to be a political slush fund since half the allocation is at discretion of the CMS administrator. Barely even eyewash.
June 28, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Worth noting that not only is this “rural hospital” fund temporary and a fraction of the losses, it’s also designed to be a political slush fund since half the allocation is at discretion of the CMS administrator. Barely even eyewash.
My god they’re just trying to get me to cry every tear I have. 💔
June 28, 2025 at 12:23 AM
My god they’re just trying to get me to cry every tear I have. 💔
For some reason this post is getting a bunch of new likes and reposts….which I love because these are adorable pictures, but also hate because our beloved Moj died in April at age 14 and we are still heartbroken about that and miss him so much. He was the best boy. Glad others find him adorable too!
Post a picture of when your pet was little.
(Puppy Moj, on adoption day 14 years ago, and a bonus photo from a month ago)
(Puppy Moj, on adoption day 14 years ago, and a bonus photo from a month ago)
June 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
For some reason this post is getting a bunch of new likes and reposts….which I love because these are adorable pictures, but also hate because our beloved Moj died in April at age 14 and we are still heartbroken about that and miss him so much. He was the best boy. Glad others find him adorable too!
The really sad thing is how I can already hear exactly how they’ll blame Biden (and Harris, and Obama, and Clinton) for the inevitable retaliation. And how quickly that will become the accepted truth. I hate this timeline.
June 22, 2025 at 1:16 PM
The really sad thing is how I can already hear exactly how they’ll blame Biden (and Harris, and Obama, and Clinton) for the inevitable retaliation. And how quickly that will become the accepted truth. I hate this timeline.
Ok I know this is not the main point here, but I think someone needs a refresher on “literally” vs “figuratively.”
Kamala literally threw trans people under the bus during her campaign and wouldn't stick up for them. She did not give me any reason to think she would actually fight for the things that needed to be fought for.
June 17, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Ok I know this is not the main point here, but I think someone needs a refresher on “literally” vs “figuratively.”
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I am still reeling.

I am also sitting with the fact that our historic 2023 accomplishments were only possible because of the monumental leadership of Hortman and Dziedzic, and now we’ve lost them both.

I am also sitting with the fact that our historic 2023 accomplishments were only possible because of the monumental leadership of Hortman and Dziedzic, and now we’ve lost them both.
June 15, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I am still reeling.

I am also sitting with the fact that our historic 2023 accomplishments were only possible because of the monumental leadership of Hortman and Dziedzic, and now we’ve lost them both.

I am also sitting with the fact that our historic 2023 accomplishments were only possible because of the monumental leadership of Hortman and Dziedzic, and now we’ve lost them both.
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When I think about Melissa Hortman, I think about this list. Rest in power.
June 14, 2025 at 8:51 PM
When I think about Melissa Hortman, I think about this list. Rest in power.
Horrific news. I hope we hear they’re going to be ok. Targeting democratic public servants is a horrific escalation of the political violence we are seeing every day. And I’m sure the timing is no coincidence. JFC.
June 14, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Horrific news. I hope we hear they’re going to be ok. Targeting democratic public servants is a horrific escalation of the political violence we are seeing every day. And I’m sure the timing is no coincidence. JFC.
I wish there could just be 24 hours to send kind thoughts to a fundamentally decent but flawed man who just got a horrible diagnosis before people start being assholes.
May 19, 2025 at 3:09 AM
I wish there could just be 24 hours to send kind thoughts to a fundamentally decent but flawed man who just got a horrible diagnosis before people start being assholes.
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Worth a read. A rural family medicine residency grant funded separately from regular GME keeping this clinic’s doors open (and I will note many of these residents are immigrants) apple.news/AUBySXw1ZRsy...
The Scramble to Save Rural Health Care From DOGE — The Atlantic
Can an Alabama health clinic survive Musk’s “chainsaw for bureaucracy”?
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April 23, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Worth a read. A rural family medicine residency grant funded separately from regular GME keeping this clinic’s doors open (and I will note many of these residents are immigrants) apple.news/AUBySXw1ZRsy...