Sharon
@mickifoster.bsky.social
Hi! I'm a blue dot in the state of Iowa, a mom to three awesome daughters, a student advisor, avid reader and library user, a Monkees fan, and someone who believes in equal rights for all.
I just was shown an ad indicating that I could order Build-a-Bear from
Uber and I am trying to imagine a scenario in which I would need that
Uber and I am trying to imagine a scenario in which I would need that
November 25, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I just was shown an ad indicating that I could order Build-a-Bear from
Uber and I am trying to imagine a scenario in which I would need that
Uber and I am trying to imagine a scenario in which I would need that
I think I am the only 1990s graduate of the University of Iowa who never took Quest for Human Destiny.
Anyway, rest in peace, professor.
Anyway, rest in peace, professor.
November 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I think I am the only 1990s graduate of the University of Iowa who never took Quest for Human Destiny.
Anyway, rest in peace, professor.
Anyway, rest in peace, professor.
Dare we hope this means a governor Sand in Iowa next year? And maybe getting MMM and Hinson out of congress?
November 5, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Dare we hope this means a governor Sand in Iowa next year? And maybe getting MMM and Hinson out of congress?
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS!! NO COVER!! IOWA CITY!” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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October 11, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS!! NO COVER!! IOWA CITY!” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
It's "Willy hears ya. Willy don't care." Which I use in response to things like the oven timer going off (while getting things out of the oven)
what's the stupidest/randomest Simpsons quote that lives in your head rent free? Mine is the urge to say "you said go to bread" every time I am about to head to bed.
October 2, 2025 at 7:29 AM
It's "Willy hears ya. Willy don't care." Which I use in response to things like the oven timer going off (while getting things out of the oven)
I too am terminally online but I use my time to watch Tiny Chef videos
September 12, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I too am terminally online but I use my time to watch Tiny Chef videos
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Students being progressive is not a bigger problem than a sustained assault by an authoritarian president, please get a grip
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
September 3, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Students being progressive is not a bigger problem than a sustained assault by an authoritarian president, please get a grip
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Beloit, WI revitalized its waterfront and chose this way to celebrate it: by bringing to life Georges Seurat's "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte."
June 25, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Beloit, WI revitalized its waterfront and chose this way to celebrate it: by bringing to life Georges Seurat's "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte."
Can't wait for them to pick the drummers and guitarists for the next Lollapalooza!
(This is an NFL draft joke)
(This is an NFL draft joke)
April 26, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Can't wait for them to pick the drummers and guitarists for the next Lollapalooza!
(This is an NFL draft joke)
(This is an NFL draft joke)
I look forward to Gazette columnist Althea Cole's visit to El Salvador, which she claims to be "the safest country in Central America." Have fun, Althea!
April 20, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I look forward to Gazette columnist Althea Cole's visit to El Salvador, which she claims to be "the safest country in Central America." Have fun, Althea!
Is anyone at The University of Iowa demanding that MMM or Grassley find out WHY their students' visas were canceled?
April 15, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Is anyone at The University of Iowa demanding that MMM or Grassley find out WHY their students' visas were canceled?
I wonder how this all ends.
April 9, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I wonder how this all ends.
It would be nice to live in a state in which our legislators don't actively hate my county. (Johnson County: passes minimum wage law. State: Counties can't have their own minimum wage.) #iowa
April 4, 2025 at 11:40 AM
It would be nice to live in a state in which our legislators don't actively hate my county. (Johnson County: passes minimum wage law. State: Counties can't have their own minimum wage.) #iowa
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We would like to add that because they circumvented our servers and used their own (and cowardly did this at midnight), NONE of us knew what was happening.
April 3, 2025 at 11:51 PM
We would like to add that because they circumvented our servers and used their own (and cowardly did this at midnight), NONE of us knew what was happening.
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Goodbye, sweet Harley
March 19, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Goodbye, sweet Harley
Yes, of course he's defying court orders. There's fuck all I can do about it. My representatives and senators are complicit.
March 17, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Yes, of course he's defying court orders. There's fuck all I can do about it. My representatives and senators are complicit.
Megan Follows and (Louise) Robey share a birthday, March 14. Two famous redheads from 1980s franchises.
This has been "news that is probably only relevant to me."
This has been "news that is probably only relevant to me."
March 15, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Megan Follows and (Louise) Robey share a birthday, March 14. Two famous redheads from 1980s franchises.
This has been "news that is probably only relevant to me."
This has been "news that is probably only relevant to me."
Funny how it's always "dems woulda won if they just let Bernie run" and not "if they just let Elizabeth Warren run." We were promised President Lisa Simpson, after all.
March 10, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Funny how it's always "dems woulda won if they just let Bernie run" and not "if they just let Elizabeth Warren run." We were promised President Lisa Simpson, after all.
@melton4iowa.bsky.social Are you running again in '26?
March 4, 2025 at 10:18 PM
@melton4iowa.bsky.social Are you running again in '26?
"Priceless like a mother's love, or the good kind of priceless?"--Bart Simpson #thesimpsons
March 1, 2025 at 4:15 PM
"Priceless like a mother's love, or the good kind of priceless?"--Bart Simpson #thesimpsons
Do me a favor. If you see this, throw me a "like."
February 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Do me a favor. If you see this, throw me a "like."
February 17, 2025 at 10:36 PM