Nicki O.
@nickio.bsky.social
Lover of cats, crafts, and Saint Paul.
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Today, my job was to be the person who swept up the onion peel as neighbors prepared food for hundreds of families who can’t leave their homes. It felt very small, but it was something—and it was a reminder that there are many different roles to play as we fight for our democracy.
January 18, 2026 at 2:46 AM
Today, my job was to be the person who swept up the onion peel as neighbors prepared food for hundreds of families who can’t leave their homes. It felt very small, but it was something—and it was a reminder that there are many different roles to play as we fight for our democracy.
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Explaining that "I'm fine" doesn't mean that I am okay, it means "I am not in need of further assistance right now and I have been exposed to far less traumatizing stuff than my peers"
January 15, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Explaining that "I'm fine" doesn't mean that I am okay, it means "I am not in need of further assistance right now and I have been exposed to far less traumatizing stuff than my peers"
Me: Hears sustained helicopters, scours flight tracker to figure out who/where, finds nothing. Realizes I started laundry and I'm hearing the spin cycle.
A few minutes pass. My guy wonders why all the helicopters. Just trying to keep us in clean underpants, babe.
A few minutes pass. My guy wonders why all the helicopters. Just trying to keep us in clean underpants, babe.
January 14, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Me: Hears sustained helicopters, scours flight tracker to figure out who/where, finds nothing. Realizes I started laundry and I'm hearing the spin cycle.
A few minutes pass. My guy wonders why all the helicopters. Just trying to keep us in clean underpants, babe.
A few minutes pass. My guy wonders why all the helicopters. Just trying to keep us in clean underpants, babe.
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Thank you. No one is safe.
Hope everyone is safe!
January 10, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Thank you. No one is safe.
A brief escape:
It's the 3rd of January 1939, your name is professor James Smith and you are staring at a drawing of a fish. It's not a regular fish. It is a completely impossible fish.
January 10, 2026 at 3:34 PM
A brief escape:
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"We are here to love each other, care for each other, and keep each other safe and whole." That statement, describing Renee Macklin Good's views--borne of a Christian faith that actually echoes the teachings of Christ as opposed to warping them--also reflects the best of what a government can be.
Renee Macklin Good’s wife: ‘We need to show them a better way’
Here’s the latest Friday around the killing of Renee Macklin Good in Minneapolis Wednesday by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent.
www.mprnews.org
January 9, 2026 at 4:57 PM
"We are here to love each other, care for each other, and keep each other safe and whole." That statement, describing Renee Macklin Good's views--borne of a Christian faith that actually echoes the teachings of Christ as opposed to warping them--also reflects the best of what a government can be.
Are the bluesky servers ready for the posting during this 11:00 presser?
January 5, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Are the bluesky servers ready for the posting during this 11:00 presser?
I just took a 12-hour sudafed. LFG.
November 18, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I just took a 12-hour sudafed. LFG.
Was this just an Iowa thing?? It's catchy af but other folks generally haven't had the experience.
So @nickio.bsky.social brought this catchy song to my attention and I think it’ll sound great on the radio for kids, as sort of a pick-me-up:
youtu.be/PFDr78jPB7c
youtu.be/PFDr78jPB7c
Oh, meth, mmm meth!
YouTube video by Love The PIF
youtu.be
October 11, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Was this just an Iowa thing?? It's catchy af but other folks generally haven't had the experience.
Same tbh.
Patience Done
England and Wales, Census, 1901
England and Wales, Census, 1901
October 5, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Same tbh.
In the middle of (I think) a caffeine withdrawal headache and I might die. Emergency diet coke is being procured.
October 5, 2025 at 12:48 AM
In the middle of (I think) a caffeine withdrawal headache and I might die. Emergency diet coke is being procured.
For the Breighleighs. You know who you are.
Brilyn Hollyhand is the name of a Hallmark Christmas movie character who broke containment and became a villain in a Hallmark Mystery movie (tried to run Lacey Chabert over on her way back from the crossword puzzle convention in Chicago, British Columbia.)
The new face of Republican youth outreach:
A kid named Brilyn Hollyhand (lol), who flies private while arguing against raising the minimum wage.
A kid named Brilyn Hollyhand (lol), who flies private while arguing against raising the minimum wage.
September 26, 2025 at 4:39 PM
For the Breighleighs. You know who you are.
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girls be like “I needed this” and it’s literally just the Epstein files and an Elizabeth Warren-type sixty-five point plan for how Democrats are going to make sure the 2026 elections are free and fair
September 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
girls be like “I needed this” and it’s literally just the Epstein files and an Elizabeth Warren-type sixty-five point plan for how Democrats are going to make sure the 2026 elections are free and fair
I'm streaming @farmaid.org at home, and they're currently airing segments from the press conference instead of Kenny Chesney. I'm not mad, specifically, but y'all are coming back, right? I get Margo Price in my living room, right??
September 20, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I'm streaming @farmaid.org at home, and they're currently airing segments from the press conference instead of Kenny Chesney. I'm not mad, specifically, but y'all are coming back, right? I get Margo Price in my living room, right??
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We are awash in all-time quarterback names this year
Unbelievable run from Arrington Maiden
September 20, 2025 at 9:11 PM
We are awash in all-time quarterback names this year
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Congress allowed this campaign of terror.
It’s time for Democrats to look ourselves in the mirror. Members of our own party voted with Trump to gut due process rights.
To stop the chaos, we need to stand unified in support of the Constitution and the rule of law.
It’s time for Democrats to look ourselves in the mirror. Members of our own party voted with Trump to gut due process rights.
To stop the chaos, we need to stand unified in support of the Constitution and the rule of law.
September 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Congress allowed this campaign of terror.
It’s time for Democrats to look ourselves in the mirror. Members of our own party voted with Trump to gut due process rights.
To stop the chaos, we need to stand unified in support of the Constitution and the rule of law.
It’s time for Democrats to look ourselves in the mirror. Members of our own party voted with Trump to gut due process rights.
To stop the chaos, we need to stand unified in support of the Constitution and the rule of law.
#BoringMomChores
You know, like trying to keep your kids alive despite their unintentional efforts to the contrary.
You know, like trying to keep your kids alive despite their unintentional efforts to the contrary.
When people say "We used to drink raw milk from our own cow and it was fine,"
That's... usually not the case!
In families w their own cow, the mom usually boiled it before using.
We just forgot bc that's a boring chore that mom did. And who pays attention to that?
youtu.be/vKDPast9WFk
That's... usually not the case!
In families w their own cow, the mom usually boiled it before using.
We just forgot bc that's a boring chore that mom did. And who pays attention to that?
youtu.be/vKDPast9WFk
"Everyone Drank Raw Milk!" No They Didn't
YouTube video by Farm to Taber
youtu.be
September 3, 2025 at 9:19 PM
#BoringMomChores
You know, like trying to keep your kids alive despite their unintentional efforts to the contrary.
You know, like trying to keep your kids alive despite their unintentional efforts to the contrary.
The foot of a man (50s) who - 2 stops ago - snapped at a student for accidentally bumping into him. Get a grip, sir.
September 3, 2025 at 9:14 PM
The foot of a man (50s) who - 2 stops ago - snapped at a student for accidentally bumping into him. Get a grip, sir.
(This feels like possible @billchilds.bsky.social territory though anyone is welcome to play.)
Hi hello whomst among you has niche knowledge of regional morality tales or parables and would like to tell me about one that would explain to a c suite that cutting ones nose off in order to pretend ones face will be mad about its destroyed beauty is slightly unhinged and a bad strategy
September 3, 2025 at 1:40 PM
(This feels like possible @billchilds.bsky.social territory though anyone is welcome to play.)
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just about the only thing that is within my control that helps at all is just loving the people I love even harder than before and being in community with them in all the ways I can
it doesn’t, like. fix the Supreme Court. but it fixes me a little each time and that’s also important
it doesn’t, like. fix the Supreme Court. but it fixes me a little each time and that’s also important
August 24, 2025 at 3:00 AM
just about the only thing that is within my control that helps at all is just loving the people I love even harder than before and being in community with them in all the ways I can
it doesn’t, like. fix the Supreme Court. but it fixes me a little each time and that’s also important
it doesn’t, like. fix the Supreme Court. but it fixes me a little each time and that’s also important
Friends. The CONFIDENCE in my alt-text! Which includes a potentially context-shifting typo! I am crying. 😂
I don't make the rules, but you do have to see this at least once. And if you say, "the what booth?!?" I'll make sure we go.
It's at the far end of the West End Market, next to Native Roots Trading Post which further adds to the WUT of it all.
It's at the far end of the West End Market, next to Native Roots Trading Post which further adds to the WUT of it all.
August 22, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Friends. The CONFIDENCE in my alt-text! Which includes a potentially context-shifting typo! I am crying. 😂
I don't make the rules, but you do have to see this at least once. And if you say, "the what booth?!?" I'll make sure we go.
It's at the far end of the West End Market, next to Native Roots Trading Post which further adds to the WUT of it all.
It's at the far end of the West End Market, next to Native Roots Trading Post which further adds to the WUT of it all.
August 22, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I don't make the rules, but you do have to see this at least once. And if you say, "the what booth?!?" I'll make sure we go.
It's at the far end of the West End Market, next to Native Roots Trading Post which further adds to the WUT of it all.
It's at the far end of the West End Market, next to Native Roots Trading Post which further adds to the WUT of it all.
For the love of all that is holy, stop posting that cursed deep-sea muppet.
August 19, 2025 at 3:22 AM
For the love of all that is holy, stop posting that cursed deep-sea muppet.
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I am not one to "join in on the fun."
July 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I am not one to "join in on the fun."
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Our city motto
If your skills need work or you are injured or you just need to mature, then you can play in Saint Paul.
June 19, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Our city motto