Polly Farquhar
@pollyf.bsky.social
Author of LOLO WEAVER SWIMS UPSTREAM (2023), ITCH (2020), some short stories. No dairy, no tree nuts, no peanuts, no sesame, all the books. She/her. www.pollyfarquharauthor.com
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Polly Farquhar
@pollyf.bsky.social
· Nov 26
Looking for a book for a kiddo who loves dogs? It's short (169 p)! It's funny! There is goose poop! "Not since Ramona Quimby has a character marched right out of a book with so much bravado, humor, and heart."--Barbara O'Connor #booksky
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Ratio and patio. Explain yourselves.
January 20, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Ratio and patio. Explain yourselves.
I'm reading a good kidlit book from a big 5 publisher + the cover looks like something I'd have come up with when I was 10 +thought I needed to illustrate my own stuff. Somehow people thought this was good? It screams old-timey, don't read me, same color scheme as a great-grandma's Corelle* dishes.
January 20, 2026 at 6:16 PM
I'm reading a good kidlit book from a big 5 publisher + the cover looks like something I'd have come up with when I was 10 +thought I needed to illustrate my own stuff. Somehow people thought this was good? It screams old-timey, don't read me, same color scheme as a great-grandma's Corelle* dishes.
Clues today in my online daily crossword:
Today's protest
Remove from power
Collective represented in Constitution
Today's protest
Remove from power
Collective represented in Constitution
January 20, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Clues today in my online daily crossword:
Today's protest
Remove from power
Collective represented in Constitution
Today's protest
Remove from power
Collective represented in Constitution
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It’s almost like the FIFA Peace Prize means nothing these days.
January 19, 2026 at 9:08 PM
It’s almost like the FIFA Peace Prize means nothing these days.
Should I join Next Door or will it drive me nuts?
Moved to a new neighborhood, it's cold and everyone is inside, still want to connect and try to get to know my neighbors. I'm not on Facebook, cuz ug.
Moved to a new neighborhood, it's cold and everyone is inside, still want to connect and try to get to know my neighbors. I'm not on Facebook, cuz ug.
January 19, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Should I join Next Door or will it drive me nuts?
Moved to a new neighborhood, it's cold and everyone is inside, still want to connect and try to get to know my neighbors. I'm not on Facebook, cuz ug.
Moved to a new neighborhood, it's cold and everyone is inside, still want to connect and try to get to know my neighbors. I'm not on Facebook, cuz ug.
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I don’t normally post street photos but I’m pretty sure DH Lawrence was in my tube carriage this morning
January 18, 2026 at 12:31 PM
I don’t normally post street photos but I’m pretty sure DH Lawrence was in my tube carriage this morning
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damn what is wrong with me, i am having the hardest time concentrating on work, i lament as i compulsively refresh live feeds of unspeakable horrors
January 17, 2026 at 7:52 PM
damn what is wrong with me, i am having the hardest time concentrating on work, i lament as i compulsively refresh live feeds of unspeakable horrors
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Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
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the other day my 8yo said Spanish was his third language. then he counted "uno, dos, tres..." all the way up to "nueve" and then said "uh, i forget." i said "diez?" and this kid straight up replied "diez nuts"
January 17, 2026 at 5:49 AM
the other day my 8yo said Spanish was his third language. then he counted "uno, dos, tres..." all the way up to "nueve" and then said "uh, i forget." i said "diez?" and this kid straight up replied "diez nuts"
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Me to my 3 y/o daughter: "Please don't kick me."
My daughter: "I'm not kicking you. I'm loving you with my feet."
😑
#WritingCommunity #girlmom #parenthood
My daughter: "I'm not kicking you. I'm loving you with my feet."
😑
#WritingCommunity #girlmom #parenthood
January 17, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Me to my 3 y/o daughter: "Please don't kick me."
My daughter: "I'm not kicking you. I'm loving you with my feet."
😑
#WritingCommunity #girlmom #parenthood
My daughter: "I'm not kicking you. I'm loving you with my feet."
😑
#WritingCommunity #girlmom #parenthood
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So the only Minnesota content I'm interested in this weekend is stories of critical hypothermia. Give me advanced frostbite. Permanent nerve damage, gangrene, and amputations that ruin their ahistorical Viking tattoos. 7/8
January 16, 2026 at 2:21 PM
So the only Minnesota content I'm interested in this weekend is stories of critical hypothermia. Give me advanced frostbite. Permanent nerve damage, gangrene, and amputations that ruin their ahistorical Viking tattoos. 7/8
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🧵Here in the Twin Cities, we're told that various far-right influencers and January-6 pardon recipients are already in our city for some sort of anti-Islam march in a predominantly Somali-American neighborhood on Saturday. 1/8
January 16, 2026 at 2:21 PM
🧵Here in the Twin Cities, we're told that various far-right influencers and January-6 pardon recipients are already in our city for some sort of anti-Islam march in a predominantly Somali-American neighborhood on Saturday. 1/8
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Student 1: You got an A on the final paper?! I wanted an A but I got an F! Will you give me your A paper?
Student 2: Uh….sure.
Student 2 hands him the paper with a big red A at the top.
Student 2 still gets an A.
Student 1 still fails, but he’s grinning and holding an A paper.
🤡🏅
Student 2: Uh….sure.
Student 2 hands him the paper with a big red A at the top.
Student 2 still gets an A.
Student 1 still fails, but he’s grinning and holding an A paper.
🤡🏅
January 16, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Student 1: You got an A on the final paper?! I wanted an A but I got an F! Will you give me your A paper?
Student 2: Uh….sure.
Student 2 hands him the paper with a big red A at the top.
Student 2 still gets an A.
Student 1 still fails, but he’s grinning and holding an A paper.
🤡🏅
Student 2: Uh….sure.
Student 2 hands him the paper with a big red A at the top.
Student 2 still gets an A.
Student 1 still fails, but he’s grinning and holding an A paper.
🤡🏅
Cold mornings in Ohio. Decide to drive kids to the bus stop. Pull on my knit cap. I'm never not going to think of Renee Good when I do that.
January 16, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Cold mornings in Ohio. Decide to drive kids to the bus stop. Pull on my knit cap. I'm never not going to think of Renee Good when I do that.
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After federal troops forced a fugitive slave named Anthony Burns back into slavery in the 1850s, one Bostonian wrote, “we went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.” The abuse of power radicalizes people. We are seeing that now.
April 18, 2025 at 1:33 AM
After federal troops forced a fugitive slave named Anthony Burns back into slavery in the 1850s, one Bostonian wrote, “we went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.” The abuse of power radicalizes people. We are seeing that now.
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No words. Renee Good was alive and suffering from gunshot wounds while her killers not only did not help her but prevented others from helping. Appalling violation of fundamental decency, rules of war (!), and humanitarian principles. #ReneeGood
Holy shit.
Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Live Updates: Newly Released Records Detail Chaos During Fatal ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:57 PM
No words. Renee Good was alive and suffering from gunshot wounds while her killers not only did not help her but prevented others from helping. Appalling violation of fundamental decency, rules of war (!), and humanitarian principles. #ReneeGood
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Today is the official release day for Sanibel! This one has a special place in my heart because I made it for my dad, who was an insatiable shark tooth collector and who loved shells as well. He got to play a pre-production copy on Sanibel about 6 weeks before he died last year.
Love you dad ♥️
Love you dad ♥️
January 16, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Today is the official release day for Sanibel! This one has a special place in my heart because I made it for my dad, who was an insatiable shark tooth collector and who loved shells as well. He got to play a pre-production copy on Sanibel about 6 weeks before he died last year.
Love you dad ♥️
Love you dad ♥️
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Now, more than ever, check out a novel from your public library, get yourself some snacks, and READ for pure joy. You deserve it.
January 15, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Now, more than ever, check out a novel from your public library, get yourself some snacks, and READ for pure joy. You deserve it.
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Kyrsten Sinema was the Kash Patel of John Fettermans
I'm not going to focus on the MANY salacious claims in this lawsuit (there are SO MANY), but more broadly, the lawsuit suggests Sinema really did spend a ton of time jetting around the country to have fun rather than focus on her responsibilities as a US Senator.
January 15, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Kyrsten Sinema was the Kash Patel of John Fettermans
Picked up a romance to read last night, trying to calm down so I could sleep, but got really hung up on the hero wearing a button-down and sweats and could not see it and I guess I'm old?
January 15, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Picked up a romance to read last night, trying to calm down so I could sleep, but got really hung up on the hero wearing a button-down and sweats and could not see it and I guess I'm old?
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My daughter's school in Richfield, MN (adjacent to Minneapolis) is closing tomorrow due of out-of-control federal agents. Fourth graders spent the week building walls of snow at recess to protect their classmates from ICE. This isn't about immigration enforcement, it's about terror.
January 15, 2026 at 12:54 PM
My daughter's school in Richfield, MN (adjacent to Minneapolis) is closing tomorrow due of out-of-control federal agents. Fourth graders spent the week building walls of snow at recess to protect their classmates from ICE. This isn't about immigration enforcement, it's about terror.
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🧵From St. Paul, MN.
The last few nights have been different. ICE kidnappings seemed like a daytime event until this week, but now ICE is active after sundown. The shooting of a civilian by ICE in North Minneapolis is also a grim sign for anyone who lives here.
(art by @hot_yaga on Insta)
1/5
The last few nights have been different. ICE kidnappings seemed like a daytime event until this week, but now ICE is active after sundown. The shooting of a civilian by ICE in North Minneapolis is also a grim sign for anyone who lives here.
(art by @hot_yaga on Insta)
1/5
January 15, 2026 at 2:09 PM
🧵From St. Paul, MN.
The last few nights have been different. ICE kidnappings seemed like a daytime event until this week, but now ICE is active after sundown. The shooting of a civilian by ICE in North Minneapolis is also a grim sign for anyone who lives here.
(art by @hot_yaga on Insta)
1/5
The last few nights have been different. ICE kidnappings seemed like a daytime event until this week, but now ICE is active after sundown. The shooting of a civilian by ICE in North Minneapolis is also a grim sign for anyone who lives here.
(art by @hot_yaga on Insta)
1/5
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🚨 Community alert 🚨
From Columbus 🧊 Watch -
The next 🧊 wave is here. They appear to be staying at the Marriott at 3100 Olentangy River Road.
On Jan 13th, they were going door-to-door on the southside & are expected to continue over the next few days. Stay home, stay safe, do not answer the door or open it
The next 🧊 wave is here. They appear to be staying at the Marriott at 3100 Olentangy River Road.
On Jan 13th, they were going door-to-door on the southside & are expected to continue over the next few days. Stay home, stay safe, do not answer the door or open it
January 14, 2026 at 5:18 PM
🚨 Community alert 🚨
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OMG are you sick of "autocorrect" changing things behind your back right when you hit send?
Someone on reddit mentioned if you're in the apple-sphere: Settings > General > dictionary > unselect ‘Apple dictionary’
And that really has seemed to do the trick for me.
Someone on reddit mentioned if you're in the apple-sphere: Settings > General > dictionary > unselect ‘Apple dictionary’
And that really has seemed to do the trick for me.
January 14, 2026 at 2:20 AM
OMG are you sick of "autocorrect" changing things behind your back right when you hit send?
Someone on reddit mentioned if you're in the apple-sphere: Settings > General > dictionary > unselect ‘Apple dictionary’
And that really has seemed to do the trick for me.
Someone on reddit mentioned if you're in the apple-sphere: Settings > General > dictionary > unselect ‘Apple dictionary’
And that really has seemed to do the trick for me.