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Hannah Monicken
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I write about trade policy professionally (wish me luck) for @capitolforum.bsky.social.

A North Dakotan expat in Minnesota, condemned to watch sports teams that are *almost* good
The WTO this morning reappointed Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as director-general, the first woman and first African to hold the role. Largely expected, but everyone was waiting to see if the US would be a wild card ahead of a new admin that does not support her www.wto.org/english/news...
WTO General Council reappoints Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as Director-General for a second term
The General Council of the World Trade Organization (WTO) has agreed by consensus to reappoint Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as Director-General for a second four-year term, set to begin on 1 September 2025...
www.wto.org
November 29, 2024 at 11:53 AM
Last night, I was minding my own business when my editor texts me a link to Trump threatening a 25 percent tariff on Mexico and Canada. Amid vivid flashbacks to all the times during the first admin when I covered policy-by-tweet announcements, I wrote it up: insidetrade.com/share/181732
| InsideTrade.com
insidetrade.com
November 26, 2024 at 4:05 PM
A solid collection of trade types if you, like me, are into that sort of thing. I have made this starter pack into a feed, so if you're a trade person and not on here, say hi! (h/t to @samuelmarclowe.bsky.social for making the starter pack)
November 22, 2024 at 3:17 PM
I enjoy Bluesky, but I am mostly a lurker. I do not have a poster's heart.

Does one post their way into becoming a poster or are posters only born?
November 12, 2024 at 8:12 PM
Hey @lookitup.baby can I be added to the twin cities feed?
July 20, 2024 at 2:55 PM
Reposted by Hannah Monicken
I cannot overstate how weird and upsetting this winter has been in Minnesota.

Just 7 inches of snow *this whole season* in Minneapolis. Park ice rinks, a mainstay of winter, were open for a week or so before melting. Highs in the 40s/50s every other day.

It's just...not cold. In Minnesota.
February 14, 2024 at 3:50 PM
I've only been on Bluesky a couple months, so I can only hope to be witness to such levels of shitpostery in the future
February 6, 2024 at 5:29 PM
Reposted by Hannah Monicken
Twenty-five years ago today, Lucy Lawless hosted "Saturday Night Live." This one sketch she did burned itself into my brain.

I wrote about it once. It's still, maybe stupidly, one of the things I am most proud of.

Happy birthday, "Stevie Nicks' Fajita Roundup." www.theringer.com/music/2020/5...
The Story of How ‘Saturday Night Live’ Made the "Stevie Nicks’ Fajita Roundup" Sketch
In 1998, Lucy Lawless brought down Studio 8H with an impression of the Fleetwood Mac frontwoman imagined as the owner of a bad Mexican restaurant. The sketch is not one of ‘SNL’s’ most famous, b...
www.theringer.com
October 17, 2023 at 1:34 PM
Sometimes it’s a normal workday and sometimes the banh mi shop across the street has dancing dragons
October 12, 2023 at 6:31 PM
So... are we calling it blue sky or bluesky (like brewski)?
September 22, 2023 at 3:45 PM
I finally made it here, but Idk what The Deal of blue sky is yet, so here's a photo of truly incredible public art in Rotterdam to enjoy while I figure it out
September 20, 2023 at 3:45 PM