Kristin J. Boldon
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Kristin J. Boldon
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Twin Cities reader, writer, bookseller, bicyclist. Burgeoning bird nerd. Dorothy L. Sayers superfan. Gluten free. Neurodivergent. Trying to get into grad school, again.
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1. Cute lil chickadee. 2. This male cardinal is saying "Nyar!" Can't you just hear it? 3. Look at this jerk. He knows what he's doing is wrong. #Birds
Black and white chickadee on blue wire perch above red platform in front of street. Lumpy red male cardinal facing right, kind of squinched up. Grey squirrel furtively eating food intended for the birds at the feeder.
November 13, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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Last night's lights were so cool!
Red streak of Aurora light on night sky with trees. Pink purple wash of northern light on blue night sky with tree.
November 12, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Northern lights from NE Minneapolis. A great way to meet up with the neighbors!
Red streak of northern lights in MN sky Pink and purple northern lights above leafless tree in NE Minneapolis Very delighted neighbors group of three middle aged women meeting up outside in the northern lights in MN
November 12, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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Also. A great time to say hi to the neighbors!
Pink streak of northern lights in the Minnesota sky. Pinkish purple lights through a leafless tree in the MN sky Three middle aged women outside, taking in the Northern lights.
November 12, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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Just a bunch of dorks at the feeder today, but that sparrow's wing feathers sure are pretty. #Birds
Upside down grey squirrel, invading the bird feeder. Lumpy grey cardinal female with red crest, in 3/4 profile looking right toward street. Muppety looking red male cardinal, in 3/4 profile, looking out toward street from feeder. Back view of a sparrow, with brown and tan feather patterns. On red platform looking out to street.
November 11, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Ms Cardinal would like a word. Mr Cardinal looks like he's auditioning for the cover of @amalelmohtar.com and @maxgladstone.bsky.social 's sapphic time-traveling assassin banger, This is How You Lose the Time War, and a squirrel. Being evil. #Birds 🪶
A female brown grey cardinal, staring at the camera with a head tilted to the right on a birdfeeder with a red platform and a blue wire perch. Red male cardinal. Coming in fast and blurry in the right side of the feeder with a red platform and blue wire perch. In front of leaf strewn street and bare trees. Grey squirrel way too close to the camera. With a narrowed, evil shiny black eye.
November 10, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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Yesterday: no interesting #birds. Accidentally splurged on black oil sunflower seeds because my spouse did bad math and today, things got fun at the feeder! Cheap seed was a merry go round of sparrow, cardinal, squirrel. Today I spotted finches, juncos, chickadees, and jays back in rotation.
Brown House sparrow being cute on right side of red bird feeder platform in front of street with bare trees. Reddish house finch on left, brown sparrow hunkered down in seeds between red platform and camera, and black capped chickadee coming in fast on the right, all in front of leaf-covered street. A black capped chickadee bowing down at the bird feeder on a red platform.
November 10, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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Squirrels being terrifying monsters.
Grey Squirrel staring at camera of bird feeder. Squirrel right up against the bird feeder camera, shining black eye and whiskers.
November 9, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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Who says the females are less pretty? #Birds
Female.carfinal, facing away from camera, grey/white belly. Red/grey tail and top. Bird is on blue wire perch in front of red platform, facing street with parked cars and yellow foliage.
November 9, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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Black capped chickadee, being adorable #Birds
Black capped chickadee. A black and white bird. Staring at camera on blue wire and red platform in front of street.
November 8, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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Four views of a cardinal #Birds
Female.carfinal, facing away from camera toward street, with greyish red feathers. Male cardinal, facing street away from camera, on red platform and blue wire perch. Red male cardinal, facing right on red platform with street and trees behind. Male cardinal sitting lumpishly in the feeder facing out toward street.
November 8, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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Jay vs Jay #Birds
Blue jay on left, facing to right in profile, over red platform and blue wire birdfeeder, with street and trees behind. Blue jay on right, facing left in profile, over red platform and blue wire birdfeeder, with street and trees behind.
November 8, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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DC took the main Trinity (Bat, Sup, WW) and threw away the accepted backstory. Now WW is a princess of hell, adopted by Circe. She's the last remaining Amazon, and champion of Earth. Very witchy, and interesting gender depictions, like this of Diana and Steve.
Comic book panel with blond masculine person on left in white tank top and tan pants carrying sticks. And dark haired light skinned feminine person on right wearing a dark sleeveless top, with a book in left hand. Overhead lamp and plants above.
November 7, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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What are you reading? The sharks and I are reading Bleak House w #APSTogether, just finished Absolute Wonder Woman, which I LOVED, with its big mythic witchy Circe vibes, and just started Women and Girls on the Autism Spectrum by Sarah Hendrickx #FridayReads
On an apple green couch, 2 stuffed Ikea Blah mini sharks, a tiny hammerhead, and a Jellycat whale shark with a copy of Absolute Wonder Woman vol 1 graphic novel, Bleak House by Dickens, and Women and Girls on the Autism Spectrum by Sarah Hendrickx
November 7, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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My #lastfourwatched was a real rollercoaster: House, Strange Days, Last Starfighter, and Escape to Witch Mountain. Happy #LetterboxdFriday! Loved House; it's bonkers in the best ways.
Movie posters: red demon cat for House, Ralph Fuentes looking windblown, backlit and beautiful for Strange Days, Purple glowing guy looking up, Last Starfighter. And a boy and girl running away on a blue background for Escape to Witch Mountain.
November 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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The cardinal would like to have a word, the chickadee is pondering the seed choice, the lumpy cardinal is pondering immensities, and the squirrel is there to steal everyone else's food. #Birds 🪶
Red male cardinal on left of red platform and blue wire perch, street and trees behind. Black capped chickadee on left of red platform, looking down at seeds with street and trees behind. Red male cardinal, staring pensively out into the street from the feeder. Grey squirrel framing itself very well for the camera.
November 7, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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November 6, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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Hey. Batgirl says, what's your plan to vote? Print out a sample ballot, visit @naomikritzer.bsky.social 's blog naomikritzer.com/2025/10/31/e... and go vote if you haven't! I ranked Dewayne, Omar, and Jazz for MPls mayor and am so hopeful for new leadership!
red wigged Woman in purple and yellow Batgirl costume holding a big red circle that reads "I voted" and looking so thrilled to have cast her vote in Minneapolis!
November 4, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Spiky cardinal, silhouetted sparrow, and sneaky squirrel today at the feeder. #Birds
Red male cardinal facing toward camera looking down and slightly right on a red platform with yellow foliage and a street behind. Brown sparrow on red platform facing camera looking right with green and orange/yellow foliage and street and blue sky behind. Grey squirrel looking guilty about hoovering up the seeds at the bird feeder. Facing right.
November 3, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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Lumpy male cardinal in Hannah mode, hunkered down in the feeder. #Birds
Lumpy round red male cardinal in feeder, looking away from camera.
November 3, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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Down, up, left, right. #Birds
Brown sparrow down low in feeder Brown sparrow stretches high in feeder Red male cardinal looks left on red platform Red male cardinal looks right on platform
November 3, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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Reading Undead and Unwed by @samtschida.bsky.social on a cold rainy All Saints Day, wearing a shark suit, hanging out with some Blahaj friends and other sharks
November 2, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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She and he, posing prettily #Birds 🪶
Female cardinal with smoky grey plumes and a muted red crest on blue wire perch facing right in front of red platform, with fall foliage in green, yellow, orange and red, behind Bright red male cardinal, posing in 3/4 profile on red platform bird feeder with street and fall foliage behind.
November 2, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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Bird tails. Can you tell the male from the female cardinal? Reveal in the alt text. #Birds 🪶
Female cardinal, perched on left facing away from camera, with sooty grey plumage and a light red crest. Facing the street with fall foliage. Blue jay tail, above red platform and blue wire perch. With street and fall foliage in the background. Male red cardinal, facing away from camera toward street w fall foliage. Plumes are a mix of sooty grey and red.
November 2, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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#Birds being little weirdos
Red male cardinal on right side of red platform of birdfeeder, leaning left, peering into camera, framed by fall foliage. Blue Jay perched on right of blue wire perch in front of red platform of birdfeeder, his sharp black beak poking left toward the camera. Street and fall foliage behind. Red male cardinal with black mask and orange triangular beak on red bird feeder platform looking down at feed as if to say, "What is this sh1t?" Dark-eyed junco assuming the Jabba pose, sitting like a lump in the seed with its back to the camera, staring pensively out at the street and fall foliage.
November 1, 2025 at 11:51 PM