Champagne Socialist | Book Critic | Writer | Traveler No DMs. 🚫 She/Her Lawrence Kansas 🌻https://bsky.app/profile/andreahoag.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/andreahoag.bsky.social/post/3mttsndcwtk25Do you think Spotify artists ever look through their analytics and wonder who the (apparently deeply) unhinged person is in Lawrence Kansas who has listened to their song like 486 times in 2026? 🤣24 Aug 2026 17:16 +0000at://did:plc:vbqenv7fu4dbmpbdzf4ww7lp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttsndcwtk25https://bsky.app/profile/andreahoag.bsky.social/post/3mtro3sdeoc2dAnd you can follow me here btw! (I will follow you back) https://substack.com/@andreahoag?r=16zae&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=stories&shareImageVariant=light [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Aug 2026 20:50 +0000at://did:plc:vbqenv7fu4dbmpbdzf4ww7lp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtro3sdeoc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/andreahoag.bsky.social/post/3mtro2qcqqc2dThis made me happier than I care to admit!23 Aug 2026 20:49 +0000at://did:plc:vbqenv7fu4dbmpbdzf4ww7lp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtro2qcqqc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/andreahoag.bsky.social/post/3mtpc24dff22wTWO PAID SUBSCRIBERS on Substack now so I’ll just be over here shopping for my Venetian palazzo!!!!!22 Aug 2026 22:09 +0000at://did:plc:vbqenv7fu4dbmpbdzf4ww7lp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtpc24dff22whttps://bsky.app/profile/andreahoag.bsky.social/post/3mtmnq5ytuk2dJust a cat and her pet cat21 Aug 2026 21:00 +0000at://did:plc:vbqenv7fu4dbmpbdzf4ww7lp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtmnq5ytuk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/andreahoag.bsky.social/post/3mthx3luhtk2jMy late mother was an ambitious cook with eclectic tastes that forced us in those pre-Internet days on day trips to Kansas City to locate the more obscure spices her Craig Claiborne cookbook required. She had replaced Roman Catholicism with Craig Clayborne and never looked back.20 Aug 2026 00:04 +0000at://did:plc:vbqenv7fu4dbmpbdzf4ww7lp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mthx3luhtk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/andreahoag.bsky.social/post/3mthwy3uffs2j(Cont) Same goes, really, for “venerable.” Which doesn’t make tons of appearances these days with its low whisper of Edwardian manners20 Aug 2026 00:02 +0000at://did:plc:vbqenv7fu4dbmpbdzf4ww7lp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mthwy3uffs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/andreahoag.bsky.social/post/3mthwwaznec2jWhen you hit 56 you have to sort of accept the fact that it’s probably a little late to do anything that will allow them to place “redoubtable” before your name in the hometown newspaper obituary.20 Aug 2026 00:01 +0000at://did:plc:vbqenv7fu4dbmpbdzf4ww7lp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mthwwaznec2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/andreahoag.bsky.social/post/3mthoosy66c2oThe only trust fund I have is the moon19 Aug 2026 21:34 +0000at://did:plc:vbqenv7fu4dbmpbdzf4ww7lp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mthoosy66c2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/andreahoag.bsky.social/post/3msy2ulmfnk2yhttps://substack.com/@andreahoag/note/c-314051361?r=16zae&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action13 Aug 2026 16:29 +0000at://did:plc:vbqenv7fu4dbmpbdzf4ww7lp/app.bsky.feed.post/3msy2ulmfnk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/andreahoag.bsky.social/post/3mqp2z3i4u22uJust posted this on Substack and it requires a trigger warning. Hope you will read and share it anyway. #lfk https://substack.com/@andreahoag/note/c-295024111?r=16zae&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action15 Jul 2026 15:47 +0000at://did:plc:vbqenv7fu4dbmpbdzf4ww7lp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqp2z3i4u22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/andreahoag.bsky.social/post/3mn3jxzyrxs22You can say whatever you want about quicksand, but for me, growing up in the 70s and 80s, I really always thought that putting someone in a citizens arrest was going to be way more of a thing.30 May 2026 17:06 +0000at://did:plc:vbqenv7fu4dbmpbdzf4ww7lp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn3jxzyrxs22https://bsky.app/profile/andreahoag.bsky.social/post/3mjcxc4cmr227You and I know better than most what this news means. https://open.substack.com/pub/andreahoag/p/marshmallows?r=16zae&utm_medium=ios12 Apr 2026 18:12 +0000at://did:plc:vbqenv7fu4dbmpbdzf4ww7lp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjcxc4cmr227https://bsky.app/profile/andreahoag.bsky.social/post/3mhh4y6rinc2nProbably it was just some reel he watched in preparation for this meeting19 Mar 2026 23:14 +0000at://did:plc:vbqenv7fu4dbmpbdzf4ww7lp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhh4y6rinc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/andreahoag.bsky.social/post/3mhh4wrybec2nI actually was low-key kind of shocked he knew about Pearl Harbor19 Mar 2026 23:14 +0000at://did:plc:vbqenv7fu4dbmpbdzf4ww7lp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhh4wrybec2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/andreahoag.bsky.social/post/3mhconco5o22vThis was a wild ride! https://open.substack.com/pub/fieldnotesforthebrave/p/i-read-lindy-wests-new-memoir-about?r=16zae&utm_medium=ios18 Mar 2026 04:47 +0000at://did:plc:vbqenv7fu4dbmpbdzf4ww7lp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhconco5o22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/andreahoag.bsky.social/post/3mepomxmpnk2qHuman beings are fallible AF13 Feb 2026 04:36 +0000at://did:plc:vbqenv7fu4dbmpbdzf4ww7lp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mepomxmpnk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/andreahoag.bsky.social/post/3mdzcaofaqc2ahttps://substack.com/@andreahoag/note/c-208079185?r=16zae&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action04 Feb 2026 06:56 +0000at://did:plc:vbqenv7fu4dbmpbdzf4ww7lp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdzcaofaqc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/andreahoag.bsky.social/post/3mdjfurbau22q28 Jan 2026 23:18 +0000at://did:plc:vbqenv7fu4dbmpbdzf4ww7lp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdjfurbau22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/andreahoag.bsky.social/post/3mdhcd7ij722rThe ability to actually be funny at a time like this is impressive 🤣 [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Jan 2026 03:09 +0000at://did:plc:vbqenv7fu4dbmpbdzf4ww7lp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdhcd7ij722rhttps://bsky.app/profile/andreahoag.bsky.social/post/3mdeajchjfc2mSenator _____: I’ll keep calling every day until you stand up against authoritarianism. This is your opportunity to be on the right side of history; when your grandchildren’s grandchildren ask about their illustrious ancestor in Congress back when America was still a democracy, will they be PROUD?26 Jan 2026 21:59 +0000at://did:plc:vbqenv7fu4dbmpbdzf4ww7lp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdeajchjfc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/andreahoag.bsky.social/post/3mdea647mo22mI was silent a few days after—like you—witnessing the execution in real time of a US citizen. Not a video game. Not a scene from a dystopian film. An actual murder of a man who dedicated his life to helping vets in a notoriously thankless job. I feel SHAME today. And like you, I’m shell shocked.26 Jan 2026 21:53 +0000at://did:plc:vbqenv7fu4dbmpbdzf4ww7lp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdea647mo22m