Crafters using their Weapons of Mass Construction for good!

Mince pies! Recipe adapted from 1896 Boston Cooking School Cookbook. Yes, there is meat in them! #bakingsky

Got let out of jury duty early so I popped over to SoHo for some Xmas shopping. I found a European-style cafe for lunch. A croque Madame and a glass of wine was just what I needed. Great coffee too. They have glühwein and at dinner there’s raclette! Good prices too! cafeselectnyc.com/index.html

Brooklyn jury duty food discovery #2 Yohevet Coffee Shop on Jay St. a Kosher cafe that has Ethiopian Spiced coffee. Sort of like chai but with coffee and no milk (unless you add it later). Very tasty and warming on this frigid day. www.yohevetcoffee.com

One of the benefits of Jury Duty at the NY State Supreme Court in Brooklyn is the proximity to some of the best croissants in the city at L’appartement 4F on Montague St. 🥐

If you’re wondering whether or not we’re living in a new Gilded Age, read this piece on the Airport Lounge Wars: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Reason 6487 I live in NYC: not only does the butcher have suet for my mincemeat, he’s chopping it by hand so I don’t have to. 🥧🥧

The pumpkin pie is done! The crust is 1/2 lard and 1/2 butter and the filling is made with sour cream, and a little bourbon. #bakingsky

Great stuff from the inimitable Rebecca Traister. “Reports of patriarchy’s death have always been greatly exaggerated. But so, too, have reports of feminism’s.”

Drat! I guessed wrong. The label-free sweater I picked up at the thrift store for $5 turned out to be acrylic. On the other hand, I also got a (labeled) 100% Cashmere wrap for $5!

Thank you @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social for focusing on the light in the darkness. The resistant is real! I really needed to read this today after @schumer.senate.gov and his cronies sold us out last night. Keep fighting!

Just got back from voting. 🗳️ Go Zohran! Let’s make history!

TIL that the Canadian national anthem is Mozart: youtu.be/aY3Kg1CENUA?...

A great thread laying out all of the skulls, Nazi and otherwise.

Really interesting (and sadly not surprising), the way women and men in the workplace are portrayed on the internet doesn’t match reality. And then training AI on internet content compounds the problem.

If these actually get made, any that I receive as change will be promptly donated to Planned Parenthood, the NAACP, The Trans Law Center, and other suitable causes.

Exactly the luscious, engaging long form stuff I love from @newyorker.com Adding Bologna to the must visit list!

A Dutch comedian on Disney bending the knee to Trump and what “new” Disney movies and shows might look like.

A thread about how the US is ceding green energy development to China and others. If we keep this up, we’ll end up a backward and polluted country.

If you are in need of some musical distraction in the form of folk songs you can’t go wrong with this thread!

Something beautiful for the fiber arts community.

A very cool video on the physics of knitting! #knitsky 🧶 youtu.be/iTLvD6-X8WQ?...

Here’s a good idea. If they can twist the rules to further their aims, so can we. In case you’re not familiar, members of Congress cannot be sued for defamation when speaking from the floor.

I bought some new lipstick. I tested it, but at home it seemed a lot redder than I usually wear. Then I remembered that both suffragettes and women in the résistance wore red lipstick to assert their causes (the later because Mr. H hated it). So that’s decided, this is now my protest lipstick!

As a person who buys women’s wear I can say that all sizes are a lie. I now carry a tape measure while shopping. I started doing it for thrifting, but then realized it’s just as useful for new clothes. If the measurements don’t work for my body then I don’t have to waste my time trying it on.

How did I not know that there are Great British Bake Off! fantasy leagues! New season starts Sept 2! Must have predictions in before the show airs *in the UK* which is earlier than we get it here (ahem, unless you choose to watch with a VPN). Come on in the water’s fine! bakeofffantasy.com

Bread for all, and roses too! The inimitable @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social on why it’s perfectly fine to find joy in life along side building and fighting in the resistance. 🌹 www.meditationsinanemergency.com/circuses-vs-...

Um, so it was actually a church shooting which happened during mass. Sure, it was associated with the school and the congregation were students, but it was in a church.

Wow! This playlist of short videos highlighting the history of women in the fight for democracy and equality for all is super! Thank you, @hcrichardson.bsky.social youtube.com/playlist?lis...

So are people no longer quiet in museums? I’m at the Sargent exhibit at the Met and people are gabbing away full-voice. And worse, there’s a couple playing the audio tour from their phone with NO HEADPHONES! They are in their 60s, were they raised by wolves?

Good. Now we make a list of everyone who votes against it and primary them.

TW: rape, child sexual abuse. Believe the women! These are the people who should be called to testify before Congress, not Ghislaine Maxwell who has already been convicted of perjury and will perjure herself again in exchange for a pardon. #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

Trying out my new 6 cup Bundt pan. Chocolate Hazelnut Cake! #bakingsky

Whoops! I forgot to put the baking powder in the banana-strawberry bread. Luckily, the 13 year-old is happy to eat a slice of doorstop as long as it tastes like bananas and strawberries. 😂 #bakingsky #bakingfail

“Pink is the Navy Blue of India.” — Diana Vreeland.

These shark helmets in the Time Trial are hilarious. Fish are friends, fish are friends. #TourdeFrance2025 #TDF2025

This reminds me of a scene in a Patrick O’Brian novel. A Naval person threw a ball and the decorations were signal flags which said: “Engage the enemy more closely.”

Oh yes, NYC is a crime ridden, urban hellscape. Sure MAGA, you just keep telling yourselves that. Small Dog Jazz Society playing at the Fort Greene Farmers’ Market

Well said!

This is the best description of grand tour cycling I’ve read. I started out watching because I love France and its geography and history (the TdF is a great travel show). But I grew to love the sport too. If you’ve never watched, give it a try, you might like it. #TourdeFrance2025 #TdF2025

The strawberries at the NYC farmers’ markets are stellar this year. Here’s a galette. Thanks to @smittenkitchen.bsky.social for her Any Fruit Galette recipe. #bakingsky

NY Jews sing about ranking Zohran Mamdani, in Yiddish! ❤️

Most excellent column.

Yes!!!!! Cuomo concedes the primary! AP is reporting it. #ZohranForMayor

I voted! Have you? Polls are open until 9p in New York City. Go vote! And don’t rank Cuomo! #ZohranForMayor

Yes! This, exactly!

This is because the parade flopped, isn't it?

He is such an inspiration. No Kings went well so now let’s bring out twice as many people in the streets against war!

Alison Bechdel is here! #nokings in Burlington VT