Eeee, can't wait for more people to discover this fab series!

Just as I decided to go back to Firefox on my new laptop.

Ahhhh, I see we Millennials are passing the torch. Keep killing industries, Zoomers. We have no obligation to prop up corporations.

A bit of media my 5-year-old consumed recently had a throw-away gag of a character thinking they were fat, so this morning we got to have the "calories are good, actually; they give your body energy so you can play and grow" talk at the breakfast table. Diet culture can fuck all the way off, kthx.

Oooh, this looks intriguing. @mikeheadley.bsky.social

And because I didn't note this anywhere in my post or alt, this pattern is @woolandpine.bsky.social 's Bindle Hat, which is bringing me so much crafting joy.

I've only recently started actually using my mini skein hoard. 1. Softly Spoken shawl with a six-mini set. 2 and 3. Two of Ambah O'Brien's ADVENT[word] patterns. Rainbow scarf is an Avatar-themed set and cool colors is a Night Sky theme set. 4. Collective Shawl by Joji Locatelli #ShowMeYourKnits

Describe your cat's personality with one photo.

Aww, love to see this.

Introduce yourself with five concerts you've been to: Social Distortion Rise Against Nightwish Paris Paloma Murder by Death

There is no shortcutting learning a skill, much as the AI tech bros would have you believe otherwise. Yeah, the part where you suck at something in the beginning is hard, but that's literally how you *learn*. I stuck a "growth mindset" sticker on my spinning wheel just to remind me.

my time-saving holiday shopping tip is to just get everybody books. white elephant? book. child? picture book. stocking? small book. i am a neutral & trustworthy source on this subject

In first-world woes, my electric tea kettle broke. I guess it is fortuitous timing that this is capitalist feeding frenzy weekend re: finding a replacement on sale?

I adore these books!

Yup. I looked at bus routes for a job I was considering some time ago, and it was 20-30 minutes of driving, or an hour and a half each way.

Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays: Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink. If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business. Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.

Ooh. Gonna give this one a listen.

everyone who spent the 90s laboriously and lovingly making mixtapes just dissolved into ancient dust

Oh hello 👀

Aha! This is it, my 2026 calendar! The last few years, I've been buying my wall calendar directly from artists, and it's so fun.

Ooh this looks very relevant to my interests 👀

Might have to give this a listen!

"What if one of YOUR favorite politicians/celebrities/etc is on the list?" Did you all not notice how quickly we dropped Neil Gaiman when we found out about the things he did? Do you know how beloved that guy used to be and how loathed he is now? I think that right there should answer your question.

Well that decision to cancel this subscription just feels better and better.

My alt text reminders were off, huh. Good reminder to check your settings.

Had the day off today. Did I use it to rest? Well, sort of but not really. Oh, so it was productive? Well, not really either. Good times.

Well that is a fun story!

#ShowMeYourKnits is WIPs this week, so here are three of my current WIPs. I'm also knitting a mystery knit-along (One Love Shawl), but spoilers, so not sharing. Pattern info in alt text.

This is just solid gender-agnostic advice, by the way If you're feeling isolated or alienated, get into an Art or Craft as best you are able and join a community dedicated to it Look to your local library for resources! You will be surprised by what's available

Let’s review some of the results we shouldn’t be was too much into, shall we? A 🧵

Looking forward to learning all about how the right should move left to win elections tomorrow. They should maybe dye their hair pink, learn to love pronouns.

lol eat shit, weirdos

Japan's "Mundane Halloween" costume contest is back! Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary. Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest! #MundaneHalloween

Oh! Oh! I know this one-- The little treats are the avocado toast keeping them from home ownership.

The world may be a hot mess, but there's art to sustain us. Happy new Florence + the Machine day to those who observe!

Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.

Giveaway time! Halloween special 🎃✶⋆.˚ Win a spooky commission of your pet in a teacup! 1 winner hehe. • Follow me • Repost and like • Reply with a spooky emoji

We caved and turned on heat last night. So of course my five-year-old wants to wear shorts to school 🫠. I'm just so tired.

The government of Jamaica has set up a portal for contributing to official relief efforts. I will update this thread if anything analogous opens up for Haiti, Cuba, or the DR supportjamaica.gov.jm

Feeding America has a page where you can input your zip code and it'll show you all of the food banks near you overlaid on a map. If you need it, it's there. If you don't need it, think about donating money if you have it and your time if you don't. www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...

It's horror story week in #ShowMeYourKnits, and this one is more of a cautionary tale, really, of a complex lace shawl: 1. Perhaps newly postpartum is not the best time to work complex charted lace. 2. You can use more stitch markers than advised by pattern. Frogged after three years in time-out.

The hero America needs www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

Kel is having a rough day and could use some cute kitty pictures. Friends, your time has come!

Thread of delightfully low-stakes drama.

We always offer up a tub of random trinket things, and it honestly gets more excited rummaging than the candy does! (We do the teal pumpkin thing, but everyone gets the choice of toy or candy, or both as the evening starts winding down.)

This post + its replies is making my morning.

you don't understand. as someone who isn't inherently good at art, stealing paintings from the museum is the *only* way i'm able to express myself creatively. i wouldn't be able to paint beautiful portraits. but by breaking into a museum and stealing the paintings, now i am

Maybe let’s get the word out on this again, for no reason in particular.