People are really going to have to abandon the fiction around a bunch of good cops showing up to save the day.

Movie question! My parents are coming to visit for a few days and I expect to watch some movies with them. Any recommendations for parent-friendly new (or newish) releases? There are lots I still haven’t seen but don’t know what I & they would both like! They generally like crime/thriller type stuff

Very specific ask: does anyone local have the type of button maker that uses this kind of pinback part? We got the wrong parts for our maker and it would be rad if I could borrow the right kind of maker for a short bit to use the parts, and I could give you the leftover parts in exchange!

Oh my fucking god I am having A NIGHT. I waited till the last day to get all this stuff printed/made and the universe is laughing at me. We got the wrong fucking pin back button making supplies so I have the pins printed (from earlier when that worked) but I can’t MAKE the pins 😭😭😭

ACK! My fucking printer SAYS the toner is empty even though it’s super NOT and I need to print a bunch of zines to pack up my patreon packages tomorrow 😭😭😭 anyone know a trick to tell the printer not to think it’s empty OR where in Portland has good toner prices?

You can still sign up if you want one of these back patches (PLUS my new recipe zine PLUS my recycled yarn-making zine PLUS some other fun things I’m making today to include in the packages!!)

If you’re in war ravaged Portland, come mend in the park with us this afternoon!

I actually don’t think we should victim blame protestors for what the feds are going to do. We’ve seen them do it to perfectly peaceful protestors. People need to be wise, use discretion, and center those most impacted, and I truly detest this rhetoric.

I printed a big batch of these yesterday and I LOVE how they turned out! These large patches will be included in all of my physical-package patreon tier envelopes, which will be mailed out early next week.

Ahh I’m working on a movie-knitting zine for Oct and need to finish the top of the movie sweater I’ve been working on for a year so I can put it in the zine but I’m out of movie theater knitting so I need to start a NEW movie sweater for seeing a theater movie this weekend! Need more knitting time!!

Almost 10 years after I released the ebook, I’ve redesigned Remixed: Making Recycled Yarns into a new zine! I’ve put the files (regular pdf and print file) on my patreon for ALL paid members as a first-month bonus! And physical package tiers will get a copy in the mail, of course! …

neurodiversity is Good Actually. just want to say that

New knitting pattern is up on Patreon! This is a self-published re-release of a pattern that was originally in Stranded Magazine in 2017. It's available on ravelry & payhip too now, but of course without all the fun extra patreon stuff! www.patreon.com/posts/139128... www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...

Who the hell would use shit like ChatGPT when Dear Daria on the 2002 Sony Clié PEG-NX80V exists

And that myth works until people actually see clips of Charlie doing his thing, at which point the entire hustle falls apart. This is why they're trying to get people fired for accurately quoting things that he actually said.

💯 A bunch of friends have driven over to Washington state to get theirs, which I may be doing this weekend as well.

It's no wonder that criticism is getting gutted at outlets right now, because understanding how to process art on more than a surface level is antithetical to the monolithic "my way is the right way" edict of our current fascist regime. There's no room for interpretation or nuance. And that sucks.

Mask up and get your vaccines if you can, friends.

When the left talks about the ills of the right, they’re talking about the most powerful people in the country including the president. When the right talks about the ills of the left they’re talking about a screenshot they saw of a guy on Bluesky with 6.3K followers.

Haven’t had time to listen to this ep yet but this is one of my few always-listen podcasts and I recently joined their new Patreon because of how much I trust them to be a reliable source

A friend of mine was on Charlie Kirk's "watch list" of Black professors. She received so many death and rape threats that her university offered her a security detail for the walk to class. This is Kirk's legacy. You would never know it from reading all of these legacy newspaper op-eds about him.

Solidarity with my trans brothers and sisters and that’s all

There’s a lot going on but you’ve gotta feed yourself—I released my Saucy Noodles/Rice zine last week. There are tons of options & if you pick ingredients that don’t need much prep it can be a super quick meal! It’s on my paid Patreon but there are 2 free recipes here www.patreon.com/posts/138527...

If you’re not already doing so, this would be an excellent week to start listening to @onthemedia.bsky.social.

We need to find a way to divert troubled young men into cinephilia. No one who has logged 300+ films on letterboxd has ever assassinated anybody.

I've worked on the far-right beat for nearly 10 years now, and I've had to handle sorting through a lot of misinformation on politically motivated violence. And this is by far the worst instance of it, including from a lot of people who should really know better.

Hey the (co)main guy in The Long Walk is the co-lead in my all-time favorite rom-com, Rye Lane! It’s streaming on Hulu and it’s soooo great everyone should watch it, especially if you want a mood booster after The Long Walk!!

I'd point out that Media had thousands of opportunities to care about incels, gamergate, Groypers, anti-trans movements, new conversion therapy, fascists, proud boys, and eugenicists, and that they had to ACTIVELY refuse to pay attention to not know all of this beforehand.

The fact that right-wingers commit the vast bulk of domestic terrorism in the US is well-established by numerous expert investigations & reports. But the right *accuses* the left more often, makes more *noise* about it, so they've bullied reporters into framing this as a "both sides" problem.

Thinking about the phrase "political violence" and the number of people who've died on Rikers Island in just the last month.

"I wish to exterminate all people with these completely arbitrary characteristics that I decided make a person less human than me. I will go around the country saying this to audiences and telling them to debate me." The media: this is how you do politics the right way

if i get killed, you can quote stuff i wrote. that's why i wrote it

Local crafters: I will be bringing a bunch of nice free yarn here tomorrow, to get it out to people who want to use it!

holy shit dude using a fake deployment for wildland fire crews from a fire that’s only 13% contained during peak western US fire season to detain multiple firefighters and remove the crews from the fire is a scale of evil & dangerous I can’t fully communicate to people not from wildfire regions

Repost for the morning crowd!

I’ve just launched paid tiers on my Patreon!! There’s something for everyone: just digital stuff, for both knitters and non-knitters, and physical packages of zines and other goodies mailed each month, also for knitters and non-knitters! www.patreon.com/posts/137911...

Ack we forgot to post this earlier, sorry!! Starting NOW at Mt Scott Park, mending supplies and also today we have a ton of free craft books as well!!

Them: “Cities are all rotting hellscapes!” Cities:

So… I bought my brand new bike yesterday (the Breezer), rode it about a mile, parked it in my living room, it sat there perfectly fine for like 6 hours, then out of nowhere last night all the air rushed out of the front tire!!!! WTF

Update: I’ve gone to 6+ bike shops in the past few days, test ridden 8 bikes, and now I’m very heavily leaning towards getting a new Breezer Downtown step-through tomorrow! My second favorite is a used Novara Veloce that’s been fixed up. Cost is lower but I think the new one seems worth it.

So… if I wanted to buy a bike in SE Portland, where should I go? I’ve had the same bike since I was a teenager and it’s a beach cruiser that can’t really do hills. I’ve been thinking for years about getting a decent bike I can actually use, and now might be the time.

I was listening to a podcast episode with @margaret.bsky.social & @yourewrongabout.bsky.social talking about how there need to be costume dramas about leftists of the past so people can learn about them while being entertained and I’ll never miss an opportunity to recommend Unrest!

I printed SO MANY PATCHES this week for this and multiple other upcoming events 😅

I signed up for Shudder to catch up on some movies and then cancel it—it’s gonna end in a few days when my second month is done. I’ve watched 32 movies! Some favorites have been The Ugly Stepsister, Rats!, Mute Witness, The Birthday, Dead Mail… any recommendations while I still have it?

Will never stop being mad at Portland for voting no on putting fluoride in our water like ten years ago 😑

I’ve been feeling super weird and off all day and I just realized that IF (huge IF) I happen to have Covid there is a very good chance based on the timing that I got it at Eddington (which I hated) on Friday night even though I was masked the whole time and that would be pretty fucking ironic.

Today!

Today!

Reposting for daytime views: