@roberthubbell.skystack.xyz made a great argument in his newsletter today: ‘We must repeat and repost the truism that “The military must refuse illegal orders” until it becomes accepted and natural for people to say, “Of course the military cannot obey illegal orders.”’ 1/3

Col. Nicole Mann (USMC) is a pilot & NASA astronaut. She is the first #NativeAmerican woman to go into space & to go on a spacewalk. US Naval Academy & Stanford grad (engineering), she is of Wailaki heritage (Round Valley Indian Tribes). #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth #WomenInSTEM #AstronautEnvy🚀

Figgie loves baby alpaca yarn, who doesn’t? But Mookie says “Enough! Come play!” #cats 🧶

I hope I get a lot done on my sweater during today’s Eagles v Cowboys game. I mean if it’s a romp, then I knit a bunch. But if I have to yell at the tv and wave my arms a lot, then not so much!

#showmeyourknits #knitting #knitsky 🧶 Weekly theme: “Indy designers and dyers”. I want to highlight NW Philly’s Courtney Kelley & Kate Gagnon Osborn, founders & owners of Kelbourne Woolens, a values-based business. I’ve queued Kelly’s Seascale sweater in Kelbourne’s Germantown worsted! See alt txt.

#ohio #columbus #cleveland #cincinnati

" If you know someone who has been detained and released by ICE, our REBUILD Program provides FREE therapy to help them regain stability and support." www.darknessrisingproject.org/help-me-find...

You absolutely have the constitutional right to record ICE, Border Patrol, or any law enforcement officer in public, and with everything happening in Charlotte right now, people need to understand that clearly.

Just a friendly reminder to (ahem: Stephen Miller) that GIVING illegal orders is an act of treason. Refusing to obey them is a constitutional duty.

Returned from a walk to dinner out to find that Mookie and Figgie had cornered a mouse. When it gets cold, mice like to come in. (Can’t blame them!) The kitties got to see how a mouse gets the container + postcard treatment and is transported outside. (We also need to find out how it got in, lol!)

Internal resistance to injustice, yes!

Could be good info for if (when?) they invade your (our?) city. #Philly

Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged. Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.

A group of more than 30 independent businesses in Lincoln Square and Ravenswood are teaming up for a fundraiser to benefit four nonprofits helping Chicago’s most vulnerable neighbors. blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/19/l... via @blockclubchi.bsky.social

Making “alternative” plans for holiday shopping? Here is inspiration and a trove of ideas (w/links). If you can’t do it all, do what you can. It all counts! Now’s a good time to think out your plan and commit to a strategy.

“Wary” is an interesting choice to describe angry and organized ex-shoppers betrayed by Target’s groveling turnaround on DEI.

Today someone who moved to Philly ~6 months ago had his first Philly soft pretzel at our event and when he told me that I started tearing up, because how beautiful to provide the inaugural soft pretzel for someone’s Philadelphia journey 🥹

Astronaut Chris Hadfield said outer space smells like gunpowder and burnt steak. Yankee Candle, your newest seasonal scent has arrived.

I love running into public art all over #Philly! Had a similar experience when walking around Berlin many years ago, it says a lot about the character of a city.

Jane Goodall

Go, Chicago!

Really great tips on how to send a resistance message over the holidays, and also some great history on how it has worked in the past — including resistance in Colonial times!

“Trump and Vance … do not understand that their grift depends upon what I will unashamedly call the honest labor and decent convictions of millions of Americans.” Despite our differences at the policy level, most Americans share democratic values. If we work together at that level, that’s *power*.

#showmeyourknits #knitting #knitsky 🧶 Floofy knits this week! First up is a mohair scarf. This was 18 years ago when I didn’t know what a challenge mohair lace would be! Came out nice, eventually 🤪. More recently, mohair + worsted. (Deets in alt text.)

#Nature #Grounding #Healing A good friend and I went for a calming walk at the #RoxboroughReservoirPreserve in #Philly this afternoon. Even a gray day and bare trees offer much beauty! (Two groups of pix.)

Thanks for the heads up! Here’s a gift link for anyone who doesn’t subscribe. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

I’m at the annual paleontology conference. Here’s how people today have described their work: “I basically study swamp monsters” “I’m a dinosaur orthodontist” “Dead bird bird watcher” #2025SVP

Wintry cold day today, so I was delighted to find a few blooms still hanging in there — garden flowers in the kitchen season is officially extended a week! #BloomScrolling

You're never gonna believe this, but we're out of archaeologists again. We have matched ~650 groups with archaeologists this semester! I am so grateful to the 196 Archaeologist volunteers! We have 60 unmatched groups rn Know archaeologists who could do a session? Send them to SkypeAScientist.com

From street marches to court battles to the ballot box - we’ve challenged the power of this exceptionally unpopular president. The lesson from each success we've had is that we need to ramp the political pressure up, always up, not back down, now more than ever.

How many times have we seen empty promises for stuff “in two weeks” from the GOP? Thune’s promise for some future vote is BS. #Senate #Shutdown #Thune #Traitors

Legendary singer and activist Joan Baez discusses the essential role of music in movements, the need to keep our eyes on the prize — and to keep dancing.

#ShowMeYourKnits #knitting Works in progress! The first is a shoulder panel of a newly-started sweater. A new (for me) technique. The second is a tee that’s been hibernating since I got tired of doing I-cord trim. Just the neckline remains. Will surely become more interesting again in the spring!

Good morning! Important info from Rep. Evans’s newsletter today. #Pennsylvania friends take notice! And it could be happening in other states too. More info: www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/n...

MTG: are the words matched with actions? If not, pfft.

#Philadelphia #MuralArts

Okay, so I did it. In honor of Sandwich Guy, on what should be the last day of his trial, I figured out the chords. And so, with apologies to the late and great Bob Marley, I banged out this quick and (very) rough rendition of "I Threw the Sandwich." 🤣

Texas… it’s not just Grijalva…. #TrumpEpsteinFilesCoverUp

Heard (and then saw) the first white-throated sparrow of winter this morning. High winds in tonight’s forecast. Juncos next …

Love This: In Louisiana, air pollution monitoring becomes an act of resistance lailluminator.com/2025/11/02/c...

Thank you, fellow #Pennsylvania ns, for voting to retain the three #PA supreme court justices on the ballot! NBC says approx. 79% voted to retain. That sounds like folks across the board want democracy! I hear from poll worker friends that turnout was especially high for a municipal election year!

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Transparent support for authoritarianism.

Please share with your friends still on FB! #MutualAid

#ShowMeYourKnits #knitsky #knitting 🧶 For the “cables” theme, sharing an effort from many years ago and a sweater just finished (no pic wearing it yet!).

Please enjoy this silly #Caturday pic of Mookie who is intent on his mouse toy which is about to be tossed!

Some time ago, I said a sad farewell to my friend Mr. Coffee. Today Li’l Chopper goes out to pasture. She was a true workhorse! There were cracks in the work bowl and blade (see blade? ⬇️) but we kept on going. Now the motor is saying “enough!” Bye, pal! (Am I weirdly fond of my small appliances? 😜)

A list of some businesses offering free or discounted food to SNAP card holders in the #Philadelphia, #NewJersey & #Delaware area. (Gift link) share.inquirer.com/fkyWtY

It’s always good to be reminded that caring neighbors are around us. While emergency funding — *our* tax money — is being withheld, let’s do what we can to help others! Gift link: