Never let them underestimate the power of knitters

Beautiful fuck ice from someone who lived through WW2 in Europe

found a stack of these cleaning up my studio the other day. as ever!!!

migrantrights.ca/actionslist/... Canadians, please take 30 seconds to help stop the passing of Bill C-12, which would restrict migrants movements, allow mass deportations, prevent people seeking refuge status from the states, and more. #Canada #billc12 #Canadasky #canadianpolitics

Very excited to dive into Against the State by @jamesstout.bsky.social after I finish Abolitionist Intimacies by El Jones. Also grabbed some excellent stickers from my local radical bookshop @wildfiresbookshop.bsky.social

You know me I don't share fundraisers unless I can tell you I trust them with my whole heart and my own wallet. This one gets protective gear to legal observers in Minneapolis / Saint Paul www.gofundme.com/f/help-equip...

You don’t know your role yet maybe, but we are all finding out just what we have to offer. In Minneapolis, one man knew immediately what he could offer and said “Bring me your clothing”.

In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.

@margaret.bsky.social never fails to realistically capture what's happening but still instill you with hope or at very least connection. Highly recommend this read on the resistance in Minneapolis, it will make the future seem brighter which we all need right now open.substack.com/pub/margaret...

She doesn't handle being woken up well

And they would have done it in drag. We all have something to learn from history.

Showing up and being loud outside of hotels where ICE agents are trying to sleep has been a really effective form of action!

2025 knitting round up: final project of 2025, some half finger gloves for a friend. I designed the chart for the colourwork myself and will likely throw it up for free on ravelry once I fix a mistake (RiotKat). I adapted the glove pattern by Dawn Kinsey (www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...)

2025 Knitting round up: widows web shawl by April Carter (www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...) overall I enjoyed making this shawl and the final product. I put a full pattern review on ravelry. My favourite thing is that's it's huge but its light enough to wrap up to be a nice scarf. #knitsky

2025 knitting round up: just a lil fella on my bonsai tree. Pattern is frog and toad by dotspebbleknits (www.etsy.com/ca/listing/1...) Great intro project for figure knitting, only took a couple days to make. #knitsky

2025 Knitting round up: this was truly a year of socks. All of these were made using Voolenvine Faborite Sock pattern (www.voolenvineyarns.com/products/fav...) For 2026 I want to master two at a time socks, cabling/lace socks, and fine tune my toe up socks.

2025 knitting round up: a great example of the power of blocking. Some mustache cat socks for my friend who has a mustache tuxedo cat. Pattern can be found free online, knit bottom up. #knitsky

2025 knittinh round up: A simple colourwork bee cowl for a friend. The chart for the bee is found online, then I designed the rest myself. #knitsky

Cladonia lichen with Polytrichum piliferum moss looking kinda like a giant cactus and palm trees. The lichen is approx 3cm high. #lichen #fungi #fungifriends #moss #bryophyte

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Our 2025 Wrapped: You were too angry to speak 789 times You went "is this real life? this is so fucking stupid" 8913 times You despaired 1322 times You sought inspiration and hope in histories of collective resistance and liberation 121102 times You found joy and strength in community 9898799 times

@gandersocial.bsky.social are these AI?

“Wake up! I can see the bottom of my food bowl”

The more you know: if you can see the whites of a moose's eyes, you need to gtfo. Unlike bears they only see you as a predator (never prey), so running from them or increasing distance slowly and leaving is the safe way to handle this situation. Filming and scaring them by talking is not.

Hekate, guardian of the crossroads. For @classicstober.bsky.social

Shoutout to everyone who keeps getting mad when I say bad things about Gavin Newsom.

More natural art found at very low lake levels

My Amphibian Man is done! Just gotta wait a little longer for him to dry completely before I put him back in the hoop. My favorite part is the soak. Somehow, embroidery looks so good in cloudy water #theshapeofwater @realgdt.bsky.social

Anti-ICE? Hey, you’re nice. Anti-trans? I’m throwing hands.

The apparent trend for this horror season: baby bangs (Gale Weathers could never) #horror #filmsky #weapons #brokenbird

UwU

Sticks and stones #nature #pnw #roots #sticksandstones

I was at a local bookstore today (totallybookish.com in Mission, BC), and the clerk was saying most of her work day is people calling and asking for books she can't get because they are Amazon exclusive. Do the authors have any say in this, or is this a publisher move? #booksky @booksky.club

Being too sick for dog walks means lake days, which is alright by her.

San Diego neighborhood makes ICE agents retreat

Baby common mergansers and a watchful coyote from my run this morning. @vicmmic.bsky.social

Goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia), a very cool venomous spider (not dangerous to humans) that eats prey much larger than themselves. They prefer goldenrod and milkweed, hence the name, and apparently my dahlias too.

Fingers crossed the ink stays put this time (tattoo by Meg at the Northern Tattoo Collective in Vancouver)

“I asked ChatGPT-“ okay well I asked the big oak tree at the center of the woods and she said you’re a lazy dork

Great, on top of thrift stores filling up with wish and shein crap, A! "art" is showing up now too.

Happy may day to those that rage against oppression (I recommend reading through this entire thread)

"In an earlier post, she wrote: "As for the inevitable death, if I die, I want a loud death, I don't want me in a breaking news story, nor in a number with a group, I want a death that is heard by the world, a trace that lasts forever, and immortal images that neither time nor place can bury."

I hope today finds you like a sleepy lil banana in a bed of Oregon beaked moss.

"They entered their cold cells, 80 men per cell, with steel planks for bunks, no mats, no sheets, no pillow... a place so cold and far from home they may as well have been sent into space, nameless and forgotten. Holding my camera, it was as if I watched them become ghosts." time.com/7269604/el-s...

Pretty happy with how this Italian olive oil cake turned out for my friend's bday (she hates icing so this was my alternative) #veganbaking

Go on a bookcrawl sometime to all your local progressive bookstores and bring along a pal @wildfiresbookshop.bsky.social @crossandcrowsbooks.bsky.social @massybooks.bsky.social can't wait to read these books by @annleckie.com @mercurystardust.bsky.social @fatandqueer.bsky.social and Loghan Taylor

I'm never ever going to get over how beautiful the Coast salish territories are

This is a heartwarming series for any queer punk/anarchist/people who believe a better world is possible. Donate if you can, and the first two books are available at libraries in the Coast salish territories