This is a real photograph of Washington, DC this week, where the United States president has ordered military occupation in peacetime, and ordered the display of colossal portraits of himself. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Fabulous depiction of knitted garments 🧶

I wrote another thing about that stealth fascist language that well, fascists want us to fall for, even in ads. It's not all so innocent. Be vigilant everyone! Also yarn >>> jeans

I am a knitwear designer focusing on trans feminine bodies, euphoria+colorwork🧶1/6 I also use my programming and writing skills as a former physicists for tech editing and I offer 1o1 consultation* for designers who want to make their designs more gender inclusive. This encompasses shapes/sizes/

Made a hand-rolled hem handkerchief from lovely handkerchief linen. I'm satisfied with my embroidery. I may make these as little Christmas gifts. (I'll machine stitch the hem on any others--hand rolled is beautiful but labor intensive! #sewing

As Shawn McCreesh and Tyler Pager report, House Republican holdouts were apparently swayed to support President Trump’s tax and spending bill by signed merch and photographs with the president.

Commercially available sewing patterns have been a cornerstone of home stitching for a century. But well before they existed, there were people trying to share sewing patterns. Listen here: omny.fm/shows/stuff-...

“In order to see #birds it is necessary to become part of the silence.”🪶 ~Robert Lynd

It's obvious why the Great White Egret's feathers were used to decorate hats in the 19th century. Only due to Conservation Laws do we still get to enjoy them. Laws Matter. #birds #birding #pnw #birdphotography #art #birdphoto #photography #blueskyartshow #wildlifephotography #naturephotography

So happy that @erwhatdidyousay.bsky.social shared #criswoodssewsenvelope I had fabric perfect for it. I'll be making this one again!

Another hole in another cheap cotton sock covered using my loom. Had no idea Houndstooth was so simple! #visiblemending

A thread about ongoing erasing and ignoring science... 🧵

good to know NPR has our back even if Trump aims to defund public broadcasting.🧪

Look at that! First time using my loom from @worthmending.com and I had these wonderful results. Thanks to the recommendation from @yarnharlot.bsky.social #visiblemending

If you think it can’t happen here, remember that it already did. In 1942 soldiers came with rifles to our home and ordered us out. They put us in internment camps. Most of us were citizens.

brieflybricks Steve Edwards Tokitty vs yarn ball 🐱🧶

Even the style accounts are pivoting to anti-ICE content. May this trend sweep the nation and make its way into every cultural nook and cranny. Brava, @jenninejacob.bsky.social

Arresting Comptroller Lander is despicable and another example of Trump weaponizing law enforcement to attack political enemies rather than focusing on public safety. DHS is flat-out lying in its statement. In the video, Comptroller Lander plainly does not lay a hand on anyone.

They’re cranking up the propaganda machine again: claiming Brad Lander “unlawfully interfered” and that ICE is just “enforcing Trump’s policy.” Reality: Lander stood up for civil rights. ICE’s conduct reflects a deeply troubling use of federal power.

So I just want to be clear that the gentile President's anti-immigrant goons illegally assaulted and kidnapped the leading Jewish candidate for Mayor in New York City for walking into a federal building for the crowd that is keeping track of The Antisemitism Problem

The more often I use it, the more I think the sound on my Ninja air fryer is based on the red-winged blackbird. #birds

Rain did not keep me from what I see as my duty. I do this for me, and my family, and for those who can't. #nokings

I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS New York City March” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

Elias Howe fits into this history and I don't think he should be excluded (especially considering he won a lawsuit against Singer.) #sewing (Howe is buried at Green-Wood Cemetery--he has a nice spot there.) Thanks to all these inventors--my sewing machine makes me happy.

Please repost and share around: Etsy has changed the rules on what can be sold on site ...without telling sellers. Many items are now banned, & takedowns have already begun. #EtsySellerNews

Yesterday's devastating #glacier collapse erasing the Swiss village of Blatten still leaves me speechless... The high mountain areas are adapting to ever increasing temperatures. It's time to wake up! When, if not now? This is not far away but right here... pic: Pomona/A. Amherd

#showmeyourknits Two baby blankets. Even small blankets are a lot of work! These were for people well worth the effort. 😊 Details in alt text.

This has always been the GOP's strategy: 1) Cut taxes for the wealthy & corporations by claiming they'll pay for themselves. 2) Explode the deficit. 3) Demand cuts to vital programs that help millions. 4) Repeat. They're trying to get away with it again.

The wording of this order, combined with the administration's record of anti-science rhetoric, reveals a clear intent to police what is considered ""reasonable"" science. I guarantee it will be used to impose further doubt of the efficacy of vaccines and the threat of climate change. #SciComm

Enjoying the @mets.com on AppleTV, especially because we can switch to the local radio coverage with Audacy Mets Radio.

"Is that it?" -- Trump did that thing again today where he signs a bunch of executive orders but doesn't seem to know what he's signing and needs to have it explained to him

This is a great article and phenomenon for teaching genetics! 🧬 🍎🧪

#memademay The Singlet from Zero Waste Patterns by Birgitta Helmersson. This was fun! It's really neat to make all the pieces from one rectangle without any leftover. I had previously made a lot of bias tape with the fabric; it's worth making that for this. #garmentsewing

Remember, knitters, it only takes a minute to be kind and inclusive. 🥰 And you can change a setting in Bluesky so that you don’t forget! #knitsky #australian #craft 🧶

The US gov't is trying to remove habitat loss from the definition of "Harm" when it comes to Endangered Species Act🪶in order to develop land, despite the fact that habitat loss is one of the biggest threats faced. The gov't is required to take public opinion into account, so please sign:

This student #ASL performance of #WaitForIt from #HamiltonMusical has me weeping. I foresee a pipeline from this program to #DeafWest #Theatre*. Behold! youtu.be/cHGqPCovBKo *If you didn't know: www.deafwest.org

Nemik: "The pace of oppression outstrips our ability to understand it and that is the real trick of the imperial thought machine. It's easier to hide behind forty atrocities than a single incident." #Andor

Follow along with Diego Luna as he takes us behind the scenes of his last day on the Andor Season 2 set. Watch the final episodes of Andor tonight only on Disney+.

Yesterday, I made *another* Boxy Top from How to Sew Clothes. When something works for you, you stick with it. I seamed the back to reduce waste. And I made my own bias tape. #memademay

So many people have grown up to be the villains of our stories.

major props to andor for plainly laying out how an occupying force will manipulate the media and orchestrate itself into being the “victim” of those it’s subjugating for it’s own gain, no matter the cost to innocent lives. even their own people’s, if it benefits them. #andor

“The difference between what is said & what is known to be true has become an abyss. Of all the things at risk, the loss of an objective reality is perhaps the most dangerous. The death of truth is the ultimate victory of evil.” - Mon Mothma #Andor

Today, my #memademay was taking a mending class from Kate Sekules. Feeling a little more confident.

Today, I wore my Merchant & Mills Bucket Hat to pick up my purchase of "Zero Waste Patterns" by Birgitta Helmersson. The hat (see my avatar) is a free pattern. Of three bucket hat patterns I've tried, I like it best. Rainy day here in NYC--see bikers in 5-Boro Bike Tour. #memademay #garmentsewing

Thanks to this video from @cadencev7bvi.bsky.social I successfully placed heels on my toe-up socks. youtu.be/oNWpZrZrV1M

Watching Syrils mom spew back the propaganda she heard on Imperial news as facts is familiarly chilling. #Andor

The Boxy Top (with sleeves) from How to Sew Clothes in fabric from the remnant store near my house. I also altered the waist of the thrifted jeans. #memademay #garmentsewing

75% of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) cases are in kids under 6. 1960s: ALL survival was 10%. Today: Survival is over 90%. That’s because of chemotherapy. Not supplements, “detoxes,” juice, or wellness bullshit. Chemotherapy saves lives. Misinformation kills. Read more in Immunologic ⬇️

Terminating the grants to study misinformation is “an overt act of censoring and preventing accountability,” says Stephen Lewandowsky, a misinformation researcher at the University of Bristol. “Who other than a liar would cancel misinformation research?” 🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...