Picked up a copy of Cosmo for the first time in years and it's so weird to see ads in it for things mayo (with a potato salad recipe, no less!) and frozen mac & cheese.

Turn off your Face ID and Touch ID if you are taking your phones to the protests. Keep it in airplane mode and use encrypted apps where possible. Protect yourself. #3E #NoKings #50501Movement #indivisible #wearetheflood

Trading doomscrolling for spindle spinning when I just can't with the world has been very rewarding. Plying 330 yards into a giant turtle was incredibly satisfying (turtle shown w/ Puscifer cd for scale). All done except a bath to fluff & set the twist! #handspinning #handspun #yarnsky #dropspindle

Cutting healthcare funding for the most vulnerable among us is economic genocide. People will die. I'm not surprised the wannabe eugenicists in charge are delighted to sign a massive death warrant for the elderly, disabled, and poor into law, but I'm disgusted so few people see it for what it is.

Just started spinning this 50/50 Yak and silk top and it's the absolute softest, most amazing feeling thing! If I had all of the money, I'd make myself a giant nest out of it. #handspun #handspinning #yarnsky

Had a dream that the Blink-182 nurse talked to my cats and said one of them told her his name was "Dave." I called him "Dave" this morning in case it was true and he looked at me like my toy mouse had lost all of its catnip* *cat saying similar to "the cheese done slipped off your cracker" etc.

Gorgeous rainbow this afternoon with funky, almost horizontal, streaks of light across it. Hard to see in the pics* but super cool irl. Light does wild stuff during sunset adjacent storms** *cranked contrast, etc in 2nd for visibility **or I didn't make the cut for the rapture. It's ok, I 💜 Earth

2nd single of the "Wizard and the Frog" roving from Avalon Springs Farm done! Spinning wee bits on breaks moved things along, but making time for a nice long session today to blast through the last chunk felt really good. Next, onto a bobbin, then plying both together. #handspinning #handspunyarn

As far as scary dieases go, ebola is one of the scariest. Outbreaks can be kept in check, but it takes hard work and money; both scarce after U.S. cuts to international health & foreign aid. If you can spare some cash & want to help prevent the spread of ebola and save lives, donate via WHO's link.

Just saw two bald eagles circling like vultures. Never seen them do that before. My superstitious side is tempted to think this means something, but my logical side is reminding me that I lack knowledge of eagle behavior.

The "Gremlins" remake you didn't know you wanted

Dear booksellers, please use a waterproof bag or wrapping in addition to a box when shipping due to a massive uptick in wet parcels reeking of perfume or detergent lately from various shippers. It's awful to see a book get damaged or destroyed, especially if it's out of print or scarce.

Look for the helpers

Not sure what's going on with that one big rumor, but I keep picturing the skeksi emperor raging that he is still emperor from his deathbed in The Dark Crystal.

We can still save #PBS & #NPR ! "Made possible by viewers like you" means us and they need us more than ever. If you canceled a Paramount, Prime, Post or Times subscription because they're jerks, why not give that $ to help the folks who brought us Sesame Street, Bob Ross, Martin Yan & so many more?

Dreamed about a shovel race. The shovel blades were jammed at an angle into packed snow. Racers held the handle, put one foot on top of the blade & kicked with the other to propel it. The race was 4 or 5 miles; racers each had 2 sled dogs to pull them to safety if they were too tired to finish.

It's amazing how slippery my brain can be to steer. I'm fighting an overwhelming urge to prune the vines in my yard & teach myself basket weaving right now because I'm apparently trying to sabotage the metric fuckton of housework that needs done on a tight deadline. I love the basket idea, though.

It's not over yet! We can still save PBS an NPR! ● Donate to your local station(s). If you cancelled a subscription due to politics, that same amount can do a lot of good! ● Donate to stations in danger of shutting down. Stations serving indigenous people & remote areas face an immediate threat.

Do you ever have the feeling where you don't want to leave the house because you're so desperately lonely that you're afraid you'll accidentally fall in love with the first person you see and that sounds like it couldn't possibly be a good idea? Or shatter into tears at a tiny kindness? Just me?

Exciting study results for a pill treatment for sleep apnea! Full disclosure: I do own some of their stock. The reason I bought it is because sleep apnea effects people I care about. I've seen several struggle with cpap, & hope this is a viable, safe alternative. finance.yahoo.com/news/incanne...

Final #TourDeFleece 2025 update: Started with 2 spins in progress. Finished the fiddly one. 3/4 through the straightforward one & continuing through TDFF to push myself over the finish line. As a new spinner, seeing everyone's projects got me excited to learn & practice daily. Thank you all! 💜

Finished plying the merino! I love it! And I got to use my new bat niddy noddy! Squee! The bobbins were uneven, so I had a low pressure chance to try chain plying. It just needs a wash & whack Main spin: 308 yds Chain ply experiment: 31.5 yds #TourDeFleece 2025

Not sure what official day of #TourDeFleece it is; the rest days threw me off, but it's 17 for me. Started plying the "Lollipop" merino from The Fiber Imp on my Snyder Spindles Turkish plying glider. Love how it's turning out and am excited to see the final skein!

The Prince of Darkness has left us. Thank you for the music and the memories. Love and strength to his family and loved ones. www.bbc.com/news/live/cn...

#TourDeFleece day 16 was a rest day, so I only did a very tiny bit of lunch break spinning on the sparkly green and got the neon pastel rainbow singles wound onto loo roll "bobbins". Planning to start plying them tonight.

So is 1000 FBI agents going through 100,000 documents the inverse of a million monkeys with a million typewriters? King Leer vs. King Lear?

#TourDeFleece day 14 & 15 progress. Finished the neon pastel rainbow merino singles! Should have stopped earlier, but I got too excited. My hands will probably hate me in the morning. Tomorrow these go on bobbins, & I'll pick away at the sparkly green. Pic taken with flash to better convey the neon.

This poem seems awfully relevant lately. Narcissist's Prayer That didn’t happen. And if it did, it wasn’t that bad. And if it was, that’s not a big deal. And if it is, that’s not my fault. And if it was, I didn’t mean it. And if I did You deserved it. Dayna EM Craig daynaemcraig.com/goodToKnow/

(317) 643-4888 As of yesterday, the general 988 safety hotline removed its direct extension for LGBTQIA+ youth. The Rainbow Youth Project has provided this number to fill the need for the community. Please share this with other humans.

As a former poor-ish kid in the sticks with no cable in the pre-internet era, #PBS & #NPR were my lifeline to the bigger world. I'm gutted about the funding cuts, as are so many of you. Does anyone have a number that if we all chip in would cover the difference? Or which stations need it most?

duckduckgo ain't perfect but unlike google it does allow you to completely turn off its ai assistant, and now this. i've been using it exclusively for nearly a year, it's worth switching.

#TourDeFleece days 12 & 13 progress. Finished the short colors & got to blue on the long colors for the neon rainbow spin. Need to split the last of the braid for the 2nd long color single. Green spindle has been slowly getting fatter over my lunch breaks. Stoked to be this far & for plying soonish!

#TourDeFleece day 11 progress. Finished the cream and onto the purple of 1st of 2 long color sections for the neon rainbow braid. Remembered to start and pack the other 1/2 of the "Wizard & the Frog" fiber to work on over lunch break and made a nice start on it. Feeling accomplished for a work day.

#TourDeFleece days 9 & 10 progress was slow, but this is meant to be fun. 12 short color runs and 7 1/2 long left of this braid. Tempted to file in a notch in the plain spindle before it drives me batty. New spindle is a dream. Packing the "Frog" half of my other spin to work on at lunch break.

Fell asleep before taking a pic of my #TourDeFleece day 8 progress. Finished the hot pink and started the cream on the first of two long color run sections in the Lollipop merino and wound the purple (I assume the Wizard) from the Wizard & the Frog wool, alpaca, and mohair blend onto a bobbin.

Accidentally watched one of those short animal rescue videos about a miniature horse and am having all those feelings I'm supposed to have about human babies but don't because they trigger my uncanny valley response and now I kinda desperately want a tiny house pony.

Accidentally closed all 45-ish browser tabs on my phone and it's a little worrisome how upset I was about it for a minute.

#TourDeFleece day 7 New spindle arrived so I only got a little done on the short color change single. Split the remaining braid in 2 equal-ish length bits & separated the colors as best I could from one half. All the yellow and half the hot pink are on the new spindle and the rest is under them.

#tourdefleece 2025 Day 6 Picked up my 2nd WIP while the purple spin rests. Seperating colors on lunch break made spinning much faster. Tiny floof & strips will be the last of the current short color change single. Big floof will be much longer color runs in hopes of a fractal-esque result 🤞

Sneaking in some spinning on my lunch break was definitely the way to go. Finished the the purple single (mint tin for scale). Was so wiped out when I got home that I only managed to spend a few minutes on my pastel neon rainbow merino wip (sip?) #tourdefleece

#tourdefleece day 4 progress. Sooo close to finishing this single! I started with a half full (half empty?) spindle, so I had a head start. Definitely bringing my spindle to work tomorrow and sneaking in a little extra progress during my lunch break. Soundtrack: Smorodina by Kiberspassk

#Tourdefleece day 3 starting point and soundtrack. Making way more progress than I expected, yay! Fiber from Avalon Springs Farm Spindle from Snyder Spindles Tunes by Billy Howerdel

#tourdefleece day 2 (7/6) starting point and soundtrack. Kept going after the album was over because it seemed way more fun than sucking it up and doing laundry. Slightly concerned about how my hands will feel about it in the morning, but I was in a hyperfocus groove. G'night y'all!

Jumping into my first #tourdefleece to finish my current WIPs (below). Spun yesterday while streaming Back to the Beginning (Slayer is awesome to spin to, & Tool's "Hand of Doom" cover was amazing). It inspired me to pick an album to spin to while listening end to end daily for TDF.

News coverage focusing on the 1 or 2 repub senators who speak up against awful legislation but vote for it anyway & the usual dem voting against the rest of the party draws attention from the 50 others who lick their chops to screw us over. We need to put their names on voters' tongues.

So what happened to the school vouchers that were supposed to keep the delicate spawn of zealots from being exposed to ideas they don't like at taxpayer expense? If religious extremeists get to ban books in public schools then we shouldn't pay for them to go to private religious schools.

One shot at police. Two were described as having a "mental health crisis." Police aren't trained mental health professionals. They're unlikely to defuse those situations without it ending traumatically for everyone involved. Funding crisis response teams & mental healthcare is a life or death issue.

PSA for my bosom having sisters, misters, critters, and kin on this very hot, swampy day: these things are awesome and I swear by them to keep the humidititties in check after showers and while lounging. tatatowels.com

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